Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part III

[cerebus]

Robin Robin is fantastic. Best Aardman film in years.

 

[FiestaST]

8-Bit Christmas (2021) 6.5/10

Likeable Christmas comedy with some good storytelling. High on nostalgia.

 

[dualmeister]

10 minutes into Venom 2021.
What a load of kak

 

[WaxLyrical]

King Richard - 7.5/10. Will Smith is awesome in this bio.

 

[Neoprod]

Nitram (2021) 8/10

A look at the life of Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur mass shooter in the period leading up to the event. Plays out like a psychological drama with very good performances by the main cast.

Discomfiting, very well-made.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Nitram (2021) 8/10

A look at the life of Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur mass shooter in the period leading up to the event. Plays out like a psychological drama with very good performances by the main cast.

Discomfiting, very well-made.

Thanks for heads up...grabbed it now.

 

[cerebus]

Encanto (2021) - 6.5/10. Some good songs from Lin Manuel Miranda but goes badly downhill in the second act and fails to bring any of its themes home. At times it feels like a discount Frozen but the kids enjoyed it

 

[cerebus]

James Gunn is right

 

[WaxLyrical]

Spencer - 5/10. Supposed to be some kind of allegory to her state of mind and suffering but it feels pointless and staged which makes Stewart's performance also somewhat deliberate.

Red Notice - 6.5/10. Stupid but fun popcorn movie with Reynolds usual deadpan schtick.

 

[saor]

with Reynolds usual deadpan schtick.

It's the movie for me where they dialed it up too much & it started to feel really tiresome and I'm not sure I can do another Reynolds movie with that schtick.

 

[Datura]

Nitram (2021) 8/10

A look at the life of Martin Bryant, the Port Arthur mass shooter in the period leading up to the event. Plays out like a psychological drama with very good performances by the main cast.

Discomfiting, very well-made.

Watched this yesterday. Did not read anything about it before hand, just grabbed it because I dig Aussie films. Was raw and gritty and caught me completely off guard. 8/10 from me too.

 

[RanzB]

Re-watched the LOTR trilogy this week.

Still a 10/10.

Tried to watch it on Showmax but the quality wasn't great so I popped in the Blu-Rays.

Watched it with someone who had never seen it, and she enjoyed it so much she watched The Hobbit trilogy over two days. I still haven't seen those.

 

[wbot]

The Hobbit trilogy is great imo but doesn't come close to LotR which are my favourite movies of all time.

 

[saor]

The Hobbit trilogy is great

 

[wbot]

Don't know why The Hobbit is so hated

 

[Neoprod]

Don't know why The Hobbit is so hated

Spoiler

The completely unnecessary, made-up elf-dwarf romance might have something to do with it. That undermined the whole LOTR arc of Legolas and Gimli disliking each other purely on the basis of being from different races and eventually growing beyond that into friendship. This elf chick and Kili fall for each other in like seconds...wtf?

Also Azog the Defiler died like a 100 years before the battle of the 5 armies...

They're OK movies (largely, IMO because big budget fantasy movies are rare) but they're not a patch on LOTR. The writing choices they made are a bit poop.

 

[Neoprod]

Watched this yesterday. Did not read anything about it before hand, just grabbed it because I dig Aussie films. Was raw and gritty and caught me completely off guard. 8/10 from me too.

Looked up the director and I've seen one of his other movies (True History of the Ned Kelly Gang - also good)...going to try find The Snowtown Murders somewhere.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Don't know why The Hobbit is so hated

It's not hated just unnecessary.

 

[Datura]

Looked up the director and I've seen one of his other movies (True History of the Ned Kelly Gang - also good)...going to try find The Snowtown Murders somewhere.

Seen a film on the Snowtown Murders. Was really raw but good. 6.5/10

If you haven't seen Animal Kingdom, I highly recommend it. 8/10. Good cast in a film closely based on the crimes of the real Pettingill family in Australia.
Strong performances all around. Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville are fantastic in this.

 

[WaxLyrical]

It's the movie for me where they dialed it up too much & it started to feel really tiresome and I'm not sure I can do another Reynolds movie with that schtick.

Poor mans Deadpool.