Movie review thread...
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WTF!
Highlander is one of my favourite movies and the only film I've owned in all 3 formats at different times - VHS, DVD and blu-ray.
The sequel and the rest of the franchise were utter shit but that first movie is a classic. Who doesn't love an Egyptian with a Scottish accent?
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
WTF!
Highlander is one of my favourite movies and the only film I've owned in all 3 formats at different times - VHS, DVD and blu-ray.
The sequel and the rest of the franchise were utter shit but that first movie is a classic. Who doesn't love an Egyptian with a Scottish accent?
Not to mention a French Scotsman. I guess back in the day there were nobles from the French mainland that owned Scottish lands and vice versa
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
WTF!
Highlander is one of my favourite movies and the only film I've owned in all 3 formats at different times - VHS, DVD and blu-ray.
The sequel and the rest of the franchise were utter shit but that first movie is a classic. Who doesn't love an Egyptian with a Scottish accent?
I rewatched Highlander quite recently. It's aged fucken terribly and is a gigantic pile of horseshit. Christopher Lambert has all the charisma of a wooden board and his acting is about the same level. Connery and Heather ( she was hot, unfortunately recent Google images confirm this didn't last ) try their best to save it on some level but to me it's everything that's bad about 80s movies without the 'so bad it's good' vibe you get from so many others. ( thanks for your efforts Arnie, Chuck, Kurt, Sly.....)
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@mn5 yeah I went to watch it recently, luckily was really tired and turned it off after 5 minutes, and thought man it hasnt aged well...so better to hold the fond memories of an all time fave rather than ruin by rewatching!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 yeah I went to watch it recently, luckily was really tired and turned it off after 5 minutes, and thought man it hasnt aged well...so better to hold the fond memories of it than ruin by rewatching!
I didn't even bother pausing the bit when Heather got her tits out.....being older and wiser I can see how it bombed at the box office.
Connery has definitely starred in some absolute fucken stinkers ( yes, this includes a couple of his Bond movies too )
On a happier note I did rewatch Kingpin....still a classic. Bill Murray at his absolute best and some great lines and scenes. Some massive laugh out loud/gross shit, the Farellys sure had their moments.
4 spares out of 5 strikes.....
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@majorrage said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Super hero / Comic Book Movies .... I only have a top 4.
Iron Man
The Dark Knight Trilogy.Captain America was ok, Avengers was ok ... rest I've found a bit meh. I thought Paul Rudd was miscast in Antman. As I love Paul Rudd, but he didn't seem to really suit the role I thought.
Those first two are the only ones I remotely like. I guess I have a thing for flawed billionaires with cool gadgets.
Eion Musk fan then..
Ha I actually read that as "I have a thing for flawed billionaires with flawed gadgets"
And I immediately thought of Musk and Tesla.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
WTF!
Highlander is one of my favourite movies and the only film I've owned in all 3 formats at different times - VHS, DVD and blu-ray.
The sequel and the rest of the franchise were utter shit but that first movie is a classic. Who doesn't love an Egyptian with a Scottish accent?
I rewatched Highlander quite recently. It's aged fucken terribly and is a gigantic pile of horseshit. Christopher Lambert has all the charisma of a wooden board and his acting is about the same level. Connery and Heather ( she was hot, unfortunately recent Google images confirm this didn't last ) try their best to save it on some level but to me it's everything that's bad about 80s movies without the 'so bad it's good' vibe you get from so many others. ( thanks for your efforts Arnie, Chuck, Kurt, Sly.....)
Cheers for the warning. In my mind it is still one of the greats, i think I last watched it some 20 years back I do remember the 'quickening' special effects were a little lack lustre can't imagine what horror they might be today.
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@tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Listening to Queen on a tape deck car stereo doesn't exactly scream 'Don't fuck with me'
Even in the 80s....
Also ( spoiler but I don't care ) when the Kurgan comes and kills Connery and rapes Heather where THE FUCK was McLeod?!?!? They lived in the middle of bumfuck Scotland, I doubt he was down at the pub.
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Black Panther. Just, okay. Not great, not shit, just okay. Lacked a bit of the usual marvel charm (deliberately played a bit straighter?) and storywise felt origin-ish rather than expanding a character.
Some of the fight scenes looked like the bad parts of the 2nd two Matrix movies.
The lack of real stakes, or a decent villain holds it back. What was it really about?
Still, for the majority it looked cool, and had some excellent set pieces.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Black Panther. Just, okay. Not great, not shit, just okay. Lacked a bit of the usual marvel charm (deliberately played a bit straighter?) and storywise felt origin-ish rather than expanding a character.
Some of the fight scenes looked like the bad parts of the 2nd two Matrix movies.
The lack of real stakes, or a decent villain holds it back. What was it really about?
Still, for the majority it looked cool, and had some excellent set pieces.
Racist!
Yeah nah thought the same, I guess when you sit down for the 109th MCU movie inside 10 years they all start too look the same.
Was good but not great, lacked the humour that took Ragnarok and Guardians to the next level.
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I repeat myself:
@salacious-crumb said in Re: Movie review thread...:
“The Shape of Water,” new Del Toro, very good, fairy tale on the Beauty & Beast with Creature From the Black Lagoon, characters lack nuance, some real dumb plot points and barely necessary scenes with shitloads of virtue-signalling, over-rated, but still very-very good. 3.5/5
I should have mentioned, the film is also more-than-a-little open love letter to-and-about movies, and that plus the large steaming pile of politically correct virtue-signalling in the Era of Trump carried the day.
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Well finally got to watch the long awaited and anticipated Blade Runner 2049.
And I don't think I have ever been let down more by a movie in my entire life. Great visuals but christ what a shit story. Drawn out, boring and insipid.
One of my all time great movies has now had the polish removed.
What a disappointment!
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I saw BR’49 twice. I saw on the big screen, loved the foley audio, and that was about it. Had mixed feelings. Thought I’d have to see it again to assess, so I did. 2nd time, it sucked.
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I've watched it once. I thought the art direction was on point. The pacing was just like the original and the storyline largely followed a logical arc based on the original.
I'll watch it again mindful of the criticisms posed on the original and how people now treat it.
[edit] I don't feel I've said original enough.
