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red kryptonite · 07-22-2025, 10:54 PM

speaking of louis koo... do u know whats happening with back to the past? this has been delayed so many times.

6793026 · 07-24-2025, 05:33 AM

Obviously it was postponed duh, so i'm not going to write anything about that.
I can tell you from the tablots / youtube videos throughout the years / news that I've read - will have to fact check.

Louis Koo - being the biggest producer / company / movie HK leader sat down with this guy but he still did NOT return. He says he's too "old" to play which is BS cause every cast (esp the girls are old hags as well). He says his standards are too high and has a hard time removing himself from the role (method acting?)

Despite all being postponed, when Raymond Lam did his concert, Louis Koo went on to sing and promoted that the movie will be live 2026 CNY.

2023年3月13日，天下一電影公佈2023年電影片單，確認《尋秦記》為重點項目之一，並計劃於202 4年上映[9]。然而，因後期製作進度調整，電影最終定檔2026年元旦上映。2025年5月29日，古天樂在林峯演唱會上宣佈此消息，並與林峯合唱經典歌曲《今期流行》，為電影造勢

6793026 · 07-24-2025, 01:09 PM

THE POSTER is SHI**** but the MOVIE was AWESOME.
No it is NOT sharknado, it's NOT a crap movie which was a huge surprise!
Do NOT watch trailer and do NOT get tricked by the poster. I had a great ride with this movie.

Everyone in the movie was a no body. SUPER low budget but man did it surprised me with a solid script, fast paced flow, short movie, great music and it kept you holding on to your seats.

Couldn't really pin point any loop holes; didn't have much boring useless story line... just RIGHT down to business.

I don't want to give the movie away but sharks has really nothing to do with the movie - it's a survival horror thriller is what i'll leave with you. Yes, you'll know instantly who the antagonist is as in first 3 mins but how the movie plays out was just solid.

Yes, it's very standard script and I knew how the blonde got herself out of the survival situation but you just are hanging in there... bravo.

What a catch. Props to the director for making the editing super tight. (Director was also a no body)

6793026 · 07-24-2025, 07:13 PM

Jurassic park rebirth
Scalett J has been begging to be in J Park movie so glad that she got her wish. She was also the lead and heck, the Avengers did bold her well as lead and it did help her land well in the movie. Props to her holding up her age as she still is relatively young (40).

Can't kill the series as it made 6X (600M) in box office so they will just continue to print money with this.

Few praises as the script did well with a solid backdrop and moving along quick into / onto the dinosaurs. Was it the best premise? No. It's always no. Rich guy has billions, wants some type of DNA, and hires people to get what they want. Thta's always the formula and background; extremly cheesy but whatever.

Scarlett Johansson as a covert operation expert (hilarious, more on this later), and Mahershala Ali were decent star power and you always have a scientist as well as a 'banker'; all had really zero backdrop or story development...then again, do you really need it?

What's interesting was a second story line of a random family on a boating trip was a really weird - yeda yeda it ties it in at the end, but it was honestly a waste and not necessary.

Fun facts - there were so many random product placement which was really not necessary. Altoids, M&M’s, snickers, twix, Dr pepper, Lay's (which was hilarious as the bags of chips still had 'air' in an abandoned corner store).

Holes in the movie. Overall I did enjoy the movie, as few wtf moments were just the lack of firepower in the movie. You're going on an expedition and guns? bombs? flares? anything? Not even a rambo knife.. come on....
When you're trying to jump off the boat, you want to pack your post important things... Then half way half way in, you tell everyone to throw all away and travel light with just a backpack... sureeee. Given Scarlett played an expert and doing all these missions, she seems pretty shitty trying to tag a dinosaur and not being nimble in the action movie LOL. Rock climbing scene was a joke, super thin rope that apparently is around 1000 ft rope that snaps easily.

All in all, I did like the action / music / intensity and the dino chases.. heck, it was fun - which gave tribute back to the 1st movie to say the least. I still think the 1st reboot with Chris pratt was the best - given it made 10X the return. Cause after all the jokes, action, and script was good.

Thank goodness they didn't throw in any dumb boring love story in this movie. BTW, as much as the studio is all about Equality, Diveristy, Inclusion / woke etc... there were no asians in the movie, but yes to always a tough butch and a token black guy who gets killed, scientist with glasses and a vest.. check mark on that for sure!

snowball · 07-24-2025, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 6793026

Fun facts - there were so many random product placement which was really not necessary. Altoids, M&M’s, snickers, twix, Dr pepper, Lay's (which was hilarious as the bags of chips still had 'air' in an abandoned corner store).

God I remember watching Jurassic World in theatres and thinking a quarter of the movie was just a Mercedes ad.

6793026 · 07-28-2025, 07:03 AM

Bullet Train Explosion - it's good and decent at the same time.
Script was decent, character building was a bit weak but I did like how Japan leveraged their own bullet train for a decent movie.

Summary - someone high jacks bullet train asking for ransom. the premise and how they diffuse was decent, it's just the character building was really weak. Even with the ending being a bit of a surprise, it wasn't at their best.

What ws cool was Tsuyoshi Kusanagi 草彅剛 who played the train conductor became the lead of the movie. For once it's not a plane / train / boat high jacket and it HAPPENED to be a bomb squad specialist trying to diffuse the situation.
There was not a cop in sight, not the formula of (Non-Stop 2014 Liam Neeson; great movie btw) or die hard etc. (The Taking of Pelham 123 - John Travolta and Denzel Washington was shit).

Everything was logical, and seeing the bullet train and being a japenaes movie was great as a back drop.

PS: This is NOT the one with Brad Pitt.

Bender Unit · 07-28-2025, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by snowball

God I remember watching Jurassic World in theatres and thinking a quarter of the movie was just a Mercedes ad.

Well, It worked 1993-94
the original ML is the Jurassic Park Benz.

I will never forget that.

6793026 · 07-30-2025, 09:02 AM

緝盜 - never a thief

Running out of movies but this one was a china made with all HK actors. Heist movie which had a slight twist and decent plot. Didn't think it was the best esp given so many loop holes. 任達華Simon Yam is 70 years old and him speaking his own mandarin was really crap LOL.

Given it's a heist movie, it was worth a watch. Another side note, these female leads are alwayas wearing tank tops for no reason and I have to say, their face is so full of botox.

6793026 · Yesterday, 12:20 PM

28 years later
what the heck was danny boyle thinking. I know he is dedicated to this genre and maybe cause he was the only the director in this, but the script was just crap.

They first 40 mins with setting the stage, character building was solid, great dad and son dynamic; good survival group, good 'fort' isolated island.. all was well. Until the 12 yr old son takes a detour to 'save' his mom to take her to see a 'doctor'.

I expected a bit more of a logical story. Oh, there were a few big penis cock shots of zombie which was totally unnessary LOL.