Movie review thread...
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12 Strong
US Special Forces help friendly-ish Afghans beat unfriendly Afghans.
Not too bad, some cool battle effects, it's not totally over the top with the gung-ho stuff, and at least it's pretty up front that these dudes' main job was to call in air strikes.
The talky stuff can get a little slow, and the political side of it is very, very simplistic. But if that's what you are watching this movie for, then you have missed the point.
Movie does contain the best modern cavalry charge since Lawrence of Arabia
3.5 50-cals on the back of a hilux out of 5 bombs from the upper stratosphere
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@mariner4life I didn't mind it. your rating isn't overly generous.
BTW, calling in fire support is one of the best jobs in the military.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life I didn't mind it. your rating isn't overly generous.
BTW, calling in fire support is one of the best jobs in the military.
It lost me a couple of times in the talky bits, otherwise it would have been a hard 4.
It's no Black Hawk Down, but it's still pretty good.
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Also, don't forget to watch the greatest christmas movie ever on christmas eve:
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They Shall Not Grow Old: Finally found a cinema showing this and it was brilliant. The 'effects' they did on the film was top class and the audio from the interviews was tidied up so well it was like they were recorded this year.
Mortal Engines was average but Jackson gets all the kudos for this film.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Also, don't forget to watch the greatest christmas movie ever on christmas eve:
#1 is the best, Allan Rickman was a delicious villain
#2 was also excellent, it was on TV the other night, has aged well.
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Watched Equaliser 2 on the plane.
Loved it.
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last 2 weekends the kids have watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2...both still bloody good, particularly the first...oh, I might have ended up watching it with them...
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched Equaliser 2 on the plane.
Loved it.
Funnily enough I just watched Equalizer (again) so I could watch 2. I'd completely forgotten most of it, but it stuck me how it's pretty much just John Wick. What's not to like?
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Also, don't forget to watch the greatest christmas movie ever on christmas eve:
My entire christmas day is probably going to be Die Hard & Lethal Weapon.
There is an upside to being a sad lonely fluffybunny on the other side of the world from all family. -
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@dogmeat said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who watches TV/movies at Xmas? It's a day for aerobic drinking.
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