Movie review thread...
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
So, for no reason at all I'm channel surfing and come across 'Highlander'.
My god what a terrible movie.
How:
- Did I like this back in the day?
- Was this so popular?
- Was Christopher Lambert ever considered an actor?
Funny as fuck to rewatch now.
Admittedly the sound track by Queen is kinda ok
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@victor-meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
That’s what they all say until they get cancelled.
Who?
Our job here is done.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Jake has done some dire stuff mixed in with the good. Most of his dreadful stuff is so arty like it’s supposed to be bad except for the very clever people that “get it”.
To be fair - he did an excellent job of portraying a man disconnected from reality with nothing to make him likeable.
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@booboo I started it a few years ago, realised it had aged terribly so turned it off after 5 or 10 mins so it wouldn't sully my good memories of it.
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
So, for no reason at all I'm channel surfing and come across 'Highlander'.
My god what a terrible movie.
How:
- Did I like this back in the day?
- Was this so popular?
- Was Christopher Lambert ever considered an actor?
Funny as fuck to rewatch now.
Wow. I haven't watched it for over 30 years, and only watched it the once. But, this still be the most upsetting post I've read for a long time.
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
So, for no reason at all I'm channel surfing and come across 'Highlander'.
My god what a terrible movie.
How:
- Did I like this back in the day?
- Was this so popular?
- Was Christopher Lambert ever considered an actor?
Funny as fuck to rewatch now.
Not to mention Sean Connery's Scottish brogue playing an apparently Spanish immortal who went to Japan for a while and brought back a samurai sword
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@rapido said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
So, for no reason at all I'm channel surfing and come across 'Highlander'.
My god what a terrible movie.
How:
- Did I like this back in the day?
- Was this so popular?
- Was Christopher Lambert ever considered an actor?
Funny as fuck to rewatch now.
Wow. I haven't watched it for over 30 years, and only watched it the once. But, this still be the most upsetting post I've read for a long time.
I think the final nail in the coffin was the sneakers and jeans that Connor wore
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@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
@rapido even Connery couldn't save it.
I think he's the reason it sucks. Pretty sure he did the CGI.
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@bones said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Jake has done some dire stuff mixed in with the good. Most of his dreadful stuff is so arty like it’s supposed to be bad except for the very clever people that “get it”.
To be fair - he did an excellent job of portraying a man disconnected from reality with nothing to make him likeable.
That is damn accurate.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
I remember Heather being quite hot
She's sort of a Helene Bonham Carter lookalike. Not as good as I remembered
And he looks so Scottish. Tee hee hee.
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I’m currently trying to watch a Netflix film called Last Man Down. The cast is mainly meat-headed scandis or are they Bulgarians? Fuck knows. It promises violence and in this it delivers, however the cut and paste sfx render it all laughable.
I would like @Kruse to review this as my vocabulary can not do justice to the awfulness of this travesty.
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Last Man Down.
When the big biceps Norwegian writes and stars you know it will be a classic Chuck Norris meets Sly Stone in slowburning rural Ikea action:
John Wood left the pieces of a *broken civilisation* behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world.Teaches the Norwegians for running down their train systems (but all those reindeer crashes can't help)..
Lack of maintenance could lead to train crisis for Norwegian passengers - Norway Today
The train park in Norway is getting older, and NSB is experiencing daily problems due to old equipment. The Norwegian train company believe they need...
Back to this Nordic Nah action movie:
Judging by the quality of the bio, main actor/writer Daniel wrote it himself as well.
Daniel Stisen - Biography - IMDb
Daniel Stisen. Actor: Last Man Down. Daniel Stisen was born in Mandal, a small town in southern Norway, and grew up in a family of seven. He was the oldest in the family. Daniel's inspiration was his father, who himself was a bodybuilder running his own gym. He was involved in body building...
NB Director is Swedish. There is a lady from Moldova, and this bio of the other big guy Suggests He Wrote It Himself As Well: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2929043/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3Daniel Nehme was born In Lebanon And Later Grew Up In Sweden From The Tender Age Of 3. As A Young Adult Daniel Moved To London In 2001 Where He Currently Works and Lives. Daniel Is An Extremly Passionate Multifasseted Actor Who Spent Alot Of His Time Constantly Studying Researching And Perfecting His Craft and Variety Of Skills Leading Him to make the Decision He Always Wanted To Do which Was To Become a Highly Regarded World Class Professional Actor. Daniel Is Always Looking for New ways To Keep Improving His Skills and By Constantly Making Progress and continue Learning New things Along The Way. In recent years, Daniel also forged himself a successful career in sports, fitness, martial arts and body building. What Makes Daniel Stand Out in many ways Is The Fact That before focusing his sights onto acting. In addition to being an actor, Daniel is an academic, speaking 5 languages fluently and is also a qualified professional Dental surgeon. Having earned a DDS degree in dentistry, Daniel has also worked as a Dentist for Many Years, before he made the transition into acting, which is his Biggest Passion in life. As An Actor Daniel has trained both in London and in Los Angeles and has chosen to specialize in Method Acting due to his extremely intense methods of preparation for roles. A proactive talent, Daniel enjoys challenging, emotive and inspirational roles. With his physicality matching his mental prowess, Daniel is also keen to embrace large studio productions in additon to independent Films. -
@majorrage said in Movie review thread...:
Sing 2.
Same sort of thing as the first one, equally as brilliant. Look, if I didn't have kids I probably wouldn't go and watch, but I do. So I did. It's really well done, like most modern animated films. Had a few laugh out loud moments (once again, the auditions are hilarious) and even had a bit of emotion in parts. Really enjoyable, thoroughly recommend.
Also a reminder of just how excellent many U2 songs are. Shame that Bono has had to go all preachy.
5 perfectly cast Matthew McConaughy's out of 5 Auditions.
Thanks!
Given that we are stuck at home, we've been watching a new movie each morning. Yesterday was Sing, based on this recommendation, and it was awesome.
As a result, I'm looking for other not-everyone-has-heard-of-them films, particularly on Netflix, that we could show our 3-year old. Any suggestions?
We've been through most of Disney/Pixar already (e.g., Toys, Cars, most princess movies).
This week so far, we watched:
Luca, which was 4 hill climbs out of 5 pesto pastas
Bolt, which was 3.5 annoying cats out of 5 power woofs
Encanto, which was 2 annoying cousins out of 5 where the fuck is the villain
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@gt12 said in Movie review thread...:
As a result, I'm looking for other not-everyone-has-heard-of-them films, particularly on Netflix, that we could show our 3-year old. Any suggestions?
Mitchells vs the Machines - in my top 10 list of movies for 2021 (and I'm not a huge animation fan).
