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Re: Locke

#81 Post by carjake » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:20 am

I quite liked it - slightly eery and depressing. Don't expect drama and special effects from this film.
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Re: Locke

#82 Post by moviejohnson » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:39 am

personally, I though it was great
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Re: Locke

#83 Post by raj101 » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:47 am

perhaps the marketing is not such a terrible thing when you consider the altenative - imagine a trailer based around the lines about laying cement - "I said C6 concrete godammit!" plus that deep voiced intro that you get in Hollywood movies "..what Locke thought was going to b a normal day laying concrete turned into a C5mixup nightmare from hell.... lol that wouldn't sell well.
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Re: Locke

#84 Post by scootermcc » Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:45 pm

Thought that it was okay but nothing special.

Here's my review: www.cinemabang.com

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#85 Post by valda » Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:25 pm

stuartboy wrote:I thought his accent was fine - very Anthony Hopkins or Richard Burton. Not sure why he needed to be Welsh though. Did it add anything to the story? Agreed very soothing and calming though.
I guess Welsh is a soothing accent. Can you imagine it being a [spoiler]accent that really grates[/spoiler]?
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Re: Locke

#86 Post by Diamond1 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:28 am

Tom Hardy carries the film and is brilliant. Original and impressive. A good man ruins his life by being good and wanting to do good by everybody, only nobody accepts this nor understands him. A sad film wonderfully done by one great actor driving and talking on the phone. I thought it was an original and great idea and never boring.
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#87 Post by Ms Thrifty » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:01 am

This is sounding so marmite, and I want to see something pre-matinee on Saturday and this film would easily fit. But I have absolutely no idea, from the hugely varied reactions here, whether I would enjoy it or end up kicking myself! (The film I definitely want to see is not on at the right time and hasn't been mentioned here at all. Decisions, decisions...)
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Re: Locke

#88 Post by valda » Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:10 pm

Ms Thrifty wrote:This is sounding so marmite, and I want to see something pre-matinee on Saturday and this film would easily fit. But I have absolutely no idea, from the hugely varied reactions here, whether I would enjoy it or end up kicking myself! (The film I definitely want to see is not on at the right time and hasn't been mentioned here at all. Decisions, decisions...)
If you don't like it, you could close your eyes and let his soothing voice rock you to sleep ;)
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Re: Locke

#89 Post by rawsalsa » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:59 pm

valda wrote:
Ms Thrifty wrote:This is sounding so marmite, and I want to see something pre-matinee on Saturday and this film would easily fit. But I have absolutely no idea, from the hugely varied reactions here, whether I would enjoy it or end up kicking myself! (The film I definitely want to see is not on at the right time and hasn't been mentioned here at all. Decisions, decisions...)
If you don't like it, you could close your eyes and let his soothing voice rock you to sleep ;)
I couldn't agree more :P
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Re: Locke

#90 Post by D-Fens » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:42 am

Ms Thrifty wrote:But I have absolutely no idea, from the hugely varied reactions here, whether I would enjoy it or end up kicking myself!
It's Tom Hardy on the phone in a car for 90 minutes, you must already know if you're the type of viewer who wants to see what kind of mileage they get out of it or if you require more of a story than that, Locke himself wouldn't even tell people this happened.

I think that's why reactions are split and the movie isn't strong enough to change pre-existing tastes.
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