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What film did you watch last night?
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) - 7/10
A tarnished treasure of an adventure which suffers from having one too many artifacts in it.
The plot was good with its traditional style of storytelling but was too long considering its simplicity and the character’s singular motivations, resulting in the same formulaic pattern of events occurring one too many times.
The green screen scenes were noticeably poor which is a shame as the CGI and stunts were otherwise quite good with their slapstick style of action and the big set pieces were dramatic and entertaining.
The nostalgia and acknowledgements to the franchise’s place in modern times were humorous and didn’t labour the point and the cast and acting were ok if generally a bit too pandering to archetypes.
A tarnished treasure of an adventure which suffers from having one too many artifacts in it.
The plot was good with its traditional style of storytelling but was too long considering its simplicity and the character’s singular motivations, resulting in the same formulaic pattern of events occurring one too many times.
The green screen scenes were noticeably poor which is a shame as the CGI and stunts were otherwise quite good with their slapstick style of action and the big set pieces were dramatic and entertaining.
The nostalgia and acknowledgements to the franchise’s place in modern times were humorous and didn’t labour the point and the cast and acting were ok if generally a bit too pandering to archetypes.
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The Raid - 8.5/10
Just class, think it's the fourth time I've seen it and I still found it great. The choreography is absolutely brilliant throughout. If I was to criticise it, it's that the plot and character development is very barebones. It's 95% action but that action is absolutely top notch.
Just class, think it's the fourth time I've seen it and I still found it great. The choreography is absolutely brilliant throughout. If I was to criticise it, it's that the plot and character development is very barebones. It's 95% action but that action is absolutely top notch.
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...And then he (Evans) went and did The Raid 2 and it just makes every other action/martial arts film, including the first film look really lame.
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I've only seen it once, looking forward to watching it again. can't remember much of it.
Three colours trilogy
Watched all 3 over a few days. I remember watching red when I was maybe 13/14 late night on channel 4 despite it being fully subtitled couldn’t stop watching. Going back and watching the trilogy today, it’s an amazing trilogy on the 3 core values representing the French flag the white movie is a great black comedy that holds up today too.
Watched all 3 over a few days. I remember watching red when I was maybe 13/14 late night on channel 4 despite it being fully subtitled couldn’t stop watching. Going back and watching the trilogy today, it’s an amazing trilogy on the 3 core values representing the French flag the white movie is a great black comedy that holds up today too.
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How on earth did that slip you by! Gary Oldman was the star of the show. Excellent performance.
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Nimona (Netflix)
Really good animated movie. Get on it, not to be missed.
8/10
Really good animated movie. Get on it, not to be missed.
8/10
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Bad Boys 2 - 7/10
Not seen this for years, typical Michael Bay, the highway scene is just over the top ridiculous but loved it. Better than the first movie. Third movie was the weakest.
Not seen this for years, typical Michael Bay, the highway scene is just over the top ridiculous but loved it. Better than the first movie. Third movie was the weakest.
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The ecstasy scene in the captains home is hilarious.
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Yeah that was brilliant
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An absolute classic watching now Boyz N The Hood.
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Raid 2 - 9.5/10
Those criticisms of the first? Not here. Actually a pretty good story on top of the brilliant action. It doesn't have the 'surprise' factor the first had but that is true of any sequel.
Those criticisms of the first? Not here. Actually a pretty good story on top of the brilliant action. It doesn't have the 'surprise' factor the first had but that is true of any sequel.
Never looked at a claw hammer the same way since.
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Extraction 2 - 6½ 7 / 10
I kind of enjoyed it. Maybe once again, reading in here, my expectations were very low. I didn't think it was anywhere near as silly as John Wick or Fast & Furious. Most of the action was reasonably believable to me. They tended to shoot from cover and cover each other. It gets me when people walk down a street, shooting people out of windows etc, but there was none of that. In fact, I'm going to say 7/10.
I kind of enjoyed it. Maybe once again, reading in here, my expectations were very low. I didn't think it was anywhere near as silly as John Wick or Fast & Furious. Most of the action was reasonably believable to me. They tended to shoot from cover and cover each other. It gets me when people walk down a street, shooting people out of windows etc, but there was none of that. In fact, I'm going to say 7/10.