Movie review thread...
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Aladdin
After being dead against this based on the previews, we decided to try out the new Sydney Metro train system (which was fucking cool) and go see this at one of the shopping centres on the line, with an open mind.
Overall - it was quite enjoyable, even with a few moments that grated compared to both the original animated movie (a classic) and the Disney production stage show we saw here a few years back. WHICH WAS FUCKING AMAZING - cannot recommend seeing a Disney production enough if you enjoy high production values. Mary Poppins also fits into this category.
Anyway, the movie overall was pretty good I thought. Humourous elements, some good CGI (and some a little "meh") and the music didn't get in the way, while not trying to be a carbon copy of the original.
It is everything you'd expect - loud, colourful, a few moral lessons, and overall quite fun. Will Smith as a giant blue mofo was a little off-putting, I'll admit, but he wasn't blue the whole time.
4 hot princesses out of 5 flying carpets.
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@NTA said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Aladdin
After being dead against this based on the previews, we decided to try out the new Sydney Metro train system (which was fucking cool) and go see this at one of the shopping centres on the line, with an open mind.
Overall - it was quite enjoyable, even with a few moments that grated compared to both the original animated movie (a classic) and the Disney production stage show we saw here a few years back. WHICH WAS FUCKING AMAZING - cannot recommend seeing a Disney production enough if you enjoy high production values. Mary Poppins also fits into this category.
Anyway, the movie overall was pretty good I thought. Humourous elements, some good CGI (and some a little "meh") and the music didn't get in the way, while not trying to be a carbon copy of the original.
It is everything you'd expect - loud, colourful, a few moral lessons, and overall quite fun. Will Smith as a giant blue mofo was a little off-putting, I'll admit, but he wasn't blue the whole time.
4 hot princesses out of 5 flying carpets.
So you finally got to choose the family movie?
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@antipodean apparently John Wick 3 didn't count as "family"
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Wait, is this serious, R rated, what the f*ck?
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from memory, like most movies that revolve around a descent in to drugs, the first half is hilarious, the 2nd not so much.
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Re watched Dunkirk last night.
I doubt it'll ever go into my echelon of classic war movies like Saving Private Ryan or Schindlers List but still definitely bloody good overall. Great tension throughout and I loved the aerial battles particularly.
Also this answered a few questions I had about the ending and why Tom Hardys character ended up like he did.
In Dunkirk, why did Farrier land on the beach & get captured by Nazis? Why not parachute? What about the other pilot’s decision to land i...
Answer (1 of 18): Spoilers ahead for Dunkirk. In the final act of the movie, after defeating the final German planes in battle, Tom Hardy's character Farrier glides his Spitfire plane over the Dunkirk beach. At this point the plane has already run out of fuel, which is shown by the propeller bla...
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Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison
Based on the true story of the prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in the 70's, assisted by Tisons 3 sons.
Robert Patrick is pretty good as the hard Tison, Heather GRaham was good as his wife.
3.5 kin out of 5 it was Randy's idea
Also rewatched Tombstone, great cast, great movie although last 10 seemed very rushed.
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Shaft
No, not the 2000 version starring SLJ but the 2019 version starring SLJ. Not sure why they didn't get just a tiny bit more creative with the title but oh well.
Great fun, some at times hilarious and offensive banter from SLJ and his estranged son who grows on you as a character despite his wimpy start and some of the most ridiculously unreastic shootouts this side of Face/Off.....I think we'd all like to live Shafts life where he does whatever he pleases and seems completely above the law and any consequences.
Worth it for the laughs and quotes if not the storyline.
3.5 FBI trainees out of 5 Bad Mutha fuckas.
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Shaft
No, not the 2000 version starring SLJ but the 2019 version starring SLJ. Not sure why they didn't get just a tiny bit more creative with the title but oh well.
Great fun, some at times hilarious and offensive banter from SLJ and his estranged son who grows on you as a character despite his wimpy start and some of the most ridiculously unreastic shootouts this side of Face/Off.....I think we'd all like to live Shafts life where he does whatever he pleases and seems completely above the law and any consequences.
Worth it for the laughs and quotes if not the storyline.
3.5 FBI trainees out of 5 Bad Mutha fuckas.
Agree also
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Pet Semetary
Kings book was way better than the late 80s flick and that is the case here too with this recent adaptation which is even worse despite my best hopes. A couple of changes to try and freshen things up but ultimately you know exactly what is going to happen and not only that the movie was completely unscary in the slightest. When John Lithgow who I usually can't stand plays the best character by far you know a movie is in serious trouble. Avoid at all costs.
1 dead cat out of 5 massive trucks
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Yesterday
Danny Boyle film about a pub musician, struggling to make it, who has an accident during a worldwide incident called The Blackout.
He wakes up and is the only one who can remember The Beatles. He starts playing their songs and everyone is freaking out about how good he is.
Really enjoyed this with the family. There are some great and unexpected twists, and let me tell you the world hasn't forgotten only the Beatles - keep your eyes and ears open for that stuff.
Ed Sheeran is fucking great, as is Robert Carlyle. The American agent character is a little OTT tho.
5 Judes out of 5 Dudes.
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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Is there a streaming service that has 80s films/series? I'd farking ditch Netflix for it in a second.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Maybe Shout Factory?
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Maybe Shout Factory?
That looks brilliant! Have you used it before?
Shout! TV
