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Re: Magic Mike

#21 Post by biggins » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:02 pm

No story to it. The f word used continuously. Music wasn't very good and neither was the dance routines. Too long and a complete waste of an evening!!! Total rubbish! 2/10
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Re: Magic Mike

#22 Post by ejwrank » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:12 pm

Dull, deadly dull. It was so boring. It looked like it had been shot using too many filters. Why was it so grey and dreary -- was it supposed to look like that? Dialogue was mumbled. Shall I go on???
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Re: Magic Mike

#23 Post by asamaic » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:17 pm

I'm still not sure what to think of this one - what with all the male strippers, I thought it was meant to be a chick flick, but there weren't happy endings all round, which is what tends to feature in the genre.

The screen at Odeon Holloway was amazing though, beats Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue hands down. Very empty screen, which I was surprised by, but I guess it's not that central for London. Our booking number was noted down and ID was asked for - which surprised me, given that I saw some posts asking for/offering tickets earlier today. Never once been ID'd for SFF screenings, so this was a new one on me! Is this usual for the VM screenings?
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Re: Magic Mike

#24 Post by Celini » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:23 pm

asamaic wrote: The screen at Odeon Holloway was amazing though, beats Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue hands down. Very empty screen, which I was surprised by, but I guess it's not that central for London. Our booking number was noted down and ID was asked for - which surprised me, given that I saw some posts asking for/offering tickets earlier today. Never once been ID'd for SFF screenings, so this was a new one on me! Is this usual for the VM screenings?
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Re: Magic Mike

#25 Post by big_bad_wolf » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:31 pm

Saw this at Bournemouth Odeon which was 3/4 full and we were in screen 2 the second largest room. As for the film im afraid Magic Mike wasnt magic it was slow, boring and hard to hear what was being said.The best bit was when it ended 3/10.
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    Re: Magic Mike

    #26 Post by marjoreemarjora » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:32 pm

    What a load of rubbish. Highlight of the evening was my mug of coffee and seeing the other fmukers.!!

    Should have gone to see the Keira Knightley film after all :(
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    #27 Post by weliveandbreathewords » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:57 pm

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    Re: Magic Mike

    #28 Post by winitfamily » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:58 pm

    Saw Magic Mike at a half filled Surrey Quays. We were expecting the film too be better then it was. All I can say it was slow we started too get bored before half way through. No proper story to follow. Dragged on far too long.
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    Re: Magic Mike

    #29 Post by funthing29 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:07 pm

    The trailer made this look fun and entertaining, which it was not. Whilst it wasn't as bad as Haywire, it was still another poor effort from Soderbergh, whose films seem to have gone downhill since Ocean's Eleven.

    The film acting was wooden (especially from Tatum), the characters were bland, the 'drama' was dull and uninteresting, the story plodded along and dragged in the middle and the actual stripping scenes were disappointing. Even the male eye candy could not save this dreary mess. 4/10.
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    Re: Magic Mike

    #30 Post by valda » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:10 pm

    Celini wrote:That was shit!
    Run to check how much I gave to Haywire and will add 0.5, just because the soundtrack was bearable and Channing Awful Tatum can actually dance!

    edit: That'd be 4.5/10 then :mrgreen:
    He actually started out as a dancer, so it was good to see he still can bust a move as the young kids say. :cool:
    Apart from his dancing and MM being gloriously OTT the film was a total dud. It was supposed to be sunny California but it was so dull and dreary, which made the film even duller and it dragged and dragged.

    No storyline really, there could have been but it got lost along the way. The Sister had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, all the way through. God she needed a rocket up the bum!

    As for the dance routines, they were pretty bad, but that is what they are like. I remember seeing The Dreamboys back in the day, and it was ecxactly the same then. I did like the solo dances though

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