Movie review thread...
-
-
@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Hit Man was a lot of fun.
It's still just a Netflix movie (in terms of scope and locations), so not a true top quality Linklater movie, but very enjoyable.
4/5
Agreed
-
Under Paris
Ok, this gets kudos for being the only movie my 47 year old other half and my 16 and 14 year old sons could actually agree on…..
But fuck me, that’s the only positive. Look, we all know every Shark movie pales in comparison to the masterpiece that is Jaws, but at least many of the other shithouse initiations play it with tongue firmly in cheek. Maybe it’s a language barrier but these guys were all playing it completely straight as a giant shark somehow makes it’s way into the Seine in Paris, somehow breeds lots of baby sharks, wrecks havoc on a triathlon……you get the gist.
Do NOT be fooled by the positive reviews it got online ( the girl read these before we watched it and the three of us took the piss mercilessly after )
As for the ending……my word.
Utter shit. Avoid like the plague.
1.5 CGI sharks out of 5 burst eardrums
-
-
@dogmeat said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 I'm withholding judgement until @Kruse reviews it.
It may have depths only he can fathom.
Does it have tits for instance?Given the number of late night movies Kruse has reviewed I am not convinced he has done plenty of that sort of "fathoming"
-
-
@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A worthy prequel to Fury Road although not as good. Chris Hemsworth gets to ham it up as a fair dinkum Aussie. Mrs Thor even gets to play two roles, one hidden behind the prosthetic makeup. And plenty of explosions and action.I much preferred the originals. Too much CGI in the latest one and the characters weren’t as fun. Peak Mel, it all went downhill after that
-
@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A worthy prequel to Fury Road although not as good. Chris Hemsworth gets to ham it up as a fair dinkum Aussie. Mrs Thor even gets to play two roles, one hidden behind the prosthetic makeup. And plenty of explosions and action.I thought it was better, but I was never in the Fury Road was awesome camp.
Furiosa felt closer to the originals than Fury Road and had less of that stupid pole bouncing bullshit.
I also preferred Taylor-Joy as Furiosa over Theron.
-
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Under Paris
Ok, this gets kudos for being the only movie my 47 year old other half and my 16 and 14 year old sons could actually agree on…..
But fuck me, that’s the only positive. Look, we all know every Shark movie pales in comparison to the masterpiece that is Jaws, but at least many of the other shithouse initiations play it with tongue firmly in cheek. Maybe it’s a language barrier but these guys were all playing it completely straight as a giant shark somehow makes it’s way into the Seine in Paris, somehow breeds lots of baby sharks, wrecks havoc on a triathlon……you get the gist.
Do NOT be fooled by the positive reviews it got online ( the girl read these before we watched it and the three of us took the piss mercilessly after )
As for the ending……my word.
Utter shit. Avoid like the plague.
1.5 CGI sharks out of 5 burst eardrums
As someone who had watched a lot of shit shark movies including most titles only found on The Asylum, I will give it an extra .5 point for its originality. It’s still shit though and no tits, so no re watch from me!
-
This looks worth getting excited about even if the cast look extremely inclusive and woke. It’s still one of the awesome franchises in my opinion although so much of this is down to the first two. Apparently this one is set between them….
I wonder if the whole “trapped in the narrow corridors of a spaceship” thing has already been overdone though.
Unlike a lot of others I really liked Prometheus and Convenant. I hope they do a conclusion to that story so we can find out what becomes of David.
-
Godzilla Minus 1
Despite the chronic lack of diversity, alphabet representation and 2 billion dollar budget this film overcame those seemingly insurmountable flaws to be a pretty damn good watch.
Thoroughly enjoyed it and loved the immediate post war Japan setting. The characters were great as well. Wish I'd seen this at the cinema tbh. Not many films are worth it but this one certainly would have been.
-
@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A worthy prequel to Fury Road although not as good. Chris Hemsworth gets to ham it up as a fair dinkum Aussie. Mrs Thor even gets to play two roles, one hidden behind the prosthetic makeup. And plenty of explosions and action.Scratching my head a bit with this one. Mad Max has always been a very niche franchise. Fury Road was great but didn't exactly smash the box office and was released almost 10 years ago. I've heard good things about this one but was there ever an audience that justified this massive budget?
-
Just revisited
Some of the fight scenes are a bit am dram but it definitely holds up
3.5 Dukes out of 5 Snakes
-
The soundtrack is incredible. I've heard so many good covers/remixes/edits of it in clubs.
The 12-bit Amiga tones on this:
-
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Unlike a lot of others I really liked Prometheus and Convenant. I hope they do a conclusion to that story so we can find out what becomes of David.
Yeah, I thought Prometheus was bloody good. Refreshed the franchise and took it into a new direction. Covenant a bit bleergh though.
Hope Romulous isn't as crap as I fear it will be.
Escape from New York (1981) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
