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Wonder woman was an amazing movie, Gal Gadot is a fantastic actress! The humour and the action were all very well done
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The first one was absolutely incredible, it destroyed all other action movies for years on both ends of it's release - my only bone to pick with the second one was that no one was afraid of him anymore, and there was very little respect shown in it compared to the first one. Otherwise the action was well done (except a few over the top scenes - hit by a car.. twice?) Glad they added the pencil scene though
John Wick: Chapter 2 starring Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Common and Lawrence Fishburne.
Rambling observations:
- If you like the first one then you will like this one, if not you might want to pass on this one.
- Higher body count.
- Ending leaves it open for a part 3.
- Lawrence Fishburne was in it for only 10 minutes; hopefully they will have more of his character in the future.
- Better than most action movies today; no shaky cam, wide angle camera shots instead of too many close ups and very few edits during the action. Yes i am lookin' at you Resident Evil the Final Chapter.
Final Score: 7 out of 10, ymmv.
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.......I did not find the main villan all that interesting or threatening, i would have rated the movie higher if this was not the case.
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I enjoyed the movie with the high paced kitchen scenes, great dialogue and a very hypnotic sound track which includes an old John Lee Hooker standard "It serves you right to suffer". Small things like amazing knife skills in cadence with the soundtrack impressed me.
I enjoyed the movie with the high paced kitchen scenes, great dialogue and a very hypnotic sound track which includes an old John Lee Hooker standard "It serves you right to suffer". Small things like amazing knife skills in cadence with the soundtrack impressed me.
ghost in the shell.........boring
alean covenant............very boring
wonder woman...........basicaly Capt America with small boobs
alean covenant............very boring
wonder woman...........basicaly Capt America with small boobs
All Eyez On Me
Slow disjointed pacing at the start with the narrative broken up by interview shots but picks up after 2pac meets Suge Knight after getting out of prison. Editing is very choppy and songs are cut into shorter pieces. Most of 2pac''s hits are shown but feels less polished than Straight Outta Compton. Main actor portraying 2pac was spot on though.....recommend to DL or Netflix
Slow disjointed pacing at the start with the narrative broken up by interview shots but picks up after 2pac meets Suge Knight after getting out of prison. Editing is very choppy and songs are cut into shorter pieces. Most of 2pac''s hits are shown but feels less polished than Straight Outta Compton. Main actor portraying 2pac was spot on though.....recommend to DL or Netflix
I agree! I thought it was terrific!Wonder woman was an amazing movie, Gal Gadot is a fantastic actress! The humour and the action were all very well done
Enemy - This movie came out three four years ago and I caught it on TV a few days ago. It has Jake Gyllenhaal and other very good actors. It is a suspense thriller with a creepy storyline. More I watch Jake Gyllenhaal, more I think of him as a very good actor. He has this mysterious madness about him, sort of like Mel Gibson. This movie is based in Toronto because the director is a Canadian too. Basically the lead guy plays a very mild mannered professor who keeps mostly to himself and leads a boring dull life till he spots an actor who looks exactly like him (played by himself). He starts to get intrigued and approaches this actor and slowly .. things get complicated. Spoiler Alert The last scene of the movie has a very strange twist. It makes you realize that the movie is not what you thought it was.
I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Speaking of Jake Gyllenhaal I caught Zodiac. This movie also came a few years ago. Again it starts Jake Gyllenhaal, Mike Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. I conside Mike Ruffalo to be one of the finest and most realistic actors of our times. He seems to make things look so easy. I remember noticing him first in Fox Catcher. He was very good in Spotlight as well. This movie is about investigating serial killings in California in 1960's. It is very long but I was never bored. Great acting by all three, very good direction and overall I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Speaking of Jake Gyllenhaal I caught Zodiac. This movie also came a few years ago. Again it starts Jake Gyllenhaal, Mike Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. I conside Mike Ruffalo to be one of the finest and most realistic actors of our times. He seems to make things look so easy. I remember noticing him first in Fox Catcher. He was very good in Spotlight as well. This movie is about investigating serial killings in California in 1960's. It is very long but I was never bored. Great acting by all three, very good direction and overall I enjoyed it.
A very good film. A film that can make you think and doesn't need or want to spell everything out for you. A slightly strange and mysterious film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who has directed The Arrival and currently in production of BladeRunner 2049 ( please don't let it suck).
Mr Villeneuve described the film as a documentary of Jake Gyllenhaal's subconsciousness or a battle within his subconsciousness. With symbolic images of spiders and special keys that lead to underground clubs. What do the spiders in the film represent? Hmmmm.
It's based off a Jose Saramago novel The Double.
Jake Gyllenhaal in this film proves once again that he is a versatile actor and becoming one of my favorites to watch.
If you want to see a truly creepy performance by him, check out Nightcrawler. After watching that film, you'll may understand why some people consider CNN as fake news.
You are Bang On. I watched Jake or rather noticed him for the first time in Prisoners and I honestly believed that he blinked like that for real too. Then I watched Nightcrawler and I was really impressed. I recently watched him in Life as well. I think him and Mike Ruffalo are VERY good. So yea, I agree about the movie Enemy and you are right that it makes you think and doesn't exactly lays it on the table. I guess that is also true about Arrival by same director.
A very good film. A film that can make you think and doesn't need or want to spell everything out for you. A slightly strange and mysterious film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who has directed The Arrival and currently in production of BladeRunner 2049 ( please don't let it suck).
Mr Villeneuve described the film as a documentary of Jake Gyllenhaal's subconsciousness or a battle within his subconsciousness. With symbolic images of spiders and special keys that lead to underground clubs. What do the spiders in the film represent? Hmmmm.
It's based off a Jose Saramago novel The Double.
Jake Gyllenhaal in this film proves once again that he is a versatile actor and becoming one of my favorites to watch.
If you want to see a truly creepy performance by him, check out Nightcrawler. After watching that film, you'll may understand why some people consider CNN as fake news.
If you haven't already, you should watch him in Jarhead, Source Code and definitely Donnie Darko...great film. I haven't seen Life yet but i'll check it out.
Y'all need to watch BABY DRIVER. Edgar wright's new film is heavy on style, white knuckle thrills, and cool characters. Its a heist car film done right, and one of the nicer surprises of the summer movie season.
Was bored last night so we went to see the latest rendition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
What a stupid movie.
Can't decide if it wants to be a slapstick comedy, or a romantic comedy, or action/adventure, or a horror film. Doesn't do either genre very well. The series has really gone downhill. My friend actually fell asleep around half way through. Would not recommend.
What a stupid movie.
Can't decide if it wants to be a slapstick comedy, or a romantic comedy, or action/adventure, or a horror film. Doesn't do either genre very well. The series has really gone downhill. My friend actually fell asleep around half way through. Would not recommend.
The new Spiderman movie.......in my view...WOM.....-5 out of 10.
I was waithing for Micheal Keaton to say fuck it an turn into Batman
I was waithing for Micheal Keaton to say fuck it an turn into Batman
My favortie Batman movie was the one with Michael Keaton in the lead and GORGEOUS Kim Basinger to adorn the screen. Of course it had Jack Nicholson, the master of fiend and evil. There is no one who can match him IMO. I saw this movie in a plane ride in 1990 and repeated it over and over again.
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