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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Best action films going these days bar none.
@Rooney in Paris Have you seen Pain & Gain and if so what did you think of it ?
Feels like Bay accidentally made something incredible.
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Wait for the Fast & Furious crossover with Mission Impossible. Scenes!
I'd rather commit seppuku with a butter knife than watch a Furiously Fast movie.
Except injecting herself made no sense other than as a device for her to be saved by Cruise. More damsel in distress nonsense imo.
He doesn't really act though. He is an almost identical Tom Cruise in everything.
So the American Hugh Grant!
Harsh on Hugh Grant. He has at least 2 different Hugh Grants to show. Posh Hugh and comic Cockney Hugh.
Still just Cruise in a slightly fat suit, fake stubble and a slapper prosthesis. And I've been trying to delete that turd of a film from my memory anyway.
You really didn't like Tropic Thunder?
Not much. Not very funny and the brown face and depiction of disability took whatever fun there was out of it. Felt like punching down rather than edgy satire.
MI3: The best to date. The plot made vague sense and the best villian so far. Great action that works in context. 6/10
I was on a plane yesterday and watched Steven Spielberg's autobiography The Fabelmans, as well as The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, that kinda sets out to mock Nicholas Cage but is really a kind of homage to him by the guy himself.
The Fabelmans is pretty alright. It felt like a bit of a light film, but it does touch upon heavier themes about relationships, belonging, etc. I suppose they just weren't themes that really resonated with me, but it's well-balance and nicely keeps you coming along. Great cameo by David Lynch as well. 3/5
I wasn't as big a of the Nicholas Cage movie. I thought the film would more like JCVD (which is great), but it just likes Cage too much and hence doesn't really get beyond some memes and clichés about him. There's still a lot of good humor in it though, and apart from some overly corny moments, it's mostly good fun. Just much more superficial than I expected. 3/5
So now they have the same scores, but let's say The Fabelmans is a strong 3/5 and The Unbearably Long Name a weak 3/5.
The Fabelmans is pretty alright. It felt like a bit of a light film, but it does touch upon heavier themes about relationships, belonging, etc. I suppose they just weren't themes that really resonated with me, but it's well-balance and nicely keeps you coming along. Great cameo by David Lynch as well. 3/5
I wasn't as big a of the Nicholas Cage movie. I thought the film would more like JCVD (which is great), but it just likes Cage too much and hence doesn't really get beyond some memes and clichés about him. There's still a lot of good humor in it though, and apart from some overly corny moments, it's mostly good fun. Just much more superficial than I expected. 3/5
So now they have the same scores, but let's say The Fabelmans is a strong 3/5 and The Unbearably Long Name a weak 3/5.
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Chevalier (2022), with Kelvin Harrison Jr, Samara Weaving, Sandra Boynton. (Based on) The true story of the son of a French plantation owner and a black slave, who rises up to some level of fame in pre-revolution France. He’s a master fencer, brilliant composer, and virtuoso violinist.
Story is his bid to gain acceptance in Parisian opera. Impeccably shot, beautifully edited, strong performances from the whole cast. I think it was lacking a bit of “grande finale” type of scene, something cathartic. Especially as his patron at court is the Queen herself Marie Antoinette, and knowing how things went for her, it was strange to just kind of leave before that resolved.
We’ve discussed this here before, how much fealty towards historical accuracy is required. In this case it probably would have felt like a more satisfying story if they had deviated and allowed a more “Hollywood “ type ending, e.g., a climactic fencing/sword fight with the Marquis, Antoinette being clapped in irons, etc. I would also have preferred a more visceral depiction, (lots of scenes in bed but no nudity could have been improved with nudity). 110 minutes and I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor that might have provided some catharsis.
7/10
Story is his bid to gain acceptance in Parisian opera. Impeccably shot, beautifully edited, strong performances from the whole cast. I think it was lacking a bit of “grande finale” type of scene, something cathartic. Especially as his patron at court is the Queen herself Marie Antoinette, and knowing how things went for her, it was strange to just kind of leave before that resolved.
We’ve discussed this here before, how much fealty towards historical accuracy is required. In this case it probably would have felt like a more satisfying story if they had deviated and allowed a more “Hollywood “ type ending, e.g., a climactic fencing/sword fight with the Marquis, Antoinette being clapped in irons, etc. I would also have preferred a more visceral depiction, (lots of scenes in bed but no nudity could have been improved with nudity). 110 minutes and I wonder what was left on the cutting room floor that might have provided some catharsis.
7/10
It didn't feel that way to me. I thought they got the tone right which was a piss-take of the movie industry doing that in the past.
I thought it was hilarious, especially the scene with Cruise on the phone to the kidnappers, and the fake movie trailers were great too
It's great, Wibble just doesn't like anything
The Barbie trailer is utter cringe. Wonder who the target audience for this is.
Well Barbie's are dolls that are mostly given to little girls so there's your answer
Hmm..need to check that one out, think I confuse it with Miami Blues. What‘s your opinion on American Gigolo if I may ask?
I'd be surprised if the target audience was little girls, considering the director and the cast. I'm very curious about this one.
Well generally speaking little girls would get taken to see something like this by their Mom or an older sister, who broadly speaking probably wouldn't go otherwise
It's been given a PG-13 rating in the US which kinda defeats the idea it's targeted at little girls.
A lot of people from different demographics, it's gonna be a huge hit.
Wasn't aware of the rating, not something I'd be even contemplating TBH!
Millennials, mainly women but men as well. It will be an enormous hit.
The only men that go to see this are essentially there on a promise!
Nah, I'm looking forward to seeing it personally. Greta Gerwig makes quality movies and the cast looks good. Mixed impressions from the trailers, though.
I'll be going, most likely alone. Greta Gerwig is a very good director, and the fact she's taken this on is really intriguing. I'm surprised by the amount of people that aren't seeing there's gonna be a lot more beyond what meets the eye in the marketing stuff, considering all the names attached to the project.
How utterly stunted to think that’s true.
Personally think it’s going to be a great film and will be critically well received. Rumours of an Oscar for Gosling. Unsure how accurate they’ll be.
I'm looking forward to Barbie
Rewatched The Imitation Game on a whim yesterday for the first time since it was in the theaters. Being a touch formulaic & its apparent historical inaccuracies aside, it is a phenomenal film led by Cumberbatch’s stellar lead performance. A quality period biographical that deserves a viewing.
8.5 / 10
8.5 / 10
I’ve never seen it.
yeah, girls films are yucky.
Barbie Movie is for content zombies and post-irony, middle-brow dullards.
Sold!