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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Watched this last night
Good yarn
Usual suspects from the Aussie acting school
3.5 bonobos out of 5 chimps
Obi Wan looks so uncivilised with that in his hand
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Watched this last night
Good yarn
Usual suspects from the Aussie acting school
3.5 bonobos out of 5 chimps
Obi Wan looks so uncivilised with that in his hand
And "Brenton Thwaites" - looks like he probably has about the same acting-range as teenage Anakin.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@Kruse Same director as The Color of Night, which I believe should be watched as a farce.
Yeah - I believe you've mentioned that once or twice... maybe one for next week, once I've soothed my poor brain with some nice simple dumb Michael Bay or some shit.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Watched this last night
Good yarn
Usual suspects from the Aussie acting school
3.5 bonobos out of 5 chimps
IIRC this may have been then first movie I remember seeing Alicia Vikander in and then I was subsequently surprised to find out she wasn't Australian.
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LA Confidential
I can’t believe this is only the second time I’ve seen this. You forget that Russ looked like this…..
Instead of this….
……and the good old innocent days before Kevin Spacey was exposed as a sex pest.
Guy Pierce very good as well, the whole thing is definitely stylish and entertaining but possibly a bit contrived.
Oh Kim Basinger looked lovely too.
3.25 hookers that look like movie stars out of 5 crooked cops
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I really enjoyed LA Confidential and would score it a solid 4/5, with the only thing grating for me was Danny DeVito’s running commentary.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
I really enjoyed LA Confidential and would score it a solid 4/5, with the only thing grating for me was Danny DeVito’s running commentary.
Short people talk a lot to make up for their stature
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
I really enjoyed LA Confidential and would score it a solid 4/5, with the only thing grating for me was Danny DeVito’s running commentary.
Short people talk a lot to make up for their stature
My wife says Hi.
Well, she actually says a lot more than that generally.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
I really enjoyed LA Confidential and would score it a solid 4/5, with the only thing grating for me was Danny DeVito’s running commentary.
Short people talk a lot to make up for their stature
My wife says Hi.
Well, she actually says a lot more than that generally.
Yes, short chicks are awesome.
Even shorter bald loudmouth Italian Americans less so.
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That seals it for me
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@Catogrande The first sentence, right?
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
once I've soothed my poor brain with some nice simple dumb Michael Bay or some shit.
you make it sound like there is a non-simple non-dumb Michael Bay version!
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Ghostbusters Afterlife.
I'd heard some bad reviews for this movie, but I enjoyed it. The story has lots of references to the original film, with some great cameos. Four crossed streams out of five ecto wagons
I watched that a month or so back. I thought it was great fun, particularly as you say, if you are familiar with the original.
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Ghostbusters Afterlife.
I'd heard some bad reviews for this movie, but I enjoyed it. The story has lots of references to the original film, with some great cameos. Four crossed streams out of five ecto wagons
I watched that a month or so back. I thought it was great fun, particularly as you say, if you are familiar with the original.
I'm getting soft in my old age, got a little dusty about the Harold Ramis treatment. Nicely done
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Jumped the shark, stole parts of Deadpool I/II's backstory motifs, and has a big long crowd dance number that always means (to me) a film/tv series has run out of ideas. And not to be a weightist but just about everyone is fatter, even Groot.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Ghostbusters Afterlife.
I'd heard some bad reviews for this movie, but I enjoyed it. The story has lots of references to the original film, with some great cameos. Four crossed streams out of five ecto wagons
It's not a bad little film. Infinitely better than the 2016 abomination.
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No Way Out
Perhaps the title comes from lawyer advising his client that he has to do the movie. Standard political thriller fare. Gene Hackman playing Gene Hackman, albeit only Sec of Defence this time, not the President (Absolute Power). Some considerable overacting between Dances with Wolves guy and Sean Young.
37th minute there's a terrible kapa haka rendition of Ka Mate. That's as far as I've got.
Son of a Gun (2014) ⭐ 6.4 | Action, Crime, Drama
