Movie review thread...
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Don't Look Up
Throught proving movie which does nothing to dispel my nostradamus prediction that Twitter would start the next world war. The climate crisis has obviously been the inspiration but there are so many parallels to what's been observed over the Pandemic as well.
As somebody relatively new to the concept of how much my world views have been shaped by the media, this was a fantastic watch.
5 Fat Leo's out of 5 Is that really Cate Blanchetts?
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Baby Driver
Finally watched this. Really enjoyed it although perhaps not as much as I was expecting to after all the hype it had received. Stilll don't really get what happened with Spacey at the end there, he had a massive change of heart as he saw Baby had a bird? Odd.
Would have been great to see more driving like when he was in the Impreza too. That was such a good sequence!
3 terrible sunglasses out of 5 Red Impreza's.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Just found out that Danny Trejo is 77 years old and stands 167cm tall. Wtf?
I think he's actually a lot shorter now. The thing is, he actually does have some experience
Trejo recalled being asked to “rob a poker game” for one scene and after being told “make it look real”, he unleashed hell on the five stunt actors. He recalls: “‘I kicked in the door, hit one with a gun, knocked over the next one and had a big shotgun held to another. “‘Move! Move! I haven’t killed a white guy all day,’ I yelled. “Later the director asked, ‘Where did you study? I said ‘Bonds, Piggly Wiggly, CVS drug stores, poker games.’ -
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@rapido said in Movie review thread...:
I really enjoyed the movie, only saw it 6 weeks ago, but I cant even remember a Gurney character in the movie. My memory (lack of) is starting to worry me...
Grumpy guy played by Josh Brolin at the start. Disappears the moment shit hits the fan
Josh Brolin reached his zenith of expression as a CGI Green Monster from Titan.
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Munich: Edge of War Set in 1938 when Chamberlain is appeasing Hitler.
Plot: Brave German Civil Servant/Diplomat & British Civil Servant/Diplomat try to stop Chamberlain selling out.
Dire, boring and predictable. 2 Panzer Divisions out of 5 Dunkirk Evacuations
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@mn5 think that was one of his first self harm reviews...?
I'd also like to think that particular review was memorable.
But maybe I didn't highlight the absolute "What-The-Fuck-ery" levels of that film. It really was a masterclass in Batshittery. -
@tim did it actually explain what the new John Travolta film was?
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@kiwiwomble Nope!
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@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
Riders of Justice
3.5 Mads out of 5 Livids
Not bad. Another Round was better though, that is a class film. The guy is a savage actor. Always believable.
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@kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@tim did it actually explain what the new John Travolta film was?
I’m thinking “Perfect”. Which of course was a wildly inaccurate title.
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@machpants I don't know what his social stances are, but those three videos I could not agree more with.
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@machpants said in Movie review thread...:
I totally disagree with many of his social stances, but fuck me I agree with his movie criticism! This line should be inserted to many modern moveies (most recently for Matrix 4) "work of retarded genius"
Following on from:
We have the so so true
He's great. Does he have social stances? I thought he just reviewed movies while hammered.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
He's great. Does he have social stances? I thought he just reviewed movies while hammered.
ah so that's what @Kruse looks like
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i started writing a longer reply, what i agreed with and what i didn't, realised it boiled down to he makes very valid points, he just presents it all like "old man yells at clouds" which almost undermines his points for me, almost
i do agree though, i dont know why they dont change up more aspects, people arent completely stupid, most realise there are only so many stories to tell so you change up the small details and it can feel different, the force awakens for example, it was supposed to be fan service, they wanted to give people what they missed from the originals after the prequels were so different...but yes, dont make rye and orphan on a desert planet, dont have a planet destroying weapon, just a fleet on first order ships doing some damage is enough and it would already feel different
havent mentioned the actual bad acting or huge character personality changes etc as i think that goes without saying
I think i have said this before in regards to the idea of a female bond for example, if they can come up with a good enough story then the protagonist shouldn't need to be called bond, just change up the names and make an "original" character...if you need them to be called bond to get bums in seats for a female spy movie.....then it might not be a very good story
im torn with jurassic world though...it was very deliberate in the fact the new park was built on the bones of the old one to talk about how people just make the same mistakes, they obviously want to make move off the nostalgia....but they came up with a reason for it at least
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@kiwiwomble Your comment re Bond, I liken it to Point Break, they had a classic movie, and instead of re-hashing it under another name (see Fast and Furious with the same plot) they gave the same name...automatically I hated it and i hadnt even seen it.
But I am easy to please when it comes to Movies/TV, I like to watch what I watch, I enjoy it, or I don't, often I dont need character depth or plot twists or background, just a movie to enjoy, or I wont enjoy it.
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@taniwharugby generally agree, i really enjoy lots of "bad" films, but IF we're going to critique...then
Riders of Justice (2020) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Comedy, Drama
