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Post by hi224 on Dec 17, 2020 2:50:57 GMT
I quite love it actually.
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Post by rudeboy on Dec 17, 2020 4:04:26 GMT
I really enjoyed it. Kingsley hams it to the hilt but somehow pulls it off, Ray Winstone and the rest of the cast are very strong and it offers some genuine surprises. Good stuff, tough and strangely touching. 7/10
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Post by jcush on Dec 17, 2020 4:08:23 GMT
I thought it was pretty good. Ben Kingsley is fantastic.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 17, 2020 4:19:30 GMT
I really enjoyed it. Kingsley hams it to the hilt but somehow pulls it off, Ray Winstone and the rest of the cast are very strong and it offers some genuine surprises. Good stuff, tough and strangely touching. 7/10 I needed more James Fox lol.
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Post by Hamplanet on Dec 17, 2020 5:33:10 GMT
I really enjoyed it. Kingsley hams it to the hilt but somehow pulls it off, Ray Winstone and the rest of the cast are very strong and it offers some genuine surprises. Good stuff, tough and strangely touching. 7/10 Kinglsey makes it worth watching. 8/10.
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Post by jonesjxd on Dec 24, 2020 11:31:41 GMT
I've only seen it once, but I loved it.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 24, 2020 19:34:53 GMT
I enjoyed it very much and was much amused by critics who wrote that they had a problem picturing Gandhi (Kingsley's Oscar winning role) as a violent mob enforcer. But as I immediately recognized, "Gandhi" had been released in 1980. 20 years ago. How ridiculous. Kingsley had played many different characters during that long stretch.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 24, 2020 20:30:55 GMT
I enjoyed it very much and was much amused by critics who wrote that they had a problem picturing Gandhi (Kingsley's Oscar winning role) as a violent mob enforcer. But as I immediately recognized, "Gandhi" had been released in 1980. 20 years ago. How ridiculous. Kingsley had played many different characters during that long stretch. if anything, the problem this whole movie has somewhat would be how much it loses steam once Kingsley exits.
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Post by Vits on Dec 25, 2020 17:32:29 GMT
It's hard to like a movie like SEXY BEAST. The protagonist (a retired criminal named GARY "GAL" DOVE) spends way too much time trying to convince others that he won't work in a bank heist, even though it's pretty obvious to anyone who has ever seen a movie that he'll do it. There are some cool shots, but the characters (specially DON LOGAN, one GAL's criminal associates) are unbearably annoying. 3/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 25, 2020 19:14:42 GMT
It's hard to like a movie like SEXY BEAST. The protagonist (a retired criminal named GARY "GAL" DOVE) spends way too much time trying to convince others that he won't work in a bank heist, even though it's pretty obvious to anyone who has ever seen a movie that he'll do it. There are some cool shots, but the characters (specially DON LOGAN, one GAL's criminal associates) are unbearably annoying. 3/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.why is it very obvious to you? if anything Gal goes above and beyond to keep clean rather then attempt an ingratiation back within his very murky and malevolent former life.
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Post by Vits on Dec 26, 2020 11:51:35 GMT
why is it very obvious to you? if anything Gal goes above and beyond to keep clean rather then attempt an ingratiation back within his very murky and malevolent former life. That's the common formula. Even when the character is reluctant at first, they eventually change their minds. If the movie had done something different, I would've praised it for it.
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Post by theravenking on Dec 26, 2020 14:16:55 GMT
6/10
Some good character work from Kingsley and Winstone, but the movie itself lacks suspense. I just couldn't care about the heist. It's good for a few black laughs and I love Don Logan's creative swearing, but overall I feel the movie is overrated.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 27, 2020 5:23:12 GMT
why is it very obvious to you? if anything Gal goes above and beyond to keep clean rather then attempt an ingratiation back within his very murky and malevolent former life. That's the common formula. Even when the character is reluctant at first, they eventually change their minds. If the movie had done something different, I would've praised it for it. Gal literally has no choice at this point, Gal was always going to say no to Logan, he only changes his mind to prevent potential murder of himself and his girlfriend and friends.....
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Dec 27, 2020 5:47:51 GMT
I enjoyed it very much and was much amused by critics who wrote that they had a problem picturing Gandhi (Kingsley's Oscar winning role) as a violent mob enforcer. But as I immediately recognized, "Gandhi" had been released in 1980. 20 years ago. How ridiculous. Kingsley had played many different characters during that long stretch. I once read a user's opinion on an old IMDb board that she could not bear to watch Jim Caviezel as a terrorist in Deja Vu after he had played Jesus.
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Post by Vits on Dec 27, 2020 12:21:45 GMT
Gal literally has no choice at this point, Gal was always going to say no to Logan, he only changes his mind to prevent potential murder of himself and his girlfriend and friends..... Oh, I'm not saying it's a plot hole. It does make sense in-universe. I'm saying that the screenwriter structured it this way so the narrative would follow the same part we've seen in other movies.
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