Movie review thread...
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Den of Thieves
Bunch of Crooks plan a massive heist, bunch of cops try and stop them....
Very similar premise to Heat and while no where near as good ( Heat is an all time fucken classic ) it's still a really decent satisfying action thriller. Gerard Butler good as the main cop but the real surprise is the bloke from Orange is the New Black as the main criminal mastermind. He was fucken awesome. Good performances all round and a nice twist right at the end. Pretty certain every main cast member was told to get inked and smash some tin though. Basically impossible to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
4 tough, jacked inked crooks out of 5 tough, jacked inked cops
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 I've heard ok things about this movie (apparently Cube Jr is really good in it) but I just can't watch Butler anymore.
I hear that, Butler has been in danger of Neeson/Travolta levels of unwatchable shit with some of his latest efforts but he's really good in this.
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The Shape of Water
A classic case of not letting the Mrs pick a movie. Mute mousy looking janitor woman makes friends with a scaly slimy monster thing in 1960s America. The era is captured really well and the SFX are great, I also liked Michael Shannon as the head agent, unfortunately the rest was just cringeworthy unwatchable crap. ( she admitted it too ) I can't believe we sat through it. SPOILER: ( she ends up fucking the creature )
1.5 out of 5
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Shape of Water
A classic case of not letting the Mrs pick a movie. Mute mousy looking janitor woman makes friends with a scaly slimy monster thing in 1960s America. The era is captured really well and the SFX are great, I also liked Michael Shannon as the head agent, unfortunately the rest was just cringeworthy unwatchable crap. ( she admitted it too ) I can't believe we sat through it. SPOILER: ( she ends up fucking the creature )
1.5 out of 5
How new is your relationship? I ask as at one time I would succumb to such errors die to the novel element of being in a relationship but that evaporated quite quickly.
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Shape of Water
A classic case of not letting the Mrs pick a movie. Mute mousy looking janitor woman makes friends with a scaly slimy monster thing in 1960s America. The era is captured really well and the SFX are great, I also liked Michael Shannon as the head agent, unfortunately the rest was just cringeworthy unwatchable crap. ( she admitted it too ) I can't believe we sat through it. SPOILER: ( she ends up fucking the creature )
1.5 out of 5
How new is your relationship? I ask as at one time I would succumb to such errors die to the novel element of being in a relationship but that evaporated quite quickly.
Not new at all but I'm a fair person. I chose Den of Thieves and we both admit my judgement is far superior at the moment
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Shape of Water
A classic case of not letting the Mrs pick a movie. Mute mousy looking janitor woman makes friends with a scaly slimy monster thing in 1960s America. The era is captured really well and the SFX are great, I also liked Michael Shannon as the head agent, unfortunately the rest was just cringeworthy unwatchable crap. ( she admitted it too ) I can't believe we sat through it. SPOILER: ( she ends up fucking the creature )
1.5 out of 5
How new is your relationship? I ask as at one time I would succumb to such errors die to the novel element of being in a relationship but that evaporated quite quickly.
Not new at all but I'm a fair person. I chose Den of Thieves and we both admit my judgement is far superior at the moment
I think I see your plan. Sit through one complete pile of
bankwank at the behest of your Missus and then harvest the guilt and turn it into four or five violent films.Good skills man, good skills.
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@mn5 I like Neeson, haven't watched Travolta in years due to his movie choices not him, I'd watch either over Butler any day.
Also, since I'm clearly on a disagreeing mode with you at the moment
I thought Shannon was meh in The Shape of Water - I'm over him playing that type of character. -
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 I like Neeson, haven't watched Travolta in years due to his movie choices not him, I'd watch either over Butler any day.
Also, since I'm clearly on a disagreeing mode with you at the moment
I thought Shannon was meh in The Shape of Water - I'm over him playing that type of character.But hang on, you watch Neeson?
The Commuter is Taken without his daughter being kidnapped. Utter crapola. Naturally he has 'skills'....yawn
Which I find a real shame cos he has been awesome in the past.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 I like Neeson, haven't watched Travolta in years due to his movie choices not him, I'd watch either over Butler any day.
Also, since I'm clearly on a disagreeing mode with you at the moment
I thought Shannon was meh in The Shape of Water - I'm over him playing that type of character.But hang on, you watch Neeson?
The Commuter is Taken without his daughter being kidnapped. Utter crapola. Naturally he has 'skills'....yawn
Which I find a real shame cos he has been awesome in the past.
I haven't seen Commuter. But I'm not sure what the problem is, you're basically explaining it to me as Taken with all the good stuff (skills) and without the annoying stuff (annoying adult daughter who acts like a 5 year old).
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I haven't seen Commuter. But I'm not sure what the problem is, you're basically explaining it to me as Taken with all the good stuff (skills) and without the annoying stuff (annoying adult daughter who acts like a 5 year old).
The Commuter
Correspondence to Mark Kermode:
quote from the film "is this seat taken"
answer should be "no, but this movie is trying to be"It was shit. I bailed on it halfway through.
one disconnected carriage with people inside out of five disconnected plots with people inside.
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Old school last night - Cool Hand Luke.
Paul Newman is always good to watch but apart from George Kennedy I had forgotten some of the other actors that appeared in the movie. Namely Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Trapper John and old man Walton.
And of course, Strother Martin with his infamous speech (later used by Guns 'n' Roses in Civil War).
4 eggs out of 50...I mean 5
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I should also mention thats in one of those movies where a small part by a famous actor steals the whole movie. Salma Hayek this time, who is just plain awesome as Samuel L's wife.
Think Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder, Paul Rudd in forgetting sarah marshall ...
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 also thank you! I was umming and ahhing on about watching it this arvo.
Now I will never let it enter my considerations again.
Which flick?
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@majorrage said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I should also mention thats in one of those movies where a small part by a famous actor steals the whole movie. Salma Hayek this time, who is just plain awesome as Samuel L's wife.
Think Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder, Paul Rudd in forgetting sarah marshall ...
Paul Rudd is a talentless, unfunny wankstain with the kind of head that Zinzan Brooke would say 'fuck, that fluffybunny had a big head'
