I’m sure it’s been very influential, and must’ve been significant at the time, and it certainly generates some degree of enduringly-relevant insight into these kind of political situations... but I also found it kind of monotonous and, consequently, dull.
This is definitely a film that would appeal to people (men) who see themselves as “tortured artists”. Whether or not that has any connection to its level of acclaim...
Remember those people who tried to crowdfund a shitty fanwank-filled remake of The Last Jedi? Turns out J.J. just let them make Episode IX under his name instead.
The best bit of its long three-and-a-half hours comes when it doesn’t force you onto Netflix’s “WATCH SOMETHING ELSE NOW” screen until the credits have actually finished.
This is a tricky one. I enjoyed a lot of what I saw, but it does risk being a bit repetitive, and the “what happened next” cards contain a better idea for Act 3 than the film itself.
On the one hand I feel like this isn’t as subversive as the movies Tim Burton used to make. On the other, well, it’s the year Disney bought Fox and he’s made a Disney film about an evil theme park tycoon buying up smaller firms just to integrate their key IP and lay off all the other staff.
It’s not this film’s fault that A Quiet Place came out first (the novel it’s based on was published in 2015; the film started shooting in 2017). It is the film’s own fault that it’s not very good.
Down-on-his-luck boxer builds a touching relationship with an under-confident woman, then gets a shot at a big fight from the reigning champion, which he loses on points but wins in the crowd's heart? Frankqb has a bit of a point...
The On Her Majesty's Secret Service of Sartana films: the one-time leading man isn't as good as the regular fella, but everything else about the film is series-best level.
Don't really understand people writing off the second half. Yeah, the first 45 minutes is probably better if you had to choose, but the actual war bit is phenomenal in its own way.
They put all the best bits in the trailer and it's still bloody spectacular. I think maybe Rogue Nation had a better story, but nothing beats this for adrenaline and spectacle.
Why were they using floppy disks in 2018? Did someone in production briefly forget this isn't actually set during the Cold War, despite how it's dressed up?
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Movie comment on La battaglia di Algeri
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I’m sure it’s been very influential, and must’ve been significant at the time, and it certainly generates some degree of enduringly-relevant insight into these kind of political situations... but I also found it kind of monotonous and, consequently, dull.Movie comment on The Equalizer 2
badblokebob
An action-thriller where both the action and thrills are, literally, few and far between.Movie comment on Us
badblokebob
Wow, there are a lot of bad takes about this film here...Toplist comment on Box Office Mojo's All Time Adjusted Box Office
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The length of this list is daft now.Being the 100th highest-grossing film out of all movies ever released -- that's an achievement.
Being the 1,000th -- who cares?
Movie comment on 8½
badblokebob
This is definitely a film that would appeal to people (men) who see themselves as “tortured artists”. Whether or not that has any connection to its level of acclaim...Movie comment on The Hound of the Baskervilles
badblokebob
Neither the best adaptation of the novel, nor the best of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series.Movie comment on Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
badblokebob
Remember those people who tried to crowdfund a shitty fanwank-filled remake of The Last Jedi? Turns out J.J. just let them make Episode IX under his name instead.Movie comment on The Irishman
badblokebob
The best bit of its long three-and-a-half hours comes when it doesn’t force you onto Netflix’s “WATCH SOMETHING ELSE NOW” screen until the credits have actually finished.Innovative.
Movie comment on Harriet
badblokebob
This is a tricky one. I enjoyed a lot of what I saw, but it does risk being a bit repetitive, and the “what happened next” cards contain a better idea for Act 3 than the film itself.Movie comment on Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
badblokebob
2018’s best fourth-wall-breaking superhero comedy.Movie comment on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
badblokebob
Looks great; action’s great; plot ultimately feels like a 120-minute dot-join between Chapter 2 and Chapter 4.Movie comment on The Wrecking Crew
badblokebob
The kind of mediocre imitation that gives you a new appreciation for even the worst Bond movies.Movie comment on Hammerhead
badblokebob
So committed to being a cheapo Bond knockoff, it even has a song that sounds like a cheapo knockoff of a Bond theme.Movie comment on Dumbo
badblokebob
On the one hand I feel like this isn’t as subversive as the movies Tim Burton used to make. On the other, well, it’s the year Disney bought Fox and he’s made a Disney film about an evil theme park tycoon buying up smaller firms just to integrate their key IP and lay off all the other staff.Movie comment on The Meg
badblokebob
The concept and trailers made it look like big, daft fun, and it is big, daft fun. If you watched it expecting anything else, more fool you.Movie comment on Jaws 2
badblokebob
Obviously it doesn’t live up to its predecessor, but removed from that comparison it’s actually a more-than-decent shark movie in its own right.Movie comment on Avengers: Endgame
badblokebob
Contains some of the MCU’s very best moments... but it’s also a tonal mishmash at times, and it doesn’t need to be 3 hours long.The main cast end credits were probably my favourite bit.
Movie comment on The Silence
badblokebob
It’s not this film’s fault that A Quiet Place came out first (the novel it’s based on was published in 2015; the film started shooting in 2017). It is the film’s own fault that it’s not very good.Movie comment on Rocky Balboa
badblokebob
Down-on-his-luck boxer builds a touching relationship with an under-confident woman, then gets a shot at a big fight from the reigning champion, which he loses on points but wins in the crowd's heart? Frankqb has a bit of a point...Movie comment on C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!
badblokebob
The On Her Majesty's Secret Service of Sartana films: the one-time leading man isn't as good as the regular fella, but everything else about the film is series-best level.Movie comment on Full Metal Jacket
badblokebob
Don't really understand people writing off the second half. Yeah, the first 45 minutes is probably better if you had to choose, but the actual war bit is phenomenal in its own way.Movie comment on Mission: Impossible - Fallout
badblokebob
They put all the best bits in the trailer and it's still bloody spectacular. I think maybe Rogue Nation had a better story, but nothing beats this for adrenaline and spectacle.Movie comment on Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
badblokebob
Clearly the best of in the series (at least until Fallout comes out).Obviously, you're allowed to have a different opinion. But you'd be wrong.
Movie comment on Red Sparrow
badblokebob
Why were they using floppy disks in 2018? Did someone in production briefly forget this isn't actually set during the Cold War, despite how it's dressed up?Movie comment on Anon
badblokebob
It's not perfect (could do with a bit more clarity in places), but overall I thought it was a really good sci-fi noir.Showing items 101 – 125 of 277