Movie review thread...

JC

I finally caught up with The Dark Horse yesterday. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, which was a life-affirming biopic about a Maori bloke who became a chess champion against the odds. Instead I got an incredibly gritty movie with some truly great acting performances and a new respect for Cliff Curtis. Olivia Wilde isn't in it though, so a couple of stars off for that.

Cookie

Prefer a few more curves personally, but hey, if we all liked the same thing there wouldn't be enough to go round! 
Eddie the Eagle - sounded like the lamest film ever, but actually really enjoyed it. The man was clearly tapped, but had some serious bottle - going down those jumps for the first time in his 20s. All the pros were training from about 8 so would have known no fear.

mariner4life

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Meh. Far too skinny. Where's the fun if you could snap them in half??
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the fun is in the act of snapping
 
but also
 
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oh, and Crucial, whoever said that to you was talking about your gut, and her hips

MN5

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Piss off. Shakespeare in Love was a great movie. Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Colin Firth as the villain, even a young Ben Affleck...I'll forgive them for casting Gwyneth and her mozzie bites. (She shouldn't have gotten Best Actress)
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Are those names supposed to make me like it better ? it's having the reverse effect.......
 
Those photos have reminded me why I need to watch Cowboys and Aliens again but unfortunately she's attired in the garb of the day where the slightest hint of a bare ankle was enough to make a man go and wank.....

Rembrandt

late to the party but just watchedThe Martian. Really enjoyed it. Science is cool! (assuming it all checks out..haven't done the math yet)

Tim

<a class="bbc_url" href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/on-its-40th-anniversary-notes-on-the-making-of-all-the-presidents-men">On Its 40th Anniversary: Notes on the Making of All the Presidentâ€s Men</a>

antipodean

That's an awesome read, cheers.

Nepia

Eddie the Eagle: Decent feel good movie with Hugh Jackman and the kid from The Kingsman. Plus, it was free and they gave us swag (lollies, fizzy, ice cream etc) so that helps a movie be 'good'. Oh, it's about the ski jumper from the UK.

hydro11

Saw Mahana the other day. Thought the script was pretty bad - had no idea what the source material was like. The acting was good and it was well directed, shot and edited but I don't think those factors could carry the plot. It's okay and wouldn't recommend unless you like New Zealand films.

booboo

Zootopia. 
Fun. 
Mrs boo and Ms boo jr are raving about it. 
I liked it. 7 out of 10. A solid "better than average". 
Very busy movie with lots happening in the background and I want to live in Zootopia.

Hooroo

I love the previews of it, especially the part when the bunny is dealing with the sloths. Really well done, especially the Sloth's Laugh

taniwharugby

Daddys Home - Will Ferrel, Mark Wahlberg and cameo by John Cena.
 
Will Ferrell is a wussy bumbling step-dad, Wahlberg the cool real dad.
 
Had its moments, slow through the middle, but ended with a funny little cameo of Cena's, not really a fan of Ferrel, but this was watchable

antipodean

The John Cena bit at the end was the best bit IMO. Certainly watchable for amusement on a rainy day.
 
Watched 22 Bullets starring Jean Reno and it's good. Hollywood will make a version and ruin it type good. Certainly better than the IMDB rating suggests. Jean is a retired mobster and you can guess how it goes from there.
 
It loses two stars; one for a lack of tits and could have had more gore/ violence/ shoot-outs given the opportunities in the script.

mariner4life

I liked it, but then i like Will Ferrell, and i like Mark Wahlberg. I laughed at quite a lot of it.

taniwharugby

oh yeah were plenty of moments I laughed at, I liked Thomas Haden Church's character too!

mariner4life

Watched "San Andreas" last night. I do love me a disaster movie.
 
It was pretty fucking bad though. Right from the opening minute where that chick not only survives that crash, but isn't badly hurt or knocked out. The Rock is rad, but what did they do to Carla Gugino's face? Thankfully the chick who nuded up in True Detective runs around a lot with her massive bouncy cans.
 
The destruction scenes were cool, San Fran got fucked (the death toll in this movie must be massive!), but overall it's pretty ordinary. And that's before the final 2 minutes, which would look bad in an Asylum film.

taniwharugby

Finally watched Deadpool - mint movie!

MN5

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Finally watched Deadpool - mint movie!
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I saw that recently as well. Some pretty good lines despite coming from Ryan Reynolds and the pommy bad guy was cool but overall not my cup of tea.

Rembrandt

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Watched "San Andreas" last night. I do love me a disaster movie.
 
It was pretty fucking bad though. Right from the opening minute where that chick not only survives that crash, but isn't badly hurt or knocked out. The Rock is rad, but what did they do to Carla Gugino's face? Thankfully the chick who nuded up in True Detective runs around a lot with her massive bouncy cans.
 
The destruction scenes were cool, San Fran got fucked (the death toll in this movie must be massive!), but overall it's pretty ordinary. And that's before the final 2 minutes, which would look bad in an Asylum film. 
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Also saw this as it was on the tv and I got some amusement out of how bad it was
Movie: 2/10
Cans: 11/10

MajorRage

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Watched "San Andreas" last night. I do love me a disaster movie.
 
It was pretty fucking bad though. Right from the opening minute where that chick not only survives that crash, but isn't badly hurt or knocked out. The Rock is rad, but what did they do to Carla Gugino's face? Thankfully the chick who nuded up in True Detective runs around a lot with her massive bouncy cans.
 
The destruction scenes were cool, San Fran got fucked (the death toll in this movie must be massive!), but overall it's pretty ordinary. And that's before the final 2 minutes, which would look bad in an Asylum film. 
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I watched it on the big screen and I thought it was pretty good. Physics was secondary though, the calm waters around San Fran when sea level has just climbed about 200 metres was probably the worst.
 
Sit back, don't think, watch and enjoy.

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