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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    #17845

    The only other movie he's been that I've seen is Malcolm X, 30 fucking years ago!

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
    replied to MN5 on last edited by
    #17847

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

    Two movies I like, well Klansmen more than Tenet TBF.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    MN5
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    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

    Two movies I like, well Klansmen more than Tenet TBF.

    It’s not him, it’s the movies.

    Then again I just remembered Amsterdam was decent and given this is directed by the guy who has done the best Star Wars Movie of recent memory I’ll definitely give it a hoon.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    #17849

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #17850

    El Conde (2023) ⭐ 6.4 | Comedy, Fantasy, History

    El Conde (2023) ⭐ 6.4 | Comedy, Fantasy, History

    1h 50m | R

    Beautifully shot
    A very novel idea and story

    4 Dark Knights out of 5 Dark Nights

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    taniwharugby
    wrote on last edited by
    #17851

    Rewatched The Martian last night (well, started it Tuesday night and finished last night)

    So good.

    4.5 potatoes out of 5 disco songs

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  • voodooV Offline
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    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by
    #17852

    @taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:

    Rewatched The Martian last night (well, started it Tuesday night and finished last night)

    So good.

    4.5 potatoes out of 5 disco songs

    one of my all-time favs

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
    replied to MN5 on last edited by
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    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

    Two movies I like, well Klansmen more than Tenet TBF.

    It’s not him, it’s the movies.

    Then again I just remembered Amsterdam was decent and given this is directed by the guy who has done the best Star Wars Movie of recent memory I’ll definitely give it a hoon.

    Missed this post, both those movies are better than Amsterdam. I think you and I were the only two people on the planet who like Amsterdam. 😉

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  • MN5M Offline
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    replied to Nepia on last edited by
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    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

    Two movies I like, well Klansmen more than Tenet TBF.

    It’s not him, it’s the movies.

    Then again I just remembered Amsterdam was decent and given this is directed by the guy who has done the best Star Wars Movie of recent memory I’ll definitely give it a hoon.

    Missed this post, both those movies are better than Amsterdam. I think you and I were the only two people on the planet who like Amsterdam. 😉

    Did it not do well ?

    I thought it was a pretty fun movie

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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
    replied to MN5 on last edited by
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    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @Nepia said in Movie review thread...:

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

    @mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:

    Thank you to those who recommended The Creator

    That's the best movie I have seen in forever.

    5 stars. All the feels.

    I’ve heard good things although I’m slightly wary as it stars Denzils son who has been in nothing but crap, hopefully he turns it around here.

    Your anti Denzil's boy shtick seems so weird to me. He's been good in everything I've seen him in.

    Tenet and Black Clansman were both shithouse movies.

    Two movies I like, well Klansmen more than Tenet TBF.

    It’s not him, it’s the movies.

    Then again I just remembered Amsterdam was decent and given this is directed by the guy who has done the best Star Wars Movie of recent memory I’ll definitely give it a hoon.

    Missed this post, both those movies are better than Amsterdam. I think you and I were the only two people on the planet who like Amsterdam. 😉

    Did it not do well ?

    I thought it was a pretty fun movie

    I don't think it made back even close to it's budget.

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  • antipodeanA Offline
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    replied to MiketheSnow on last edited by
    #17856

    @MiketheSnow I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.

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    replied to MN5 on last edited by
    #17857

    @MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

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    Before the fight
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    After the Fight
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  • nostrildamusN Offline
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    replied to Machpants on last edited by
    #17858

    @Machpants said in Movie review thread...:

    Before the fight
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    After eating the other fighter
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    fixed.

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  • Stockcar86S Offline
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    Stockcar86
    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by Stockcar86
    #17859

    @taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:

    Rewatched The Martian last night (well, started it Tuesday night and finished last night)

    So good.

    4.5 potatoes out of 5 disco songs

    Last week I watched a Korean movie (The Moon) that has a similar sort of structure, this time about the first South Korean visit to the moon - lots of bad things happen and people need to work out how to solve each one. I actually enjoyed it more than The Martian. The story (apart from the Nasa head, see below) is well structured - the special effects are just amazing and most of the characters are well drawn (apart from the Nasa boss who is basically a cartoon villain)

    Low critic, and high audience reviews generally mean it will be a fun if silly watch

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  • KruseK Offline
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    #17860

    Hidden Strike

    • The title tells you what to expect - a random combination of two words which suggests violence, but doesn't actually mean anything? A B-grade action movie... cool.
    • The opening credits - a litany of chinese funding "companies" - sure, a Chinese-funded action movie, the Chinese are going to be the good guys, or at least the innocents
    • Then... BAM... it's the Jackie Chan / John Cena Buddy-SpecOps movie you never realised you needed, but now that you see it, you realise it was inevitable
    • Many, many chances for plot/tension missed because... fuck it - let's just get Jackie fucking Chan and John fucking Cena together doing their schtick A S A fucking P.
    • It astounds me that it took until the final quarter of the movie for them to have a fully loaded truck flying through the air, because of "AWESOME-PHYSICS!". But they made up for it, by an immediate sequel. Or two.

    Jackie Cena/John Chan... what more do you need to know?
    Predictable blooper-reel during post-credits? Of course. Idiot.
    Jackie Chan jumping around doing stupid physical-comedy kung-fu shit? Duh.
    Jackie Chan taking it three steps too far, including perhaps a meta-joke about wire-fu? Yep... done.
    John Cena doing "I'm the strong guy" foil? Fuck you for even asking.
    John Cena being used as the physical base for Jackie Chan to do Jackie Chan shit? They'd be idiots not to.
    I ask again... Jackie Chan & John Cena in sand-land... (they should have just called the movie that), what don't you get?

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  • nostrildamusN Offline
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    nostrildamus
    replied to Kruse on last edited by
    #17861

    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    Hidden Strike

    • The title tells you what to expect - a random combination of two words which suggests violence, but doesn't actually mean anything? A B-grade action movie... cool.
    • The opening credits - a litany of chinese funding "companies" - sure, a Chinese-funded action movie, the Chinese are going to be the good guys, or at least the innocents
    • Then... BAM... it's the Jackie Chan / John Cena Buddy-SpecOps movie you never realised you needed, but now that you see it, you realise it was inevitable
    • Many, many chances for plot/tension missed because... fuck it - let's just get Jackie fucking Chan and John fucking Cena together doing their schtick A S A fucking P.
    • It astounds me that it took until the final quarter of the movie for them to have a fully loaded truck flying through the air, because of "AWESOME-PHYSICS!". But they made up for it, by an immediate sequel. Or two.

    Jackie Cena/John Chan... what more do you need to know?
    Predictable blooper-reel during post-credits? Of course. Idiot.
    Jackie Chan jumping around doing stupid physical-comedy kung-fu shit? Duh.
    Jackie Chan taking it three steps too far, including perhaps a meta-joke about wire-fu? Yep... done.
    John Cena doing "I'm the strong guy" foil? Fuck you for even asking.
    John Cena being used as the physical base for Jackie Chan to do Jackie Chan shit? They'd be idiots not to.
    I ask again... Jackie Chan & John Cena in sand-land... (they should have just called the movie that), what don't you get?

    Cena has been learning Chinese for years.
    But I couldn't finish this movie, the dialogue, acting, directing and plot were all stuck in sand.

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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    Billy Tell
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    #17862

    Watched there’s something about Mary in the plane to Boston. 25 years lads. 1998, exams on at otago uni, that was a great film to break the monotony of study. Still makes me laugh.

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    #17863

    I had to look up who TF Cena is, an ex wrestler. I have never seen him in a movie, and I don't think I ever will

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  • Victor MeldrewV Online
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    Victor Meldrew
    replied to Stockcar86 on last edited by Victor Meldrew
    #17864

    @Stockcar86

    Ta, I'll watch out for that.

    Have you seen Flu? Epidemic Korean film from 2013 which was errily prophetic. Recommended.

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