Movie review thread...
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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.
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@antipodean One of Roger Donaldson's best movies, hence the NZ connection.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
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.
Remember that haka bit as being cringe-worthy but the rest as being a really good film with a stand-out performance from Will Patton.
High tit-watch factor too, IIRC.
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No Way Out is awesome. @antipodean's mini review does it a great injustice.
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@dogmeat Is that the mustang from Bullit?
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@Stockcar86 yup
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
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.
It improves to be a reasonably taut example of its genre. Timing and suspense is good. Plot has some holes and the ending is poor - not enough is done during the movie to add it. Performance by Will Patton is excellent.
7/10
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Finally got around to seeing Saving Private Ryan
Bit shit really.
Opening scene goes way too long, only a few of the good guys survive the game of water bullrush against the machine guns
The guy from Sleepless in Seattle makes it through
Silly plot and they lose about 17 soldiers trying to save the astronaut.
About an hour too long.
No boobs
2 friends characters out of 5 exposed intestines
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
Finally got around to seeing Saving Private Ryan
Bit shit really.
Opening scene goes way too long, only a few of the good guys survive the game of water bullrush against the machine guns
The guy from Sleepless in Seattle makes it through
Silly plot and they lose about 17 soldiers trying to save the astronaut.
About an hour too long.
No boobs
2 friends characters out of 5 exposed intestines
No he doesn’t
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
Finally got around to seeing Saving Private Ryan
Bit shit really.
Opening scene goes way too long, only a few of the good guys survive the game of water bullrush against the machine guns
The guy from Sleepless in Seattle makes it through
Silly plot and they lose about 17 soldiers trying to save the astronaut.
About an hour too long.
No boobs
2 friends characters out of 5 exposed intestines
No he doesn’t
He makes it through the game of bullrush
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
Finally got around to seeing Saving Private Ryan
Bit shit really.
Opening scene goes way too long, only a few of the good guys survive the game of water bullrush against the machine guns
The guy from Sleepless in Seattle makes it through
Silly plot and they lose about 17 soldiers trying to save the astronaut.
About an hour too long.
No boobs
2 friends characters out of 5 exposed intestines
No he doesn’t
He makes it through the game of bullrush
Well if he didn’t then someone like Kevin Spacey, Bill Paxton or Bill Pullman would have starred in the movie wouldn’t they ?
Good God man, stop whining and stop disrespecting a classic.
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