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Shadow In The Cloud
Mainly because I'm a BIG fan of Chloe Grace Moretz - more to the point, her lips.
Anyway...
Look this started out alright and then sort of fell into a mishmashed heap. What could have been some kind of scifi/fantasy driven with a linear, but solid plot, became a bit disjointed toward the end.
It was alright, because it was free.
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Shadow In The Cloud
Mainly because I'm a BIG fan of Chloe Grace Moretz - more to the point, her lips.
Anyway...
Look this started out alright and then sort of fell into a mishmashed heap. What could have been some kind of scifi/fantasy driven with a linear, but solid plot, became a bit disjointed toward the end.
It was alright, because it was free.
ha ha I agree with the first part, started out ok as you said and if they had thought it through could have made it into a proper scifi/fanatsy thriller but instead should be worthy of a razzie, it was a steaming dumpster pile of turd for me even though I aso didnt pay for it . For me I felt like they should have paid me to watch it.
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Shadow In The Cloud
Mainly because I'm a BIG fan of Chloe Grace Moretz - more to the point, her lips.
Anyway...
Look this started out alright and then sort of fell into a mishmashed heap. What could have been some kind of scifi/fantasy driven with a linear, but solid plot, became a bit disjointed toward the end.
It was alright, because it was free.
ha ha I agree with the first part, started out ok as you said and if they had thought it through could have made it into a proper scifi/fanatsy thriller but instead should be worthy of a razzie, it was a steaming dumpster pile of turd for me even though I aso didnt pay for it . For me I felt like they should have paid me to watch it.
I was bored.
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Like if they'd made the contents of the box somehow directly related to the existence of the gremlin, that would have made more compelling viewing.
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Shadow In The Cloud
Mainly because I'm a BIG fan of Chloe Grace Moretz - more to the point, her lips.
Anyway...
Look this started out alright and then sort of fell into a mishmashed heap. What could have been some kind of scifi/fantasy driven with a linear, but solid plot, became a bit disjointed toward the end.
It was alright, because it was free.
ha ha I agree with the first part, started out ok as you said and if they had thought it through could have made it into a proper scifi/fanatsy thriller but instead should be worthy of a razzie, it was a steaming dumpster pile of turd for me even though I aso didnt pay for it . For me I felt like they should have paid me to watch it.
I was bored.
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Like if they'd made the contents of the box somehow directly related to the existence of the gremlin, that would have made more compelling viewing.
100% actually that would have been good. They could have even done the traditonal camera view from the gremlin approaching his/her victim with foreboding music as it attacks would have also added to the suspense..lots of missed opportunities!
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@bayimports Ran out of effects budget
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I hadn't seen Kickboxer since I was about 12 years old.
In the canon of Van Damme movies - it really does not hold up. Minimal action over 100 minutes. Bloodsport did so much more with a small budget. Hard Target was a world away.
2/5
Garbage that didn't even have fights.
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Oh shit, @Kruse this one looks made just for you
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
I hadn't seen Kickboxer since I was about 12 years old.
In the canon of Van Damme movies - it really does not hold up. Minimal action over 100 minutes. Bloodsport did so much more with a small budget. Hard Target was a world away.
2/5
Garbage that didn't even have fights.
Only a Seagal fan would write this shit. Van Damme is the man !!!!! ( especially compared to Seagal )
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
Oh shit, @Kruse this one looks made just for you
Obviously adding the word ‘Planet’ stops them getting sued by the guys who made the, you know, DECENT Dune movie….
This looks like utter shit and I see it has an IMDB rating of 1.8 out of 10
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
I hadn't seen Kickboxer since I was about 12 years old.
In the canon of Van Damme movies - it really does not hold up. Minimal action over 100 minutes. Bloodsport did so much more with a small budget. Hard Target was a world away.
2/5
Garbage that didn't even have fights.
Have to agree. I started watching it a few months back out of nostalgia. Didn't get more than ~20mins in.
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@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Sean Young's career has really gone downhill. I am sure there will be suckers that think, well she was in the original Dune so I've gotta see this.
Like me. This looks hilariously awful. Check out the dialogue in the preview.
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Army of Thieves
Prequel to Army of the Dead. Actually wifey and I thought it was much better than Army of the Dead, but led nicely into it, even to the point of us doing a doubleheader and watching the orginal again. Zach Synder still has his hands all over this movie, but in my mind much better length and fun to watch. Story focuses on the locksmith and his background which turns out to be a pretty good action/heist movie and how he gets into safe cracking
3.5 unbreakable safes out of 5 hans wagners
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
Army of Thieves
Prequel to Army of the Dead. Actually wifey and I thought it was much better than Army of the Dead, but led nicely into it, even to the point of us doing a doubleheader and watching the orginal again. Zach Synder still has his hands all over this movie, but in my mind much better length and fun to watch. Story focuses on the locksmith and his background which turns out to be a pretty good action/heist movie and how he gets into safe cracking
3.5 unbreakable safes out of 5 hans wagners
Eek, I was actually thinking about watching this as he wasn't directing. Zac Snyder is so weird, every interview I've seen him do, press etc, he's always a really nice guy and really interesting, if he had a podcast I'd subscribe to it, yet I can't stand his movies bar one (300, and I'm too scared to rewatch it again in case I've got a false memory).
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
Army of Thieves
Prequel to Army of the Dead. Actually wifey and I thought it was much better than Army of the Dead, but led nicely into it, even to the point of us doing a doubleheader and watching the orginal again. Zach Synder still has his hands all over this movie, but in my mind much better length and fun to watch. Story focuses on the locksmith and his background which turns out to be a pretty good action/heist movie and how he gets into safe cracking
3.5 unbreakable safes out of 5 hans wagners
Eek, I was actually thinking about watching this as he wasn't directing. Zac Snyder is so weird, every interview I've seen him do, press etc, he's always a really nice guy and really interesting, if he had a podcast I'd subscribe to it, yet I can't stand his movies bar one (300, and I'm too scared to rewatch it again in case I've got a false memory).
put it this way, he wrote it and Deborah Snyder and himself are producers, but is was directed by Matthias Schweighöfer (the lead actor) .. so dont flip out yet
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
Army of Thieves
Prequel to Army of the Dead. Actually wifey and I thought it was much better than Army of the Dead, but led nicely into it, even to the point of us doing a doubleheader and watching the orginal again. Zach Synder still has his hands all over this movie, but in my mind much better length and fun to watch. Story focuses on the locksmith and his background which turns out to be a pretty good action/heist movie and how he gets into safe cracking
3.5 unbreakable safes out of 5 hans wagners
Eek, I was actually thinking about watching this as he wasn't directing. Zac Snyder is so weird, every interview I've seen him do, press etc, he's always a really nice guy and really interesting, if he had a podcast I'd subscribe to it, yet I can't stand his movies bar one (300, and I'm too scared to rewatch it again in case I've got a false memory).
put it this way, he wrote it and Deborah Snyder and himself are producers, but is was directed by Matthias Schweighöfer (the lead actor) .. so dont flip out yet
Yeah, I listened to an interview with the director and Zac on the Empire podcast. From the podcast it didn't seem like Zac had his hands all over it. Hmmm.
I'm trying to find something to watch today as Monday is my go to the cinema day, there's nothing I want to see (too many horrors out due to Halloween), and I have a conundrum. I have access to a 4K copy of Dune, but I want to see Dune in the cinema, but there's nothing I really want to watch today and am afraid I'll cave and watch Dune.
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So watched the latest in the Marvel Universe yesterday.
The eternals
Probably the most average movie from them for a while. Drawn out and appeared to have spent more time on ensuring diversity rather than fixing the story itself. Even some cool CGI scenes could not help get them over the line here. Wont be one I will re-watch anytime soon. Gemma Chan is hawt though. A quick scan of IMDB and metacritic suggests I am not alone with Fantastic 4 equivalent ratings lol
2 deviants out of 5 boyband wannabe actors
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
So watched the latest in the Marvel Universe yesterday.
The eternals
Probably the most average movie from them for a while. Drawn out and appeared to have spent more time on ensuring diversity rather than fixing the story itself. Even some cool CGI scenes could not help get them over the line here. Wont be one I will re-watch anytime soon. Gemma Chan is hawt though. A quick scan of IMDB and metacritic suggests I am not alone with Fantastic 4 equivalent ratings lol
2 deviants out of 5 boyband wannabe actors
I'm going to see this tomorrow, want to see where I sit with it (I struggle to believe a film can be worse than Thor 2) as it appears to be a real Marmite movie.
@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
Army of Thieves
Prequel to Army of the Dead. Actually wifey and I thought it was much better than Army of the Dead, but led nicely into it, even to the point of us doing a doubleheader and watching the orginal again. Zach Synder still has his hands all over this movie, but in my mind much better length and fun to watch. Story focuses on the locksmith and his background which turns out to be a pretty good action/heist movie and how he gets into safe cracking
3.5 unbreakable safes out of 5 hans wagners
So I watched this and quite enjoyed it, helped by the fact it's not directed by Zac and didn't feel too Snyder-ish, the chick is hot (as was the French interpol chick), and the lead dude was pretty funny. Almost tempted to watch Army of the Dead now, almost.
You could tell it was filmed during Covid, some pretty quiet streets. Was weird how they sometimes spoke Euro languages and then other times they'd just speak english.
Planet Dune (2021) ⭐ 2.4 | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
