Movie review thread...
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Paul Schrader's new movie The Card Counter is the best film I have seen this year. It certainly has miss-steps, but is really very good.
It's the first film I have watched in 4K HDR on an OLED TV. It was quite impressive how he used that dynamic range to make the locations look even more realistically boring and oppressive.
4 and a half stars.
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The Foreigner-Pierce Brosnan can actually act!! Very Gerry Adams-esque I thought. Shame Jackie Chan forgets he is supposed to be retired but badass soldier every time he is hurt has to do his over the top "I'm hurt" facials but apart from that, and danger of doing the old IRA tropes, ok movie to pass the time.
Typical action-political thriller movie but I was never bored-no wonder, the director's a Kiwi. -
@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@tim All kinds of awful.
Be thankful it’s not a Steven Seagal film
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
The Foreigner-Pierce Brosnan can actually act!!
I enjoyed this movie too. Brosnan gets to use his Irish accent.
If you want to watch a similar Brosnan movie with a Kiwi director then check out The November Man. It also has Olga Kurylenko for some eye candy.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@tim All kinds of awful.
That was awesome back in the 80s. Although, funnily enough I don't really remember any of those scenes even though I must have watched it a few times on video.
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@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia That's the thing. We probably all watched these movies on VHS back then, thought they were great, and haven't seen them since. You can add Bloodsport and Kickboxer for J-CVD.
I had dubs of those so used to watch them lots so will likely remember more scenes from them.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can you not apply a credit in the bank rating? Willis would have a pretty good credit balance to begin with, Travolta less so and Cage was pretty much on a nil balance to start with.
Are you using Die Hard 1-3 as credit to balance out everything?
Cage has got a pretty good balance too with Face Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air etc.
Not sure why but have never really got into Nicolas Cage or his movies.
Surely Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woukld have been up there in the scale, just pipped by Pulp Ficton
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Bryan Cranston
Ernest Borgnine
Ty RandolphTwo trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his crew of narcotic smugglers and human traffickers in a small town next to the US-Mexico border.
Far out Bryan Cranston has been around that long. Will have to look into some off his earlier work
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@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Bryan Cranston
Ernest Borgnine
Ty RandolphTwo trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his crew of narcotic smugglers and human traffickers in a small town next to the US-Mexico border.
Far out Bryan Cranston has been around that long. Will have to look into some off his earlier work
Small part in Saving Private Ryan was the first I ever saw of him.
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@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can you not apply a credit in the bank rating? Willis would have a pretty good credit balance to begin with, Travolta less so and Cage was pretty much on a nil balance to start with.
Are you using Die Hard 1-3 as credit to balance out everything?
Cage has got a pretty good balance too with Face Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air etc.
**Not sure why but have never really got into Nicolas Cage or his movies.
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Surely Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woukld have been up there in the scale, just pipped by Pulp FictonProbably something to do with him being an annoying, hammy, over the top fuckhead.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can you not apply a credit in the bank rating? Willis would have a pretty good credit balance to begin with, Travolta less so and Cage was pretty much on a nil balance to start with.
Are you using Die Hard 1-3 as credit to balance out everything?
Cage has got a pretty good balance too with Face Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air etc.
**Not sure why but have never really got into Nicolas Cage or his movies.
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Surely Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woukld have been up there in the scale, just pipped by Pulp FictonProbably something to do with him being an annoying, hammy, over the top fuckhead.
Exactly those are the words I was searching for
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@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
The Foreigner-Pierce Brosnan can actually act!!
I enjoyed this movie too. Brosnan gets to use his Irish accent.
If you want to watch a similar Brosnan movie with a Kiwi director then check out The November Man. It also has Olga Kurylenko for some eye candy.
Thanks. I actually like her, has a sense of humour.
As to Brosnan's Irish accent, I suspect it was a little bit put on, didn't he go to school in London?! -
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can you not apply a credit in the bank rating? Willis would have a pretty good credit balance to begin with, Travolta less so and Cage was pretty much on a nil balance to start with.
Are you using Die Hard 1-3 as credit to balance out everything?
Cage has got a pretty good balance too with Face Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air etc.
**Not sure why but have never really got into Nicolas Cage or his movies.
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Surely Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woukld have been up there in the scale, just pipped by Pulp FictonProbably something to do with him being an annoying, hammy, over the top fuckhead.
It is called shamian acting, or meta-acting according to Cage.
I am arguing with some Greek friends, they claim he is part Greek and a terrible actor.
I claim he is Italian (a Coppola) and don't argue the second part.For some reason though, I enjoyed Con Air.
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@nostrildamus Malkovich was very good in ConAir
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Can you not apply a credit in the bank rating? Willis would have a pretty good credit balance to begin with, Travolta less so and Cage was pretty much on a nil balance to start with.
Are you using Die Hard 1-3 as credit to balance out everything?
Cage has got a pretty good balance too with Face Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air etc.
**Not sure why but have never really got into Nicolas Cage or his movies.
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Surely Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woukld have been up there in the scale, just pipped by Pulp FictonProbably something to do with him being an annoying, hammy, over the top fuckhead.
It is called shamian acting, or meta-acting according to Cage.
I am arguing with some Greek friends, they claim he is part Greek and a terrible actor.
I claim he is Italian (a Coppola) and don't argue the second part.For some reason though, I enjoyed Con Air.
I don’t blame ya, must be the soundtrack. I always bust this one out in the car to embarrass the boys.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
As to Brosnan's Irish accent, I suspect it was a little bit put on, didn't he go to school in London?!
It wasn't a serious comment. He certainly embellished the accent.
