Movie review thread...
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Bodhi said it, so it is right!
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<p>Point Break , meh never got the hype.<br>
The reboot looks waaaay betterer a movie...<br><br><br>
... Ps we never heard from or saw Virgil ever again</p>
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<p>Point Break , meh never got the hype.<br>
The reboot looks waaaay betterer a movie...<br>
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<p>Me too...</p>
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<p>It came out when I was at uni in Waikato, so it was a movie about utter loser surfers, quoted by guys who spent all their uni time at Raglan surfing, talking about the zen of surfing, before a life working in Pack & Save. That clouded my judgement.</p>
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<p>And even then a lot of that 80's / 90's looks reeeeeally bad now, I loved Tom Gun, but watching it now its hard not to think "this is without doubt the gayest thing I have ever seen"</p> -
I knew there was something wrong with you
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<p>none of the surfers I knew wouldnt ever use any of the lines from it, even me as a wannabe surfer didnt use the lines except to wind up my real surfer friends...nice point break, long workable rides.</p>
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<p>Fruitvale Station: This was a great movie. It had been recommended to me a bunch of times but lived up to the hype.</p>
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<p>It's not a fast paced movie though so if you don't like slow movers this may not be the movie for you.</p>
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<p>If you've heard the story:</p>
<p>[spoiler] It's basically just what Oscar does in the day before he gets killed at Fruitvale Station. And then the last 20 odd minutes deals with the incident - it was quite hard watching really [/spoiler]</p>
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<p>The star of the movie is Michael B Jordan, who was Wallace on The Wire and was in Friday Night Lights last few seasons. I think he's the new Denzel.</p> -
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<p>No Avengers review yet so I'll go first.</p>
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<p>I finally saw it last night. I like the series and will probably line-up-and-pay to see the next installment, but it's feeling like it's treading water. 6.5/10 </p> -
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<p>I finally saw it last night. I like the series and will probably line-up-and-pay to see the next installment, but it's feeling like it's treading water. 6.5/10 </p>
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<p>Seems like Marvel and Wheddon were fighting over the final cut, so some of the movie didn't make sense as it was cut. Thor's arc in particular.</p> -
<p>I'll probably enjoy it more the next time I see it. I enjoyed the Olsen kid, and Renner was excellent.</p>
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<p>Semi-related...</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"> <strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860'>What's Behind Marvel's Campaign To Remove The X-Men From Merchandising?</a></span></strong>
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:15px;">It’s not too surprising that Marvel and Fox are engaged in a little “secret war†of their own, over the licensing of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. But as Fox presses forward with movies based on both properties, that war is slowly becoming public. Here’s a guide to how Marvel is trying to erase two of its biggest superhero teams.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:15px;">[...]</span></p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860'>http://io9.com/whats-behind-marvels-campaign-to-remove-the-x-men-from-1707514860</a></p> -
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<p>I actually liked it a touch better than the first (which I loved) as there seemed to be more story to it and we learnt more about the characters (even more so than their individual movies)</p>
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<p>Agreed.</p>
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<p>I'll probably enjoy it more the next time I see it. I enjoyed the Olsen kid, and <strong>Renner was excellent.</strong></p>
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<p>As I noted in my earlier post I was most impressed they made Hawkeye interesting, if Whedon gets any credit it should be for that!</p>
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<p>Seems like Marvel and Wheddon were fighting over the final cut, so some of the movie didn't make sense as it was cut. Thor's arc in particular.</p>
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<p>There's an Empire podcast with Whedon where he discusses some of the changes and why he left stuff in/out - IIRC he made the decision to cut most of the Thor stuff. It's a decent listen.</p> -
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</p></blockquote><br>Action is clearly better. Acting appears to be the same - particularly how bad Johnny Utah is.<br><br>I echo the thoughts of why call this Point Break when you could change the names and it would be fine(ish). Then the propeller heads could talk about how it's a ripoff/ homage to Point Break. -
<p>Jupiter Ascending: So I was expecting the worst movie in the world and I watched an ok sci fi movie that had some decent action scenes, Mila Kunis, and was a little bit bonkers storyline-wise. Better than some 'blockbusters'. TBF, I watched if after the Chiefs got smashed every which way so maybe anything would seem good?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="493491" data-time="1433028191"><p>Jupiter Ascending: So I was expecting the worst movie in the world and I watched an ok sci fi movie that had some decent action scenes, Mila Kunis, and was a little bit bonkers storyline-wise. Better than some 'blockbusters'. TBF, I watched if after the Chiefs got smashed every which way so maybe anything would seem good?</p></blockquote>
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Oh come on, that was a mess. It reminded me of Dr Moreau with Tatum playing a half dog. <br><br>
Special effects were incredible, only reason to watch. Acting, story, casting all terrible. <br><br>
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<p>Oh come on, that was a mess. It reminded me of Dr Moreau with Tatum playing a half dog.<br><br>
Special effects were incredible, only reason to watch. Acting, story, casting all terrible.<br><br>
They even repeated themselves by copying the farm idea from the Matrix (which is looking more and more like a fluke every movie they make since)</p>
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<p>Meh, I thought it was fine - as I said story was bonkers, but I'm not too fussed by Kunis' acting. I can't stand Redmayne though, not sure if I'll be able to sit through Theory of Everything now as that was my first real exposure to him.</p>
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<p>So I finally coughed up the cash and went and saw Mad Max.</p>
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<p>While it was a decent enough action film and was better than the trailers presented it, there was no way it was as good as the reviews made it out to be.</p>
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<p>For a start, it wasn't really a Mad Max film, he was just a supporting character. It was really Theron's movie. And it seemed to end quite abruptly.</p>
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<p>So a good film, but nowhere near living up to the hype.</p>
