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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Big Liam did his career in reverse to lots of actors. Did a range of roles in his younger days and then became an action star as a pensioner, whereas other guys do the action when (relatively) younger and then try to do more character roles when older to prove they can act.
I think his performances in Schindlers List and Rob Roy were outstanding but yeah, his career trajectory is a funny old one as mentioned on here numerous times.
This scene here gets me EVERY time. So powerful.
This one is good for showing managers how to motivate for higher performance
It cut the bit where the topless hottie had a whinge at him and called him a child.
Gosh that gun sure was powerful.
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How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering acting.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering performance.
All three main actors deserved some sort of award. Feinnes was SO hatable. It really threw me seeing him as such a nice guy in the English Patient…..
….and conversely it threw me seeing Ben Kingsley go from a mild mannered accountant to this !!!!
All the supporting actors were amazing too.
Tom Hanks won that year I believe. So woke.
Spielberg is a movie making genius.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Gratuitous nudity and Ana de Armas
plot twist, all you see is JFK's cock
Ahh, fuck it, I'm still in
I’m a bit concerned. Are her tits big enough ?
No. but neither were Ashley Judd's/ Mira Sorvino's and I still liked that movie.
A mate of mine wants to know when they got their boobs out?
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering performance.
All three main actors deserved some sort of award. Feinnes was SO hatable. It really threw me seeing him as such a nice guy in the English Patient…..
….and conversely it threw me seeing Ben Kingsley go from a mild mannered accountant to this !!!!
All the supporting actors were amazing too.
Tom Hanks won that year I believe. So woke.
Spielberg is a movie making genius.
Hanks won Best Actor - Fiennes was in line for Best Supporting Actor but it went to Tommy Lee Jones for the Fugitive.
But yeah, early signs of wokism.
Plus The Piano. The fucking Piano for Christ's sake.
I'm off now to drink too much gin, listen to Leonard Cohen and search for a razor blade.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
I'm off now to drink too much gin, listen to Leonard Cohen and search for a razor blade.
Recommend "Songs to Slit Your Wrists By" from his Blue Raincoat period
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering performance.
All three main actors deserved some sort of award. Feinnes was SO hatable. It really threw me seeing him as such a nice guy in the English Patient…..
….and conversely it threw me seeing Ben Kingsley go from a mild mannered accountant to this !!!!
All the supporting actors were amazing too.
Tom Hanks won that year I believe. So woke.
Spielberg is a movie making genius.
Ah, fuck, now I've added Sexy Beast to the download queue.
Every time I watch it, I forget that there's actually a heist at the end of it - the "set-up" in the Spanish (?) villa could/should be a movie in its own right. A standalone single-set.
Would make an excellent play, when I think about it.
A fucking brilliant profanity-laden play.
The TSF edit, with the word "fluffybunny" substituted - spat with full vehemence - would also a good watch. -
@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
How Ralph Fiennes didn't win an Oscar for that performance is beyond me. Staggering performance.
All three main actors deserved some sort of award. Feinnes was SO hatable. It really threw me seeing him as such a nice guy in the English Patient…..
….and conversely it threw me seeing Ben Kingsley go from a mild mannered accountant to this !!!!
All the supporting actors were amazing too.
Tom Hanks won that year I believe. So woke.
Spielberg is a movie making genius.
Ah, fuck, now I've added Sexy Beast to the download queue.
Every time I watch it, I forget that there's actually a heist at the end of it - the "set-up" in the Spanish (?) villa could/should be a movie in its own right. A standalone single-set.
Would make an excellent play, when I think about it.
A fucking brilliant profanity-laden play.Watched it last night actually.
Kingsley was just awesome, movie on the whole not quite as much although Ray Winstone and the guy who played Lovejoy were good too.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
I'm watching Schindler's List for the 1st time.
Spreading it over 2 nights cos too long and kids.
Got about an hour to go.
So far it's not very funny.
Don’t bother mate. I was told it was a three tissue movie and do you know, not one wank worthy moment.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
I'm watching Schindler's List for the 1st time.
Spreading it over 2 nights cos too long and kids.
Got about an hour to go.
So far it's not very funny.
Don’t bother mate. I was told it was a three tissue movie and do you know, not one wank worthy moment.
Fuck that is great ferning from you two.
It’s a wonderful world when you can take the piss out of one of the most harrowing movies of all time and not offend anyone
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I recognised Leonard from Shortland St.
I could name about half of them but I’m a pretty big deal when it comes to movie knowledge
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The BFI recently restored a "lost" British thriller that has a cult reputation. It was financed by the Coal Pension Board, and shot on 35 mm film for international TV and limited theatrical release, but only played at film festivals and sporadically on TV. There was a dodgy VHS release for a short time.
The film is The Appointment (1980, 1981, or 1982, depending on the source), stars Edward Woodward, and is kind of like a very British cross between Don't Look Now and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
It is also excellent, and is a chilling atmospheric thriller, with some wonderful set pieces.
4.5/5, despite being sourced from a 1" broadcast tape.
The vanishing British horror: unearthing The Appointment
The Wicker Man star Edward Woodward headlines this story of strange psychic forces from the start of the video nasty era. But since its release, The Appointment has been extremely difficult to see.
Apparently it's available to stream from Apple and Amazon in the UK.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
The BFI recently restored a "lost" British thriller that has a cult reputation. It was financed by the Coal Pension Board, and shot on 35 mm film for international TV and limited theatrical release, but only played at film festivals and sporadically on TV. There was a dodgy VHS release for a short time.
The film is The Appointment (1980, 1981, or 1982, depending on the source), stars Edward Woodward, and is kind of like a very British cross between Don't Look Now and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
It is also excellent, and is a chilling atmospheric thriller, with some wonderful set pieces.
4.5/5, despite being sourced from a 1" broadcast tape.
The Wicker Man star Edward Woodward headlines this story of strange psychic forces from the start of the video nasty era. But since its release, The Appointment has been extremely difficult to see.
Apparently it's available to stream from Apple and Amazon in the UK.
On it
Thanks
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The Appointment (1982) ⭐ 6.2 | Horror
