Movie review thread...
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[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1361228014' post='345016']<br />
Just got back from seeing West of Memphis a docu-drama about the murders of three 8 year old boys in Arkansas in 1993 and the subsequent trial, incarceration and campaign for freedom of the three teenagers accused of the crime. The "West Memphis 3" as they became known had some pretty high profile supporters including Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, who present the film.<br />
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You think you've heard or read of this kind of thing before but this movie really made my blood boil at times. Arakansas does not come out of it well at all and you really have to question the legal system at state level where judges, DA's and various other officials are all trying to get re-elected first and place justice a distant second.<br />
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Very powerful, long movie but I love the fact that the resurrected cinema in my town plays this kind of film on a Monday night.<br />
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I haven't seen it yet, but saw the first 2/3 of the original docs, so should check this one out too.<br />
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Did you ever see "Thin Blue Line"? One of my fave docs ever, and as you say, will make your blood boil about American Justice. -
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I haven't seen it yet, but saw the first 2/3 of the original docs, so should check this one out too.<br />
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Did you ever see "Thin Blue Line"? One of my fave docs ever, and as you say, will make your blood boil about American Justice.<br />
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No, I've never seen it - but will try and get hold of a copy. I'm a big fan of this kind of film making. -
[quote name='MajorRage' timestamp='1360362115' post='342738']<br />
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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Yep, agree with MR's review. Better than 4, but still more cartoonish than the first 2. A fun watch.<br />
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Last night I watched 'End of Watch'. Great cop movie - more gritty than other buddy cop movies and seemed more realistic in its portrayal of cop procedures, etc. -
Watched Lawless on the weekend . Based on true story of moonshine makers during prohibition . Good film , well worth a look .<br />
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Last night, while the wife was watching "Downton Abbey" i was hunting around on the 2nd TV, and stumbled across one of my favourite movies. "True Lies" is fucking awesome. It's ridiculous, and fun, and Arnie kills (Tom Arnold is good too). Top stuff.<br />
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True Lies is a terrible film, but an awesome guilty pleasure. Tom Arnold is the best thing in it, he's hilarious and has some great one-liners.
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[quote name='red terror' timestamp='1362380738' post='349155']<br />
True Lies is a terrible film, but an awesome guilty pleasure. Tom Arnold is the best thing in it, he's hilarious and has some great one-liners.<br />
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[quote name='mariner4life' timestamp='1362393702' post='349235']<br />
"women. can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em"<br />
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"She's got an ass like a ten year old boy!"<br />
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Love that movie. One of Arnie's finest. Out-Bonded Bond at the time with one of the coolest gadgets ever - a fucking Harrier Jump Jet - take that James and your silly sports car. Oh and they actually show terrorists letting off an A-bomb in the US. Brilliant. -
The scene with (Tom) Arnold in the toilet stall taking about "blowing out the O-ring" always makes me laugh.
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[quote name='dK' timestamp='1362383701' post='349177']<br />
Searching for the Sugarman<br />
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Documentary about Rodriguez who was a forgotten musician from Detroit in the late 60's early 70's that became bigger than Elvis in South Africa. Enjoyed it very much.<br />
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I very much want to see this and have been waiting for it to come to our local flicks since it was released. -
Here Comes The Boom. Here Comes The Boredom would have been a better name.<br />
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I love MMA. I like Bas Rutten. I love Salma Hayak. Kevin James is OK. So I decided to watch this. Its formulaic, cliched and although I didnt pay enough attention to check Im sure its a Happy Madison production.<br />
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Bas Rutten is a funny man and I think potentially he could do have been fantastic as an off beat MMA teacher but they reigned him in.<br />
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[b]End of Watch[/b] - documentary style story of two LAPD partners working in the East LA area.Once I got used to the hand held video shots I found the movie very absorbing. The ending was a little predicatable, but did not detract from the impact. HIghly recommended for anyone who liked the Wire.
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Skyfall<br />
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I did not like it. I loved the first two reboots but this one made no sense. Some gripes below.<br />
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Word Association Country - England ( Fine accept 2 hours later you reveal you're Scottish)<br />
James Bond can be shot twice fall 100 ft off a bridge into a raging river be unconscious, yet he survives its never explained and he only has one bullet hole not two.<br />
We have a super hackers computer lets plug it directly into our own network. (Cause that's a really good idea)<br />
I am a super hacker here is a map on my computer that you can track me with. (I wanted to get caught, but felt leaving the map on the computer I knew you would take would make this more interesting for all of us)<br />
James Bond owns another James bonds Aston, but its never explained.<br />
The bread crumb trail that leads Silver to Bond is a literal trail of dots on a map.<br />
Lets drive 12 hours to the highlands but wait till we get there to see if the place is actually defendable.<br />
I have a hidden tunnel in the house where I could hide the person I am trying to protect, nah lets give the old bat a gun and see how she gets on. -
[quote name='red terror' timestamp='1362380738' post='349155']<br />
True Lies is a terrible film, but an awesome guilty pleasure. Tom Arnold is the best thing in it, he's hilarious and has some great one-liners.<br />
[/quote]True Lies rocks . Great one liners , deliciously cheesy action , and of course Jamie Lee Curtis doing that strip . -
[quote name='mooshld' timestamp='1363086334' post='351452']<br />
Skyfall<br />
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I did not like it. I loved the first two reboots but this one made no sense. Some gripes below.<br />
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Word Association Country - England ( Fine accept 2 hours later you reveal you're Scottish)<br />
James Bond can be shot twice fall 100 ft off a bridge into a raging river be unconscious, yet he survives its never explained and he only has one bullet hole not two.<br />
We have a super hackers computer lets plug it directly into our own network. (Cause that's a really good idea)<br />
I am a super hacker here is a map on my computer that you can track me with. (I wanted to get caught, but felt leaving the map on the computer I knew you would take would make this more interesting for all of us)<br />
James Bond owns another James bonds Aston, but its never explained.<br />
The bread crumb trail that leads Silver to Bond is a literal trail of dots on a map.<br />
Lets drive 12 hours to the highlands but wait till we get there to see if the place is actually defendable.<br />
I have a hidden tunnel in the house where I could hide the person I am trying to protect, nah lets give the old bat a gun and see how she gets on.<br />
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I just watched it last night, I thought it was ok as a switch off your brain action movie. It appears you left your brain on .... I thought it was better than the 2nd one of Craig's by a very large margin.<br />
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Some of you points are hilarious! Good stuff. (Aside from the other Bonds car - I think it's all just the same Bond isn't it?)<br />
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I watched Mt Zion the other day, I enjoyed it, although it could have done with much better editing. Stan Walker was ok, as were his two mates, the ghost chips guy and Tama from Shortland Street. My mate was most impressed by the old footage integrated with the move - although RB ruined that for me on the Gigs thread!<br />
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I loved it, but for fun I thought I would take a crack at your complaints (below in red). Worth pointing out that logic has no place in a Bond film, never has, never will.<br />
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[quote name='mooshld' timestamp='1363086334' post='351452']<br />
Skyfall<br />
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I did not like it. I loved the first two reboots but this one made no sense. Some gripes below.<br />
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Word Association Country - England ( Fine accept 2 hours later you reveal you're Scottish)<br />
[color="#ff0000"]All that revealed that he lived in Scotland when he was kid, not his nationality. [/color]<br />
James Bond can be shot twice fall 100 ft off a bridge into a raging river be unconscious, yet he survives its never explained and he only has one bullet hole not two<br />
[color=#FF0000]This certainly could have been handled better. The credits do show him being fished out by a woman, and the bullet being in fragments in his chest is a plot point later on, and it he mentions it broke his collar bone so I guess that stopped it exiting[/color]<br />
We have a super hackers computer lets plug it directly into our own network. (Cause that's a really good idea<br />
[color="#ff0000"]Over confidence, hubris, and a supiority complex from Q. Silver knew these guys remember, so played on their character flaws[/color]<br />
I am a super hacker here is a map on my computer that you can track me with. (I wanted to get caught, but felt leaving the map on the computer I knew you would take would make this more interesting for all of us)<br />
[color=#FF0000]That's just a problem with presenting that sort of information in a film. They do take suspension of disbelief pretty far at times, but again, that's consistent with Bond (Bases in volcanoes, etc)[/color]<br />
James Bond owns another James bonds Aston, but its never explained.<br />
[color=#FF0000]Bond is basically a snob. It makes perfect sense that he would own a classic car, and the choice of car is an obvious easter egg.[/color]<br />
The bread crumb trail that leads Silver to Bond is a literal trail of dots on a map<br />
[color=#FF0000]The detail of what the dots represent just aren't important. Could be using a credit card for gas, or anything. All that's important is the fact they are leaving a trail[/color]<br />
Lets drive 12 hours to the highlands but wait till we get there to see if the place is actually defendable.<br />
[color=#FF0000]The point is to get to a remote location, far from technology. The location had the additional benefit of being known by Bond.[/color]<br />
I have a hidden tunnel in the house where I could hide the person I am trying to protect, nah lets give the old bat a gun and see how she gets on<br />
[color=#FF0000]Three against many is better odds that trying to take them all on his own. I actually like they gave her more to do in this movie.[/color]<br />
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I hope they get back to the Qantum guys next time, I want the new version of a Blofeld type character as he gets up the chain of command.
