R6Rider
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Without Remorse not only completely changed the story, but it was completely forgettable. MK at least had Kano and cool fights and fatalities.That garbage called MK better than WR? No way man
Without Remorse not only completely changed the story, but it was completely forgettable. MK at least had Kano and cool fights and fatalities.That garbage called MK better than WR? No way man
Thanks, I'll give this a watch and be prepared for the waterworks. My Pa had 11 years of hell with that, saw a lot first hand of what it does to your loved ones and those that have to care for them too. My Nana solo looked after him for 8 years of those 11.The Father - cinema
I thought this film had left our cinemas in Australia but when my wife was looking up times for Wrath of Man she saw that there were 3 sessions for this film so we insta bought our tickets.
And yeah, this movie is amazing, Anthony Hopkins is amazing, everything is amazing. It does such a great job of disorienting you and putting you in the mindset of someone who has dementia. We'll obviously never really know what it's like to have dementia but the film helps you understand what it is they might go through on a daily basis. The second half of the film had me tearing the fuck up as it made me think about my nanna and the things she has said before.
Bruce Willis pretty much just got paid to stand around and chat for this movie for the most part. The speaker thing threw me off cause he actually did talk through a speaker like device a couple times in the movie.Wasn't sold on the trailer. It looked like Willis was one of those robot toys from the 80's that just has limited movement and a few phrases through a bad speaker
Don’t bother, the movie ends long before they even come close to completing their journey so you have to make your own ending...
My feeling too. I didn't really enjoy this like I was hoping to. Not enough action to be a bootleg John Wick. Not enough espionage to be a proper Clancy flick. Kinda meh, although the prison fight was kinda cool.
Without Remorse (2021) - Amazon - ★★☆☆☆
It's odd in that while the production values are great, the acting good all around, and pacing leaves one engaged - it's just not terribly interesting and completely forgettable. It feels like a knock off of a Clancy property rather than the authentic deal.
Finally saw Hateful Eight yesterday. Thought it was fantastic. Knew going in that it was slow, so the pacing didn't bother me a bit.
Prefer it over Django by a country mile.
The Invisible Man (2020)
It was alright but had a lot of stupid writing moments. Eg.
She took an invisible suit and instead of putting it on she hid it away in a different room.
There was also a point where she had a gun in hand and he was standing completely still focusing on killing other people and she just watched.
She found his phone and keys which would have proven he was alive due to the phones content but she didn’t bother taking them.
That sort of poor writing irks me, I can’t rate it any higher than a 4 due to those stupid moments .
The beginning also isn’t clear in what’s going on either. And there was another stupid no-sense writing scene in that too involving a dog.
Finally saw Hateful Eight yesterday. Thought it was fantastic. Knew going in that it was slow, so the pacing didn't bother me a bit.
Prefer it over Django by a country mile.
What? How? I've never heard anyone say they prefer this to Django. Its 90% dialogue and not even peak Tarantino dialogue. It had its moments but I have to strongly disagree with you there.
Django just had some dumb moments, like the dancing horse scene, and QT accent he does lol.....plus django was more kill bill vibe, hateful 8 is more reservoir dogs, 1 basic location played out
Django had more 'moments', but I just prefer the subtle unravelling of hateful 8
Django is still awesome tho (apart from the dancing horse)
If you had been through that much of an ordeal as Django had.. you might celebrate with a little bit of horse dancing. I know I would.
You're right about the Australian accent. Tarantino never really excelled as an actor. The only movie he was ever good in was From Dusk Til Dawn.
Last night I watched the first Hellboy. I'd caught bits and pieces of it on TV over the years but never sat down and saw the whole thing through.
Damn, that was incredible occult fantasy action. Absolutely my favorite Del Toro movie out of all I have seen. Supremely excellent casting, Ron Perlman just IS this character, and the rest of the cast is perfect in their roles. The whole Nazi occult stuff was really cool I am a huge geek about that kind of stuff if you name drop the Spear of Longinus I will squee. I appreciated how the movie almost started almost where Raiders of the Lost Ark sort of ended with the cool supernatural setpiece. Great way to open a movie like this! Yet it wasn't just dumb action, there was character stuff and a love plot and yet not too much time was wasted, but the pacing was just right. It felt like an extremely efficient script. Some of the action was a little stiff but almost in the way that the Tim Burton Batman movies are, it looks a little off for a movie but feels like comic book images brought to life. Del Toro has an eye for fantasy.
Scene of the movie was when the Nazi clockwork experiment gets up from the operating table and moves to put on his gear. Just insanely creepy and great use of framing and blocking. You don't really get a good look at the guy, and that makes it all the creepier. This is the kind of old school filmmaking technique you rarely see these days. I read that he tried to hire Harryhausen to advise on special effects, but he turned it down because of the violence. Honestly, I found even that pretty tasteful, and I am a super whim when it comes to gore. But you can see that Del Toro is really influenced by that old pulpy b-movie style, much like George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg used to do.
Shame they never made a third. I still need to watch the sequel to this. Great stuff!
What? How? I've never heard anyone say they prefer this to Django. Its 90% dialogue and not even peak Tarantino dialogue. It had its moments but I have to strongly disagree with you there.
i need to rewatch it. it's been a while.Just rewatched Baby Driver, still a great film. I noticed that the lyrics to Harlem Shuffle at the beginning are spread throughout the scene as graffiti, stickers, signs, and such. Pretty cool.
i put Mulan (live action) on last night through Disney+. i know there was a lot of controversy but i'm not sure why. to be fair i've only watched half of it so far. i was enjoying it but it feels so slow i couldn't believe i was only 40 minutes in and then i watched another 15-20 minutes before stopping. i might go back to it later. never seen the original version. maybe i should've watched that first.
i need to rewatch it. it's been a while.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I'll say that the end battle scene was commendable, and I think that Helena Bonham Carter is the perfect actress for Bellatrix Lestrange. Her performance was outstanding as far as these films go. Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood was incredible as well, thought she nailed the character. Delores Umbridge and Professor Dumbledore also had a very strong presence in this film, I was very happy about that
The movies take a backseat to the books without question. I've learned to temper my expectations with these Harry Potter films but they serve as a fun way to relive some of the great moments in the books
As a series you can't deny theyre well done, the first 2 are a bit meh, but mainly due to the age of the actors, but by the 3rd film thats not really and issue
HP: PoA is probably my favorite out the series
Never read the books, so no reference
Compiling my summer movie watching list. So far I have:
Lost in Translation
Sideways
Office Space
Terminator 2
No Country For Old Men
National Treasure 1 and 2(yeah they're stupid as hell, but good summer fun treasure hunting flicks)
Drive
Avengers Infinity War and Endgame
Ready Player One
Collateral
The Big Lebowski
Others I'm considering, just don't know if I feel like watching them again, as I saw them last summer, but I like watching them in the summer:
Troy
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
The Da Vinci Code - movie isn't very good, but for some reason I like watching it late at night to help me wind down
Angels & Demons - same as above, maybe it's Tom Hanks screen presence that eases my brain
yeah, it seems like the movie would be a lot better on a rewatch so you can have context for the nonsensical final setpieces. It's too bad I have no interest in watching it againI thought Tenet was just ok
The books are incomparable to the movies. I think the cast selected for Harry Potter is nearly 10/10 but there have been many times where the directors have failed to recreate the greatness of certain moments in the books. PoA and GoF are the films that are most guilty of this, and disappointed the most. SS, CoS, and OotP (films 1, 2, and 5) have been fairly well adapted but I think the 3rd and 4th films could have been much better. Not to say that they aren’t good, but the directors definitely fucked up a few times; failed to replicate some important scenes. I especially take issue with the director of the 4th film. He butchered the beginning. He also completely missed out on a very important part of the story; entirely omitted an important character who played an incredible yet modest role in helping Harry Potter. But the director of the fifth film directed the following three Harry Potter movies I think so I’m betting the rest will be a great showAs a series you can't deny theyre well done, the first 2 are a bit meh, but mainly due to the age of the actors, but by the 3rd film thats not really and issue
HP: PoA is probably my favorite out the series
Never read the books, so no reference
Found why it was disappointingZach Snyder's
Ooh, thanks for the recco. I saw the trailer for Oxygen last night, and didn't know if I should bother. Now I'll definitely give it a watch.So since I'm on vacation today I watched:
Woman in the Window
Oxygen
Both are great movies but honestly Oxygen surprised me in such a good way. Best Sci-fi I've seen since Arrival. Really damn good.