Movie review thread...
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Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan always dangerous touching those cult classics, sometimes better off calling them something else and let it go from there I reckon.
If you care about the movie as a work yes. But if you are looking mainly at the money remakes and sequels are an easy way to try to profit
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@canefan although the new market/demographic with little or no connection with the original wouldn't care if it is called Blade Runner or just Runner or something, it is all the original fans money they are messing with by the re-boot...unless they do it well, which isn't always the case.
BTW, I liked the movie, but not a die hard fan of it.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
This looks interesting, was listening to a podcast interviewing Madoff. He sounds like he has no empathy at all
What a scumbag. I'd hope his assets would be seized or frozen so his family can't live off his ill gotten gains either
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
okay, so, i watched the new Independence Day last night. I'm really glad i did. Because now i have a reminder of just how bad a movie could be.
How is it that 20 years on, the effects look even worse than the first?
It's just so fucking bad i found myself searching IMDB just to make sure i wasn't watching The Asylum's cheap as shit knock-off version. It's completely preposterous, the entire fucking thing. And while the first was hardly an intellectual watch, it at least had heart, and humour. This had nothing. Fucking nothing. And it is so incestuous, it makes the Star Wars prequels look broad in scope. If you were a central character 20 years ago, you, or your offspring is a central character now, and probably married to another one. Fuck. Off.
Worst movie i have seen in ages. Avoid. I can't even say the effects were worth it. Just shit.
Minus 2 ... you know what, it's not even worth the effort to come up with a good rating. Just minus 2 stars.
I thought the effects were the only good thing
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@MN5 the end was the best bit (as in the words coming up, not the ending of the movie)
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 the end was the best bit (as in the words coming up, not the ending of the movie)
I thought for one horrific moment you meant Star Wars.
Sorry, as you were
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan always dangerous touching those cult classics, sometimes better off calling them something else and let it go from there I reckon.
Having the director from Arrival is a good start, perfect for this sort of movie.
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@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
okay, so, i watched the new Independence Day last night. I'm really glad i did. Because now i have a reminder of just how bad a movie could be.
How is it that 20 years on, the effects look even worse than the first?
It's just so fucking bad i found myself searching IMDB just to make sure i wasn't watching The Asylum's cheap as shit knock-off version. It's completely preposterous, the entire fucking thing. And while the first was hardly an intellectual watch, it at least had heart, and humour. This had nothing. Fucking nothing. And it is so incestuous, it makes the Star Wars prequels look broad in scope. If you were a central character 20 years ago, you, or your offspring is a central character now, and probably married to another one. Fuck. Off.
Worst movie i have seen in ages. Avoid. I can't even say the effects were worth it. Just shit.
Minus 2 ... you know what, it's not even worth the effort to come up with a good rating. Just minus 2 stars.
Probably better then Prometheus then
Prometheus, while not a classic. Wasn't that bad. Yes it had plot problems, but it looked absolutely amazing.
To be fair I was been sarcastic and trying to antagonise MN5, probably should have somehow slipped the Scottish rugby team into the post..
I'm too busy celebrating a third Scot in the Lions to notice
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
This looks interesting, was listening to a podcast interviewing Madoff. He sounds like he has no empathy at all
What a scumbag. I'd hope his assets would be seized or frozen so his family can't live off his ill gotten gains either
He's going to die in jail, ond son died of cancer after he was jailed and the other hung himself .
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
This looks interesting, was listening to a podcast interviewing Madoff. He sounds like he has no empathy at all
What a scumbag. I'd hope his assets would be seized or frozen so his family can't live off his ill gotten gains either
He's going to die in jail, ond son died of cancer after he was jailed and the other hung himself .
It's a start
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
This looks interesting, was listening to a podcast interviewing Madoff. He sounds like he has no empathy at all
What a scumbag. I'd hope his assets would be seized or frozen so his family can't live off his ill gotten gains either
He's going to die in jail, ond son died of cancer after he was jailed and the other hung himself .
It's a start
He reckoned a couple of his biggest clients knew what he was doing and pulled out billions, one died of a heart attack when he was told he had to pay it back .
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
Alien Is the Only Film Franchise That Doesn't Suck
Ahead of the release of 'Alien: Covenant,' we trace the deranged and distinctive history of the series.
Christ Baron, thank God the rest of the world has a different opinion.
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
Alien Is the Only Film Franchise That Doesn't Suck
Ahead of the release of 'Alien: Covenant,' we trace the deranged and distinctive history of the series.
Christ Baron, thank God the rest of the world has a different opinion.
The rest of the world? Because of a movie opinion piece and your opinion?
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
Alien Is the Only Film Franchise That Doesn't Suck
Ahead of the release of 'Alien: Covenant,' we trace the deranged and distinctive history of the series.
Christ Baron, thank God the rest of the world has a different opinion.
The rest of the world? Because of a movie opinion piece and your opinion?
Yep. Your post made it sound like fact not just some blokes opinion. I'm going to the new one ( free tickets to an advanced screening, how good is that ? ) despite you saying it won't be any good. be sure to check in around this time tomorrow for an in depth review.
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
Alien Is the Only Film Franchise That Doesn't Suck
Ahead of the release of 'Alien: Covenant,' we trace the deranged and distinctive history of the series.
Christ Baron, thank God the rest of the world has a different opinion.
The rest of the world? Because of a movie opinion piece and your opinion?
Yep. Your post made it sound like fact not just some blokes opinion. I'm going to the new one tomorrow despite you saying it won't be any good. be sure to check in around this time tomorrow for an in depth review.
certainSorry... Do I need to put 'in my opinion' in front of ever post just for you? Thought that would have been uneccesary in a film review thread about what people thought of movies.. but I guess not.
But it is a fact that I think all the films in the Alien franchise are rubbish except Aliens, which was great.But I wont talk about it much becuase there is nothing more douche bag than some twat rabbiting on about how he doesnt like a certain movie franchise or genre repeatedly... aye MN5....
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@MN5 did you ever read about Vincent Wards original idea for the third movie?
Wooden World: Vincent Ward’s Alien III
After three years, three different screenwriters and an assortment of drafts and directors, Alien III finally began to take some crude sort of shape. Plot and design elements were beginning to take…
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aliens is the only decent film in the Alien franchise... Prometheus was incredibly shite. New one looks no better.
Alien Is the Only Film Franchise That Doesn't Suck
Ahead of the release of 'Alien: Covenant,' we trace the deranged and distinctive history of the series.
Christ Baron, thank God the rest of the world has a different opinion.
The rest of the world? Because of a movie opinion piece and your opinion?
Yep. Your post made it sound like fact not just some blokes opinion. I'm going to the new one tomorrow despite you saying it won't be any good. be sure to check in around this time tomorrow for an in depth review.
certainSorry... Do I need to put 'in my opinion' in front of ever post just for you? Thought that would have been uneccesary in a film review thread about what people thought of movies.. but I guess not.
But it is a fact that I think all the films in the Alien franchise are rubbish except Aliens, which was great.But I wont talk about it much becuase there is nothing more douche bag than some twat rabbiting on about how he doesnt like a certain movie franchise or genre repeatedly... aye MN5....
Aw would you ? That'd be great
( Say that in Hudson voice when he's talking to the Sarge who sarcastically offered to fetch his slippers, but I don't need to remind you of the comic value cos you like that one apparently )
