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I also saw this movie while on holiday in the States last month. The movie is based on the eighth or ninth book though, am I right? I guess you'd have to read quite a few before you catch up with it.
One thing I noticed in the movie is that in bar brawls Tom takes a lot of well-aimed nut-shots from below. Haven't read any of them but I'm guessing the hulking Reacher of the books fights in a different style.
One thing I noticed in the movie is that in bar brawls Tom takes a lot of well-aimed nut-shots from below. Haven't read any of them but I'm guessing the hulking Reacher of the books fights in a different style.
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I saw Finding Dory a couple of minutes ago.
I really did enjoy the movie, it did great with Dory's character (however Nemo and Marlin did feel kind of redudant in the overall plot as they seemed to have their own side story).
I loved all the new characters that were introduced as well as the nods to the previous movie. Bayley was probably my favourite of the bunch of new characters while I did enjoy Destiny and Dory's moment and backstory.
I would talk about the last 30 minutes but major spoilers that I don't want to leak so I'll leave it for youself to discover.
I'd give it an 8.6/10
I really did enjoy the movie, it did great with Dory's character (however Nemo and Marlin did feel kind of redudant in the overall plot as they seemed to have their own side story).
I loved all the new characters that were introduced as well as the nods to the previous movie. Bayley was probably my favourite of the bunch of new characters while I did enjoy Destiny and Dory's moment and backstory.
I would talk about the last 30 minutes but major spoilers that I don't want to leak so I'll leave it for youself to discover.
I'd give it an 8.6/10
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Being a fan of many zombie orientated films, I must say that I really enjoyed the this one.
Pride + Prejudice + Zombies
Yup, that's a real title. I saw the trailer for this which felt like quite some time ago and from something that looked very much like a Red Dwarf style rendition of the novel...how wrong I was.
Very enjoyable, well put together and a cleverly realised film.
Pride + Prejudice + Zombies
Yup, that's a real title. I saw the trailer for this which felt like quite some time ago and from something that looked very much like a Red Dwarf style rendition of the novel...how wrong I was.
Very enjoyable, well put together and a cleverly realised film.
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Honestly, they're not much better than what James Patterson puts out. If you want someone interesting on the genre, try James Ellroy, George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane or Henning Mankell.
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Finding Dory
I will start it out with the facts:
- Fact #1: Finding Nemo is the most forgettable Pixar film I can think of.
- Fact #2: Dory is the most annoying character, to me, of a Pixar film I have seen.
- Fact #3: I will be talking about Toy Story 1.
- Fact #4: I will abuse italics.
What do you get when you make a sequel to a forgettable film starring the most annoying character I've ever seen in a Pixar film? I'll tell you what I didn't get: my money's worth (or my brother's money's worth, to be honest, he didn't like it either).
The problem with Finding Dory is that the star of the film has short-term memory loss. This means every line Dory says is basically repeated one to three times more afterwards, because she forgot of what she was talking about. It's okay in Finding Nemo, since it's her first appearance. It's completely uncalled for in Finding Dory. We know Dory has short-term memory loss, we don't need to be reminded of it every time she opens her mouth. Keep it for the vital parts of the film only.
The movie basically followed the same plot of Finding Nemo, and while this isn't exactly an issue (see Toy Story 2 to Toy Story), the problem is that the actions themselves are basically the same. You can draw parallels of almost every event you see in this film and compare it to Finding Nemo, something which was harder with Toy Story 2, and even then, the film was still entertaining because it had fresh jokes and funny characters.
About the plot, I'll only say that, as a film student, I would get failed for writing certain very important parts of Finding Dory. The rule of thumb is "don't rely on silly coincidences", and this movie broke them... quite often. Toy Story had one moment where the authors could have easily pulled off something like this: once Buzz and Woody are left on the street, Woody lights up Buzz's rocket using a match conveniently placed on his holster by Sid. But it is put off by a car passing by. What he does next is a call back to an earlier event in the film, back when Sid burned his forehead using a magnifying glass. There's nothing like it in Finding Dory. What we end up seeing is a far fetched resemblance of something that sort of happened earlier in the film, but that conveniently plays out well for no real reason other than "just because". It's something that's annoying because the coincidence happened when the writers felt the film had to be coming to a close, meaning it could have happened 50 minutes earlier and played exactly the same... but we would have an hour long film.
Of the cast of characters, my favorite one was probably the whale because she was cute and funny, along with the other guy living next to her. The octopus started strong, but became tiresome thanks to Dory after a while. I could identify with his hatred for him, not so as the film went on and on.
Oh, and it abused cuteness and flashbacks way too much.
My score: 4 aw yiss/10. Don't even bother watching unless you really like Finding Nemo, or Dory.
I will start it out with the facts:
- Fact #1: Finding Nemo is the most forgettable Pixar film I can think of.
- Fact #2: Dory is the most annoying character, to me, of a Pixar film I have seen.
- Fact #3: I will be talking about Toy Story 1.
- Fact #4: I will abuse italics.
What do you get when you make a sequel to a forgettable film starring the most annoying character I've ever seen in a Pixar film? I'll tell you what I didn't get: my money's worth (or my brother's money's worth, to be honest, he didn't like it either).
The problem with Finding Dory is that the star of the film has short-term memory loss. This means every line Dory says is basically repeated one to three times more afterwards, because she forgot of what she was talking about. It's okay in Finding Nemo, since it's her first appearance. It's completely uncalled for in Finding Dory. We know Dory has short-term memory loss, we don't need to be reminded of it every time she opens her mouth. Keep it for the vital parts of the film only.
The movie basically followed the same plot of Finding Nemo, and while this isn't exactly an issue (see Toy Story 2 to Toy Story), the problem is that the actions themselves are basically the same. You can draw parallels of almost every event you see in this film and compare it to Finding Nemo, something which was harder with Toy Story 2, and even then, the film was still entertaining because it had fresh jokes and funny characters.
About the plot, I'll only say that, as a film student, I would get failed for writing certain very important parts of Finding Dory. The rule of thumb is "don't rely on silly coincidences", and this movie broke them... quite often. Toy Story had one moment where the authors could have easily pulled off something like this: once Buzz and Woody are left on the street, Woody lights up Buzz's rocket using a match conveniently placed on his holster by Sid. But it is put off by a car passing by. What he does next is a call back to an earlier event in the film, back when Sid burned his forehead using a magnifying glass. There's nothing like it in Finding Dory. What we end up seeing is a far fetched resemblance of something that sort of happened earlier in the film, but that conveniently plays out well for no real reason other than "just because". It's something that's annoying because the coincidence happened when the writers felt the film had to be coming to a close, meaning it could have happened 50 minutes earlier and played exactly the same... but we would have an hour long film.
Of the cast of characters, my favorite one was probably the whale because she was cute and funny, along with the other guy living next to her. The octopus started strong, but became tiresome thanks to Dory after a while. I could identify with his hatred for him, not so as the film went on and on.
Oh, and it abused cuteness and flashbacks way too much.
My score: 4 aw yiss/10. Don't even bother watching unless you really like Finding Nemo, or Dory.
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Since it has already been said, the reason why I gave Dory a positive review but gave it a general 8.6 was because it had a lot of Deus ex Machina moments (this is why I don't think Big Hero 6 is a great movie due to a bunch of Deus ex Machina near the end) also what I mentioned before, Nemo and Marlin being pointless to the overall plot other than Marlin to throw an insult at Dory by accident for Nemo to pretty much reck him with later.
I'll admit though, when it comes to characters suffering from something I can't help but feel sorry for them even if it is supposed to be played for laughs or if the character can be generally annoying at times, so it did easily get me in the feel area at times. So I did cry twice during the movie.
I'll admit though, when it comes to characters suffering from something I can't help but feel sorry for them even if it is supposed to be played for laughs or if the character can be generally annoying at times, so it did easily get me in the feel area at times. So I did cry twice during the movie.
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Ok,I'll give them a look.
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Okay, so I watched the Internet's most hated movie the other night.
And surprisingly, it wasn't terrible. No, it wasn't good. But it wasn't worth a million dislikes on Facebook, either.
A lot of jokes missed their marks. Too obvious. Too cliched. Some jokes hit. Some of the writing flat out made me groan. Chris Hemsworth's character was so unrealistically written that his part wouldn't have worked at all if Chris wasn't so contagiously cheerful... he obviously had fun doing it. But in some parts, the jokes and situations work.
I've never watched a Melissa McCarthy movie before. Watching this, I can see why people don't like her, but thankfully, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig carry their end of the group. Leslie Mann was completely, utterly typecast. I mean, the only thing missing was having her do a "Don't go in there!" in a shrill voice.
The cameos were pretty nice, except Sigourney Weaver's, which felt forced and shoehorned in. Dan Akroyd's was probably the best. And the plot moved along more briskly than Ghostbusters 2. Granted, this new movie is a far, far cry from the original movie, and I'm betting some of you more discerning viewers (like @prisonermonkeys ) will hate it for some of the reasons I've stated above.
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As for the bro-legion who are spamming sites like MetaCritic and RottenTomatoes to give this an audience rating lower than the critic scores... which I feel are fair, at an average of 6/10... suck it, idiots. Honestly... there is nothing SJW or feminist about this movie. Not a single joke or situation would change if this had an all-male cast (with a dumb sexy blonde female stereotype replacing Chris Hemsworth). About the only joke referring to their sex is "You shoot like girls"... all the way near the end.
7/10... because even if it wasn't great, I did get a good number of laughs. Worth a watch in the theater. Not worth buying on BluRay, not unless bundled with the original two. Hell, GB2 isn't worth a BluRay, either.
And surprisingly, it wasn't terrible. No, it wasn't good. But it wasn't worth a million dislikes on Facebook, either.
A lot of jokes missed their marks. Too obvious. Too cliched. Some jokes hit. Some of the writing flat out made me groan. Chris Hemsworth's character was so unrealistically written that his part wouldn't have worked at all if Chris wasn't so contagiously cheerful... he obviously had fun doing it. But in some parts, the jokes and situations work.
I've never watched a Melissa McCarthy movie before. Watching this, I can see why people don't like her, but thankfully, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig carry their end of the group. Leslie Mann was completely, utterly typecast. I mean, the only thing missing was having her do a "Don't go in there!" in a shrill voice.
The cameos were pretty nice, except Sigourney Weaver's, which felt forced and shoehorned in. Dan Akroyd's was probably the best. And the plot moved along more briskly than Ghostbusters 2. Granted, this new movie is a far, far cry from the original movie, and I'm betting some of you more discerning viewers (like @prisonermonkeys ) will hate it for some of the reasons I've stated above.
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As for the bro-legion who are spamming sites like MetaCritic and RottenTomatoes to give this an audience rating lower than the critic scores... which I feel are fair, at an average of 6/10... suck it, idiots. Honestly... there is nothing SJW or feminist about this movie. Not a single joke or situation would change if this had an all-male cast (with a dumb sexy blonde female stereotype replacing Chris Hemsworth). About the only joke referring to their sex is "You shoot like girls"... all the way near the end.
7/10... because even if it wasn't great, I did get a good number of laughs. Worth a watch in the theater. Not worth buying on BluRay, not unless bundled with the original two. Hell, GB2 isn't worth a BluRay, either.
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Fair enough. Even the first one is spectacularly over-rated, anyway.
Yes, I said it. O-V-E-R---R-A-T-E-D.
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I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer wasn't any fun to me at all. And considering I loved basically every joke of the first two Ghostbuster films, that speaks badly of either this movie, or the people in charge of making the trailer.
That said, I believe this movie has an all-female cast for muh feminism, and while that isn't a problem itself, the problem is when you force a female cast first, and only then think of a story, which I believe is what most likely happened, when ideally it would go backwards: think of a story, and then what characters would suit it.
That said, I believe this movie has an all-female cast for muh feminism, and while that isn't a problem itself, the problem is when you force a female cast first, and only then think of a story, which I believe is what most likely happened, when ideally it would go backwards: think of a story, and then what characters would suit it.
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Ghostbusters: Nowhere near as bad as some wanted it to be and nowhere near as good as the other half wanted it to be. Completely bland and half-baked with some of the most strange jump cuts I've seen in a long time. No character development or any real chemistry between the main 4. Holtzmenn(sp?) is by far the most entertaining.
5/10
5/10
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Are there any movies worth going at the Movies right now, was planning to go today with my friends but we didn't find anything even near to appealing, we were going to see Independence day based purely on the fact that it will be one of those so bad it's good movies.
Hopefully SS is slightly entertaining at least cause yikes.
Hopefully SS is slightly entertaining at least cause yikes.
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Unfortunately, nothing really compelling. Looking at Metacritic, most of the movies out score around where Ghostbusters is scoring, so it's a pretty lean week.
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/release-date/theaters/date
Thinking of giving BFG a try... it is Spielberg... and even a bad Spielberg is better than none. And possibly Swiss Army Man... just for the laughs.
Suicide Squad seems like a 50/50 bet. The trailers and promos seem more promising than BvS... at the very least, there's more personality in the movie... but if DC is leaning heavily on pre-sales like BvS, that could mean something is up.
At least those of us who were hoping it would be better are honest enough to temper our expectations.
Pretty fair assessment. If I were in a worse mood when watching, I would have given it a similar score.
And yes, Kate McKinnon (who plays Holtzmann) did a pretty bang up job. Hope she gets more movie projects.
http://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/release-date/theaters/date
Thinking of giving BFG a try... it is Spielberg... and even a bad Spielberg is better than none. And possibly Swiss Army Man... just for the laughs.
Suicide Squad seems like a 50/50 bet. The trailers and promos seem more promising than BvS... at the very least, there's more personality in the movie... but if DC is leaning heavily on pre-sales like BvS, that could mean something is up.
At least those of us who were hoping it would be better are honest enough to temper our expectations.
Pretty fair assessment. If I were in a worse mood when watching, I would have given it a similar score.
And yes, Kate McKinnon (who plays Holtzmann) did a pretty bang up job. Hope she gets more movie projects.
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My initial reaction to this movie is that I hate it, but it does get style and execution points that redeems it a little. I hate the message, but there are plenty of well told jokes and the characters are all interesting and likable.
I cannot stand the diversity theme that gets absolutely shoved in your face all the way through the movie. The movie sets up diversity as a goal in and of itself - which I cannot stand. The main character even hides behind a government program forcing diversity to maintain her job even though her boss doesn't want to keep her. The movie goes so far as to excuse people for acting out negative stereotypes by claiming that those stereotypes were forced on them by society (the fox) - as though we have no control over our own actions - as though we can blame others and peer pressure for our decisions to behave poorly.
I really wanted to give this movie two thumbs down because of how much I hate the message, and I really do. But it does have a fun and funny factor that will prevent just about anyone who watches it from having a really bad time. You're not going to walk away from this movie saying that it wasn't entertaining... it is. It's just also a horrible and heavy handed message.
I also just cannot stand another message that gets slid in there, that young people these days seem to eat up, that you don't have to start at the bottom. Being a meter maid is somehow below everyone, even the lowest person on the totem poll.
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Jason Bourne (2014)
I find this film to be rather ironic. Not hipster-ironic, but actually ironic.
When the James Bond franchise was rebooted in 2006, a lot of fans felt that the series was trying to imitate the success of the Jason Bourne films. But with Jason Bourne, the Bourne franchise is imitating Bond - particularly Spectre, as it deals with so many of the same themes and is clearly trying to set up a sequel. Normally where Bond has the style, Bourne has the substance (if only because of the cohesion of the overall narrative), but I think it's an even draw on substance this time.
The film's biggest strength is also its biggest weakness. Nothing about the Bourne universe has changed, and the film acknowledges as much; Treadstone was replaced by Blackbriar, Blackbriar by Outcome/LARX, and Outcome has now been superseded by Iron Hand. Bourne's actions in Ultimatum have had no real impact, except to give the CIA's old guard an excuse to go deeper underground whilst publicly preaching reform of the agency. And that's the point - the film knows that this story has ended, and a new one has to emerge, and so a lot of the film is about setting up the next generation. But it's a weakness because most of the film is a retread of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum (Legacy is largely ignored, but to be fair, Ultimatum is the only one that is directly addressed). A lot of what happens could have been worked into the first trilogy as a running subplot, but it only really would have worked if a second trilogy had been planned at the time.[/B]
When the James Bond franchise was rebooted in 2006, a lot of fans felt that the series was trying to imitate the success of the Jason Bourne films. But with Jason Bourne, the Bourne franchise is imitating Bond - particularly Spectre, as it deals with so many of the same themes and is clearly trying to set up a sequel. Normally where Bond has the style, Bourne has the substance (if only because of the cohesion of the overall narrative), but I think it's an even draw on substance this time.
The film's biggest strength is also its biggest weakness. Nothing about the Bourne universe has changed, and the film acknowledges as much; Treadstone was replaced by Blackbriar, Blackbriar by Outcome/LARX, and Outcome has now been superseded by Iron Hand. Bourne's actions in Ultimatum have had no real impact, except to give the CIA's old guard an excuse to go deeper underground whilst publicly preaching reform of the agency. And that's the point - the film knows that this story has ended, and a new one has to emerge, and so a lot of the film is about setting up the next generation. But it's a weakness because most of the film is a retread of Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum (Legacy is largely ignored, but to be fair, Ultimatum is the only one that is directly addressed). A lot of what happens could have been worked into the first trilogy as a running subplot, but it only really would have worked if a second trilogy had been planned at the time.[/B]
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I've just watched Sicario with Emily Blunt. 8/10
Great raw police movie 👍
Great raw police movie 👍
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My only gripe with that movie is that Blunt doesn't do much more than observe what's going on. It felt like a waste of talent.
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I know that, it doesn't change the fact I wish she had more than a spectator role.
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She has to be a spectator. If she wasn't, then the film doesn't work. Sicario is about the lies we tell ourselves to make us feel safe at night; the conspiracy of silence between governments doing things they don't like getting caught doing and the everyday people who want to be safe but don't like talking about it; the contrast between the glossy vision of "fight to keep us safe" and the violent reality of that fight; and the knowledge that deep down, good and bad don't apply.
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