"Special Correspondents" starring Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana, and written and directed by Gervais. Released on Netflix.
Deserves every one of its 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and not a percentage point more. A very weak and lazy comedy. Gervais needs to piss Hollywood off, at the rate he's going his movie output will rival Adam Sandler's.
Avoid at all costs if you like funny comedies.
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Magellan wrote:"Special Correspondents" starring Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana, and written and directed by Gervais. Released on Netflix.
Deserves every one of its 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and not a percentage point more. A very weak and lazy comedy. Gervais needs to piss Hollywood off, at the rate he's going his movie output will rival Adam Sandler's.
Avoid at all costs if you like funny comedies.
I thought it was more "meh" than rubbish, but agree Gervais is trying to hard with output at the moment and the material is thin.
Magellan wrote:"Special Correspondents" starring Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana, and written and directed by Gervais. Released on Netflix.
Deserves every one of its 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and not a percentage point more. A very weak and lazy comedy. Gervais needs to piss Hollywood off, at the rate he's going his movie output will rival Adam Sandler's.
Avoid at all costs if you like funny comedies.
I thought it was more "meh" than rubbish, but agree Gervais is trying to hard with output at the moment and the material is thin.
I guess I was disappointed given Gervais' talent on offer which I rate very highly. Each Hollywood comedy he pumps out seems to get worse than the last, or maybe it's just my perspective. Even Eric Bana is capable of being funny, as demonstrated by "Chopper" and some of his early telly work.
That said, I understand Gervais is bringing out an Office spinoff movie in August, called "David Brent: Life on the Road." Fingers crossed it's an improvement.
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
Saw it a couple of weeks ago at West Lakes on a Saturday morning while waiting for my daughter. Should of known I was in trouble when I was the only person in the cinema at the 11am screening.
Went to Gold Class for this one. Enjoy the games, but the movie is just horrible. It would've been good if they just recreated one of the games in movie style. Instead, it seems like they are just setting up for a trilogy, The story is ok, but its explained terribly, it moves so slowly, and halfway through we were bored shitless.
Went to Gold Class for this one. Enjoy the games, but the movie is just horrible. It would've been good if they just recreated one of the games in movie style. Instead, it seems like they are just setting up for a trilogy, The story is ok, but its explained terribly, it moves so slowly, and halfway through we were bored shitless.
My general thoughts are Movie to game = good. Game to movie = sucks balls.
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50 shades of grey. Watched it with the wife last night!!! Besides seeing heaps of bewbs and the few "good" scenes this film offers nothing much else! The main guy comes of as a serial killer and I am still working out if the main lady in the film is hot or not (ripper body though). 3/10
Just sat through 30 mins of La La Land, couldnt handle any more. I want that part of my life back. Makes Xanadu and Cant Stop the Music seem like all time greats.
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Wedgie wrote:Just sat through 30 mins of La La Land, couldnt handle any more. I want that part of my life back. Makes Xanadu and Cant Stop the Music seem like all time greats.
Far-cola!! You're not mincing your words, they're two real shithouse musicals. (The ELO songs in the Xanadu soundtrack are pretty good, though.)
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
Haha I thought LLL was excellent, the only musical I've enjoyed other than Oliver. Maybe I slept through the shit bits, or it worked because I had no expectations. Don't think I could ever put a movie in the same category as those other two though, like, ever!!
Wedgie wrote:Just sat through 30 mins of La La Land, couldnt handle any more. I want that part of my life back. Makes Xanadu and Cant Stop the Music seem like all time greats.
Mrs Boon went last Saturday with a girl friend. Came home and, "How was the movie?" - "******* shit, wasted my money and a nice afternoon."
Wedgie wrote:Just sat through 30 mins of La La Land, couldnt handle any more. I want that part of my life back. Makes Xanadu and Cant Stop the Music seem like all time greats.
Mrs Boon went last Saturday with a girl friend. Came home and, "How was the movie?" - "******* shit, wasted my money and a nice afternoon."
It truly was one of the worse things I've ever seen if not the worst. Mind you it could only improve after the first 30 mins.
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