Movie review thread...
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again... if you haven't watched Labyrinth, The NeverEnding Story, and The Princess Bride - you're not a complete human being. Your soul is incomplete.
Every single person I've met who has admitted to not having watched that trinity, I immediately think "ah, that explains it". -
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@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse you'll be glad to know then, that Princess Bride is being re-released in theatres for the 30th anniversary (700 theatres for two days only)
Sweet - that sounds like a great gift for the niece/nephews/god-daughter/etc. Should give me a bit of credit to not need to remember birthdays/etc for another year or so.
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse you'll be glad to know then, that Princess Bride is being re-released in theatres for the 30th anniversary (700 theatres for two days only)
Sweet - that sounds like a great gift for the niece/nephews/god-daughter/etc. Should give me a bit of credit to not need to remember birthdays/etc for another year or so.
That was a US thing but could be worth checking out.
Hopefully it will give the old Box office take figures a boost. -
@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse you'll be glad to know then, that Princess Bride is being re-released in theatres for the 30th anniversary (700 theatres for two days only)
Sweet - that sounds like a great gift for the niece/nephews/god-daughter/etc. Should give me a bit of credit to not need to remember birthdays/etc for another year or so.
That was a US thing but could be worth checking out.
Hopefully it will give the old Box office take figures a boost.Yeah - just checked... only in the US as far as the main website is concerned.
Perhaps time for a well-timed letter or two to some well-placed NZ cinemas. And more selflishly, perhaps my local (Barbican - seems like the sort of thing they'd typically do). -
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... if you haven't watched Labyrinth, The NeverEnding Story, and The Princess Bride - you're not a complete human being. Your soul is incomplete.
Every single person I've met who has admitted to not having watched that trinity, I immediately think "ah, that explains it".Inconceivable
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In anticipation of the new Blade Runner I just watched the old one. Overall not the most amazing flick. As if LA will look like that in the future ? Perhaps it's a bit high brow for a simple guy like me....
How many film franchises can Harrison Ford redo?!?!?! Here's hoping he doesn't revisit Working Girl.
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I cannot grasp the Hollywood obsession with remakes right now. There are millions of books that could be adapted, and they keep remaking movies that literally no one has called for a remake of because 1 the original was perfection or 2 the original story was so fucking bad that it should have never been made in the first place.
What remake has been better? (I see the next remake is going to be Hocus Pocus, the witchy story with Sarah Jessica, Kathy, and Bette. Why the fuck that needs to be redone, I'm sure I don't know...) -
@mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I cannot grasp the Hollywood obsession with remakes right now. There are millions of books that could be adapted, and they keep remaking movies that literally no one has called for a remake of because 1 the original was perfection or 2 the original story was so fucking bad that it should have never been made in the first place.
What remake has been better? (I see the next remake is going to be Hocus Pocus, the witchy story with Sarah Jessica, Kathy, and Bette. Why the fuck that needs to be redone, I'm sure I don't know...)It seems that TV is grabbing up all the books.
I was wondering if we've got a skewed view of how many remakes/sequels/etc there really are compared to the past, but then a quick Asking-of-Jeeves shows there are 47 this year alone. WTF?
And 121 in total in development? I gave up reading the list, when I got weirdly excited/depressed to see "Blue Thunder", being remade with a drone. A drone pilot who measures his sanity with a watch - how's that gonna work? -
@mokey said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I cannot grasp the Hollywood obsession with remakes right now. There are millions of books that could be adapted, and they keep remaking movies that literally no one has called for a remake of because 1 the original was perfection or 2 the original story was so fucking bad that it should have never been made in the first place.
What remake has been better? (I see the next remake is going to be Hocus Pocus, the witchy story with Sarah Jessica, Kathy, and Bette. Why the fuck that needs to be redone, I'm sure I don't know...)100%. I can understand a remake of a movie if you think you can adapt it and make it better - like Beauty & the Beast or The Jungle Book. But a lot of the time it's just a bullshit money spinner that they know will be shit, but make it anyway as it will make enough of a profit.
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Full disclosure: I have a recent personal grievance against remakes, as my local was shut up for a week recently, while they filmed a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in there.
Who's in it? Big shoes to fill.
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@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Just saw the new Bladerunner and am pleasantly surprised, a worthy sequel.
Old style movie that took its time and looked fantastic.
Worth watching this non-spoiler review of the new Bladerunner.
The film has stayed with me, I want to go see it again.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Baby Driver - enjoyed this, although the choice of getaway cars in a couple of the heists was odd.
Eiza Gonzalez is H.A.F, first spotted her in the Dusk to Dawn series...Lily James is fine too
4 driving songs out of 5 unecessary drifts around corners
Just watched Baby Driver. Quite good fun although the constant music references and ridiculous action at the end was a bit much. The future mrs MN5 and I agreed that Eliza Gonzales who I initially thought was Jessica Alba is indeed HAF and we also both thought the bloke that played her boyfriend was the bloke who played Negan in Walking Dead.
Definitely a 'leave your brain at the door' flick though. 2.5 mistaken identities out of 5
Also saw 'It'. Some genuinely awesome scares, But overall pretty fucken dumb to be honest. The kids go through some absolutely horrific stuff one second, the next it's banter and dick jokes with their mates. Also not sure why the Supernatural clown seemed to lose his powers at the end? ( hard to elaborate on this without spoilers )
2.5 decent Stephen King adaptations out of 5 Bad ones.
Finally watched Schindlers List for the first time in years. An absolute bonafide classic of a flick. Seeing Neeson these days with his endless array of bullshit tough guy flicks compared to his performance in this is weird....ditto Ralph Feines who plays one of the most evil fluffybunnies in history. How these two reunited in Clash of the Titans is anyone's guess.
Anyway, The movie is just a masterpiece. It's long and not exactly full of action as such but holy shit, so compelling.
4.9 Jews out of 5 Nazis
