Movie review thread...
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I think his best film is No Way Out.
Yeah it has plenty of tension, a great plot and Will Patton was excellent.
But The Worlds Fastest Indian is his best film for me.
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've mentioned it before, The November Man is good fun if you like modern-day Pierce Brosnan. It also has Olga and is directed by another Kiwi, Roger Donaldson.
Third Hottest Daniel Craig era Bond girl.
Definitely the hawtest skinny actress.
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Watched Predator on Disney+ for the first time in years. Fucken. Amazing. I will forgive the 80s era plot holes, brilliantly paced action film, less humour than normal Arnie which I thought went well. Tight, tense, with a brilliant baddie. 5 hand held Gatling guns out of 5 ugly as alien hunters
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@canefan still awesome aye. You ain't lived till you've seen Jesse V light up the forest with a mini-gun or seen a few fullas getting their spines pulled out.
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@paekakboyz said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan still awesome aye. You ain't lived till you've seen Jesse V light up the forest with a mini-gun or seen a few fullas getting their spines pulled out.
I always love that scene where the black guy (who played Cook in Commando) is dry shaving and pushes so hard the handle breaks off
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@paekakboyz said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan still awesome aye. You ain't lived till you've seen Jesse V light up the forest with a mini-gun or seen a few fullas getting their spines pulled out.
Some great lines. Jesse says chewing tobacco turns him into a sexual tyrannosaurus Rex
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Chaos Walking:
Doug Liman is usually a pretty solid director. Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow etc. Even his not as good films are usually very watchable - Jumper, Mr and Mrs Smith, American Made.
But by god he bungles this kind of high concept story, which probably had little chance of working as a movie.
It's set on a planet where mens thoughts can be heard, and are heard constantly. It was almost impossible to follow at the start when characters were both talking and thinking.
As the movie went on they appear to have made the wise decision to only have the men think occasionally.
The story is just average too. Apparently based on book trilogy, but we're not going to see the next two that's for sure.
Stars Rey, Spider-man, and Mads Mikkelson.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Chaos Walking:
Doug Liman is usually a pretty solid director. Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow etc. Even his not as good films are usually very watchable - Jumper, Mr and Mrs Smith, American Made.
But by god he bungles this kind of high concept story, which probably had little chance of working as a movie.
It's set on a planet where mens thoughts can be heard, and are heard constantly. It was almost impossible to follow at the start when characters were both talking and thinking.
As the movie went on they appear to have made the wise decision to only have the men think occasionally.
The story is just average too. Apparently based on book trilogy, but we're not going to see the next two that's for sure.
Stars Rey, Spider-man, and Mads Mikkelson.
Yeah - I've read the books - I really don't see how you'd even start thinking "let's make this into a movie".
Well... other than the classic Hollywood thought-chain of "Hunger Games did well, Divergent and Maze-Runner at least broke even, so let's go out and buy the rights to every single fucking Young-Adult book in the world"
Fuck you, Hollywood. And Fuck You, condescending Young-Adult novels. "Ohh, I'm a teenager, but I feel different to everybody else, so there must be something wrong with me; oh no - I'm actually special; oh, but it's so hard being special; oh, romance is difficult; oh - but everything will turn out alright if I just accept myself for who I am". Fuck you. -
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
And Fuck You, condescending Young-Adult novels. "Ohh, I'm a teenager, but I feel different to everybody else, so there must be something wrong with me; oh no - I'm actually special; oh, but it's so hard being special; oh, romance is difficult; oh - but everything will turn out alright if I just accept myself for who I am". Fuck you.
You OK!?
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Love teen angsty/coming of age movies ! Remind me of my youth and I get all sentimental. Maybe it's a gal thing.
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
And Fuck You, condescending Young-Adult novels. "Ohh, I'm a teenager, but I feel different to everybody else, so there must be something wrong with me; oh no - I'm actually special; oh, but it's so hard being special; oh, romance is difficult; oh - but everything will turn out alright if I just accept myself for who I am". Fuck you.
You OK!?
I came last in the pub-quiz last night. I was doing it solo, whereas the other teams had at least 4, up to 10 people per team - and I was late, so missed the first round - but still, it hurts, you know? I didn't show it, but deep-down, you know... it stung.
Anyways - Young-Adult books - I remember when I actually WAS a young-adult, thinking "you condescending pricks" while reading attempts to relate with, or get inside, the heads of a teenager. But NOW - when for some reason I read one of these things - 'Arry Potter, or 'Unger Games, or whatever - I'm sure they're much, much worse.... and quite possibly actively creating this generation of little entitled pricks. Hunger Games - god that was terrible, constant re-inforcement of "positive messages" for a generation of kids now thinking that cock-teasing two guys in parallel is all good - don't worry about it, it's all about YOU and YOUR desires anyway - and so what if that's a see-saw... just take what you want, when you want, and everything else will fit around you.
