Movie review thread...

Paekakboyz

[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366536609' post='361172'] 
Watched Heat tonight. (Oldie heist movie with Al Pacino/Robert De Niro). Quite long at 164 mins, reckon there were quite a few bits they could have cut, especially at the start. Definitely got better as it went along, and the actual heist sequence was great. 
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Less foreplay more action!!? Good on ya Mokey <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' />

Nepia

Watched Red Dawn last night ... was a huge fan of the original (as a 10 year old I guess) so was keen to see how this one stacked up. 
As an action movie it wasn't too bad, the action scenes were a wee bit more believable than Olympus Has Fallen (sheesh I really am on an retro 80s like movie watch at the moment). 
 
It suffered from the main actor, well the main one who wasn't Thor, being completely unsuited for the role - no charisma whatsoever. Thor was pretty good though, and there is some decent eye candy in the form of Tyra from FNL and the blond Aussie chick from Home and Away. 
 
There was one hilarious Hollywood stereotype this movie followed, huge spoiler so read it here: 
[Spoiler]The ethnic characters all got killed off. First the hispanic guy gets killed, the first of the Wolverines to do so, then black and guy and the hispanic girl get killed together (I didn't even know the girl was killed initially), and the last black guy has a chip planted in him and presumably dies fighting the North Koreans while leading them away from the Wolverines.The only white person of the Wolverines who dies is Thor.[/Spoiler]

Nepia

[quote name='mimic' timestamp='1366529856' post='361147'] 
Have u read the book? 
I liked the movie.. Would've preferred the rock as jack reacher but that's just me lol 
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I haven't read the books and will probably watch the movie on, er, um, DVD ... but if the Rock was in it I'd most likely go to the cinema to see it.

Toddy

I can't watch Jack Reacher. I can't stand the thought of Tom Cruise playing the role. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' /> 
 
Always thought Liam Neeson would do a good job.

Crucial

[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1366531607' post='361155'] 
NAh not read the books, but know the issues those who have read have with tom playing the role 
 
Funnily I was talking with Mrs TR this morning about it explaining the physical aspect of Reacher, and said The rock woulda suited the character better. 
 
I assume Cruise will make more as he has the rights to more o fthe books doesnt he? 
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See, I can't even picture the Rock as Reacher unless he changed his look a lot. 
 
In the books a great deal is made of Reacher being a) a big bastard; <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> not great looking but somehow attractive to women c) pretty slow and laconic except with bursts of rapid 'survival' fighting. 
 
Cruise is probably the very last person I would picture as Reacher. A dishevelled Gerard Butler could possibly fit my mental picture.

taniwharugby

[quote name='Toddy' timestamp='1366588291' post='361248'] 
I can't watch Jack Reacher. I can't stand the thought of Tom Cruise playing the role. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/knuppel2.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':knuppel:' /> 
 
Always thought Liam Neeson would do a good job. 
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Or Matt Damon (ala Bourne)

NTA

Dredd - very good. Urban does a great job. The drug scenes are fked up.

Mokey

[quote name='Paekakboyz' timestamp='1366585498' post='361240'] 
Less foreplay more action!!? Good on ya Mokey <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /> 
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Well yes. Make every moment count. Nobody wants an extra 30 minutes of fumbling, bumbling WTF.

Crucial

[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366597866' post='361264'] 
Well yes. Make every moment count. Nobody wants an extra 30 minutes of fumbling, bumbling WTF. 
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You've been watching bad movies then.

mimic

[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1366588696' post='361249'] 
 
See, I can't even picture the Rock as Reacher unless he changed his look a lot. 
 
In the books a great deal is made of Reacher being a) a big bastard; <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> not great looking but somehow attractive to women c) pretty slow and laconic except with bursts of rapid 'survival' fighting. 
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I thought The Rock ticks all those boxes..

taniwharugby

[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1366578929' post='361223'] 
Only a girl could write that. 
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[quote name='Paekakboyz' timestamp='1366585498' post='361240'] 
Less foreplay more action!!? Good on ya Mokey <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /> 
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[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366597866' post='361264'] 
Well yes. Make every moment count. Nobody wants an extra 30 minutes of fumbling, bumbling WTF. 
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[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1366600741' post='361272'] 
You've been watching bad movies then. 
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Well this thread has been going a very long time, it had to go downhill sometime <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

taniwharugby

[quote name='Nepia' timestamp='1366431270' post='360849'] 
Broken City: Marky Mark is a cop who looses his job for shooting a suspect, Crowe is the mayor who keeps him from being prosecuted for the killing. A number of years later Crowe gets Marky Mark (now a PI) to tail his wife (Catherine Zeta Jones) for evidence of an affair. All is not what it seems. 
 
Decent enough thriller, predictable as fudge, has Coach Taylor in it so that's always a bonus, and the three leads are watcheable. 
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Watched this last night, and yep, fairly predictable, but still a decent flick! 
 
One question about the ending; 
 
[spoiler]In regard to the fact Wahlbergs character was found not guilty at the start, and then when arrested for the same murder at the end, is that 'double jeopardy' law not real or does it not apply in this case, and if so, why not?[/spoiler]

Nepia

[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1366611893' post='361295'] 
Watched this last night, and yep, fairly predictable, but still a decent flick! 
 
One question about the ending; 
 
[spoiler]In regard to the fact Wahlbergs character was found not guilty at the start, and then when arrested for the same murder at the end, is that 'double jeopardy' law not real or does it not apply in this case, and if so, why not?[/spoiler] 
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[spoiler] I don't think double jeopardy is real, when the movie of that name starring Ashley Judd came out I remember reading about it not being real ... although that was a case of killing someone who you had 'already' killed I think. I text my mate who is a law lecturer so will let you know if he gets back to me. [/spoiler]

Mokey

[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1366600741' post='361272'] 
You've been watching bad movies then. 
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Occasionally, yes! 
 
As someone heavily involved in the storytelling industry, I'm hyper aware (and critical) of dialogue and plot issues/how backstory is woven in/pacing etc from a technical point of view. It's really hard to stop analysing. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Crucial

[quote name='Mokey' timestamp='1366617303' post='361313'] 
Occasionally, yes! 
 
As someone heavily involved in the storytelling industry, I'm hyper aware (and critical) of dialogue and plot issues/how backstory is woven in/pacing etc from a technical point of view. It's really hard to stop analysing. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
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I'd suggest you avoid anything that started as a franchise or spin off.

Nepia

[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1366486995' post='361076'] 
Saw Jack Reacher, was decent enough, if not a bit long for what it was, or maybe it was trying to be a bit more than what it was... 
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Finally saw it as well. I was surprised by it as I didn't realise it was a detective story as I thought it was just going to be a shoot em up. 
 
I thought Cruise was fine, but having not read the books I didn't have a version of Reacher already. 
 
One scene annoyed me: 
[spoiler] When Reacher meets the main fighting bad guy and then drops his gun to have a fight, just shoot him you dick, also, what was the point of Duvall's character if he's going to do jack shit. For a sniper he did pretty shit ... the director/writers could have given him at least one kill shot to show his skills. [/spoiler] 
 
Of course, I too would be happy to see the Rock play the role.

mimic

I thought iron man 3 was really good.. Huge improvement on part 2

Luigi

I too saw Jack Reacher. Thought it was OK. My big problem is that I'm just bored watching Tom Cruise. It's the just all the same stuff. The way he walks, stands, looks - seen it so many times. 
 
The book is much better than this, particularly the denouement. I couldn't understand why they hadn't gone with the setup in the novel. It's way better. Bit of a miss really. Nepia: the literary Jack Reacher is a lot tougher.

jegga

I thought Liam Neeson might be a good fit for Reacher but he might be a bit on the old side . Liev Schreiber would be my first choice,I can picture that guy being Reacher a lot easier than Cruise.Not that I didn't enjoy Reacher and Rosamund Pike especially. 
After reading the books there's no way I can see the Rock doing it. 
 
Btw if anyone else here has read the Shipping News do you reckon Neeson would have been a better choice than Spacey? Quoyle was described in the book as a huge shambling oaf of a man , Spacey was a fucking awful fit.

Luigi

Iron Man 3 - loved the whole fighty, techy gee-whizz bangy swagger of the whole thing. 
 
But left the cinema muttering: "leave it, leave it, don't think about it too much." 
 
Because you shouldn't watch a movie like this and think about it too much. It's not healthy. Sure there are a lot of things that will boil your piss if you dwell - the thing with the kid for instance, or how helicopters can get close enough to a billionaire industrialist and former munitions magnate's cliff-top home to loose of a storm of rockets - but you don't need to do this. Just settle in and watch RDJ do his thing. 
 
But the absolute best thing is Ben Kingsley. This is worth watching the movie for alone. I'll say no more, but trust me on this, the Mandarin is sensational.

The Silver Fern

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