Movie review thread...
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@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The pacing of Dunkirk was too slow.
SPR is a great movie. I watched again after visiting some of the locations (beaches, cemeteries) . Even Vin Diesel was passable as an actor.
Even in his brief screen time you genuinely gave a shit about him and it was sad when he died.....the same can be said of all of them.
There was massive potential to make Matt Damons Ryan character a complete cock but they didnt go with that angle either.
The whole movie just works like nothing else, fuck it's good.
I need to see Dunkirk again to pass more judgement, as I recall the tension in it works brilliantly, maybe others saw it as moving too slow to be fair
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@MiketheSnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kruse Escape from New York is 4/5 at least.
Brilliant minimal synth soundtrack.
Not as good as Halloween though
Has anyone else seen the new South Park Pandemic Special. They play about 2-3 minutes of the main theme from They Live. John Carpenters music is awesome!
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@bayimports said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched "The Gentlemen" last night, now on Amazon at least in Australia.
Guy Ritchie movie following in the footsteps of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Not my favourite of the three, but having not watched either of the previous two recently was a welcome throw back to both.
4 ganja crews out of 5 gangsters
Yep agree watched with the wife and enjoyed it so much stayed up and re-watched Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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Slightly late to the Saving Private Ryan discussion but I think it's great, even though my most recent rewatch was in cabbage 720p due to some Netflix issue. In saying that I think Band of Brothers is better, although in a different medium, but without SPR we don't get BoB.
I like Dunkirk, but it's not up with SPR, and Nolan's anti CGI meant that the beach never looked full enough which just annoyed me after seeing pics.
The most overrated war movie of recent times is 1917. The "not" one shot technical aspect was good, but my god the script was bollocks.
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
......and to rub it in even more he did Duel ( not hugely known but a personal favourite ), Jaws, Indiana Jones, ET, Jurassic Park..........that's fucken Don Bradman > any other cricketer right then and there !!!!!
I think even a lot of his unheralded later films are bloody good too: Bridge of Spies is a great underrated drama, Ready Player One a fun pop culture movie, Lincoln made DDL slightly watchable again for me and that's no mean feat, Munich was a bloody good action thriller and the favourite film of my Palestinian mate, and I also enjoyed The Post as a companion piece to All The Presidents Men. I haven't seen War Horse or The Terminal though.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
And excellent companion piece to Saving Private Ryan is the Spielberg Hanks produced Band of Brothers. Outstanding story, cast, everything, captured the spirit of Ryan but spread out over 10 episodes
Wow hot take. Literally no one knows about BoB and it's never spoken about on here...
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my favourite WWII movie is still The Longest Day.
Pisses me off I can't find it to watch
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
my favourite WWII movie is still The Longest Day.
Pisses me off I can't find it to watch
Not free but.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
my favourite WWII movie is still The Longest Day.
Pisses me off I can't find it to watch
It was a watched lots as a kid movie for me, tried watching it as an adult after SPR and it was definitely a harder watch. So too a Bridge Too Far.
In saying that if I walked past the TV and they were playing I'd probably stop and watch.
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I just found it on Amazon to rent. Fuckers
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I just found it on Amazon to rent. Fuckers
Yes I had the same result with YouTube but looks like you missed my reply, that’s 90 seconds of my life I’ll never get back...
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Saving Private Ryan is still THE BEST War Movie ever made......fuck it is amazingly done.......well, it's about equal with Schindlers List but is that a War Movie or a movie that took place during the war ? both brilliant, shit Spielberg is a genius.
My boys are coming on a roadie with me for work this week and ex wife has given the go ahead to watch SPR on Netflix provided there's some parental guidance. Do other ferners reckon it's an appropriate flick for a 10 and 12 year old to watch ? interested in some thoughts.
I watched it again the other day. It is indeed, one of the best movies ever made. It really highlights the catastrophic waste of life that warfare is. Removes pretty much so all glory from it, and places the reality of it front and centre. For some reason something that really resonated with me is the sound of the landing craft grinding across the waves and the troops puking. It feels very very real. Adam Goldberg deserves to be mentioned in the acting conversations as well which made it so real.
The issue of watching it with your 10/12 year olds is interesting. I wouldn't do it at that age, not even close. Mainly because the answer to the questions are yes. As in yes this did happen, yes, people were killed so nonchalantly and yes this is reality. I don't think I could share that with my kids. I'd also make sure you discuss it with your wife before showing them it ....
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@MajorRage said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Saving Private Ryan is still THE BEST War Movie ever made......fuck it is amazingly done.......well, it's about equal with Schindlers List but is that a War Movie or a movie that took place during the war ? both brilliant, shit Spielberg is a genius.
My boys are coming on a roadie with me for work this week and ex wife has given the go ahead to watch SPR on Netflix provided there's some parental guidance. Do other ferners reckon it's an appropriate flick for a 10 and 12 year old to watch ? interested in some thoughts.
I watched it again the other day. It is indeed, one of the best movies ever made. It really highlights the catastrophic waste of life that warfare is. Removes pretty much so all glory from it, and places the reality of it front and centre. For some reason something that really resonated with me is the sound of the landing craft grinding across the waves and the troops puking. It feels very very real. Adam Goldberg deserves to be mentioned in the acting conversations as well which made it so real.
The issue of watching it with your 10/12 year olds is interesting. I wouldn't do it at that age, not even close. Mainly because the answer to the questions are yes. As in yes this did happen, yes, people were killed so nonchalantly and yes this is reality. I don't think I could share that with my kids. I'd also make sure you discuss it with your
wifeex wife before showing them it ....Fixed.
We had a chat, I have the go ahead.
As long as I'm there for support and questions I think we'll be ok.
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MajorRage said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Saving Private Ryan is still THE BEST War Movie ever made......fuck it is amazingly done.......well, it's about equal with Schindlers List but is that a War Movie or a movie that took place during the war ? both brilliant, shit Spielberg is a genius.
My boys are coming on a roadie with me for work this week and ex wife has given the go ahead to watch SPR on Netflix provided there's some parental guidance. Do other ferners reckon it's an appropriate flick for a 10 and 12 year old to watch ? interested in some thoughts.
I watched it again the other day. It is indeed, one of the best movies ever made. It really highlights the catastrophic waste of life that warfare is. Removes pretty much so all glory from it, and places the reality of it front and centre. For some reason something that really resonated with me is the sound of the landing craft grinding across the waves and the troops puking. It feels very very real. Adam Goldberg deserves to be mentioned in the acting conversations as well which made it so real.
The issue of watching it with your 10/12 year olds is interesting. I wouldn't do it at that age, not even close. Mainly because the answer to the questions are yes. As in yes this did happen, yes, people were killed so nonchalantly and yes this is reality. I don't think I could share that with my kids. I'd also make sure you discuss it with your
wifeex wife before showing them it ....Fixed.
We had a chat, I have the go ahead.
As long as I'm there for support and questions I think we'll be ok.
Good stuff. Make sure to post how it goes on here - I'm really interested. Maybe whack it in the Parenting thread.
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I did the same thing recently with 1917 with my kids. I think it’s important for kids to know stuff like this happens and start a conversation about it all.
Helps to not glamorise violence or war and understand how we got to where we are today.
Important to show that the more historical wars weren’t an abstract thing but involved young men that were real people
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I did the same thing recently with 1917 with my kids. I think it’s important for kids to know stuff like this happens and start a conversation about it all.
Helps to not glamorise violence or war and understand how we got to where we are today.
Important to show that the more historical wars weren’t an abstract thing but involved young men that were real people
I’m keen to watch 1917 again to find out where exactly it sits in my list of War films.
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Black Death
Hungover yesterday looking for something to watch, stumbled on this. Medieval. Sean Bean. Eddie Redmayne. Carice van Houten. Lord Percy/Captain Darling. Good cast! thought i would give it a look.
Essentially a knight and a monk plus extras go to find out why this one village isn't getting fucked by the Bubonic Plague, and to burn some witches and necromancers. Not a bad premise.
Turns out there is a reason i have never heard of this, despite it being 10 years old. It's a bit shit. I am still not sure what the fucking point was.
Some violence. No bewbs. A "plot" that doesn't really go anywhere.
skip
1.5 conflicted monks out of 5 stretchy Sean Beans
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Double Jeopardy
Ashley Judd and some others (Tommy Lee Jones etc.)
Plots not believable (husband frames wife for murder) but it's Ashley.
5 out of 5.
