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Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
It’s a real mix. The National Lampoon’s European Vacation stuff is excellent. Wrapped in possibly the worst Spiderman movie to date. Terrible lazy idea. The real thrill ride was Parker keeping them Air Max One’s clean with 90 gallons of venetian sewage water being fired at him. Edge of your seat stuff.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014
Better than the first one. Feels bit more grounded but also overlong and indulgent. The writing is still not great.. Waste of a great cast. He’s still the best Peter Parker. Peaks at the Time Square centre piece. Fight night spectacle on the streets of neon NYC. These films still channeling Donner / Lester Superman films which is not a bad thing. The Electro music made me think of Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China cues for the Three Storms. Think that was intentional. Some of the worst song records music and Sony brittle laptop placement.
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The Matrix Revolutions 2003
How can movie that looks as astonishing as this sag 45mins in as much as this does. Don’t get me wrong it has its moments. Bruce Spence popping up. Agent Smith becomes almost horror protagonist. Climate of fear was something that was missing from Reloaded. This film seemed to go into great lengths of reinstating that greenish hue of the Matrix world from the first film, specially in that final confrontation. The invasion of the docks was astonishing. Even down…
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The Matrix Reloaded 2003
Bad euro club music reloaded.
This was kinda as good as the original. Little bit directionless. Another Terminator 2 bit with the Twins even down to the trucks & music, but it’s an amazing action sequence. White people with dreads and a smug sneer. It’s like a night out in Bristol. Do miss the look of the original film, that colour grading is gone from the film just in a costume and a art direction.. maybe it’s too big now..
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Star Trek: Generations 1994
Generations was that film that they had on repeat when you went into Curry’s or Comet to demo the big flat screen CRT tellys. Big shots of the Enterpise C dish ploughing into that forest in 1995 CDi quality definition, all sync’d on 10 sets like a CCTV control room. The preferred way to watch this.
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Fire Birds 1990
This went under the name of: Wings of the Apache at the video shop and late night broadcasts.
With its war on drugs opening statement.. It’s a Army Aviation recruitment drive.
Think I possibly watched this more than Top Gun. It’s a discount store version of that film. Tommy Lee Jones, Young and Cage elevate it, making the ground scenes watchable, even with the hokey dialogue. At least these characters feel little less cool remote than the film it’s mimicking.…
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Conan the Destroyer 1984
Mate of mine got wind I was watching it. Just as told him about Conan getting gob’d on (Face, neck and chest) by a vengeful camel.
His reply on recalling the ending:
‘The ending has a Wizard with an etch-a-sketch‘
This didn’t happen. Still mental. It wasn’t half bad. The cast is mad. Sarah Douglas, Philly’s favorite son Wilt Chamberlain. Tracy Walter’s character straight from Repo Man. Just propped in. Even Grace Jones is great in this. Mad how Sven-Ole Thorsen…
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Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
Not sure why I did this…
On the edges there’s some intriguing stuff. Amazon and the mother-box reverse Alamo at the start is quite possibly Snyder’s greatest scene and that’s the first 30mins. There are moments. Even the final act had some pace to it. Steppenwolf getting juggled by three of them. It’s an improvement on B v S, at least these characters are likable. Cyborg looks visually jarring, but both him and Flash come off more interesting then the… -
Street Fighter 1994
Cuts to underground kick boxing tournament. DJ turntable scratch: ᴡɪᴄᴋᴛʏ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴛʏ ᴡᴀʜ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴇᴛꜰɪɢʜᴛʀ!!
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Alien: Covenant 2017
Never actually watched the promo stuff for this back in 2017. Didnt want to trip into any spoilers. There was few bridge short films that join the dots between Prometheus & flesh out of the Covenant crew. Still think the film is lil’ flat outside of the David/Dr Frankenstein idea