Movie review thread...
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@bayimports I liked The Eternals. Helped that I had no idea of the story at all so was following it as it went. I thought it dragged a bit early on but I thought the CGI fight scenes were better than the average CGI fight scenes in MCU/DCEU movies.
Confirmation it's a marmite movie, four of us went to see it and we split 50/50.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@bayimports I liked The Eternals. Helped that I had no idea of the story at all so was following it as it went. I thought it dragged a bit early on but I thought the CGI fight scenes were better than the average CGI fight scenes in MCU/DCEU movies.
Confirmation it's a marmite movie, four of us went to see it and we split 50/50.
CGI was very good, but I found the movie struggled to keep my attention, it took too long to make its point and not enough either action/comedy/tension to keep you interested along the way....look not the worst i have seen, by any stretch but given they generally set the bar pretty high movie -wise, it was step down and at a high risk of getting banned stepping more into DC level territory, (not all DC
), but using WW84 as a reference to a similar length movie that I fel also missed the mark...........................................SPOILER BELOW..................................
and dont get me started after the credits with the drunk goblin/dwarf was ..how should i say it... a fantasy character, who was there to relieve Harry Styles lol
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@bayimports I thought it was much better than WW84, that was disappointing due to the relevant quality of first one and having Gal Gadot.
I'm not a DC fan (in case you somehow missed that
) and didn't feel it was stepping into their territory too much.As I said in my OP I think it lagged a bit in parts so agree it took a bit long to get going.
Even though I enjpoyed it, I don't think it's top tier Marvel, but I like it better than Thor 1&2, Hulk and Iron Man 2 and am genuinely bemused by the smacking it's getting from critics. I listened to Mark Kermode directly after leaving the cinema and the stuff he complained about what was all the stuff I liked.
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Agree with you on the dwarf, was he voiced by Patton Oswald, I also had no idea who Harry Styles was even though he seemed familiar.
They said Eternals will return, I wonder what kind of box office it needs to return, although I think being Marvel they can likely green light a sequel regardless of box office performance if it fits into their overall narrative. Especially if it does well on Disney+.
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
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lol havent you got a meme to repost?
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The Secret of My Success
80's movies either are really good, or really bad. This, unfortunately, is the latter.
Terrible plot, terrible hottie, terrible shit story. I'll give it a 1 out of 5, where it gets the 1 for one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time ...
Mmmmmm bo bo ..... chick .... chick a chick aaaaaaa
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finished Army of the Dead
Fuck, they packed a loooot in to the last 30 minutes. Also the very end was unnecessary and stupid.
Agree with one point i read, the best movie was probably the opening credits. they should have made that.
1.5 predictable dumb females out of 5 pointless side quests.
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@mariner4life They also did the lame have a tearful reunion in the hovering helicopter instead of getting out of Dodge because there is an incoming game changer and in the opposite direction an incoming Big Bad King of the Zombies.
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life They also did the lame have a tearful reunion in the hovering helicopter instead of getting out of Dodge because there is an incoming game changer and in the opposite direction an incoming Big Bad King of the Zombies.
that annoyed me way more than it should have.
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@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
that's what i mean. given what had come before, that should have been the proverbial water off a duck's back but...
i think i actually said, out loud, to myself, get in the chopper you fucking idiots.
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
that's what i mean. given what had come before, that should have been the proverbial water off a duck's back but...
i think i actually said, out loud, to myself, get in the chopper you fucking idiots.
Yeah - I think my ability to shrug off some shit in movies has been demonstrated here long before - whether it be sharks living in a corn-field, or a were-dinosaur - that's all cool;
But as soon as "a nuclear-fucking-bomb is on the way" became a plot-point... Every single little delay or stupid pause or "let's have a bit of a kiss, eh love?" - annoyed the shit out of me. -
@kruse ha, pretty much any movie with a time constraint on it, there is always time to explain something or have a hug/kiss, I think in that situation, the space time continuum comes to a complete stop allowing for such high emotion.
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
First rule of dumb movies, don't look for logic.
Junk food for the brain
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The Last Duel
Had the day off with Mrs Boo today and went to an early (9:30) movie.
Only a few oldies at the cinema, pretty much fitting the demographic of grey nomads deserting the caravan parks as the weather was a but dodgy.
But they all trooped into James Bond. So we had our cinema completely to ourselves. Just the two of us in the whole place. Surreal and kind of cool. Am spolit for going to the movies with other people ever again.
As for the movie, an interesting take on true story.
Two blokes, initially close friends, one (Kylo Ren) was the godfather to the other guy's (Matt Damon) son etc, grow increasingly bitter with each other, until Kylo becomes obsessed with Damon's wife (Jodie Comer).
Kylo, thinking he is in love pays her a visit, and rapes her (or does he?).
The denouement is the trial by combat alluded to in the title. "Last", as it was the last "judicial duel" in France. Truth decided by whoever won the duel as the outcome is ordained by God.
Told in three chapters (makes for a long movie, nearly 3 hours), from the perspective of each of the characters in turn, Carrouges (Damon), Le Gris (Kylo), and Marguerite.
Interesting to see how the character of the characters change in each chapter, and to see how they each perceive certain events.
Won't go in too much detail about the trial or the duel (more Medieval jousting and bashing with sharp heavy objects than any sort of chivalrous fencing with epees - real barbaric stuff). But if there's concern about women being believed about rape in the 21st century spare a thought for those speaking up in the 14th.
Have read a bit of background to the actual story this arvo. Apparently the movie gets it pretty close, and it is quite well known, and contentious, in France.
Recommended.
3.5 weird hairdos out of 5 gruesome stabbings through the mouth with a broken sword.
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@kirwan said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
First rule of dumb movies, don't look for logic.
Junk food for the brain
There is that school of thought that says "it's a film about zombies living in Las Vegas and you're complaining about a lack of realism in the plot" and I get that but in the context of the film, their behaviour is fine all the way until the end and then they do really dumb stuff for no reason.
It irks me.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@kirwan said in Movie review thread...:
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life more than they have been able to contain the Zombie menace for years by ring fencing Vegas with a ring of shipping containers stacked a whole two high?
With a 'secret' entrance secured by a wooden bar? Oh and a tablecloth.
First rule of dumb movies, don't look for logic.
Junk food for the brain
There is that school of thought that says "it's a film about zombies living in Las Vegas and you're complaining about a lack of realism in the plot" and I get that but in the context of the film, their behaviour is fine all the way until the end and then they do really dumb stuff for no reason.
It irks me.
Yep - I view it as "Yes, I've agreed to 'buy in' to a world where there are zombies. And fuck it, yeah a zombie tiger. If there's a tiger - why not throw in a horse? And sure - why the fuck not, this outbreak was somehow contained in a shipping-container quarantine zone. That's the rules of the world we're about to watch. Cool, understood. But... nobody warned me that normal people would become absolutely fucking braindead (see what I did there?) - like proper suicidal stupid. Fuck off."
