Movie review thread...

JC

Taken 3 was on Sky last night. Preposterous doesn't begin to describe it. Apparently you're allowed force a police officer at gunpoint to drive on the wrong side of the road causing untold damage to dozens of cars and trucks and presumably injuring their drivers, blow up a building and instigate an armed assault that results in the deaths of loads of people so long as you're avenging your ex wife's killer. The police could charge you but they're not going to.
 
So when's Taken 4 being made?

Tim

IIRC, they're making a TV series.
 
I've refused to watch any of the sequels, lest they despoil my memory of the magnificent original.

jegga

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Taken 3 was on Sky last night. Preposterous doesn't begin to describe it. Apparently you're allowed force a police officer at gunpoint to drive on the wrong side of the road causing untold damage to dozens of cars and trucks and presumably injuring their drivers, blow up a building and instigate an armed assault that results in the deaths of loads of people so long as you're avenging your ex wife's killer. The police could charge you but they're not going to. 
So when's Taken 4 being made?</blockquote>
 
I saw that too, needed more of his daughter in a skimpy outfit like the first one, otherwise excellent levels or carnage and huge plot holes.

mariner4life

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IIRC, they're making a TV series.
 
I've refused to watch any of the sequels, lest they despoil my memory of the magnificent original.
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absolutely this

Rancid Schnitzel

Flew long-haul and saw a few films. Was bloody Emirates so the best parts were probably cut out. 
Jurassic World: Good but not great. 
Mad Max: Batshit insane. Enjoyed it, but was probably modified to within an inch of its life. 
Terminator Genisys: Enjoyed this much more than the previous 2 films. Not bad at all. I assume they edited out Kalisi's jugs? 
Hitman: Mehhhh. Eli Roth is a really shit actor. 
Started watching that Avenger film, but they really do nothing for me. Just not a fan at all.

Milk

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Watched the Gunman last night. There is lots wrong with it. The hot French chick doesn't get her tits out despite being in various stages of undress most of the movie. Sean Penn looks fucking ridiculous in this movie. He has an awful orange tan, his hair is very obviously dyed. And then he takes his shirt off, and he looks like a fucking wrestler. At least they let Liam Neeson look like an old guy in these roles, this looks like they photoshopped Penn's face on a 30-year old body. Rick Flair looks less ridiculous. 
 
The movie itself is fucking tedious. Apparently people are trying to kill him, but you wouldn't know, because other than the first attack, the only time he appears to be in any danger is when he fucking puts himself there. The bad guy is telegraphed as fuck. The love-triangle was fucking stupid, and thankfully truncated. 
 
And the ending is fucking stupid as well
 
[spoiler]Why did he contact interpol? He fucking killed everyone that was trying to off him, and then he gets himself arrested. He could have just fucked off back to Africa with his missus, and no jail time. [/spoiler]
 
as for the plot contrivance, that his memory is fucked and he needs to write everything down, jesus that's lazy. 
 
shit movie, skip it
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I actually didn't mind it as far as action movies go, because I can cut a film a lot of slack if the action scenes are good. But yeah, what was up with Penn's physique? He must have dedicated a year of his life getting ready for that role.

Tim

Bret Easton Ellis and Quentin Tarantino talk movies for two hours:
 
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NTA

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Studio says Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows) will direct Thor: Ragnarok.
 
 
I'm yet to see Shadows but I'm told its pretty frigging good. 
 
Looking forward to X-Men Apocalypse after the trailer dropped this week, too.

Nepia

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Studio says Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows) will direct Thor: Ragnarok.
 
 
I'm yet to see Shadows but I'm told its pretty frigging good. 
 
Looking forward to X-Men Apocalypse after the trailer dropped this week, too.
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Shadows is good, as is Boy (they both have NZ specific humour - although I think our Oz cuzzies would likely get it), my favourite of his is a short called Tama Tu about a squad of Maori soldiers in WW2.

taniwharugby

I wasn't that taken by Shadows, had some laughs but overall disappointed. 
Speaking of short films, I happened on one called the maul or ruck, is a NZ one, is so bad I thought it was good

booboo

Mockingjay Part 2. 
Anyone else as disappointed as me? 
Just found it meh. 
[Spoiler] 
Yes ok we all knew Coin was a baddie I had hoped for a better way for Katniss to deal with her rather than stoop to that level. 
Gale to become a baddie, well ruthless baby murderer, out of nowhere? 
Peeta to become the love of her life. Fuck they were two seriously unlikeable characters so frankly probably deserved each other. 
Zombies for fuck sake? 
Prim dieing?[/spoiler] 
Pretty disappointing

booboo

[Spoiler] 
And how did her house in District 12 survive the bombardment? 
I thought District 12 was destroyed [/spoiler]

jegga

It was a bit average, those aren't zombies apparently . Like the dog creatures in the first one they are people weaponised by the govt .

Rancid Schnitzel

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Studio says Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows) will direct Thor: Ragnarok. 
I'm yet to see Shadows but I'm told its pretty frigging good. 
Looking forward to X-Men Apocalypse after the trailer dropped this week, too.</blockquote>
 
Shadows was brilliant. Awesome to see him get this gig, but I doubt even he can save it from the shit that is "looks the part but can't act" Hemsworth. 
Star Wars counting down. Have tickets for myself and the spawn sorted. They've already got Kylo Ren figures. Isn't it funny how the bad guys are so popular in this series.

Nepia

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Shadows was brilliant. Awesome to see him get this gig, but I doubt even he can save it from the shit that is "looks the part but can't act" Hemsworth. 
Star Wars counting down. Have tickets for myself and the spawn sorted. They've already got Kylo Ren figures. Isn't it funny how the bad guys are so popular in this series.
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I actually think that Hemsworth is quite good as Thor (he was funny in the recent Avengers) but the Thor movies are the boring-est of the Marvel catalogue. So I'm quite looking forward to see what Waititi can do.
 
Sorted my tickets for Star Wars the other day, weirdly there were still Gold Class seats left on the Thursday - although starting time is 9:30pm so hopefully I don't nod off before the end.

Rancid Schnitzel

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I actually think that Hemsworth is quite good as Thor (he was funny in the recent Avengers) but the Thor movies are the boring-est of the Marvel catalogue. So I'm quite looking forward to see what Waititi can do. 
Sorted my tickets for Star Wars the other day, weirdly there were still Gold Class seats left on the Thursday - although starting time is 9:30pm so hopefully I don't nod off before the end.</blockquote>
 
He looks the part without a doubt. Absolutely perfect. But he's a shit actor. Same in Rush. He couldn't even maintain the accent. The difference in ability between him and Daniel Bruehl in that film was ridiculous. Then again, despite his acting skills, Bruehl is hardly ever going to play a convincing superhero

mariner4life

Watched "Fury" last night. Fucking great war movie. Story? Plot? Pah! fluffybunnies getting their heads blown off? yes, and lots of it. 
 
And saw the Entourage movie on Saturday. It's basically 3 episodes rolled in to one. Ari Gold is a great character, the rest was a bit meh really. But then, i wasn't expecting all that much. The TV show was mindless escapism, there wasn't much for a movie to work with.
 
Finally having enough of the shit sound from my ageing TV, we bought a Sonos sound system yesterday. Soundbar, sub, and 2 rear speakers. Fucking. Awesome. Fury last night sounded fucking awesome. And so did Episode 1 with the kids (6 Star Wars movies in 6 nights before the new one on Saturday). Not cheap, but worth it.

taniwharugby

Scouts guide to a Zombie Apocalypse - bit old school with silly OTT stuff happening, a couple of hot teen girls in skimpy outfits, was a decent watch

MN5

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Shadows was brilliant. Awesome to see him get this gig, but I doubt even he can save it from the shit that is "looks the part but can't act" Hemsworth. 
Star Wars counting down. Have tickets for myself and the spawn sorted. They've already got Kylo Ren figures. Isn't it funny how the bad guys are so popular in this series.</blockquote>
Yep the good guys just don't have the goods to match Darths Maul, Sideous, Tyrannus and Vader, Jabba of the Hutts, Boba and Jango of the Fetts, Governer Tarkin and General Grievous. Hopefully this Ren joker has some charisma.....

Nepia

Good Kill: Ethan Hawke, Betty Draper and Lenny Kravitz's daughter. It's about Air Force drone pilots who live in Las Vegas and fly the drones in Afghanistan from air conditioned huts that are not 'US soil'. Hawke is an ex F16 pilot who really wants to fly again and Kravitz is his co pilot of the drone.
 
They get seconded to do some CIA missions and Hawke starts having a breakdown.
 
Pretty good movie, fairly slow and talky, but with some pretty freaky missile explosion shots.
 
On a flight last week I had about 40 minutes to spare so started watching Inglorious Basterds again. It's a great movie that I had kind of forgotten how good it is. I remembered the opening scene well and the pub scene, but had completely forgotten when Landa and Shoshanna had cake together before organising the showing of the movie. Man that scene was as tense as all the other tense scenes. I think it has overtaken Pulp Fiction as my favourite Tarantino film.

The Silver Fern

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