Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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Jason Isaacs steals the show.
but it is a fabulous ensemble cast
What film did you watch last night?
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but it is a fabulous ensemble cast
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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Scarface. The Bolivian baddies were really excellent.
Drago
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One of my favourite fillums. Julie Christie is implausibly lovely to look at, and that suits the tone of her role perfectly.
And the star (along with Terrence Stamp) of a famous pop song as well!
Profpointy
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Couple of recommendations from the last week or so.
"The Dictator" - a typical questionable taste / downright offensive Sacha Baron Cohen film, where he plays the eponymous dictator or a fictional middle east state. Not his best, but if you can look away from time to time it is very funny in parts and even incisively and darkly satirical - his speech to the UN extolling the virtues of dictatorship whilst clearly describing modern USA was far from subtle but close to genius. A minor delight was spotting Seville City hall (which we've visited) standing in the dictator's palace with just the addition of a a couple of CGI onion domes. A guarded recommendation if you can overlook, or even enjoy, the unarguably poor taste of some of the gags, but this is what you'd expect from SBC after all..
And an obscure minor gem - a Turkish comedy sci-fi G.O.R.A. A dodgy rug shop proprietor/ tour guide / UFO enthusiast is kidnapped by evil space aliens. Affectionately parodies all the popular sci fi films and is fun and silly. A bit slow in the middle and could have been better edited, but I thoroughly enjoyed this very entertaining bit of low budget nonsense. IMDB rating is over 8, which is getting a bit carried away, but it was great fun for all that
"The Dictator" - a typical questionable taste / downright offensive Sacha Baron Cohen film, where he plays the eponymous dictator or a fictional middle east state. Not his best, but if you can look away from time to time it is very funny in parts and even incisively and darkly satirical - his speech to the UN extolling the virtues of dictatorship whilst clearly describing modern USA was far from subtle but close to genius. A minor delight was spotting Seville City hall (which we've visited) standing in the dictator's palace with just the addition of a a couple of CGI onion domes. A guarded recommendation if you can overlook, or even enjoy, the unarguably poor taste of some of the gags, but this is what you'd expect from SBC after all..
And an obscure minor gem - a Turkish comedy sci-fi G.O.R.A. A dodgy rug shop proprietor/ tour guide / UFO enthusiast is kidnapped by evil space aliens. Affectionately parodies all the popular sci fi films and is fun and silly. A bit slow in the middle and could have been better edited, but I thoroughly enjoyed this very entertaining bit of low budget nonsense. IMDB rating is over 8, which is getting a bit carried away, but it was great fun for all that
13 hours: How America brought democracy to Libya - Michael Bay will never make as great movie as The Rock - 13 hours lacks in exploding street lamps, carousel camera around main character and explosions (and Nicholas Cage). Nevertheless if you can stomach 'merican propaganda it is a watchable, dumb popcorn movie 3/5
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
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Watched it last night. Was surprised how little of the story they filled the time with.
AndyRM
XOXO
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Bad Boys?
Naaah
View: https://youtu.be/pqli3imJ3IA
Looshhhers go home and whine up about their besht
Winners go home and fook the prom queen
AndyRM
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No denying that The Rock is a classic, but I'd be hard pushed to pick between the two. Apparently there was a sequel planned for The Rock. I'm glad that didn't happen.
AndyRM
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I've only seen the first one, which is dreadful. All I remember from it, rightly or wrongly, is the entirely gratuitous shot of Megan Fox bending over a car. And also not having a clue what was going on in the fights, which is surely the whole point.
