Movie review thread...
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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.
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I saw the original Blade Runner at the cinema three times (high school). Me and my friends loved it immediately. It’s not without it’s own flaws, and it became a cult film despite those flaws, but it looked spectacular, told a good story, and didn’t take forever to tell it. It feels like a short film compared to the sequel which feels to me like a slog. I thought it a little bit long the first time I saw it, and then it felt r-e-a-l-l-y long when I re-watched.
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When did @mariner4life start doing professional movie reviews?
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The original studio version with the corny narration is a horrible movie to watch. The directors cut was the one I saw first and I loved it, still do. But when ever there is a version on Stan or Foxtel its always the original. The voice over is honestly enough to not watch it.
I was disappointed with the pacing of 2049. The story was good and there were some excellent visuals which fit the tone and style of the original but the movie was too fucken long and Jared Leto.
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
When did @mariner4life start doing professional movie reviews?
the reviewer raises a pertinent question.
I honestly have no idea what that movie is by the way.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I honestly have no idea what that movie is by the way.
It probably sucks balls (but not dicks) anyway.
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When I was watching Del Toro’s bathtub “sex scene” between the mute woman and the Creature From the Black Lagoon, I understood Del Toro’s restraint not to show the dick and push the camera right in, but was bitterly disappointed he couldn’t match the hardcore inter-species porn of Vincenzo Natali’s masterful “Splice” where Adrien Brody is caught by his wife (Sarah Polley) having sex in a barn with, the, ummm, mutant creature beast from the Island of Dr Moreau-“thing” that will either make you laugh your ass off or blow chunks. (Del Toro was an executive producer on that film too, maybe he thought the better of it afterwards.)
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The original studio version with the corny narration is a horrible movie to watch. The directors cut was the one I saw first and I loved it, still do. But when ever there is a version on Stan or Foxtel its always the original. The voice over is honestly enough to not watch it.
I was disappointed with the pacing of 2049. The story was good and there were some excellent visuals which fit the tone and style of the original but the movie was too fucken long and Jared Leto.
Was it long or did it just seem long????
I pretty much lost interest when Batistas character got dealt to so easily ( as an aside I think he's easily the best WWE actor ever )
Too much stylistic wank and not enough gripping storyline for mine.
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I prefer new Bladerunner to old Bladerunner (any version) - a recent re-watch of the old one suggests to me it's highly overrated as a film. I'm not saying it's shit, but I don't think it deserves its hype.
The Shape of Water is a pretty average Oscar winner. Although I liked the world (the cold war setting) of it but would have preferred a non fantasy storyline to go with it (but it is Del Toro). I didn't come out of it not liking it, but it was way too whimsical.
Of the best nominees I think Get Out was probably the best, followed by ITonya and Three Billboards. Although, I haven't seen them all this year.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer new Bladerunner to old Bladerunner (any version) - a recent re-watch of the old one suggests to me it's highly overrated as a film. I'm not saying it's shit, but I don't think it deserves its hype.
The Shape of Water is a pretty average Oscar winner. Although I liked the world (the cold war setting) of it but would have preferred a non fantasy storyline to go with it (but it is Del Toro). I didn't come out of it not liking it, but it was way too whimsical.
Of the best nominees I think Get Out was probably the best, followed by ITonya and Three Billboards. Although, I haven't seen them all this year.
Get Out was really good although to me it just seemed like a better version of a typical thriller/horror, not exactly Oscar Material. Three billboards is the kind of flick that the Oscar judges just absolutely lap up, I did enjoy it despite its abrupt and unsatisfying ending.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I prefer new Bladerunner to old Bladerunner (any version) - a recent re-watch of the old one suggests to me it's highly overrated as a film. I'm not saying it's shit, but I don't think it deserves its hype.
The Shape of Water is a pretty average Oscar winner. Although I liked the world (the cold war setting) of it but would have preferred a non fantasy storyline to go with it (but it is Del Toro). I didn't come out of it not liking it, but it was way too whimsical.
Of the best nominees I think Get Out was probably the best, followed by ITonya and Three Billboards. Although, I haven't seen them all this year.
Get Out was really good although to me it just seemed like a better version of a typical thriller/horror, not exactly Oscar Material. Three billboards is the kind of flick that the Oscar judges just absolutely lap up, I did enjoy it despite its abrupt and unsatisfying ending.
I don't actually think of Oscar style movie when I think of Three Billboards, I guess Frances McDormand screams Oscar but the director and movie seems a bit R rated for their usual tastes (but then they voted for fishman shagging film so what do I know). Anyway, Three Billboards was a good watch but I don't think it's as good as his In Bruges or his brother's The Guard.
I really enjoyed Get Out, it was like a John Carpenter movie with style.
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Watched Darkest Hour. Really enjoyed it, can absolutely see why Gary Oldman won Best Actor. Wish they'd finished with a few scenes showing what happened with Dunkirk, ie a huge victory for him rather than just some text saying most of the men were rescued, but other than that, all good.
