The Movie Review Thread

**Hemi Makutu** · 20th October 2016, 17:59

Originally Posted by Akzle

english. you fucken strayan shitsack.

titles should be titular, and the text body bodular and ne'er the twain shall meet.

Titties, esp' well-formed, are always popular, even for formality-Nazis...

**Akzle** · 22nd October 2016, 13:01

attack the block

probably aimed at the demograph it features. that is: bri'ish urban yoof yaaea?

neat aliems. rather predictable plot.

wont be watching again, but 7/10 for what it is.

21 jump street

a few chuckles, but hardly going to be called funny. again, i doubt i'm the target audience. again, wont watch again.
pretty fucken mediocre. 6/10

**Crasherfromwayback** · 23rd October 2016, 09:59

Yep, enjoyed it. 6.5/10.

**Akzle** · 24th October 2016, 10:25

Originally Posted by Virago

Eddie the Eagle.

Comedy-Drama, very loosely based on the life of eccentric British ski-jumper, Eddie Edwards. Note that I said loosely - think of it as Cool Runnings on skis.

A little predicable in places, but still enough suspense and laughs to keep you engaged. Taron Egerton did an outstanding job portraying Eddie, reasonably well supported by Hugh Jackman as the reluctant (and drunkard) coach.

7/10.

seen it.
enjoyed it for different reasons. whoever thought a retarded pudgy white guy is movie material deserves a tune-up.
"quaint" would be putting it nicely. "trite" is more accurate. and watching someone that can obviously jump throw their landings was just gay.

although jackman mind-fucking bo derrick was well worth a laugh. and big big ups to the costumers and prop guys. cardigans, rapist glasses, and retro skis. brilliant.

also 7/10.

fast times at ridgemont high
i'm going to have to revisit all the old-school-school movies, because they're still funny as shit.

this was possibly the dawn of several acting careers (whittaker, who i have not seen anything inspired from; and reinhold, who is quite good in his typecast way)

with no SFX, and no big action to hide behind it has to make do with a script, and epic characters, and as said, hilarity.
9/10

**Akzle** · 24th October 2016, 14:33

Originally Posted by Madness

8/10

yarr. dunno.
i wouldn't call the violence gratuitous, but certainly graphic, kinda used as punctuation: it's there just cos. it doesn't really add anything, just breaks up the blurb.

the humors get a bit droll, the ironical metafictation and all
and the thing's a nudge under two hours, which leans it toward insufferable,
but somehow, the story (no great hurrah) and the characters (all pretty well acted by famouses) keep you there.
and it is brilliant watching several people quite detached from "reality" interacting with each other, though instead of playing that up and making it epic they flesh it out with shit.

a dabblin of tits but could have done with more vagoo. and kinda just blurbles off into irrelevance.
5/10

**Hemi Makutu** · 24th October 2016, 14:59

I recently enjoyed 'Hyde Park on Hudson' with Bill playing US Prez F.D.R. as a consumate politician,
while living with a domineering mother, lezzo-wife & secretary squeeze, he manages to fit in a fling
with his cute cousin, ironically when being visited by the British Royals,(they being no strangers to the cousin thing).

That got me to dig out a few other straight role flicks by Bill, the two where he plays a gangster boss,
'Mad Dog & Glory' - "..the expeditor of your dreams." & 'Passion Play' with a trippy/angelic story.
He played those villainous bastards so well, implacable.

And to 'The Razors Edge', an early one that got critically panned, of him doing the WW I meat-truck ( ambo) driver..
Its ok, he acts fine.& it holds its place in the sensitive conchie in wartime, war movie sub-genre..

Its not as bad as seeing Keanu Reeves in Dracula back in day,
& expecting him to say "Hey Drac-dude, where are the chicks?"
He was awful in that...

**Hemi Makutu** · 25th October 2016, 16:33

A must see... J.B. plays Earl, an uptight suburbanite..

In..

'Neighbors'

-with Dan Aykroyd.. as Capt Vick..
" Put-the-coffee, back-in-the-cup.. or its pump-city, Earl!"

& Cathy Moriarty ( Mrs Jake Lamotta, in 'Raging Bull') - "Earl tried to pork me, Vick."

Like a funny nightmare.. & so early `80s.. def' not P.C...

**mossy1200** · 25th October 2016, 19:49

http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/ouija-origin-of-evil/

Ouija was a bit scary for me 8/10. I had my eyes closed in a few bits.

**Akzle** · 26th October 2016, 16:11

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
(or, Amelie, for the less french) ç'est un comédie, romance

did i mention french? it is. and that filthy native kind that sounds like they're talking dirty at you.

fair warning, the cunt's 2 hours long. but it whiles it away not-un-shittily. the budget was 77 million francs, so about 12 million of the hollywood jew-petro-dollars.
is that big budget? i don't know. i would say they got value for money though.
soundtrack, while not memorable, was frog. and everyone loves an accordian.

the elfine lead was spot on, in elf-ishness.
teh plot... good. really. no great shakes, but plenty regular shakes. didn't quite end, which you would think they could manage, in two fucken hours.
had a lot of loose characters, which were neat, but didn't contribute a whole lot. perhaps that's just not-hollywood style?
i'd pick three 'main' ones. although more like 10 that were "featured".

the sfx - not abused. the comedies - playful.

mayhap not to be watched with the bros, (unless you're all metro, and don't have any other options) but could certainly be enjoyed with female company.

8.5/10

**Hemi Makutu** · 26th October 2016, 16:34

Enjoyable, & well written/SFX'd - for a deliberately derivative story...

( def' '5th Element'/'Serenity' overtones, not that there's anything wrong with that).

& its funny, ( unlike too many lame po-faced 'Transformers' type shit) - yet not crass enough to turn off chicks,
with a bit of emotional involvement- plus - having believable female characters with good input,
& giving them a fair go, yes - even 'the green bitch' as Eddie Murphy would put it.

( yes, like in the original 'Star Trek', she gets thrown out into airless space, but here the Skipper saves her & still isn't shown getting a root)

stjude · 28th October 2016, 21:17

It's Only the End of the World

it is the first movie i've seen by Xavier Dolan and i quite liked it. it shows how bad the relationships have gone in the family though they really try to be nice and happy. the actors play beautifully and 2 hours really worth it

**FlangMasterJ** · 31st October 2016, 16:46

Saw Dr Strange on Thursday. Loved it, it's up there with Guardians of the Galaxy in it's completeness. Definitely go see it. 8.5/10

**mossy1200** · 31st October 2016, 19:29

Finally went to Girl on the Train. Couldn't resist Emily any longer.

Was a good movie 8/10

Watched Invitation on dvd and that was good also 8/10

**HenryDorsetCase** · 31st October 2016, 20:57

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

Yep, enjoyed it. 6.5/10.

I liked it a LOT. I was amazed by Chris Pine, and Jeff Bridges is always good. Really liked the end. Its in my top five films this year easy. 9/10

**HenryDorsetCase** · 31st October 2016, 21:01

we rented the GHOSTBUSTERS reboot with Kirsten Wiig and Melissa McCarthy et al last night. The reviews, sadly, are right: this is a bad film. Not because they are women - I have a lot of time for Kirsen Wiig and McCarthy (C'mon, who doesnt love BRIDESMAIDS and THE HEAT with bonus Sandra Bullock) but this is..... flat. Great cast, stunning supporting actors (the guy who plays Jarrod in SILICON VALLEY) and Chris Hemsworth who gets all the good lines. Its just... not that well written or thought out.

In fact if you stick with it, most of the best jokes are in the out takes. Very disappointed 3/10.