Movie review thread...
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<p>That movie is fucking awesome. Saw it at the movies and it was terrifying (that trapped at the edge of space shit gets me every time. Fucking Alien...)</p>
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<p>Now that I've seen it a bunch of times it's lost some of it's appeal, but it's still a good one. </p>
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<p>It is, love the way Sam Neills character goes from straight laced geek to psycho as the movie progresses ( obviously the ship finds him the most easy to possess given he designed it and loves it so much ? )</p>
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<p>Beyond fucken excited about Alien:Covenant coming out. Set 10 years after Prometheus ( which I actually enjoyed more than most )</p>
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<p>We should have a "movies you can't help but watch no matter how many times you have seen them" thread.</p>
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<p>I watched Conan the Barbarian last night on Fox Classics for about the 20th time. That movie rules. </p> -
<p>Everest.</p>
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<p>Pretty good, a bit harrowing, especially the satellite calls between Rob and Jan. (The NZ 'accents' were a bit hard to listen to at times, ranged from tolerable to ghastly.) Really good cinematography, and showed how true it is about nature being able to fuck you over in the blink of an eye, and one small decision changing everything for many people.</p>
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<p>6 Sherpas sherping out of 10.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="591090" data-time="1466740521"><p>We should have a "movies you can't help but watch no matter how many times you have seen them" thread.<br><br>
I watched Conan the Barbarian last night on Fox Classics for about the 20th time. That movie rules.</p></blockquote>
Watched it again recently, still a great movie as you said. The sequel was shit though<br><br>
Nothing better then having a few guilty pleasures to watch from time time.<br>
Too of my list that I watch every year is Super 8 <br>
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<p>13 Hours in Benghazi: There's actually a decent action movie (Black Hawk Down style) in amongst this Michael Bay movie. But by god it's chessy, there's some lines that they appear to have pulled from a Nicholas Sparks film, some from an 80s action movie and some from a Republican rally.</p>
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<p>But the action and it's build up are generally decent, and a decent edit of the footage would make it watchable. </p>
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<p>2.5 God Bless America's out of 5.</p> -
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Went to see Eddie the Eagle, lots of heart warming amusement, very enjoyable film<br><br>
13 Hours, Secret Soldiers of Benghazi...supposedly based on a true story, but with Michael Bays direction, me thinks there were alot of liberties taken, plenty of US bravado...that being said, I did like it, plenty of guuns, explosions a bit of tension and being a true story I just knew Optimus Prime wasnt gonna save the day this time!<br></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="591366" data-time="1466826150"><p>
13 Hours in Benghazi: There's actually a decent action movie (Black Hawk Down style) in amongst this Michael Bay movie. But by god it's chessy, there's some lines that they appear to have pulled from a Nicholas Sparks film, some from an 80s action movie and some from a Republican rally.<br><br>
But the action and it's build up are generally decent, and a decent edit of the footage would make it watchable. <br><br>
2.5 God Bless America's out of 5.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Cell</p>
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<p>Sounded good, from what I heard the premise was 28 days later with Cellphones. John Cusacks character is at an airport and all of a sudden everyone using a mobile has turned into a bloodthirsty lunatic, luckily his ran out of batteries moments before. Some good scenes of carnage followed by him meeting up with Samuel L Jackson and various other folk. This was a Stephen King book so alarm bells should have rung right then and there ( for whatever reason his stuff never holds up on screen )....poorly paced, seemed rushed and had a few inconsistencies. SLJ gave a performance he could have done in his sleep and some of the explosions looked like they were from a bad 90s show. In fact the whole thing felt like a shit episode of the walking dead......</p>
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<p>Fucken stupid ending which made me annoyed I wasted an hour and a half of my life.</p>
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<p>1.5 Shafts out of 5 Jules Winfields.</p> -
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<span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>London has Fallen</strong>: What a shit movie. Shittest movie I've seen this year.</span></blockquote>
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<p>Saw it on the weekend. Didn't think the PM would resign so quickly.</p> -
<p>The Conjuring 2: Based off some paranormal story from '70s Britain (most consider it an elaborate hoax). Basically ghost demon attacks family so family calls in some famous paranormal investigators.</p>
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<p>A really good horror film, one of the best in recent times. Starts off slow and the kids aren't great actors (especially the main girl in the family) but Aussie director James Wan doesn't follow the same horror script all else follow, i.e jump scare, kids see ghost demon but adults don't, jump scare, someone investigates spooky shit in basement alone, jump scare and so on.</p>
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<p>Instead it's ghost demon attacks kids, ghost demon spooks family and anyone else visiting and everyone goes "LET'S GET THE FUCK OUTTA THIS HOUSE!", cause you know, as you would if you actually saw paranormal activity like that. The ghost demon is a standard James Wan creepy old lady but a scene involving one of the investigators and a painting is intense.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Sneakdefreak" data-cid="592375" data-time="1467027590"><p>The Conjuring 2: Based off some paranormal story from '70s Britain (most consider it an elaborate hoax). Basically ghost demon attacks family so family calls in some famous paranormal investigators.<br><br>
A really good horror film, one of the best in recent times. Starts off slow and the kids aren't great actors (especially the main girl in the family) but Aussie director James Wan doesn't follow the same horror script all else follow, i.e jump scare, kids see ghost demon but adults don't, jump scare, someone investigates spooky shit in basement alone, jump scare and so on.<br><br>
Instead it's ghost demon attacks kids, ghost demon spooks family and anyone else visiting and everyone goes "LET'S GET THE FUCK OUTTA THIS HOUSE!", cause you know, as you would if you actually saw paranormal activity like that. The ghost demon is a standard James Wan creepy old lady but a scene involving one of the investigators and a painting is intense.<br><br>
8/10</p></blockquote>
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<p>Cell</p>
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<p>Sounded good, from what I heard the premise was 28 days later with Cellphones. John Cusacks character is at an airport and all of a sudden everyone using a mobile has turned into a bloodthirsty lunatic, luckily his ran out of batteries moments before. Some good scenes of carnage followed by him meeting up with Samuel L Jackson and various other folk. <strong>This was a Stephen King book so alarm bells should have rung right then and there ( for whatever reason his stuff never holds up on screen ).</strong>...poorly paced, seemed rushed and had a few inconsistencies. SLJ gave a performance he could have done in his sleep and some of the explosions looked like they were from a bad 90s show. In fact the whole thing felt like a shit episode of the walking dead......</p>
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<p>Fucken stupid ending which made me annoyed I wasted an hour and a half of my life.</p>
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<p>1.5 Shafts out of 5 Jules Winfields.</p>
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<p>Carrie</p>
<p>The Shining</p>
<p>Shawshank Redemption</p>
<p>Green Mile</p>
<p>Dead Zone</p>
<p>Misery....</p>
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<p>5 stupid generalisations / 5 all time classics</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="dogmeat" data-cid="592881" data-time="1467233896"><p>Carrie<br>
The Shining<br>
Shawshank Redemption<br>
Green Mile<br>
Dead Zone<br>
Misery....<br><br>
5 stupid generalisations / 5 all time classics</p></blockquote>
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Cujo<br>
Pet Cemetary<br>
Christine<br>
Fire Starter<br><br>
Not great but definitely guilty pleasure movies <br><br>
DM you also missed out Stand by Me -
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<p>Carrie</p>
<p>The Shining</p>
<p>Shawshank Redemption</p>
<p>Green Mile</p>
<p>Dead Zone</p>
<p>Misery....</p>
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<p>5 stupid generalisations / 5 all time classics</p>
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<p>Fair Call, you got me on a few of those but the interweb wouldn't exist without people using sweeping generalisations to back things up so I stand by my initial sweep.</p> -
<p>Watched Exam the other night... I'd seen it years ago but forgot how it played out.</p>
<p>Premise is 8 candidates for a job are in a room with 8 desks and 8 pieces of blank paper with 8 pens.</p>
<p>They're told they have 80 minutes after which they will be asked the answer to "the question".</p>
<p>The movie follows the candidates as they try to figure out what the question is.</p>
<p>Very cheaply done, acting isn't the best, but the screenplay is pretty good and gets you thinking.</p>
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<p>Watched Exam the other night... I'd seen it years ago but forgot how it played out.</p>
<p>Premise is 8 candidates for a job are in a room with 8 desks and 8 pieces of blank paper with 8 pens.</p>
<p>They're told they have 80 minutes after which they will be asked the answer to "the question".</p>
<p>The movie follows the candidates as they try to figure out what the question is.</p>
<p><strong>Very cheaply done, acting isn't the best</strong>, but the screenplay is pretty good and gets you thinking.</p>
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<p>7/10</p>
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<p>.....and it still gets a 7 ????</p> -
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<p>Finally watched Deadpool.</p>
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<p>No where near as good as I expected but worth the watch.</p>
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<p>Won the DVD so will watch again.</p>
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<p>I thought it was good for what it was but I don't like Superhero movies on the whole so Baron told me I'm not allowed to comment.</p>
