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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Maaaatt Daaaamon isn't in it that much. Ed Burns annoys me more. And that he survived when all the cool guys were killed. Glad that guy and his shitty films have all but disappeared.
Spielberg was the absolute GOAT. Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, Indy 1-3, Purple, SL, Ryan, Jurassic Park. Hasn't done anything for a while though.
I refused to see Indy 4 and am fůcked if I'm watching the latest one. Seems like it's bombing worse than Dresden so I'm clearly not the only one who considers it an epic pisstake.
I like him. He’s pretty damn cool in my opinion. Paradoxically enough I agree with you on his movies though. Too independent and “talky” for me.
He came right in the end and fought well when they were defending the bridge.
I’ve heard Indy 5 is way better than 4 so I’m hoping for the best.
You're testing my love Bro. I'll get over it but it will take time....
There are only 3 Indy films. I take "Last Crusade" literally. I would rather them reboot the franchise like Bond than have Harrison Ford shuffle round. Now if they were to reboot the franchise with Short Round then take my money! Instead they have that weird looking pommie chick.
The end of Last Crusade was fitting. They should have left it like that.
After finally watching the much hated Indy 4 last week (after seeing 5 at the movies) I actually thought that the ending of that was fitting too.
But as a non Indy uber fan my thoughts on the franchise are pretty irrelevant to how others view it.
As an aside I listened to Fatman Beyond podcast the other day and even Kevin Smith was pretty negative about some of it (he's usually positive about stuff as he choses not to discuss stuff he doesn't like) but all of the stuff he was suggesting would improve it I disagreed with (mostly nostalgic stuff). Then Mark Bernadin did his criticism and I agreed with all the stuff he said and now Indy 5 is slightly less good in my memory.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Where are you hanging out?
I read film reviews
https://spotlightreport.net/featured/afflecks-new-masterpiece-argo-movie-reviewEven when it won the Oscar I don't remember people claiming it be an unimpeachable masterpiece. I don't think there was a stand out that year so any number of films could have won.
I'm not attacking you, I am just explaining why I think some people don't like Affleck.
Affleck isn't the problem with those movies - Snyder is.
Affleck is "the Batman", the Batman in a corset who phones in his lines. And he was in Gigli. And he got lots of media attention for the Lopez and Garner times..
Also, I never said Shakespeare was a bad movie either, just that it was a bad Oscar win.
But my original comment was to MN5 about Affleck: "Anything with Ben Affleck is unwatchable"--I didn't think so in Shakespeare in Love. I'm not saying that is a legendary Oscar-level film at all. I'm ambivalent about Affleck, he generally just seems uncharismatic and unenthused, in my opinion, as opposed to actors who actively annoy me.
Funnily enough Argo has a much better Rotten Tomatoes critics and audience score than I thought it would have. Maybe it's better than I thought.
I think Affleck is fine as Batman in poorly scripted and directed films (as a non Snyder fan).
Point taken on Shakespeare in Love in relation to Affleck as opposed to film itself.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
She's a slow old day when Ferners are having a heated discussion about the historical quality of Shakespeare in Love
I'm enjoying the change, as the anti Fozzie, anti Super rugby, sky is falling on NZ rugby tone of this place has worn me down a bit in recent weeks.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
She's a slow old day when Ferners are having a heated discussion about the historical quality of Shakespeare in Love
Could be worse. We could be discussing Sliding Doors...
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Maaaatt Daaaamon isn't in it that much. Ed Burns annoys me more. And that he survived when all the cool guys were killed. Glad that guy and his shitty films have all but disappeared.
Spielberg was the absolute GOAT. Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, Indy 1-3, Purple, SL, Ryan, Jurassic Park. Hasn't done anything for a while though.
I refused to see Indy 4 and am fůcked if I'm watching the latest one. Seems like it's bombing worse than Dresden so I'm clearly not the only one who considers it an epic pisstake.
I like him. He’s pretty damn cool in my opinion. Paradoxically enough I agree with you on his movies though. Too independent and “talky” for me.
I liked him in this though….
He came right in the end and fought well when they were defending the bridge.
I’ve heard Indy 5 is way better than 4 so I’m hoping for the best.
Big fan of Ed
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Just went through the list
1920-1999
Watched 502000-2009
Watched 72010-2019
Watched 52020-2023
Watched 1Best decade IMHO
1970-1979Patton
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
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@Victor-Meldrew I was a Ballard superfan when I saw it, so that may have biased me, but I was very disappointed by it. Probably impossible to adapt though, and I should revisit it as an older moviegoer.
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Haven't read much Ballard only a couple of short stories. Big fan of Cronenberg and remember enjoying it, though not in the same league as Videodrome or History of Violence
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@Victor-Meldrew I love Cronenberg, but that one didn't work for me.
Ballard's book is a like a thermonuclear blast.
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all the talk about Oscar candidates, let's get back to those the academy deems unworthy, because they don't address racial injustice. Three recommendations from me:
How about Upgrade (2018), it was a surprisingly fun little movie, even for people who don't really enjoy action movies (I don't - most of the time). Really neat camera work in the action scenes.
Barbarian had some of the most exciting 45 beginning minutes to a movie in a while -and then I was laughing my ass off (the measuring tape scene), and then it became a bit bland. Still, well worth a watch for the first half of it. Just unfortunate for the 2nd half.
I also liked The Worst Person in the World, a scandinavian movie about a woman and her complicated love life. Sounds gay (in a heterosexual way), but I enjoyed it a lot. Got weird, too.
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@Tordah said in Movie review thread...:
How about Upgrade (2018), it was a surprisingly fun little movie, even for people who don't really enjoy action movies (I don't - most of the time). Really neat camera work in the action scenes.
Got a 5/5 review from blu-ray.com the other day, so will definitely check it out.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Just went through the list
1920-1999
Watched 502000-2009
Watched 72010-2019
Watched 52020-2023
Watched 1Best decade IMHO
1970-1979Patton
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs. KramerCouldn't agree more. I've seen them all bar KvK as I didn't like the subject matter and found Meryl Streep very annoying - or at least she played very annoying people convincingly.
In fact apart from Patton, I've seen them all multiple times and will watch them all again no doubt.
