Film review thread

[Polarbear]

Mary, Queen of Scots. 6/10

Now I love historical films. I love ACCURATE historical drama.

Sadly this fell down in a lot of ways.

Both Ronan and Robbie were good as Mary and Elizabeth but it didn't seem to get the story of their relationship out well.

A few historical sex and murder scenes and that was about it.

Also it basically finished when Mary went to England to ask Elizabeth for help so 19 years were qualified with a statement on screen saying Mary was caught plotting against Elizabeth and sentenced to death - cut to Lizzy signing the death warrant and Mary's execution.

It would be OK as a TV movie but a big budget, big screen? No.

Oh yes, I went with wifie to see this in the posh seats, she fell asleep.
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[bhinso]

Apparently it took quite a few goes to get her head off (IRL).

[Polarbear]

[bhinso]

I think one of my favourites (not sure if it's true) was when Thomas Cromwell was executed.
Apparently his enemies got the executioner really badly rat-arsed the night before, purely so he'd make a right hash of it.

[Polarbear]

[Lord Percy]

The Abyss - 8/10

Not quite as mystical and alien-y as I remembered, but still a good film.

[King29]

Escape Room 2019. Yes you know the set up, random folks get to go to a random location and they all have something in common but they don't know that at the start. One by one the situations kill them off slowly whittling them down to 1.


3/4 of the film was superb. Last 1/4 totally totally changed direction it was a total WUT? moment. First 3/4 of the film 9/10, last 1/4 was 2/10 at most.


Shame.

[hellkat]

[M.C]

[King29]

[King29]

[M.C]

[Jayy]

Nicholas Cage did a couple of good films which made him famous / rich back in the day and he's been doing 200 films a year ever since because he's too famous (ha) to work in a normal job.

[Lord Percy]

Bohemian Rhapsody - 7/10

Not bad, but clearly it's something aimed at Queen fans. No real story to it, just vague introductions to how each of their major hits were invented.

Left me with a sense of longing for what were surely much better days for British music. I'm not even a big fan of Queen, but at least the songs and lyrics had some depth to them.

[Ribenapigeon]

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[Jayy]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242422/

Cell 211

Superb film.

[Lord Percy]

[bhinso]

Anything with Liam Neeson in it

[Ribenapigeon]

[pinkyfloyd]

Mortal Engines

8/10

I really enjoyed it but then it ticked extra boxes to me. Visually spectacular and did manage to have some kind of story and Hugo Weaving doing what he is good at. being a bad guy!

Solid 6 out of 10 but an extra 2 points for steampunk goodness!
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[bhinso]

Manchester by the Sea
7/10

I thought this would be in England for some reason
Very good acting and a deep film, but maybe not one for those with mental health problems.

Replicas
2/10

lol. Not one of Keanu's best.

[MarJay]

Atomic Blonde 7.5/10

Charlize Theron fighting. A lot. Pretty realistically too, as far as Hollywood movies go. Nice to look at, entertaining, plot a bit overly complex but not a bad movie. Better than I thought it would be.
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