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Air. The story of how Nike signed the absolute GOAT
Brilliant and moving.
Driven, dedicated, put basketball on the world stage at an unprecedented height, there will never be another like him. _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Oppenheimer, so not me but 5 hours to kill before the flight home!
watched the meg2 first, not as good as ther firsgt, but an enjoyable romp
so oppenheimer, not my thing, i didnt know the story, but i thought the movie was captivating, the weird back and forth and the over the top music score got a bit annoying, but it all fits with the theme i guess.
and wow, it shows how far back US politics has been a basket case for. disgusting the way he was treated, (yes ive done some research sitting at the gate!!)
really, watch it, its a lesson if nothing else _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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stui magpie
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Extraction 2.
Much better than the first one, quite enjoyed it. Bit of Taken, John Wick mixed with rocky 4.
I never want to be in a Georgian Prison. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Wall Street. Forgot how good that movie is. With the exception of Daryl Hannah who I am convinced is a <snip>. _________________ Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
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Watched the 2nd half of the GF, then switched to A few good men.
Dang that movie is a beast!
So many actors giving the performance of their careers.
But Jack? Jack is just extraordinary! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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stui magpie
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I watched it from the start last night. Damn it's a good movie. I planned to go to bed around 10 but got sucked in and watched the whole thing. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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LaurieHolden
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Killers of the Flower Moon. Bloody hell, it's looooong. That said, it kept me in.
I so wanted to walk out blown away by another Scorsese masterpiece, but while it had all the opulence of a Scorsese fil, it came across as a bit indulgent.
Given the cast, strong acting was blended with John Ford like cinematography, but I just think the pace of the film detracted from the story and perhaps with it a bit too much fictional filler.
I look forward to watching it again, as maybe there were some nuances that I missed in the message or storytelling.
Laurie's rating, 7 goals 3 behinds. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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The siege of Jadotville.
It’s on Netflix, the futility of war and the cowardice of the commanders, the utter bravery and heroism of the 150 Irish troops.
Now I get what the **** is going on between Israel and Gasa. The innocent have no hope. _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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LaurieHolden
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Caught my second epic within a week, this time it was Oppenheimer. If there was any lingering doubt it was extinguished, Christopher Nolan is a genius.
I don't know what his magnus opus will be, he's still 53 years old so hopefully his best is yet to come, but if he left off from here, he's left some legacy.
If he's not already viewed as the equal of contemporaries of Spielberg and Ridley Scott, he will be now.
I was blown away at the quality of the music score in Oppenheimer. We (me included) bang on about our favourite rock albums, but without these composing geniuses, these movies just wouldn't carry the weight of the visual and audio experience they deliver.
As you sit there, the sound pulses through you to give you an audio experience to compliment the visual and cerebral senses, as the story unfolds.
While he didn't have his usual musical score counterpart in Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), (Dunkirk), (Inception) and collaborated once again with composer Ludwig Göransson (Tenet).
At 3 hours, a movie needs to keep pace. The editing suite is one where magic also has to happen. I couldn't even guess at the amount of footage they'd have to work through, and in order to achieve the continuity required to keep this moving along and the viewers engaged.
And it wasn't just the music score that hit the mark, it was the silence. (you'll know it when you see it) Once again, he collaborated with editor Jennifer Lame (Tenet).
And you don't achieve the visual brilliance required without once again collaborating with equally brilliant cinematography from Hoyte Van Hoytema, (Interstellar), (Dunkirk), (Inception), (Tenet).
So Nolan tends to gel his team together like the Pies coaching panel!
As far the acting, full marks for casting. Cillian Murphy & Robert Downey Jr. might have delivered the best acting in a role of their careers. And Emily Blunt, apart from being a stone-cold fox, matches them for on screen presence.
Yes it's long, but this cinematographic masterpiece never felt laboured, it's a story as important as any in history and it was faced with the weight of expectation, but how it delivered.
Amazing. What I love about film is the same as when I first sat transfixed in a theatre as a young lad, it picks you up and the World stops while you become engaged in what unfolds before you.
Laurie's rating, 10 goals straight. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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LaurieHolden
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For fellow film lovers, I'm really enjoying this series on SBS. The one on the 1970's in particular.
Watch 'The Movies' streaming now on SBS On Demand.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/the-movies _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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LaurieHolden wrote: | Caught my second epic within a week, this time it was Oppenheimer. If there was any lingering doubt it was extinguished, Christopher Nolan is a genius.
I don't know what his magnus opus will be, he's still 53 years old so hopefully his best is yet to come, but if he left off from here, he's left some legacy.
If he's not already viewed as the equal of contemporaries of Spielberg and Ridley Scott, he will be now.
I was blown away at the quality of the music score in Oppenheimer. We (me included) bang on about our favourite rock albums, but without these composing geniuses, these movies just wouldn't carry the weight of the visual and audio experience they deliver.
As you sit there, the sound pulses through you to give you an audio experience to compliment the visual and cerebral senses, as the story unfolds.
While he didn't have his usual musical score counterpart in Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), (Dunkirk), (Inception) and collaborated once again with composer Ludwig Göransson (Tenet).
At 3 hours, a movie needs to keep pace. The editing suite is one where magic also has to happen. I couldn't even guess at the amount of footage they'd have to work through, and in order to achieve the continuity required to keep this moving along and the viewers engaged.
And it wasn't just the music score that hit the mark, it was the silence. (you'll know it when you see it) Once again, he collaborated with editor Jennifer Lame (Tenet).
And you don't achieve the visual brilliance required without once again collaborating with equally brilliant cinematography from Hoyte Van Hoytema, (Interstellar), (Dunkirk), (Inception), (Tenet).
So Nolan tends to gel his team together like the Pies coaching panel!
As far the acting, full marks for casting. Cillian Murphy & Robert Downey Jr. might have delivered the best acting in a role of their careers. And Emily Blunt, apart from being a stone-cold fox, matches them for on screen presence.
Yes it's long, but this cinematographic masterpiece never felt laboured, it's a story as important as any in history and it was faced with the weight of expectation, but how it delivered.
Amazing. What I love about film is the same as when I first sat transfixed in a theatre as a young lad, it picks you up and the World stops while you become engaged in what unfolds before you.
Laurie's rating, 10 goals straight. |
yep really not my thing but it was captivating. so well done, and so $£$%^%%$ ....eye opening and sad _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Big George Foreman. Quite good biopic. Really enjoyed it. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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LaurieHolden
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Caught documentary Mutiny in Heaven https://www.birthdaypartymovie.com/ at the flicks last night, which chronicled post punk enfant terribles The Birthday Party.
The doco interplays live performance footage and archival interviews with the band members, 3 of which survive today, and apart from Mick Harvey, that is a miracle in itself.
It's a dive into the hedonistic world of the band, which after only 21 years after Elvis Presley performed Hound Dog on the Ed Sullivan Show, it is hard to believe what they were performing and producing. Their break-up in 1983 is now closer to the end of WW2 than it is today.
If the social moderators of the day thought Elvis was going to corrupt the youth of the day, the visceral live performances coupled with their avant-garde writing style would have seem them deem this band as straight out of hell.
For those who love their music, and importantly Australian music, strap in, it's a hell of a doco, figuratively and literally. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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Leave the world behind!
How to make 2.5 hours feel like 4
Fuckng terrible _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Last week when the t20 game was called off in Geelong, I got on the Disney channel and put on Die Hard. Told Mum "it's a Christmas movie, just watch it"
When it was finished she said Thank you.
Nothing says Christmas like a free fall off Nakatomi tower. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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