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Post by elstoof on Apr 15, 2024 10:24:21 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 15, 2024 10:25:51 GMT
That was for user Mola's first post, your post got in the way goddamnit! |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 15, 2024 10:29:02 GMT
Beautiful new page timing
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Post by harrypalmer on Apr 15, 2024 10:33:14 GMT
The Lizzie Maguire Movie (Disney+) - 2/5I will never get tired of watching teen girl fantasy movies, even better if they're from the early 2000s. It's not weird. Aquamarine is the gold standard at the moment. Bring it On (Amazon) - 2.5/5Entertaining, but feels like it should have more of an edge. In it's defence it does address racial and sexual prejudice, but because it's from 2000 also manages to be racist and homophobic. Dunst is immaculate. How to Have Sex (Mubi) - 3.5/5Should be required viewing in schools. A group of teenage girls go on a party holiday to Crete to celebrate finishing their exams and to try and have sex. Brilliant performances, and the hedonistic hell-scape is brought to life in unflinching detail. It's funny, and you care deeply about the main character, but it's incredibly sad. D.E.B.S next! Fuck yeah. Been after Josie and the Pussycats for a while too. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 15, 2024 13:45:01 GMT
Monkey Man
It's pretty good! People keep comparing it to John Wick, but I didn't think it was very much at all like John Wick, except in the sense that it's about a man who beats people up. There's basically no guns, and the choreography is a lot messier (not necessarily in a bad way)
"Messy" was probably the word I'd use to describe most of it, really. It's like watching someone learning on the job how to make an action movie, and that makes it feel pretty vibrant and exciting. But yeah... also messy.
The bit with the knife was very cool.
7.5/10
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Post by gamingdave on Apr 15, 2024 14:20:16 GMT
Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game (2022) - 65/100 - After a review on here a week or so ago I added this to the watchlist. A great Sunday afternoon film. It's a simple enough story stretched out to just over 90mins, but kept us entertained with some solid performances and a lot of heart. It's a love letter to pinball, and loosely basis itself around the true story of one mans involvement in decriminalising pinball in New York, but it's also a tender story about love and relationships. The analogies of pinball and life - wanting to feel in control but needing to take risk - tied together nicely without every feeling forced or overly contrived. Recommended.
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Post by rawshark on Apr 15, 2024 14:24:25 GMT
I’m currently watching Oppenheimer the way Christopher Nolan always intended for it to be seen - broken up over the course of a week, with the duration dictated by how tired / how big a headache my partner has. Should be concluding tonight.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 15, 2024 14:27:48 GMT
I’m currently watching Oppenheimer the way Christopher Nolan always intended for it to be seen - broken up over the course of a week, with the duration dictated by how tired / how big a headache my partner has. Should be concluding tonight. I have it available to watch, but I've been kinda putting it off because that's exactly how I'd be watching it.
By the time I do decide to actually watch it it'll probably have left the streaming service anyway.
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Post by elstoof on Apr 15, 2024 15:06:09 GMT
Bit of a start-stoppenheimer situation
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Post by brokenkey on Apr 15, 2024 17:12:42 GMT
Monkey Man It's pretty good! People keep comparing it to John Wick, but I didn't think it was very much at all like John Wick, except in the sense that it's about a man who beats people up. There's basically no guns, and the choreography is a lot messier (not necessarily in a bad way) "Messy" was probably the word I'd use to describe most of it, really. It's like watching someone learning on the job how to make an action movie, and that makes it feel pretty vibrant and exciting. But yeah... also messy. The bit with the knife was very cool. 7.5/10 I felt the same but gave it a lower score - it feels like there were lots of whole ideas that got cut out, but they left bits of them in. |
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Post by malek86 on Apr 15, 2024 17:48:48 GMT
Monkey Man Now there's a revenge flick. The action is fast-paced and brutal, just the way I like it. There are some obvious inspirations too, for example the final battle near the end clearly draws from Enter the Dragon. On the other hand, the story was kinda all over the place, many plot threads are quietly dropped, and some characters don't seem to have a real purpose. Still, it's a fun watch for the gory action alone. 7/10 |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Apr 15, 2024 20:04:17 GMT
Ludicrously stupid, pure fucking awfulness in all the absolute best ways possible. I couldn't even begin to describe the absolute insanity of the plot of this film. Just watch it. Go on.
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I should forewarn though that the kid in it needs punching in the throat. Why he didn't leave him with the worlds' most obvious cannibals and hand them the knife and fork is beyond me. |
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Post by brokenkey on Apr 15, 2024 20:32:04 GMT
Civil War. A solid 9/10
Uncut Gems, but in a war zone. Sound design is amazing, worth going to the cinema for.
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Post by retro74 on Apr 15, 2024 20:47:52 GMT
Free Solo (BBC2) As a documentary narrative it’s fairly conventionally put together but Alex Honnold, what he does and the climbing shots just make it next level. I’ve seen it a lot of time before but it’s entered that Robocop/Predator space where I never get bored of it or less impressed no matter how often I’ve watched it. I have zero interest in climbing but I absolutely loved it when I watched it a few years ago, not even sure why I watched it, maybe from a recommendation on the old forum? I must watch it again sometime |
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Post by Dougs on Apr 15, 2024 20:57:40 GMT
Same here. I watched it early one morning when I couldn't sleep - kids came in an hour into it and they were transfixed too. There's very little that shuts them up tbh but this managed it somehow.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 15, 2024 22:06:15 GMT
Monkey Man It's pretty good! People keep comparing it to John Wick, but I didn't think it was very much at all like John Wick, except in the sense that it's about a man who beats people up. There's basically no guns, and the choreography is a lot messier (not necessarily in a bad way) "Messy" was probably the word I'd use to describe most of it, really. It's like watching someone learning on the job how to make an action movie, and that makes it feel pretty vibrant and exciting. But yeah... also messy. The bit with the knife was very cool. 7.5/10 I felt the same but gave it a lower score - it feels like there were lots of whole ideas that got cut out, but they left bits of them in. I think that actually did happen. It was originally going to be a Netflix movie, and they had to recut the whole thing because Netflix was concerned about the political commentary. It was also a Covid movie, which meant that reshooting bits was tricky/impossible. So the end result was pretty messy, but I think they basically managed to make it coherent. That said, there are some head-scratchers. Like why the villain wanted that village burned in the first place. It's meant to be an allusion to Modi overseeing massacres of Indian Muslims, but the victims in the movie didn't appear to be Muslim. Feels like some motivation was cut out there. |
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Post by simple on Apr 15, 2024 22:13:58 GMT
Free Solo (BBC2) As a documentary narrative it’s fairly conventionally put together but Alex Honnold, what he does and the climbing shots just make it next level. I’ve seen it a lot of time before but it’s entered that Robocop/Predator space where I never get bored of it or less impressed no matter how often I’ve watched it. I have zero interest in climbing but I absolutely loved it when I watched it a few years ago, not even sure why I watched it, maybe from a recommendation on the old forum? I must watch it again sometime There’s a pretty good chance that was me. I banged on about it and Dawn Wall loads for awhile. |
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Post by retro74 on Apr 15, 2024 22:21:11 GMT
I have zero interest in climbing but I absolutely loved it when I watched it a few years ago, not even sure why I watched it, maybe from a recommendation on the old forum? I must watch it again sometime There’s a pretty good chance that was me. I banged on about it and Dawn Wall loads for awhile. Well if it was I thank you very much  |
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Post by peacemaker on Apr 16, 2024 7:51:05 GMT
From dusk till dawn at odeon
Amazing from start to finish. Except for some out dated visual effects it has aged beautifully. Easily my favourite George Clooney role, shame he didn’t play more characters like this. I think the first part of the movie is. 10/10 and the second part is maybe an 8/10. Salma Hayek is perfect, very much in love. Was great to see it on the big screen. Now for desperado in the odeon.
9/10
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Post by britesparc on Apr 16, 2024 8:06:37 GMT
I'll never get over the fact my dad put From Dusk Till Dawn on one night, after everyone else had gone to bed, having never heard of it, and assuming from the first few scenes it was a tense crime drama. So when the vampires come out it took him by surprise.
I'd love to have been able to experience it like that. I don't think I'll ever have that, with any film, as I'm either too well-read about the industry to know what I'm watching, or I come to it too late and any kind of mini-twist has been spoiled.
The closest I've ever had is probably when the Flood appear in Halo.
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Post by otto on Apr 16, 2024 8:13:55 GMT
Bit of a start-stoppenheimer situation r/angryupvote |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 16, 2024 8:29:48 GMT
I'll never get over the fact my dad put From Dusk Till Dawn on one night, after everyone else had gone to bed, having never heard of it, and assuming from the first few scenes it was a tense crime drama. So when the vampires come out it took him by surprise. I'd love to have been able to experience it like that. I don't think I'll ever have that, with any film, as I'm either too well-read about the industry to know what I'm watching, or I come to it too late and any kind of mini-twist has been spoiled. The closest I've ever had is probably when the Flood appear in Halo. I've mentioned it before, but I had a VCD of From Dusk Til Dawn but back then my PC wasn't fast enough to play it properly, so it kept crashing about 10-20 minutes in. So I watched the first part dozens of times, but had no idea it was a vampire flic until I finally got the dvd (or vhs, can't remember) |
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Post by technoish on Apr 16, 2024 8:35:54 GMT
The Descent is still my number one surprise genre film...
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Post by elstoof on Apr 16, 2024 8:39:08 GMT
Bit of a start-stoppenheimer situation r/angryupvote Never heard of that until now but my god it seems like home. I feel like Steve Martin hearing white music for the first time in The Jerk |
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Post by damagedinc on Apr 16, 2024 8:44:43 GMT
I have zero interest in climbing but I absolutely loved it when I watched it a few years ago, not even sure why I watched it, maybe from a recommendation on the old forum? I must watch it again sometime There’s a pretty good chance that was me. I banged on about it and Dawn Wall loads for awhile. I'm scared of heights, so have a complete fascination with anything done at a high height! This documentary was brilliant for many different reasons. Felt so sorry for his partner, him leaving and not knowing if that will be the last time. I just don't understand how free climbers do it. Its surely one of the ultimate tests. A no hit run with the consequence being death. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2024 8:46:21 GMT
The Descent is still my number one surprise genre film... Dog Soldiers for me. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 16, 2024 9:50:56 GMT
Civil War
The dumbest fucking journalists in the world drive through a warzone without an armed escort, to interview a guy that doesn't want to be interviewed, for an audience that may not even care.
Like, this movie is affecting and horrifying and actually pretty good, but... is this what normal war journalists are like? How do they survive?
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Post by Binky on Apr 16, 2024 9:57:37 GMT
The Descent is still my number one surprise genre film... Dog Soldiers for me. I love Dog Soldiers but, you know, the clue was kinda in the name. |
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Apr 16, 2024 10:21:53 GMT
Love it when they nail these threads - mind you, I have been listening to a lot of Genesis recently...
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 16, 2024 10:55:49 GMT
DiCaprio would have been an interesting choice but he was far too boyish at that time to pull it off.
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