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Virgil

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And to think QT wanted Adam Sandler for that role.
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Yeah read that, just cant picture it..
 
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taniwharugby

Siam

I watched that 'What we do in the shadows" movie
 
laughed out loud, never looked at my watch and felt in a reflective and good mood at the end. (Pretty much my criteria for judging movies)
 
Good movie, good fun - great for expats away from NZ

Mokey

Von Ryan's Express. Trains, Nazis, Frank Sinatra. Some pretty cool effects considering the age. Was quite surprised at the ending, even now that rarely happens, would have been revolutionary at the time (also, the shooting of a fleeing woman.)

jegga

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Von Ryan's Express. Trains, Nazis, Frank Sinatra. Some pretty cool effects considering the age. Was quite surprised at the ending, even now that rarely happens, would have been revolutionary at the time (also, the shooting of a fleeing woman.)
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You had me at this. 
 
I pretty sure I saw this when I was a kid, might have to track it down again.

jegga

Saw spotlight last night, some great performances there . Well worth seeing even if it is hard going.

barbarian

Been catching up on some of the Oscar movies in the last few weeks:
 
Spotlight - think this is the best of the lot. About journos investigating the Catholic Church in Boston. Good acting, tight script, doesn't overdo it. 9/10
 
Big Short - Great cast but it seemed a bit disjointed to me. Like they were trying to cram too much in the one movie. But it rolled along well and was an enjoyable watch. 7.5/10
 
Sicario - About the drug war in Mexico and the US attempts to police it. Really good film, but a bit dark and it loses it's way a bit in the middle. Benicio del Toro kills it. 8.5/10
 
Bridge of Spies - Speilberg and Hanks in a Cold War spy film, and it does exactly what it says on the label. Never really gripping, though. 8/10

jegga

Is bridge of spies nominated ? That's quite surprising .

barbarian

Yeah it is. Spielberg and Hanks, total Oscar bait.

Nepia

Bridge of Spies was a bloody good movie, good story and great performances (Rylance and Hanks) so no issue with it being in the Oscar race.
 
Sicario isn't a best picture nominee right? I think that's correct, I was wowed by it on first watch but have been cooling on it ever since. The Del Toro character action movie is the one I want to see.
 
Of Baabaas listed movies I thought the Big Short was the best (I haven't seen Spotlight yet but will do so this week).

barbarian

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Sicario isn't a best picture nominee right? I think that's correct, I was wowed by it on first watch but have been cooling on it ever since. The Del Toro character action movie is the one I want to see.
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Not Best Picture nominated, no. But has got a few for cinematography and that sort of thing.
 
It was a bit confused, I agree.
 
[SPOILER] I don't understand why the movie was focussed on Emily Blunt and not Benicio del Toro. Blunt's character was just annoying throughout. If you hated the mission so much, just leave! The best parts of the movie were the ops when she wasn't there, or was there but only in the background. I reckon it would be a better movie if you pushed that character back a bit, and we got to see a bit more Benicio. [/SPOILER]

Tim

Subversion of expectations about "strong female characters" and "american morality winning the day" was the point of the movie. I thought it was expertly executed and very satisfying.

NTA

Don't mind him - barb is a woman hater with a penchant for Latino men ;)
 
 
Saw a great review of The Revenant...
 
 
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Tim

:)
 
Matthew Holness is a great man. I tried to buy his labcoat from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

barbarian

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Subversion of expectations about "strong female characters" and "american morality winning the day" was the point of the movie. I thought it was expertly executed and very satisfying.
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I think they let those things get in the way a bit too much. They were elements that needed to be present, sure, but for me Del Toro was the most interesting character and I just wanted to see him spend less time on the bench and more time in the game. Could be just me, though.

Nepia

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I think they let those things get in the way a bit too much. They were elements that needed to be present, sure, but for me Del Toro was the most interesting character and I just wanted to see him spend less time on the bench and more time in the game. Could be just me, though.
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Nah, I'm with you, I thought Tim went overboard with his expertly executed comment, - I'm a huge fan of Blunt (to look at and in movies - Edge of Tomorrow etc) but don't think the writers/directors got it right, or maybe they just didn't expect Del Toro to be so good?
 
That action film would have been awesome, the mix of action and drama didn't quite work for me.
 
 
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Subversion of expectations about "strong female characters" and "american morality winning the day" was the point of the movie. I thought it was expertly executed and very satisfying.
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I don't actually think they did this even though that was what they were trying.

taniwharugby

yeah I thought it started off with a boom, and had a big quiet patch through the middle, and as for Blunt character, surely she wasnt that naive to not realise what she was up to.
 
as well as Del Toro, I liked Josh Brolin too
 
Not sure why Revenant is rated so highly, 3 hours of meandering storyline, sure based on a true story, but given the dude spent half that time alone, he coulda made up half of what happened

NTA

Just sitting in the pub at the next town over, having a beer and shit ;)

No Quarter

Watched Gangs of New York last night - not sure why I never saw it in the first place. Enjoyed it, but damn it was long. I had heard from other people that it was "reallly violent" but it was pretty tame compared to GoT etc. Man I am desensitised to that shit now.
 
Daniel Day-Lewis was epic.

Cookie

Bit o plane travel has meant I could catch up on a few movies I wouldn't normally watch with the kids: 
The Lobster - not even going to try to explain what it's about.. The sort of film I wanted to like, but it turned out to be a piling steam unfortunately. 
Big Short - very good, Steve Carell has been a bit of a revelation since Fox Catcher 
Sicario - bit of a fly on the wall documentary vibe about it, reminded me of Hurt Locker. Great realistic action scenes - let down by weak plot. 
Legend - Tom Hardy very good, it has its moments but I couldn't help thinking that the Krays story is one the didn't real need retelling. 
Black Mass - excellent. Jonny Depp kills it, although I found the way he was made up - he looked more than a bit weird. Reminded me of the Tooth Fairy from Manhunter! Fat boy from Fargo 2 doesn't do it for me as a hoodlum. 
Mr Holmes - after all the killing, a bit of light relief. Like a BBC Sunday afternoon drama. Ian McEllen Sp? is very affecting as a old man losing his powers. Great film, one for small screen though.

The Silver Fern

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