Movie review thread...
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@R-L im not going to watch this movie but I will ask. I thought it glorified Stockholm Syndrome? Not the case at all?
Also funny how the story Beauty And The Beast is exactly that. I know Im not the first to bring that up but it's still funny.
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Greyhound
The new Tom Hanks movie about an inexperienced U.S. Navy captain leading an Allied convoy across the Atlantic while being stalked by German U-boat wolfpacks. This has just dropped on AppleTV+, and I can understand Hanks' disappointment the public won't be able to watch on the big screen due to Covid-19. Plenty of action and suspense but felt a little incomplete due to its short length. Don't be expecting another Das Boot but it does depict the chaos and excitement on the bridge.
3 Eagles out of 5 Grey Wolfs
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Greyhound
The new Tom Hanks movie about an inexperienced U.S. Navy captain leading an Allied convoy across the Atlantic while being stalked by German U-boat wolfpacks. This has just dropped on AppleTV+, and I can understand Hanks' disappointment the public won't be able to watch on the big screen due to Covid-19. Plenty of action and suspense but felt a little incomplete due to its short length. Don't be expecting another Das Boot but it does depict the chaos and excitement on the bridge.
3 Eagles out of 5 Grey Wolfs
I’d give it a more generous rating than you, I thought it was really good and was impressed with the short running time. I liked that it was both tense but also moved at a fast pace when the action happened. The only issues I have was the awful CGI at the start, and some slight mawkishness at the end.
4 Cleveland’s out of 5 Eppsteins.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I have just watched The Old Guard. An enjoyable action flick but not quite as good as I was expecting based on the trailer. I will watch again though.
Good way to spend 120mins. Villain is a bit cartoonish with eyes way, way too close together. Charlize looks great.
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The Festival
Odd British movie about a boring, insecure fella that splits with his missus and then goes to a festival with his bud to get over it. Pretty shit to be honest, but is kind of watchable. Has some odd scenes in it which are pretty unexpected
2 goat shaggers out of 5 realisations that I'm old.
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Monster - biopic of serial killer Aileen Wournos. One of those films I'd never quite managed to see
Astonishing performance from Charlize Theron - Christine Ricci was pretty good too. Pretty dark tale and absolutely riveting.
4.5 Ted Bundys out of 5 Hannibal Lectors
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Monster - biopic of serial killer Aileen Wournos. One of those films I'd never quite managed to see
Astonishing performance from Charlize Theron
Such a transformation in her appearance too.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Such a transformation in her appearance too.
One of those few actors who can physically disappear into a role as to be unrecognisable.
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I have just watched The Old Guard. An enjoyable action flick but not quite as good as I was expecting based on the trailer. I will watch again though.
Good way to spend 120mins. Villain is a bit cartoonish with eyes way, way too close together. Charlize looks great.
The type of flick that you search Netflix for. They don't all have to be be great but just basic action movies with a bit of a storyline that are well produced aren't as common as you think.
A set up for number 2 was telegraphed early in the movie, so we will probably get another.
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The Silencing
Loved it
4 shushs out of 5
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is fast becoming one of my favourite actors
Excellent in this, excellent in 'Shot Caller'
Going hunting for more of his stuff
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@MiketheSnow any particular platform or self sourced?
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@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow any particular platform or self sourced?
Through the 'raging river'
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@MiketheSnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow any particular platform or self sourced?
Through the 'raging river'
Sorry to hear that mate. Still, at least it's only once a month.
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@Bovidae watched The Old Guard the other day, enjoyable movie.
3.5 insignificant acts out of 5 more significant outcomes
:::While may be set up for a sequel, it looks like it will be sans Charlize, or she will likely die early on
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Greyhound - like others, really enjoyed this, great tension from a fairly basic and well told storyline. Does make a change for a movie like this to not be 2 or 3 hours long, but nt sure how they could have extended it much more, without adding flashbacks or another attack, or maybe the cheesy ending
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where the wolf appears near the end to have 1 last crack for a final battle
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3.5 good lucks to surviving the night out of 5 evasive manoeuvres
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Watched 1922 from the Stephen King novella.
Enjoyable - dark and brooding with an obvious outcome but still kept you hooked.
4 Randall Flagg's out of 5 Pennywise the Clowns.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bovidae watched The Old Guard the other day, enjoyable movie.
3.5 insignificant acts out of 5 more significant outcomes
:::While may be set up for a sequel, it looks like it will be sans Charlize, or she will likely die early on
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I had no interest in this film initially, I broke my own rule of watching previews and it didn't look that good, and I'm not the Charlize fan that everyone in this place seems to be ... but I was listening to the Fatman Beyond podcast and they had the writer of the film (and comic) on the show. He was really interesting so I thought I'd give it a watch and really enjoyed.
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I think Charlize is the main producer of the film (and a series) so I assume she'll stay around longer, you could take a sneak peek at the comic I guess to see if she's still in it.
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Also watched Hamilton, counting it as a film, it had a director and was filmed
... I actually don't like musical movies but do like musicals in the theatre.This lived up to the hype, I really want to see it live now.
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The only issue I had was that I felt the way it ended, without a big number, seemed slightly flat considering what had come before.
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The Silencing (2020) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Crime, Mystery
