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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Watched Shaft again, the remake. Peak Sam L Jackson, such a great tonic to today's woke movies. 10 Juniors out of 10 capped Drug Kingpins
Christian Bale and Jeffrey Wright are magnificent in this too.
Ridiculously high body count too considering he's investigating one guy who killed another guy.
I thought I saw Christian Bale! Which guy was he? A henchman?
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Watched Shaft again, the remake. Peak Sam L Jackson, such a great tonic to today's woke movies. 10 Juniors out of 10 capped Drug Kingpins
Christian Bale and Jeffrey Wright are magnificent in this too.
Ridiculously high body count too considering he's investigating one guy who killed another guy.
I thought I saw Christian Bale! Which guy was he? A henchman?
the preppy rich young bad guy. Oh, snap.
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
Watched the Accountant with Ben Affleck.
Another good movie, and I saw this advertised on TV a few days ago.
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The Substance
Bizarre, satirical flick about aging in Hollywood. Done in quite an original way. Pretty stupid movie though really….
Demi Moore looks terrific ( early on at least ), so does the young hippy chick from Once upon a time in Hollywood.
An important moral message in there somewhere, LOADS of tits from the two main stars too ( always appreciated ). Some Peter Jackson/Robocop inspired gross shit later on is amusingly fucked up
2 fading stars out of 5 hot young things
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Rewatched the Deer Hunter on TVNZ on demand.
It is an absolute masterpiece.
I mean, still with its flaws ( Wedding scene went on too long, historically slightly inaccurate, ending is a real downer.....)
but yeah.......Despite all that just a brilliant piece of filmmaking. De Niro and Walken have never been better. Streep and the supporting cast were excellent too, it's crazy that the guy who played Axel wasn't even a trained actor and he held his own with some Academy Award winning heavyweights. John Cazale never saw the finished movie, he died before it was released.
5 single shots out of 5 games of Russian Roulette.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
The Substance
Bizarre, satirical flick about aging in Hollywood. Done in quite an original way. Pretty stupid movie though really….
Demi Moore looks terrific ( early on at least ), so does the young hippy chick from Once upon a time in Hollywood.
An important moral message in there somewhere, LOADS of tits from the two main stars too ( always appreciated ). Some Peter Jackson/Robocop inspired gross shit later on is amusingly fucked up
2 fading stars out of 5 hot young things
I also watched this, and consider it to be a pile of shit. The only thing it has going for it is that it isn't another superhero movie.
Old people are gross, and getting old sucks. There's the message in 8 words, and I've heard that you can find tits out there on the internet: don't waste your time. -
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Rewatched the Deer Hunter on TVNZ on demand.
It is an absolute masterpiece.
I mean, still with its flaws ( Wedding scene went on too long, historically slightly inaccurate, ending is a real downer.....)
but yeah.......Despite all that just a brilliant piece of filmmaking. De Niro and Walken have never been better. Streep and the supporting cast were excellent too, it's crazy that the guy who played Axel wasn't even a trained actor and he held his own with some Academy Award winning heavyweights. John Cazale never saw the finished movie, he died before it was released.
5 single shots out of 5 games of Russian Roulette.
I went completely the other way on my rewatch and just found it bollocks with really good actors.
Also, wow I didn't know that about Axel, and he didn't act again.
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@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:
John Cazale
Died of Cancer at 42, was dating Meryl Streep at the time (she still talks about him as being the love of her life)
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Rewatched the Deer Hunter on TVNZ on demand.
It is an absolute masterpiece.
I mean, still with its flaws ( Wedding scene went on too long, historically slightly inaccurate, ending is a real downer.....)
but yeah.......Despite all that just a brilliant piece of filmmaking. De Niro and Walken have never been better. Streep and the supporting cast were excellent too, it's crazy that the guy who played Axel wasn't even a trained actor and he held his own with some Academy Award winning heavyweights. John Cazale never saw the finished movie, he died before it was released.
5 single shots out of 5 games of Russian Roulette.
I went completely the other way on my rewatch and just found it bollocks with really good actors.
Also, wow I didn't know that about Axel, and he didn't act again.
I’m not necessarily gonna disagree with that, it was a product of its time. I loved watching it again.
The acting absolutely makes it cos the storyline isn’t amazing if you break it down.
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Accountant 2
Good script, albeit a minimal use of violence. Only criticism is the Bourne / CSI use of hacking everything/ rotate and enhance etc.
Other than that, it's a worthy sequel.
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The Substance, I um don’t know where to start.
You have to see it for yourself.3.5 older asses out of 5 younger asses ( there is ALOT of ass shits, seriously I don’t know why Demi Moore attracted so much award buzz while Margaret Qualley‘s ass didn’t)
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
The Substance, I um don’t know where to start.
You have to see it for yourself.3.5 older asses out of 5 younger asses ( there is ALOT of asses, seriously I don’t know why Demi Moore attracted so much award buzz while Margaret Qualley‘s ass didn’t)
Edit : for @Bones, sorry no shits…
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Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Novocaine: Jack Quaid from The Boys plays a guy who can't feel pain, and therefore has to be wary in life. For reasons he has to become John Wick, Liam Neeson, the Stath despite having none of the skills. Was a pretty fun film. Also stars Amber Midthunder from Prey.
A Working Man: I genuinely like most of Staths action movies, even if they're mostly the same movie. But this was one was pretty bad.
Warfare: A US Seal team gets into a firefight in a house they're in while supporting some marines. It goes a bit pear shaped. I thought this was a good war film, reminded me a lot of Black Hawk Down. Stars the main kid from Reservation Dogs, Will Poulter and a bunch of other familiar faces. Written by one of the members of the real life team.
This whole review is a complete contradiction. Can you go into more detail so I can be sure to avoid the movie ? cheers
Let's use this analogy, if his movies were songs then most of them, although they're pretty much the same song are written and performed by the Beatles. This one was written and performed by Nickleback. In other words best to avoid, but in all honesty don't listen to me, if you don't mind lesser Stath then you'll likely be entertained, I wasn't for the most part.
Still doesn't work as I tend to avoid the Beatles and Nickelback.
Statham is good as a smart ass geezer in an ensemble cast. I've never found a movie of his I enjoy with him as the lead.
The Accountant 2 (2025) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Crime, Drama
