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Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
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Anyone seen The Northman? Alexander Skaarsgad and Nicole Kidman?
Don’t bother, it’s utter shite.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Anyone seen The Northman? Alexander Skaarsgad and Nicole Kidman?
Don’t bother, it’s utter shite.
Good enough for me. It wasn’t on the list but I’ll cross it off if it ever appears.
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so...been a long couple of weeks, wife was at a work thing on friday might, something a while back and made me think about watching Lord of the Rings again so i ordered a pizza, gabbed a couple of beers (Panhead XPA and Balter hazy)...and cracked out the extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring.....for the second half i went with a bottle of Cardona barrel strength....after three and a bit hours i was more drunk than the wife when she got home...fuck it was good, the only thing that didn;t hold up was the quality of the rip i had done on the old dvd's so have re ripped the other two at higher resolutions...great night in...would recommend
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
Yeah when I say gritty I just mean he doesn't look as movie star as Keanu. But yes the final part is just ridiculous good fun
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
Yeah when I say gritty I just mean he doesn't look as movie star as Keanu. But yes the final part is just ridiculous good fun
Yeah - I enjoyed it, except the final part. @Nepia 's "adult Home Alone" is an excellent description... it was just jarring.
UNLESS - I forcibly put myself in a generous mood, and view it as an homage/piss-take of 80s/90s TV/movies (Home Alone meets the A-Team)... it suddenly 'works'. -
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
Yeah when I say gritty I just mean he doesn't look as movie star as Keanu. But yes the final part is just ridiculous good fun
spoiler/GOM
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why didn't he just throw the bloody explosives at the bad dude rather than strap them to that impossibly tough glass and run at him?
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
Yeah when I say gritty I just mean he doesn't look as movie star as Keanu. But yes the final part is just ridiculous good fun
spoiler/GOM
##spoiler
why didn't he just throw the bloody explosives at the bad dude rather than strap them to that impossibly tough glass and run at him?
##endspoiler##spoiler
Because claymores are directional weapons that are immediately detonated unless connected to a timing fuse. If he didn't do what he did it could've gone back at them.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Just watched Nobody
Starring the guy who plays Saul in Breaking Bad, it was a great Saturday night highly violent easy watch. Sorry of a grittier John Wick, ex-spook assassin trying to live a "normal" life accidentally pisses off Russian mafia sociopath and action ensues. A strong 8 booby traps out of 10 stolen Van Gogh paintings
I see this all the time about Nobody (assume Sorry is actually Sort) and it makes me chuckle.
The final scene is adult Home Alone and his Dad looks like he's in a panto.
Yeah when I say gritty I just mean he doesn't look as movie star as Keanu. But yes the final part is just ridiculous good fun
spoiler/GOM
##spoiler
why didn't he just throw the bloody explosives at the bad dude rather than strap them to that impossibly tough glass and run at him?
##endspoiler##spoiler
Because claymores are directional weapons that are immediately detonated unless connected to a timing fuse. If he didn't do what he did it could've gone back at them.
##endspoilerthanks I had no idea
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@MN5 i think not till 2023, i kind of remember being annoyed they were subsequent years...shit it would have been good if they filmed them at the same time and released them six months apart or somethign
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 i think not till 2023, i kind of remember being annoyed they were subsequent years...shit it would have been good if they filmed them at the same time and released them six months apart or somethign
Damn right. Just like they did with Back to the Future II and III !
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@MN5 yeah, i always thought it worked well for proper two parters, harry potter (whether people like them or not) did it and it keep the excitement up, LotR did year gaps but was an event for three years just before xmas i think?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 yeah, i always thought it worked well for proper two parters, harry potter (whether people like them or not) did it and it keep the excitement up, LotR did year gaps but was an event for three years just before xmas i think?
I think the issue with Dune is they could only get enough money for part 1, and part 2's existence relied on part 1 doing well enough for the funding.
I'm just glad it did well enough, in todays era of billion dollar box offices I was worried it would need to get near that for part 2 to be made. Luckily it only needed to be old school successful.
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@Nepia makes sense, would have thought a film that could get that many big stars to sign off wouldn't have funding issues, also a proven source material
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia makes sense, would have thought a film that could get that many big stars to sign off wouldn't have funding issues, also a proven source material
Yeah pre COVID I’m sure it was a no brainer it would do well but that make have been a factor along with loads of delays.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia makes sense, would have thought a film that could get that many big stars to sign off wouldn't have funding issues, also a proven source material
I'm not sure it's a proven source material to the general public, as opposed to us nerds. I think there was a lot of worry about how well it would do at the time despite having the most hyped director of the time.
I wonder if the stars got them a bit of extra money or helped them get the money?
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 yeah, i always thought it worked well for proper two parters, harry potter (whether people like them or not) did it and it keep the excitement up, LotR did year gaps but was an event for three years just before xmas i think?
I think the issue with Dune is they could only get enough money for part 1, and part 2's existence relied on part 1 doing well enough for the funding.
I'm just glad it did well enough, in todays era of billion dollar box offices I was worried it would need to get near that for part 2 to be made. Luckily it only needed to be old school successful.
One of the few movies I have got on UHD, just awesome
