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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
Don't Look Up
Netflix's latest big star lineup revolving around 2 scientists and their attempts to bring a world-killing comet to the attention of the powers that be.
Most of the movie is a great satirical look at modern politics, society, and mainstream + social media. There are a lot of themes that apply to climate science of course, with the phrases "scientists all over the world agree that... " etc. The optics of the situation for a sitting president wth mid-terms elections are just around the corner, and so on.
DiCaprio, JLaw, Streep, Blanchett - pretty good lineup and they deliver. The guy who plays Teddy Oglethorpe is great as well. Ariana Grande's turn as a bimbo pop star was quite good as well. The tech billionaire I found hilarious. Ron Perlman's "hero" was LOL worthy.
A good watch and somewhat thought provoking about the things we already see wrong in society, whatever your political or social leanings. I think you can easily back it with this quote from Carl Sagan:
4 BASH modules out of 5 failed launches.
I enjoyed it
But it’s no Mars Attacks
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The Green Knight
I like Arthurian Legend. I like Dev Patel. So I put this on my Prime Video list ages ago and finally got around to watching it.
In about three parts, because it was all I could do to sit through this in 40 minute slots. Yeesh ... the pacing.
TBH it could have been shorter if it wasn't so far up its own arse in pretentious allegory. The camera work was good. The sound design and execution was good. But fuck a duck they could have shifted it along a bit.
3 green chapels out of 5 visions. And it would have been a 2.5 except for tits.
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Matrix resurrection
Simply, I enjoyed it, fun
Maybe spoilers? Skip if youre worried
I DO get the idea of “it didn’t need to be made”, the story they tell is not one I think people were asking for and it very much stands out as a 4th film, the others for their faults do tell one story
I do like how they leaned in to the making a sequel idea, took the piss out of themselves and and moved on
My two biggest problems, agent smith, even if you accept a new actor…he calls him “Tom” rather than “mr Anderson”…a different actor…acting different…is basically a new character
And I don’t actually think any of the action/fight scenes were better…or even as good…as those from the original (s)
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Tunnelen
Norwegian disaster movie. Christmas traffic, tanker accident in a tunnel. Cue rescue of family.
Seemed alright but my copy had some appalling subtitles.
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Boiling Point. Stephen Graham (by buggering fuck he can act) as a head chef at a trendy London restaurant. Shot in real time in a single take. Terrific performances and utterly compelling but I couldn’t wait for it to be over. Maybe the most stressful thing I've watched on screen. I know it’s fiction, but I have no idea how people live and work like this.
5 aggro chefs de cuisine out of 5 lazy dishwashers.
I’ll never watch it again though...
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Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah right Jennifer Lawrence unrootable, you definitely were not paying attention.
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@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah right Jennifer Lawrence unrootable, you definitely were not paying attention.
I definitely was
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@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah right Jennifer Lawrence unrootable, you definitely were not paying attention.
I was starting to think everyone else must be married to supermodels
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@kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah right Jennifer Lawrence unrootable, you definitely were not paying attention.
I was starting to think everyone else must be married to supermodels
Well ok, “unrootable” might be a stretch but rough as fuck compared to her usual high standards.
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Wife got a 2 week trial of Binge to watch the Harry Potter 20 year special. It was ok. Lot of people who worked in that have died the last 2 decades
Anyway also in there, being basically HBO Max for Australia, was The Snyder Cut of Justice League.
I liked the original, but this was next level awesome. Had to run it in 3 syringes at nearly 4 hours, but it was compelling.
We need more DC, now that they're starting to get it right.
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Spiderman Home No way back something. Get them all mixed up.
Bloody good. In fact probably the best Marvel type thing other than the Infinity War films. Was never really into the McGuire or Garfield films but some lovely nostalgia nevertheless.
A huge step up on recent offerings.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@nevorian said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah right Jennifer Lawrence unrootable, you definitely were not paying attention.
I was starting to think everyone else must be married to supermodels
Well ok, “unrootable” might be a stretch but rough as fuck compared to her usual high standards.
It’s only the fringe letting her down. Cate Blanchett stole the hotness votes though.
But as for the movie, I didn’t mind it, good satire. 4 comets out of 5 nude planet hoppers
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Ghostbusters Afterlife. Tbh this was more of a kids film. But still entertaining and far better than that abomination from a few years back. At the same time pretty pointless and won't rejuvenate the franchise.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
Don’t look up
Well, I pointed out that Jennifer Lawrence looked surprisingly unrootable in this and the other half said the same about Leo……brilliant acting from both.
Kind of a crazy satire on a lot of what is going on the world today, top notch performances from EVERY single actor and pretty entertaining and thought provoking all round. I honestly can’t really give it a rating other than it’s worth seeing but I still haven’t decided if I really “liked” it or not.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea to be fair.
Yeah, enjoyed it as well.
Savage satire and darkly comic and, as you say, some great acting.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Ghostbusters Afterlife. Tbh this was more of a kids film. But still entertaining and far better than that abomination from a few years back. At the same time pretty pointless and won't rejuvenate the franchise.
Paul Rudd has a GIGANTIC head in relation to his body. It’s freaky.
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Dune
Eventually went yesterday with the girl which was cool (didn't think she'd hang with the daggy old man).
Early session. Only a total of 7 in the cinema including us.
Overall was slightly disappointed. Think it was because of lot of the dream/vision sequences were difficult to decipher. Too much indistinct whispering. You got the idea but it wouldn't hurt to be just a tiny bit obvious.
I read the book back in like 3rd Form, and have a couple of times since, so know the story, and was looking for the wow factor on the visuals, but it seems paradoxically there were too many visuals between the narrative bits (for me anyway).
Liked the actors except for Jason Momoa. Thought he was a bit weak.
Having said all that am looking forward to Part Two.
A disappointing 3 why are they using swords in the age of interstellar travel out of 5 those helicopter things look like mosquitos.
