Crusader
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Is the Helen Mirren thing some sort of a joke?
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As a muay thai and kick box practitioner for quite a few years now I can totally 100 % agree with Baumer and his thoughts on fights ( tele too )
When tony and Jason do it you see that they are graceful with it and know what they are doing. Even rock's American punch up style is good for the movies. Also both walker and his stunt doubles make it look convincing. Vin is a lump head and quite frankly he can't fight for shit. You can tell it cause a real fighter doing a pretend fight can get it done graciously while vin is just terrible doing it. Only one who wasn't underused was jaa so at least I'm glad for that he got to do 2 big fight scenes where he got to showcase his athleticism. Hopefully they get iko uwais for the next one that would be very cool.
I didn't know weta did cgi Paul but seeing how great it turned out it doesn't surprise me.
When they bring back shaw ( and his brother to bust him out obviously ) I hope they get a better storyline and more damage to do
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Oh and cgi Paul is done very well IMO ... Only a movie nerd like us would notice it regular folks didn't pick up on it at all
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Saw it tonight
I guess I'd say its better than 6 but worse than 5 and 1
It reaches quite an emotional beat at the ending but some of the problems are still there ... like nobody dying ever! As the film opens you go like 'oh come on' as another character that should've died is actually still alive and ready to come back in the next movie
Stunts are good and it certainly doesn't drag in the middle part which I liked but its also overlong a bit and could've done with 10 -15 minutes or so less
Statham is great but I must say he's underused here
Wan didn't do as good of a job as Lin did with action sequences cause he does tend to shake and circle the camera around too much so you really can't tell what's going on
All in all its a fun romp and manages to have an even more ridiculous finale than the sixth one .... you gotta see it to believe it
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The film was quite good and JG was pretty amazing in it but there was always the ghost of Taxi Driver looming over the whole ordeal reminding you just what is missing in order for it to be perfect
Still its a great movie and certainly this generation's Taxi Driver which is not the highest praise I can give but its certainly high praise
LOL I know this is kinda sick but I have to say it - I can't believe that the guy deflowered Taylor Swift is the same guy giving these great dark performances lately ( Enemy is an underrated magnificent performance IMO ) it just doesn't seem right
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Fucking ace
Its been shown on tv here more times than you can count and therefore I've seen it like 10 times and its always entertaining enough for me to watch it
I may be biased but this is one helluva movie and ground zero for Bourne which was years away from it but was influenced a lot by Ronin
Awesome movie
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Well well with an interesting filmmaker on board and not washed up Scott this is now becoming sort of intriguing
Still this is a daunting sequel task if there ever was one
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I love B movies as much as the next guy heck I loved John Wick which was straight up b movie goodness and this film does have some paralells but its just rubbish
First off they establish this serious tone and pace it sooooo long that its kinda insulting to the genre ... also while John Wick also had caricature russian characters that movie was sort of having fun like in the sense that you were laughing with the movie and its one dimensional baddies - here it kinda crosses the fine line between and steps into straight up offensive stuff
The action is quite boring and at times nonsensical like how he never picks up a gun even though he has plenty of chances
What Denzel is doing is not acting its simply being him and he's been doing that for the best part of the last 10 years or so ... once upon a time he actually was a somewhat interesting actor
John Wick > this any day
3/10
a pompous b movie - sort of like a paradox
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Well this was pretty bad
First off I'm a huuuuge fan of LOTR but this is basically SW prequels all over again except this one is easily the worst
one point for brilliant yet underused MArtin Freeman ( in a movie named after his character )
one point for the occasional flashes of brilliance in form of some nice imagery
one point for PJ taking in the criticism for ROTK's ending and actually getting it quite short and right
that's it otherwise its just there being tedious not quite well directed and insulting both the director's far better work and Tolkien's book
4/10
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Considering the epic trashiness of E.L. James' poorly-written, inexplicably-popular novel and the film's troubled road to the big screen, it wouldn't be unreasonable to head into the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey expecting the 2010s equivalent of Showgirls. However, what the film ends up settling for is mediocrity. Don't get me wrong, this is about a billion times better than the book, as it dispenses with all of the amateurish narration (there isn't a single reference to any "inner goddesses") and the more ridiculous stuff (like the infamous tampon bit). But don't mistake "a billion times better than the book" for "somehow a good movie", though. The film still suffers from a multitude of problems, most of which relate to the poor writing (we still have wretched lines like "I don't make love, I fuck...hard"), and the insistence of selling the audience this twisted dud of a romance. It also doesn't help that one of the movie's biggest flaws is Mr. Grey himself. The casting of Jamie Dornan (an 11th hour replacement for Charlie Hunnam) proves to be fatal. Not since Hayden Christensen in the Star Wars prequels has there been a lead actor fail at carrying a film on his shoulders as much as Dornan does here. While admittedly handsome, he never sells any of the character's supposed mysteriousness or convey how damaged he is (Christian is a victim of child sexual abuse), and his attempt at an American accent flops. He appears even more lackluster next to Dakota Johnson, who actually manages to make Anastasia a more interesting character on the screen than on the page. I've enjoyed Johnson in everything I've seen her in (supporting parts in films like The Social Network, 21 Jump Street, and The Five-Year Engagement), and she proves more than capable at taking the spotlight despite the rest of the film and her co-star weighing her down (the two have no chemistry as a result of the imbalance in performances). Of course, everyone knows that the only reason Fifty Shades of Grey was so popular was because of the really steamy sex scenes, and while the film had no choice but to really tame them down to secure multiplex distribution, there isn't anything that stands out as being exactly provocative. I'll admit that the film manages to surpass early expectations and is never unwatchable. However, the bad writing and Dornan's poor performance sink the film. There isn't anything here that stands out as being very sexy and the film isn't trashy enough to be a camp classic, and it completely collapses as it nears the finish line. If you were a fan of the book, my guess is that you'll be reasonably satisfied; everyone else will leave the movie wondering what the fuss was all about. C
Precisely why I won't pay to see it
It appears to offer nothing - great or terrible (other than Dornan )
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Beth's death was kinda stupid but this one got me good it was very sad
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it tries and sometimes it fails but for the most part its a real treat for the senses
idk I'd give it an 8/10 but yeah its an ambitious film and we need those more
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I feel like we already have the worst film of 2015 on our hands
I won't see it though ever
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Plus - Nolte
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Its a great film
Simple as that
I was immersed in the soul searching this film offered
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lol I didn't mean to start a debate about what hipster/ism really is
lets get back to this overrated movie
Last night I caught Tree Of Life on tv again - now that is a magnificent film about growing up full of themes you can dig deep into
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So many hipsters...
Its a plodding nonsense with a nice concept but when the kid grows up he really can't act for shit and the only remotely interesting character was Ethan Hawke's
First they bring you in with a concept then critics gush all over it then hipsters take over and further the praise and the rest of us are just supposed to accept that this is a masterpiece ???
Sorry, no deal
3/10
its a crime to spend 12 years making such a boring movie
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I liked it
Its deeply flawed but fight sequences are done very well and its straight up b-movie nonsense
One of Van Damme's better flicks in recent years
6/10
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I liked both Trek movies ( second one less obviously ) but after suffering through TASM2 I think this guy is one of the key problems of this franchise game Hollywood has been shoving down our throats
He's one of those screenwriters that fulfills every studio board wish ... and if studio executives were actually making movies instead of directors then movie business would be in even deeper shit
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Hoult is an alright actor but he's not macho enough for a Bond role plus he's like 25 he's gonna be too young when they are gonna start looking for the next one in 4 or 5 years
My guess is its someone who is 33-37 now
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so much hype around something that's bound to be underwhelming
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I think this is gonna do bonkers numbers
There's just too much interest in it ... and imo Europe is gonna deliver by far the biggest grosses
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Classic
Grew up with it
Lucy (2014)
in Review That Movie! (Spoilers Allowed)
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Its straight up besson firing on all cylinders which always makes for and odd but entertaining picture ...
I am not sure why this was such a huge hit I mean yeah SJ is big right now but she ain't the main reason this turned out to be a bonafide blockbuster
I guess besson can still strike a nerve and tick off audience ...