Movie review thread...
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I'm watching the latest dadsploitation movie, Nobody. Now the inciting incident is beating up some guys because they were drunk and got on a bus? They're really have given up.
RIght, so I gave the latest dadspoilation movie, Nobody, another go,
- My first thought - only figured out a while into the movie on first watch, to be fair - that the soundtrack choice was done by a kid - with a thought process of "this scene is about how the guy is a nice guy, with good intentions - so I'll pick "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood";
and this one is about how he's been trying to be a suburban dad, but got pushed into this where he's just going to... "I've Gotta Be Me" - was pretty much spot on. -
- The director got his teenage son to do the soundtrack
- Other criticisms... this was by no means a typical "Death Wish" or dadsploitation movie. If anything, on a second watch, it was almost a deliberate remake of the shitty '80s movies, but done well.
- Or - maybe, it wasn't deliberate. On this rewatch, realising how much of it was shit that I would take the piss out of on re-watching some random 80's crap movie.. .plot-wise, continuity-gap-wise, etc - it did make me wonder if I was just giving it a pass because it was recent, or that it wasn't Lundgren/etc.
eg: Nobody being stuck in a car, looking out the back - and being on a freeway... so sticking a fire-extinguisher through the backseat (exactly where the black-saffa was clearly sitting a second ago) and causing a crash in a deserted city street
Anyway - I still thought it was fun. And I'm looking forward to re-watching John Wick with that same pair of jaded sunglassed "would I give this a pass if it had been made in the 80's"
Edit: re-reading that myself, smashed, it's pretty obvious I'm smashed. But... I stand by the sentiment.
You’re the ferns best film reviewer by far....much of this is due to lack of competition.....but you’re still the best.
- My first thought - only figured out a while into the movie on first watch, to be fair - that the soundtrack choice was done by a kid - with a thought process of "this scene is about how the guy is a nice guy, with good intentions - so I'll pick "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood";
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Jojo Rabbit
Not usually one to get on kiwi bandwagons, in fact I usually avoid them like the plague but this is one I’m glad I didn’t. Considering I nearly turned it off in the first 15 minutes ( when it just seemed juvenile and stupid ) I was really impressed what a well made and poignant flick it turned out to be. I am a sucker for a good WWII era movie and this is up there with some of the best. Shit the lead kid has some acting chops on him and some great support from the rest of them ( even that big fat Australian chick wasn’t too irritating )
4 Hitler Youths out of 5 Gestapo Agents.
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watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
Can’t help but agree with your T2 review, have you seen the latest one ?
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
Can’t help but agree with your T2 review, have you seen the latest one ?
i hated the 3rd one so much i have not seen anything else
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
Can’t help but agree with your T2 review, have you seen the latest one ?
i hated the 3rd one so much i have not seen anything else
Pffft, you need to torture yourself more then......
Funny how both massive 80’s sci fi franchises ( Alien and Terminator ) started with a great flick, had a sequel that was EVEN better, tanked with a third and had rapidly diminishing results after that.......Alien has saved it somewhat with Prometheus and Covenant ( I know not everyone agrees with this ) but Terminator is an absolute dumpster fire now.
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
Can’t help but agree with your T2 review, have you seen the latest one ?
i hated the 3rd one so much i have not seen anything else
The one with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington was good. Terminator Salvation
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
watched two movies over the weekend with the kids
Ford v Ferrari
This is pretty good. Simple story of Ford deciding to try and win Le Man. Carried by the ability of Matt Damon and most especially Christian Bale (playing what i expect is christian bale in real life). Of course this movie being American you need bad guys, so that's Ferrari (because damn foreign types) and fluffybunnies in suits (management fucking over the working man). Both are way too overplayed.But it's a cool little movie that i really enjoyed. Bale's wife is pretty freaking cute too
6 hot brakes out of 7 thousand revs
And then Sunday it was education time in the Mariner household, so we watched Terminator 2
This movie still fucking rules. At the absolute pinnacle of both action and sci fi movies. The set pieces are fucking ace. The graphics definitely still hold up. Yes Furlong is a dick. Yes Sarah Conner is waaaay overdoing it. But it's the two best terminators of the entire series going at it.
5 surprisingly accurate mini guns out of 5 grenades in your mother fucking shoulder!
Can’t help but agree with your T2 review, have you seen the latest one ?
i hated the 3rd one so much i have not seen anything else
Pffft, you need to torture yourself more then......
Funny how both massive 80’s sci fi franchises ( Alien and Terminator ) started with a great flick, had a sequel that was EVEN better, tanked with a third and had rapidly diminishing results after that.......Alien has saved it somewhat with Prometheus and Covenant ( I know not everyone agrees with this ) but Terminator is an absolute dumpster fire now.
completely disagree about the Terminator the highlight before it jumped the shark was a classic tale called "the Penetrator"..not work safe, needless to say there were a few Sarah Connors in the phone book to get through!
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I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
True but sometimes knock offs are so good you can’t even tell them from the originals
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan4 OAPs out of 5 IRAs
Yeah, enjoyed that. Chan's acting was pretty good too
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Alien has saved it somewhat with Prometheus and Covenant ( I know not everyone agrees with this )
Thought Prometheus was great and set up a great sequel. Sadly that sequel -
Alien Covenant - was crap.I
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
True but sometimes knock offs are so good you can’t even tell them from the originals
Fuck, I do love me some knock-offs, and the labelling on them. Living in China a while back, the corner DVD-stores were awesome, the electronics stores were sweet, the mall-stalls selling Rolexes were a bargain, and then you find a proper alleyway market - with child's toys like this. Some - good enough to photograph, although I'd struggle to find the photos I bothered taking - amidst the other constant insanity.
"Door Ladder" - however - has me especially bemused, and amused. -
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
True but sometimes knock offs are so good you can’t even tell them from the originals
Fuck, I do love me some knock-offs, and the labelling on them. Living in China a while back, the corner DVD-stores were awesome, the electronics stores were sweet, the mall-stalls selling Rolexes were a bargain, and then you find a proper alleyway market - with child's toys like this. Some - good enough to photograph, although I'd struggle to find the photos I bothered taking - amidst the other constant insanity.
"Door Ladder" - however - has me especially bemused, and amused.I'm guessing Door Ladder = Darth Vader with something lost in the translation.
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
True but sometimes knock offs are so good you can’t even tell them from the originals
Fuck, I do love me some knock-offs, and the labelling on them. Living in China a while back, the corner DVD-stores were awesome, the electronics stores were sweet, the mall-stalls selling Rolexes were a bargain, and then you find a proper alleyway market - with child's toys like this. Some - good enough to photograph, although I'd struggle to find the photos I bothered taking - amidst the other constant insanity.
"Door Ladder" - however - has me especially bemused, and amused.I'm guessing Door Ladder = Darth Vader with something lost in the translation.
Hawking is alive!
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I found a movie for you to review, for the good of The Fern!
Fuck. Me.
Fair enough... that looks like a career highlight in the making.
I'd already lined up Monster Hunter, Trigger Point, Willy's Wonderland, and some guy called Zack's fan-flick version of Justice League.
But this looks like a priority.Who is Steven Kang ?
A poor mans Stephen King ?
Well - yeah, I suspect he's a product of the same parent company which sold TVs and shit in China under the brand-name ISONYI (with the I's in a much, much lighter grey than the rest)
True but sometimes knock offs are so good you can’t even tell them from the originals
Fuck, I do love me some knock-offs, and the labelling on them. Living in China a while back, the corner DVD-stores were awesome, the electronics stores were sweet, the mall-stalls selling Rolexes were a bargain, and then you find a proper alleyway market - with child's toys like this. Some - good enough to photograph, although I'd struggle to find the photos I bothered taking - amidst the other constant insanity.
"Door Ladder" - however - has me especially bemused, and amused.I'm guessing Door Ladder = Darth Vader with something lost in the translation.
Nice. The closest I could come up with was "When is a Door not a Door... when it's a-Jar...-Jar Binks"
And couldn't find any language where a ladder might become binks
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