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  • MN5M Online
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    wrote on last edited by MN5
    #18700

    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.

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  • Rancid SchnitzelR Offline
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    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.

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    @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?

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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    #18703

    Just revisited

    Escape from New York (1981) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

    Escape from New York (1981) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

    1h 39m | R

    Some of the fight scenes are a bit am dram but it definitely holds up

    3.5 Dukes out of 5 Snakes

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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    #18704

    @MiketheSnow

    The soundtrack is incredible. I've heard so many good covers/remixes/edits of it in clubs.

    The 12-bit Amiga tones on this:

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    @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.

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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    How about making a space opera movie where the plot isn't "everything goes wrong and a monster kills everyone off". Alien is over 40 years old.

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    @Tim said in Movie review thread...:

    How about making a space opera movie where the plot isn't "everything goes wrong and a monster kills everyone off". Alien is over 40 years old.

    Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) ⭐ 3.9 | Horror, Sci-Fi

    Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) ⭐ 3.9 | Horror, Sci-Fi

    1h 19m | Approved

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    not a review but i saw the "Project Hail Mary" has gone into production....so looking forward to this, the Martian is probably top of my list of movies i can sit and re watch, even jumping in half way through....and pretty sure people on here recommended the book....and i loved it, one of the few books i'll re read

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    @Kiwiwomble said in Movie review thread...:

    not a review but i saw the "Project Hail Mary" has gone into production....so looking forward to this, the Martian is probably top of my list of movies i can sit and re watch, even jumping in half way through....and pretty sure people on here recommended the book....and i loved it, one of the few books i'll re read

    That was good book as well, should be pretty quick to film - not a huge number of sets to build.

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    replied to Kirwan on last edited by
    #18711

    @Kirwan thats true, a lot of CGI but honestly dont know how long that takes anymore

    obviously concerned as to what will get cut....im thinking that actual end will be different

    also wondering if we'll get the same format of slowly remembering/working out whats going on?

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    It’s a good way to start, so I hope so.

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    Marginal to be a 'movie', but it's top tier so I'll post it here anyway.

    From the Earth to the Moon.
    HBO. 1997. Presented by a very young Tom Hanks.

    Has aged like wine, the CGI is dated, but the quality of the documentary* is fantastic. Well shot, well written, well directed. Strong recommend for anyone who is interested in space.

    • because it's not reallly a documentary, but it's damn close
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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    #18714

    Blade did everything The Matrix did - wire work, bullet time, contemporary soundtrack - but one year earlier, and with a better main character. And Chris Christopherson.

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  • MN5M Online
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    #18715

    @Tim said in Movie review thread...:

    Blade did everything The Matrix did - wire work, bullet time, contemporary soundtrack - but one year earlier, and with a better main character. And Chris Christopherson.

    Agree wholeheartedly. Terrific sequel but not a fan of the third as much. ( probably cos of Ryan Reynolds )

    Wesley Snipes was born to play that role.

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  • MN5M Online
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    MN5
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    #18716

    Rewatching the original Mad Max movies after watching Fury Road with the boys.

    The originals are just SO much more fun, I like the fact that it’s 100% real stunt work and the weird and fucked up characters just resonate much more.

    Tom Hardy is cool as fuck ( not to mention an incredible actor ) but he can’t quite do it like Mel Gibson did ( and I’ll freely admit it was all downhill for MG after this )

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  • TimT Away
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    #18717

    2009:

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    #18718

    Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

    Lots of explosions (all the same), lots of gunfights (all the same), lots of dead-pan comments (all the same), lots of exciting music (all the same), lots of knifings (all the same).

    Boring as fuck.

    1 poo out of 5 crocks of shit.

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  • MN5M Online
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    MN5
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    #18719

    I rewatched the latest Indiana Jones film again.

    I’ve revised my opinion, it is the worst in the series ( even without Shia le Dickbrain ) Harrison’s grumpy old man schtick is tiresome, his allies were irritating and Mads what’s his name phoned it in.

    The time travel stuff was absolutely beyond the realms of entertaining bullshit, it was just bullshit.

    My revised order is a very clear 1, 3, 2…..

    Daylight……

    4………

    5…….

    They should have stopped in 1989 when Harrison, Sean and the others rode off into the sunset.

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