Movie review thread...
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The Grey Man.
I liked this, action a plenty, bitof an underlying story.
Ana De Armas
3.5 so implausible moments out of 5 I guess that could be plausible...actually make it 4 cos Ana
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
The Grey Man.
I liked this, action a plenty, bitof an underlying story.
Ana De Armas
3.5 so implausible moments out of 5 I guess that could be plausible...actually make it 4 cos Ana
I'm reading the book at the moment... soooo much implausibility... but I can see how it would make a sweet dumb-action movie.
It's made me consider some sort of action-o-meter.... ie: action vs plausibility/brain-cells
eg:
Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.
Jack Reacher - around... 6/10? Maybe 7? There are some discussions which aren't in the middle of a firefight.
The Grey Man - seems to be about 8 or 9.... very basic storyline/dialogue progressing from action-scene to action-scene.
Shit... I see this becoming my weekend project...Oh - and anything with Ana in it becomes a 5 for me.
(5 fucking INCHES!!!... phwoooar!!!! Ah, shit. Should have said 6.) -
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
The Grey Man.
I liked this, action a plenty, bitof an underlying story.
Ana De Armas
3.5 so implausible moments out of 5 I guess that could be plausible...actually make it 4 cos Ana
Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.
use to really enjoy Matthew Reilly for a easy to follow fast paces read.....but the last few have been like someone trying to out Matthew Reilly Matthew Reilly...every one had a code name/call sign...everything over explained...recaps of stuff from previous chapters!
I just downloaded one more as its a new story and so with any luck it was just the series i was reading
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.
@Kiwiwomble TBF I reckon he writes his books almost like a movie script and would probably work better on the screen.
I think a few have been picked up by Studios having options to make them (Great Zoo of China is one I think) but these have been on the table for some years so dont think they will play out
much like another book I cant recall right now, that was a fast paced read probably better suited to the big screen, again, movie studios have had scripts written but I read it maybe 5 or 6 years back, may have even had an IMDB profile IIRC...(pretty sure the guy that wrote the book I am thinking of has done several other movie scripts anyway - hate when I cant remember crap like that)
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.
@Kiwiwomble TBF I reckon he writes his books almost like a movie script and would probably work better on the screen.
I think a few have been picked up by Studios having options to make them (Great Zoo of China is one I think) but these have been on the table for some years so dont think they will play out
much like another book I cant recall right now, that was a fast paced read probably better suited to the big screen, again, movie studios have had scripts written but I read it maybe 5 or 6 years back, may have even had an IMDB profile IIRC...(pretty sure the guy that wrote the book I am thinking of has done several other movie scripts anyway - hate when I cant remember crap like that)
god i hope not! that was so bad and was basically just jurasic park
i can see what you mean though
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@Kiwiwomble the one I am thinking of, I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, says it is in pre-production https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371249/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
Ha yeah I guess Jurassic Park inspired him to write that book!
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
Matthew Reilly - 10/10. Suitable for SEVERE ADHD.
@Kiwiwomble TBF I reckon he writes his books almost like a movie script and would probably work better on the screen.
I think a few have been picked up by Studios having options to make them (Great Zoo of China is one I think) but these have been on the table for some years so dont think they will play out
much like another book I cant recall right now, that was a fast paced read probably better suited to the big screen, again, movie studios have had scripts written but I read it maybe 5 or 6 years back, may have even had an IMDB profile IIRC...(pretty sure the guy that wrote the book I am thinking of has done several other movie scripts anyway - hate when I cant remember crap like that)
Yeah - he says himself that he writes books as if he's writing a movie script.
It's his biggest ambition to get a movie made of one of his books... I've always thought the Scarecrow books could maybe work. Great Zoo of China would be a cheap CGI nightmare.
But... he HAS had an actual movie made from a direct-to-script he wrote recently... released a couple of months ago. He insisted on directing it himself too, I believe. Interceptor. I've downloaded it, haven't brought myself around to watch it yet. I just know it's going to be bad. Pretty hungover today... might give it a go. Summerslam then Interceptor... give the brain a rest.
If I can get the Videostream/chromecast working .... these things are fucking great when they work - but then they just stop working out-of-the-blue, and it does my fucking head in. Nothing makes sense. youtube-chromecast works, but videostream-chromecast doesn't. Nothing has changed. -
Interceptor
Written and directed by Matthew Reilly
If that name doesn't mean anything to you, it's a pseudonym for "super dumb, and fairly fun".- Titwatch: zero
- Budget: low. It's pretty much a single-location movie. Total cast of: fuck-all.
- Cameo by Chris Hemsworth but - as his wife is the lead actress
- PC-box-ticking: unnecessary backstory of sexual harassment in the military; PLUS: unnecessary racist motivation for 1 minion
2.5 very vague/confused bad-guy motivations out of 5 "Holy shit the lead is a woman, AND the president of US is a woman? What is this - opposite-land?" 's.
Jesus - the motivation of the bad guy really was weird. Nuke 16 US cities because... something about his dad being an idiot and yet got handed a sweet ambassador-to-the-UN job? The system is slightly corrupt? So - nuke the whole fucking thing? Or - no - actually, getting paid to do it. By... somebody? -
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
Interceptor
Written and directed by Matthew Reilly
If that name doesn't mean anything to you, it's a pseudonym for "super dumb, and fairly fun".- Titwatch: zero
- Budget: low. It's pretty much a single-location movie. Total cast of: fuck-all.
- Cameo by Chris Hemsworth but - as his wife is the lead actress
- PC-box-ticking: unnecessary backstory of sexual harassment in the military; PLUS: unnecessary racist motivation for 1 minion
2.5 very vague/confused bad-guy motivations out of 5 "Holy shit the lead is a woman, AND the president of US is a woman? What is this - opposite-land?" 's.
Jesus - the motivation of the bad guy really was weird. Nuke 16 US cities because... something about his dad being an idiot and yet got handed a sweet ambassador-to-the-UN job? The system is slightly corrupt? So - nuke the whole fucking thing? Or - no - actually, getting paid to do it. By... somebody?it was real shit and not in a good way, I prefer D grade movies that at least don't try to be serious. 1.5 out of 5 would be generous and not worthy of any review.. if his writing his implausibility is low .. in movie making it was high, just stay away
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The Gray Man
Ryan Gosling is wooden, Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as always, Chris Evans is fucken great fun as the over the top bad guy, Ana De Armas is overrated.
Some of the action made Commando look like Saving Private Ryan the “bullshit set piece” needle was at absolute critical. Goslings plot armour was one of the strongest I have ever seen.
Pretty good fun though if you didn’t think too much about the ridiculous plot.
2.75 6 killed 4 out of 5 “boring!”
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
Fuck off.... I will cut you.
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
Fuck off.... I will cut you.
I will help sharpen your knife
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
Fuck off.... I will cut you.
Anyone who doesn't get a rise from this is probably gay
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
Fuck off.... I will cut you.
Anyone who doesn't get a rise from this is probably gay
As a great man once said... "King Arthur couldn't pull me out of that".
Fuck... I would LIVE in that. Working from home would take on a whole new meaning...I nearly understand @MN5 's point - Hurley and Selma are classics. But Ana... jesus, the legs, the tits, the face, and then she just pulls out some ridiculous fucking "I'm so innocent, can't you help me" eyes...
She's very, very fucking close to becoming my favourite colombian export.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Ana De Armas is overrated.
Mods, insta ban!
I’m not saying she’s not hot but she’s not Salma/Liz Hurley level.
Fuck off.... I will cut you.
Anyone who doesn't get a rise from this is probably gay
Actually that is pretty fucken decent. Perhaps she just looked rough in the movie ?
Still bronze behind Liz and Salma though
