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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
I'd say it's just a matter of time before Back to the Future gets remade. I cringe to think about it. I'm just glad they haven't touched the Goonies yet. But I guess the idea of a bunch of kids voluntarily going outside and riding their bikes is a foreign concept these days.
The Goonies was so woke and ahead of its time. They had an Asian AND a fat kid in the group.
Don't forget the guy with a disability.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
I'd say it's just a matter of time before Back to the Future gets remade. I cringe to think about it. I'm just glad they haven't touched the Goonies yet. But I guess the idea of a bunch of kids voluntarily going outside and riding their bikes is a foreign concept these days.
The Goonies was so woke and ahead of its time. They had an Asian AND a fat kid in the group.
And girls that actually did stuff and weren't just there to be rescued. With the rise in Vampire films not so long ago I'm surprised they didn't remake the Lost Boys
There are actually sequels. They appear to be so horrible that thankfully nobody acknowledges their existence. God it's tragic what happened to Corey Haim.
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@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
Like everything around AI, the issue for me isn't that they are using AI instead of humans. It's if we are not told.
Well that and stupidity. I once struggled to convince a Sales Director in Singapore that we didn't actually have hobbits in NZ!
well they have them in Indonesia
Meet Homo floresiensis: The Real-life Hobbits of Indonesia
Uncover the fascinating story of Homo floresiensis discovery and the implications it holds for human evolutionary origins.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
It's the patter; bullshit claims of secrecy, avoidance of details, etc.
From personal experience, Lee sounds pretty normal to me.
My ex-FiL (WO1 in the REME) would talk about his military career pretty openly, but never, ever about his time in Oman in the early-70's. We only found out after his death he was involved with running transport for the Hereford folks.
PS: Niven's record is pretty well documented and he opened up about his war experiences just before he died. It was pretty horrific and the experiences haunted him all his life and that was the main reason he never talked about them.
and Michael Caine. When I read in detail his account I understood why he seldom talked about it but why his acting in Harry Brown felt so genuine.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
It's the patter; bullshit claims of secrecy, avoidance of details, etc.
From personal experience, Lee sounds pretty normal to me.
My ex-FiL (WO1 in the REME) would talk about his military career pretty openly, but never, ever about his time in Oman in the early-70's. We only found out after his death he was involved with running transport for the Hereford folks.
PS: Niven's record is pretty well documented and he opened up about his war experiences just before he died. It was pretty horrific and the experiences haunted him all his life and that was the main reason he never talked about them.
and Michael Caine. When I read in detail his account I understood why he seldom talked about it but why his acting in Harry Brown felt so genuine.
Bleak film, that.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
It's the patter; bullshit claims of secrecy, avoidance of details, etc.
From personal experience, Lee sounds pretty normal to me.
My ex-FiL (WO1 in the REME) would talk about his military career pretty openly, but never, ever about his time in Oman in the early-70's. We only found out after his death he was involved with running transport for the Hereford folks.
PS: Niven's record is pretty well documented and he opened up about his war experiences just before he died. It was pretty horrific and the experiences haunted him all his life and that was the main reason he never talked about them.
and Michael Caine. When I read in detail his account I understood why he seldom talked about it but why his acting in Harry Brown felt so genuine.
Bleak film, that.
Great though
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Bleak film, that.
True, but living on an estate in a not so nice area, knowing older men with a similar level of communication, it felt real to me, I forgot he was acting.
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Agreed. One I've watched a few times and will again sometime.
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Watching the Glickenhaus/Walken action flick, McBain. Good 80s style action so far, great opening scene in Vietnam.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Watching the Glickenhaus/Walken action flick, McBain. Good 80s style action so far, great opening scene in Vietnam.
That’s not McBain !!!
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Watching the Glickenhaus/Walken action flick, McBain. Good 80s style action so far, great opening scene in Vietnam.
That’s not McBain !!!
That's exactly who I was thinking about, the Arnie inspired Simpsons version
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Any list without Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is meritless
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Fun facts/coincidences re Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Two actors appeared in both CCBB and Goldfinger - Gert Frobe and Desmond Llewelyn. Goldfinger was written of course by Ian Fleming, as was CCBB.
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Not forgetting of course…
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Another icon
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Too many wheels...
McBain (1991) ⭐ 4.9 | Action, Crime, Drama
