Film review thread

[Easy-X]

[hellkat]

Ex Machina, with Domhnall Gleeson (former cute li'l wizardy thang) and Alicia Vikander made in 2014 and now a rather topical set-piece on what happens when AI is developed by someone with too much money and time on their hands.

Tediously, I seem to have watched too much Sci Fi over the years - as this had nothing new in it to be amazed or impressed with.

The house was internally ugly in that technological brutalist fashion, and uninspiring, with a horrid sense of claustrophobia about it.

But the external scenery (location filming mostly in Norway) was very beautiful.
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[DaddyStu]

[Easy-X]

Boiling Point

You might need to either be a Londoner or well in with the hospitality industry to really appreciate this movie. At the start it's a slow tap, tap, tap but by the end it's more of a pummelling to the face. There is no spare meat in this, everyone involved is all in.
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[hellkat]

I do indeed consider myself to be a Londoner.


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[pinkyfloyd]

Vendetta: 3/10

Watched this thing on Netflix last night, Danny dyer movie. Take the Danny out of it and you got it! It was pretty dire.

Yet watchable. Full of the usual cliché's and "gansta" moments. It killed 90 odd minutes
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[Easy-X]

I suggest watching Severance as a palate cleanser before moving on
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[hellkat]

Danny Dyer does my turret in.

He's cut from the same annoying cloth as Jamie the irritatingly cheerful chef whose name escapes me.

I am still enamoured of the Ray Winstone / Vinnie Jones school of East End thug
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[to v or not to v]

Renfield 5/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11358390/?

Nick Cage gives us his version of Dracula.
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[pinkyfloyd]

[Easy-X]

[The Artist]

[to v or not to v]

[hellkat]

Nobody with Bob Odenkirk (2021)
Excellent beat-em-up flick: Bob vs Russian mafia, fab 9/10.

I'm a bit of a Bob fangirl, tbh.
Its good to see him take on a role like this after Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.
Nice little cameo from Christopher Lloyd too
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Easy-X]

[DaddyStu]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Ayrton]

[DaddyStu]

Evil Dead Rise - 5/10. Impressive amount of tomato ketchup used.

Could've used a lighter tone/took itself too seriously. Not a patch on 'Army of Darkness'... or the Ash v Evil Dead TV series.
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Daddystu
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[pinkyfloyd]

Antman Quantumthingimibob 4/10

If superhero movies are your thing then you'll probably agree that Marvel lost its way somewhat after Endgame. The latest offering I saw is more confirmation of it.

Visually it looked good to the point where it must have all been shot in a green screen room. Storyline was the same old bollocks rehashed. The bad guy destroys worlds and wants to escape his prison to destroy more worlds. Only this time the words and universes are sub atomic instead of galactic.

Yawn fest. Gave it 4 because it looked pretty
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[blurredman]

Backdraft.

I wasn't particularly interested in watching it but did so because there wasn't much else in my list I would have prefered watching over it.

But in the end, I quite enjoyed it.
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[dave001]

[DaddyStu]

The Popes Exorcist. 7/10.

Alright but would've been 5/10 without Russell Crowe. Worth a watch for that alone. A lot of scenes lifted straight out of that other popular exorcism film called....
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Daddystu
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[MarJay]