Movie review thread...
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I am on a roll of shit movies at teh moment. I crashed out on the couch in front of "Wrath of the Titans" last night.<br />
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I knew it was going to be shit, the first one was shit, and the 2nd is never an improvement. They downgraded the hotness of the chick, made the monsters less interesting, and kept Sam Worthington.<br />
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[b]Seriously, how the fuck did this guy make the jump from bricky to "action star"? He is atrocious.[/b]<br />
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This movie sucks, if you haven't seen, but thought you might maybe one day waste your time, don't. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes must have really needed some money that week (i assume this was made in a week). I won't go into some of the outrageous shit like protecting yourself from fire by hiding behind a flimsy, dry wooden door, or being able to fly unscathed through a fucking lava monster.<br />
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Death in Bruges, not a bad watch.<br />
Colin Farrell is actually proficient at playing nearly likeable arsewipes. Tom Cruise take note. -
[quote name='mariner4life' timestamp='1367793705' post='363994']On the plane last week i watched "Warm Bodies" that zombie movie where they start to come back to life, because one gets the hots for a chick. It's pretty fucking amusing actually, i enjoyed it.<br />
[/quote]Watched Warm Bodies last night. Kind of a zombie Romeo and Juliet. I also enjoyed it, a few laugh out loud moments, and altogether pretty enjoyable. The bone guys CGI was a little average, but other than that a fun watch and a novel take on an old story. -
Have cable tv now and have watched quite alot of movies recently:<br />
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Wrath of the titan: as noted above utter shit and yes SW is crap.<br />
American Reunion: not bad. Usual stuff.<br />
Horrible Bosses: horrible film<br />
Goon:ice hockey film with the guy that plays Stifler. Pretty good.<br />
Withnail&I: Classic!<br />
Senna: great doco on the driver.<br />
Piranha DD: utter farking shart. First film was great but this was awful. <br />
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Have also watched a couple of those Justice League films with my son which are pretty damn good. A proper film with these guys would crap on the avengers. -
[quote name='mariner4life' timestamp='1368400382' post='365322']I am on a roll of shit movies at teh moment. I crashed out on the couch in front of "Wrath of the Titans" last night.<br />
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I knew it was going to be shit, the first one was shit, and the 2nd is never an improvement. They downgraded the hotness of the chick, made the monsters less interesting, and kept Sam Worthington.<br />
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Seriously, how the fuck did this guy make the jump from bricky to "action star"? He is atrocious.<br />
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This movie sucks, if you haven't seen, but thought you might maybe one day waste your time, don't. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes must have really needed some money that week (i assume this was made in a week). I won't go into some of the outrageous shit like protecting yourself from fire by hiding behind a flimsy, dry wooden door, or being able to fly unscathed through a fucking lava monster.[/quote]<br />
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Yup. My partner & son were out of town one night so instead of sitting at home watching porn I decided to get out to the IMAX theatre and watch this in 3d, thinking even if it's shit it will still be awesome in 3d on the big screen. Half way through I couldn't be fucked with it anymore, what a waste of time and money. -
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[b]Gangster Squad - few names (Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, JOsh Brolin, NIck Nolte) in this. Decent enough film, if not a bit slow.[/b]<br />
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Silver Linings Playbook - pretty decent Rom-Drama, predictable ending for the romance part of the genre, but story and acting was pretty good otherwise.<br />
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Not seen this yet, but I have seen the trailer. Looked as though it might almost be a remake of Mulholland Falls? -
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters - thought they overplayed the power of the witches a tad...<br />
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Best thing about this film was Gemma Arterton;<br />
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This Is 40. Wife was home sick on Friday and rented it on Apple TV. Suggested I watch it before it expires tomorrow.<br />
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Thought this was going to be more of a comedy - and there was a lot of funny shit in there - but by fuck some of it cut close to the bone on the marriage front.<br />
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Enjoyed it overall, but glad we didn't watch it together as I could have gotten in terrible trouble... -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1369489892' post='367955']<br />
This Is 40. Wife was home sick on Friday and rented it on Apple TV. Suggested I watch it before it expires tomorrow.<br />
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Thought this was going to be more of a comedy - and there was a lot of funny shit in there - but by fuck some of it cut close to the bone on the marriage front.<br />
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Enjoyed it overall, but glad we didn't watch it together as I could have gotten in terrible trouble...<br />
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Cheers for the heads up Nick, have had this one kicking around for a while<br />
Best not watch with the mrs then huh -
It certainly had its moments funny wise, and yep you find yourself nodding/laughing at certain aspects of familiarity.<br />
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Snitch - BAsed on a true story; THe ROck's kid is imprisoned for supplying drugs (allegedly to simply deliver them from point a to point b for a mate) problem is, mate has dropped him in it to get himself a deal.<br />
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Only way kid can get a shorter term is if he drops someone else in it, but refuses. So The Rock takes on the drug dealers to reduce his kids sentence.<br />
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Decent enough flick, more so that it is based on a true story, if not, weeeellll..... -
Just watched (mostly) I melt with you, quasi-big name cast. Rob Lowe can act. Weird, great, terrible, don't know what to make of it, loved some of the Big Sur shots, but couldn't be bothered watching the end.
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[quote name='Nepia' timestamp='1369635338' post='368263']I guess that because I'm not married I just found This is 40 to be a pretty slow and not very funny movie (especially by the standards of Apatow films).[/quote]<br />
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I can definitely see that. Thinking back to over ten years ago, I would have found some of it funny but just got bored with the marital tension. It wasn't the "sort of sequel" to Knocked Up that I was expecting. -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1369489892' post='367955']<br />
This Is 40. Wife was home sick on Friday and rented it on Apple TV. Suggested I watch it before it expires tomorrow.<br />
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Thought this was going to be more of a comedy - and there was a lot of funny shit in there - but by fuck some of it cut close to the bone on the marriage front.<br />
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Enjoyed it overall, but glad we didn't watch it together as I could have gotten in terrible trouble...<br />
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I watched this with my wife. We laughed, mostly. Some moments there was a bit of silence and then stealing looks at each other to see if certain parts resonated. In the end though we too blamed our parents and went to bed happy. True story. -
I need help with one movie. (I haven't read the books)<br />
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Just watched Jack Reacher over the weekend while baking a chocolate tart and cooking a roast. One thing we missed is why did they kill those people and also why did they set up the guy to take the fall?<br />
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Not a bad movie though and Jack Racher is a pretty cool cat despite being played by Tom Cruise. -
So i've been watching the big stars from the 80s a bit lately.<br />
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Bullet in the Head: Stallone is a hit man who teams with a cop to solve the mystery of who's tried to kill him. Wasn't bad, gets a bunch of extra marks for having Sarah Shahi in it.<br />
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The Last Stand: Arnie, small town cop on Mexican border, baddies are coming his way to cross the border, Arnie and his local crew need to stop them. Could have been a good movie if it sorted out its tone and had a scriptwriter who wasn't a total idiot. It was half serious drama an half Expendables fun and didn't quite work because of it. It could have been a gritty throwback to the old western shoot em ups but instead it was somewhere in between. The stupidity comes from having an ex elite military guy run around with a handgun while a chick as a rifle with a scope and they visit a museum type place with a range of weapons - one they use is a tommy gun. Arnie was pretty good in it, actually acted his age and wobbled around unlike Stallone still thinking he's 30. The comedy stuff could have been funny if they'd committed to that but as I said they went half and half. Still the 14 year old version of me might have loved it. -
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I need help with one movie. (I haven't read the books)<br />
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Just watched Jack Reacher over the weekend while baking a chocolate tart and cooking a roast. One thing we missed is why did they kill those people and also why did they set up the guy to take the fall?<br />
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Not a bad movie though and Jack Racher is a pretty cool cat despite being played by Tom Cruise.<br />
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I only just got around to it myself and as much as Crusie just doesn't fit the physical picture of Reacher he actually surprised me in that he got his personality down pretty good.<br />
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[spoiler]The bad guys knew about the sniper's past and that he was not the soundest bloke and set up the shootings to look like he had gone postal all in order to cover that among the deaths was their real target.<br />
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Seemed like a lot of overkill when they had the cops in their pocket anyway but those Reacher stories are just good yarns where you have to suspend a lot of belief anyway.[/spoiler]
