[OT] The Movies Thread III: Watch, Discuss and Have Fun! No Open Spoilers!

[UltraViolet]

Logan 8/10.
Oh man what a sad ending to such a wonderful ride. High on emotions along-with fantastic acting by Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen.
although a little less action but who cares when you have such a wonderful story.

 

[Spartan 117]

ARRIVAL (2016)​

'... and so they did.'

"Oh kill me, please. Oh, so f*cking boring. Did i leave the stove on? Wait, Why am i watching this". These are Some of the many questions lurking in my mind during the first 70 minutes ... where literally NOTHING happens. It's the final 30 minutes or so where i actually paid a wee bit of attention. It's Amy Adams show all the way. I don't want to not appreciate the cinematic value, direction and craft here, because coming from the same director of Sicario, it's actually excellent. Tension built goes for far too long, and then the pressure is released at once, because 'in your face'. There is a whole 15 minutes or so worth of scene, only to be amazed by the different gravity inside the alien ship. Wow, right? Meh.

At nearly 2 hours, it's quite boring as well. ahem, VERY. So hold your horses till the end, and you may get out 'something' in return. I got, like, 6/10 worth of entertainment. Safe to say i would NEVER watch this sh*t again. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat. Sorry, not sorry.

To each his own I guess.

I personally loved this film. Haven't done its review yet. Currently, my favorite film of 2016, alongside perhaps Hacksaw Ridge (still have to watch tons of films from 2016).

 

[manigamer]

a monster calls: 7/10
the monster voiced by liam neeson, i until the end couldn't get it until the very last moment, this movie was actually quite good. didn't do box office wise i guess and critically too but it was better than i had hoped for. a boy not too old and not too young hehe ...entertaining it was

allied: 6.5/10
this is another movie i didn't had much expectations from but the twists and turns were good. the thrill in it was nice aswell although the mystery part wasn't so solid i mean i already knew it..

100 streets: 6.5/10
a fine drama movie etc.. idiris elba a former football player now retired and just going through life and hardships...

shut in: 4.5/10
this one was a bit thrilling at start but than just downhill from there...

 

[opethian]

In Dubious Battles

I think this movie could have been better, as good as "Free State of Jones" but James Franco should only do stupid movies. The movie fails to build any emotional attachment to any characters. People appear on camera, do their dialogues and cut to new scene. Things happen abruptly and then they end just like they started.
Many important events of the time which were deliberately explained by Steinbeck in his novel were blatantly ignored or sometimes I think James didn't even read the novel or understood his own character. Ed Harris, was that Ed Harris who got shot just after few seconds?
One of the strangest editing done to make things more disjointed. It is best directorial work by James but I wish he would have let someone else do the job.
For someone who has not read the novel, it will be a good entertainment and initially I did like the movie (7/10) but when I read the novel, I could easily find the short comings n voids in the movie. Books can never be turned to a great movie.

6/10

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[nafu]

No Tears for the Dead​

Just finished watching this South Korean Action/thriller movie and I reckon, this is one of the best Korean Action stuff amongst many. It is just not the simple gun fight or usual action, but has brutal scenes like the hitman opening them up with knife, just as we seen in Raid1-2 ( I guess raid title is enough for reference). Story revolves around the Hitman (Gon), Triad gang (his old friends) and the girl's(Yumi) mother who's daughter has been killed by a hitman. when Hitman sent out to take care of her mother, instead he fell in emotions. So, the real action starts sooner when they realize hitman betraying them. The action sequences are mixed from brutal scenes to gunfights stylish and bloody, for which South korean movies are best known for. Have watch so many South Korean titles, but this has its own style. Following the characters, different languages has been spoken such as Korean, English, Spanish etc. So it has a resemblance to other korean movies such as 'The Berlin File', 'A company Man' and 'The Man from Nowhere' (Same director).

I would definitely Recommends this movies who loves korean stylish and bloody action flicks. 8/10

"Tae Guk Gi: The Brother" is another korean classic war movie, the leading character is same as in "No Tears for the Dead". Interesting and worth watching.

 

[nafu]

Castaway on the Moon​

Sometimes loneliness and boredom are your only hope!

Just finished watching Castaway on the Moon and to be honest, I find it a lot more than just a movie. The concept behind this movie is simple, living on earth is very easy, especially for those who have been in comfort zone but real life starts when you walk outside. Based on a man who frustrated from his wife, work and home and wanted to kill himself, instead he finds himself in a situation where he can't even die, not even if he tries to. Found an island on which he has to do all the hardwork to eat and living. The movie gets interesting when he finds he is actually not on an empty moon (the island), but he has been on watch of someone. Overall the movie is very well paced. I never find a moment i need to forward a minute of this movie. There are couple of funny parts, that made me laugh relentlessly. Well, Castaway on the Moon is an inspiring work, to say the least.

Would Recommend this movie to all 9/10

Apart from Blood and action, korean cinema can deliver some lovely art work too. They have some beautiful love stories in the form of 'A Moment to remember', 'The Classic' and 'Always'.

 

[mac007]

tangled before ever after 5/10

in contrast to the first i think they destroyed the movie. animation was way inferior than before and story line wasnt good either (may be due to this being a TV movie and not being released for Big screen)

 

[manigamer]

Saw "Kong Skull Island" in IMAX premiere show at CINESTAR

Spoiler: show

Ok first OFF the dunkirk trailer (Longest i've ever seen) was DAMN AWESOME ON IMAX w000w, i wasn't feeling it for this movie but DAMN this thing was AWESOME NOLAN is doing WW right man uff that sound and that direction

spoilers below regarding movie proceed with caution




ok let's get to business with KONG, this movie has made kong a rockstar LOL with those 70's 80's song's coming and going inbetween it was a blast watching KONG ON IMAX and man it was something good to see

samuel L jackson the man who hell bent on revenge after KONG for killing his men and the other people who saw the softer side of KONG and thought of him of more as an ally than monster

the movies effect and fight scenes were awesome, the start scene of the movie was quite thrilling and awesome which kept me hooked from the start... KONG'S entries here and there a true hero he was haha

one thing i didn't like was the suddent forced kinda attraction towards brie larson, i mean the first kong 2005 one i saw his attraction towards naomi watts was still on spot but this one seemed quite forced to me.. like he is killing people eating em and than wham bam suddenly see's brie and is like OK i can breed with her

other than that the movie was ACTION PACKED AND HUMOUROUS !

Rating: 8/10

 

[junaidgangs89]

@manigamer Did you wait for post credits ?

 

[manigamer]

@manigamer Did you wait for post credits ?

yes i did, YES i did they fast forwarded them to the end this time pheww not waiting too long for the credits to end haha

 

[junaidgangs89]

yes i did, YES i did they fast forwarded them to the end this time pheww not waiting too long for the credits to end haha

i saw Kong last night at imperial cinema though i wanted to see it in Imax but there schedule was not in favor to mine, imperial cinema did showed it but didn't fast fwd the credits. some people were there waiting for post credits scene but they went out as the whole credits roll is around +5 min long. in the end there was just 1 family & me waiting for the RAWWR but it was worth it in Dolby Atmos

 

[manigamer]

you and that family were wise to sit 5+ minutes

 

[manigamer]

American fable: 7/10
this one was quite good, at times i couldn't get it but this one very much reminded me of pans labyrinth although not that scary but quite weird and fantasy type

nocturnal animals: 7/10
much talked about movie, acting was done quite nicely and all, haven't seen amy adms in a more serious role than this. the end was LOL hehe

iboy: 6.5/10
this movie turned out to be better than i had expected. teen after getting seriously wounded in the head gets powers to control technology and all..

collateral beauty: 6.5/10
starring will smith, once a man of vision and now after her wife and kids death he is a broken man and it's upto his colleagues to make him do better and such, the tactics used were quite harsh but did give a lession

 

[UltraViolet]

Kong Skull Island 7/10. Watched it in weplex quetta, they have this huge curved screen here which really looks good, although sound was little below par but still good effort. Movie was good, a one time watch only imo. Movie was more of a style thn substance thing, and man dont knw but i got this vibe throughout the movie that acting wz werid from all the leads.

 

[mac007]

Rogue One 9.5/10

Great movie it star wars franchise, the connection of story was perfect

 

[sumair007]

Passengers.....................(8.5/10) watched in HD, I was really blown away by this movie, the concept was awesome so was the direction, must watch movie of 2016

Arrival...........................(7/10) watched in HD, not everyone's cup of tea, but I liked it somehow, although the concept was quite stupid but sound was terrific!

 

[manigamer]

man down: 7.5/10
well not your average war movie, shia la beouf was damn good here imo. shows the effects of the war.. at first i was like OK and things going as normal but than when it unravels im like this dude's not right in the head and all... some people are still fighting the war even being at homeland...

american violence:5.5/10
not as much engaging as i had thought but still popcorn watch, it begins all creepy type but than it goes into that dark type mode etc

underworld bloodwars: 6.5/10
much better than the previous part, seline was good and so was his new partner. movie seems to be giving that hint more parts to come ehh

hacksaw ridge: 8/10
pretty good movie well directed by mel gibson, deserves the praise, that acting my andrew was awesome ! such brutality and that war scene A+

 

[mac007]

ScoobyDoo Shaggys Showdown 8/10
it was okish, another mystery solved retailing to shaggys ancestors

 

[staticPointer]

Rogue one is the part of Star wars?

Rogue One 9.5/10

Great movie it star wars franchise, the connection of story was perfect

 

[Spartan 117]

The Purge: Election Year (2016)
​

Purge franchise so far:

• First one: Lame. So much potential, but wasted.
• Anarchy: The only decent one.
• Election Year: Back to being lame.

I just keep hoping they will properly utilize the world they have created, but so far, nada. 5/10


Here's my full review:

The Purge: Election Year (2016) - Movie Review


(Can't post the whole review due to copyrights issue, so read it on my blog instead if you wanna )