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Harry Dean Stanton is in that too.

Just a Closer Walk With Thee is such a great song and his version in Cool Hand Luke is so heartfelt. We played Patsy Cline's version at my mam's funeral.

When I hear gospel songs sung like that, it almost makes me believe. Almost...
 

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Watched Life last night.

A group of scientists on board a space station find life which begins as a few cells and starts expanding.

I enjoyed it for what it was. Brilliantly shot and claustrophobic in feel. It got a little bogged down and repetitive at times but a pretty good sci fi thriller.

6.5/10
 

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The Disaster Artist.

I give this movie an ohhaiMark/10, was in tears from laughing so much within the first 10 minutes (idk why but I just lost it at the scene where they played "catch" with the football), James Franco for Best Actor, actually this movie should just win everything at the Oscars, just give them all the awards now and cut the crap.

The 90s soundtrack was like they asked me "hai Shell- what 90s songs would you like to be in this moofie" and then i gave them the songs and they put them in it. I would have danced in the aisles (Tommy would have wanted it) but common decency stopped me. Plus there was like 5 other people in the cinema.

I should have taken some spoons also.
 
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The Snowman -wtf.

I cant believe how bad the editing was. Half of Fassbanders and JK Simmons lines seem like they were dubbed over by themselves and all of Val Kilmers lines are dubbed in some ridiculously gravelly voice, then he is never seen again in the movie after a couple of short scenes that could have been cut entirely. Absolute mess.

I dont know what Fassbender is doing with his career and im not sure he is a great actor.
 

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This is one of those films that you'll probably watch once and that's it. Set in the Detroit riots in 1967 and the famous Algiers Hotel shootings where these racist cops killed three black men in cold blood on basically a stupid prank gone terribly wrong. The film is stark and brutal, and sadly given the police shootings that still go on in the USA today, very relevant to our times. The tension in the film really keeps you on the edge of your seat and there's some very good acting performances, but none that stick out for Oscars IMO. Katherine Bigelow presents the topic raw and unhinged, just like she always does in her films. As a piece of cinema this is a very good film. The fact it's based on a real life event leaves you feeling hollow at the cruelty men can inflict on each other, especially when power is in the hands of one group totally. Rating 7/10
 
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The Snowman -wtf.

I cant believe how bad the editing was. Half of Fassbanders and JK Simmons lines seem like they were dubbed over by themselves and all of Val Kilmers lines are dubbed in some ridiculously gravelly voice, then he is never seen again in the movie after a couple of short scenes that could have been cut entirely. Absolute mess.

I dont know what Fassbender is doing with his career and im not sure he is a great actor.
Yeah his career has really gone down the toilet lately. Just shit flick after shit flick
 

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Ambitious is one term you could use.........plenty of others also, I'm sure.
Another movie that will have no shortage of detractors, but I must say that I haven't felt that uncomfortable through a movie in ages. Is that a good thing?
I think any movie that pushes you beyond where you may want to go, has at least something going for it.
The last stanza was one wild ride and once you link up with any of the possible allegories, some sense can be made of it.
Is that enough to make it a good movie though? At this stage no, but I admired the high points here. 6/10
 

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The Disaster Artist.

I give this movie an ohhaiMark/10, was in tears from laughing so much within the first 10 minutes (idk why but I just lost it at the scene where they played "catch" with the football), James Franco for Best Actor, actually this movie should just win everything at the Oscars, just give them all the awards now and cut the crap.

The 90s soundtrack was like they asked me "hai Shell- what 90s songs would you like to be in this moofie" and then i gave them the songs and they put them in it. I would have danced in the aisles (Tommy would have wanted it) but common decency stopped me. Plus there was like 5 other people in the cinema.

I should have taken some spoons also.
I heard this wasn't very good.
 

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I heard this wasn't very good.
Well if you dont know/havent seen the Room you will pretty much have NFI whats going on.
Tbh I didnt hear the people up the back of the cinema (I was sitting right near the front) laughing at all. Wouldnt be surprised if there was some walkouts even.


I was pmsl tho from the beginning.
 

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The Disaster Artist. Thoroughly enjoyed it even though I've never seen The Room. There were only 4 other people in the session I went to and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them had pissed herself, she was laughing so hard. James Franco did a bloody good job.
 

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Watched Wonder today

The type of overly sentimental sappy movie I'd normally avoid like the plague. But it was an anniversary thing with the missus so figured why not

Loved it and even cried like a little bitch. Didn't know what to expect going in so it's a bit silly to say it wasn't what I expected. Simple movie done well and definitely liked how the did the stories of the various characters
 

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The Disaster Artist.

I give this movie an ohhaiMark/10, was in tears from laughing so much within the first 10 minutes (idk why but I just lost it at the scene where they played "catch" with the football), James Franco for Best Actor, actually this movie should just win everything at the Oscars, just give them all the awards now and cut the crap.

The 90s soundtrack was like they asked me "hai Shell- what 90s songs would you like to be in this moofie" and then i gave them the songs and they put them in it. I would have danced in the aisles (Tommy would have wanted it) but common decency stopped me. Plus there was like 5 other people in the cinema.

I should have taken some spoons also.

I can't believe this shit is real
 
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1st viewing. All I can say is WOW, how did I miss this all these years. Probably because of the availability of it, its only been released on Laserdisc in 1993 and dvd in 2000. If it wasn't for people asking when this & True Lies are coming to blu ray I would have never even have looked at it.

I was reluctant to see it because I thought how much can you do underwater for 2 and a half hours and not be boring and somehow James Cameron did it. Then after the movie I read the trivia page on IMDB and couldn't believe what I was reading, I'm guessing a future retrospective with the cast is out of the question.

I also read there's a directors cut which hopefully is on the upcoming blu ray, I hear it's the better version. I'm giving this an 8/10.
 

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Knocked out some classics id never seen

The Untouchables
I found this a struggle. Great cast, but almost cartoonish. Costner as well... how the hell did he become a star? Plodding movie that didnt seem to be able to get it together with any emotional impact.
5/10
Costner was a powerhouse for a while there, this is a great movie and one that plays homage to quite a few classics


Baby Driver 6/10. A couple of cool scenes in time with the music. Entertaining enough but pretty forgettable overall I thought.
I really enjoyed it, the opening credits were fantastic
 

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Star Wars - The Last Jedi.

Loved it. Great action scenes, good plot that doesn’t vary too much from the standard Star Wars themes. There was a mix of tension, action and comedy that was balanced very well, just occasionally tipping over to too much comedy for the tension to hold.
One fight scene in particular was very stylized, almost Peter Greenaway style.
Terrific cast and certainly a stronger female presence than previous episodes.
8.5/10
 

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Star Wars - the last Jedi

Found it to be a movie with fantastic visuals, with a poor plot with a lot of the themes borrowed heavily from ROTJ.

The feminist angle this movie promotes took away my enjoyment as there seems to be a real black and white stereotyping of each gender I.e every female was flawless,strong and wise..while the male characters were irrational, stupid and evil.


The comedy was very overdone..similar to new Thor movie.

Sadly all the exciting and good work from Rogue one has been undone for me, and I fear for the next episode let alone the new trilogy that will follow.

Dissapointed

3/10
 
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Blade Runner 2049

Eh... took a 90 minute story and turned it into a 160 minute film. Plenty of the usual overbearing Zimmer score drowning out lines, really weird sound editing in general (waaay too much reverb everywhere), and I'm still wondering what the actual point of the film was - was it meant to be part one of a trilogy or something? When the story was actually moving forward it was decent, but unfortunately that was happening far too little to justify the running time.
 
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