Movie review thread...
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Saw Gladiator II on IMAX last night; thought it was on par with the first one. Ties in with what happened 20 years previous and some good performances from the leads esp Denzel Washington and the 2 young guys who play the fucked up Emporers. I’d give it a maximus of 3.5 stars, with maybe an extra half for viewing on IMAX.
Oh and Connie Nelson is in decent shape for 59.
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Yeah saw it last weekend. The highest praise I can give it is that it's a worthy sequel to an awesome original.
It's fucking violent too.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
@booboo said in Movie review thread...:
Frederick Forsyth's 'The Devil's Alternative'.
Sounds interesting!
Awesome book. Back in the early 80s when the Cold War was a thing.
I enjoyed it more than Day of the Jackal, which he is more famous for.
Russian wheat crop fails...
Russia considers invading Eastern Europe ...
Politburo split ...
Pres and head of KGB against invasion...
Ukrainian Rebels assassinate head of KGB which is covered up coz otherwise WWIII ...
Can't remember why but Ukrainian Rebels hijack massive oil tanker to try and publicise assassination...
Much spy stuff.Really fast moving. Like a screenplay, cutting from scene to scene: just when you're getting to the good bit you flick to the other scene.
One for the 'Books' thread perhaps, but as mentioned my favourite book ever.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
How completely incompetent is every Hollywood studio? They haven't even released a major action movie with Russians as the villains since the Ukraine invasion ...
Bullet train, main bad guy was supposedly Russian.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Sign me up
Great cast, looks tense but explosive, one for the pool room.
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Rebel Moon, E01, Child on Fire - Directors ed.
- Zach Snyder is a hack. And at the nutter end of "on-the-spectrum",
Every shot looks like a painting, beautiful, lovely.
The plot/pacing/storyline - infantile/nonsensical.
Titwatch: non-zero.
Stoned.EDIT: right, so it turned out I was only able to watch the first half of that while stoned.
Watched the second half tonight...
Opinion has not changed. Zach Snyder is a fucking 14 year old with a camera.
Every single fucking scene looks pretty, but makes no sense. Or rather - doesn't add anything to a story.
Overall - 3 hours of pretty, but zero story telling.
I am fucking furious that there is another 3-hours or so of this bullshit to get through. And I'm only going to do that for the sake of completion (and the possibility of titwatch suggested by E01) - but after this, fuck Snyder. Never again. What a fluffybunny. I'll be recommending him to my 10/12 yo nephews to maybe watch his shit at movie parties with their friends, coz that's obviously his level - but as a grown-up.... a grown-up who watched Sharks of the Corn for fuck's sake - never again. Fuck that guy. The Johnny Sexton of movie-making.
Angry.
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The Highwaymen.
The story of two retired Texas Rangers who hunt down and kill Bonnie and Clyde. Set during the Great Depression, the film was tightly acted with Costner and Harrelson in the lead roles. Costner played his usual curmudgeon and Harrelson provided a little lighter relief with some inner turmoil thrown in. An enjoyable watch
