Movie review thread...
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Was away for work so watched three movies in the Hotel.
Justice League. Good Grief that rocked! Totally surprised
Thor Ragnorak: Was cringing at the beginning but really enjoyed it. Who was the actor playing the big blue guy. Sounded like the whale from the Chups sketch.
Baywatch. Actually laughed at some of the gags at the beginning but that was the highlight. Rest was dross.
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Was away for work so watched three movies in the Hotel.
Justice League. Good Grief that rocked! Totally surprised
Thor Ragnorak: Was cringing at the beginning but really enjoyed it. Who was the actor playing the big blue guy. Sounded like the whale from the Chups sketch.
Baywatch. Actually laughed at some of the gags at the beginning but that was the highlight. Rest was dross.
Baywatch had a couple of really awesome gags then turned into a confused mess.
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@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Was away for work so watched three movies in the Hotel.
Justice League. Good Grief that rocked! Totally surprised
Thor Ragnorak: Was cringing at the beginning but really enjoyed it. Who was the actor playing the big blue guy. Sounded like the whale from the Chups sketch.
Baywatch. Actually laughed at some of the gags at the beginning but that was the highlight. Rest was dross.
I'm totally surprised too, did they release another Justice League movie already?
I thought it was a decent enough watch, but not in comparison to Thor.
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I seem to be on a sandals and leather action binge lately. Last night watched Gods of Egypt, and have to say, the whole whitewashing wah wah is the least of that movie's problems. By far the biggest is a story that makes no fucking sense whatsoever, and is several plotlines that get shoved in every so often to jolt you into another round of WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON.
It doesn't help that Horus and Bek (allegedly the hero and his trusty sidekick are two annoying pissants who I actually wanted Set to kill. But he didn't. He just killed everyone else.) Actually, every god except Set seems to have wandered in from another movie because they sure as hell don't act fearsome or worthy of worship in any way (Ra, is supposed to be the king god, and spends his time floating in space on some sort of ship). Plotholes aplenty, and worse, the movie breaks its own world rules all the time, oh yeah, and don't get me started on the range of accents. Lol. The CGI ranges from kind of cool to stupid, and then they turn transformer at the end and fight and pissant hero wins and a big giant fucking MEH.
I'll grudgingly give one star for the delish biceps and abs on display, but that is about it. -
@mokey I've tried to watch that twice, but it is just so, so bad.
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@mariner4life I have to say, how the fuck some of these scripts get the green light is utterly beyond my comprehension. Doesn't matter if you have a top notch cast, if the script is complete rubbish, they can't save it.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Was away for work so watched three movies in the Hotel.
Justice League. Good Grief that rocked! Totally surprised
Thor Ragnorak: Was cringing at the beginning but really enjoyed it. Who was the actor playing the big blue guy. Sounded like the whale from the Chups sketch.
Baywatch. Actually laughed at some of the gags at the beginning but that was the highlight. Rest was dross.
I'm totally surprised too, did they release another Justice League movie already?
I thought it was a decent enough watch, but not in comparison to Thor.
I prefered it to Thor. Wasn't a massive fan of Hulk just yarning away.
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The Hitman's Bodyguard
Fun
As it went on it seemed that it was an "enhancement" of a European movie with Murkan actors. Much like Bastille Day.
But still fun. Good lines. Reasonable story.
Enjoyed.
Was ok for Ms boo jr (14yo) imo: ie, No sex. Can deal with the violence and the bad language.
3 re-used action scenes from the original European movie out of 5 motherfuckers.
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Watched "Darkest Hour" & Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" last week.
"Darkest Hour" was a good film but didn't really impress - a bit of a disappointment really. Oldman disappointed me and gave a tick-box portrayal of Churchill, which was a shame as he's one of my favourite actors.
"Dunkirk" was stunning. A visual masterpiece with sparse dialogue and wonderfully understated acting - particularly from Kenneth Branagh & Mark Rylance - supporting the action and story of the evacuation perfectly. Tom Hardy was brilliant. Very accurate historically and zero jingoism or subtexts.
Best film I've seen in years.
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Wolf Warrior 2 (don't bother with 1) which is a Chinese Action film, and the hero, is certainly every bit as as robust as Lucas Hood & John McLane.
3 tank crashes out of 5 corrupt warlords
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Watched “American Made” (2017) starring Tom Cruise as Barry Seal and his cocaine runs from Medillin to Mena, Arkansas. Really enjoyed the film, especially the small allusions to then-AG/Gov Bill Clinton springing him from jail.
