What movie did you just watch, and how was it? (expect some spoilers but try not to post any!)

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#3099385 3-Jul-2023 22:25

Went to IMAX in Lower Hutt to see “The Flash” with a friend who is a super-hero movie fan. IMAX took it from 5/10 to 8/10. However, bad CGI does become a lot more obvious on the larger screen.

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#3099392 3-Jul-2023 23:12

A few movies watched over the weekend. Should've stopped after the first, oh well hopefully someone can learn from my suffering.

Creed 3, I'll give this an 8/10 but I'm a fan of Micheal B. Jordan, he's always a great watch. It was nice to see some back story to Adonis Creed. You also get the bonus of Jonathan Majors. Great acting all round.

Triangle of Sadness, 4/10, so umm this movie was just a whole lot of what the f###. It started out well and has the premise of the elite vs Joe public, it then quickly turns to shit. If not for Woody Harrelson I would've turned it off.

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#3100245 5-Jul-2023 15:05

Dune: Part 2 arriving November 2023

Trailers on YouTube

Also it appears that there will be a Part 3 which is the film adaption of "The Messiah of Dune" by the same production team. No release date as yet.

As I stated back in September 2022 "Have always enjoyed Dune. I have all books and the original 1984 & 2021 movies. I look forward to the next 2023 movie in this series. As you say the CGI is fantastic. Even what CGI they used in the 1984 movie was still good."

Dune: Part 1, I thoroughly enjoyed and gave it 9/10. Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides was excellent. The story sticks very well to the original books, which would not have been easy as they are long and complicated. The CGI was suburb along with all the other actors.

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#3100251 5-Jul-2023 15:22

FineWine:

Dune: Part 2 arriving November 2023

Trailers on YouTube

Also it appears that there will be a Part 3 which is the film adaption of "The Messiah of Dune" by the same production team. No release date as yet.

As I stated back in September 2022 "Have always enjoyed Dune. I have all books and the original 1984 & 2021 movies. I look forward to the next 2023 movie in this series. As you say the CGI is fantastic. Even what CGI they used in the 1984 movie was still good."

Dune: Part 1, I thoroughly enjoyed and gave it 9/10. Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides was excellent. The story sticks very well to the original books, which would not have been easy as they are long and complicated. The CGI was suburb along with all the other actors.

There was also a 2000 mini series with William Hurt which was pretty good and also spawned a follow up series Children of Dune

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287839/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_1

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#3100254 5-Jul-2023 15:30

cshwone:

FineWine:

Dune: Part 2 arriving November 2023

Trailers on YouTube

Also it appears that there will be a Part 3 which is the film adaption of "The Messiah of Dune" by the same production team. No release date as yet.

As I stated back in September 2022 "Have always enjoyed Dune. I have all books and the original 1984 & 2021 movies. I look forward to the next 2023 movie in this series. As you say the CGI is fantastic. Even what CGI they used in the 1984 movie was still good."

Dune: Part 1, I thoroughly enjoyed and gave it 9/10. Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides was excellent. The story sticks very well to the original books, which would not have been easy as they are long and complicated. The CGI was suburb along with all the other actors.

There was also a 2000 mini series with William Hurt which was pretty good and also spawned a follow up series Children of Dune

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287839/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_1

Sorry maybe I should of given a link to my original post. Here is what I said about the 2000 mini series with William Hurt:

"However - I have recently acquired the 2000 Dune and 2003 Children of Dune, a 3 part each mini series made for TV. The green or blue screen was appalling, which apart from internal shots, was most of the viewing. (film on film mostly). Then there was the acting - William Hurt was just very average, probably due to the fact he was acting in front of, well, nothing and therefore had no frame of reference. The costumes were school amateur hour. The internal sets were mostly ok. I did not watch each series in their entirety as I was so turned off by it all."

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#3100258 5-Jul-2023 15:45

FineWine:

Dune: Part 2 arriving November 2023

Trailers on YouTube

This looks epic.

I will definitely have to revisit the first movie to refresh myself prior to seeing part two.

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#3102213 10-Jul-2023 15:41

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 - The action was fine, but the entire premise of the story was ridiculous and I couldn't take it seriously. 6.5/10

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3 - Almost everything Marvel has produced has been terrible over the last few years, so I was pleasantly surprised by this. The comedy with the Adam Warlock character fell pretty flat, but a surprisingly emotional story (told in snippets via flashback), along with some decent action set pieces left me entertained the whole way through. 8/10

I will say I didn't much care for Groot's design compared to the first film though. He's pretty much a fully adult Groot again, but they retained the far more cartoony look they gave him as baby Groot (Guardians 2) and teenage Groot (Infinity War).

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#3103257 12-Jul-2023 15:47

NAPOLEON Official Trailer (2023) Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix

The film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of his addictive, and often volatile, relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.

I am looking forward to this.

It is an Apple Original Film coming to TV+

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#3103260 12-Jul-2023 16:01

Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny.

Why is it so freaking long? Either cut about 40 minutes from it (no real loss), or split it into two parts
Why are the chase scenes so uninspiring?
Why is a good third of characters there with no real purpose?
Why is another third of characters who do have a purposes, so annoying?

Conversely

Ford and Mikkelsen are fantastic.
The premise, for Indiana Jones universe, isn't too bad and is actually quite memorable - as in, I walked out of the theatre thinking "that was a pretty cool idea", as opposed to the Crystal Skull's "what the heck was that?!".
The CGI and especially the rejuvination of Harrison Ford are spectacular, particularly in comparison to The Irishman.

A solid 7/10

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#3103370 12-Jul-2023 17:19

Agreed. Have been looking forward to this since I first read rumours of Apple being behind it. I'm a fan of 'Waterloo' (1970, Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer), so I really hope that Joaquin's performance is as good, as I'm not a fan of his.

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NAPOLEON Official Trailer (2023) Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix

The film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of his addictive, and often volatile, relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.

I am looking forward to this.

It is an Apple Original Film coming to TV+

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#3103374 12-Jul-2023 17:26

Saw this on Saturday night. I enjoyed it I guess, but, long story short (heh), I give it 6.5/10

I thought Mikkelsen was totally wasted, and Indy playing second fiddle to Waller-Bridge when the script was so poor was unforgivable.

I've had no urge or desire to watch it again, so that for me is a good litmus test as to whether I really thought it was any good.

Kookoo:

Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny.

Why is it so freaking long? Either cut about 40 minutes from it (no real loss), or split it into two parts
Why are the chase scenes so uninspiring?
Why is a good third of characters there with no real purpose?
Why is another third of characters who do have a purposes, so annoying?
Conversely

Ford and Mikkelsen are fantastic.
The premise, for Indiana Jones universe, isn't too bad and is actually quite memorable - as in, I walked out of the theatre thinking "that was a pretty cool idea", as opposed to the Crystal Skull's "what the heck was that?!".
The CGI and especially the rejuvination of Harrison Ford are spectacular, particularly in comparison to The Irishman.
A solid 7/10

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#3104251 15-Jul-2023 02:41

Mission Impossible at Imax.

Fantastic, really enjoyed it, it's very much in line with the others in the series. Yes, you need to disconnect your tech brain in order to not groan at some of the tech references, but the action etc was all pretty good.

8/10 from me.

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#3104257 15-Jul-2023 07:41

The Out-Laws on Netflix - barely rates 5/10. We we're actually trying to find the Adam Driver Dino flick "65" but it isn't on Netflix NZ, so ended up watching this instead. Utterly silly premise, but fun to see Ellen Barkin back on screen. On the other hand Pierce Brosnan's Irish accent was truly dreadful.

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#3104266 15-Jul-2023 09:44

openmedia:

We we're actually trying to find the Adam Driver Dino flick "65" but it isn't on Netflix NZ...

Dodged a bullet there. IMO 2/10 and that's being generous.

Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation

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#3104267 15-Jul-2023 09:54

Hammerer:

Went to IMAX in Lower Hutt to see “The Flash” with a friend who is a super-hero movie fan. IMAX took it from 5/10 to 8/10. However, bad CGI does become a lot more obvious on the larger screen.

I see people talking about this all the time across many movies over the last few years, but honesty, I am blissfully ignorant.

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