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Event 16 – (2006 movie)

2016-01-04

disliked, entertainment, fiction, movies, New Zealand, reviews, the future, the past, the present, time travel entertainment, time travel movies, unrated

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831289/

Some sort of time machine thing is discovered by an idiot and time machiney things happen because of paradoxes and a murder spree of intrigues and stuff.

I don’t think I paid close enough attention to understand what the fuck was going on. It wasn’t bad as such, but it was distractingly-overdubbed Kiwi-ese. Everything about it was fair, except for bits of the plot not grabbing me, and the speaking. The speaking thing is kind of important for me.

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Assassin’s Creed – Lineage – (2009 movie)

2016-01-01

direct-to-video movies, disliked, entertainment, fiction, movies, movies inspired by games, reviews, short movies, the past, unrated

Assassin's Creed - Lineage (2009) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587390/
was assassinscreedlineage.uk.ubi.com (Flash)

An assassin, that everyone knows, does some assassiny things but everyone knows him.

This is basically a long intro to a video game. While not bad, it’s not good. It is rife with over-acting and it felt confused to me. I didn’t stay interested.

I see there are other shorts, but I’m not going to watch them.

This is a series of three short films.
This is the actual series, not the CGI one.
The CGI series is:
Properly titled Assassin’s Creed: Lineage.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – (2015 movies)

2015-12-27

entertainment, fiction, liked, movies, movies inspired by shows, PG-13 rated, reviews, spy entertainment, spy movies, the past

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/man-uncle

Two agents become an unlikely pair to thwart the creation and deployment of a nuclear warhead.

I overall liked this. It has a classy feel something like the old James Bond films but with its own flavour. Younger fans of that genre will likely also like this movie.

Based on the television show The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
United Network Command Law Enforcement

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The Hateful Eight – (2015 movie)

2015-12-26

abandoned, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, gunslingers entertainment, gunslingers movies, Kurt Russell, movies, Quentin Tarantino, R rated, Samuel L. Jackson, the past, westerns entertainment, westerns movies

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/
was thehatefuleight.com

Some people with accents drive a carriage through the snow and talk a lot.

Oh god, this was supposed to be good? If it can’t get interesting in the first half an hour then why in the fuck should I continue watching?

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The Revenant – (2015 movie)

2015-12-21

entertainment, fiction, Leonardo DiCaprio, liked, movies, movies inspired by books, R rated, reviews, survivalism movies, the past

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-revenant

In a barely-colonial North America, a semi-savage man survives some harsh shit in search for a dude that did some stuff that he doesn’t like.

Slow and pretty. I’m certain this would appeal to some people, just not to me. It’s cinematic, outdoorsy, survivalistic, travelling, manly and all that. But it’s slow and nerve-wracking as fuck.

Based on The Revenant, by Michael Punke.
.. which is in turn inspired by the story of Hugh Glass.

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Monkey King – Hero Is Back – (2015 movie)

2015-12-08

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Monkey King - Hero Is Back (2015) poster 12

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4644382/

Something about trolls and such, and a little boy who probably becomes a hero.

I didn’t get very far into this. It’s way too over-the-top childish for my tastes. I would recommend this be watched by a parent with their kid. It seems action-packed yet “safe”. Nobody dies, even through major fight scenes.

Properly titled Monkey King: Hero Is Back (2015)
西游记之大圣归来 or Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai in Chinese
You may think that “is back” would mean this is a sequel. It is not.

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The Assassin – (2015 movie)

2015-11-09

entertainment, fiction, martial arts movies, movies, reviews, the past, unrated

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3508840/

An assassin doesn’t want to kill in front of a child.. and probably some other stuff.

This was way too slow for me to continue watching.

aka Nie yin niang
Chinese language.

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The Bounty – (1984 movie)

2015-10-25

Anthony Hopkins, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, Mel Gibson, movies, movies inspired by books, non-fiction, non-fiction movies, PG rated, the past

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086993/

In the past, a dude retells the story of some stuff that happened on some island way over there. Also there are accents and titties.

Maybe I’m not in the mood or my tastes have changed. I thought I’d like this, but I got bored.

The film adaptation of Mutiny on the Bounty.
Based on the book Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian (1972) by Richard Hough.

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Bridge of Spies – (2015 movies)

2015-10-21

Cold War, Cold War movies, entertainment, glances, intelligence, liked, movies, non-fiction, non-fiction movies, PG-13 rated, spy entertainment, spy movies, Steven Spielberg, the past, Tom Hanks

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/
was bridgeofspies.com

A lawyer becomes entangled in intelligence when he accepts a defense case for a Soviet spy.

I’m not sure what to say about this movie. It’s quite good. I like historical intelligence movies.

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Doctor Who >

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007vvcq

The last of a powerful race tours time and space, regularly ending up in trouble.

Playful fun. Occasionally attempts to glide past some significant issues with time travel but is generally bubblegum. Doesn’t take itself too seriously. Recommended until it goes woke.

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All posts tagged the past

Event 16 – (2006 movie)

Assassin’s Creed – Lineage – (2009 movie)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – (2015 movies)

The Hateful Eight – (2015 movie)

The Revenant – (2015 movie)

Monkey King – Hero Is Back – (2015 movie)

The Assassin – (2015 movie)

The Bounty – (1984 movie)

Bridge of Spies – (2015 movies)

Doctor Who – (2005 show)

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