MZ's Movie Review Thread

[MoonSylver]

RE Shame... Most importantly, are there boobs? Yes. A fair number. Bit of muff in all, you saucy bugger. Ruddy good flick, too. Neil is turning into...me?

[Neil]

Neil is turning into...me? That's simply uncalled for

[MinionZombie]

Neil is turning into...me? That's simply uncalled for And yet it's totally true. Hell of a flick if you get the chance to see it. It'll probably swing by on Film4 soon as I saw it on Channel 4, and they usually turn up on the other channel within a few weeks.

[MoonSylver]

That's simply uncalled for You should be so lucky. It's a rare honor & privilege to be the God of Awesome, like me. And yet it's totally true.

[MinionZombie]

Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Part 2, Grudge Match, and Lone Survivor: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2014/...s-nasties.html 1) Moral panic and horror movies get a thorough going-over. 2) Slightly cringe-inducing jokes about moobs and prostate exams for two cinematic icons. 3) Watch men fall down a hillside and wince like you've never winced before.

[MinionZombie]

Time Lapse, and The Monuments Men: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2014/...s-strange.html 1) A spooky camera can photograph the future! 2) Middle-aged men rescue art from the Nazis!

[AcesandEights]

A favorable review for Monuments Men, MZ? You on Clooney's payroll?

[MinionZombie]

A favorable review for Monuments Men, MZ? You on Clooney's payroll? I don't see what people were complaining about. I dug it. It wasn't incredible, but I don't understand why some people hated it.

[shootemindehead]

Mainly, because most of it is cobblers.

[MinionZombie]

Mainly, because most of it is cobblers. Care to elaborate?

[shootemindehead]

It got bogged down in the usual war film cliches and didn't really make any comment on the fact that the allied bombing campaign was more destructive to Europe's historical art than the Germans ever were. The characters were too one note as well. The German every-nazi, the sneaky Russian and the angelic British/Americans don't cut it for me, I'm afraid. The biggest problem I had though, was it's failure to be serious. The approach was just too silly for me, with too many snappy one liners. It should have and could have been so much better.

[MinionZombie]

Short Night of Glass Dolls (Aldo Lado, 1971): http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2014/...aldo-lado.html A highly political giallo from Aldo Lado (Night Train Murders) mired in the murky world of Cold War paranoia and a corrupt elite, co-starring Barbara Bach.

[MoonSylver]

Mainly, because most of it is cobblers. It got bogged down in the usual war film cliches and didn't really make any comment on the fact that the allied bombing campaign was more destructive to Europe's historical art than the Germans ever were. The characters were too one note as well. The German every-nazi, the sneaky Russian and the angelic British/Americans don't cut it for me, I'm afraid. The biggest problem I had though, was it's failure to be serious. The approach was just too silly for me, with too many snappy one liners. It should have and could have been so much better. He's back. I knew the streak of liking stuff wouldn't last.

[shootemindehead]

Yeh. I don't know what the hell happened there. Normal service has resumed.

[MinionZombie]

The Expendables 3, and Cheap Thrills: http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2014/...-guns-and.html 1) All the big names are back (except Bruce Willis), but Ronda Rousey and Antonio Banderas steal every scene they're in. 2) In which a man chops off his own pinky finger for $15,000.