Movies
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I caught Blood Father last week. A girl gets into trouble with a drugs cartel. Unfortunately her father is Mad Mel, the angriest man alive. I quite enjoyed it, and Gibson is still very good at what he does, but he does have much better films in his repertoire.
I went to see Nerve today. The third act takes a bit of a leap, but the visual style is great. Plus the cute girl likes the guy with the Triumph motorcycle, which is a sentiment I can get behind.
Incidentally there's a "get up to 60 mph" sequence in the film. I don't know why it takes so long, maybe the air cooled Bonnies are a bit anaemic, but mine would be up there in about three seconds.
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… mine would be up there in about three seconds.
Blindfolded?
You should be a stuntman! Nerves of steel
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If I had a full head of hair and a beard, you could call me Captain Risky.
It's just that the bike struggles to get up from 55, 56, 57… They accelerate really fast, and so the sequence of trying to build up speed against the clock doesn't really play true.
Of course, I could point out that a lot of the tech details aren't realistic in the third act either. But that would be getting into spoiler territory.
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Have you ever watched a 'Fast and the Furious' movie and counted the number of gear changes in a 1/4 mile race?
Movies are just riddled with inaccuracies
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YOU SHUT YOUR LYING MOUTH, YOU LIAR!
I refuse to believe that Fast & Furious movies are not scrupulously accurate to the tiniest detail!
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It's a hard truth.
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Watched two great movies recently;
Mud (2013) viewed in HD on fmovies.to
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) viewed in HD on swag-movies.com
Both get 98% on rottentomatoes.com's TOMATOMETER and imho are well worth watching
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The news of reshoots for Rogue One is a bit worrying, but I really like Gareth Edward's visual style. There are some shots in the trailers that look completely different to anything we've seen in a Star Wars film to date. Godzilla had a few of those moments too.
Oh, I'll go and see it when it arrives, and I'm hoping that it'll turn out well.
I saw Snowden a week or two ago. I worked at The Guardian just after the revelations were posted, so it was interesting seeing a (probably inaccurate) version of the events leading up to it. Alan Rusbridger, who was the editor then, actually appears in a scene at the end.
I enjoyed the film, and it's worth seeing.
The Red Turtle is also worth catching. It's a collaboration between a Dutch-British animator, Studio Ghibli, and was largely made by teams in Belgium and France. There's minimal or even no dialogue, and not a huge amount of plot, but it's something different and rather special.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, on the watch list @Madame Buttonfly?
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@dylantbmayes - yes of course!
You seen it yet? Wish we could go together… 
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I saw Fantastic Beasts on Tuesday, and enjoyed the film. It's a bit different to the Harry Potter series, both because the characters are adults rather than children, and also because it's set in the 1920s.
Arrival is a few weeks into its run now, and is worth seeing. It's about first contact with aliens, and is the polar opposite of something like Independence Day.
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Watched two great movies recently;
Mud (2013) viewed in HD on fmovies.to
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) viewed in HD on swag-movies.com
Both get 98% on rottentomatoes.com's TOMATOMETER and imho are well worth watching
I missed this post earlier. Both are good films, and I'd recommend them.
Jeff Nichols, the director of Mud, also did Take Shelter, which is worth hunting down. I've not see his latest, Midnight Special.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople was directed by Taika Waititi, who also did What We Do In The Shadows, which you should check out if you haven't already. There's a sequel to that, entitled We're Wolves, in production.
He's currently filming the next Thor flick, and put this out a few months ago.
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Watched two great movies recently;
Mud (2013) viewed in HD on fmovies.to
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) viewed in HD on swag-movies.com
Both get 98% on rottentomatoes.com's TOMATOMETER and imho are well worth watching
I missed this post earlier. Both are good films, and I'd recommend them.
Jeff Nichols, the director of Mud, also did Take Shelter, which is worth hunting down. I've not see his latest, Midnight Special.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople was directed by Taika Waititi, who also did What We Do In The Shadows, which you should check out if you haven't already. There's a sequel to that, entitled We're Wolves, in production.
He's currently filming the next Thor flick, and put this out a few months ago.
jeff also has a movie called shotgun stories
that was his first movie
it's really good too
his newest movie is loving
i havent seen it yet
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@Madame:
@dylantbmayes - yes of course!
You seen it yet? Wish we could go together… I saw it Tuesday, with Jasmine. We both loved it!
Got me all nostalgic, thinking of our time visiting the studio
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Recent movies.
Rogue One: I enjoyed this, and think that it's a better film that The Force Awakens.
The first half felt more like a big budget adaptation of a 2000AD strip. (Someone give Gareth Edwards a stack of cash, and the rights to Strontium Dog.) The third act is closer to previous films in the franchise.
Quite a lot of scenes from the trailers didn't make it into the final cut, including a couple of the more iconic shots, such as this one.
I've got a few frustrations with the film. Several things appear to be set up, called out, and then never paid off. Plus the ensemble cast isn't fleshed out.
Donnie Yen's Chirrut Imwe, and K-2SO are the best things in the film. They should have just shot a movie about these two foiling the Empire.
Morgan is a recent film by Luke "Son of Ridley" Scott. It's well made, but it's the sort of thing that you've seen dozens of times before: Boffins dabble with things that they shouldn't have, and it goes horribly wrong.
The trailer pretty much sets the scene, and though there is a twist, it doesn't have a pay off.
Last year's Ex Machina is a better take on the same themes, and if you like Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays Morgan, then watch The Witch instead.
Your Name is a Japanese animated film, which is beautifully drawn (or rendered). It's sold as a rom-com, but turns out to be something different. Definitely worth watching, and I'd go see it instead of Morgan.
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I am the minority (well, me and Tommy) who really didn't like Rogue One. The first half was just dull and badly put together, the second half was visually impressive but I really didn't care about any of the characters.
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I liked Rogue One, but I think they pack too much in those two hours, so nothing gets fleshed out. There are too many characters and locations, and none is really explored in depth. On the other hand, I enjoyed the fact that there were new ships and armors. The movie was visually stunning and Disney took some risks with it (you'll see). The appearance of some ep. IV characters in CGI version is a first, and I expect it's going to become more and more common. Plenty of issues could come up around this. I'd put it with ep. IV and V overall, much better than VII.
