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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2415 on: April 21, 2017, 05:56:02 PM »
Started to watch Brimstone which could possibly be the worstest film I ever paid nothing for...  noooo:

Fuck spending two hours + of my life to follow that through...
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2416 on: April 22, 2017, 06:27:10 PM »
Just watched A Dog's Purpose...  redface:

Sentimental owld shite obviously but also...  cloud9:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2417 on: April 28, 2017, 03:03:12 AM »
Just got back from the midnight screening of Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2.

Set 4 months after the first film this one continues pretty much in the vein and even without the novelty, there is still enough fun and laughs to keep the audience amused. Baby Groot's dance number while all hell is breaking loose around him pretty much steals the opening scene and does carry on the dancing Grootlet/Drax scene from the original.

http://youtu.be/6dQK8TCTuTY



As fun as the film is I think that if like me you haven't grown up with the comic series then the plot will seem to be a little erratic, lurching from one misadventure to the next until the megalomaniacal plot is revealed. Bringing back Yondu and Nebula as well as the addition of Mantis does change the dynamic of the film, especially the ones with Yondu and Rocket, giving more of an insight into the past of some of the characters as well as lining up a raft of insults and one liners throughout the proceedings. 

Arguably I'd say this probably the funniest Marvel film released so far and given how grim the storyline is going to get during the upcoming infinity war trilogy is a good change of pace.

I will admit I'm curious to see if the Howard the Duck cameo means he's either being included in the infinity wars films or is getting a spin off of his own. 

Overall it's flashy, colourful and fun, just as a warning though, there isn't just the one post credit scene this time.


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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2418 on: April 28, 2017, 01:10:54 PM »
 :thumbsup: cheers Meister.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2419 on: April 29, 2017, 02:57:59 PM »
Sully  :thumbsup:

Hanks doing what he does best (being Hanks)

Fascinating stuff  :thumbsup:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2420 on: April 29, 2017, 03:25:18 PM »
Sully  :thumbsup:

Hanks doing what he does best (being Hanks)

Fascinating stuff  :thumbsup:
Hanks as an actor  :thumbsup: Director Clint Eastwood for totally fictional persecution scenarios invented to further Trump's campaign  evil: .   Hanks for knowing that dishonesty was going to happen and not walking away from the film  evil:  evil:

https://apnews.com/8def306d398340fd8a80d232c96e43b7

Some films should be banned, this was one such.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2421 on: April 29, 2017, 03:41:35 PM »
So it was dramatised!.. And I gather that Hanks and Eastwood did not get on.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2422 on: April 29, 2017, 03:43:33 PM »
So it was dramatised!.. And I gather that Hanks and Eastwood did not get on.
There's dramatised and there's inventing a fictional government is evil narrative to influence an election.  This was the latter.
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2423 on: April 29, 2017, 03:47:53 PM »
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2424 on: May 05, 2017, 03:02:33 PM »
Gonna watch Their Finest....  cloud9:


...although I strongly suspect it might have been dramatised... ::)
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2425 on: May 05, 2017, 06:36:37 PM »
Gonna watch Their Finest....  cloud9:


...although I strongly suspect it might have been dramatised... ::)

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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2426 on: May 06, 2017, 08:51:43 AM »
Gonna watch Their Finest....  cloud9:


...although I strongly suspect it might have been dramatised... ::)

Splendid!  cloud9:
:thumbsup:   another to add to the list
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2427 on: May 06, 2017, 04:15:53 PM »
Gonna watch that movie about Apey....  cloud9:
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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2428 on: May 06, 2017, 07:28:49 PM »
Gonna watch that movie about Apey....  cloud9:

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As for my stand up ''''(willy pun )..


Miss T said it's not comedy ...it is a rant about stupid people ......... rubschin:

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Re: The All New Book & DVD Review Thread (And Gift Hints)
« Reply #2429 on: May 06, 2017, 07:56:13 PM »
Gonna watch that movie about Apey....  cloud9:

 rubschin:

As for my stand up ''''(willy pun )..


Miss T said it's not comedy ...it is a rant about stupid people ......... rubschin:

It was brilliant!  cloud9:

Steve - add it to your list but zoom it up to the very top!  Thumbs:
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