Movie review thread...
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Wrong Turn
I remember this coming to the movies last year just out of first lockdown. I suggested it but the girl wanted to see Tenet. Not sure which is worse to be honest……starts promisingly in typical Deliverance type fashion but gets worse and worse and more and more stupid and when the young dumbasses met the baddies in a formal setting I bailed. Utter shit.
1 lost in the woods out of 5 hillbillies
When I did that I switched on In a Valley of violence
No rating just yet as I haven’t finished but I’m assuming this was a script that someone posted Clint back in the day and it got lost. Ethan Hawke does a bloody good job so far and John Travolta is considerably less annoying than he usually is so provided tiredness isn’t a factor I’ll stick to it.
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@nta said in Movie review thread...:
The Hunt
Netflix. Basically a satire about a bunch of liberal elites who create a Hunger Games style setup but targeted at deplorables.
The concept is hilarious because it makes fun of both sides, and then the execution is also great IMHO. Betty Gilpin is hot. Hilary Swank is still hot.
4 Snowballs out of 5 Athenas.
Betty certainly is.
Watched this last night and it's worth the time investment.
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Marked for Death (1990) - 5 out of 5
This is it, this is the movie that was made to complete my existence, this is the perfect Steven Seagal movie. This was the first R18 movie I rented by myself from the infamous Milford Video Store when I was 10 years old.
Seagal is a DEA agent who has had too much of losing and throws in this badge - stop right now, you don't give a shit about the plot because it moves so fast in its perfect 90 minutes. He has a black friend from Nam, who is the local football coach whose players are getting addicted to drugs. That's it, you do not need to know more.
This film was exquisitely shot, ridiculously well for a Segal movie. The cinematographer, Ric Waite, shot 48 Hrs, Cobra, Red Dawn, and some oscar faggot drama shit. What a god.
Watch this. The pace is relentless, though after the first 60 minutes it just can't keep up.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@nta I watched about 10 mins and bailed, but a work colleague said they almost did the same, but it gets better quickly after that, so I might need to re-visit.
Loved it
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Marked for Death (1990) - 5 out of 5
This is it, this is the movie that was made to complete my existence, this is the perfect Steven Seagal movie. This was the first R18 movie I rented by myself from the infamous Milford Video Store when I was 10 years old.
Seagal is a DEA agent who has had too much of losing and throws in this badge - stop right now, you don't give a shit about the plot because it moves so fast in its perfect 90 minutes. He has a black friend from Nam, who is the local football coach whose players are getting addicted to drugs. That's it, you do not need to know more.
This film was exquisitely shot, ridiculously well for a Segal movie. The cinematographer, Ric Waite, shot 48 Hrs, Cobra, Red Dawn, and some oscar faggot drama shit. What a god.
Watch this. The pace is relentless, though after the first 60 minutes it just can't keep up.
If I was still ten I'd agree
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Marked for Death (1990) - 5 out of 5
This is it, this is the movie that was made to complete my existence, this is the perfect Steven Seagal movie. This was the first R18 movie I rented by myself from the infamous Milford Video Store when I was 10 years old.
Seagal is a DEA agent who has had too much of losing and throws in this badge - stop right now, you don't give a shit about the plot because it moves so fast in its perfect 90 minutes. He has a black friend from Nam, who is the local football coach whose players are getting addicted to drugs. That's it, you do not need to know more.
This film was exquisitely shot, ridiculously well for a Segal movie. The cinematographer, Ric Waite, shot 48 Hrs, Cobra, Red Dawn, and some oscar faggot drama shit. What a god.
Watch this. The pace is relentless, though after the first 60 minutes it just can't keep up.
Perfect use of an oxymoron more like
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Marked for Death (1990) - 5 out of 5
This is it, this is the movie that was made to complete my existence, this is the perfect Steven Seagal movie. This was the first R18 movie I rented by myself from the infamous Milford Video Store when I was 10 years old.
Seagal is a DEA agent who has had too much of losing and throws in this badge - stop right now, you don't give a shit about the plot because it moves so fast in its perfect 90 minutes. He has a black friend from Nam, who is the local football coach whose players are getting addicted to drugs. That's it, you do not need to know more.
This film was exquisitely shot, ridiculously well for a Segal movie. The cinematographer, Ric Waite, shot 48 Hrs, Cobra, Red Dawn, and some oscar faggot drama shit. What a god.
Watch this. The pace is relentless, though after the first 60 minutes it just can't keep up.
number of Seagal induced double-deaths?
skinny guido Seagal was best Seagal
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rewatching the Matrix trilogy with the kids
Reloaded cops way more shit than it is actually due
I think its big problem was following one of the best and most original sci fi/fantasy/action movies of all time.
But in its own right it's pretty cool. I've raved about the Freeway scene before. But the whole revelation that the prophecy and the one are all part of the control was pretty cool. Computer Virus smith was a good villain. it moves quick even with the Zion parts.
Its not perfect by any means, but doesn't deserve the level of scorn it has received
I'll see what i now think of Revolutions tonight.
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
Seagal induced double-deaths
God damn, I had almost forgotten that Seagal speciality.
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
rewatching the Matrix trilogy with the kids
Reloaded cops way more shit than it is actually due
I think its big problem was following one of the best and most original sci fi/fantasy/action movies of all time.
But in its own right it's pretty cool. I've raved about the Freeway scene before. But the whole revelation that the prophecy and the one are all part of the control was pretty cool. Computer Virus smith was a good villain. it moves quick even with the Zion parts.
Its not perfect by any means, but doesn't deserve the level of scorn it has received
I'll see what i now think of Revolutions tonight.
pretty much exactly the conclusions i came too after re watching earlier in the year
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@mariner4life said in Movie review thread...:
@tim only seen 2
Upon a closer look, it appears to be very slim pickings, even for camp value.
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
Might be some interesting viewing on this list:
Well, there goes my weekend....
PS: Looks to be a great site.
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@victor-meldrew Yeah, letterboxd can be pretty fun/useful, especially if you follow people with similar taste.
It's an NZ company, IIRC.
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@tim said in Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew Yeah, letterboxd can be pretty fun/useful, especially if you follow people with similar taste.
It's an NZ company, IIRC.
I use flickchart.com - good site with excellent search facilities