Movie Mini-Review Thread

[Neoprod]

Black Robe (1990) 9/10

An amazing film and far superior in my opinion to The Revenant.

Does this need sub-titles to watch?

 

[FiestaST]

Room (2015) 8/10

Absolute excellent piece of cinema. Superbly well acted by Brie Larson & that young kid. You feel the pain & anguish; the mother in particular; had to endure.
Some momentum drops off slightly in the last 40mins but it's a brilliant watch.

 

[RanzB]

Room (2015) 8/10

Absolute excellent piece of cinema. Superbly well acted by Brie Larson & that young kid. You feel the pain & anguish; the mother in particular; had to endure.
Some momentum drops off slightly in the last 40mins but it's a brilliant watch.

How did you watch it?

 

[FiestaST]

How did you watch it?

Err....I downloaded it

 

[RanzB]

The Visit - 7/10

Pleasantly surprised.

Spy - 7.5/10

Pretty funny.

 

[RazedInBlack]

The Visit - 7/10

Pleasantly surprised.

I didn't expect that either

 

[FiestaST]

Spectre (2015) 7/10

This movie has very much split opinion. Bond fan here & on the whole I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the script & its implementation; I enjoyed Christoph Waltz; I enjoyed the (re)introduction of Blofeld; even Bautista was a good hardcore henchman...the train carriage fight. Good marks for the Jag & Aston scene.

What I didn't like was the running time. At almost 2.5hrs it's just too long. It's longest Bond movie in history & what's worse it did not captivate me for the full 2.5hrs. There was a fair bit of flat spots; the other thing was the "love" storyline...what crap is that? This is Bond we're talking about.

On the whole a good if not memorable watch. I still enjoy DC as 007 but his best performance & by far the best Bond movie in recent history is 2006's Casino Royale; that hard edged movie was a game changer in Bond lineage.
The IMDB ratings confirm the love for that movie.

PS: loads of references to SA...thumbs up

 

[RanzB]

Bridge of Spies - 6.5/10

Atticus Finch defends a Russian spy.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

 

[FiestaST]

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Lolz!

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Spectre (2015) 7/10

This movie has very much split opinion. Bond fan here & on the whole I enjoyed it.

The other thing was the "love" storyline...what crap is that? This is Bond we're talking about.

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This is what I liked about Roger Moore. 30 seconds after his chick gets killed in the most horrible way, he spots another chick and its "Hello there". And he didn't mind much if she was actually there to kill him, as long as he could get some action

 

[FiestaST]

Yup...true that. "Love" does not work in a Bond movie...period.

No comments needed on George Lazenby as a certain 007

 

[Spizz]

Yup...true that. "Love" does not work in a Bond movie...period.

No comments needed on George Lazenby as a certain 007

I don't know what all the hate for Lazenby. OHMSS was a great Bond movie.

 

[Neoprod]

I don't know what all the hate for Lazenby. OHMSS was a great Bond movie.

With you there...solid movie. There are some absolute stinkers that are much worse than Lazenby did.

 

[Ninja'd]

PS: loads of references to SA...thumbs up

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ANC making things ungovernable.

 

[daveza]

Except that pic doesn't look like it's of Cape Town.

 

[cenredash]

Except that pic doesn't look like it's of Cape Town.

If it was Fox News it could still have been genuine. Wrong pic for Cape Town but still genuine

 

[faniebraai]

The Fountain (2006)

1 question. Just 1.

What kind of drugs were you taking when you decided that this was the perfect movie?

 

[FiestaST]

Gone Baby Gone (2007) 7.5/10

Really dunno how I missed this one years back. Caught it on ShowMax...what a gem of note. Ben Affleck directing top marks. Best performance I've seen from Casey Affleck. What a twist at the end; so morally ambiguous & yet sad...an excellent watch.

 

[Neoprod]

^^, the druggy lady was really good...forget her name now.