Movie review thread...
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Looking forward to this
Watched this today (started about 40 minutes after scheduled start time and was longer than stated so I missed the start of the Magpies game) and thought it was pretty good despite some obvious budgetary restrictions and an old school war movie feel to it.
Very anti the brass, makes them look like buffoons, whereas all the other officers are made to be top blokes. They put a lot of emphasis on 'six' whenever a Kiwi was speaking.
I'll have to watch the doco now and then do some reading for the 'real' story.
The doco is good, the book I read was a bit critical of some of the brass but really complimented the way some of the ncos and lower ranked officers integrated the conscripts with the regular force men to the point of insisting they were called short term regulars instead of conscripts .
Doco was really good. Glad I watched the movie first and then the doco so I wasn't looking for stuff to happen in the move. It was really interesting to see some of the actual guys involved.
Got a bit dusty in the room at times.
Where can one find the doco mentioned on this? I was a Vietnam War buff for many years focusing mainly on the US stuff that was available.
Recently met a vet from Long Tan and it has reinvigorated my thirst for material.
Cheers
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@RoninWC said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Looking forward to this
Watched this today (started about 40 minutes after scheduled start time and was longer than stated so I missed the start of the Magpies game) and thought it was pretty good despite some obvious budgetary restrictions and an old school war movie feel to it.
Very anti the brass, makes them look like buffoons, whereas all the other officers are made to be top blokes. They put a lot of emphasis on 'six' whenever a Kiwi was speaking.
I'll have to watch the doco now and then do some reading for the 'real' story.
The doco is good, the book I read was a bit critical of some of the brass but really complimented the way some of the ncos and lower ranked officers integrated the conscripts with the regular force men to the point of insisting they were called short term regulars instead of conscripts .
Doco was really good. Glad I watched the movie first and then the doco so I wasn't looking for stuff to happen in the move. It was really interesting to see some of the actual guys involved.
Got a bit dusty in the room at times.
Where can one find the doco mentioned on this? I was a Vietnam War buff for many years focusing mainly on the US stuff that was available.
Recently met a vet from Long Tan and it has reinvigorated my thirst for material.
Cheers
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watched Alita BAttle Angel on the plane.
Wasnt a poor film, but seemed a fairly bog standard Sci-Fi with good SFX.
3 cyborg limbs out of 5 Jennnifer Connely is still hawt.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Jennnifer Connely is still hawt
there is a thread...
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@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow "An epic famine drama". Niche marketing.
As famine dramas go that has to be the best. I haven't seen it but the last famine drama that I saw was ... well...not very memorable.
A whole new genre.
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@Snowy said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Snowy a lady who couldn't join us tonight, but we have a live link direct to her hospital bed!
Far out - reality famine drama. What next? Telebision is getting so exciting!
TB has always been exciting, I figured you'd know that.
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Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
In a word? No. But if you are of that persuasion I am sure there is plenty in there to get a chub about
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
In a word? No. But if you are of that persuasion I am sure there is plenty in there to get a chub about
How many oiled up aviators out of toweled damp locker room loiterers would you give it?
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@Machpants said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
In a word? No. But if you are of that persuasion I am sure there is plenty in there to get a chub about
How many oiled up aviators out of toweled damp locker room loiterers would you give it?
Don't go in expecting GoT, it gets 4 roided up Samoan gym bunnies vs 5 shaven head british ex-military toughs.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Machpants said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
In a word? No. But if you are of that persuasion I am sure there is plenty in there to get a chub about
How many oiled up aviators out of toweled damp locker room loiterers would you give it?
Don't go in expecting GoT, it gets 4 roided up Samoan gym bunnies and one Maori fullah vs 5 shaven head british ex-military toughs.
Fixed that for you.
Also, I think your rating is 100% correct if you go into the movie in the right frame of mind as you note.
If you go into it with your serious brain it's 2 that's Hawai'i not Samoa out 5 times the weather changes in 12 minutes.
@jegga It's like 80s movies like Top Gun etc in the homoeroticism stakes.
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Machpants said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Who here has seen Hobbs and Shaw?
The Fast and Furious Movies Have Always Been Gay
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Yeah, see earlier in the thread. Good rollicking totally unbelievable fun
Is it gay like the article says?
In a word? No. But if you are of that persuasion I am sure there is plenty in there to get a chub about
How many oiled up aviators out of toweled damp locker room loiterers would you give it?
Don't go in expecting GoT, it gets 4 roided up Samoan gym bunnies and one Maori fullah vs 5 shaven head british ex-military toughs.
Fixed that for you.
Also, I think your rating is 100% correct if you go into the movie in the right frame of mind as you note.
If you go into it with your serious brain it's 2 that's Hawai'i not Samoa out 5 times the weather changes in 12 minutes.
@jegga It's like 80s movies like Top Gun etc in the homoeroticism stakes.
No bum touching, in other words. There might have been some sort of high five. Maybe. Yes Nepia, my rating referred to 4 Dwayne Johnsons. Nice to see Cliff not having to resort to playing Mexicans or Arabs for a change, this was a little closer to home
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: I straight up thought this was a great movie.
I can see why some people might not like it as it doesn't appear to be plot driven and I know two people who have no knowledge of the Manson murders so it made little sense to them.
It's very talky and it has quite rambling scenes (hmmm, I'm just describing Tarantino full stop) but I think it's a disservice to not acknowledge that they actually do build towards the climax.
There's only one scene and characterisation that I thought was bad, has a famous martial artist and the scene seems a bit stupid and the actor is straight up terrible.
4.5 flame throwers out 5 I don't like pet names but I can see you're going through something so we'll deal with that later.
Commemorating Long Tan Day
