Standoff

blublahd:

Koice can you see why I said it may be too subtle for some to discern?
I mean some peeps will actually term that movie an action filled one and nothing more.

Wetin be too subtle,
What deeper layer is there to this movie ?
Its a revenge flick and nothing more,
racial strife was to be expected it was a few year after the civil war and it was minimal at best. seeing as how,
A Mexican was a member of the original gang.
Sam jackson might have endear himself with the lincoln letter but he was equal with every other person in the room.
If there was bias against sex it is not prevalent at all since Daisy is just as stone cold killer as the rest of them,and was treated no differently based on sex.
This movie is exactly what the title suggested eight characters in a room that nobody should cheer for.
Great dialogue,solid action and that is it.
It is behind inglorious basterd,django, kill bill, and pulp fiction.

Sircumalot

I do acknowledge how you see the movie, and we both agree it was an interesting movie,great dialogue and all. But you have to acknowledge that others may see more to a thing than you, not just a movie.

blublahd:
Sircumalot

I do acknowledge how you see the movie, and we both agree it was an interesting movie,great dialogue and all. But you have to acknowledge that others may see more to a thing than you, not just a movie.

I agree, with you,everybody get different msg from different movie.
But if this is some satire,or twisting of a well know trope or some kind of socio-commentary I fail to see it and if you can point them I go like am.

SIRcumalot:

I agree, with you,everybody get different msg from different movie.
But if this is some satire,or twisting of a well know trope or some kind of socio-commentary I fail to see it and if you can point them I go like am.

I did make some notes on this thread a while back but I can't seem to find it. But I trust Koice can give a comprehensive analysis of the satire.

blublahd:

"Some people are born leaders, others are born followers the rest are just waiting to die"

yeah.

obixcel:
DiCarprio did well,I really felt for him though,so much suffering, survival, adaptation and betrayal, but @ d end he got his revenge and some how Justice prevailed.

If na me, I go don die tey tey.

Part I liked most was when he was being pursued and fell off a cliff with the horse. You could see the raw fear in his face.

Hansel and Gretel
^^^ Why'd that sexy good white witch have to die?? Broke my heart that she wasn't even properly mourned.

Dragon Lord
^^^ I just wasted 103 minutes out of boredom on this film and it's like the silliest flick I've seen Jackie Chan star in.
Thank God he eventually grew up sha. And to think we used to go gaga for stuff like this first time we saw the movie as kids....smh.

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Guys biko recommend your fav romantic movie. No Bollywood stuff abeg. No tragic ending. Mustn't be romantic comedy. Thanks IA.

dolphinheart:


If na me, I go don die tey tey.

Part I liked most was when he was being pursued and fell off a cliff with the horse. You could see the raw fear in his face.

Lol,if na real life I no go fit survive at all o!

blublahd:

"Some people are born leaders, others are born followers the rest are just waiting to die"

Really Epic statement there,I'll never forget that.

roqrules04:
Standoff

I saw the movie on net, bookmarked it on my browser for future reference but yet to download it. How interesting is it?

Springz:

Yeah it was quite good, I didn't really like the ending but not withstanding....

....but not withstanding it was great,I guess? I concur.

obixcel:
I saw the movie on net, bookmarked it on my browser for future reference but yet to download it. How interesting is it?

Its just cool

roqrules04:

Its just cool

alright,I'll take ur word for it, I'll see it soon.

koice:


I didn't. It falls within the spectrum of "Ethnic Bias", whereby the whites have better chance of landing certain jobs and political positions than the minorities because of the color of their skin, etc.

Ethnic Bias is just another term used to qualify Racism. Same shit, just a different day.

Matt Damon was superb in The Martian.

Graviton2:


Ethnic Bias is just another term used to qualify Racism. Same shit, just a different day.

Exactly.

MicKaro:

Just cos they love her doesn't mean she should win.Brooklyn and Room were better,her win at Golden globes was a fluke.Joy was not that good.

"Room": my best film in year 2015. It should win the award for best picture.

Still confused if I should chastise Patrick Wilson for starring in two films that are somewhat similar in plot, but dissimilar in tone-in the same year-both films talk about adultery in marriages. The first film is “Home Sweet Hell” ---it follows a furniture seller as he engages in an affair with a junior worker. And how his cold, calculated, homicidal and obsessive wife played by Katherine Heigl resolves it by murdering several members of the gang who uses the said lady to extort money from her partner. While the second is “Zipper”, which I am currently going to review-the plot revolves on a successful district attorney as he engages in affairs with different call girls thereby hurting any chances he has of moving up the ladder in his political aspirations. His wife here, played by Lena Headey also takes action for damage control, albeit in a different manner.

Sincerely, I am unaware which film debuted first and I don’t care to know. But at this point, I am going to assume Patrick recognised the error in his ways by featuring in the first film, which even by comedy standards is stupid-and then he decided to use a similar scenario to correct his mistakes. By far, “Zipper” is better than “Home Sweet Hell”, but given the end products, I would have liked if “Zipper” had borrowed some elements from “Home Sweet Hell”: like an exchange to make one transcend from stupid to tolerable-the other, from a tense dramatic entertaining affair to near perfection.

1/8 of this film focuses on sexual rendezvous between the main character and his escorts, but what drives him into such act or motivations are not expanded or expatiated upon. It gives too much room for assumption from the audience. But one of those assumptions would never be based on the fact that there is a lack of sexual intimacy between and his wife. At least, we get to see a sex scene-prior to that; there is a scene where she coerces him into the act, which he refuses. So, based on the absence of no explanation, it leaves a feeling of “effect” and no “cause”- “action”, but no “drive”. And even in scenes where it seems that there is a hint of “reason” for such deeds through dialogue which gives a hint at the character’s back story, which is not shown-the director then quickly moves past this parts and mini-exposure-shy from developing it.

There is a particular scene, where the Sam Ellis (Character played by Patrick Wilson) negotiates with a girl to have a sexual romp in his car. This particular moment is ironic because it comes moments after Sam discovers that he is under an investigation from the FBI for patronising the escort agency-a distressed moment for him. And given the scenario, one would expect “a lesson learnt” or perhaps “change of ways”, but still he engages in an intercourse with a character who is supposed to aid him out of his predicament. I laughed during this scene because of its paradox. While I laughed, I suddenly remembered a recent film I saw called (Addicted) starring Sharon Leal. But it also made me understand that the director subtly spotlights on “addiction” as a theme in the film, but never connects it to larger events like “Image” and public perception of a hero.

“Because I help people doesn’t mean I am better than them”: that was my best line in the film and the character’s admittance of mistakes which brings me to this because most people have heroes that they look up to-mentors-role models: respected public figures. But the film asks a bold question. Are role models supposed to be demi-gods in the morals department? Are they meant to be mistake-proof or bacchanal repellents? Of course the answer will vary, but if you ask me- I say a definite “No”. After all, they are humans-flesh, blood and guts.

Personally, I think one of the major successes of the film is that it tries to re-orientate our view of public figures and mentors from a definite white-black stand point to a more flexible tolerance understanding grey one. Here we have a respected public lawyer whom the public are rooting for to attain a higher political office-then he risks squandering his reputation by indulging in endless nights of intercourses. He risks the public’s confidence in him and should prep for backlashes and dwindling in support. But one thing I admire about the character, which is quite controversial now that I think about it is that he never for once expresses profound guilt and I admire the way he goes about it with utmost discreetness in the second act of the film.

Patrick Wilson is another underrated actor in Hollywood, no doubt. But his performance is a total opposite to the moronic weakling he played in “Zipper”. Lena Headey in the role of a wife isn’t convincing enough. Her character is an ambitious one, but her posture gives a feeling of the opposite. Tonally, the film is a dark dramatic one with mild doses of tension.

Zipper is directed by Mora Stevens.
Rating: 3 ½ stars out of 4.

pls I need a website to where i can download movies and not seasonal movies

Raalsalghul:
Still confused if I should chastise Patrick Wilson for starring in two films that are somewhat similar in plot, but dissimilar in tone-in the same year-both films talk about adultery in marriages. The first film is “Home Sweet Hell” ---it follows a furniture seller as he engages in an affair with a junior worker. And how his cold, calculated, homicidal and obsessive wife played by Katherine Heigl resolves it by murdering several members of the gang who uses the said lady to extort money from her partner. While the second is “Zipper”, which I am currently going to review-the plot revolves on a successful district attorney as he engages in affairs with different call girls thereby hurting any chances he has of moving up the ladder in his political aspirations. His wife here, played by Lena Headey also takes action for damage control, albeit in a different manner.

Sincerely, I am unaware which film debuted first and I don’t care to know. But at this point, I am going to assume Patrick recognised the error in his ways by featuring in the first film, which even by comedy standards is stupid-and then he decided to use a similar scenario to correct his mistakes. By far, “Zipper” is better than “Home Sweet Hell”, but given the end products, I would have liked if “Zipper” had borrowed some elements from “Home Sweet Hell”: like an exchange to make one transcend from stupid to tolerable-the other, from a tense dramatic entertaining affair to near perfection.

1/8 of this film focuses on sexual rendezvous between the main character and his escorts, but what drives him into such act or motivations are not expanded or expatiated upon. It gives too much room for assumption from the audience. But one of those assumptions would never be based on the fact that there is a lack of sexual intimacy between and his wife. At least, we get to see a sex scene-prior to that; there is a scene where she coerces him into the act, which he refuses. So, based on the absence of no explanation, it leaves a feeling of “effect” and no “cause”- “action”, but no “drive”. And even in scenes where it seems that there is a hint of “reason” for such deeds through dialogue which gives a hint at the character’s back story, which is not shown-the director then quickly moves past this parts and mini-exposure-shy from developing it.

There is a particular scene, where the Sam Ellis (Character played by Patrick Wilson) negotiates with a girl to have a sexual romp in his car. This particular moment is ironic because it comes moments after Sam discovers that he is under an investigation from the FBI for patronising the escort agency-a distressed moment for him. And given the scenario, one would expect “a lesson learnt” or perhaps “change of ways”, but still he engages in an intercourse with a character who is supposed to aid him out of his predicament. I laughed during this scene because of its paradox. While I laughed, I suddenly remembered a recent film I saw called (Addicted) starring Sharon Leal. But it also made me understand that the director subtly spotlights on “addiction” as a theme in the film, but never connects it to larger events like “Image” and public perception of a hero.

“Because I help people doesn’t mean I am better than them”: that was my best line in the film and the character’s admittance of mistakes which brings me to this because most people have heroes that they look up to-mentors-role models: respected public figures. But the film asks a bold question. Are role models supposed to be demi-gods in the morals department? Are they meant to be mistake-proof or bacchanal repellents? Of course the answer will vary, but if you ask me- I say a definite “No”. After all, they are humans-flesh, blood and guts.

Personally, I think one of the major successes of the film is that it tries to re-orientate our view of public figures and mentors from a definite white-black stand point to a more flexible tolerance understanding grey one. Here we have a respected public lawyer whom the public are rooting for to attain a higher political office-then he risks squandering his reputation by indulging in endless nights of intercourses. He risks the public’s confidence in him and should prep for backlashes and dwindling in support. But one thing I admire about the character, which is quite controversial now that I think about it is that he never for once expresses profound guilt and I admire the way he goes about it with utmost discreetness in the second act of the film.

Patrick Wilson is another underrated actor in Hollywood, no doubt. But his performance is a total opposite to the moronic weakling he played in “Zipper”. Lena Headey in the role of a wife isn’t convincing enough. Her character is an ambitious one, but her posture gives a feeling of the opposite. Tonally, the film is a dark dramatic one with mild doses of tension.

Zipper is directed by Mora Stevens.
Rating: 3 ½ stars out of 4.

I think a lot of fans see him as one of the ''best horror movie actors'', if not the best. I watched '' HOME SWEET HELL'' and I hated that movie honestly, I hated d role his wife played when she butchered one of d guys, d movie irritated me so much.

Can't even Understand the Hype...The Revenant is a very very Average movie.

Yesterday I rewatched Inception with a friend. We still loved the depth of the story while we also hit some gaping plot holes in our discussion afterwards

diamond16:
Yesterday I rewatched Inception with a friend. We still loved the depth of the story while we also hit some gaping plot holes in our discussion afterwards

Can you outline the plotholes, please?

Glad I've gotten d movie, ''LEGEND'' 2015 in HD....gonna see it tonight.

oyaskii:
Can't even Understand the Hype...The Revenant is a very very Average movie.

Thank you!

obixcel:
Glad I've gotten d movie, ''LEGEND'' 2015 in HD....gonna see it tonight.

Seen.

Let's hear your opinion when done.

So I watched Brooklyn.
What if that Italian guy had not secretly married her? Or if that woman had not revealed what she knew? Would have like to see how that would have played out.

I know no naija babe go leave already made boy go marry plumber tho..

blublahd:
So I watched Brooklyn.
What if that Italian guy had not secretly married her? Or if that woman had not revealed what she knew? Would have like to see how that would have played out.

I know no naija babe go leave already made boy go marry plumber tho..

That woman actually helped Ellis resolve to honor her marriage.