Movie review thread...
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Any one seen the 1985 Soviet film, The detached Mission, aka the russian rambo?
https://thedissolve.com/features/exposition/707-comrade-rambo/
No.
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@taniwharugby yes he was. I also thought he was great in Red and quite a few other films.
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Ida Red
3.5 warmths out of 5 Heats
Frank Grillo can't have slept the past two years, he's in everything.
Good to see William Forsythe
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I'm in
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Interesting article in The Australian nominating the Top 10 SciFi movies:
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Interesting article in The Australian nominating the Top 10 SciFi movies:
At least they got number one right
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@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Metropolis is a movie I have always been meaning to watch. It looked interesting since I first saw the video for Radio Ga Ga.
If you use IMDb ratings then Inception should be in a Top 10.
I recommend Metropolis, watched it about 30 years ago, which is still relatively recently. I think it was a colourized version? Anyway, still disturbing.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Interesting article in The Australian nominating the Top 10 SciFi movies:
I'm not sure those are all my top 10 but certainly some excellent films and excellent posters!
I'd also nominate Forbidden Planet and possibly The Day The Earth Stood Still.No VR film apart from the Matrix? Possibly a P . K. movie, but which one?!
Probably not Fifth Element and Solaris is fantastic but really for the ending, it is very very slow. His other film STALKER is a bit bizarre as the radiation may have killed Tarkovsky in real life.
And no 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
Malkovich is one of those few actors who'll make me want to watch a film -
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
I'd also nominate Forbidden Planet and possibly The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Like Metropolis, Forbidden Planet is still fresh, even 60 years later
. His other film STALKER is a bit bizarre as the radiation may have killed Tarkovsky in real life.
One of the eeriest films I've seen - brilliant though.
There were some great British Sci Fi films in the 50' s about a rocket scientist, Bernard Quatermas, written by Nigel Kneale which were years ahead of their time and still really watchable. Quoted as hugely influential by the likes of Spielberg and Ridley Scott.
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@machpants agreed but i think they'd say you can have empire without hope
probably get shot down but id throw in Jurassic Park, cutting edge technology that still looks pretty good the better part of 30 years later and quite literally science Fiction, just not set in the future or in space
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Metropolis is a movie I have always been meaning to watch. It looked interesting since I first saw the video for Radio Ga Ga.
If you use IMDb ratings then Inception should be in a Top 10.
I recommend Metropolis, watched it about 30 years ago, which is still relatively recently. I think it was a colourized version? Anyway, still disturbing.
Metropolis Redux is the best version out there. A kiwi spent 2 years restoring it, combining bits from different versions (film, dvd, vhs) to combine the most complete version. This is primarily based on Georgio Moroder's 1980's version (colourized with modern soundtrack).
I watched it with the kiwi's production notes as subtitles, and that was awesome - I learnt a lot more about the different versions and the process of film editing
Interview with the creator here:
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@stockcar86 thanks! I think I have only seen the 1980s version.
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@stockcar86 said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Metropolis is a movie I have always been meaning to watch. It looked interesting since I first saw the video for Radio Ga Ga.
If you use IMDb ratings then Inception should be in a Top 10.
I recommend Metropolis, watched it about 30 years ago, which is still relatively recently. I think it was a colourized version? Anyway, still disturbing.
Metropolis Redux is the best version out there. A kiwi spent 2 years restoring it, combining bits from different versions (film, dvd, vhs) to combine the most complete version. This is primarily based on Georgio Moroder's 1980's version (colourized with modern soundtrack).
The problem seems to be finding a platform that has it in their catalogue.
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Sorry to deviate back to the thread topic, so wife and I went out and watched a movie on the weekend at the movies (and not at home) and then went to a restaurant and bar..woohoo freedom..anyhoo
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Latest in MCU universe, well just before the Eternals starts up. Enjoyable kung fu movie with a few laughs. In my point of view didnt get all the casting right (didnt agree with awkafina as the friend) and hard for me to even watch Simu Liu in this role given I had seen him a lot in "kim's Convienience" which made the movie more in the light fun action type of flick, rather than a slightly more serious action one. Still was fun with some links to previous more onbscure MCU characters during and potential future link ups by meeting Wong, Danvers and Banner at the end mid credits. Wouldnt even be surprised to see if there is a link to "the Eternals"
if you want a spolier as to why click
spoiler3.5 hidden gardens out of 5 soul sucking monsters
The Detached Mission (1986) ⭐ 5.3 | Action, Drama
The Detached Mission - Wikipedia
