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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.<br>
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.</p></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..... -
<p>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.</p>
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<p>They get seconded to do some CIA missions and Hawke starts having a breakdown.</p>
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<p>Pretty good movie, fairly slow and talky, but with some pretty freaky missile explosion shots.</p>
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<p>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.</p> -
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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.<br><br>
They get seconded to do some CIA missions and Hawke starts having a breakdown.<br><br>
Pretty good movie, fairly slow and talky, but with some pretty freaky missile explosion shots.<br><br>
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.</p></blockquote>
Yeah I re watched that over the weekend too with someone who had never seen it. That pub scene is fucken sensational, I love Stiglitz in that scene but if he hadn't been so focused on totally fucking up the SS guy then him and the other German could have taken the soldiers by surprise and maybe walked out alive. Fassbender ( forgotten his characters name ) knowing his number was up and calmly downing the Scotch was class too. No one gets better performances out of actors than QT.....<br><br>
I think my favourite scene amongst so many is the facial expressions on Aldo and the boys when Landa comes up and speaks perfect Italian.....just the whole 'We're fucked' demeanour in all three of them is brilliant. -
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>They get seconded to do some CIA missions and Hawke starts having a breakdown.</p>
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<p>Pretty good movie, fairly slow and talky, but with some pretty freaky missile explosion shots.</p>
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<p>I've only seen it once, and it was at a drive-in, so it was only recently that i thought i had better re-watch it. This has motivated me to find it. I'm sure it's on Netflix</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="547578" data-time="1450055132"><p>
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.<br><br>
They get seconded to do some CIA missions and Hawke starts having a breakdown.<br><br>
Pretty good movie, fairly slow and talky, but with some pretty freaky missile explosion shots.<br><br>
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.</p></blockquote>
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Andrew Niccol from Paraparaumu wrote Good Kill. -
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>Yeah that is the shizzle. Got a soundbar and sub hooked up to our main TV when we moved in two years ago. Anything involving music and/or will render you sterile from across the house. </p> -
<p>So, watching the Star Wars prequels again this week, and for the first time, they are giving me the shits. They are not terrible; the effects, both visual and sound, are amazing (although the green screen stuff is too noticable at times); and i don't mind the over-all story line they create (as bad as some of the dialogue is, the story itself isn't that bad). This is not meant to be another discussion about their relative merits (or someone will post that breakdown by those basement dwelling shut-ins that is as long as the movie), but a couple of points that kinda pissed me off with this viewing for the first time:</p>
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<p>Palpatine's whole plan often seems to revolve around unpredictable people doing the exact thing he needs;</p>
<p>In the senate in the first movie, when the Trade Federation delegates are crapping on about "where is your proof?!" why didn't the Naboo say "well, i've got these two jedi, you know, those undoubtable paragons of truth, that you sent as negotiators, they saw the whole thing, let me just give them a yell"</p>
<p>Where the fuck did all the sweet army gear come from when they clones turn up at the end of Ep2? I understand they grew the clones, but where the fuck did they get star cruisers, and drop ships, and fucking walker tanks at short notice? You're not telling me they were built on that ocean planet with the clones? And if Palpatine had it all sorted in teh background, wouldn't that have looked suss? "i know a guy, he's got some stuff we can have"</p>
<p>Why are the fucking jedi so fucking dumb??? Dooku straight up tells them about Palpatine, and they are all "nah, he's lying bro". They repeatedly show shots of Yoda looking suss as fuck about Anakin, I'm pretty sure he knows about the sand people, Anakin doesn't even try to hide the fact he is fucking Padme, and is emotionally unstable, and the Jedi do fucking nothing, in fact, if the Clone Wars is anything to go by, they straight up empower him, and give him a fucking apprentice! This is a dude, they go out of their way to say is dangerous right from the start, continues to show big, neon signs of not being jedi material, and yet they fucking actively enable him to turn bad. Jesus christ. </p>
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<p>I'm actually starting to worry the new movie is going to suck, and it might actually break me. </p> -
<p>Well, at least you're lowering your expectations in time to fully enjoy the movie.</p>
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<p>And yes, it is dumb fuck shit. Like Samuel L Muthafucking Windu wouldn't have just starting popping caps in asses. He should have just iced Palpatine instead of talking shit, and nipped it in the bud.</p> -
<p>Also, at the behest of the wife, i watched the first Hunger Games movie last night. Knowing nothing about it, i thought i would give it a crack. I didn't hate it, and i wasn't bored. That is enough to exceed my expectations. I may even watch the next one tonight. </p>
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<p>I have to say, halfway through i had the awful thought she was going to get through the movie without actually killing anyone (wasp girl doesn't count) so i kind cheered when she shot that dude. </p> -
<p>Personally i don't mind TPM. I think Attack of the Clones is worse. </p>
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<p>Personally i don't mind TPM. I think Attack of the Clones is worse. </p>
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<p>I've only seen AOTC once and the final one once and I liked AOTC the most back then.</p> -
<p>I've watched I and II over the past 2 nights, and i think II is the worse movie. Like Phantom Menace, some parts are still cool, but the good bits don't tend to outweigh them. </p>
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<p>III tonight, which is easily the best of the prequels. </p> -
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<p>Personally i don't mind TPM. I think<strong> Attack of the Clones </strong>is worse. </p>
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<p>I'm certain it's the worst movie I've seen.</p>
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<p>worse than "White Chicks"?</p>
