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Post by julesd68 on Nov 26, 2023 11:36:36 GMT
Oh dear, that's a shame. I will try and see it this week.
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Post by Tim on Nov 26, 2023 19:56:30 GMT
Oh dear, that's a shame. I will try and see it this week. I'm seeing it a week Monday, so you'll beat me to it
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Post by Tim on Nov 27, 2023 20:11:50 GMT
Change of plan, I went today . . . and I called that wrong, it even exceeded my expectations, what a lousy film.
Holy crap it's tedious, by the time the extremely poor depiction of Waterloo arrived I'd nearly lost the will to live. I found it a totally mindless 2 hour period costume soap opera, with an additional 20 minutes or so of very average spectacle and another 10 minutes of awkward sex scenes. I did like the scenes of Malta though, brief as they were.
To save me lots of typing this lady sums it up nicely - I really don't want to ever think about it again, it's complete nonsense . . . but, YMMV
I might go and watch The Killer again as that now seems like a pretty decent film.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 16, 2023 20:51:58 GMT
Belfast.
Beautifully shot. Nice vignettes. Some good acting.
However, it has the look of trying to charm, or be memorable, and results in Belfast being almost completely devoid of charm. I started to tire way before the end as the story remains obstinately directionless. Branagh might believe he's a great director but not on the evidence of this.
The best thing about it? The Van Morrison soundtrack.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 3, 2024 12:57:45 GMT
Road House (Amazon Prime)
Now I'm rather fond of the original 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze. It's very much of its time but it works for one reason only - the star quality and raw charisma of Swayze. When he stands at the bar just grinning and doing nothing it works. Sadly Jake Gyllenhaal has about as much charisma as a plastic bag and just looks like a grinning idiot. His performance is so flat overall it could send you to sleep and in fact I chose sleep in preference to watching the second half of the film.
The other *big* problem with this film is the "performance" of Conor McGregor as a crazed Irish hoodlum. It's so cartoony and OTT you'd think he was on crack or something. It's so, so bad you need to see it to believe. He makes Vinnie Jones look like John Hurt. But I guess the producers didn't care as long as he brought his fanbase with him. The rest of the mediocre talent all toil away safe in the knowledge they are getting paid for this dreck.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 3, 2024 13:04:01 GMT
Why do they constantly rehash a perfectly good film that didn't need a second try?
When you say "I chose sleep" sometimes I don't even choose!
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Post by Slinger on Apr 3, 2024 13:16:53 GMT
I saw a one-word review of Roadhouse this morning. All it said was "Unnecessary", along with a warning that it was probably best if you even avoid the street which is home to your local cinema when it's showing.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 3, 2024 17:46:43 GMT
Prime keep playing excerpts That was enough to put me off
Also came across a review saying it was pointless or similar
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 3, 2024 20:51:37 GMT
I can't believe that they keep ruining old classics (actually I can believe it).
Watching Jake Gyllennhaal is literally only one step removed from watching Toby Maguire which is the same as watching a being trapped inside of a human body that it is QUITE unfamiliar with the controls of.
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 4, 2024 9:17:30 GMT
Prime shoved that excerpt at me again last night
Go away !
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