Movie review thread...
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Lethal Weapon 2
Only good thing about this is a young Patsy Kensit.
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antipodean said:
Lethal Weapon 2
Only good thing about this is a young Patsy Kensit.
The lethal weapon films have not dated well
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Skyscraper
Pretty much what it says on the box.
3 butterflies in the stomach out of 5 mirror images
Hannah Quinlivan is hot
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taniwharugby said:
Skyscraper
Pretty much what it says on the box.
3 butterflies in the stomach out of 5 mirror images
Hannah Quinlivan is hot
Looks like a millenials version of Die Hard. Am I wrong?
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Watched Justice League last night. It's... not very good.
It's impossible not to compare it to Marvel, and it falls short in basically every way. Plot, visuals, character "development", timing, it was all very weak.
Bad dude needs 3 boxes, so bad dude rainbow-bridges in, has shitty set piece, takes box. Or, the good guys just leave it fucking laying around.
And all the suspense was pretty much taken out by just bringing back Superman. Seriously, fuck Superman. How exactly do you introduce peril in to a movie when there is a hero present who can do every fucking thing. Come in, whup the bad dude, save the civilians, smirk. Job done. The Justice League should be renamed Superman and the Distractions.
And then, to top it all off, they blatantly steal the end of Rise of the Guardians. Like, not pay homage, just outright steal. Get fucked.
DC's only redeeming feature is they have better looking heroes (despite trying to hide it by shooting everything in fucking grey and black). Gal Gadot. Jason Momoa. Henry Cavill. These are fucking good looking humans. Then backed up by Amber Heard, Amy Adams, Connie Neilson. Hotties.
As Seanbaby said in a Cracked article last week "Seriously, Henry Cavill looks like he was designed by panties scientists to stress-test fluid absorption".
I'm giving them a half a point just for having beautiful people in the cast.
2.5 you know what, no, 2.5 shitty movies out of 5 beautiful people.
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The Departed
I saw this at the cinema when it was released. Still a fantastic movie with a great cast, storytelling and dialogue but could have been a little shorter. I need to watch "Infernal Affairs" to compare.
The only movie with Matt Damon playing rugby I'll ever watch.
5 Bruce Lees out of 5 Karate KIds
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Rocky Rockbottom said:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bridge too far for Connery. He looks about 55 in this one. Plus the big screen would've hardly been wide enought for his fucken eyebrows by then. Jesus, once you notice the bastards you can't stop looking.
Turns out this was his last Bond film. Still better than his successor though, Roger Moore the wimpy toff.
Overall, this outing is kind of a mailed-in piece of shit. Virtually no flash spy gizmos from Q or M or whoever the old git was. They just drive around a very tinpot-looking fledgling downtown Las Vegas for a bit then later on dick around on an oil rig then the fluffybunny ends.
The #metoo crowd would chunder in their granny gruds at the zeitgeist or oeuvre or whatever of this carry-on. Basically Connery tries to fuck every single spunk the instant she appears on screen. And they're all spunks. cue Scottish brogue, "What other purpose do they have Moneypenny?"
Wasn't his last. Never Say Never Again in 1983. He banged Kim Bassenger in that one! Looked like a grandad though. Ridiculous.
Actually if we're going to complain about misogyny in Bond flicks, check out You only live Twice. Holy shit.
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Matrix Reloaded. Never seen this and am only watching the Matrix series because my kids are interested.
Some incredible action that has really stood the test of time. Bit of a strange film though. Either waaay too much action or waaay to lengthy monologues.
2 things: Keanu Reeves is a wooden as a farking lumber yard and Monica Belluci has enormous tits.
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@rancid-schnitzel Keanu has never been able to act. It's part of the reason he's so good in John Wick, whose entire emotional repertoire is binary code.
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antipodean said:
@rancid-schnitzel Keanu has never been able to act. It's part of the reason he's so good in John Wick, whose entire emotional repertoire is binary code.
When people say that you need more than looks to make it in Hollywood I mention Keanu Reeves and Rob Lowe. Actually the dude who plays Thor is also an incredibly shit actor.
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
Matrix Reloaded. Never seen this and am only watching the Matrix series because my kids are interested.
Some incredible action that has really stood the test of time. Bit of a strange film though. Either waaay too much action or waaay to lengthy monologues.
2 things: Keanu Reeves is a wooden as a farking lumber yard and Monica Belluci has enormous tits.
gets too much hate. The entire sequence from pashing Monica in the toilet, through to the two trucks crashing, is absolutely fucking brilliant action. Ripping soundtrack over those scenes as well.
It's not a patch on the first obviously, but it's far superior to the third. And it's not without its flaws, but it's nowhere near as bad as it is made out to be.
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canefan said:
Monica is underrated hawt. She was smoking in Malena
under rated? She is my A1 dream girl. First on the list. Would cut two fingers off my left hand etc
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@rancid-schnitzel I've liked Rob Lowe since Parks and Rec. He plays a really good Rob Lowe.
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Bovidae said:
The Departed
I saw this at the cinema when it was released. Still a fantastic movie with a great cast, storytelling and dialogue but could have been a little shorter. I need to watch "Infernal Affairs" to compare.
The only movie with Matt Damon playing rugby I'll ever watch.
5 Bruce Lees out of 5 Karate KIds
I love that film, watched it again a few weeks back. Internal affairs is good, too. I want to watch the Raid to compare it to Dredd.
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mariner4life said:
canefan said:
Monica is underrated hawt. She was smoking in Malena
under rated? She is my A1 dream girl. First on the list. Would cut two fingers off my left hand etc
Maybe the early 2000s version. She must be getting on a bit. Those beautiful breasts must be reaching her feet now.
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jegga said:
Bovidae said:
The Departed
I saw this at the cinema when it was released. Still a fantastic movie with a great cast, storytelling and dialogue but could have been a little shorter. I need to watch "Infernal Affairs" to compare.
The only movie with Matt Damon playing rugby I'll ever watch.
5 Bruce Lees out of 5 Karate KIds
I love that film, watched it again a few weeks back. Internal affairs is good, too. I want to watch the Raid to compare it to Dredd.
The Raid is great, similar story but completely different movie to Dredd though. I actually think I prefer some of the fights in The Raid 2 over the original.
It's been a while since I saw Infernal Affairs but it's a great movie, I was a bit worried when they announced Scorcese was doing an English language version but they got The Departed pretty spot on. One thing I think they fluffed a bit with it though was:
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The timeline seemed a bit short for Leo to be in the mob, in Infernal Affairs they stretch it out so he actually spends a long time working his way up.
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
mariner4life said:
canefan said:
Monica is underrated hawt. She was smoking in Malena
under rated? She is my A1 dream girl. First on the list. Would cut two fingers off my left hand etc
Maybe the early 2000s version. She must be getting on a bit. Those beautiful breasts must be reaching her feet now.
She's in her 50s now, so not quite the young woman in Malena, but I'd definitely go there.
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
Rocky Rockbottom said:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bridge too far for Connery. He looks about 55 in this one. Plus the big screen would've hardly been wide enought for his fucken eyebrows by then. Jesus, once you notice the bastards you can't stop looking.
Turns out this was his last Bond film. Still better than his successor though, Roger Moore the wimpy toff.
Overall, this outing is kind of a mailed-in piece of shit. Virtually no flash spy gizmos from Q or M or whoever the old git was. They just drive around a very tinpot-looking fledgling downtown Las Vegas for a bit then later on dick around on an oil rig then the fluffybunny ends.
The #metoo crowd would chunder in their granny gruds at the zeitgeist or oeuvre or whatever of this carry-on. Basically Connery tries to fuck every single spunk the instant she appears on screen. And they're all spunks. cue Scottish brogue, "What other purpose do they have Moneypenny?"
Wasn't his last. Never Say Never Again in 1983. He banged Kim Bassenger in that one! Looked like a grandad though. Ridiculous.
Actually if we're going to complain about misogyny in Bond flicks, check out You only live Twice. Holy shit.
DAF is definitely down there with the absolute worst of the Bonds. He wore a short pink tie for half the flick and as you say he looked ancient, like he'd aged 20 years since Dr No.
Wint and Kidd had some good lines.
The plot was incomprehensible.
Roger Moore was a great Bond as well though.
