Movie review thread...
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@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Army of the dead. Snyder wins again. Excellent bit of pulpy escapism. I think Batista may be he best acting wrestler.
Was pretty fun. Batista is pretty damn good actor, does this stuff better than even someone like Bruce Willis. When Bruce cried in Armageddon audiences straight up laughed, in this movie Batista nails the emotional scenes.
Apparently he’s trying to get a Gears of War movie off the ground. Perfect casting.
I think Bruce, John Travolta and ( especially ) Liam Neeson are living proof you can regress as an actor. Look at how amazing the latter was in Schindlers List ( complete with amazing emotional scenes ) compared to the “dial it in, ex agent with special secret skills” shit he churns out now.
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@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Army of the dead. Snyder wins again. Excellent bit of pulpy escapism. I think Batista may be he best acting wrestler.
Was pretty fun. Batista is pretty damn good actor, does this stuff better than even someone like Bruce Willis. When Bruce cried in Armageddon audiences straight up laughed, in this movie Batista nails the emotional scenes.
Apparently he’s trying to get a Gears of War movie off the ground. Perfect casting.
He's got this vulnerability about him. It's pretty amazing that someone so big can convey real helplessness.
@MN5 Bruce has been dialling it in for 2 decades.
Liam hasn't been the same since his wife died. Not that his acting ability has suffered. Just doesn't seem to give a shit. He knows his pay cheques write themselves as a cold, stone faced secret agent.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Look at how amazing the latter was in Schindlers List ( complete with amazing emotional scenes ) compared to the “dial it in, ex agent with special secret skills” shit he churns out now.
Taken 9...
(spoken in deep, dark ominous voice)
"First they came for his daughter, then his wife and friends. But this time Bryan Mills faces the biggest test of his life, this time it's his cockatoo his enemies have kidnapped... "
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Army of the dead. Snyder wins again. Excellent bit of pulpy escapism. I think Batista may be he best acting wrestler.
Was pretty fun. Batista is pretty damn good actor, does this stuff better than even someone like Bruce Willis. When Bruce cried in Armageddon audiences straight up laughed, in this movie Batista nails the emotional scenes.
Apparently he’s trying to get a Gears of War movie off the ground. Perfect casting.
He's got this vulnerability about him. It's pretty amazing that someone so big can convey real helplessness.
@MN5 Bruce has been dialling it in for 2 decades.
Liam hasn't been the same since his wife died. Not that his acting ability has suffered. Just doesn't seem to give a shit. He knows his pay cheques write themselves as a cold, stone faced secret agent.
And he has comedy timing, which could be hardest to pull off of the lot.
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Army of the dead. Snyder wins again. Excellent bit of pulpy escapism. I think Batista may be he best acting wrestler.
I've just finished watching this. Not as good as I was expecting based on the trailer but that is usually the situation. Still fun. As with most of Snyder's movies he doesn't like the editing room.
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@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
And he has comedy timing, which could be hardest to pull off of the lot.
I think Bruce Willis is really underrated as an actor. He's incredibly versatile and consistently good - considering the stuff he's done, there's very few turkeys.
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@victor-meldrew umm what? Surely you jest sir?
I give you exhibit 1 of what I wish were not many..
It is now a career where Jesse Metcalfe gets Top billing.
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew umm what? Surely you jest sir?
He's really good at comedy (Red, Death Becomes Her), top notch at action stuff (Die Hard),sensitive stuff (Sixth Sense) & can do really complex roles incredibly well (Pulp Fiction).
Not saying he's the greatest actor who ever lived, but he's pretty damn good across a whole range of roles and doesn't get the credit he deserves.
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@victor-meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew umm what? Surely you jest sir?
He's really good at comedy (Red, Death Becomes Her), top notch at action stuff (Die Hard),sensitive stuff (Sixth Sense) & can do really complex roles incredibly well (Pulp Fiction).
Not saying he's the greatest actor who ever lived, but he's pretty damn good across a whole range of roles and doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Agreed
Far in to the plus column for me too
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whether it be a case of too many exes or kids and he needs the cash, in the last few years Bruce has ruined his reputation for participating in many D grade efforts. I would even suggest that if the sharknado series was still continuing he would have volunteered
I do like his previous efforts, just more like he has lost his way..gems like Trauma Centre, Survive the night etc etc...were not good!
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@victor-meldrew your looking at the stuff he WAS known for. For the last 10 odd years he's being doing straight video stuff. He's has the odd but like Looper. But then it's absolute shit. I'm mean Steven Seagal type shit. I'm mean in that preview I just posted the villain was called the Pardoner ffs
And don't get me wrong. The greatest Xmas movie ever made is Die Hard. I love that shit up until the 3rd one. He's excellent in Pulp Fiction and I unfortunately have a guilty pleasure in that absolute shit show The Hudson Hawk.
But even Sylvester Stallone had a gripe with Willis effort during the Expendables series.
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew your looking at the stuff he WAS known for. For the last 10 odd years he's being doing straight video stuff. He's has the odd but like Looper. But then it's absolute shit. I'm mean Steven Seagal type shit. I'm mean in that preview I just posted the villain was called the Pardoner ffs
And don't get me wrong. The greatest Xmas movie ever made is Die Hard. I love that shit up until the 3rd one. He's excellent in Pulp Fiction and I unfortunately have a guilty pleasure in that absolute shit show The Hudson Hawk.
But even Sylvester Stallone had a gripe with Willis effort during the Expendables series.
Circa 2000-2010 he was on fire
Unbreakable; Bandits; Hart's War; Tear of the Sun; Hostage; Sin City; Alpha Dog; Lucky Number Slevin; 16 Blocks; Perfect Stranger; Surrogates; Red
Circa 2011-2021, not so much but still some good performances in good films
Moonrise Kingdom; Looper; Red 2; Death Wish; Glass; Motherless Brooklyn;
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@victor-meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
And he has comedy timing, which could be hardest to pull off of the lot.
I think Bruce Willis is really underrated as an actor. He's incredibly versatile and consistently good - considering the stuff he's done, there's very few turkeys.
Wasn't Hudson hawk known as Hudson Turkey?
Ok that's only one example, but it's a bloody good one.
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@catogrande That's the biggie.
Mind you, Olivier did The Betsy & The Jazz Singer and there's Di Niro's Dirty Grandpa to prove Willis is up there with those two - at least in the Turkey stakes.
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Looks good
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@victor-meldrew said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@catogrande That's the biggie.
Mind you, Olivier did The Betsy & The Jazz Singer and there's Di Niro's Dirty Grandpa to prove Willis is up there with those two - at least in the Turkey stakes.
Dear, dear Larry is the turkey king. He’s certainly done more duds than his rep would have you believe. All with a slice of the thickest ham. I honestly struggle to think of a good one he’s done save for Marathon Man and his Hitchcock connection.
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I honestly struggle to think of a good one he’s done save for Marathon Man and his Hitchcock connection.
He was pretty open that he did a load of films for the cash but when he wanted to, he was brilliant.
Try Henry V. The St Crispins Day speech send goosebumps up your back. And he directed it, produced it and did all his own stunts. And won a special Oscar for it. Single-handedly made Shakespeare accessible & cool to cinema audiences
Sleuth & Sparticus were pretty decent as well
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The Wrath of Man
3.5 plans out of 5 executions -
@victor-meldrew To be honest I found Henry V to be far too jingoistic and hammy, the speech did nothing for me. Sleuth was great though and I grant you he was good in Spartacus and his Hugh Dowding in Battle of Britain was pretty good too. But then, then...
The Merchant of Venice
Khartoum
Othello
The Prince and the Showgirl
Richard IIIMore misses than hits IMO, especially when you consider his rep as the greatest actoooor ever.
