Movie review thread...
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Finally saw Django and I thought it was brilliant. I thought it was the perfect mix of violence, humour and narrative, with perfect performances from a stellar cast, and I think it's cartoonish-ness was intended. The only problem with the film was length - it could have been trimmed by about half an hour and still done the same job. Glad I saw it on the big screen with a theatre full of people cracking up.<br />
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[quote]Part of my disappointment may be from unfulfilled expectations... years ago I really thought he was going to be a brilliant writer & directer, but now I think he's satisfied with simply being a stylist and not particularly interested in exploring his themes with any degree of depth.[/quote]<br />
Tarantino is a brilliant writer and director, just because he doesn't make the sort of films you want him to make doesn't make this untrue. Tarantino loves his cult films and has set out to make those types of movies and he does that brilliantly. Furthermore, amongst the style I think he highlights the themes he wants highlighted. Many esteemed directors make the same kind of films with the same themes over and over again but do dramas so get critical credit for it, Tarantino just does it his own way. <br />
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Tarantino has got a great little list of films now, I really can't separate Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 1, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained. -
The Watch.<br />
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Average, disposable comedy/sci fi. The guy from the IT Crowd is understated and brilliant though.<br />
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Ben stiller is not a good straight man I have decided. His expressionless dialling it in performances have been numerous of late. He's better when he's maniacal but he looks like he's channelling Reality Bites.<br />
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Jonah Hill is only funny when he's fat. Vince Vaughan is only funny in Swingers.<br />
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It'll do for a late night bit of fluff but utterly forgetable.<br />
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Tarantino is a brilliant writer and director, just because he doesn't make the sort of films you want him to make doesn't make this untrue.<br />
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He actually does kinda make the movies I want to see. (And really, if it was otherwise, I wouldn't have taken time & money out of my pocket to go see it.) I love Peckinpah. I love Leone. I love Fuller. Django Unchained made me shrug my shoulders. My opinion. Honest disagreement. That is all. -
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He actually does kinda make the movies I want to see. (And really, if it was otherwise, I wouldn't have taken time & money out of my pocket to go see it.) I love Peckinpah. I love Leone. I love Fuller. Django Unchained made me shrug my shoulders. My opinion. Honest disagreement. That is all.<br />
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I should really of put IMHO to be fair ... wasn't intended to be a go at you!<br />
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But I do think he's brilliant ... I'm going to watch The Master tonight and I'm trying not to pre-judge it but it's hard with Paul Thomas Anderson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and the Phoenix guy involvement, they're all overrated to me (and Anderson was one of the directors my comment was aimed at ....). I have liked them all individually various times and the subject matter is intriguing so maybe? -
[quote name='Nepia' timestamp='1360280393' post='342322']<br />
Tarantino has got a great little list of films now, I really can't separate Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 1, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained.<br />
[/quote]I can, Pulp Fiction #1 for me, Reservoir Dogs was less refined but would be my #2, Django at #3.<br />
Saw Zero Dark Thirty tonight, it was rivetting viewing; Ms Bigelow certainly knows how to make a decent film. -
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I can, Pulp Fiction #1 for me, Reservoir Dogs was less refined but would be my #2, Django at #3.<br />
Saw Zero Dark Thirty tonight, it was rivetting viewing; Ms Bigelow certainly knows how to make a decent film.<br />
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Ms Bigelow directed one of the all time great movies,[Taniwharugby will back me up on this] I wonder how much better Avatar would have been with her directing and her ex Cameron producing. -
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Ms Bigelow directed one of the all time great movies,[Taniwharugby will back me up on this] I wonder how much better Avatar would have been with her directing and her ex Cameron producing.<br />
[/quote]I really enjoyed the Hurt Locker also, but ZDT was the shizzle meddizle. I would be curious to see what she does in another genre (she hasn't made any big action smashes has she?). Not everyone can do the box office epic but with another good outing or two someone should take a chance on her -
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I really enjoyed the Hurt Locker also, but ZDT was the shizzle meddizle. I would be curious to see what she does in another genre [b](she hasn't made any big action smashes has she?)[/b]. Not everyone can do the box office epic but with another good outing or two someone should take a chance on her<br />
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Mate ,she directed Point Break - quite possibly the greatest film ever made . -
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Mate ,she directed Point Break - quite possibly the greatest film ever made .<br />
[/quote]As usual my lazy research has cost me <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hang1.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hang1:' /> . That was a great film, made me want to surf so bad for the entire 2 hours I was watching. No question then, she would be the goods. How about giving her one of the new Star Wars films? -
Argo - pretty decent watch, felt it dragged a little for most of it, the last 30 was pretty tense, although I expect purely for the drama...
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[url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096087/][i]Shakedown [/i]aka [i]Blue Jean Cop[/i][/url]. Amusing viewing. -
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[url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096087/][i]Shakedown [/i]aka [i]Blue Jean Cop[/i][/url]. Amusing viewing.<br />
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Ha. I watched this once when I was about 10 I think. How did it stand up after all this time? -
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Die hard 5... Better than 4, prob same level as 3. 1 & 2 still the benchmarks though.<br />
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Good watch, John McLane is still the man. Few nice little tributes to the original in there too.<br />
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Good to hear, because I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow. It is getting reamed in the reviews. -
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Good to hear, because I'm planning on seeing it tomorrow. It is getting reamed in the reviews.<br />
[/quote]I'm going tonight. I don't think they'd ever expect to get good reviews now. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a critic rating of 12% but more telling was the 85% user rating. One for the unwashed masses methinks <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /> -
IMO the Die Hard movies are like a Big Mac; you know exactly what you will get everytime with little variance from the tried and true, they aint gonna win any culinary awards, but then they dont really expect they should win any either.<br />
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Saw The Impossible last night . Wasn't too bad a watch either . Based on a true story and you would think it was pretty much impossible for it to have played out as it did .
