Movie review thread...
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched the movie 'Resolve' on TV1 last night, which is the true story about Chris Crean when he stood up as a witness against the Black Power in New Plymouth.
Pretty hard watch, while his reasoning was admirable, the fact that he refused to go into Witness Protection was ultimately his undoing and many would say stupid.
I don't actually recall this at the time, which is odd as I am pretty sure it would have made big news at the time
Didn't see the show, I followed the story at the time though and that guy was as brave as hell. His wider family suffered very badly afterwards too, it makes for sad reading if you want to look it up .
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Was that expo Supernova?
From memory it was the EB Games expo earlier in the year. There was a guy there dressed as the Joker from SS but he just looked like a sad dickhead. The chick as Harley Quinn was receiving a stack of attention - gotta say that after seeing the movie she's nailed the look.
In my previous job we went to the Games expos, but sadly in my current one it's only Supanova/Comic-Con and film ones.
The games one was cool because they used to have shut out times when the punters were locked out, so I could go play any of the games without waiting.
Last years comic con had a lot of Overwatch cosplay, which was basically girls in skin tight costumes.
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@jegga saw this posted on FB by Pana Hema Taylor (the guy that played Chris Crean)
Hi Pana, this is Tania Butler. I would like you to know how much I appreciate you. You acted so in tune in character of my late husband Chris Crean. My children and I have seen the movie and it's being really impacting for them. Stephanie was only 2 1/2 and Simeon well he never saw his dad so for them it was like the first time seeing him through your acting. I love how you captured his humour, he was a funny guy and everyone who knew him remembered him for his huge smile, belly laugh and joking around humour. He was such a brave guy.. honestly he was not afraid of anyone ...you captured that well too.
Thank you for your time, your acting is such a gift...God bless. -
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga saw this posted on FB by Pana Hema Taylor (the guy that played Chris Crean)
Hi Pana, this is Tania Butler. I would like you to know how much I appreciate you. You acted so in tune in character of my late husband Chris Crean. My children and I have seen the movie and it's being really impacting for them. Stephanie was only 2 1/2 and Simeon well he never saw his dad so for them it was like the first time seeing him through your acting. I love how you captured his humour, he was a funny guy and everyone who knew him remembered him for his huge smile, belly laugh and joking around humour. He was such a brave guy.. honestly he was not afraid of anyone ...you captured that well too.
Thank you for your time, your acting is such a gift...God bless.Cheers, thats awesome. i remember his league coach saying that even though he had a club foot he was able to play at a decent level mostly through sheer cussedness.
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Suicide Squad
Another Netflix job. I thought it was a lot of fun, actually. If you can leave alone some of the stupidity in the plot, and treat it like a fucking comic book movie that requires bad decisions to get off the deck then your disbelief is suspended, and you're ready to enjoy Margot Robbie in short shorts. Hooray!
(Aside: I was at an expo here in Sydney recently and there is a cosplay model who looks just like Margot Robbie - this is her http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3788297/Cosplay-enthusiast-21-spitting-image-Margot-Robbie-Suicide-Squad-sends-fans-spin.html )
Anyway, lots of blowing-up-and-alien-shit-things-with-end-credits-scene which leads onto Justice League nicely.
3.5 Puddins out of 5
I should add: 0.5 of those marks were for Cara Delevignenen or however you spell it. I don't give a fuck if they digitally slimmed her down, femmenazis. She looked hot as that evil bitch.
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Suicide Squad
Another Netflix job. I thought it was a lot of fun, actually. If you can leave alone some of the stupidity in the plot, and treat it like a fucking comic book movie that requires bad decisions to get off the deck then your disbelief is suspended, and you're ready to enjoy Margot Robbie in short shorts. Hooray!
(Aside: I was at an expo here in Sydney recently and there is a cosplay model who looks just like Margot Robbie - this is her http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3788297/Cosplay-enthusiast-21-spitting-image-Margot-Robbie-Suicide-Squad-sends-fans-spin.html )
Anyway, lots of blowing-up-and-alien-shit-things-with-end-credits-scene which leads onto Justice League nicely.
3.5 Puddins out of 5
I should add: 0.5 of those marks were for Cara Delevignenen or however you spell it. I don't give a fuck if they digitally slimmed her down, femmenazis. She looked hot as that evil bitch.
Shit yes.
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@No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Lion
Bloody hell, outrageously emotional movie. The better half basically spent the whole two hours in tears. Pretty amazing story very well told, hard to fault it. India is a fucked up place, huge disparity between rich and poor and 80 odd thousand kids go missing every year which is absolutely nuts.
Would recommend.
4.5 long train rides out of 5 lost children.
I watched this myself over the weekend, the last of the 2017 Best Motion Picture of the Year nominees I needed to see. Well apart from THAT film. I agree with your comments but would rate it a little lower.
Of the others in the list:
Hidden Figures
A really enjoyable movie about a story that I wasn't even aware of (female African-American mathematicians whose work was vital in the early years of the U.S. space program at NASA). All the main cast were really good, and this movie had the right balance of facts and humour. I liked how they incorporated photos and bios of the real people at the end.4 human computers out of 5 NASA nerds.
Fences
I'm a huge Denzel fan but you can tell the movie had been adapted from a play as the first act is too wordy. Denzel is good of course, as was Viola Davis, but the scene-stealer was Mykelti Williamson as the injury-impaired younger brother.3.5 crookeds out of 5 straights
Manchester By The Sea
OK but I tend not to enjoy these melancholic movies as much. The movie loses its way in the 2nd half. I'm also not sure Casey Affleck's performance was the most deserving of best actor.3 out of 5 (I can't think of anything to use)
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@No-Quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Lion
Bloody hell, outrageously emotional movie. The better half basically spent the whole two hours in tears. Pretty amazing story very well told, hard to fault it. India is a fucked up place, huge disparity between rich and poor and 80 odd thousand kids go missing every year which is absolutely nuts.
Would recommend.
4.5 long train rides out of 5 lost children.
I watched this myself over the weekend, the last of the 2017 Best Motion Picture of the Year nominees I needed to see. Well apart from THAT film. I agree with your comments but would rate it a little lower.
Of the others in the list:
Hidden Figures
A really enjoyable movie about a story that I wasn't even aware of (female African-American mathematicians whose work was vital in the early years of the U.S. space program at NASA). All the main cast were really good, and this movie had the right balance of facts and humour. I liked how they incorporated photos and bios of the real people at the end.4 human computers out of 5 NASA nerds.
Fences
I'm a huge Denzel fan but you can tell the movie had been adapted from a play as the first act is too wordy. Denzel is good of course, as was Viola Davis, but the scene-stealer was Mykelti Williamson as the injury-impaired younger brother.3.5 crookeds out of 5 straights
Manchester By The Sea
OK but I tend not to enjoy these melancholic movies as much. The movie loses its way in the 2nd half. I'm also not sure Casey Affleck's performance was the most deserving of best actor.3 out of 5 (I can't think of anything to use)
How about 3 mumbling yanks out of 5 strained hearing aids?
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looks like Bruce getting back to what he does best, cheesy one liners and hurting people!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
looks like Bruce getting back to what he does best, cheesy one liners and hurting people!
Elizabeth Shue! She was in more than one of my teenage fantasies. I'll have to take some tissues to the theatre for old times sake.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
looks like Bruce getting back to what he does best, cheesy one liners and hurting people!
Elizabeth Shue! She was in more than one of my teenage fantasies. I'll have to take some tissues to the theatre for old times sake.
You missed the whole Liz Shue debate a while back. I was definitely in the like camp; who didn't want to be Daniel Larusso just so you could get close to her?
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While trapped in the many aeroplanes I've been in during the past 10 days, I saw bits of a movie that will haunt me in a bad way like forever. No idea the name of it, but it's a fairly new release, and had these youngish people trapped in some sort of hospital, and being treated in various disgusting ways by a truly sadistic doctor. Anyway, one scene I happened to see (excuse me while I puke) the young man was in like a decompression chamber type thing, and sadistic doc decides to punish him for something (I didn't have sound so don't know the dialogue) and SD pinches his nose til he opens his mouth, then shoves in giant plastic thing to keep it open, then shoves big tube down his throat, then pours in leeches. ARRRGGGHH. Why did I have to see that in a darkened plane. ARRRGGHHH.
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Saw all 3 of the most recent planet of the apes movies last week.
First one was excellent. 4.5 Alzheimer cures outta 5 angry monkeys.
Second one was also very good. 4 monkey revolutionaries outta 5 big explosions
Third was just so-so. They bought in a jajar binks character, certain scenes were stupidly emotionally unrealistic and overall it was way way overly melodramatic. 3 evil white christian males, outta 5 'oh for fucks sake yes its an emotional scene but jesus christ get on with the action already!' -
@Rembrandt said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Saw all 3 of the most recent planet of the apes movies last week.
First one was excellent. 4.5 Alzheimer cures outta 5 angry monkeys.
Second one was also very good. 4 monkey revolutionaries outta 5 big explosions
Third was just so-so. They bought in a jajar binks character, certain scenes were stupidly emotionally unrealistic and overall it was way way overly melodramatic. 3 evil white christian males, outta 5 'oh for fucks sake yes its an emotional scene but jesus christ get on with the action already!'I did the exact same after watching the trailer for the latest one (which confirms why I don't like watching trailers ... but more on that soon).
I probably give all of them a four. Much different movies than what I thought they were going to be and the mo cap is bloody spectacular.
SPOILER COMING - LOOK AWAY IF YOU HAVEN"T SEEN.
Hmmm, you'd think I would have figured out how to spoiler by now.
So, the trailer to the 3rd one basically made it out to be a massive battle between the Apes and the Humans when in reality it was a couple of small fights between Apes and Humans and then a battle between Humans and Humans. I still really enjoyed it but that frikkin trailer convinced me I was going to be watching something else.
Also, where are the Humans from the 2nd one? Thought maybe they could have come back to warn Caesar of the approaching Woody and his men.
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@Nepia Yeah had the same feelings regarding the trailer which set me up for some awesome action expectations.
That reminds me I saw Baby driver last weekend. Absolutely loved it. I was running on like 3hours of sleep and a giant hangover on a sunday and was fully expecting to be getting some shuteye time but was glued to the screen. 5 cassette tapes outta 5 takeaway coffees
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Meanwhile a container ship full of cash (presumably) has persuaded Daniel Craig not to slash his wrists and he will do two more Bond movies.
I find that a bit unimaginative tbh. I never really warmed to his Bond and found the movies lacked the 'fun' level of previous ones.
Kingsman has jumped into that space.
Death Wish (2018) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Crime, Drama
