Movie review thread...

taniwharugby

watched 'Your Highness' which stars Natalie Portman, James Franco, plus a host of other recognisable faces.... 
 
In acceptance of a punch in the throat from Sneak, even plenty of cleavage shots of Natalie Portman couldnt save this film! 
 
It is described as an adventure, comedy, fantasy, what you get, is some rather vulgar and stupid jokes that simply ruin the film, which actually could have been good...but it was directed by the guy that did Pineapple Express, so I shoulda known better!

Nepia

Tracker - that NZ flick with Temuera Morrison and Ray Winstone. Pretty crap really. No Utu that's for sure .... 5/10 
 
Win Win - Paul Giamatti is a lawyer/wrestling coach who winds up as a guardian for an old man and takes in the guys wayward grandchild. Decent movie if a little too "worthy" in parts. 6.5/10 
 
The Lincoln Lawyer - I thought McConoughey was cracking in this. Good cast all round but a pretty shitty story. It is probably decent enough to set up a franchise though. 6.5/10 
 
Black Swan - Finally got round to watching it. What a trip. While it wasn't 100% brilliant it definitely got you thinking. 8.5/10 (.5 bonus for having Portman and Kunis)

taniwharugby

Age of Heroes - Sean Bean, based on a true story set in WWII, includes the real life character Ian Fleming and claims supposed to be the prelude to the first British Special Forces where a Commando Unit is trained spcifically for a mission in Norway...sadly, it was a bit average, didnt really get going and ended abruptly

MN5

Cowboys and Aliens - Absolutely off the chart . Exactly the right mix of Action, cool lines, annoying people getting blown up and even a touching moment or two. Bond and Solo/Jones are excellent ( well not Oscar excellent but action movie excellent ) and for a movie with a completely ridiculous title it just works brilliantly. 
 
9/10.

taniwharugby

sweet, will get out and watch it! I tried to convince Mrs TR of the merits of this film, I just got 'you are such a boy' whats up with that?

NTA

This will sound odd, but go see Bridesmaids. Take the missus. We haven't laughed that hard in ages. It is quite wrong at points though - not for the easily offended...

Crucial

[quote name='MN5']Cowboys and Aliens - Absolutely off the chart . Exactly the right mix of Action, cool lines, annoying people getting blown up and even a touching moment or two. Bond and Solo/Jones are excellent ( well not Oscar excellent but action movie excellent ) and for a movie with a completely ridiculous title it just works brilliantly. 
 
9/10.[/QUOTE] 
 
I want to see this. Do they say "Get on your Spaceship and get outa town!" ? 
 
I watched an oldie the other day that I hadn't seen in years and still really enjoyed it. Quadrophenia. Leslie Ash (the lusted neighbour from Men Behaving Badly) was pretty hot. Sting is perfectly cast as a cool moron, mind you I still hate seeing his scooter smash on the rocks at the end.

taniwharugby

[quote name='NTA']This will sound odd, but go see Bridesmaids. Take the missus. We haven't laughed that hard in ages. It is quite wrong at points though - not for the easily offended...[/QUOTE] 
 
Wife said this was very good too, said I'd like it, kinda in the Hangover mold, but better in some ways she said?

NTA

Yeah tr - more chick oriented but in a way understandable to dudes.

Sneakdefreak

The Last Starfighter is on Prime right now! Love the theme music.....such a rip off of Star Wars..... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

jegga

[quote name='Cactus Jack']Just saw the last Harry Potter film . Thought it was excellent and stayed very close to the book . Special effects and CGI were very good as well . Probably the best of the Harry Potter movies . 8/10[/QUOTE] 
 
Have never seen a Harry Potter movie because for some reason the Daniel Radcliffe irritates me immensely, if you feel the same way check out a flick called My Boy Jack .It's a great story , well acted and Daniel Radcliffe gets machine gunned to death . 
 
Saw the planet of the apes movie the other night, wasn't expecting much after the turd of a film with Wahlberg in it but it was actually bloody good.8/10 Anthny Serkis must get sick of acting in movies and no one seeing his face.

NTA

[quote name='jegga'] Serkis must get sick of acting in movies and no one seeing his face.[/QUOTE] 
 
I'm sure he draws no satisfaction from the pile of cash he can dive into as a result. 
 
He was in "Inkheart" though...

Crucial

[quote name='jegga']Saw the planet of the apes movie the other night, wasn't expecting much after the turd of a film with Wahlberg in it but it was actually bloody good.8/10 Anthny Serkis must get sick of acting in movies and no one seeing his face.[/QUOTE] 
 
I just hope Piri Weepu is getting plenty of royalties from that one as they seem to be using him to model their CGI characters on.

Cactus Jack

[quote name='Sneakdefreak']The Last Starfighter is on Prime right now! Love the theme music.....such a rip off of Star Wars..... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />[/QUOTE]I watched that myself last night . I liked it when i was about fifteen , still enjoyed it last night especially with the cheesy special effects .

Sneakdefreak

I only remember the start and end of The Last StarFighter so this was really the first I have seen (or remember) the film as a whole. 
Really fun film to watch and I love the cheesy music and special effects. 
It would also be one of the few 80s film that I think could be made into a good sequel/remake. 
 
8/10

Tim

[quote name='Sneakdefreak']I only remember the start and end of The Last StarFighter so this was really the first I have seen (or remember) the film as a whole. 
Really fun film to watch and I love the cheesy music and special effects. 
It would also be one of the few 80s film that I think could be made into a good sequel/remake. 
 
8/10[/QUOTE] 
 
Great 80's childhood movie mate, complete with some awesome (for their time) computer effects.

taniwharugby

Super 8 - well you could tell it was a JJ Abrahms film, shades of Cloverfield, but better, still not great, but decent enough. 
 
Limitless - enjoyed this, Bradley Cooper, Abby Cornish, Robert De Niro; Cooper is a wannabe writer, who meets up with his ex-brother-in-law who offers him a 'trial' drug, all of a sudden, he writes a book, takes on the stock market in a recession, nice wee twist at the end.

raznomore

Rango. Weird but brilliant. Not really a kids movies but my kids still enjoyed it. 9/10

Cactus Jack

Just watched No Strings Attached with Mrs Jack . Predictable as hell , though was still quite funny in places and very easy to watch . 7/10

MN5

[quote name='Tim']Great 80's childhood movie mate, complete with some awesome (for their time) computer effects.[/QUOTE] 
 
Yeah all well and good but look how shithouse they look compared to Star Wars (1977). Call me biased but I reckon they hold up pretty well even by todays standards. 
 
Last Starfighter ( yes I watched it too ) was good fun to watch again once I got over my wife laughing at me. I have quite happy memories of watching it in the 80's with my Grandfather.

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