Movie review thread...
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@taniwharugby I actually really enjoyed it. It was fun. When I read some reviews of it after I'd seen it I was actually wondering if they saw the same movie as I did. A friend of mine who came didn't realise it was a sequel and she loved it.
@Kirwan Yeah, Elton John was great, I also read complaints that his cameo was too long, but I thought it was just right ... actually it was more than a cameo, it was an actual role in the film.
Some of the new characters (big name actors) were underserved, but they were only contracted for short stints and they'll play bigger roles in their own film if that happens.
7.5 Robotic Dogs not killing 10 Elton Johns.
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@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia Yeah it was good, just not as good as the first one.
The rumour is the director is in line for new Superman sequel, would love to see what he does with that.
Yeah, it was never going to be as good as the first, which was fresh with a fish out of water story but I enjoyed the sequel for what it was.
I'd be surprised if Mathew Vaughn directed a Superman movie even though he's been talking about it in interviews, I've listened to him on a few podcasts and he really doesn't seem like he wants to work in Studio films again - but I'd like to see if he could make a decent Superman movie though.
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Watched American Made.
A fun movie that doesn't delve deeply into any aspect of the possibilities in the script. Think a combination of Blow and Air America and something else that escapes me right now.
3 suitcases stuffed with cash out of 5 air planes carrying drugs and weapons
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@nta Deserves more patronage. Stupid public consign these types of movies to the dustbin.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nta Deserves more patronage. Stupid public consign these types of movies to the dustbin.
They'll cream it later on blu ray etc
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nta Deserves more patronage. Stupid public consign these types of movies to the dustbin.
TBF it is Blacktown Hoyts so idiot public are a guarantee. Bogan City.
Secondly: 10AM showing on a Monday morning. I've got LSL and not many others do
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Blade Runner 2049
Wow. Just fucking wow.
Everything I expected. Villeneuve hit it right in the balls.
5 hot holographic chicks out of 5
How is it compared to the original? By all accounts it's the rare case of a sequel completely blowing the first one out of the water....
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@mn5 I'd say it's better by a bit, but such a good piece as a sequel.
Similar pacing to the 1982 version. Original (voiceover) I saw as a kid and was somewhat bored. Even the Director's Cut as a teen was a bit slow moving.
This one is similar in that they could have saved a few minutes without some of the long silences and pauses in dialogue.
BUT, I had the advantage of a spot in a ~200 seat cinema with two other people sitting far away from me, so I could drink in all the ambience and really enjoy it without some fucker chewing popcorn or slurping their drink. Or talking throughout.
Fucking hell the shot selection and palette is well ahead of the originals just due to technology.
And the score is, dare I say it, perfect.
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 I'd say it's better by a bit, but such a good piece as a sequel.
Similar pacing to the 1982 version. Original (voiceover) I saw as a kid and was somewhat bored. Even the Director's Cut as a teen was a bit slow moving.
This one is similar in that they could have saved a few minutes without some of the long silences and pauses in dialogue.
BUT, I had the advantage of a spot in a ~200 seat cinema with two other people sitting far away from me, so I could drink in all the ambience and really enjoy it without some fucker chewing popcorn or slurping their drink. Or talking throughout.
Fucking hell the shot selection and palette is well ahead of the originals just due to technology.
And the score is, dare I say it, perfect.
Maybe my view of the original is skewed a bit by my younger self expecting too much Han Solo/Indy type action from HF. Even today I'm still unsure whether it's a bonafide classic or not. Still amped to see the sequel sometime this week though.
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I think Blade Runner 2049 was the better movie but the original will be the bigger classic. I think the final monologue and the overarching question (what does it mean to be human) contained a lot more depth than anything in the new film. 2049 is hardly a shallow film either but I don't think it will be regarded as highly as the original.
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@hydro11 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I think the final monologue and the overarching question (what does it mean to be human) contained a lot more depth than anything in the new film.
The original is a bit closer to the works from Philip K Dick that it was based on.
This extends it to a degree but then starts to ask whether the human is more important that the near-human.
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@hydro11 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I think the final monologue and the overarching question (what does it mean to be human) contained a lot more depth than anything in the new film.
The original is a bit closer to the works from Philip K Dick that it was based on.
This extends it to a degree but then starts to ask whether the human is more important that the near-human.
I never knew until very recently that this song was about Blade Runner....
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I assumed I'd done a review of the latest, but I only commented on my re-watch of the original. I think the new one is a much better film.
The original was a classic (cult classic) in my opinion due in most part to it's look and its influence on sci fi imagery from then on. The plot is much smaller in scope than the new one yet seems to take an age to tell it's small story. It is slow moving in ways I don't personally believe it needs to be. Batty's final speech seemed comical to me on the re-watch, but I can't remember my take on it from earlier watches. However the world it sets up is awesome and the new one benefited from that.
I think the new one took all the good stuff, the look, the sound design etc and had better pacing, even though some think it is slow moving. There are plot holes and leaps but all movies have those.
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