Movie review thread...

mariner4life

So, saw the final Hobbit film last night. It was, um, well, good? Not great, just good. Plenty of battle scenes and action and shit, but again, too much pointless shit, and some of the CGI was terrible. 
 
Overall, i give the trilogy about a 7. The Lord of the Rings was fucking amazing, and changed how people viewed filming fantasy. Pete put his heart and soul into that trilogy, his attention to detail was bordering on psychotic. And they had a lot of material to use for 3 movies.
 
This time? you could tell his heart wasn't completely in it. And to be honest, there is probably 2 very good movies in that 3 good ones, if you cut out the stupid shit. Could they not decide if they were doing a dark version, or a light version? All 3 movies veer wildly from one to the other. Glad it was made, glad i watched it. Will probably watch the 3 in a marathon when the inevitible box set comes. But it's not going to hold the same level of reverence as i do for the Rings movies.
 
 
However, Evangeline Lilly as hot female elf #1 has taken over from Trinity as #1 in my "sexiest movie character" stakes.

NTA

Yeah maybe even 1 film if they stuck to where the book was going. While all the songs and dancing-merrily-through-the-woods high fantasy shit wasn't going to wash, things like Tom Bombadil must have been a borderline call. It was good that they elaborated on the Dol Guldur (Sauron as the Necromancer) but I wouldn't have missed it.
 
The fact is, the books were all male-dominated as fuck, and were never going to make great movies without some serious fucking around in terms of draping it in ovaries and hoping women would turn up. But the nerd girls would have anyway, if only for the homoerotic tones of Sam and Frodo bitch/butching it up around Tongariro.
 
Anyway, top job Jackson and NZ in general. I reckon it was about the only place you could have made that movie, despite the whinging of a few Pommy purists who had never seen the joint.

taniwharugby

have yet to see the final installment of The Hobbit, but felt they made it (needlessly) darker than the books, and obviously making 3 movies from 1 book when they made 3 movies from 6 (in my book set) books

NTA

Technically it's 7 books in three volumes 
#nerdalert

taniwharugby

right you are, it has 7 books in the box...still, 3 movies for that vs 3 movies for The Hobbit, a book he wrote for his kids

NTA

Friends got me a boxed set that had some audio recordings of Tolkien reading some of his works. On CD! I really should rip them while I still have a CD burner in my PC

jegga

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However, Evangeline Lilly as hot female elf #1 has taken over from Trinity as #1 in my "sexiest movie character" stakes. 
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Scarlett Johanson in those movies where she beats up people in a tight black costume. I don't know the name, its not important.

jegga

Just saw american sniper,very well done I thought. The sandstorm scene will stay with me for a while and the scene involving a cordless drill.

raznomore

Haven't seen American Sniper yet. Honestly is it as anti Arab as it's being made out to be?

taniwharugby

It's about an American war hero....what do you think?

jegga

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Haven't seen American Sniper yet. Honestly is it as anti Arab as it's being made out to be?
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A movie about an american sniper directed by Clint Eastwood was bound to bring the usual leftards ranting about some aspect of it. It only deals with the insurgents in Iraq who behave like animals. Their atrocities are well documented and the movie features a couple of them.

Nepia

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Haven't seen American Sniper yet. Honestly is it as anti Arab as it's being made out to be?
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I didn't think so, and it's nowhere near as anti Arab as Kyle comes across in his book.

Kirwan

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Haven't seen American Sniper yet. Honestly is it as anti Arab as it's being made out to be?
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Nope. It's not pro or anti war either. The coverage of this film has been bizarre.

jegga

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I don't remember him being anti Arab so much but he loathed the people he was fighting against and referred to them as animals. My memory could be wrong but anyone who tortures people with a cordless drill is an animal. The film did gloss over some of the more obnoxious qualities of Kyle that come through in the book. I thought the movie was very good. 
Also Sienna Miller looked hot/dirty with dark hair.

taniwharugby

all about perspective I guess...I felt it was more 'Team America' than say Zero Dark Thirty

mariner4life

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Also Sienna Miller looked hot/dirty with dark hair.
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she was already the only good bit of GI Joe: Rise of Cobra
 
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Kirwan

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all about perspective I guess...I felt it was more 'Team America' than say Zero Dark Thirty
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It's more Unforgiven set in Iraq.

Nepia

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I don't remember him being anti Arab so much but he loathed the people he was fighting against and referred to them as animals. My memory could be wrong but anyone who tortures people with a cordless drill is an animal. The film did gloss over some of the more obnoxious qualities of Kyle that come through in the book. I thought the movie was very good. 
Also Sienna Miller looked hot/dirty with dark hair.
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He's pretty anti them as opposed to Arab as a group. But he barely distinguishes between the civilians and the fighters.
 
TBH, I find the book bloody interesting (especially the sniper focused stuff, equipment and tactics etc), but his lack of awareness or understanding of why people would fight them seems bloody stupid. Luttrell at least understood why they had enemies. To Kyle every American is good (except for the anti war poofters) and every enemy is evil.
 
Did Kyle actually see the cordless drill? I haven't come across it yet. I've got about 100 pages to go and the worst he's discussed so far is the two mentally ill guys who were up on hooks.
 
What is funny is how he basically whinges about everyone. From the yankee stuff to the brass to calling out the Arkansas National Guard as hillbillies - as if they're worse than rednecks.
 
I remember the first time I saw Sienna Miller, it was in a show about a detective from the US who goes to the UK. She was lying the couch and the camera basically focused on her ass.
 
I think the action/military stuff of the movie compared favourably with Generation Kill.

jegga

The show was called fast Eddie , I thought it was great mostly because of her. 
Don't remember the cordless drill in the book , I thought he liked the Arkansas national guard blokes? I might have to read it again , he joked about their accents but I recall. He also seemed to really rate the polish special forces that were over there too or maybe just their vodka.

Nepia

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The show was called fast Eddie , I thought it was great mostly because of her. 
Don't remember the cordless drill in the book , I thought he liked the Arkansas national guard blokes? I might have to read it again , he joked about their accents but I recall. He also seemed to really rate the polish special forces that were over there too or maybe just their vodka.
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Fast Eddie - thats it. I thought it was a really good show, she was the icing on top of the cake. It didn't last very long though.
 
Yeah, he liked the hillbillies, but still differentiated how hillbillies were worse than Texas rednecks. The Poles may have been the only group he didn't give any stick to.

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