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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 414180" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Memory</span></strong> (2022)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BOGI5N2FhNzktZjZlNi00MmRjLWE1MmUtNjRlNzQyOGMzYjNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDA4NzMyOA%40%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a442a74153478640690ad61d2bb486e47c12dbb854aa090fd308cdf43c3f4d22&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 689px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Hmmmmm - as I did a quick search for this poster, I came across images like this:</p> <p style="text-align: center">[spoiler]<img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Figx3F7c4YFw%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2e327c573f013f926171e89a1eb8e84ce0d0e92d1e3be64d97a3a0d3e91f6206&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 596px" /><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJjF4Q_S3AK8%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=21c86a234be53b3cad2a397993a1f0002cfa3b8c96770212d43d8d14d5252e5e&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 583px" /><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMrnsAeLy4QU%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0cf5ecdd4c3c579383fe80e78d8f1f67bdfe36577d16e67886500d2b3b595fb4&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 589px" />[/spoiler]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">This is why I try to watch these things with no knowledge at all. And with an open mind. My worst nightmare would be forming an opinion ahead of watching because it's the popular one. Nobody's going to peer pressure me into liking or hating a film.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Of course, I have no idea if this is the case with these videos. It's possible they may have good reasons beyond "Rotten Tomatoes and four influencers tell me I'm not supposed to like this". But I do think enjoyment of a film is so often relative to expectations.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Take me, last night. I was drawn in by seeing Liam Neeson's attractively rugged profile on the poster and thinking that was reason enough to watch. Especially given my enjoyment of <em>The Commuter </em>and<em> Non-Stop.</em> Again, I knew nothing of the film beyond the name and a few lines of text mentioning an assassin-for-hire and thought it would be interesting to see Liam in this kind of role. It was made in 2022, and a film this recent showing for no cost is often a bit of a red flag as to its quality. As I started watching, it could have sworn I saw something saying it was a Prime Original (even if I can now find nothing to substantiate this) which further checked my expectations. But then Guy Pearce's name came up on screen and the thought of these two sharing the screen did, admittedly, raise them again.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">I won't get hung up on whether or not this is great, good, painful or the worst, but I will say that if this is indeed Liam Neeson's "worst movie" I'd be more than delighted to watch all of them. Twice. It didn't grip me as much as <em>The Commuter </em>(and perhaps that film has raised my expectations of any Liam Neeson film), but I found it engaging and absorbing enough. And it's a different kind of story, after all.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">I was a bit taken aback with some of the violence. Not that I'm overly squeamish or prudish, but it's more that it feels a little more real than the usual Hollywood stuff. Yes, there are guns and bombs and whatnot, but it also has the more hands on variety during its fight scenes, with faces getting smashed onto bars or someone getting thrown at a toilet basin which shatters from the force (and even more impressive, it is the actual actor in question taking these falls. Either some trickery is used or they must have employed some stunt people in the cast). This morning I now see on the poster that it's from the director of <em>Casino Royale</em> (I assume it's the Daniel Craig version rather than the David Niven) and on reflection some of the scenes have Bondian echoes. In fact there's one scene where Neeson walks directly towards two firing gunmen out in the open whilst firing his own gun where I remember thinking he looked very much like Daniel Craig's Bond.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Storywise there's quite a lot going on, but nothing that's not easily absorbed. While I may not feel inclined to sell it as the best thing ever committed to screen, neither do I feel compelled to make an outraged video in which I look very cross about having chosen to watch. For this viewer, it was an entertaining enough way to pass a couple of hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 414180, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Memory[/SIZE][/B] (2022) [IMG width="689px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BOGI5N2FhNzktZjZlNi00MmRjLWE1MmUtNjRlNzQyOGMzYjNhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDA4NzMyOA%40%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a442a74153478640690ad61d2bb486e47c12dbb854aa090fd308cdf43c3f4d22&ipo=images[/IMG] Hmmmmm - as I did a quick search for this poster, I came across images like this: [spoiler][IMG width="596px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Figx3F7c4YFw%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2e327c573f013f926171e89a1eb8e84ce0d0e92d1e3be64d97a3a0d3e91f6206&ipo=images[/IMG][IMG width="583px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJjF4Q_S3AK8%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=21c86a234be53b3cad2a397993a1f0002cfa3b8c96770212d43d8d14d5252e5e&ipo=images[/IMG][IMG width="589px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMrnsAeLy4QU%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0cf5ecdd4c3c579383fe80e78d8f1f67bdfe36577d16e67886500d2b3b595fb4&ipo=images[/IMG][/spoiler] This is why I try to watch these things with no knowledge at all. And with an open mind. My worst nightmare would be forming an opinion ahead of watching because it's the popular one. Nobody's going to peer pressure me into liking or hating a film. Of course, I have no idea if this is the case with these videos. It's possible they may have good reasons beyond "Rotten Tomatoes and four influencers tell me I'm not supposed to like this". But I do think enjoyment of a film is so often relative to expectations. Take me, last night. I was drawn in by seeing Liam Neeson's attractively rugged profile on the poster and thinking that was reason enough to watch. Especially given my enjoyment of [I]The Commuter [/I]and[I] Non-Stop.[/I] Again, I knew nothing of the film beyond the name and a few lines of text mentioning an assassin-for-hire and thought it would be interesting to see Liam in this kind of role. It was made in 2022, and a film this recent showing for no cost is often a bit of a red flag as to its quality. As I started watching, it could have sworn I saw something saying it was a Prime Original (even if I can now find nothing to substantiate this) which further checked my expectations. But then Guy Pearce's name came up on screen and the thought of these two sharing the screen did, admittedly, raise them again. I won't get hung up on whether or not this is great, good, painful or the worst, but I will say that if this is indeed Liam Neeson's "worst movie" I'd be more than delighted to watch all of them. Twice. It didn't grip me as much as [I]The Commuter [/I](and perhaps that film has raised my expectations of any Liam Neeson film), but I found it engaging and absorbing enough. And it's a different kind of story, after all. I was a bit taken aback with some of the violence. Not that I'm overly squeamish or prudish, but it's more that it feels a little more real than the usual Hollywood stuff. Yes, there are guns and bombs and whatnot, but it also has the more hands on variety during its fight scenes, with faces getting smashed onto bars or someone getting thrown at a toilet basin which shatters from the force (and even more impressive, it is the actual actor in question taking these falls. Either some trickery is used or they must have employed some stunt people in the cast). This morning I now see on the poster that it's from the director of [I]Casino Royale[/I] (I assume it's the Daniel Craig version rather than the David Niven) and on reflection some of the scenes have Bondian echoes. In fact there's one scene where Neeson walks directly towards two firing gunmen out in the open whilst firing his own gun where I remember thinking he looked very much like Daniel Craig's Bond. Storywise there's quite a lot going on, but nothing that's not easily absorbed. While I may not feel inclined to sell it as the best thing ever committed to screen, neither do I feel compelled to make an outraged video in which I look very cross about having chosen to watch. For this viewer, it was an entertaining enough way to pass a couple of hours.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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