What is the latest good film you watched ?
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Looks a good film
It's awesome. It really does follow the true story of getting the Gameboy rights for the game, which you'd think is the most boring premise ever. But aside from a couple of dramatic embellishments (like a car chase through Moscow), it's generally accurate, and even consulted the actual people (Alexi & Henk) who were involved.
After the Oscars, I decided I would finally see "Everything Everywhere All At Once." The following weekend, Redbox "rounded up" my point so that I could rent a free DVD. So I picked one up and watched it. Wow.. I can't imagine seeing in a theater, during the two scenes I'll share below. First, the poster:
In the movie, in the future there is an all-powerful being. In this scene she is coming for the main character. A security guard intervenes. He had just swung his baton at her. She grabbed it .. and morphed it into a phallus!
And then proceeded to manifest a second one, and beat him with them - hence the blood on them.
Later, the guards ALSO start trying to get the main character. A theme through the movie is that if you perform an odd sequence of events, you can "learn" new skills / abilities from one of your other selves in another dimension. Each guard accessed this ability by .. jumping on an object that doubles as a butt plug.
The movie definitely has some "indie" aspects to it, which brings it down a notch. But, if you want to see it with a friend for shock value, it does the trick!
In the movie, in the future there is an all-powerful being. In this scene she is coming for the main character. A security guard intervenes. He had just swung his baton at her. She grabbed it .. and morphed it into a phallus!
And then proceeded to manifest a second one, and beat him with them - hence the blood on them.
Later, the guards ALSO start trying to get the main character. A theme through the movie is that if you perform an odd sequence of events, you can "learn" new skills / abilities from one of your other selves in another dimension. Each guard accessed this ability by .. jumping on an object that doubles as a butt plug.
The movie definitely has some "indie" aspects to it, which brings it down a notch. But, if you want to see it with a friend for shock value, it does the trick!
I've been impressed by the Asian movies that Netflix has been licensing. One that just came out is "Kill Boksoon." It only had three extended fight sequences, but they were VERY good. Good overall story, too. Here is the poster:
The producer "set the hook" with the movie's opening / fight scene. The main character's hair is down in the rest of the movie, and the only love scene involves showing her scarred back. But, one of the stills has some leg:
The producer "set the hook" with the movie's opening / fight scene. The main character's hair is down in the rest of the movie, and the only love scene involves showing her scarred back. But, one of the stills has some leg:
I was really disappointed by this. Just another 'ooh wasn't commie Russia awful?!' thing. The only bright spot was the stuff with the Maxwells.
I can't be bothered reading back but I'm assuming everyone has seen and loved John Wick: Chapter 4. If not then you're all getting a warning.
I'm a geek for international business and law, so I can appreciate that the premise and subject matter alone might be a hard sell. Plus they did have some confines of sticking to the actual story. I don't think you'll find a better movie about a licensing deal. The fact that the actual people portrayed were consulted also helped sell the authenticity.
Even apart from that, I thought the other aspects were also stellar - the music especially. The Tetris theme, the 8-bit music and the 80/90's influences were all there. The set pieces, costumes and everything else really sold the time period.
The bits of humour in the dialogue helped too.
What if we've never seen a single instalment?
Let's just say you should be thankful I'm about to start my weekend off.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Sqk1GcqxY
Operation fortune: ruse de guerre
It didn't suck.
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Made me feel sad watching this and knowing the fact Philip Seymour Hoffman is not with us anymore but loved his role in the film. Set in Hamburg which gives me ideas for perhaps my next holiday destination. Good notable cast members with Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe and Robin Wright
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