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Watched it earlier this year and loved it. Watched it again and I still do. One of the best post-apocalyptic films ever made.
I really enjoyed this film ( loved the older ones too) the effects are amazing
and totally believable, good story and they even managed to slip in a few lines
from the original movie " It's a madhouse " and " Get your hands off me you
Damn dirty ape !"
I enjoyed this better than the next movie.
One of the best films I've seen this year. I have no familiarity with the Mad Max franchise, having never seen any of the previous films, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this one. A tremendous effort by director George Miller, keeping the excitement and tension up for 2+ hours, almost all of which is a big, continuous action sequence that dwarfs anything else the action genre has put forth this year. My only disappointment with the film, and calling it a disappointment is hardly fair, is that Mel Gibson isn't on hand to continue on with the franchise. Someone needs to give Mel another shot, even if it's just to play a villain so they can capitalize on the (justified) ill will he's generated for himself. Still, Tom Hardy is his usual excellent self in the lead role and he's surrounded by a terrific supporting cast including Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult, both of whom are very good in their roles.
American Ultra (2015)
I was very much looking forward to this one, having thoroughly enjoyed the previous collaboration between Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. This one didn't disappoint, even if it doesn't quite reach the level of quality of their previous effort, Adventureland.
Eisenberg is good as a stoner who finds out he's a sleeper agent for the CIA. He, and his girlfriend (Stewart), are targeted for elimination by Topher Grace's insufferable villain who I've already forgotten the name of. They do a good job of getting you to root for Eisenberg and Stewart, because you desperately want to see Grace's character get his in the end, as he's just, as I already said, insufferable, a combination of all of the worst traits of the various Topher Grace characters we've seen on the screen over the years.
As I already said, Eisenberg is good, as he always is. Stewart is fantastic, grounding the film and providing a very good performance, one that shows she's not the one-trick pony that everyone wants to peg her as after the dreadful Twilight films.
I'm currently watching it on 4K blu ray as I type this. I just love this film and always have. It's a geeky thriller with cerebral people spouting intelligent things in a beautiful location while crazy things happen around them and they try to disarm a 'god particle' which can blow up the Vatican.
Nerdy, attractive heroine, professorial hero, superb supporting cast and acting, wonderful location shooting, and excellent, fast paced direction by Ron Howard. It really captures what I want from a thriller. Fantastic, mature dialogue, beautiful to look at and Hans Zimmer kills it with the score. It reminds me so much of early Bond films because I learned something from it (in this case about Vatican laws, Swiss Guard, the Vatican archives etc. etc. like how I used to learn about the world through early Bonds). Ewan McGregor is brilliant in it, as is everyone else, including Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, & Armin Mueller-Stahl
Just an all round amazing film imho and I can't wait for Inferno, the sequel, next year.
PS: I have not read the books and so I judge the film purely as entertainment rather than for its adherence to the novels, where I realize it may have taken liberties.
Not a bad way to finish off the year!
This was a strange but effective little film.
After finishing it I would say the first half was stronger, but collectively still a good movie. Would recommend to anyone seeking out a decent asylum/thriller adventure.
The last film I watched in 2015, was a re watch. But the chance the see Robert Mitchum playing a Cary Grant role, in a film opposite Cary Grant, is too much to pass up again.
But yeah, I'm looking forward to another Brown adaptation. ;-)
RE: the Howard adaptation of Dan Brown's Inferno, when I did a wiki search I was surprised to learn that they were planning to release this in December 2015 but unfortunately the TFA juggernaut caused a change in plans - to almost a year later - it's now set for an Oct 2016 release.
Men in Black 3. More serious MIB movie with good humor and good action. Looking forward to MIB 4.
Avatar (3D Bluray) Over-rated yes. Also i think movie have start up problems.
7.5:
Chronicle. (Directers Cut on BD)
7:
Taken (Re-watch on BD )
Jack Reacher
Green Lantern (Later i bought the 3DBD)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Re-watch on tv)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Safe Haven
The Host
London Boulevard (Bluray)
Snitch
Deadfall
Super 8. Good, but les then i expect.
Oom Henk. Dutch movie.
The Rebound
Parker
Sergio Herman, Fucking Perfect. Documentry about a Dutch Chef. 1 of 2 movies from 2015 i have seen.
In the Name of the Father
Real Steel. Not like the to quike ending.
The Master
Black Gold
Red 2
Animal Kingdom
Stolen (Bluray) Underrated. Nice reference to Live and Let Die.
Trolljegeren (DVD)
6.5
Valentino. Dutch movie. - 1,0 for casting choose i don't like.
Now You See Me (Extented Cut on BD)
6:
Skyfall (Tv premiere. My 3th view)
Taken 2 (Later i bought BD/DVD) I hope Extented on BD is better.
Contraband. Panama as Panama this time.
Quantum of Solace (TV. My 5th view)
Premium Rush. Disapointed movie and that from the writer of Spider-Man (2002)
Solitary Man
Welcome to the Punch
Afblijven (DVD) Dutch movie. Created setup about chacter who you expect going to be blind, but what complete vergot at the end. Not my choose to watch. It whas in my vacation to Italy.
Attack the Block. I won 2 cinema tickets, but never go to movie. Now i watched on tv and mabey i expect to much.
Not ranked:
Mamma Mia. (DVD) I haven't seen everthing, because in Switserland the tv go off. It was very Skyfall / rainy day.
Spectre. Stil bissy with my review.
Is that the film in which Maurice Binder provided the main titles?
Maurice Binder did indeed provide the titles sequence.
Mitchum & Grant have a dueling scene with pistols, I won't say what happens, but that scene alone is worth watching the film for.
The first time i saw, i left the cinema a bit dissapointed, this time i at least enjoyed it a bit more