Movie review thread...
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I saw The Gray Man at the cinema, liked it for what it was, think it's quite cinematic even though most people will see it on Netflix.
I didn't know it was based on books so had no issue with the casting of Gosling.
I actually thought it was a better Bourne than the last two Bournes (Hawkeyes one and Damons final one).
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The issue I have with it, and most of these style thrillers now is that they all have to be hero gets double crossed by their superiors. All the fudging time. Slightly off topic but I want to see a pure Mission Impossible movie like the TV show where they get given a mission and they do it, and the difficult stuff is the mission and not their bosses or a shadowy group within the CIA etc etc.
##endspoilerDoes it come with implausible plot hinges such as lazily written technology solutions to keep driving the story forward?
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@antipodean absolutely that seems the new norm for this genre
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean absolutely that seems the new norm for this genre
would we say "new"?....implausible tech is kind of the backbone of Bond
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean absolutely that seems the new norm for this genre
would we say "new"?....implausible tech is kind of the backbone of Bond
Yeah, in the same way we watched Batman...
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@antipodean not saying i dont enjoy films that use them
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
National Treasure
great movie unfairly shit on
Is it shit on? I thought the original is looked on quite fondly but 2 is looked on as a bit shit.
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@antipodean not sure too many have gone to the level of Taken 4 or whatever one it was...
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean not sure too many have gone to the level of Taken 4 or whatever one it was...
I mistakenly watched Taken 2. That's where that stopped thankfully. If they make a Wick IV (V ?) I won't be watching that either.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
If they make a Wick IV (V ?) I won't be watching that either.
There is a sneak peak trailer for John Wick 4 from Comic-Con. I haven't seen it myself.
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
If they make a Wick IV (V ?) I won't be watching that either.
There is a sneak peak trailer for John Wick 4 from Comic-Con. I haven't seen it myself.
Cue more wooden acting from Keanu and absurdly contrived action scenes. If the producers had a sense of humour, they'd compile a mash up of the first three movies and nothing else.
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@Tim just as a gauge, did you like the first 3?
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@Kiwiwomble I saw the first John Wick and did not like it. It quickly became very boring. That is the only one I have seen.
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@Kirwan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I love John Wick - they’re like those 80s movies that @Tim loves, except watchable.
First one was funny. The rest didn't have the same absurdity.
Maybe Keanu’s limitations as an actor make it difficult to sustain a story arc over a series? See also: The Matrix trilogy.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@Kirwan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I love John Wick - they’re like those 80s movies that @Tim loves, except watchable.
First one was funny. The rest didn't have the same absurdity.
Maybe Keanu’s limitations as an actor make it difficult to sustain a story arc over a series? See also: The Matrix trilogy.
He’s actually fucken terrible and not in a good ‘Arnie” way either.
