Movie review thread...

antipodean

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Watched The Iceman and Olympus has Fallen;
 
The Iceman, based on the true story of a hitman (which I only realised yesterday has been on Discovery or Nat Geo recently too) Kuklinski? Easy watch, not sure how close it was to the actual events, but worth a look
 
Olympus has Fallen; typical action film where 1 man can take on an army and win, at around 2 hours, a bit long for this genre IMO, but still, shooting, fighting, explosions, secret weapons....
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Iceman is a good movie. Michael Shannon is very good at portraying Kuklinksi, a family man who kills without compunction or remorse.
 
Olympus has fallen is a throwback to completely over the top movies. Park your brain somewhere before watching it. It is a movie for a rainy day when you're sick at home. Any suggestion you're operating more firing synapses than required for existence will have you groaning and developing a migraine at the stupidity in the plot. 
 
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This hate by the nerds is all building up to Ben Affleck pulling off the best Batman performance and winning an Oscar for it (hey, happened with The Joker*)
 
*And yes I know part of the reason for Heath Ledger getting the oscar was cause he died.Still people were against him at the start. Ditto for Bond (Daniel Craig).
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Anyone remember the last time Affleck played a superhero? How fuckin' shit was that?
 
Just watched World War Z. Think a mixture of I am Legend + 28 Days Later. I don't know who wrote the screenplay, but it's not the worst zombie movie around. Worth a watch.

Kirwan

I actually liked Affleck as Daredevil, the movie was bad but not because of his performance.
 
People can get better at acting, and I think Affleck has. He was very, very good in Argo and the movies he has directed have been outstanding. Also this is Batman, FFS, it's not Hamlet. The hard part of the role is Bruce Wayne, and does anyone thing he can't play a smarmy billionaire playboy?
 
The interesting part of that news is the implication they are doing a Dark Knight Returns type story.

Catogrande

You're right Kirwan, it is only Batman. The trouble is that Affleck has one of those faces that people would never get tired of kicking and it's hard to get past some of his earlier stuff. Off to watch Pearl Harbour on DVD again now.

Nepia

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Catogrande" data-cid="388626" data-time="1378282115">You're right Kirwan, it is only Batman. The trouble is that Affleck has one of those faces that people would never get tired of kicking and it's hard to get past some of his earlier stuff.Off to watch Pearl Harbour on DVD again now.</blockquote> 
Why don't you go and watch Good Will Hunting and Chasing Amy of the early stuff? You're just looking for reasons to complain.

Catogrande

Nepia, for every Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Gone Baby Gone, Argo etc the simple counter is Pearl Harbour. That was so Barry White it would take a truckload of Argos to counter it. And complain? Well yes of course, I am British you know.

mariner4life

"Pearl Harbour sucked, and i miss you..."
 
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Kirwan

Such a good trailer;
 
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antipodean

Looking forward to this

Rancid Schnitzel

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Catogrande" data-cid="388679" data-time="1378320830">Nepia, for every Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Gone Baby Gone, Argo etc the simple counter is Pearl Harbour. That was so Barry White it would take a truckload of Argos to counter it.And complain? Well yes of course, I am British you know.</blockquote>
 
Don't forget Jersey Girl or Gigi. Credit to his impressive comeback but imho he was never convincing as an action star and can't see him as Batman. This could be a Clooney debacle mark 2.

taniwharugby

Watched a couple over the weekend:
 
The Frozen Ground - Based on a true story with John Cusack, Nick Cage and a couple other recognisable faces. Decent watch, Cusack is suspected of being a serial rapist/killer in a small Alaskan town, but his most recent victim escaped...
 
Fast and Furious 12 - was exactly what I expected TBH. Looks like Vin Diesel has slimmed down a bit, and the Rock bulked up!! The final scene which is fights and sh!t in an Airplane as it struggle to take off; well, must be one god damn long runway!! They must be making decent coin form the ongoing franchise, with yet another film in pre-production and Jason Staham making an appearance to the F & F team...

NTA

Racerbois. Enuff said.

jegga

TR is that first film about the Green river killer? 
I'm surprised no one mentioned Reindeer games when Afflecks name and up , that was 90 or so minutes of my life I'd quite like back.

Tim

Nah, it's about Robert Hansen, who stalked the "most dangerous game."
 
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taniwharugby

Jeez The Rock has been bloody busy recently!!
 
Pain & Gain - WTF! Not sure how close this was to the actual story, but can only assume it cant be too far off as you couldnt make that sh!t up! SOme of it was seriously stupid, it was funny!!

taniwharugby

another true story, another Rock movie, and another bunch of dumb criminals; Empire State, based on some huge robbery in the 80's.
 
HAd potential, but was pretty average in the end (not to mention seeing The Rock wearing a g-shock watch that I am pretty sure wasnt about in the 80's)

Nepia

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another true story, another Rock movie, and another bunch of dumb criminals; Empire State, based on some huge robbery in the 80's.
 
HAd potential, but was pretty average in the end (not to mention seeing The Rock wearing a g-shock watch that I am pretty sure wasnt about in the 80's)
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With the amount of movies he's making these days I wonder if he had the same money manager as Fern favourite Nic Cage?
 
TBF though, he hasn't gone to Statham levels and he still appears in high profile movies. The guy makes most things he's in better at any rate.
 
Empire State was a weird one, looked like it wanted to be a gritty 70s style crime film but looked like a TV movie. Taking away the G Shock watch the Rock looked like he'd parachuted in from another movie at any rate ... his shaved head looked too contemporary, they'd have been better with him wearing a half fro wig like the hair he had in Get Shorty (or its sequel, I'm not sure). 
 
 
I started watching Only God Forgives, the follow up movie to Drive by Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn. It took everything that was good from Drive, jettisoned it, then everyone involved disappeared up their own asses. I don't usually give up on movies but 30 minutes into this I decided listening to Radiohead with a sharpened razor blade near by would be a better way to spend my time.

raznomore

The G Shock line of watches was introduced in the early 80s by Casio......

taniwharugby

not that one....

Luigi

Watched The Conjuring. Seemed to be a mash-up of The Amityville Horror, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and The Birds. Pretty standard tale of demonic possession in a lonely old haunted house. Good effects and a few well telegraphed 'shocks', so all in all a good ol' fashioned horror yarn.
 
But why is only white Americans who get possessed and haunted?

dogmeat

The devil's got a wicked sense of humour

The Silver Fern

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