Just back from man of steel. Loved it, every second of it. All of you go watch it right now.
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Just back from man of steel. Loved it, every second of it. All of you go watch it right now.
Must be nice to be about a half day ahead of some of us - It's noonish here and I'm stuck at work - can't go see it til this evening :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by CL4P-TP
But, but it's still a Superman movie :/Quote:
Originally Posted by CL4P-TP
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Bet its not as good as superman IV :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Monster
I'm set to watch it sometime this month :)
I felt like watching something from the 90's, so I watched Hackers from 1995 I think :)
Just finished the new Superman.
Dunno what to say. It wasn't bad. First 40 minutes were kinda bleh. They copied to much from Batman Begins for that and bounced around too much. A couple of things made absolutely no sense whatsoever. It got to be a little too much towards the end Too much like Avengers there with the city getting half destroyed The fight scenes were good and so were the effects. A little cheesy here and there. Overall it was better than most recent comic book movies. The actors did a good job and had some good people in it. Didn't like Amy Adams though and expected Russel Crowe to say "I am Gladiator" near the beginning :P But he's a douchebag anyways and never really liked or thought much of him either.
3.5/5
I watched In the Mouth of Madness last night. 2.5/5 - decent effort, but ultimately so convoluted that I didn't even try to make sense of it at the end.
Before Midnight
8.5/10
Hearing good things about A Hijacking, gonna give it a go in the next few days.
I haven't seen Before Midnight yet, but I really liked the other two films - Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. It's no surprise that you gave the new one a good review :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gypsy
A Few Good Men was on late last night, and I got wrapped up in it, even thought I've seen it many many times. It's still a good movie and holds up well over the years. 4.5/5
Yeah it did not disappoint. Solid trilogy.
Saw World War Z last night because I'm apparently one of those assholes who has to see every zombie movie or whatever. It was alright, but nothing spectacular.
It fell for a lot of the standard zombie tropes and kind of faked itself out plot-wise. Also nothing to do with the books as I can recall. However, visually it was alright, the way they handled the horde physics was a treat. Reminiscent of the original Starship Troopers. :wacko:
Yeah I'm still undecided on that movie.
Went with my sisters to watch Monsters University. I was a great one!
I assume you're talking about the scene where all the bugs crawled and clawed eachother to breach the compound. If that's the best this movie has to offer, then I"m definitely not sold on it. Besides, I have no problem with Brad Pitt per se, but this movie has been in development hell for quite a while, and I'm a firm believer that we don't need any more Zombie flicks for quite some time. Zombieland did a lot of things right, and in an already saturated market, that was the tip of the iceberg. :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealSpiders
While I don't doubt the movie was good, did we really need a sequel/prequel to Monsters Inc?? IMO Pixar has been slowly going downhill after the release of Wall-E, and they are better than just churning out sequels. Brave wasn't anything special, Cars 2 was totally unnecessary, and now they lay on Monsters University. If they're gonna milk a franchise, Incredibles is the one they need to tap - there's a lot of potential with the superhero family, but they won't revisit it for whatever reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by sagittarius
And they need to lay off Toy Story - I heard rumblings of a Toy Story 4 - leave it alone, please. It's done.
We are just old ***s now, that's all. Though I haven't like any of this shit since I was like...10.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlavaFlave
Yeah, you're probably right - but you gotta admit their movies (albeit for kids mainly) can still be pretty damn clever and have some nicely hidden adult themes that the kiddies don't pick up on. That's why I feel like the last 3 or 4 movies they've released have been lacking since they're just straight forward kids affairs mainly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gypsy
They've still made nothing that tops the greatness of AntZ though, IMO. That's a very smart movie disguised as a kids movie. :wacko:
No to everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaladane
/fanboy
Yeah I just saw MoS this last weekend in 3D and I thought all the flashbacks were a little tiring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaladane
The only wtf moments I experienced where:
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Action was solid as you would expect. Except for the seemingly total disregard Superman had for peds while plowing through restaurants and gas stations.
Also seemed to be a crap load of advertising. Half expected him to stop mid fight to take a swig of Coke :wacko:
Overall I can say it wasn't bad. A couple laughs and some more dramatic scenes that all tied together pretty good. I would definitely watch it again.
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Just got done watching Dead Man Walking (1995) with Sean Penn. 5/5
I had been meaning to see this movie for years, and thankfully it was on Sundance tonight - great movie.... Sorry I missed it back when it premiered.
Wreck It Ralph !
Watched V/H/S, it was sort of okay. Had a few cool twists.
Watched the sequel as well. It was terribad. The only good part was the bit in Indonesia, rest of the movie sucked hard.
The Place Beyond the Pines.
It was actually pretty effin good. Not what I was expecting at all.
TOLD YOU SOQuote:
Originally Posted by TheRealSpiders
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I believe you now.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlavaFlave
I AM NOT WORTHY. :wacko:
/Days later...
So I watched Man of Steel last night, I actually thought it was rather enjoyable. I felt that the action sequences were rather well constructed, though the camera felt like it was too close to the action. And like a few people stated already there was SO MUCH product placement. Even so, I recommend it if you've any interest in Superman or super hero movies at all.
Watched Lost highway, Mulholland Dr, and Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me. Damn. I now know why a reviewer dubbed these movies the "denial trilogy". I loved the movies, but I'll have to watch them again to understand them more.I can see the themes are similar throughout each one. The main character is in denial, each one deals with it differently. Recommend all of them, just prepare to take copious amounts of notes.5/5
Yeah, those are all great movies. Lynch is a true master of the weird and absurd :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iamerror
I caught Videodrome (1983) with James Woods last night. Speaking of strange movies, this is a good one to check out as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it :wacko:
You can never, truly, fully understand Mulholland Dr. There are holes.
I think Lost Highway makes a lot less sense than Mulholland Dr. Mulholland is basically entirely the protagonist's projection of what she wanted her life to be, mixed with some dream elements. About the only part of the movie that was "real" was the last 30 minutes or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gypsy
Lost Highway is just fucked. Plain and simple :wacko:
Yeah, it's been a long time since I've seen Lost Highway. Used to have discussions about that shit.
Just watched Man of Steel. Wasn't bad but I didn't like some parts. Spidey, mentioned something of this, many flight scenes are too blurry and out of focus, the fights were kinda dirty and filmed way too close to the action making it hard to understand what was going on. Also, Lois, why do you have to appear in every single fight scene? are you ubiquitous or something?.
As I said, enjoyable but I still don't know why DC/Warner insist in making all their superhero movies so serious... at this rate the Justice League movie to come is going to be like the greatest funeral ever :wacko:
It's a family thing, Jor-El doesn't really care about flying dragons either :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by _Gambit
Had a Batman marathon, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises
You know, someone just enlightened me to something. You know at the end, where child Clark is playing in the yard with the dog? WHO WAS HE PRETENDING TO BE? After all, he was the first super hero. :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookie Monster
I went and saw Byzantium last night. I had no idea what this movie was about, other than the director was Neil Jordan (who has made some great movies in the past). I hadn't seen any trailers or any promo material, I just saw on Eberts website that it was awarded 3.5/4 stars, so I figured what the hell, let's go see it.
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Needless to say I was really surprised and it was god damn good too. None of that trashy teenie-bopper shit here - this movie is gruesome, and very well done. 4.5/5
Seen Man of Steel yesterday, I have to say it's more down to earth compared to all the other Superman movies.
If they don't sparkle, I'll have none of it. :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by FlavaFlave
It's not that good either. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealSpiders
I saw That's My Boy with Adam Sandler and some other SNL dude. 1/5
It did have a couple of amusing parts, mainly the scenes involving Vanilla Ice, and it also helps that it's an R rated Sandler movie, so he gets in some gross jokes, but the movie is mostly worthless. It's a total pass....
Saw Smokin' Aces yesterday, staring Ryan Reynolds. Great movie, really well done and definitely worth watching. Has a great focus on diverse characters and takes a very brutal approach to the life of a contract killer, certainly doesn't pull any punches. There was apparently a sequel, but I've been told it wasn't that good.
Pacific Rim
Eeehhh, not too good but not too bad. Too much yapping, fight scenes should've been more longer.