Movie review thread...
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Fuck.
I knew I liked them but I didn't realise I'd seen all their films except The Ladykillers.
Got time for all of them.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
A rewatch of Gladiator. I've always enjoyed the movie but I struggle to understand how Russell won the best actor for that performance.
Last night was The Big Lebowski. It's not my favourite Coen brothers movie but John Turturro and John Goodman are scene-stealers. The Dude, is well, the Dude.
Agree. Russ had great presence and coolness ( before becoming a fat, grey beaded douche who does horrific music ) but I certainly didn’t think he deserved an Oscar for that. He got one so by rights Clint, Harrison and Arnie shoulda got truckloads.
Big Lebowski is a movie I genuinely enjoy more each time I re watch it. It’s great fun.
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@MN5 Oscars are a popularity contest, and often you get a "make up" Oscar for a previous part where you should have gotten on.
None of the actors you list have the CV Crowe has, he's delivered some great performances. It's like Pacino winning for Scent of a Woman, where he was fucking horrible. Yet, previous movies he was amazing.
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Oscars are a popularity contest, and often you get a "make up" Oscar for a previous part where you should have gotten on.
None of the actors you list have the CV Crowe has, he's delivered some great performances. It's like Pacino winning for Scent of a Woman, where he was fucking horrible. Yet, previous movies he was amazing.
Not denying that, they’re iconic film stars as opposed to great actors I just think it was ridiculous he won the Oscar for Gladiator that’s all. I guess your explanation alludes to this though.
Gladiator was a revenge fuelled action movie essentially....
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I'm surprised that Harrison Ford has only been nominated once, back in 1986 for Witness. He did receive some more recent Golden Globes nominations, including Mosquito Coast, but not for the Academies.
THAT was an excellent movie. I need to see it again, Frantic was too.
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#ReleaseTheSnyderCut Announcement Rumors Heat Up, Is It Really Happening?
Even the most skeptical people are coming back around to Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League at the moment.
Two good news stories for me this week!
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
#ReleaseTheSnyderCut Announcement Rumors Heat Up, Is It Really Happening?
Even the most skeptical people are coming back around to Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League at the moment.
Two good news stories for me this week!
Please, what does this all mean? That he is doing the second instalment of the Justice League? (I liked the first one)
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@Hooroo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
#ReleaseTheSnyderCut Announcement Rumors Heat Up, Is It Really Happening?
Even the most skeptical people are coming back around to Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League at the moment.
Two good news stories for me this week!
Please, what does this all mean? That he is doing the second instalment of the Justice League? (I liked the first one)
He’s doing his edit Of the footage available, as he had to leave the project some of the way through for family reasons, so the version we saw was a mix of him and Joss Whedon.
I probably won’t watch unless I know someone not a Snyder fan boy who watches it and says it’s good, as he’s not my type of director.
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i can't imagine the amount of work that it would take to turn that turd in to a decent movie. Re-write every piece of dialogue, the entire plot, and re-do the appalling effects?
They do have hot heroes though
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
i can't imagine the amount of work that it would take to turn that turd in to a decent movie. Re-write every piece of dialogue, the entire plot, and re-do the appalling effects?
They do have hot heroes though
Take out all the Joss Wheddon "jokes" like the Flash's face landing in Wonder Womans boobs. Oh my sides.
The directors cur of the Batman vs Superman was good too, crucial story points that were removed for time helped made the story make sense.
If you have a consistent tone of all these movies, the original ending, Darkseid and the original design of Stepponwold (and no dodgy CGI mustache removal) you'll have a good film.
I'm super stoked it's coming. Sacking a director after a child's suicide was a poor look from the studio.
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Lotta Netflix going through the brain at the moment. Here's the one-line review of each as I clear the List:
Spenser Confidential - Marky Mark and the Giant Black Dude fuck up a bunch of Crooked Cops working with Dominican Gangs. Lotta laughs.
6 Underground - 'splosions because Michael Bay. Snappy smartarse dialogue because Ryan Reynolds. Watchable but predictable.
The Dark Tower - Idris Elba handles a gun like a cool mofo. I thought this was pretty good for turning a King series into 90 minutes.
Robin Hood - the fucking awful Taron Egerton version.
The Titan - slow, kind of predictable, and short on decent dialogue.
RocknRolla - its a Guy Ritchie movie, so you know what you're getting. But I thought it was one of his better ones.
The Family - everyone in a backwoods French village speaks English. Lotta mafioso stuff.
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A Daniel Day-Lewis binge.
Gangs of New York
I saw this movie back in 2002 and hadn't seen it since then. I enjoyed it, but as with a lot of Scorsese films, it would have been much improved by removing 20-30 mins. DDL is great as Bill the Butcher though and Leo holds his own.There Will Be Blood
DDL is brilliant (again) as the obnoxious and ruthless Daniel Planview but my opinion of the movie itself hasn't changed, and I don't ever need to watch this again.I need to watch My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father again.
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