Movie review thread...
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="565182" data-time="1458193449">
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<p>Heh, I think I posted some music from the sound track here last year. Not a bad movie. Very of its time.</p>
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<p>You just seem to be the film connoisseur here who knows about all kinds of films, particularly films like this (:</p> -
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<p>You just seem to be the film connoisseur here who knows about all kinds of films, particularly films like this (:</p>
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<p>The film did look pretty damn good, IIRC, and checking on imdb the cinematographer shot Blue Velvet, so he must've been pretty hot shit.</p> -
<p>Watched White House Down last night and it was by and large fine for the most part as long as you ignore the standard issues like baddies who can easily dispose of everyone but turn into Helen Keller on a firing range when trying to shoot just one guy...</p>
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<p>Bad CGI aside, I was happy enough right up until the girl runs out onto the lawn waving a flag. Apparently the most advanced air superiority fighter has to be within visual range to release a fucking bomb these days and somehow the pilot sees this girl, deduces that everything is fine and unilaterally decides not to blow up the White House at 2000 km/h.</p>
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<p>I turned it off at that stage.</p>
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<p>And if I've ruined a key plot element for you preventing you from investing 2 h 17 minutes watching it, the least you can do is thank me.</p> -
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<p>Bad CGI aside, I was happy enough right up until the girl runs out onto the lawn waving a flag. Apparently the most advanced air superiority fighter has to be within visual range to release a fucking bomb these days and somehow the pilot sees this girl, deduces that everything is fine and unilaterally decides not to blow up the White House at 2000 km/h.</p>
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<p>These are <em>American</em> pilots, the best the world has ever known. Of course they can see that far, and because their <em>American</em> pilots <u>they do what's right</u>, orders be damned. Have you learnt nothing?</p>
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<p>Watched White House Down last night and it was by and large fine for the most part as long as you ignore the standard issues like baddies who can <strong>easily dispose of everyone but turn into Helen Keller on a firing range when trying to shoot just one guy...</strong></p>
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<p>Bad CGI aside, I was happy enough right up until the girl runs out onto the lawn waving a flag. Apparently the most advanced air superiority fighter has to be within visual range to release a fucking bomb these days and somehow the pilot sees this girl, deduces that everything is fine and unilaterally decides not to blow up the White House at 2000 km/h.</p>
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<p>I turned it off at that stage.</p>
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<p>And if I've ruined a key plot element for you preventing you from investing 2 h 17 minutes watching it, the least you can do is thank me.</p>
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<p>I think that's referred to as "Stormtrooper Syndrome".</p>
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<p>Any flick involving the White house is just bout guaranteed to be horseshit right down to the "dramatic" music which they recycle note for note from one movie to the next.</p> -
<p>Argo. Really quite enjoyed it, Ben Affleck is actually a pretty good director, apart from the one line that dismisses everything the NZers did to help.</p>
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<p>Of course me being me, I had to go research the true story to compare, and was pretty bloody disappointed to learn all the best bits didn't actually happen. Meh.</p> -
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<p>Argo. Really quite enjoyed it, Ben Affleck is actually a pretty good director, apart from the one line that dismisses everything the NZers did to help.</p>
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<p>Of course me being me, I had to go research the true story to compare, and was pretty bloody disappointed to learn all the best bits didn't actually happen. Meh.</p>
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<p>In real life the hot French chick that Braveheart dusted up in the movie of the same name was born after he was executed.</p>
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<p>They also chose not to depict all the Sassenach lasses that he raped and murdered in every village that he plundered.</p>
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<p>So yeah fucken hard finding a "true" story that isn't embellished to make it better.</p> -
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<p>POint Break (the fake one) </p>
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<p>I just re-watched the original... probably hadn't seen it for nearly 20 years. Still a good movie, but I have to admit that I found they character of Bodhi was less sympathetic than I used to.</p>
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I just re-watched the original... probably hadn't seen it for nearly 20 years. Still a good movie, but I have to admit that I found they character of Bodhi was less sympathetic than I used to.<br><br>
Also, I found the final scene far less ambiguous watching it in HD.</p></blockquote>
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I felt the same about Bodhi when I watched it at Xmas , to do that last scene Darrick Doerner had to wipe out deliberately at Waimea five times to get the shot they wanted . Bugger that. -
<p>I think the original Bodhi was pretty cool, but had a nasty streak, whereas the fake one is just pointless, I dont think I ever sympathised with Bodhi though.</p>
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<p>I took one for the team, avoid it fullstop! </p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MN5" data-cid="566079" data-time="1458453360"><p>
I've managed to somehow go my whole life without seeing Point Break. I really must remedy that someday.</p></blockquote>
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I'm going to put you on ignore until TR pms me to tell me you posted that you have watched the greatest film ever made. -
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<p>I'm going to put you on ignore until TR pms me to tell me you posted that <strong>you have watched the greatest film ever made.</strong></p>
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<p>Dirty Harry ? I've already seen it....</p> -
<p>Uh oh here goes but...</p>
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<p>MN5 don't bother mate</p>
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<p>I tried to rewatch it tyhe other day and couldn't get past the cheese and ridiculousness of the bloody thing. Reeves was just a fuckstick and the whole thing looks like a 3rd form school project.</p>
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<p>You'd need a lobotomy to enjoy that big pile of shite.</p>
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<p>There I've said it....incoming!!</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="566087" data-time="1458455493">
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<p>Uh oh here goes but...</p>
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<p>MN5 don't bother mate</p>
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<p>I tried to rewatch it tyhe other day and couldn't get past the cheese and ridiculousness of the bloody thing. Reeves was just a fuckstick and the whole thing looks like a 3rd form school project.</p>
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<p>You'd need a lobotomy to enjoy that big pile of shite.</p>
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<p>There I've said it....incoming!!</p>
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<p>Aw shit son......the interweb tough guys are gonna virtually fuck yo ass up now.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Siam" data-cid="566087" data-time="1458455493"><p>
Uh oh here goes but...<br><br>
MN5 don't bother mate<br><br>
I tried to rewatch it tyhe other day and couldn't get past the cheese and ridiculousness of the bloody thing. Reeves was just a fuckstick and the whole thing looks like a 3rd form school project.<br><br>
You'd need a lobotomy to enjoy that big pile of shite.<br><br>
There I've said it....incoming!!</p></blockquote>
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I'm going to be charitable and say I merely pity you.
