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@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
He's good in the movie Legend, about the Kray twins. I watched the whole thing and didn't twig that he played both of them, mostly because I'm a complete imbecile.
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@doctor-phibes said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
He's good in the movie Legend, about the Kray twins. I watched the whole thing and didn't twig that he played both of them, mostly because I'm a complete imbecile.
I started that one, but I think it was too British and it didn't grab me in time. I've been meaning to get back to it, I expect it would grab me by, at the latest, halfway through.
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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/action-packed-russell-crowe-flick-132400636.html
"Better clear your schedule, because Netflix just added another must-watch flick to its top-rated section.
"Introducing The Next Three Days, which stars Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. Although it originally premiered back in 2010, the film has now landed a highly coveted spot on Netflix’s list of most-watched movies. (It’s currently ranked behind Homefront, White Tiger, Cut Throat City, The Vanished and Outside the Wire.)
"The Next Three Days tells the story of the Brennan family, whose lives are turned upside down when Lara (Banks) is convicted of murder. After three years of claiming innocence, her husband, John (Crowe), decides to take matters into his own hands in an attempt to provide a better future for their son. When all else fails, John is left with only one option: get Lara out of prison, no matter the cost.
"In addition to Crowe and Banks, the movie also stars" . . . follows a zillion names. This review ends with:
"You had us at Russell Crowe."
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@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
Did you see "Locke"? That's a spectacular solo performance by Hardy.
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@klaus said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
Did you see "Locke"? That's a spectacular solo performance by Hardy.
Nope, but I put it on my list. Thanks for the recommendation.
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I just watched a company movie all about inclusion and diversity.
The women in it were really hot.
I think I may have been stuck at home for too long.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in Movie Reviews:
I just watched a company movie all about inclusion and diversity.
The women in it were really hot.
I think I may have been stuck at home for too long.
Like this one?
Link to video
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@horace said in Movie Reviews:
@klaus said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
Did you see "Locke"? That's a spectacular solo performance by Hardy.
Nope, but I put it on my list. Thanks for the recommendation.
That was a great movie. More of a short story. Not much cinematic about it. But it was well told by Hardy.
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I finally worked my way through Phantom Thread. Starring Daniel Day Lewis and written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. So I expected greatness, and I know lots of critics found it. I didn't. The lead actress opposite Day Lewis seemed to follow his vocal lead and just let the words ooze out of her mouth as if she didn't have the strength to enunciate. That got really old. The plot was like a long stretch of flat land with tiny little gopher mounds meant to look like mountains in comparison. The whole thing was set to piano music that sounded a lot like Eric Satie. Anybody else watch this movie?
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@horace said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
@klaus said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I've been enjoying Tom Hardy movies lately. He seems like an acting talent nearly at the level of Daniel Day Lewis, with his range and voice/mannerism changes. I watched The Drop last night and The Revenant the night before. Both very good movies IMO, and a nice contrast showing extremes of what he can do.
Did you see "Locke"? That's a spectacular solo performance by Hardy.
Nope, but I put it on my list. Thanks for the recommendation.
That was a great movie. More of a short story. Not much cinematic about it. But it was well told by Hardy.
My favorite that year. Phantom Thread.
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@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I finally worked my way through Phantom Thread. Starring Daniel Day Lewis and written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. So I expected greatness, and I know lots of critics found it. I didn't. The lead actress opposite Day Lewis seemed to follow his vocal lead and just let the words ooze out of her mouth as if she didn't have the strength to enunciate. That got really old. The plot was like a long stretch of flat land with tiny little gopher mounds meant to look like mountains in comparison. The whole thing was set to piano music that sounded a lot like Eric Satie. Anybody else watch this movie?
My favorite that year. Remarkably engaging. Not everyone I recommended it to felt that way.
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@loki said in Movie Reviews:
@horace said in Movie Reviews:
I finally worked my way through Phantom Thread. Starring Daniel Day Lewis and written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. So I expected greatness, and I know lots of critics found it. I didn't. The lead actress opposite Day Lewis seemed to follow his vocal lead and just let the words ooze out of her mouth as if she didn't have the strength to enunciate. That got really old. The plot was like a long stretch of flat land with tiny little gopher mounds meant to look like mountains in comparison. The whole thing was set to piano music that sounded a lot like Eric Satie. Anybody else watch this movie?
My favorite that year. Remarkably engaging. Not everyone I recommended it to felt that way.
I should watch it again.
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On Amazon Prime.
You know how, in so many of LeCarre's books, the ending is quiet, frequently disturbing and frequently unsatisfying ("Spy Who Came In From The Cold")?
This is similar.
It's a story of a hijacked airplane 8 years ago, and CIA decides to re-open its investigation into what went wrong, with everyone on the plane dying.
Chris Pine and Thandie Newton are former and current CIA agents and lovers who are involved in the original hijacking and subsequent investigation.
Multiple levels of betrayal, distrust and false leads are all over this movie. It's told through a series of flashbacks, and flashbacks of flashbacks about what went wrong, why, and who is to blame for it all.
Reviews are mediocre, but I enjoyed it, mostly for the slow, slow, burn of the story being unfolded. Great twist at the end with flashbacks re-referenced to explain it all.
A quiet, disturbing and depressing movie. But, if you're into that kind of stuff, give it a watch.
Also, I can just look at Thandie Newton all day long....
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Spent the morning watching "Joker."
Though not strictly a "Batman" movie (it nods to Bruce's dad), it's a remarkable portrayal by Joaquin Phoenix of a man with a terribly troubled past and his descent into total insanity.
Think "Taxi Driver" but more violent, and a lot, lot, crazier.
He deserved the Oscar for this.
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I first saw this movie shortly after it was released, and something brought it to mind, so I gave it a re-watch this afternoon.
The premise is that John Oldman, a professor at a local college in Arizona has resigned after 10 years on the faculty. Several of his friends show up as a surprise going-away party as he's packing to leave. Among them are a biologist, his secretary, a psychiatrist, an anthropologist and one or two others.
As they celebrate his going-away with some Johnny Walker Green, one of his friends finds a stone, shaped like an ancient chisel, in a box John has packed.
When asked about it, John starts to tell a story about being not who everyone thinks he is. He explains that he has to "move on" every ten years, and that he's had some very very interesting encounters in his past.
I won't say more, because it's kind of weird. I enjoyed it when I first saw it, and today, knowing how it ends, I liked it even more.
Very low budget, all shot inside John's cabin in the desert, and with a small cast.
If you like unusual, this will fit the bill.
Gets 7.9 stars on IMDB with 185K votes.
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I've talked about this movie before, but I thought, considering that it's not in this thread to re-evanglize it.
"Moon."
It's a small sci-fi movie directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) starting Sam Rockwell.
Premise is that Rockwell is at the end of his tour mining precious material on the Moon. He discovers a shocking truth about what's really going on.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
