Troy-Tempest

If you know anything about Napoleon or the military history of the time, be prepared for disappointment. The historical inaccuracies in this film are very disappointing. The battle scenes are very bad, the context of those battles are glossed over or ignored.

There is either no or barely a few lines to explain why Napoleon is seemingly always at war with England, Prussia, Spain. Why was he in Egypt? Why did he invade Russia?

The practical effects and cinematography are excellent. It LOOKS great. However, you can't cram his entire career into a few hours. There are way too many people in this and way too much going on.

Aside from the fact that Joaquin Phoenix is way too old for this movie, it really was a lost opportunity. Perhaps it should have just been about Waterloo. You could that justice in a stand alone movie.

Way too much history to cover in one film. Five stars - half way between ok and good.

To be fair, this 1983 film probably won't appeal to many people who were born after 1970ish. For those who grew up in the 70s or earlier, the movie is a nostalgia fest.

The cars, especially panel vans, which you never see today, the lication shooting, practical stunts, the old shops, cloths, hair styles, bent cops etc. You will find yourself nodding and reminiscing aloud.

As for the actual plot, it's pretty simple. Young guy, seeking answers about his missing (dead) dad, who was a speedway driver, comes across a car rebirthing gang. Also, while competing at his first race, meets girl who sets his heart a flutter.

The car rebirthing scene is great. Cast has a whole host of Aussie actors you will recognise if you're either an Aussie or an aficionado of Australian movies. Casual racism and sexism abounds, reflective of the times so no need to get triggered!

Final scenes very satisfying! Not a great movie but a good one.

Went into this with no expectations although I had seen the trailer. Came out pleasantly surprised! The plot is very intriguing and the pacing was good.

Cinematography very good and the CGI didn't reflect the lowish budget in any way, although I was disappointed in the lack of feathers on the dinosaurs. The minimalist cast works well as the film is basically a two person show.

Action scenes are very exciting, a reasonable amount of tension adds to the mix. The constant threat of the meteor also builds nicely. The dynamics between the two leads grows nicely, if somewhat predictably.

A very solid 3.5 stars.

I'll make it brief, do yourself a favour by reading the book and watching the 1936 original. I love Jack Palance but he must have really needed the money to do this.

Alex Klutzman continues with his canon destruction of Trek. Anyone who wants to see real Star Trek can watch The Orville instead.

Joker. Can two actors win Oscar's for playing the same character? Hell. Yes. Joaquin Phoenix acts his arse off in this stunning cinematic tour de force. His portrayal of a man's descent into madness and violence truly equals, if not surpasses, Robert De Nero's Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. This is hands down the best film Troy has seen this year. The recreation of '70s New York (Gotham City) was first rate, as was the score. Stunning. Five stars.

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An interesting premise but spoiled by the ambiguous ending. Does Voyager continue on living as Stan? Does her hunt conclude with the two meteor hunters? What becomes of Stan's neighbor? Or his sheep for that matter?

Just finished S1 and let me assure anyone reading this that they can ignore the low rating reviews here. This is the second best sci-fi so far this year behind The Expanse. Katie Sackhoff is back to her Battleship Galactica best and nails it as the lead, with William the AI a surprisingly strong supporting character. The rest of the cast range from good to annoying. Strong writing with good CGI. Can NOT wait for S2!

Yes, this is a massaged adaptation of Horst Wessel's story. Having said that, this has loads of period footage of streetscapes, SA marches and very good representations of the street battles between the KDP and NSDAP. The transfer of this remastered version is very watchable and the subtitles are very accurate. Without getting into an argument over politics, if you have an interest in this era you will enjoy this dvd

If you like Liam Neeson you'll really enjoy this movie. Even if you don't it's still as good watch. I would have given this eight stars except the main villain, Viking, is a real letdown. He exudes all the menace and gravitas of a limp lettuce.

Each season has its strength and differences which make them all both great parts in the arc as well as excellent stand-alone seasons. Billy Bob Thornton was brilliant! Looking forward to S4

S1 was excellent, couldn't see how it could be equaled and yet S2 stands up very well. Ending was predictable but very sad nonetheless. So looking forward to S3

Solid and entertaining movie with an excellent twist. Ignore the whiny-arse complaining about children crying, poor script and bad acting.

Forget all the whiny reviewers who have given it one a star rating. Forget all the bleating about how the original (which I like) was better. Forget all the naysayers who condemn the show after one or two episodes. Forget all the armchair astrophysicists nit-picking about "real science" - it's a tv show not Cosmos! The only thing wrong with season one was it only ran ten episodes! Sharp writing, great acting, good chemistry and an awesome robot. Throw in a cliff-hanger season ending scene and all systems are go for season two. Don't believe everything you read and watch it yourself WITH AN OPEN MIND!

If you don't know anything about the war, it was a great movie. However, where does Troy start? How about with the opening credits! According to them, Hitler didn't declare total war until April 1945, not in Feb 1943. Credit for showing the personalised detail of the tank, inside and out, where each crew stows gear etc differently from other crews. Well done there! However, on the inside there is a collection of medals that have been taken as trophies. Fair enough you'd think. Except there is a Mothers Cross as well! As if any mum would be walking around Germany in late '44 or'45 actually wearing her Mothers Cross! Even if by some chance there was such a mother, are we to believe Brad would strip it off the body of a (presumably) dead women as a trophy? From memory there was also an EK2 on ribbon in the tank, they weren't worn with the ribbon attached, so where did he find that Troy wonders? These are very simple things to research, blunders like this do not and should not happen.

The deplorable scene with not one, but two German anti-tank guns failing to hit Shermans from 100 metres, maybe with school boys firing them but not with experienced artillery crews, those Shermans would have been toast. Then there is the scene where the Sherman comes into a town, without clearing the houses out with infantry first. What is stopping some of the sneaky Germans who are hiding up in the houses from blasting the Sherman with a Panzerfaust? Nothing! Except apparently, even though it's April 1945, and there were a gazillion made, well, only over six million, these guys didn't have any? So they attack the tank with a machine gun - d'uh!

Then there is the atrocity when the 75mm anti-tank shell BOUNCES OFF the Sherman from 30 metres range! It would have gone straight through not bounced off. Now we get to the disgraceful Tiger tank scene. A Tiger could knock out a Sherman from well over 1100 metres away, so what does the dumbest Tiger commander in the Heer/Waffen-SS do? He misses with his first shot from 700 metres away, then proceeds to drive forward and engage five Shermans from way closer than he ever needed to do. While he does knock out four of the five, he ends up engaging Brad Pitt from FIVE METRES away! Naturally, dumbkopf lets Brad get behind him and gets knocked out.

A travesty if ever there was one, he could have just stayed 800 metres away and knocked out all five Shermans. Oh, Troy forgot the pointless (and war crime indictable) exercise when Brad makes the new guy shoot a German prisoner in the back just to toughen him up. Now, the horrendous and totally ludicrous end scene. Fury hits a mine and blows off a track. Whilst being repaired, they become aware of 200-300 crack Waffen-SS men, armed with MG42's by the score, and Panzerfausts, marching and singing towards the disabled Fury. They're looking for trouble! Brad says he's staying, and then the others stay too for the final showdown.

Did Troy mention the Waffen-SS had shouldered Panzerfausts? Brad has this ingenious plan to pass the Sherman off for a knocked out tank, while the five valiant US tankers hide inside. When the hundreds of Waffen-SS stroll into view, and a couple of them climb up onto Fury to check it out, when they open the (unlocked) hatches, they are quickly shot and then it begins! Did Troy mention they were carrying Panzerfausts? They start getting mown down left, right and centre by the Sherman's machine guns, not to mention the main gun taking out scores of evil Nazis who are just running around in a panic, instead of reacting like well-trained men who have years of Eastern Front experience.

Literally a hundred must have been shot! FINALLY someone remembers they have some Panzerfausts! Someone brings over a BOX containing four of them, what the hell happened to all of the ones that were being carried only minutes earlier? From point blank range, one misses! And another! At last someone scores a hit, and all it does is kill one guy inside the tank! It would have TOTALLY destroyed it from 3 metres! Not Fury! On and on it goes with SS guys getting killed like flies, until Fury runs low on ammo. The commanding officer rallies his remaining SS troopers with a sterling speech, then walks in the opposite direction while his men charge off! He'd be leading from the front!

Finally it's down to Brad and the new guy. Brad jumps out and starts hosing even more SS with the .50 cal on the outside of the tank. A sneaky SS sniper is crawling towards Fury, and fires...only to wing Brad! And he's only 30 metres away! He fires again...and only another flesh wound! He fires a third time...this one hurts! Brad slumps back into Fury, then a couple of stick grenades get lobbed through the still unlocked hatch, but these ones don't have the regular four second fuse, not for Brad! Brad has time to order the new guy out through the bottom hatch and as he's crawling away, they explode.

Satisfied that everyone is dead, the SS come to order and start to march off. THEN one SS guy decides to look under Fury,and sees the new guy still alive. Now bear in mind he's just seen hundreds of his kameraden killed, so what does he do? Looks at him then walks off! WTF!?! The only good thing in the movie was that Brad was toting an StG44! No stars! 15 mins · Like