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Dean (6927 KP) rated Cold Pursuit (2019) in Movies

Dec 21, 2019 (Updated Dec 22, 2019)

Cold Pursuit (2019)

2019 | Action, Drama, Thriller

5.9

(29 Ratings)

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Luke warm pursuit

This looked OK from the trailer, didn't realise it was a remake of a Norwegian film. It looked like it would have a decent amount of action with some humour.
In reality there is a bit of action, nothing amazing, mainly some shoot outs. The humour though just didn't hit the mark for me. I'm not sure if there were trying for a Tarantino type of angle or more comic book but it just falls flat largely. Another role for Liam Neeson like his last several roles of everyday guy turned badass all of a sudden.
So just average overall, check out @6 Underground (2019) instead for tons of action and laughs.

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) Dec 22, 2019

Your title is spot on for this movie! Most definitely Luke warm

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African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

Matthias Krings

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Why would a Hollywood film become a Nigerian video remake, a Tanzanian comic book, or a Congolese...

Swahili Port Cities: The Architecture of Elsewhere

Sandy Prita Meier

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On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border...

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

7.4 (28 Ratings) Rate It

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Crime drama; shares its name with a 1955 Roger Corman movie also about illegal racing, but not...

Britt Daniel recommended Solaris Soundtrack by Cliff Martinez in Music (curated)

"A lot of people didn’t like it, but I loved Steven Soderbergh’s remake of the Russian film Solaris from the minute I saw it. I like it more than the original. I never paid too much attention to soundtrack music before that, but as soon as I heard that one in the theater I was just like, “What the fuck is this?” If you looked at my iTunes playlist, this soundtrack might be the most played album on my computer. It’s like experimental ambient music that still really involves your emotions. You could draw a line from this soundtrack to “The Ghost of You Lingers” from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which came out around this time."

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Rebecca (2020) in Movies

Nov 15, 2020

Rebecca (2020)

2020 | Drama, Mystery, Romance

4.8

(4 Ratings)

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No where near as good as the Hitchcock version (0 more)

Unnecessary remake

Well it has been 80 years since the Hitchcock version, I could understand updating it slightly but this is a pale comparison. Nothing has really changed in the story as such. However the execution is very different. The original version was genuinely creepy and atmospheric, with some scenes that might make you jump. Ms Danvers character was especially good.
In this version it's more of a love story, slowly drawn out with a bit of drama right at the end. It would have been better to keep the feeling of Hitchcock's version. If you haven't seen it, watch that instead.

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Corey Feldman recommended Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in Movies (curated)

"I’m a big kid, I’m a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — not the remake, but the original. It’s still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to the ingenuity of the characters and the storyline. [Producer] David Wolper did such an amazing job bringing it to life, and Gene Wilder gave such an amazing performance. The songs, the music, the colors, the scope — it was just brilliant and really lead you to a fantasy world that didn’t exist, but that we could all imagine was real."

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Jeremy King (346 KP) rated The Lone Ranger (2013) in Movies

Oct 7, 2019

The Lone Ranger (2013)

2013 | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Western

6.0

(25 Ratings)

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Ok i am going to say i really enjoyed this western. I thought it had the right amout of action in this western.
A great story from the point of view Tonto (Johnny Depp) on how him and John Reid, the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) met.

Now the down fault of this movie is that it was under the Disney Flag. If they held off till they had another studio (FOX) and put it out under that studio flag it would have done better. Just seem to violent for a disney movie and alot of adult hummor. Now if they ever plan to remake it again under Disney i would tie in Thunder Mountain and less blood.