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  1. Roll With The Punches

    Roll With The Punches WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    watched this Spanish movie recently on Netflix....it's a pretty good 7.5/10 kinda movie

    check it out
    imdb link The Platform (2019) - IMDb

     
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    Looks interesting for sure.
     
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    For some reason this isn’t available on Netflix here in Japan.
     
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    What are you doing in Japan? Moved there to have an average sized dick didn't ya
     
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    No, I moved here to be plain ol’ below average rather than being laughably below average in the states.
     
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    The first half had great potential (reminded me of snowpiercer) but it all fell apart in the second half. Second half had too much gore was too disgusting and tried to be too deep and just fell on its face . 6.5/10 overall.
     
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    It wiz disgusting all the way through... Ah wiz aboot tae list all o' the incidents but dinnae wantae spoil things fer any sick bassas still wanting tae watch it. Fair put me off ma supper.
     
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    Yeah, about 6.5. It was what it was. Pretty much what you would have expected from the trailer. No better, no worse.

    I thought they did a good job with the set design and all.

    I didn't think the gore was that crazy. Like the more effective "SAW" movies, it made you think you were seeing more gore, then what was actually going on.

    I found the general food situation they were facing, much more disgusting then any of the actual gore or violence going on.

    Ending was pretty wank, concept was interesting but execution was pretty shallow.

    One big fucking logic flaw that was apparent from almost the beginning, almost ruined it for me, but I decided to overlook it until the end, and then I was like..........well, fuck this shit, it's fucking stupid.

    So, worth a watch if you've got nothing else to do, but don't have high expectations or anything.
     
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    Yeah I agree with most all of your review. I found the film very interesting, especially when you’re learning how the facility works and the different rules and extremes some go to to survive. Very good performances, dialogue and visuals. I enjoyed it and agree the ending was weak. It wasn’t ruin-the-overall-film bad, but it could have been so much better. Doesn’t seem to have much replay value but I certainly didn’t regret sitting through it. In fact I started it with the intention of just seeing if I liked it and got sucked in til the end. 6/10.
     
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    This is more a 7/10 rating imo.
     
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    there's a Part 2 soon :pop:
     
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