Movie review thread...
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Elvis
DISCLAIMER: Not an Elvis fan. Don't really have much time for him, but acknowledge his influence on popular culture and wider society. But it was Sunday night and we'd done nothing all day, so decided to ditch the kids and go do dinner-and-a-movie.
I had no expectations, so when the opening credits started, I thought "ah fuck here's another Luhrmann song-and-dance bullshit musical" (you'll know what I mean if you see it).
However, this settled down into a very solid and entertaining film, with a minimal dose of the whimsy Luhrmann usually brings. The subject matter is treated with a fair degree of gravity, and the lead actor was impressive. Very impressive actually. I'm told he lived and breathed Elvis for some time before production even started, and recorded some of the tracks himself.
With that performance, fluffybunny is set for life.
Hanks is Hanks. So good to watch him play the manipulative manager and narrator. There are a host of Aussies filling minor roles including David Wenham, Richard Roxburgh, Kodi-Smit McPhee, and others. Made in Queensland apparently - would have been easier to depict the 1950s I suppose
5 hounds dogs out of 5 suspicious minds.
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Just watched Maverickā¦.hands down the best film Iāve seen in years, Iām sure there are faults but I was enjoying it too much to notice or remember them
Disappointed they wrapped things up so well as very unlikely to be another
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Disappointed they wrapped things up so well as very unlikely to be another
They be runnin' out of old bitches to match up with Tom Cruise's immortality.
On that: I thought they could at least have given him a touch of grey at the temples.
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@JC said in Movie review thread...:
Death in Brunswick is on Prime. Iād forgotten how brilliant it is. John Clarke was a genius.
I think that was the first ever black-comedy I ever watched in my life. Must have been aged 18 ro 20. I dont think i even knew that was a genre back then.
I think a flatmate got it out on video, so i knew nothing about what i was about to watch.was quite a surprise.
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i dont think ive seen a movie in the cinema twice since the OG jurassic park...Maverick might break that streak
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Scene of the year. Gage white-knights for Aisha and explains white privilege to the boys.
I downloaded and watched it last night, inspirational and genuinely hilarious satire, they time-travel to the future (today) and theyāre not holding back.
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Training Day
Always worth a re watch every few yearsā¦ā¦Denzil and Ethan are just outstanding and thereās a great support cast too.
Thereās some things I find weird and canāt get my head around thoughā¦ā¦
Who was Roger, an ex cop or a drug dealer ? Or both ? Why did they visit him beforehand ?
How did they know that hustling Snoops character would lead them to a drug dealer with a lazy 40 grand in his room to bribe the three corrupt cops?
What happened after the Latino guys ( and Cliff Curtis ) let Hoyt go ? Was it āsorry for trying to execute you, youāre free to goāā¦ā¦I find it hard to believe there were no repercussions there.
Bloody good flick though.
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Elvis movie was significantly better than I expected it to be. Didnāt think the guy looked enough like him, but his voice and mannerisms were uncanny. Probably the best representation of him yet.
Structure of the movie puts the music front and centre and doesnāt shy away from how naive Presley was and how evil The Colonel was. End was pretty emotional.
Excellent movie. 5 Elvis the Pelvis out of 5.
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@Kirwan I agree, (Iām not as high on the rating though) although I thought he looked enough like him to accurately portray him yet not too much like an impersonator.
Itās a very Baz film so I guess peoples enjoyment will depend on how they like his style.
I listen to Hanks on a podcast and he noted it was rewritten when he had Covid after discussions with Priscilla and other people who knew the colonel. Apparently the version we see is much softer on him than the original script.
The end was pretty dust in the eye despite the fact we all know how it ends.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Training Day
Always worth a re watch every few yearsā¦ā¦Denzil and Ethan are just outstanding and thereās a great support cast too.
Thereās some things I find weird and canāt get my head around thoughā¦ā¦
Who was Roger, an ex cop or a drug dealer ? Or both ? Why did they visit him beforehand ?
How did they know that hustling Snoops character would lead them to a drug dealer with a lazy 40 grand in his room to bribe the three corrupt cops?
What happened after the Latino guys ( and Cliff Curtis ) let Hoyt go ? Was it āsorry for trying to execute you, youāre free to goāā¦ā¦I find it hard to believe there were no repercussions there.
Bloody good flick though.
Hated that movie. Never re-watched.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan I agree, (Iām not as high on the rating though) although I thought he looked enough like him to accurately portray him yet not too much like an impersonator.
Itās a very Baz film so I guess peoples enjoyment will depend on how they like his style.
I listen to Hanks on a podcast and he noted it was rewritten when he had Covid after discussions with Priscilla and other people who knew the colonel. Apparently the version we see is much softer on him than the original script.
The end was pretty dust in the eye despite the fact we all know how it ends.
Gee, Iād hate to see the harsher version. It was not a sympathetic portrayal at all.
Agree about the Baz style, but it works so well with the music leading the story.
The ending was brutal.
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@Kirwan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan I agree, (Iām not as high on the rating though) although I thought he looked enough like him to accurately portray him yet not too much like an impersonator.
Itās a very Baz film so I guess peoples enjoyment will depend on how they like his style.
I listen to Hanks on a podcast and he noted it was rewritten when he had Covid after discussions with Priscilla and other people who knew the colonel. Apparently the version we see is much softer on him than the original script.
The end was pretty dust in the eye despite the fact we all know how it ends.
Gee, Iād hate to see the harsher version. It was not a sympathetic portrayal at all.
Agree about the Baz style, but it works so well with the music leading the story.
The ending was brutal.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Training Day
Always worth a re watch every few yearsā¦ā¦Denzil and Ethan are just outstanding and thereās a great support cast too.
Thereās some things I find weird and canāt get my head around thoughā¦ā¦
Who was Roger, an ex cop or a drug dealer ? Or both ? Why did they visit him beforehand ?
How did they know that hustling Snoops character would lead them to a drug dealer with a lazy 40 grand in his room to bribe the three corrupt cops?
What happened after the Latino guys ( and Cliff Curtis ) let Hoyt go ? Was it āsorry for trying to execute you, youāre free to goāā¦ā¦I find it hard to believe there were no repercussions there.
Bloody good flick though.
Hated that movie. Never re-watched.
Nope great movie, try again
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Looks a hoot
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Clean
We all know the tried and true story of "there's this guy, right - just trying to live a modest life, despite his violent past. Until something happens, and he's dragged back into being a hard-ass mo-fo, (probably to protect some young girl he's formed an attachment to)".
What we never knew was that we'd all missed out on the obvious version of that "modest life" - a garbage man. Until now.
Adrien Brody has now fixed that oversight, thank god.And who best to provide the soundtrack to such a fundamental story? Adrien Brody.
That's right: Original Music/Score: Adrien Brody. Every second song in the credits is accredited to "Brody Beats".I'm not sure much more needs to be said. But...
- Tit-watch: zero
- Repeated flashbacks bulking up runtime: maybe 33% of runtime? (Despite which... I'm still not sure what actually happened.)
- Unnecessary close-ups of Adrien Brody's torso - 1 overly long scene
- Methods in which Adrien Brody is shown to be a swell guy:
- drives a "souped-up" car;
- feeds a stray dog;
- finds "scrap" during his garbage collection, uses that to restore shit, sells that shit to a pawn shop, uses proceeds to buy dodgy "seconds" paint, uses this lead-based paint to paint abandoned houses;
- doesn't use the hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in "past-life-suitcase" to do anything, until the obvious murderous rampage;
creeps onbefriends a pre-teen girl;- doesn't accept prescription for painkillers when legitimately offered.
1 "is that a home-made silencer for a shotgun which you've just sawn the stock off, and then are only going to use AFTER you've driven a fucking garbage truck into a house?" ...
... out of 5 "how did you ever even figure out who the Big Bad was, when there's been nothing to attach him to this?"
