Movie review thread...
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@bayimports I enjoyed it too, good fun action flick.
Thought Hugh Grant was excellent, never used to be a fan of anything he was in, but have come round since The Gentleman
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Watched Prometheus and Alien Covenant again over the last few days.
Though they got pretty poor reviews when they came out, thought they merited a re-watch and they were actually pretty damn good to watch. Fassbender in particular was outstanding as a villain.
4 Recycled plastic bags out of 5 Plastic Coffee cups
Both flawed but I’m a fan of them and I can’t wait for them to finish off Davids story as I’m sure they will.
Possibly let down by supposedly smart people ( geologists, scientists etc ) doing stupid things but that’s movies for ya.
Neither are a patch on Alien or Aliens but they’re pretty damn good and link the universe together well.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
King Richard
What an amazing story, even more miraculous because it’s true. Acting was good, but the story itself was the star. The film did a decent job trying to relay the dangerous life they had in Compton, showcased the strength of the family unit and the tennis was plausible. I didn't realise that the Williams pioneered the open stance groundstroke, but it was implied they were at the forefront, an excellent film on many levels. 5 flabbergasted coaches out of 5 GOATs
Saw it today.
Bawled in about 5 diff moments. Smiths speech about being every little black girl when going pro put me way over the edge.
Great film, incredible scting, phenomenal story.
All in all, I’m ok with 5/5.
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Avatar - way of water
on disney so finally watched it, just to be clear....very impressive visuals, although my point from earlier in the thread still stands, its SO cgi it actually feels animated
but...
bringing back the same bad guy?....lazy
immaculate conception of sigourney weavers character just so they can have a +75 year old acting as a tween?...lazy
inventing a new "unobtainium" to justify the genocide of water people rather than forest people?...lazy (why not purely make it about bringing who they saw as a traitor to "justice"?)
how many times can the kids get caught and escape....a least one could have been cut
and 98% of the film being set in the same setting (water)...just made the film very samey...and felt super long, i know films like dune have the same colour pallet for most of it but i felt they made it part of the brooding nature of the film...this was just real bluedont get me wrong, watched it all, wanted to see what happened in the end...really felt like it cold have done with an editor
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring the Stath, Aubrey Plaza, Hugh Grant, Carly Elwes and Josh Hartnett.
This was actually really fun, it's the Mission Impossible movie I've been wanting where the team has a mission and they do it and don't wind up being double crossed by their bosses (although they do have a competing team).
So I finally got to see this and actually agree with @Nepia .
Enjoyable movie, surprised it didn't last longer at the movies (well in Australia anyway), would have been good on a large screen
4 double crosses out of 5 billionaire gun runners
One of Guy Ritchie's poorer movies - the whole thing felt like paint by numbers in comparison to his other work. Hugh's character Greg looked like he walked straight off The Gentlemen as Fletcher into shooting this.
Still entertaining.
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@Kiwiwomble gave up after 15 minutes. Found it unwatchable, for pretty much the reasons that you cite. Didn't have your patience or your stamina.
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@Kiwiwomble agree with your points, seriously why did they make it even longer than the first? They could have cut out an hour and still kept their story, albeit re-hashed. Tough to finish
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Master Gardener
I love Paul Schrader, he might be my favourite film-maker. This one was a bit average by his standards, but was still the best thing that I've seen this year. A lot of subtle but great shots. Redemption through pussy eating.
3.5/5
Sigourney Weaver was very good.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Master Gardener
I love Paul Schrader, he might be my favourite film-maker. This one was a bit average by his standards, but was still the best thing that I've seen this year. A lot of subtle but great shots. Redemption through pussy eating.
3.5/5
Sigourney Weaver was very good.
Enjoyed it
Was hoping for more
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The Whale. Not exactly uplifting or fast-paced, but terrific acting. Well deserved Oscar for Brendan Fraser. Incredible performance
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@Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:
Avatar - way of water
on disney so finally watched it, just to be clear....very impressive visuals, although my point from earlier in the thread still stands, its SO cgi it actually feels animated
but...
bringing back the same bad guy?....lazy
immaculate conception of sigourney weavers character just so they can have a +75 year old acting as a tween?...lazy
inventing a new "unobtainium" to justify the genocide of water people rather than forest people?...lazy (why not purely make it about bringing who they saw as a traitor to "justice"?)
how many times can the kids get caught and escape....a least one could have been cut
and 98% of the film being set in the same setting (water)...just made the film very samey...and felt super long, i know films like dune have the same colour pallet for most of it but i felt they made it part of the brooding nature of the film...this was just real bluedont get me wrong, watched it all, wanted to see what happened in the end...really felt like it cold have done with an editor
Just on the topic of screen time, so many films are waaay too long now. It's like they want to provide value for money but there is so much crap and bloat. I believe they tacked on like an extra 30min to the Little Mermaid which is so dumb for a kids film.
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considering how much it costs to take a family of four to a movie, the cheap part of me actually applauds that
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After earlier this week watching (listening to):
Matrix Revolutions - ridiculously overdone orchestral score
Ghosted - typical tacky "popular music" score
... I felt obliged to watch No Country For Old Men.
Fuck - that's a refreshing soundtrack.
I remember the first time I watched it... I didn't realise what they'd done until the end-credits, and when there's a soft track starting to play... clicking: "oh shit".
On a re-watch - even being aware of it... it just fucking works. So good.
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
After earlier this week watching (listening to):
Matrix Revolutions - ridiculously overdone orchestral score
Ghosted - typical tacky "popular music" score
... I felt obliged to watch No Country For Old Men.
Fuck - that's a refreshing soundtrack.
I remember the first time I watched it... I didn't realise what they'd done until the end-credits, and when there's a soft track starting to play... clicking: "oh shit".
On a re-watch - even being aware of it... it just fucking works. So good.
Tit-watch: zero.You watch a lot of movies without tits. It seems to be making you ornery……
Can I recommend Showgirls ?
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Second Guy Ritchie review in a row: The Covenant
For obvious reason this hits a chord with me, but even accounting for that it's well scripted, acted and shot. The pacing is right on point and it never tries to over egg situations - you feel like thi entire premise is believable.
