Movie review thread...
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="553080" data-time="1453079595"><p>There are aspects of Kill Bill 1 that are overly cartoonish but there are all so classic scenes. The prelude to the Pussy Wagon. The soccer mom fight scene in the kitchen. The anime introduction to Lucy Liu's character and the Sonny Chiba master samurai turned sushi chef thing were awesome.<br>
<br>- Pulp Fiction <br>
- Reservoir Dogs<br>
- Inglorious Basterds<br>
- Jackie Brown<br>
- Django Unchained<br>
- Kill Bill 2<br>
- Hateful 8<br>
- Kill Bill 1<br>
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Haven't really watched Death Proof properly.</p></blockquote>
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I think my top four would be about the same as that Raz but it's concerning to see the latest flick rated so low. <br><br>
You're right about Kill Bill, some scenes are iconic but the scene in the club where she sliced up everyone was just fucken ridiculous when you consider in the next movie a drunken has been took her out with next to no effort.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="553083" data-time="1453079797"><p>Dusk til Dawn, True Romance, Natural Born Killer...<br>
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Love Resovoir Dogs though, love the scene with Steeler Wheel :)</p></blockquote>
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<p>He didn't direct any of them but definitely had an input. True Romance is a fucken god damn classic!</p>
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<p>oh, didn't realize rules were common place in TSF discussions! :)</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="553087" data-time="1453080159"><p>True Romance would be number 1 for me if it was eligible for the list.</p></blockquote>
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The amount of big stars having even the smallest of parts was ridiculous. RIP Dennis Hopper, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn.... -
Interesting bit of trivia: QT wrote Natural Born Killers. Not a bad movie either.<br><br>
Death Proof is just shit. Can't believe the same guy made the masterpieces listed above. -
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<p>I think my top four would be about the same as that Raz but it's concerning to see the <strong>latest flick rated so low</strong>.<br>
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<p>Again there were enjoyable bits of dialogue. Just didnt really do it for me. QTs over use blood splatter detracts from the seriousness of the tone and tension in the story.</p>
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Just sat through Death Proof. Kurt Russell is great and there is some sensational eye candy but I struggle to think of a more pointless trashy load of shit to ever grace a screen. Just terrible. I know it's some kind of 'homage' but fuck the 70s must have had some diabolical crap if that's anything to go by.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-time="1453080159" data-cid="553087" data-author="Nepia"><p>True Romance would be number 1 for me if it was eligible for the list.</p></blockquote>Great movie. Watched it with my boys a few months back told them they had to get in touch with there feminine side and we had to watch a chick flick.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MN5" data-cid="553089" data-time="1453080400"><p>
The amount of big stars having even the smallest of parts was ridiculous. RIP Dennis Hopper, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn....</p></blockquote>Don't forget Chris Walken! -
<p>finally watched The Imitation Game last night. Great movie. It's funny, you know the bloody machine works, and yet you still feel tension during the movie when it doesn't. </p>
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Holy shit Highlander is rad as fuck
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Virgil" data-cid="553756" data-time="1453397712"><p>Welcome to 1986.<br>
Who wants to live forever.</p></blockquote>
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Mariner would have enjoyed fapping over the titties at the start when McLeod is nailing the wife in the Scottish highlands..... -
<p>[i]Wild Tales.[/i]<br><br>
Very entertaining. I want to say well shot etc (it really was visually engaging), but that is beside the point.<br><br>
A very good series of "eye for an eye" stories, which were of course doomed. Except for the final sequence, which was quite shit.<br><br>
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<p><em>Revenant</em></p>
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<p>First, let me say that my wife did NOT handle the raw-meat-eating/survival stuff very well at all. So if you're squeamish, best to look away. :)</p>
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<p>In summary: beautiful, documentary-level cinematography, a good (if minimal) score used to appropriate effect. Some performances that could be considered strong, if limited due to a lack of dialogue. Mostly gritty and realistic, though I have to question some of the musket work that veered between SAS Sniper and Stormtrooper at times.</p>
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<p>Was too long, at times was just overly indulgent bullshit by the director, and the lack of narrative didn't help piece together a great storyline. I get that the effect of the thing was to just drop you into a situation revolving around a man and his revenge, in tough frontier country. But at times the dialogue (particularly from Hardy's character) was incomprehensible, and I wasn't the only one who thought so. They left the other guy with a pommy accent, why not Fitzgerald?</p>
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<p>I don't see what the Oscars buzz is all about for the actors. Besides spitting at the camera hysterically and getting torn up by a bear (props), as well as eating a variety of dead animals, there isn't a lot to talk about in terms of Leo's performance IMHO. There should probably be a few gongs for technical stuff, but otherwise.... nup.</p>
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<p>He just wandered (crawled) around in pain, fell face down in the snow a lot, and ate animals of varying freshness. And he never looks old enough to be anyone's Dad :biggrin:</p>
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<p>To me, all this industry hype sounds like when you meet a wine piston wristed gibbon or art piston wristed gibbon and they read shit in that just isn't there. It was good, but not great, though I'm sure freezing his arse off for a couple of months trying to lead that film was a physical strain and worthy of recognition in some fashion.</p>
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<p>I'd give it 3.5 dead bears out of 5.</p>
