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tg - nudity and violence in novocento? can i borrow it???! ha ha.
still some scarily high scores on here for very average movies, boys! 
I'm a Bolton fan, i have to magnify every nugget of joy from anything.
Also, i realise you're just talking about everyone else and not my superlative taste in filumz.
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It was the 8 out of ten for any one of the new apes films what done it!! Ha ha
Repeat after me. ".5 is my friend" ....
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It was the 8 out of ten for any one of the new apes films what done it!! Ha ha
Repeat after me. ".5 is my friend" ....
I knew it!
We're not talking about your football team now (or your face)! (say previous in the mumbled voice of a sulking 10 year old in the 1980s).
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May 6, 2016 - 4:06 PM
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Jim Phelps
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This is the short version of my review. The passionate, geeky version will be reserved for the Marvel comic book thread.
Captain America: Civil War 10/10
Count me as another who feels this s Marvel's best film so far. It may sound bizarre to describe it as "an intimate, globetrotting epic", but that's how I see it. Civil War managed to give plenty of the spotlight to quite a large cast as it deftly juggled between action setpieces and character stuff. I thought RDJ gave his best Tony Stark performance here. Plus, Chris Evans is spot-on perfect as Cap. I loved this movie and didn't want it to end. Great pacing and a lot more depth, humor, and excellent character chemistry. Black Panther was magnificent, but then he always was. Spidey, Ant-Man, and Vision were wonderful. Everyone involved was just so good. Hats off to the drector, editors, and screenwriter. Beautiful cinematography, too. Here's hoping the days of washed out drab teal and orange movies are behind us.
Best Stan Lee cameo, too.
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May 8, 2016 - 1:24 AM
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Solium
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Captain America: Civil War- 2.5-5
First hour and a half was dreadfully dull with paper thin motivations , dead pan acting, and elaborate action sequences that held no stakes. It also hurts they sort of redid Winter Soldier all over again.
I had two fundamental issues with the film. First the alliances were mixed up. Stark the independent egocentric billionaire would never conform to authority, while Rogers was born and bread to be a good soldier and follow orders. So the premise of the plot was flawed from the start.
Second was the fact so many of the MCU films are nothing more than a feature length trailer for the next movie or spin off in the series. If you get right down to it, by the time the end credits roll, the film resolved nothing, and there’s really zero character development.
Was there anything enjoyable here? Yes, the last hour was a blast. The film really needed a character like Thor who was missing this time around. But this was thankfully rectified with the introduction of Ant-Man and Spider-Man.
First we got a fun Superhero on Superhero smack down. It’s the only time I felt a little bit giddy, which is something I want to feel when watching a Super Hero movie.
Finally the film ends with a rather dramatic and far more serious fight sequence which juxtapose but complimented the earlier fun sequence . At least the film concluded with some emotional weight.
As always the score was only serviceable, and I can only imagine how exciting the action scenes could have been with a score that complimented the stunts and visuals. Imagine James Horner’s Rocketeer music during the Falcon’s fight sequences. I know I was.
At the end of the day the MCU is like washing your head. Wet hair, apply shampoo, rinse, and repeat.
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Jack's Back 3/10 - It's quite silly and not as dark as i was hoping for. James Spader is very decent in it. There's a couple of twists as to who the killer is which are okay. I always wanted to see it since i was little and would see the box on the video shelf and thought it looked scary.
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May 10, 2016 - 11:41 AM
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An excellent movie, no superheros, no spandex or tights, almost no effects, no comics, which means almost no one will see it.
You're not alone ado/solium. I say those same words to myself every time I watch the latest Woody Allen film and you people don't talk about his work, either.
I know it might be hard to believe but Ado and Solium really are different people.
I realize we agree to an uncanny degree.
I rather liked Allen's older movies, he said in the Hollywood Reporter that he likes very few of his own movies. I do admire his work ethic, but I feel like Woody is stamping these things out a bit too much just because he enjoys doing it, and sometimes his casting seems like it is a 'just because' kind of thing.
I do like Whit Stillman, and Love and Friendship certainly looks good.
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May 10, 2016 - 11:44 AM
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Ado
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Eye in the Sky - 8.5/9 out of 10.
A solid picture about drone warfare and ethics, and the mire of global politics.
An excellent movie, no superheros, no spandex or tights, almost no effects, no comics, which means almost no one will see it.
"From the acclaimed director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Ender's Game"
It's in my Netflix queue for whenever it comes to video.
Mastadge you should like Eye in the Sky- hopefully it is out on disc pretty soon, I would think so.
Yeah, I know Gavin Hood did his Hollywood thing. He might be done with it, he should be, he is a talented guy, and he can obviously can put a film together outside Hwood just fine. I have heard some people liked Enders Game just fine, but I have not seen it.
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