Movie review thread...
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The Iron Claw
Definitely keen to see this one as during lockdown I spent hour upon hour googling what became of 80s wrestlers and the tragedies that befell so many of their lives, none more so than this family.
Old Man Fritz was a grumpy old arse who lived vicariously through his sons but to lose five out of six of them ( only four out of five in the movie, they toned it down slightly ) would have been heartbreaking.
They probably should have cast much bigger lunkheads as the wrestlers ( especially the midget who played Kerry ) but Zac Efron was in terrific shape and looked great in the wrestling scenes. ( again, he looks absolutely nothing like Kevin Von Erich but oh well )
Decent solid watch
3 dropkicks out of 5 clotheslines off the top rope
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Deadpool and Wolverine. Enjoyed it immensely. Highly entertained and laughed out loud several times. Not sure you can really call this Marvel because no other Marvel film could get away with it.
It was funny driving home from the film with my son we were both a bit puzzled about what we had just watched. It really was completely all over the place. Whatever. Did the job. Really good chemistry between the 2 leads and some outstanding cameos.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
Deadpool and Wolverine. Enjoyed it immensely. Highly entertained and laughed out loud several times. Not sure you can really call this Marvel because no other Marvel film could get away with it.
It was funny driving home from the film with my son we were both a bit puzzled about what we had just watched. It really was completely all over the place. Whatever. Did the job. Really good chemistry between the 2 leads and some outstanding cameos.
I'd suggest D & W is one of the most recent multiverse cameos with interspersed CGI highlights out there.
But oh the ropey plotholes. Far too much CGI but then again I honestly thought the dog was CGI.
Thought the humour tried too hard and was better integrated in the first two movies. Elektra still looked fit, but that was a boring big crowd fight scene. That French or Creole accent that Tatum delivered was shocking but perhaps that was the joke. Impressed with Hugh "Jackedman" at the age of 55 or 56. He's got some fitness trainer. And Blake Lively was hot. Missed Nathan Fillion and didn't realize Kid Deadpool was actually Kid Reynolds.
Reckon they'll bring back Wesley Snipes.
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I'm a sucker for a sport film, and I got sucked into The Long Game, a movie about a high school golf team full of Mexican kids who battle against the odds to compete against the establishment in 1950s Texas. Stars Denis Hernandez, Dennis Quaid with Cheech Marin in a supporting role
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At the other end of the spectrum, I watched a recent offering on Netflix, Hidden Strike with John Cena and Jackie Chan. Produced by a Mainland Chinese group, like any bad Chinese copy it was a poor version of your stock standard action film. 90 minutes of my life I won't get back
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Just no. Fuck fucking no. No.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
At the other end of the spectrum, I watched a recent offering on Netflix, Hidden Strike with John Cena and Jackie Chan. Produced by a Mainland Chinese group, like any bad Chinese copy it was a poor version of your stock standard action film. 90 minutes of my life I won't get back
My eyes are getting old. I read that as Mainland Cheese.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
At the other end of the spectrum, I watched a recent offering on Netflix, Hidden Strike with John Cena and Jackie Chan. Produced by a Mainland Chinese group, like any bad Chinese copy it was a poor version of your stock standard action film. 90 minutes of my life I won't get back
My eyes are getting old. I read that as Mainland Cheese.
I saw the movie with a native Chinese speaker. Mainland Cheese would accurately describe the dialogue and the pronounciation.. "Burnt out binfire"
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Ok so my last review was of the worst movie I had seen in ages. Well, we damn near topped it.
The Beekeeper.
Jason statham playing Jason Statham, this time taking down cyber criminals.
This movie is fuuuucking terrible.
It was either written by AI, or some boomer who is scared of computers. In fact, the cyber criminals looked like updated versions of thr guys from Hackers.
Throw in for some reason a bunch of TMNT villains for additional ridiculousness
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
Ok so my last review was of the worst movie I had seen in ages. Well, we damn near topped it.
The Beekeeper.
Jason statham playing Jason Statham, this time taking down cyber criminals.
This movie is fuuuucking terrible.
It was either written by AI, or some boomer who is scared of computers. In fact, the cyber criminals looked like updated versions of thr guys from Hackers.
Throw in for some reason a bunch of TMNT villains for additional ridiculousness
It's fucking awful. Do not fucking watch this movie.I sort of thought it was inevitable he would join Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Gerard Butler and Nicholas Cage in playing himself playing himself….
Fuck I miss the glory days of 80s and to a slightly lesser extent 90s action movies.
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Infinite Storm
Apparently based on a real story and if they took artistic liberty with it, they certainly didn't try to make it more interesting. Scenery is nice. Naomi Watts gets naked. Unfortunately not the Mulholland Dr. version of Naomi, but the 2022 one...
Movie feels longer than it is. Probably because it is mind numbingly boring.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
Ok so my last review was of the worst movie I had seen in ages. Well, we damn near topped it.
The Beekeeper.
Jason statham playing Jason Statham, this time taking down cyber criminals.
This movie is fuuuucking terrible.
It was either written by AI, or some boomer who is scared of computers. In fact, the cyber criminals looked like updated versions of thr guys from Hackers.
Throw in for some reason a bunch of TMNT villains for additional ridiculousness
It's fucking awful. Do not fucking watch this movie.I sort of thought it was inevitable he would join Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Gerard Butler and Nicholas Cage in playing himself playing himself….
Fuck I miss the glory days of 80s and to a slightly lesser extent 90s action movies.
He's been doing it for 20 years. I've actually been catching up on a few of his older action films I hadn't seen lately (the Mechanics etc) lately and did a rewatch of Snatch and Lock Stock too. I genuinely find him watchable even in the bad films.
The weirdest one was the one where he was a homeless dude.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Infinite Storm
Apparently based on a real story and if they took artistic liberty with it, they certainly didn't try to make it more interesting. Scenery is nice. Naomi Watts gets naked. Unfortunately not the Mulholland Dr. version of Naomi, but the 2022 one...
Movie feels longer than it is. Probably because it is mind numbingly boring.
I think I might just opt for the 2022 version than attempt to watch Mulholland Drive again.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
Ok so my last review was of the worst movie I had seen in ages. Well, we damn near topped it.
The Beekeeper.
Jason statham playing Jason Statham, this time taking down cyber criminals.
This movie is fuuuucking terrible.
It was either written by AI, or some boomer who is scared of computers. In fact, the cyber criminals looked like updated versions of thr guys from Hackers.
Throw in for some reason a bunch of TMNT villains for additional ridiculousness
It's fucking awful. Do not fucking watch this movie.I sort of thought it was inevitable he would join Liam Neeson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Gerard Butler and Nicholas Cage in playing himself playing himself….
Fuck I miss the glory days of 80s and to a slightly lesser extent 90s action movies.
He's been doing it for 20 years. I've actually been catching up on a few of his older action films I hadn't seen lately (the Mechanics etc) lately and did a rewatch of Snatch and Lock Stock too. I genuinely find him watchable even in the bad films.
The weirdest one was the one where he was a homeless dude.
One of those guys who's led a charmed life. Making millions being himself and bagging hot models
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@mariner4life at least the casting was accurate to pitch a poor comedic saffa as a villain
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@mariner4life C'mon the dialogue was practically Shakespearean
"There is something wrong with The Hive. I am the Beekeeper. I must fix it"
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The biggest question mark is
How the fuck did they rope Jeremy Irons in to this shitstorm?
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
The biggest question mark is
How the fuck did they rope Jeremy Irons in to this shitstorm?
I was going to mention him. A vain attempt to legitimise the film? Probably just did it for the money
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He's been in some shockers
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