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Now you are probably wondering why a post about cinema isn't being posted on THE CULTURED CURMUDGEON. Well, the cinema I went to is in Whangarei. It is the only cinema in Whangarei and even though it has 'cinema' in its name Event Cinemas it is more like a, well, an Event movie place.
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| MOVIE PALACE |
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| EVENT MOVIE PLACE |
I said in my latest post on THE CURMUDGEON that I was hoping to see the new Blade Runner film Blade Runner 2049.
No such luck. This is Whangarei after all, sort of like a northern Nuova Lazio.
Looking at a piss-poor selection I chose Only The Brave which is a USA film, sorry, movie about wildfire fighters in Arizona.
Now it did have its good points but was marred (as usual) with that American macho bullshit and, as 19 of the men died in an out of control bushfire (based on a true story), was chockabloc full of American maudlin sentimentality.
Sure it brings a tear to the eye at parts but frankly I was glad when it finished.
American films movies based on actual events fall in to basically two categories:
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Or,
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| HAWKISH |
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I'll not be recommending the above movie to The Old Girl particularly since the macho American guys refer to the fire as 'Bitch' and say things like "She nearly got us". The Old Girl as a once and I guess always feminist hates expressions like 'mother earth' and referring to ships as 'she'. I'm glad that she wasn't watching it with me otherwise I'd be the one getting it in the neck for the sins and transgressions of the male gender.
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One of the trailers before the film started was of a new Liam Neeson film - you know the usual ridiculous Liam Neeson (I will find you) crap. This one seems to have a lot of violent action, limited dialogue, a train crash and derailment and impossible 'person off a train' stunts.
Richard will love it.
That new Liam Neeson film sounds great!
ReplyDeleteYeah, he's about 90, chatting up a woman of around 40 and beating up young guys and leaping off trains ...... whoah... yes that does match your sense of reality.
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember reading this before - AND the date on the post says Nov 21. I think you call this recycling.
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