Movie review thread...
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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.
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Richard III
Terrific film. Not up there with his 1955 Hamlet but still great.
More misses than hits IMO, especially when you consider his rep as the greatest actoooor ever.
Not the greatest film actor (pretty damn close when he wanted to be), but when you add in his TV and stage stuff, and his courage to take risks and go off-piste with playwrights like John Osbourne, you can see why his peers called him that.
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Eternals Trailer Has Angelina Jolie And Salma Hayek Taking Marvel To New Heights
Will Eternals be the next Avengers?
Ang looking amazing in Eternals. Id give this a watch.
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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.
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.
All fair points.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that JT and BWs best roles respectively were in the same movie. Tarantino really does bring out every ounce of talent in his actors.
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Eternals Trailer Has Angelina Jolie And Salma Hayek Taking Marvel To New Heights
Will Eternals be the next Avengers?
Ang looking amazing in Eternals. Id give this a watch.
You just want to see what the deviants are up to don't you?
The Eternals were created by the Celestials, God-like creatures who also introduced an evil counterpart to the Eternals: The Deviants.It does look like a bit of fun. Salma AND Ang for starters, throw in some deviants...
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@snowy Kit Harrington too! The real Snowy,Jon Snowy...
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@snowy Kit Harrington too! The real Snowy,Jon Snowy... ![alt text]
Hey, they stole that off me, not the other way around.
I assume that you have a thing for Mr Harrington?
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@snowy
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@paekakboyz jesus here we go
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@r-l said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@snowy
stay on topic pleaseLol. Quite a coincidental comment. I will say nothing (for once).
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@raznomore @MiketheSnow how could you both forget The Last Boy Scout!
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore @MiketheSnow how could you both forget The Last Boy Scout!
For every Last Boy Scout, there's
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@mikethesnow Sin City! He was so good in that! (As were many others, Rourke's performance was fantastic).
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@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@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.
You don't like Khartoum or (not just a Nazi but a Nazi hunter) the Boys from Brazil?
Anyway I think Larry's rep came from the stage, and so many top actors rated him one would have to concede he must have had something. There is some interesting article somewhere about how early theatre greats had trouble transferring to film, all I can remember is that Larry could dilate his pupils by sheer willpower.. -
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore @MiketheSnow how could you both forget The Last Boy Scout!
Mercury Rising and 12 Monkeys as well
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@nostrildamus said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Anyway I think Larry's rep came from the stage, and so many top actors rated him one would have to concede he must have had something.
Dustin Hoffman during the filming of Marathon Man torture scene" Larry, I haven't slept for 3 days to get into this role"
Olivier: "Dear boy, you should try acting, it's so much easier"
