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Post by James G on Jun 6, 2018 19:48:11 GMT
I finally saw The Social Network the other night.
I despise Zuckerberg and you were meant to dislike him as a viewer but I felt sorry for him! Which wasn't meant to be the intent of the filmmakers but it was what they got from me.
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Post by James G on Jun 11, 2018 19:41:04 GMT
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This film is trash. Believe me. Two wasted hours of this trash.
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Post by James G on Jun 26, 2018 18:13:44 GMT
Some more films I've seen recently.
Spy - Silly, but full of laughs. Far better than I expected.
Life of the Party - Underwhelming and even Melissa McCarthy can't save this.
Sicario - Pretty good. Not brilliant and tries a bit too much to be 'deep' yet still worth a watch.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2018 18:26:27 GMT
Some more films I've seen recently. Spy - Silly, but full of laughs. Far better than I expected. Life of the Party - Underwhelming and even Melissa McCarthy can't save this. Sicario - Pretty good. Not brilliant and tries a bit too much to be 'deep' yet still worth a watch. Is Spy the movie with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. |
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Post by James G on Jun 26, 2018 18:30:35 GMT
Some more films I've seen recently. Spy - Silly, but full of laughs. Far better than I expected. Life of the Party - Underwhelming and even Melissa McCarthy can't save this. Sicario - Pretty good. Not brilliant and tries a bit too much to be 'deep' yet still worth a watch. Is Spy the movie with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. Yep. It is okay once you realise it isn't pretending to be serious. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 26, 2018 18:36:05 GMT
Is Spy the movie with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. Yep. It is okay once you realise it isn't pretending to be serious. Never have ever seen a Jason Statham movie that can be considers serious, so if you know one that is, please let me know. |
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Post by James G on Jun 26, 2018 18:46:49 GMT
That is a good point!
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 26, 2018 19:43:35 GMT
I've been watching the Star Wars movies intermittently with a friend of mine who hadn't seen them yet.
I also watched The Death of Stalin which I quite enjoyed.
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Post by James G on Jun 26, 2018 20:00:08 GMT
I've been watching the Star Wars movies intermittently with a friend of mine who hadn't seen them yet. I also watched The Death of Stalin which I quite enjoyed. I saw The Death of Stalin twice at the cinema and bought it on DVD to so far watch twice as well. Historical inaccuracy there is, but not outrageously so. It is also a 'fun' movie despite the very real horror of what was going on in the background. |
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Post by James G on Jul 2, 2018 19:19:13 GMT
I saw Sicario 2 yesterday.
It is OK: nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by James G on Jul 10, 2018 19:10:29 GMT
I watched True Grit last night. It was the 2010 Coen Brothers version.
Very good film. It was a bit short but that was the only failing. It is a Western and while I am not a fan of those this was highly-rated so I watched it. The story is told from the POV of a 14 year-old girl. She is brave and precocious but she is still a child. The film is believable in that regard as showing her from a strong yet vulnerable position too.
I'll watch it again soon when I get the chance to appreciate it better.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 11, 2018 2:49:16 GMT
Had nothing to do so i watched the movie Battleship on Netflix, and it was mostly for the ships and not the actors that i watched the movie.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 21, 2018 19:04:31 GMT
I watched Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Ant-Man and the Wasp in theaters recently. I enjoyed both.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 21, 2018 19:24:11 GMT
I watched Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Ant-Man and the Wasp in theaters recently. I enjoyed both. Have not seen Sicario but am planning to see Ant-Man and the Wasp. |
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Post by James G on Aug 14, 2018 22:15:17 GMT
Risen (2016 film)
It is a religious film, I'll say that at once.
The story is told from the POV of a Roman officer in Judea. He appears in a battle and then is given the task of finishing off the execution of Jesus. The man means nothing to him. Events take control as he combats these zealots.
That is the first half of the film, the good bit.
Then it goes bad with too much religion and shows the real reason why it was made.
Still, I watched it to the end. The fight scenes are great. More so is the human story of one man caught up in events and at their mercy. A lot of the big things happen off-camera too so you see him hearing of them and dealing with them too, which I like in a tale.
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