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Andyliini
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Now You See Me 2
This sequels to the magic-heist film of 2013 is a weird one. On one hand, most of the cast and crew return in a quite similar scenario. On the other hand, very little time of the film is spent on actual magic tricks, and it's more of espionage or some other thing. Still a fun thriller with funny characters and easily followable story, but the first film had more oomph, if you ask me.
This sequels to the magic-heist film of 2013 is a weird one. On one hand, most of the cast and crew return in a quite similar scenario. On the other hand, very little time of the film is spent on actual magic tricks, and it's more of espionage or some other thing. Still a fun thriller with funny characters and easily followable story, but the first film had more oomph, if you ask me.
T8SC
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Another guilty pleasure:
What's not to like?
What's not to like?
- A talking gorilla - Check.
- Evil gorillas - Check.
- Lost city of Zinj - Check.
- Sentry gun scene that could be straight out of Aliens - Check.
- Sesame cake - Check.
bitbydeath
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CA: Brave New World
Uh, nothing really happened…
Everything is too easy for Sam, he gets stabbed like it's nothing and can fight like a super soldier without the super soldier serum, it is ridiculous.
His biggest struggle is looking out for others around him.
Uh, nothing really happened…
Everything is too easy for Sam, he gets stabbed like it's nothing and can fight like a super soldier without the super soldier serum, it is ridiculous.
His biggest struggle is looking out for others around him.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I laugh every time I think of the line "Looks like you're going back on the endangered species list!" while the main character is mowing evil monkeys down with a laser gunAnother guilty pleasure:
What's not to like?
Good cast too; Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson, Laura Linney, Bruce Campbell, Delroy Lindo & Joe Pantoliano.
- A talking gorilla - Check.
- Evil gorillas - Check.
- Lost city of Zinj - Check.
- Sentry gun scene that could be straight out of Aliens - Check.
- Sesame cake - Check.
T8SC
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TheUnicornGuy
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Operation fortune: ruse de guerre and the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. Thumbs up to both of them. Not Guy Richie's best but still enjoyable. Aubrey Plaza and Eiza Gonzales are both worth watching the films for.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Bring Her Back
Best horror film since Hereditary no one can tell me otherwise.
Best horror film since Hereditary no one can tell me otherwise.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Smile 2, pretty fucked up imo
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Is it better than 1? Didnt care too much for it. I'd give 1 a solid 5 out of 10
diffusionx
Gold Member
yea I'd say it is better than 1
SupaComputa
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The Assessment
They had some good ideas in there mostly at the beginning and crammed up in the last 15mins, problem is they spent too much time on the girl being crazy.
5/10.
They had some good ideas in there mostly at the beginning and crammed up in the last 15mins, problem is they spent too much time on the girl being crazy.
5/10.
Andyliini
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The Next Three Days
Action thriller starring Russell Crowe, it follows the story of a desperate man whose wife has been sentenced to prison. He firmly believes she is innocent and goes to great lenghts in order to save her. I enjoyed the film, but they should have wrapped the film faster, suspense can only carry so far before it gets overwhelming.
Action thriller starring Russell Crowe, it follows the story of a desperate man whose wife has been sentenced to prison. He firmly believes she is innocent and goes to great lenghts in order to save her. I enjoyed the film, but they should have wrapped the film faster, suspense can only carry so far before it gets overwhelming.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Clear and Present Danger
One of Harrison Ford's best performances, this holds up really well. Loved this but didn't care for the newer Jack Ryan stuff...
One of Harrison Ford's best performances, this holds up really well. Loved this but didn't care for the newer Jack Ryan stuff...
Fbh
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Sinners 6.5/10
It was fun, but after all the positive feedback I was expecting a bit more. Visually it's nice and I rally enjoyed the setting and initial buildup, but once the vampires show up it becomes increasingly more generic and uninspired IMO.
Good performances though from everyone in the cast.
It was fun, but after all the positive feedback I was expecting a bit more. Visually it's nice and I rally enjoyed the setting and initial buildup, but once the vampires show up it becomes increasingly more generic and uninspired IMO.
Good performances though from everyone in the cast.
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Holy moly. Now this is a fucking movie. Yeah, it's a long ride (I dont mind this at all), but it earns every minute
Cinematic grandeur at its peak. If you're into big, bold adventure with some real depth, this one still holds up hard
Watch Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Dr. Zhivago (1965) too. Those are David Lean's other movie epics and are just as magnificent.
Dr.Morris79
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What in the fook, man.
D'ya know, the older I get and some of the things old King writes about I'm fast becoming a believer in the thought that he really, really needs his Hard drive checking..
Like, years ago.
SupaComputa
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Wanted
Whoa that's stupid by stupid action movie standards. Couldn't last more than 20 minutes. A dollar store Matrix, unfunny and annoying dialogue, action that does not make sense and has no impact. Who let a 13 year old boy make a movie?
2/10, makes me physically uncomfortable.
Whoa that's stupid by stupid action movie standards. Couldn't last more than 20 minutes. A dollar store Matrix, unfunny and annoying dialogue, action that does not make sense and has no impact. Who let a 13 year old boy make a movie?
2/10, makes me physically uncomfortable.
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SupaComputa
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Presence
They had a good gimmick and did nothing with it. Watchable but flavorless.
4/10
They had a good gimmick and did nothing with it. Watchable but flavorless.
4/10
DKehoe
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I watched Manhunter for the first time and thought it was excellent. The cinematography and soundtrack were fantastic, creating a moody 80s noir atmosphere. I really liked Brian Cox's take on Lecter (or "Lecktor," as he's named here). It was interesting to see a more restrained version of the character, he's not even a cannibal, the most iconic thing about him, in this adaptation. I imagine the filmmakers didn't want him to overshadow the main narrative, which is something that increasingly happened in later entries of the series.
I like how the killer sees the world through a different lens, literally, in this version.
Bret Ratner's Red Dragon is cool too but very different in execution. The opposite of subtle.
Check out To Live and Die in LA if you haven't. William Peterson landed Manhunter off the back of that one.
DKehoe
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Will do! That's an interesting connection since I was just reading that William Friedkin was considered for Lecktor in Manhunter.
I really liked Petersen's Will Graham too. I thought Hugh Dancy's version worked well for the Hannibal show, which I'm a huge fan of. But that series operates in big, theatrical strokes, whereas Peterson's version has more of a grounded quality, a man pulled back into a world he'd worked hard to escape but feels drawn to. His return to a quiet family life, although perhaps still haunted by what's beneath, makes the closing line "Most of them. Most of them made it" really work.
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Yeah, it's too bad Peterson didn't do more in Hollywood after LA and Manhunter. His two big leading roles were both memorable. Apparently he turned down Platoon and Henry Hill in Goodfellas, saying he didn't want to be a movie star. Totally understandable.
SupaComputa
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Blue Velvet
Great movie, but for some reason I remember this movie having a very bad ending for the main character, I guess memory is weird like that.
It is a bit straightforward for Lynch, it is less impactful on multiple viewings.
8/10
Great movie, but for some reason I remember this movie having a very bad ending for the main character, I guess memory is weird like that.
It is a bit straightforward for Lynch, it is less impactful on multiple viewings.
8/10
TheUnicornGuy
Gold Member
Just rewatched this, still a cracking movie. Too many dystopian movies have miserable endings, this one at least is hopeful, and I like the inclusion of the dead characters in the crowd at the end. Them living on through evey with her spreading their stories to the revolutionaries, I like that.
JimmyRustler
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The Ninth Gate
One of my all time favourites. I love this movie so much and it's always a joy to rewatch it.
One of my all time favourites. I love this movie so much and it's always a joy to rewatch it.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I loved the ending too
It's a close second to Rosemary Baby when it comes my Roman Polanski film ranking
Doom85
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Just rewatched this, still a cracking movie. Too many dystopian movies have miserable endings, this one at least is hopeful, and I like the inclusion of the dead characters in the crowd at the end. Them living on through evey with her spreading their stories to the revolutionaries, I like that.
22,000 dominoes that took 200 hours to set up. But damn, what a visual.
I feel the visual of everyone being seen in the crowd also adds to the idea that V's original identity doesn't matter, as he became devoted entirely to the idea that V stood for, and the actual original person was unimportant. "Behind this mask, there is more than flesh. Behind this mask, there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
IIRC, when it comes to the comic, Alan Moore only specifically said V was not Evey's father (among two other joke answers of people that aren't in the actual story). Other than that, it's open to interpretation who V originally was.
JimmyRustler
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Could not agree more. Fantastic ending that keeps the suspense going beyond the movie.
forsakkenSoul
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This movie is really good, everything is top quality. It tries to show what the final days of the Third Reich were like, based on witness accounts, including Hitler's last secretary.
Come and See is a Soviet movie from 1985, still highly praised today for showing the life of a young soviet boy who experienced the absolute worst of war. From losing his family to witnessing the horrors the Germans inflicted on other civilians during the Nazi invasion of the USSR.
DKehoe
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Andyliini
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Battleship
I have no idea why I had it in my shelf, maybe I just found it cheap at some point. Anyway, the film was relatively fun summer action film, it makes no sense, and I don't think it was supposed to. Just some shooting and explosions for two hours. Sometimes there's nothing wrong with that.
I have no idea why I had it in my shelf, maybe I just found it cheap at some point. Anyway, the film was relatively fun summer action film, it makes no sense, and I don't think it was supposed to. Just some shooting and explosions for two hours. Sometimes there's nothing wrong with that.
calistan
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Just watched The Salt Path. Had to wait a few days after it opened, because it was consistently sold out at my local cinema. It's still pretty full for evening showings this week, so I guess it's striking a chord with UK audiences (of a certain age).
It's a true story of a couple who lose their home, the husband gets diagnosed with an untreatable brain disease, and they decide to spend what little time and money they have left walking the coast of Devon and Cornwall, living in a tent. Surprisingly uplifting, and Gillian Anderson is particularly excellent.
It's a true story of a couple who lose their home, the husband gets diagnosed with an untreatable brain disease, and they decide to spend what little time and money they have left walking the coast of Devon and Cornwall, living in a tent. Surprisingly uplifting, and Gillian Anderson is particularly excellent.
TheUnicornGuy
Gold Member
Not a terrible film but I feel lied to by the picture used on amazon to advertise it.
in the picture she has a ripped top, she's holding a gun, and the house is on fire but her top stays intact, there aren't even any guns in the film, and no houses burn down. To add insult to injury it turns out the pretty blonde has a crush on her and they don't even kiss.
GateofD
Gold Member
People have namedropped that director name, I have not seen a Wes Anderson film at all actually.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Gave it a rewatch the other night. Still an absolutely mad watch.
I do think it was all imagined though
..Or was it
calistan
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He's probably the most visually distinctive director out there. Like, you can tell it's a Wes Anderson film from a single image.
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DKehoe
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This isn't my favourite of his films but I still enjoyed it a lot. If you haven't seen one of his before I'd say it's worth checking out. Like
calistan
says, his work is very visually distinct and his shots are very carefully constructed, so I think that it benefits from being seen on the big screen. His work can be quite divisive so you might love it or you might hate it but you'll be able to have an opinion at least.
Doom85
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Maybe I'm misreading it, but it seems he's still alive, just his Alzheimer's has progressed to the point he can no longer paint. Which is still quite sad to hear.
I don't hate all movie posters using live-action shots of the cast like some do, but there should be more of a balance between those and hand drawn posters.
Occasionally we still get a few:
But yeah, we definitely need a more even balance rather than just the occasional hand drawn one these days.
TheUnicornGuy
Gold Member
The accountant 2. Not as good as the original but still pretty good. Some of the interactions between Chris and Braxton made me laugh.
ForAcademicPurposes
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Was this actually designed by Skinkawa? If so, then I might snag one.
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