Movie review thread...
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thought Pearce was v-good for most of the movie, although the character seemed too unbelievable at the end. Thought the ending with Hardy was a bit weak, although if thats what happened, thats what happened...<br />
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IIRC the book was written by the brothers family, so how much that skews the actual facts is open for debate I guess...<br />
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Yeah, the book was written by Shia LeBouf's character's grandson. Although the book is more about the case of the District Attorney's (the guy in the car) court case - he got charged with racketeering I think and the brothers and most of the other townsfolk gave evidence.<br />
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yeah it was a shitty ending, but I guess if thats how it happened...?<br />
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Although I am guessing there was alot of poetic licence involved, so why not give it a better ending.<br />
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Resident Evil Retribution - more of the same really, but at least Milla Yoyovich is easy on the eye, plus it is easily under 1.5 hours. -
Silver Linings Playbook. 7.5/10<br />
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Came recommended from Deadspin, who called it the "best sports movie ever" (or something). It's not. And, it's only tangentially related to sports, tho' there is certainly a LOT of superstitious stuff about the Philadelphia Eagles at the centre of the whole thing, esp. from the Robert DeNiro character. It's a romance comedy about two loons (Bradley Cooper and the Hunger Games chickette). Being that it's directed by David O. Russell (Spanking the Monkey, Flirting with Disaster, Three Kings, Huckabees, etc.), this isn't your regular romance flick. -
Bourne Legacy - milking a franchise? On its own is your runof the mill action film, sits outside themBourne books although ran concurrent with the last Bourne movie too...but is watchable, although a bit long.
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Bourne Legacy - milking a franchise? On its own is your runof the mill action film, sits outside themBourne books although ran concurrent with the last Bourne movie too...but is watchable, although a bit long.<br />
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I mostly enjoyed it because I was trying to join the dots with the original Bourne that it runs parallel with. But, the ending annoyed the hell on me, a way too long chase and then an abrupt ending solely designed to set up a sequel. -
if they can entice Damon back into it too would be good...his woodeness works well as Bourne.
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Add my name to the list of fans for Skyfall!<br />
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[quote name='Kirwan' timestamp='1354317599' post='329583']<br />
Spoileriffic!<br />
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Watched it again last night, as the wife wanted to see it too. It' even better the second time round when you see how carefully it was put together. Great plot and direction.<br />
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[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1355266610' post='332209']<br />
Add my name to the list of fans for Skyfall!<br />
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I read Canefans post but any spoiler in it went over my head...<br />
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This bit "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=2][background=rgb(247, 247, 247)]with a twist like Moneypenny, Q and a new M"[/background][/size][/font][/color] -
yeah I know that now....but before seeing the movie I didnt pick it up as a spoiler.
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[quote name='Kirwan' timestamp='1355268536' post='332218']<br />
[spoiler]I'd have been pissed knowing there was a new M, because it would have been even more obvious that old M would die. Moneypenny is less of an issue[/spoiler]<br />
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Great film regardless.<br />
[/quote]How would you reach any conclusions about M if you hadn't already seen the film? [spoiler]Last time I checked M's didn't have the job until death[/spoiler] Still I am apologetic if I managed to ruin the film for anyone out there -
OK saw Skyfall last night. It was OK but too long. Looked good but if that is as has been reported one of the best Bonds ever its clearly only a franchise for the fan boys. Still it keeps the Brocolli's in brocolli.<br />
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Worried bout Hobbit. Caught end of trailer. Seemed self indulgent and playing for laughs (New Worlfd all the way to the bank????) Gotta wonder how a slim childrens book can be padded out to 3 movies. I fear it will have all the poor bits of LOTR - Legolas surfing down the oliphant - bleech. Still I live in equal parts hope, anticipation and expectation. -
[quote name='dogmeat' timestamp='1355308066' post='332321']<br />
Gotta wonder how a slim childrens book can be padded out to 3 movies.<br />
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I haven't seen the movie but of all the criticisms in advance, this one doesn't worry me in the least.<br />
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The book has a background of mythology, meaning, I can write a single expository sentence, "Army engages big battle with enemy," that takes me all of 5 seconds to type and 3 less seconds to read. But you can make that battle and all the events that lead-up to and transpire within to play out dramatically as long as you want.<br />
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I could condense WW2 to an essay-length assignment - but that doesn't mean there's only a 20 minute movie in it. Think of William Shirer's single volume "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" ... from the [i]footnotes alone[/i], you could get The Wannsee Conference, The Longest Day, The Bunker, Stalingrad, Saving Private Ryan, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, and even things like Schindler's List, Casablanca, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dambusters, The Great Escape, Stalag 17, Midway, Tora Tora Tora, They Were Expendable, The Dirty Dozen, Das Boot, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Objective! Burma, The Benny Goodman Story, To Hell and Back ... even Inglorious Bastards!! -- that's a lot of hours of entertainment ripped from the endnotes and I'm only getting started! -
[quote name='red terror' timestamp='1355340539' post='332338']<br />
I haven't seen the movie but of all the criticisms in advance, this one doesn't worry me in the least.<br />
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The book has a background of mythology, meaning, I can write a single expository sentence, "Army engages big battle with enemy," that takes me all of 5 seconds to type and 3 less seconds to read. But you can make that battle and all the events that lead-up to and transpire within to play out dramatically as long as you want.<br />
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I could condense WW2 to an essay-length assignment - but that doesn't mean there's only a 20 minute movie in it. Think of William Shirer's single volume "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" ... from the [i]footnotes alone[/i], you could get The Wannsee Conference, The Longest Day, The Bunker, Stalingrad, Saving Private Ryan, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, and even things like Schindler's List, Casablanca, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dambusters, The Great Escape, Stalag 17, Midway, Tora Tora Tora, They Were Expendable, The Dirty Dozen, Das Boot, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Objective! Burma, The Benny Goodman Story, To Hell and Back ... even Inglorious Bastards!! -- that's a lot of hours of entertainment ripped from the endnotes and I'm only getting started!<br />
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Spot on - I just re-read the Hobbit and kept this in mind as I read. There is so much content that is described in utter bare bones - "Bilbo killed dozens of spiders" or something similar. The apparent slower start is just part of setting up a pretty large ensemble cast that in the book is really only involves the colour of their hats, family relationship and a brief physical description!! -
[quote name='canefan' timestamp='1355306381' post='332319']<br />
How would you reach any conclusions about M if you hadn't already seen the film? [spoiler]Last time I checked M's didn't have the job until death[/spoiler] Still I am apologetic if I managed to ruin the film for anyone out there<br />
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I'm not really criticising you for the post, it was tongue in cheek after (spolieriffic!). <br />
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[spoiler]My point about the new M bit was that it would have helped me guess earlier that she was goneburger[/spoiler] -
[quote name='dogmeat' timestamp='1355308066' post='332321']<br />
OK saw Skyfall last night. It was OK but too long. Looked good but if that is as has been reported one of the best Bonds ever its clearly only a franchise for the fan boys. Still it keeps the Brocolli's in brocolli.<br />
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Worried bout Hobbit. Caught end of trailer. Seemed self indulgent and playing for laughs (New Worlfd all the way to the bank????) Gotta wonder how a slim childrens book can be padded out to 3 movies. I fear it will have all the poor bits of LOTR - Legolas surfing down the oliphant - bleech. Still I live in equal parts hope, anticipation and expectation.<br />
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I enjoy the Bond films more since Craig has been Bond.<br />
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The HObbit preview was on when I went, and the movie, for obvious reasons has a very LOTR feel to it. I mean it was successful, and it is set in the same place, just earlier.<br />
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Saw The Sapphires tonight. Kind of a cut-price Commitments based around Aboriginal girl soul singers in 60s Australia who end up entertaining US troops in Vietnam. It has it's moments but it's a bit, umm, crap in parts. It's got a "let's do the party right here" feel to it - made worse by the obvious dubbing when the girls start to sing and the sets start to wobble. Chris O'Dowd is the Irish manager and he's easily the best actor in it, but you don't really understand what his character is doing in the Aussie Outback and why such a pasty Celt has got a hard-on for Detroit soul.<br />
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Apparently, the film is based on a true story - but how true I don't know. Let's say I found it odd that American troops would be entertained by an Aboriginal girl band when it must have been easier to ship out the real thing.<br />
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So it sounds like I hated it, but tbh it's quite watchable. There's some good comedy and some great music. If you have to take the Mrs to the pics, this could be the best compromise available. -
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Well the Pierce Brosnan efforts less so.....could never get the image of him being that doofus on Remington Steele out of my head.<br />
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There's some truth to that, but a lot of preliminary damage had been done in the Moore era. I saw them all when they came out, and each one became less forgiving. Octopussy might have been the nadir, but for me the lowest moment has always been the pigeon double-take (2:55) in Moonraker. I get that gloriously stupid can still be glorious, but this whole scene is just ridiculous.<br />
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