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Admit it, the reason you didn't like the film was because the protagonist wasn't white. [/Underseer]
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Admit it, the reason you didn't like the film was because the protagonist wasn't white. [/Underseer]
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The Jackal starring my now favourite actor Bruce Willis as the Jackal. Also starring Richard Geer and an all star cast. Brilliant action thriller. Not for those who dislike a little blood and gore.
8/10
8/10
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Meeting Gorbachev -Apart from Werner Herzog being the president of the Gorbachev fan club it was not too bad,.
The historical aspects of Gorbachev and his family was interesting and informative.
Though a little more scepticism about Gorby's motives and rationale from Chernobyl onwards would not have gone astray.
6.5/10
The historical aspects of Gorbachev and his family was interesting and informative.
Though a little more scepticism about Gorby's motives and rationale from Chernobyl onwards would not have gone astray.
6.5/10
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1917 - I thought it was brilliant, the sets, atmosphere, the horror of war.
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Se7en is playing on repeat on the Vice channel. One of my all time favorite movies. The way the last two deadly sins are accomplished in the storyline is brilliant. A standout performance from all involved.
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Morgan Freeman who happens to be one of my favourite actors stars in Along Came A Spider. A sequal to Kiss The Girls. Both films have holes in the plot one could drive a semi trailer through, but still enjoyable crime thrillers.
6.5/10 I rate it highly simply because of Freeman's acting ability.
6.5/10 I rate it highly simply because of Freeman's acting ability.
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Ford v Ferrari
Watched Ford v Ferrari (Matt Damon, Christian Bale) the other night. I’d read that you didn’t have to be a gear head to enjoy it, but I was a sports car crazy teenager (and in my twenties), which was when the events of the movie took place, so I enjoyed it a lot. Mrs. Tharmas however could never be described as anything like a gear head, and she was less enthusiastic (although she did enjoy it).
The story involves race car driver and developer Carroll Shelby (Damon) developing the Ford GT40 to compete against Ferrari, particularly at Le Mans. The car will be driven by Shelby’s friend, the brilliant but temperamental British driver Ken Miles (Bale). The story involves the love-hate relationship between the two, plus the effort to achieve their goals despite interference from Ford’s upper management. The race sequences are exciting, the chemistry between Damon and Bale is good, and the story stays fairly close to fact. The ending sort of fizzles out, however, with a pretty flat denouement. Because of that I rate it a 7.5 out of 10.
Watched Ford v Ferrari (Matt Damon, Christian Bale) the other night. I’d read that you didn’t have to be a gear head to enjoy it, but I was a sports car crazy teenager (and in my twenties), which was when the events of the movie took place, so I enjoyed it a lot. Mrs. Tharmas however could never be described as anything like a gear head, and she was less enthusiastic (although she did enjoy it).
The story involves race car driver and developer Carroll Shelby (Damon) developing the Ford GT40 to compete against Ferrari, particularly at Le Mans. The car will be driven by Shelby’s friend, the brilliant but temperamental British driver Ken Miles (Bale). The story involves the love-hate relationship between the two, plus the effort to achieve their goals despite interference from Ford’s upper management. The race sequences are exciting, the chemistry between Damon and Bale is good, and the story stays fairly close to fact. The ending sort of fizzles out, however, with a pretty flat denouement. Because of that I rate it a 7.5 out of 10.
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Escape Plan 2: Hades
Words can't describe how bad this straight-to-video sequel to somewhat enjoyable Stallone-Schwarzenegger collaboration Escape Plan is. At least in the first part, the "prison" they were escaping from was something someone could possibly build, though it wouldn't make much sense to do so. Here, the prison is pure scifi and CGI effects, with robot guards that don't seem to do anything but can apparently hover as if by some anti-gravity device, force fields, magic bolts of lightning keeping the inmates in check, and wrist straps appearing from nowhere. Also, there is a kitchen, where one inmate works as a cook for some reason. They could apparently build robot guards and robot doctors, but a robot cook was too complicated? Or even a regular human cook, as he never actually has to interact with the inmates anyway. And despite all the security, somehow one of the prisoners is, with no explanation whatsoever how, a fixer who can procure the protagonists with laser projectors to help presumably map the prison yard, which they can see with their own fucking eyes anyways. The communication between the prisoners is contrived beyond all reason. They seem to be able to talk to each other freely on the yard, but at one point they have to have someone hack the prison systems for 60 seconds so they can discuss their plans. And sometimes they need to pass messages through the cook, who presumably can have freedom to put little notes in the dinner trays. None of that is explained.
The plot otherwise is just as incoherent. The rationale for the prison is apparently to hold folks who have some secrets that need to be procured by way of torture. Like some chinese dude who had patented an invention that could let every computer in the world to be hacked via satellites somehow. But that's not how patents work! They could just google the patent office website, as the whole point of patents is to make inventions public, not hide them. Another "secret" is that there are three icelandic hackers in the prison, one of whom has the schematics of said prison. Why on Earth would they put someone who knows the prison layout in the very same prison, which apparently bases its whole security on the idea of keeping the prison layout a secret? He could talk and share his information with basically any other inmate, including Stallone's group of prison break experts.
And then there is the idea of having the prisoners fight each other for perks. Is it really a smart idea to have people whom have crucial knowledge in their heads engage in potentially lethal combat on a regular basis? According to this movie it is. And so far, I've barely scratched the surface of the various inconsistencies and idiocies of Escape Plan 2. I can't recommend it to anyone except those who get their kicks out of cataloguing and finding plot holes, but for that small demographic this is indeed a gold mine.
Words can't describe how bad this straight-to-video sequel to somewhat enjoyable Stallone-Schwarzenegger collaboration Escape Plan is. At least in the first part, the "prison" they were escaping from was something someone could possibly build, though it wouldn't make much sense to do so. Here, the prison is pure scifi and CGI effects, with robot guards that don't seem to do anything but can apparently hover as if by some anti-gravity device, force fields, magic bolts of lightning keeping the inmates in check, and wrist straps appearing from nowhere. Also, there is a kitchen, where one inmate works as a cook for some reason. They could apparently build robot guards and robot doctors, but a robot cook was too complicated? Or even a regular human cook, as he never actually has to interact with the inmates anyway. And despite all the security, somehow one of the prisoners is, with no explanation whatsoever how, a fixer who can procure the protagonists with laser projectors to help presumably map the prison yard, which they can see with their own fucking eyes anyways. The communication between the prisoners is contrived beyond all reason. They seem to be able to talk to each other freely on the yard, but at one point they have to have someone hack the prison systems for 60 seconds so they can discuss their plans. And sometimes they need to pass messages through the cook, who presumably can have freedom to put little notes in the dinner trays. None of that is explained.
The plot otherwise is just as incoherent. The rationale for the prison is apparently to hold folks who have some secrets that need to be procured by way of torture. Like some chinese dude who had patented an invention that could let every computer in the world to be hacked via satellites somehow. But that's not how patents work! They could just google the patent office website, as the whole point of patents is to make inventions public, not hide them. Another "secret" is that there are three icelandic hackers in the prison, one of whom has the schematics of said prison. Why on Earth would they put someone who knows the prison layout in the very same prison, which apparently bases its whole security on the idea of keeping the prison layout a secret? He could talk and share his information with basically any other inmate, including Stallone's group of prison break experts.
And then there is the idea of having the prisoners fight each other for perks. Is it really a smart idea to have people whom have crucial knowledge in their heads engage in potentially lethal combat on a regular basis? According to this movie it is. And so far, I've barely scratched the surface of the various inconsistencies and idiocies of Escape Plan 2. I can't recommend it to anyone except those who get their kicks out of cataloguing and finding plot holes, but for that small demographic this is indeed a gold mine.
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Why are there so many " Happy Madisom" or Adam Sandler movies on Netflix? I simply refuse to believe the reason could be their popularity. He's even done one with Jennifer Astin. Murder Mystery which I would rate as minus 0/10
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Beyond The Reach, 5/10; Stars Michael Douglas as an obnoxious wealthy hunter of rare big game. He bribes a local cop to allow him to hunt for a rare big horn sheep in the New Mexico desert. He hires a young man to be his guide and they set off. It all goes tits up when Douglas accidentally shoots and kills an old prospector. And what follows is an incoherent mess of a plot as Douglas tries to kill his guide by stripping him of his clothes and sending him out into the desert to die and Douglas keeping an eye on him from a distance to make sure he does die. Even as old as he is, Douglas still manages to exude menace from his character.
Knives Out - 8/10
It starts out as a standard whodunit, but then throws in a twist by telling you who did it about a half hour into the film and then it more focuses on whether or not they can get away with it. It switches tone to become more of a comedy of errors and does it really well. I could be argued that it throws in one twist too many or gets a bit too silly at times, but it works way more than it doesn't work.
A bunch of very good performances and a cleverly written script. Worth seeing.
It starts out as a standard whodunit, but then throws in a twist by telling you who did it about a half hour into the film and then it more focuses on whether or not they can get away with it. It switches tone to become more of a comedy of errors and does it really well. I could be argued that it throws in one twist too many or gets a bit too silly at times, but it works way more than it doesn't work.
A bunch of very good performances and a cleverly written script. Worth seeing.
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Pale Rider. Clunk Eastwood in his comfort zone. [along with his Dirty Harry cop persona] Actually an excellent Western. A mystery man arrives at a remote western town which is run by an evil prospecting outfit that wants to take over a small communities land.
Come to think of it. I can't remember ever watching a bad Clint Eastwood movie ever.
This. 8/10
Come to think of it. I can't remember ever watching a bad Clint Eastwood movie ever.
This. 8/10
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Queue up "The Gauntlet". What a crapfest.
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Or Paint your wagon.
"I talk to the trees,
That's why they put me away..."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8YubD01sk[/youtube]
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Watched Midway (2019) last night, and was pretty disappointed. It’s supposed to depict the battle as seen through the eyes of the participants, and they do try to do that. The result is that many of the key events that influenced what actually happened are dropped or merely mentioned in passing. The plot focusses on Dick Best, the leader of the dive bomber squadron off the USS Enterprise. How accurate the portrayal is I can’t say, but he’s shown as a bad boy pilot who breaks all the rules but always comes through in the end, which makes for a good B-movie hero I guess. I’ll have to compare it to the earlier Midway movie (1976?) someday.
The action scenes are pretty good (I guess they’re mostly computer generated), until the climax when they decide to show Best breaking the rules, not just of the Navy, but of aerodynamics and basic physics, in order to create some kind of grade school glory. Take that Yamamoto!
5.5 mostly for the combat scenes.
The action scenes are pretty good (I guess they’re mostly computer generated), until the climax when they decide to show Best breaking the rules, not just of the Navy, but of aerodynamics and basic physics, in order to create some kind of grade school glory. Take that Yamamoto!
5.5 mostly for the combat scenes.
Or Pink Cadillac
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JoJo Rabbit 8/10.
Comedy about a German boy during WW2 who is Hitler's biggest fan. The director Waititi plays Hitler as the boy's imaginary friend. It wouldn't take much editing to turn clips of this into pro Nazi memes. It's very funny throughout though I'm not sure it succeeds in its shifts in tone toward the end, I'd have to watch again. The child actors in this are terrific, surprised they weren't nominated, the adults weren't bad neither.
Comedy about a German boy during WW2 who is Hitler's biggest fan. The director Waititi plays Hitler as the boy's imaginary friend. It wouldn't take much editing to turn clips of this into pro Nazi memes. It's very funny throughout though I'm not sure it succeeds in its shifts in tone toward the end, I'd have to watch again. The child actors in this are terrific, surprised they weren't nominated, the adults weren't bad neither.
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Or those Every Which Way movies, even though I liked the "right turn Clyde" bit.
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Well of course Clyde was the main character in those movies; Clint played a supporting role as Philo, Clyde's chauffeur.