Movie review thread...
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Faster; Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton.<br />
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Bit of old fashioned mindless shoot em up action, with a couple of cool cars! -
Went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 4 in 3D yesterday.<br />
Big fan of the first 3 (though the last 2 werent as good and were too muddled and ridiculous at times).<br />
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Enjoyed it alot, was better for dropping a couple of the original cast members, a much simpler plot.<br />
Less effects and thought Cruz wasnt bad.<br />
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watched Conviction - HIlary Swank<br />
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Based on a true story about a guy convicted of a brutal murder, and his sister tries to become a lawyer so she can fight for him to become free, not too bad of a movie.<br />
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I googled it afterwards and the movie obviously has it's poetic licence with some aspects left out, but I liked it none the less -
Unknown; Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger - I guess based on the success of Neeson in Taken, this one has allowed him into a similar role (although something in this area did annoy me a little) all in all, a good film! <br />
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elephant White; Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou - the latter being an assassin, and the former ex-military dealing in arms, set in Bangkok, lots of shooting, fighting, a few slightly ott gun battles as well, but easy to watch.<br />
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Pirates of the Caribbean 3D; My first experience at 3D since the days of cardboard blue and red glasses....I thought the movie fine, was as good as it's predecessors (although none quite as good as the original) and the 3D effects looked good too (although as explained, compared with...) -
Lincoln Lawyer; Matthew McConaghy (sp) Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillipe and a few other faces I recognised.<br />
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Crime/drama/thriller - bit of a slow start, but ends up quite a good film -
[quote name='Mojoman']Hangover II - Funny but not as good as the first one. Seemed like they tried too hard to deliver punchlines etc. 6.5/10[/QUOTE]<br />
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Yeah some generally hilarious moments but they were a bit few and far between. That beared gimp gave me the shits. very annoying. <br />
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Also surely every mans worst nightmare to find out they've been on the hammer and then fucked in the assss by a ladyboy. -
Tracker. Ray Winstone (with dodgy Boer accent) and Temearu Morrison. A reasonable yarn about an embittered Boer War veteran arriving in NZ and getting involved in tracking a Maori accused of killing a Bristish Soldier. Enjoyable for some of the scenery and the punch ups between the two leads. Neat ending too, although you can sort of guess it.
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[quote name='MN5']Yeah some generally hilarious moments but they were a bit few and far between. That beared gimp gave me the shits. very annoying. <br />
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Also surely every mans worst nightmare to find out they've been on the hammer and then fucked in the assss by a ladyboy.[/QUOTE]<br />
Obviously I am far too easy to please. Although it didn't have the surprise factor I enjoyed it and the film was a great way to unwind on a Friday night. The gimp was more annoying this time but the Chinese guy was a total crack up -
Hall Pass - a few good laughs, but kinda diverted from being what it appeared it was trying to be, to a bro-mantic comedy
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Took my boy to see Pirates 4 yesterday . Thought it was excellent in parts but not overly flash for the rest . Think i may have nodded off at one point . Wouldn't say it was any better than 2,3 or 4 , certainly none have been even close to the first one .
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After all this time finally saw Avatar last night. Wasn't too bad albeit a bit predictable for a Pochahontas/ Dances with Wolves with a twist of Star Wars (final battle sounded like the attack on Yavin), Aliens (Mining corporation with co-op from military) and a sprinkle of Braveheart (the face paint at the end) meets Halo movie
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[quote name='canefan']Obviously I am far too easy to please. Although it didn't have the surprise factor I enjoyed it and the film was a great way to unwind on a Friday night. The gimp was more annoying this time but the Chinese guy was a total crack up[/QUOTE]<br />
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Have caught a few recent films recently.<br />
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'Drive Angry', Nic Cage thing..okish..bit silly..never really grabbed me. Not his worse work though. 6.5/10<br />
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'The Green Hornet', not bad but a confusing movie that never reaches anything special. Nor can it make up its mind what its supposed to be, action or comedy.<br />
Probably one of the worse comic book films ive seen. 6/10<br />
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"Dinner for Smucks'..had my doubts a while ago about this, but couldnt find much else that the mrs might enjoy watching, wish i hadnt bothered. 5.5/10 -
[quote name='Virgil']Have caught a few recent films recently.<br />
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'Drive Angry', Nic Cage thing..okish..bit silly..never really grabbed me. Not his worse work though. 6.5/10<br />
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'The Green Hornet', not bad but a confusing movie that never reaches anything special. Nor can it make up its mind what its supposed to be, action or comedy.<br />
[B]Probably one of the worse comic book films ive seen. 6/10<br />
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"Dinner for Smucks'..had my doubts a while ago about this, but couldnt find much else that the mrs might enjoy watching, wish i hadnt bothered. 5.5/10[/QUOTE]<br />
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a 6/10 is nothing to be sneezed at, you must love your adaptations Virg ! <br />
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I saw the ad for it and asked my mate next to me what the Green Lantern actually did in terms of super powers. We both stared blankly..... -
Have gone through a Terry Gilliam phase over the past fortnight.<br />
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - I only saw this movie once before, as a nine-year old, so didn't know what to expect. I thought it was a fun tale which sometimes got a little sidetracked, but a good watch none the less. You also see Uma Thurman's nipple <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> 6/10<br />
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Brazil - Basically a rip-off of George Orwell's 1984 but with humour. The mother was a bit creepy and I didn't get the reason behind the Samurai but the ending was great. Enjoyed Robert DeNiro's character leading a rebellion via air con repair. 7/10.<br />
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Leaving Mr Gilliam for a moment, I watched EuroTrip on Four tonight. I don't care what anyone says, I find that film funny and could watch it multiple times. 9/10.
