Movie review thread...
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Gene Hackman was in 20 films in the 1980s. After Superman II in 1980, they were all bombs until No Way Out (great movie) in 1987, and Mississippi Burning in 1988. It wasn't until 1992 that his career recovered with his great performance in Unforgiven.
I've been watching some of those 80s movies, and generally they are not good.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
5th Element. Pearler of a film.
Another 90s classic I must watch again at some stage
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@tim I think his career recovered with his roles in Mississippi Burning and No Way Out, both great films and outstanding performances from him. With Hoosiers that's three pretty good films in three years.
Did have the Cannon Superman IV in between to bring things down a bit though.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@tim I think his career recovered with his roles in Mississippi Burning and No Way Out, both great films and outstanding performances from him. With Hoosiers that's three pretty good films in three years.
Did have the Cannon Superman IV in between to bring things down a bit though.
that is when he played Lex Luthor? I don't know, it kind of dated badly but in an interesting comic way.
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@nepia Uncommon Valor was an interesting case. Same director as First Blood (Rambo), and coming one year after. Obviously he was hot, it starred Hackman, and was produced John Milius. Something must have happened with the budget, because everything conspired to stop the action and make the movie lame.
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The Little Things
Shit weather so movie weekend.
Denzel and Rami Malek.
The latter didn't really fit.
Long and a little bit over blown.
And half way through they throw in Jared Leto as the baddie. But is he? Well he is the baddie bit is he the baddie we think he is?
Densely is Denzel.
Rami is hopeless.
Leto is good.
Have seen worse movies, but was not easy to follow.
OK in the end.
3 (barely) red barettes out of five bitch why the fuck are you letting him force you to dig holes, you fucking dickhead?
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Agree about No Way Out and Mississippi Burning.
Reds and Hoosiers are well regarded.
Don't know Reds but the other three are awesome
Reds was Warren Beatty’ magnum opus. A loooong film about the early days of American communism.
As interesting as it sounds.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Warren Beatty
Bad actor, worse film maker. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Warren Beatty
Bad actor, worse film maker. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Agreed but trumped by being top shagger.
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
The Little Things
Shit weather so movie weekend.
Denzel and Rami Malek.
The latter didn't really fit.
Long and a little bit over blown.
And half way through they throw in Jared Leto as the baddie. But is he? Well he is the baddie bit is he the baddie we think he is?
Densely is Denzel.
Rami is hopeless.
Leto is good.
Have seen worse movies, but was not easy to follow.
OK in the end.
3 (barely) red barettes out of five bitch why the fuck are you letting him force you to dig holes, you fucking dickhead?
Great review. Denzil is always good and Leto was weirdly effective but agree about Malik. Not a fan of his, he was such a “meh” baddie in Bond as well.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
The Little Things
Shit weather so movie weekend.
Denzel and Rami Malek.
The latter didn't really fit.
Long and a little bit over blown.
And half way through they throw in Jared Leto as the baddie. But is he? Well he is the baddie bit is he the baddie we think he is?
Densely is Denzel.
Rami is hopeless.
Leto is good.
Have seen worse movies, but was not easy to follow.
OK in the end.
3 (barely) red barettes out of five bitch why the fuck are you letting him force you to dig holes, you fucking dickhead?
Great review. Denzil is always good and Leto was weirdly effective but agree about Malik. Not a fan of his, he was such a “meh” baddie in Bond as well.
Yeah, he seems like one of those actors who was astonishing in a specific role but doesn't really fit anywhere else.
Adrian Brody may be another example of this, but tbh it was ridiculous that he won an Oscar for the Pianist.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
The Little Things
Shit weather so movie weekend.
Denzel and Rami Malek.
The latter didn't really fit.
Long and a little bit over blown.
And half way through they throw in Jared Leto as the baddie. But is he? Well he is the baddie bit is he the baddie we think he is?
Densely is Denzel.
Rami is hopeless.
Leto is good.
Have seen worse movies, but was not easy to follow.
OK in the end.
3 (barely) red barettes out of five bitch why the fuck are you letting him force you to dig holes, you fucking dickhead?
Great review. Denzil is always good and Leto was weirdly effective but agree about Malik. Not a fan of his, he was such a “meh” baddie in Bond as well.
Yeah, he seems like one of those actors who was astonishing in a specific role but doesn't really fit anywhere else.
Adrian Brody may be another example of this, but tbh it was ridiculous that he won an Oscar for the Pianist.
Yeah apparently being a bit thin, awkward and foreign looking is a substitute for genuine acting chops if those two are anything to go by.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
The Little Things
Shit weather so movie weekend.
Denzel and Rami Malek.
The latter didn't really fit.
Long and a little bit over blown.
And half way through they throw in Jared Leto as the baddie. But is he? Well he is the baddie bit is he the baddie we think he is?
Densely is Denzel.
Rami is hopeless.
Leto is good.
Have seen worse movies, but was not easy to follow.
OK in the end.
3 (barely) red barettes out of five bitch why the fuck are you letting him force you to dig holes, you fucking dickhead?
Great review. Denzil is always good and Leto was weirdly effective but agree about Malik. Not a fan of his, he was such a “meh” baddie in Bond as well.
Yeah, he seems like one of those actors who was astonishing in a specific role but doesn't really fit anywhere else.
Adrian Brody may be another example of this, but tbh it was ridiculous that he won an Oscar for the Pianist.
Brody is a plank of wood that makes Clive Owen look like 70s De Niro in comparison.
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No Time to Die
Terrible. Total waste of time and money. Worst movie experience I've ever had. Avoid like the plague. Impossible to follow, jumped all over the place, holes everywhere, and the ending was completely missing.
0 out of 5.
OK, I s'pose I should elaborate a little on that.
It has rained for about 100 days in a row here, kids sport was cancelled, so we decide to go to Bond at the Entertainment Quarter for a bit of an outing. Youngest kid is 8, so always a bit ambitious, but whatever, we decide to give it a go.
Turn up, apparently the wife has bought the Extreme Cinema tickets - which just means a normal screen but with fancy leather reclining chairs at about twice the cost. Whatever, looks fun, lets embrace it.
Dump another $55 on 5 x popcorn and waters, good times.
Settle in for 10am session, after about an hour the youngest is bored so we throw him a phone to play with. Movie decent, other kids are a bit lost, but still coping.
The bar opens at 11am, so I decide to get the wife a glass of bubbly (it was our wedding anniversary, don't be so fucking judgy). Get back to the seat, hand the bubbly over, she has 1 sip then spills it all over herself. Has to leave the cinema to find something else to wear. Finds some trackies at the tennis shop and returns 15mins later.
Settle back in, try to bring her up to speed on the plot. By now the oldest is restless too.
Then we realise that the movie is about 7hrs long (2hrs 43mins actually), and that because we have another commitment across town, we won't get to stay for the ending.
Decide to cut our losses and leave with 40mins to go.
So all-in all, we spent about $5,000 on fancy tickets, popcorn, motorway tolls, new trackies and spilt prosecco, and got to see a stilted 2 hours of the movie, with no idea how it ends.
Good story though!
