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Stockcar86

Chris Pine

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jegga

As the comments point out this looks pretty much like John Wick with a uterus, I'm not a huge fan of Charliz either but the lighting and direction in the scene at about 1:33 into the trailer might make me re evaluate that.

Tim

@jegga That looks like the worst garbage. A complete snooze.

jegga

@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:

@jegga That looks like the worst garbage. A complete snooze.

It does look like garbage, probably has a few decent action scenes though, but yeah it looks like garbage.

taniwharugby

saw a trailer a few weeks back and the fight choreography didnt look great, but I'll still watch it.

Mokey

Baywatch

Stupid and unfunny. The first half was kind of campy wink wink fun, but then it does a major tonal shift and starts getting into murder and explosions and doesn't know what the fuck it is trying to be. In the second half you get these occasional frat boy moments, but in the midst of all the serious shit going on around, it just doesn't work. The Hasselhoff and Anderson cameos were blink and you miss, written in with the subtlety of a sledgehammer and completely pointless. Waste of the Rock and Efron, and some quite nice cleavage.

1 pool spew out of 5 skimpy red swimsuits.

Tim

Two best films directed by New Zealanders:

No Way Out
Under Siege 2

Nepia

@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Two best films directed by New Zealanders:

No Way Out
Under Siege 2

I like your particular brand of crazy Tim, and with the first film you're actually standing on pretty solid ground!

Mokey

@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Two best films directed by New Zealanders:

No Way Out
Under Siege 2

Completely agree about No Way Out. That is a really great thriller. Also love Roger Donaldson for Cocktail and Thirteen Days and Species (c'mon, Natasha Henstridge was SO HOT). But I must respectfully add Taika Waititi for What We Do In The Shadows and Hunt For The Wilderpeople. Will be interesting to see what he does with Thor.

Bovidae

I've always been a huge fan of No Way Out. I've watched that movie heaps of times.

Of Roger Donaldson's recent movies, I enjoyed The November Man.

@Tim At least you didn't say Cocktail.

Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) would be near the top for any NZ director.

Tim

I wonder how GATTICA (Andrew Nicol) holds up?

Bovidae

I haven't watched Gattaca in years but it was a unique movie for its time. S1m0ne was another from Niccol that was different but interesting. And Lord of War.

We should include the Shrek movies (Andrew Adamson).

mariner4life

@Mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:

c'mon, Natasha Henstridge was SO HOT

so much this. jesus.

antipodean

@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Lost City of Z. Epic and long. Not for everyone but I enjoyed it.

I finished watching this last night and it is excellent. The casting is superb. The cinematography is brilliant.

NTA

Dr Strange

Found this to be one of the better Marvel films. Don't know whether that was just because Cumberbatch was the lead.

Cloak of Levitation = funny as fuck.

4.5 out of 5 interdimensional beings.

jegga

I thought @mokey would have said Richard Curtis for Love actually .

Natasha Henstridge is smoking hot and never shy about getting nude on camera. I'm very surprised Erika Eleniak never had a similar career path.

Bovidae

@NTA The SFX are amazing, better than Inception.

Speaking of Marvel films, I am watching Logan again tonight.

taniwharugby

took the kids to see Diary of a wimpy Kid, long haul.

Very much in the National Lampoons vacation type movie, was decent enough with some silly laughs, kids liked it.

First time I've seen Alicia Silverstone in anything for a long time, still would.

raznomore

@Kruse I would but she looks average as in Glow. She has this Mary Tyler Moore vibe in that and its not hot in any way.

Virgil

@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:

took the kids to see Diary of a wimpy Kid, long haul.

Very much in the National Lampoons vacation type movie, was decent enough with some silly laughs, kids liked it.

First time I've seen Alicia Silverstone in anything for a long time, still would.

I hear she's been busy doing Vegan shit...

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