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Terminator Genisys: 6.5/10
MUCH MUCH better than expected. Actually the first half was really good! Up until the major plot spoiler from the trailers (oh those trailers were bad!). After that the quality of the movie drops rapidly. Still miles ahead of 4 and even better than 3. Emilia Clarke was bad, the script had holes like a swiss cheese, which were super obvious in the second half of the movie where even the action scenes went to shit and absolutely no coherent decision was made. If the movie had continued like in the first hour, this could've been easily 7.5 or 8/10.
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Dec 2015 08:14 Post subject: |
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| PumpAction wrote: | Terminator Genisys: 6.5/10
MUCH MUCH better than expected. Actually the first half was really good! Up until the major plot spoiler from the trailers (oh those trailers were bad!). After that the quality of the movie drops rapidly. Still miles ahead of 4 and even better than 3. Emilia Clarke was bad, the script had holes like a swiss cheese, which were super obvious in the second half of the movie where even the action scenes went to shit and absolutely no coherent decision was made. If the movie had continued like in the first hour, this could've been easily 7.5 or 8/10. |
You liked the first half which basically the retelling of T1 & T2 with slight twist and the second half was birthed by the half-witted minds of screenwriters.
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Dec 2015 10:26 Post subject: |
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Yes, but it also had less stupid shit happening in the action scenes. I mean it's a sci fi movie about robots taking over the world but  Spoiler: | Why do you have to attack a standard helicopter with a T800 to take it down when normal bullets could've done it juuuuust fine, of which you had like thousands? And how come that a helicopter flying on sea level that get hits by a terminator crashes at the top of a 10+story building and still manages to do a pin point landing next to the destination. Actually thanks to that attack John arrived before anybody else  Of course it was just to give arny the line "I'll be back". Silly screenwriters, silly script, silly direction on the second part  The fact that Kyle arrived in a different timeline was quite nice. And the spoiler from the trailers was bad but it wasn't like a suuuuper surprise that John had been taken anyway. I just didn't get the motivation John had for letting them stay alive. Also apparently the T-1000 was a superior model all over. He could've just dropped a tiny bit of him in the pool with luquid metal to form 100 T-1000's or one 50 feet tall to enslave humanity |
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 02:01 Post subject: |
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crimson peak...
entertaining and beautiful to look at, but if you actually stop to think about it, then you realise how it doesnt quite deliver on a number of levels, especially in terms of story...
so, great for one or two watches, but not quite THE fantastic thriller/horror film i was hoping for...
and i do find myself confused by the whole book thing.. | Spoiler: | the story she was writing, is it essentially the film we watched? Where the ghosts weren't really a core factor of it, and just referenced the past, etc, the love story was was inserted that started out perfect, but then went dark just like thomas told her it needed to be... basically what was the purpose of the book and how it mirrored the film we saw... was it just a fun little 'twist', or is the film intended by viewed as some archetypical 'fantasy' film in a vaccum (complete with magical ghost foretellings and spook scenes that only exist for the sake of the moment and not any narrative context) and not as a 'real story' about these characters (if that makes any kind of sense) |
6/10 is about right. I think it lacked grandeur (it felt quite small scale to be honest), it wasnt scary enough to be a horror, and it wasn't intriguing enough in the 'reveal' for it to hold up as a drama... i enjoyed it, but such a pity that it wasn't more.
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 03:32 Post subject: |
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Crimson Peak - 7/10
With truly impressive set design, costumes, camera work, lighting and in general cinematography (save for the snowy scenes) the movie is a delight for the eyes - if nothing else. And the short length of the movie (1h 50m without credits) certainly helps not to overstay its welcome.
With better integrated ghost elements to the main plot instead of being there for the sake of flavor I would give it a 8/10.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 04:09 Post subject: |
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i know what it is that i disliked about it now
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a: its a paradox... and i instinctively hate those. she was writing a story, which them developed exactly into the experience she had, which she then turned into a book... its a loop... a really bad one.. everything that was in her story is what happened to her, some of which happened to her only because of things that happen because of the story she was telling. its an uncomfortable mess if you try and think about it.
b: it all fell apart (for me) when the mystery dissolved, you find out that it was nothing more than a scam to get money, and you saw that the ghosts were ultimately irrelevant, and there was nothing supernatural or insidious in the house, despite what everything with the ghosts kinda built up towards. |
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 04:41 Post subject: |
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a) you are overthinking this lololol
b) yup
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 04:44 Post subject: |
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only overthinking it precisely because it kept niggling away at my mind towards the end, and after it finished, which is why i tried to figure out why i didnt like it... and i found out exactly why. it really is the kind of movie where the more you think about it, the less you like it sadly
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 07:52 Post subject: |
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The problem is that this "mystery" is delivered kinda badly.. I guessed what would happen and what had happened pretty early including | Spoiler: | incestious relationship between the siblings |
and it kinda ruined the film for me.
Another thing..revealing an important part of the story via a monologue (I'm talking about the sister)? Wow..now that was just lazy. Even without actually improving the story it could have been delivered in a much better, much more dramatic way...
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 11:56 Post subject: |
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OK so I have on my to watch list
Birdman
The Men From Uncle
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And I need a horror movie recommendation:
Jacobs Ladder
Session 9
1408 and Silent Hill
Which one? Movie shouldn't be too old and session 9 and jacobs ladder might be too old, so it's either 1408 or Silent Hill. I remember both to be ok (Silent Hill even a bit better?) But I think I only saw the theatrical cut of 1408.. is the DC that much better?
Whoa, just saw the trailer to it follows http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/ ! That looks good! Anyone seen it? 
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 13:22 Post subject: |
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Jacobs Ladder = It Follows -> 1408
Silent Hill is poop. I don't remember having seen Session 9 though.
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 13:53 Post subject: |
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Session 9 (is it out in HD?)
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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| Posted: Sat, 12th Dec 2015 23:53 Post subject: |
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Saving Mr. Banks - 8/10
A very pleasant surprise, with the right mix of comedy and deeper themes, and great acting from practically everyone involved. The result exceeded my expectations (I was prepared for something more..childish) and instead the story was 'fictionalized' in the right, mature way, also thanks to the solid cinematography.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Dec 2015 02:39 Post subject: |
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Beasts of no nation 8/10
Pretty good movie, good acting and it felt quite authentic. Expected it to be a bit more brutal, but its brutal enough as it is. Nice that they didn't go for a cliché ending.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Dec 2015 03:38 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | The Maze Runner - 3/10
WAT
It makes no sense and I didn't like any of the kids. |
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 4/10
Filled with bad acting and writing - this has to one of the thinnest of plots you can find - this movie is as unlikable as the previous one in the series. The difference is that the bigger budget has allowed a number of half decent set pieces and visual effects (for a $60M film anyway) thus I decided to rate this with 1 point higher.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Dec 2015 21:21 Post subject: |
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Beasts of no nation(2015)
~8/10 but I didn't like the ending and the story could have been better..still a good film though./.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Dec 2015 21:49 Post subject: |
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American Hero / 10
This movie has no script, there is nothing happening at all. Wtf is this shit? Complete waste of time.
Empty again
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Dec 2015 08:32 Post subject: |
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The Walk 6.5/10
It was a fine film but Zemeckis IMO failed his attempt to do it in French artsy style.
Nice tibute to WTC nevertheless.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2015 03:05 Post subject: |
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Jurrasic World: 5/10 + 1 for making me feel the nostalgia again. Sadly the movie was fucking stupid.
It Follows: 7/10 really good
The Knowing: I totally forgot I saw it.. until I was 70% or so in... then I started to remember.. did some search here on nfohump and actually found my old rating.. meh/10 Damn you sabin, you made me re-download a 15GB full hd version of a movie that I found totally meh!
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2015 15:50 Post subject: |
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| PumpAction wrote: | | The Knowing: I totally forgot I saw it.. until I was 70% or so in... then I started to remember.. did some search here on nfohump and actually found my old rating.. meh/10 Damn you sabin, you made me re-download a 15GB full hd version of a movie that I found totally meh! |
I did and experienced the same this weekend *shakes fist* |
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2015 15:52 Post subject: |
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the martian 7/10
really enjoyed the movie, good pace, good story, and good acting.
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Bone Tomahawk
9/10
Goddamn what a movie.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Dec 2015 03:34 Post subject: |
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The Visit - 3/10
Ridiculously scripted, directed and acted this movie doesn't disappoint. It's certainly something that you won't see often unless you are into bad movies perhaps - after all there's a fetish for everyone and I won't judge you.
Few people could have made what Shyamlan did with this picture. It's like a mind altering drug or something, my mind has been expanded in ways I didn't know were possible before. Bravo!!
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 19th Dec 2015 00:17 Post subject: |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens 6/10
Main plot points were copied from original trilogy. What was more unfortunate was that random lucky coincidences were copied from prequels
(similar things like how in Star wars 1, a kid was able to blow up a droid control ship) .
Felt somewhat similar like yearly reskinned releases in games (AC,CoD).
So, basically, direction itself was good, decent adventure, decent acting ( new actors - started awful, but got better towards the end), music was decent (although no new memorable themes) and writing was pretty lazy. They took a safe route and added very little new. Pluss to make it all stick together or make somewhat of a sense, they added some convoluted coincidences.
Seems like most of it was made, so they could sell some new merch.
IMAX, especially 3D was not worth it.
Moreover, after the movie ended some fanboy heard me and my friend talking about this movie how it is an okish movie. We were told to shut up... Was quite funny , had more laughs about that than in a movie.
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| Posted: Sat, 19th Dec 2015 01:35 Post subject: |
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Sicario (2015)
8/10
It was really good but it could have been better tbh .. or maybe I was just too hyped and expected too much...
PS Great cinematography and soundtrack that's for sure.
PPS The scene with Alejandro and the ******'s family was very satisfying  ..and dat ending.
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| Posted: Sat, 19th Dec 2015 11:00 Post subject: |
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sicario
honestly, i thought it was overhyped.
it was an ok film... great cast (love brolin), but the pacing wasn't as tight as it could have been, the | Spoiler: | scenes with the cop were utterly pointless... yeah, so he had a family... everyone that got shot in the film probably had one, who cares. The scenes didn't establish anything special other than his kid played football and he was an alcoholic... they added nothing to the film and didnt help the audience feel anything for the guy so there was no added impact to the guys death |
and it just ultimately wasn't an overly compelling story. Yeah it was sufficently well told, but I wouldn't say it was gripping and it had nothing overly deep or complex to it.
I also found the female character and her constant outbursts, inability to follow orders and constant freakouts to be really really annoying and i would say unbelievable for a character in her position. I get that she was idealistic, but given her history and her selection for the role, youd expect SOME level of professionalism and calm that she just seemed to completely lack... she was annoying as hell.
so yeah... an OK film, not boring or anything, just nothing as special as the imdb rating would suggest.
But i knew nothing about it before watching it, hadn't seen the trailer 2 or 3 months ago, so i guess I didn't have the benefit of hype building up to seeing it.
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| Posted: Sat, 19th Dec 2015 11:24 Post subject: |
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thanks. a friend saw it in cinema and pretty much sayed the same. it was a big let down for him and so im not that hyped about the movie anymore. will watch it maybe when comes on free tv.
also ugly blunt is ugly
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