Movie review thread...
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Mrs Womble is away for work so im re watching the Hobbit movies whilst washing rugby jerseys
hadn;t watched them since the cinema, obviously not LotR...but better than i remember, i think the biggest critic still stand...could have been an AWESOME two movies.....rather than a drawn out three movies....dont get me wrong....you get the feeling theyre on an epic journey....but i think 2001 Peter Jackson would have cut more stuff
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Oh man they were so bad, I have watched the fan super cut of one long movie which was OK. But I am a total nerd, have watched LotR dozens of times, read the books many dozens along with the History and other books. But never got past half way through second movie, only the second movie for 20 years I haven't finished (along with Wonderwoman)
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@Machpants said in Movie review thread...:
Oh man they were so bad, I have watched the fan super cut of one long movie which was OK. But I am a total nerd, have watched LotR dozens of times, read the books many dozens along with the History and other books. But never got past half way through second movie, only the second movie for 20 years I haven't finished (along with Wonderwoman)
lots of people would describe the same way....i even had a presence on a LotR forum for a number of years
obviously not an accurate reflection of the book as so much was added from other sources or just made up...and originally had a very similar reaction to watching them in the cinema (only film i can remember not finishing was the expendables)...but finding them much more watchable than i expected -
@Kiwiwomble Yeah it wasn't the lore, but things like the CGI scenes when this bumbling group of dwarves are escaping capture by running along the narrow bridges, and goblins are literally flying off like a bow wave
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@Machpants fair enough, its obviously noticeable but suspend belief for these films anyway so easy to just move past
my only real grib is the pacing...LotR has 3-4 stories at different times after the fellowship broke up...and that worked for 3 films...but following the same group with only gandalf off on little adventures...just makes it drag a bit....would love to see a sydner cut from peter jacks down to two movies...you could carve out the escape form the goblins...and the barrels easily as both are quite long scenes...and Beorn
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@Machpants said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble Yeah it wasn't the lore, but things like the CGI scenes when this bumbling group of dwarves are escaping capture by running along the narrow bridges, and goblins are literally flying off like a bow wave
ok....im going to amend my review now that i have finished the 3....
first one was better than i remembered...enjoyable if a little drawn out.
second one was also drawn out....but that was the first time i REALLY felt the CGI fell over, the liquid gold is laughably bad...given how long it was, once they saw they couldnt do that...surely you just cut that scene
third one (and the reason i rewatched as i had little to no recollection)....is a bit of a mess...the battle of the five armies could have been great but they over complicate things that were already complicated...eagles save the day again.....why is that castle all ice?...there was no ice/snow anywhere else near by....the actual armies standing off is good...and then they move to this obvious set covered in random ice...everyone else just sorted things out i guess?
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@Machpants said in Movie review thread...:
@Kiwiwomble Yeah it wasn't the lore, but things like the CGI scenes when this bumbling group of dwarves are escaping capture by running along the narrow bridges, and goblins are literally flying off like a bow wave
Loads of Goblins get sliced, diced and fall to their deaths but not one dwarf does.
That whole scene is the very definition of āPlot Armourā
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Attack the Block but with ageing wrestlers?
Are they all actual wrestlers?
Jesus Christ Neps, didnāt they have TVs in the Bay in the 80s and 90s ?
Thatās Haku/Meng. Youād better not forget his name or heāll bite your nose off. ( true story )
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Attack the Block but with ageing wrestlers?
Are they all actual wrestlers?
Jesus Christ Neps, didnāt they have TVs in the Bay in the 80s and 90s ?
Thatās Haku/Meng. Youād better not forget his name or heāll bite your nose off. ( true story )
He was the one who I knew was definitely a wrestler. Probably because he's a poly.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 Attack the Block but with ageing wrestlers?
Are they all actual wrestlers?
Jesus Christ Neps, didnāt they have TVs in the Bay in the 80s and 90s ?
Thatās Haku/Meng. Youād better not forget his name or heāll bite your nose off. ( true story )
He was the one who I knew was definitely a wrestler. Probably because he's a poly.
Google some stories on him. Some are absolutely amazing.
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Half an hour into this and starts a bit shit but becoming decent. Cena is bloody fun to watch eh.
Edit: yeah, watch it. Good fun really and some brilliant lines.
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Killers of the flower moon. Was soooo slow moving to start that I almost gave up. But picked up pace and was pretty good. Both de Niro and Di caprio are excellent. Itās a looong film.
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@Bones said in Movie review thread...:
Half an hour into this and starts a bit shit but becoming decent. Cena is bloody fun to watch eh.
Edit: yeah, watch it. Good fun really and some brilliant lines.
I don't know if I've watched this, or if I've just seen the ads for it.
Monkey Man: An Indian set (but Thailand filmed) John Wick style movie crossed with a boring movie. This was weird, the action set pieces are more Indonesian style (think The Raid/The Night Comes for Us) than Hong Kong/Hollywood and most of them were really good - but there's a whole background story that is filmed arty as fuck and just drags.
Stars Dev Patel from Skins and Slumdog Millionaire.
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@Bones said in Movie review thread...:
Half an hour into this and starts a bit shit but becoming decent. Cena is bloody fun to watch eh.
Edit: yeah, watch it. Good fun really and some brilliant lines.
I thought Hulk Hogan was the epitome of wrestling comedic movie talent but Cena has taken it to another level again
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First one not what we hoped but Iāll still watch this, suprised not more build up, first ive heard mention and its only a week out
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lol i said basically the same thing. i felt like the Chef Reactions dude.
2 out of 10, I'll probably still watch the sequel (looks disgusted with myself)
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