Movie review thread...
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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.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
I can’t imagine Harrison has ever given a fuck.
Carrie Fisher might beg to differ.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Sigourney Weaver was very good.
She always is. Recently been trying to find Snowcake (with her & Alan Rickman) to watch. Saw it yonks ago - brilliant film.
Master Gardener now on my list...
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Can I recommend Showgirls ?
Which one? There's dozens on IMDB. (Asking for a friend)
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Extraction 2
Someone watched
Proof of LifeExtraction and thought to do a garbage homage in a mashup style of Matrix Reloaded and John Wick 4. -
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Extraction 2
Someone watched
Proof of LifeExtraction and thought to do a garbage homage in a mashup style of Matrix Reloaded and John Wick 4.I didn't get out of the Georgian prison
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Extraction 2
Someone watched
Proof of LifeExtraction and thought to do a garbage homage in a mashup style of Matrix Reloaded and John Wick 4.This is quite an accurate summary ..I do enjoy this genre but even i fell asleep and I am not willing to blame the shiraz..
