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Off Topic => Everything Else => Topic started by: max_cady on January 09, 2015, 01:19:24 pm
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Yep, it's that time of the year to talk them movies. We got a lotta Marvel stuff and new Star Wars.
First off, is it just me or was everybody kinda underwhelmed by the Ant-Man teaser trailer? I thought it was OK and I'm excited to see Paul Rudd in a Marvel movie, but I don't think a lot of people were as impressed as I thought.
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I'm not interested in Marvel's offerings in the slightest. If Edgar Wright were still on for Ant-Man, I would be. Second Avengers really has to shake the formula up, otherwise I'm getting tired of the MCU.
The Force Awakens and Spectre are my most anticipated movies of 2015, and they both release in the final months. :(
Jurassic World and Terminator Genisys (or however they are spelling "Genesis") look interesting, though I am far more hopeful for Jurassic World.
Mad Max: Fury Road just looks like a good ol' fashioned hardcore popcorn flick, cannot wait for that one!
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Mad Max looks nothing like old Mad Max. But it still might be good.
SPECTRE might be good, haven't paid any attention to it. It's directed by Sam Mendes again so should be awesome.
Lost a bit of interest in Marvel since GOTG which was my most anticipated film from them. Will go and see them because they are always fun though.
Have near zero interest in Star Wars.
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I feel pretty indifferent about the upcoming blockbusters so far. Maybe as the summer draws near the increase in advertising will spur my interest. In fact, I was looking forward to The Woman in Black 2 more than the recent holiday releases (though I did see The Gambler, which I liked), but based on the reviews I'll probably just wait to see that one on DVD.
Has anyone seen The Imitation Game? Its premise sounds interesting and I do like Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Mad Max looks awesome, I'm down for that... And I'm going to see Star Wars, just because...
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So this topic reminded me that for the past few days i've kept forgetting to watch Ant-Man trailer and I saw it. I don't feel like it told me much about Ant-Man the character or what's going on in the movie. =P
I don't have much background at all on Ant-man besides some very basic stuff and seeing as he's not super popular right now I am still kinda interested in seeing how that pans out. My expectations...are not high heheh
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Considering the movies that are being planned for release this year, I have to this say:
Ant-Man - I'm only interested because I want to see Paul Rudd in a superhero movie.
Avengers 2 - So far, it's the big one that I'm looking foward to.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - By far the biggest one, show me a trailer with more stuff and I'll be happy.
Jurassic World - Looks promising, so far.
Furious 7 - Always fun to see Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson onscreen again. Let's see how the movie will fare without Paul Walker.
Hotel Transylvania 2 - The sequel to one of my favorite animated movies
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Fantastic Four reboot: Directed by the guy who did Chronicle. It's 6 months away from actual release, there's zero promotional material out there. I'm not even sure if this movie even exists anymore.
Terminator: Genesys - I think this particular franchise has run it's course. And the trailer I saw didn't give me anything that we haven't seen in every other movies in this series. I have zero hope or expectations for this one.
Inside Out - I watched the trailer when I went to see Big Hero 6. I have no idea what that movie is.
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Yeah the new Terminator looks like hot garbage.
Who the fuck is Paul Rudd and why does everyone have an erection for him?
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Yeah the new Terminator looks like hot garbage.
Who the fuck is Paul Rudd and why does everyone have an erection for him?
I agree with you on new Terminator. It looks like a mess. So today's Arnold goes back in time and fucks with the T1 timeline by killing the original Arnold? It's just a much unneeded reboot, a concept made popular no doubt by Days of Future Past. Though in X-Men's case, it worked. They wiped out X3 which was garbage and the other films may or may not have happened, but they still did their part in getting us to where the series is now. It worked for me. But the T:G trailer just looks like a mess.
As for Rudd, he's a funny guy. I've liked him in all his movies, even when the movie itself is bad he still does a good job. I could see him pulling off a Chris Pratt with the role.
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Who the fuck is Paul Rudd and why does everyone have an erection for him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dXsHMdgRIc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHWBEK8w_YY
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I Love You, Man was pretty good IMO. I liked him in Our Idiot Brother too
Not my favorite actor or anything but I like him enough I guess
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Paul Rudd is cool, but as a superhero? Nah, it'll be as bad as Seth Rogen playing the Green Hornet.
Looking forward to Star Wars as well.
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Interested in Avengers: Age of Ultron for James Spader as Ultron, not sure about Terminator: Genisys even w/Daenerys Targaryan as Sarah Connor, a bit cautious about Jurassic World, Spectre has Christoph Waltz as the villain, The Force Awakens might turn out good, and that's it for me for now.
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Saw Paddington tonight. Charming, delightful little film. Very seamless CGI and not dumbed down for its audience. I'd say it's worthy of the 98% it holds on Rotten Tomatoes.
I've also had friends report that American Sniper is one of the best films they have ever seen.
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Don't hate, but I want to see Strange Magic. Mainly because the movie has had such a long history at Lucasfilm, first conceived as being titled "Primrose" in 2012. Despite Disney shutting down Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasarts, The Clone Wars, and many other projects, Primrose continued to be produced. I actually learned that development of the movie finished up in Lucasarts' old offices.
Might not be good, but I really am interested in seeing the final pre-Disney project from Lucasfilm.
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Oh, I forgot to mention this, but I saw "The Gambler" last week. It's a pretty interesting and solid movie. I think it very well captures a modern state of being human, what it's like for a lot of people today, on an emotional level. Put aside the intellectual talk and the relationship stuff - it's really about Mark Wahlberg's struggle to cope with loss and the compulsive gambling habit (also manifest in his propensity to go too far - bet more than he should, take money than he should, not pay debts)
Nothing too amazing, just a solid movie and worth seeing. This is not a thriller movie, as the ads might've suggested. I will say though that the ending left me ambivalent - Mark Wahlberg's last lines were great, but then the ending sequence was kinda lame. Plus he did something incredibly risky for his final bet which is strange because...of reasons
Trying to avoid spoilers in this post so it all sounds very awkward =P
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Don't hate, but I want to see Strange Magic. Mainly because the movie has had such a long history at Lucasfilm, first conceived as being titled "Primrose" in 2012. Despite Disney shutting down Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasarts, The Clone Wars, and many other projects, Primrose continued to be produced. I actually learned that development of the movie finished up in Lucasarts' old offices.
Might not be good, but I really am interested in seeing the final pre-Disney project from Lucasfilm.
Not hating, but I'm unable to muster much enthusiasm for the movie. While Lucas's involvement does give it some interest, the animation looks very unappealing to me and it reminds me of those Tinker Bell movies. Coming out in January also isn't a good sign. I'm trying to think of other animated films that have come out in Jan that were good. Happily N'ever After was awful and I turned off The Nut Job after less than 10 minutes. Yuck.
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Caught an early showing of Strange Magic, my thoughts:
I enjoyed this movie far FAR more than I thought I would after reading several negative reviews. I really don't care about explaining why reviewers hated this *COUGH*Lucas bias*COUGH*
I'd best describe the movie as a children's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream taking place in a land of fairies, trolls, and other small forest creatures with an animation style similar to Shrek, but minus the fairy tale satire and pop culture references with a dash of Willow, Labyrinth, and told via Moulin Rouge's melding of music from various decades. The characters are aware they are singing, but where the songs come from isn't explained (thankfully) and the music selection was great for the most part. To compare, before the movie there was a trailer for Dreamworks' Home which used Sean Paul's Get Busy. Like, why use such an awful unmemorable song from 2003?
Unlike a majority of the reviewers, I found the first half very easy to follow and I did not get lost in a sea of characters. The movie has a large cast, but each character plays their part and everybody gets enough screen time. The intro does a good job laying out the schism between lands, and I thought the filmmakers did a fantastic job throwing conventions out the window. I honestly did not see the twist, but looking back I can't see the movie working without it.
I was actually reminded of Studio Ghibli films when watching the movie, with a large cast of eccentric characters, surprisingly no onscreen deaths or true villians. I also saw a bit of George and Katie Lucas (his daughter) in the design of the king and his daughter, and the literal yin yang at the end of the movie reminded me of The Clone Wars Mortis arc and Star Wars general light and dark themes.
Overall, a good film. Not perfect, but a real surprise and the first movie of 2015 that I can say I genuinely enjoyed.
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Disney really dropped the ball with the marketing and the release. With the strong love themes, this should have been released around Valentine's Day and the focus for the ads should have been on the romance and the lead characters.
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Great expectations for the new Mad Max and the Avengers ...
but I am a little skeptical with Terminator and Jurassic World ... So far, so it was revealed in the trailers, the plot seems kinda dumb
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I saw the Super Bowl teaser for Jurassic World and I'm a little more interested now. And I unfortunately, cannot say the same thing about that new Terminator movie.
I also saw that Fantastic Four teaser. It's OK for what it is. Maybe some fanboys will get a little less angry. Me, personally? I had a neutral/bad vibe from this movie ever since it was announced. The teaser did very little to change my feelings towards it.
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Saw the trailer for Tomorrowland during the Super Bowl (great game, by the way) and it's easily my most anticipated film of the blockbuster season. Brad Bird is one of the best directors of our time and one of the few whose involvement makes me instantly want to see a movie.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HELfuiarPpo
I couldn't even make it past the 'interrogation room' scene.
Fuck this movie with a concrete dildo.
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I watch Avengers: Age of Ultron....a superb and so much needed to do "remade" of the first one. It improves the best parts of the last movie and make it more entertaining and spectacular than never, although I think the action sometimes was too much for a short time when thingd happen. Absolutely recommmended :)
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I watch Avengers: Age of Ultron....a superb and so much needed to do "remade" of the first one. It improves the best parts of the last movie and make it more entertaining and spectacular than never, although I think the action sometimes was too much for a short time when thingd happen. Absolutely recommmended :)
How in the world did you get to see it already?
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I was lucky enough that my country already made a deal to have the movie in selected theathers which put a pre-release window a week before the official International release.
The same happen with Furious 7 and now that movie is already one of the most watched movie in all Argentinian cinema history (2.6 million viewers in 3 weeks!!), beating Oscar-winning El Secreto de sus Ojos ,award-winning Metegol/Foosball and almost reaching the same amount of views for the Oscar nominated / Multi-Award Winning Relatos Salvajes / Wild Tales ( 3.5 million viewers ).
Yeah, my country is crazy with pop culture xD.
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How in the world did you get to see it already?
The film's been on release since yesterday here in the UK with special screenings last Wednesday : >
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Yeah, I saw it as well. I thought it wasn't as good as the first movie, but still alright. It felt like it repeated too many things from the first Avengers, mainly [spoiler]the villain manipulating the Avengers into being angry at eachother and the finale mostly being them destroying cannon fodder in a city[/spoiler].
The pacing also felt like it went too fast at times. It'd just go "Okay this plot point happened, time to go to the next" without really spending enough time on the plot point that just happened. Maybe it could have spent enough time on them if it focussed less on setting up sequels. Also: Ultron kinda sucked as a villain during the finale.
That being said, I did enjoy a lot of the movie. The characters are great and it was nice to see Hawkguy being less bland. And Iron Man vs. the Hulk was a great fight scene. But overall, I think it's slightly better than the less good movies (Iron Man 2, Thor 2, Incredible Hulk) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
EDIT: I just realized that the pacing could probably be fixed with a Director's Cut, so hopefully that happens.
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Strangely I'm not hyped at all for Avengers 2. I don't know why, I guess I'm a bit tired of the Marvel movies? I was far more hyped for Guardians of the Galaxy, I feel much less interested in seeing the Avengers crew again.
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I'm not hyped either, but I'll be going this weekend because it has been a pretty dry last few months for movies. To me, it looks very samey and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch don't at all excite me.
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Strangely I'm not hyped at all for Avengers 2. I don't know why, I guess I'm a bit tired of the Marvel movies? I was far more hyped for Guardians of the Galaxy, I feel much less interested in seeing the Avengers crew again.
The truth is this a stop gap until the real, bigger event hits. Iron Man 2 had the same problem since it was just a set up for the first Avengers film and this is a set up for the third one.
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Right now my most anticipated movies of 2015 are Mad Max and Star Wars. Jurassic World looks pretty good, but the new Terminator makes me want to see it less and less with each new trailer.
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The truth is this a stop gap until the real, bigger event hits. Iron Man 2 had the same problem since it was just a set up for the first Avengers film and this is a set up for the third one.
Which at this point is pretty much Civil War, really. Half of the Avengers are going to pop up in that movie anyway. [spoiler]Including the ones who were added to the team at the end of Age of Ultron.[/spoiler]
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The truth is this a stop gap until the real, bigger event hits. Iron Man 2 had the same problem since it was just a set up for the first Avengers film and this is a set up for the third one.
I actually really liked Iron Mang 2 though :<
I'm sure I'll enjoy this movie a lot too, but it's just a case of not having that 'hype' like I had for others.
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I watched Age of Ultron. Here are some thoughts with no spoilers:
1. Some battles where really well done, mostly in the first half of the film
2. Some interactions with the main cast of heroes is great.
3. Hawkguy gets more screen and we actually find out more about him. A family man and all that. Not bad but going to Hawkguy's house with his family made little to no sense in the grand scheme of the plot. Pretty forced.
4. Scarlet Witch and Quick Silver shouldn't have been in these movies. I didn't care about the characters and really made the plot drag on. Scarlet Witch's mind tricks that turn into flash backs was stupid. I wanted to see the ACTUAL PLOT of the movie, not recaps and crap.
5. Ultron was pretty cool, didn't think I was going to like him, but he was a cool quirky villain and he should have had more screen time and less Scarlet/Quick Silver bullshit.
6. The vision was cool.
7. The movie dragged on too much and was 2 hours. It isn't tightly written.
8. God, the biggest issue with this movie was how Black Widow was written. Its like shes the forced love interest for every male hero in this movies. Just stop. Its fucking lame.
6/10: Its a above average Super Hero movie that is all over the place. It still has its funny moments but instead of focusing on the main cast and villain, we get new characters that take up screen time for no reason other than trying to tie-in to other big movies? Honestly, Marvel needs to stop doing this 'lets add this character into the movie so we can add the character in another movie in 2 years', its just makes the movie I paid for RIGHT NOW, worse.
I love Joss Whedon and some of his comedy comes out in gold in this movie, but those parts are like 25% of the movie. This is probably one of his worse written movies he has done.
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Considering they cram all the characters in, how come War Machine never makes an appearance? :(
I'd rather see him come back that Dicksilver and Scarlet Bitch (sick burn).
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War Machine and Falcon are in the movie.
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I was lucky enough that my country already made a deal to have the movie in selected theathers which put a pre-release window a week before the official International release.
The same happen with Furious 7 and now that movie is already one of the most watched movie in all Argentinian cinema history (2.6 million viewers in 3 weeks!!), beating Oscar-winning El Secreto de sus Ojos ,award-winning Metegol/Foosball and almost reaching the same amount of views for the Oscar nominated / Multi-Award Winning Relatos Salvajes / Wild Tales ( 3.5 million viewers ).
Yeah, my country is crazy with pop culture xD.
You live in Argentina? Awesome.
Anyways, pretty awesome that you guys were able to watch it already. While i'm not hyped about watching it, i'm definitely a Marvel fan so i want to see how well they portray Cap in this one.
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War Machine and Falcon are in the movie.
War Machine being in is cool! Falcon I care very little about. I forgot he was a thing tbh.
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War Machine being in is cool! Falcon I care very little about. I forgot he was a thing tbh.
Its actually funny how all three black characters in the Marvel movies: Nick Fury, War Machine and Falcon all have very small roles in the movie and felt like they where forced into the movie just to get your 'dose of black characters'. I'm not going to scream racist because honestly, Marvel just doesn't have that diverse class of heroes (like Nick Fury is white for most comics), but they aren't really needed in this already packed movie.
I think the most offensive part is the forced love relationship between Hulk and Black Widow, its like laughably bad. Its a bit sad since Joss Whedon usually is good at writing females. Maybe its just bad because that's how all movies use Black Widow...
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Its actually funny how all three black characters in the Marvel movies: Nick Fury, War Machine and Falcon all have very small roles in the movie and felt like they where forced into the movie just to get your 'dose of black characters'. I'm not going to scream racist because honestly, Marvel just doesn't have that diverse class of heroes (like Nick Fury is white for most comics), but they aren't really needed in this already packed movie.
I think the most offensive part is the forced love relationship between Hulk and Black Widow, its like laughably bad. Its a bit sad since Joss Whedon usually is good at writing females. Maybe its just bad because that's how all movies use Black Widow...
Probably a marketing thing. "Hey, we need to make sure more women want to see this film! Chicks like romance right! Put some more romantic sub-plots in there!"
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Its actually funny how all three black characters in the Marvel movies: Nick Fury, War Machine and Falcon all have very small roles in the movie and felt like they where forced into the movie just to get your 'dose of black characters'. I'm not going to scream racist because honestly, Marvel just doesn't have that diverse class of heroes (like Nick Fury is white for most comics), but they aren't really needed in this already packed movie.
(Age of Ultron ending spoilers) [spoiler]Guess that's gonna change from now on with War Machine and Falcon having become part of the Avengers.[/spoiler]
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(Age of Ultron ending spoilers) [spoiler]Guess that's gonna change from now on with War Machine and Falcon having become part of the Avengers.[/spoiler]
Yeah that was probably the most interesting part of the movie.
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Probably a marketing thing. "Hey, we need to make sure more women want to see this film! Chicks like romance right! Put some more romantic sub-plots in there!"
Personally I'm really annoyed that Betty Rose, or basically anyone except Hulk, has magically been erased from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Oh yeah, Marvel has completely fucked up The Hulk. I can see why Edward Norton left and I know a lot of people here laugh at Sony for rebooting Spiderman twice (going on a third time) but Marvel has had 3 actors for The Hulk.
The Hulk is really badly written outside of action scenes. Every time they try to get a plot rolling with him I just roll my eyes at how stupid it is.
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Finally caught "It Follows" at the theater. I can't remember the last movie that made me recoil this much. Remember that scene in Kairo with the woman with the stilted walk? This movie is full of moments like that. The scene where Jay encounters "It" in her kitchen is especially terrifying. What a great concept.
The soundtrack was also very memorable. It really made the movie.
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New Mad Max trailer, so hyped for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHTUsl66BY
I'm feeling a repeat of 2013. In 2013 The Wolverine was my favorite summer movie, kicking Iron Man 3's ass. This year I feel that Fury Road will be my favorite spring/summer movie, kicking Avengers 2's ass.
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I'm not sure how I feel about Mad Max. It's like, so far removed from the original Road Warrior, but it also might be a fun movie. I hope it's not just Fast and Furious in the desert and is actually, you know, good.
The best thing about the movie is the dude at 2m 20s on the bottom left just rocking the fuck out on the front of a moving truck with explosions going on around him.
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Road Warrior is shitty. This new Mad Max is 10x better.
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Road Warrior is shitty. This new Mad Max is 10x better.
You haven't even seen it though.
I didn't like Road Warrior much when I first watched it either. I should watch it again and see what I think. What did you think of the second one? I liked Humongous.
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100113012502/roadwarrior/images/a/ab/Lord_Humungus.jpg)
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I was joking, trying to get under your skin:( I have failed
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgq4w4dqKsU
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I just found out Will fucking Smith is playing Deadshot in the new Suicide Squad movie
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That's hilarious, the movie will be shit, guaranteed.
GG DC, no re.
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I just found out Will fucking Smith is playing Deadshot in the new Suicide Squad movie
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CD2KtsfWEAAxmzo.jpg)
Will Smith invalidates Luke's anger and smothers it in cool sweet swagger.
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Is this more of the whole 'lol deadshot is black, lol movie sucks cuz the character is white'.
Almost like its own universe...
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Is this more of the whole 'lol deadshot is black, lol movie sucks cuz the character is white'.
Almost like its own universe...
No, I just can't stand Will Smith. He's in the same boat as Tom Cruise, where I can't enjoy a movie with either of them in it for some reason.
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I can't stand any scientologist actors. I see them on screen and all I can think about is how fucked up they are in the head.
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I don't care what the actors do in their spare time as long as they deliver a good performance. I ain't gonna let some lame shit religion make me not enjoy good movies like Edge of Tomorrow just because Tom Cruise is crazy in real life.
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I don't care what the actors do in their spare time as long as they deliver a good performance. I ain't gonna let some lame shit religion make me not enjoy good movies like Edge of Tomorrow just because Tom Cruise is crazy in real life.
It'd be a shame if you do, cause Edge of Tomorrow is pretty darn good.
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I can't stand any scientologist actors. I see them on screen and all I can think about is how fucked up they are in the head.
I don't care what the actors do in their spare time as long as they deliver a good performance. I ain't gonna let some lame shit religion make me not enjoy good movies like Edge of Tomorrow just because Tom Cruise is crazy in real life.
It's got nothing to do with religion, just that I don't like them. Something about Will Smith and Tommy Cruise irks me.
Also I think Will Smith isn't a good fit for Deadshot regardless, but I don't read superhero comics anyway so what do I know? NOTHING. That's right.
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Scientology isn't a religion, it's a cult. And I'm not saying I can't enjoy Tom Cruise movies, The Minority Report is a favorite of mine, I'm just saying that it hinders my suspension of disbelief when watching movies with them, especially when its a whackjob like Tom Cruise.
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Scientology isn't a religion, it's a cult.
I'm not sure this kind of bigotry is welcome on this forum, Barry.
EDIT: This is going to cause a thing, so I'll point out now that I'm joking. We can shit-talk them in another topic and discourse the morality of insulting them too. Can I also insult Jews for example if you can insult Scientology?
More importantly, can you enjoy the Simpsons (old episodes) knowing the voice actor for Bart is up to her ears in Scientology?
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I think the difference is that, whilst there are people who in this day an age would call older religious founders barbaric (Such as Christian Bale did recently with Moses) they were actually progressive for their times and genuinely looked out for their people.
Whilst the founder of Scientology has a lot of controversy surrounding him and his "church" has been linked with extortion, kidnappings and murder. His character just doesn't align well with faith founders like Buddha, Guru Nanak etc and more akin to the North Korean leadership except far less powerful.
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Yeah, I don't think my insulting scientologists opens it up to being okay to insult jews. That's not a fair comparison in the slightest, joking or not.
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Like I said, if we are going into this rabbit hole, let's take it elsewhere so I can continue to shit talk Will Smith here and not ruin the thread.
(Also, I don't like Scientology either, but I'm just playing devil's avocado).
Aki linked me to this the other day, and I'm really looking forward to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfsTsdJfF8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF5fIHhsHeM
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I'd prefer not to continue this conversation elsewhere, so I'm good. I come here to talk SEGA and general pop culture stuff, not politics, cults and religion. Let's veer this back to 2015 movies.
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Let's veer this back to 2015 movies.
I just did, talk about SLOW WEST Dammit!
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Suicide Squad director posted the following photos:
(http://i.imgur.com/MU6w7Up.jpg)
The gun and I assume the collar says "I am the light, the way", assuming that is going to be his catchphrase or something?
(http://i.imgur.com/XgXiev5.jpg)
Don't know whats up with this guy and tattoos.
From left to right
Adam Beach: Slipknot
Jai Courtney: Captain Boomerang
Cara Delevingne: Enchantress
Karen Fukuhara: Katana
Joel Kinnaman: Rick Flagg
Margot Robbie: Harley Quinn
Will Smith: Deadshot
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: Killer Croc
Jay Hernandez: El Diablo
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So DC is really pushing the Grimdark thing aren't they? (only partially trolling here)
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Well, this is a super villain ensemble cast. Being dark makes a ton of sense. Personally, I'm very excited 'bout this one. This is a super villain team-up movie. It's completely different from any superhero-related adaptation thus far.
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First official art of the good new Avengers movie:
(http://i.imgur.com/kGaUqsW.jpg)
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Terrible artwork.
Hype level to the max because of Russo brothers though.
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MCU art has always looked like school folders for young kids.
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^Agreed.^ I passed on an Iron Man 2 War Machine banner for $5 at a local theater years ago because it looked so cartoony.
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Not to be a negative Nancy, whats new about this artwork? Its just a generic drawing of Iron Man and Captain clashing, that won't look like that on the big screen? I mean jesus, Age of Ultron just came out, can they relax over at Marvel Studios?
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Ugh not looking forward to it. As a huge Cap fan, I hate Civil War.
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Not to be a negative Nancy, whats new about this artwork? Its just a generic drawing of Iron Man and Captain clashing, that won't look like that on the big screen? I mean jesus, Age of Ultron just came out, can they relax over at Marvel Studios?
Iron Man and Captain America have slightly different armor on, aside from that not much. It's not like they're heavily advertising it yet either, a journalist just leaked it onto Instagram.
Ugh not looking forward to it. As a huge Cap fan, I hate Civil War.
The movie will be pretty different from the comic's Civil War. Not like it would be possible for it to be the same at this point, there are not nearly enough superheroes with a secret identity in the MCU. The only ones who do are Daredevil and Spider-Man, the former of which likely won't be in the movie and the latter hasn't even been introduced yet.
Also, it's being directed by the Russo brothers, who did The Winter Soldier. So I expect it to be pretty good at least.
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Ugh not looking forward to it. As a huge Cap fan, I hate Civil War.
Wasn't Civil War just a piece of shit in general?
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Wasn't Civil War just a piece of shit in general?
From what I've heard about it, yeah. The movie version won't be like the comics though.
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From what I've heard about it, yeah. The movie version won't be like the comics though.
Thankfully.
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I liked Civil War for what it was, Mark Millar (Kickass, Old Man Logan, Kingsmen, Jupiter's Legacy) is better at writing concepts than the actual story. I wouldn't call it terrible, if you think Age of Ultron was good, then you should read Civil War cuz Age of Ultron wasn't that well written of a movie.
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So I saw The Avengers: Age of Ultron on monday...
Spoilers /rant:
It was a good movie but based on ramblings from a couple of my co-workers who are big Marvel buffs and my own impressions, the movie sometimes dips into Transformers level of ridiculous action / drama. The comedy bits are a little better this time around (like Vision picking up Thor's hammer and the long awkward pause between all the heroes onscreen). But there some issues that I can't quite overcome: Ultron himself is a very strange villain. He's more of an obstacle rather than an actual antagonist who apparentely can only build robots that all the heroes can destroy with ease. Why they didn't destroy Ultron's robot factory I have no idea why. Also, didn't Tony Stark retire after fighting off The Mandarin? And Hulk being in control is entirely dependant on his infatuation with Black Widow? What if Widow pisses him off at one point? And how they Thor and Sven find that magical lake? And what does Scarlett Witch's mind manipulation powers exactly do to all the heroes: are they showing actual visions, fears, memories, visions of what they want to see, the future? And why is it so different from person to person? When did Stark and Banner ever had a previous talk about building a major defense program? It's also weird that Natasha develops feelings for Banner, despite what happened in Captain America: Winter Soldier? Wasn't Shield completely decommisioned after the end of Caps: Winter Soldier? Back to Ultron, the villain gets off so many mixed signals, it feels like they left in all the scary soundbytes in the trailers which leaves his other dialogue strange. At times, he feels like a darker version of Tony Stark rather than a major villain. And why kill Baron Von Strucker offscreen, who is actually a very important villain in the Marvel Universe? And sometimes the CG takes a nose dive, especially when you see Cap take out the Ultron bots, some of it is almost Blade 2 / RIPD level of bad CGI.
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Hey sexy boys, anyone seen Ex Machina yet? I'm supposed to be seeing it tomorrow. Good reviews, I'm not sure how it'll pan out, looks interesting but might be generic. I think it has nudity and natalie portman, so yeah.
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Okay yeah Kingsman is pretty brilliant.
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_max_fury_road/ (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mad_max_fury_road/)
Didn't see that coming. That's phenomenal.
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Just saw Fury Road, can't wait to enter Valhalla! Great movie, joins Kingsman as my favorite movies of 2015.
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Definitely planning on seeing Fury Road after seeing that everyone in the world (aside from MRAs) seems to love it.
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Saw Mad Max: Fury Road. Solid A. My only big problem was actually the main protagonist. Not to say that Tom Hardy wasn't good in his role, but his character was kinda there while everybody else was hoggin' the spotlight methinks.
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Saw Mad Max: Fury Road. Solid A. My only big problem was actually the main protagonist. Not to say that Tom Hardy wasn't good in his role, but his character was kinda there while everybody else was hoggin' the spotlight methinks.
This is my biggest concern with Mad Max, all the trailers just made it feel like he was just there instead of being the main character.
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Max has filled that role in past stories, he's largely silent and finds himself in the middle of other's conflicts. His main role is to assist those in need and then move on.
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Yeah, I've just watched the second film (not a fan of the first one) and that's definitely the case there.
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First film is good, but it's definitely a situation where the sequel turns out to be closer to the director's vision thanks to a larger budget and is in turn lots better. Love the second one.
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Yeah the first movie's budget hurt it. I like aspects of it, but some of the night scenes where so rough and didn't translate well especially on bluray.
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How good or bad looking do you guys think Jurassic World could be?
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Honestly? Looks like a typical hollywood movie. So ... 6/10 is my guess. At least my personal "George scale of hype" before seeing the movie. So, does that mean much?
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I saw the latest Jurassic World trailer before Fury Road and it didn't do much for me. I love me some JP, but the dinos just look too fake. Hardly any animatronics and they are too quick to just show all these dinosaurs. I know we're four movies in, but they really should have operated with a less is more mentality like the first two movies. I will say I am very happy to see B.D. Wong back in his old role from the first movie. From what I've read his book character is much more prominent.
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Thanks for clearing this up. 'Cause I got a confession to make: This is the first Mad Max movie I've ever seen, so I was largely unfamiliar with this whole movie. In a way, it's like those old western movies but set in a post-apocalyptic future.
Anyway, with regards to Jurrasic World. I'm kinda excited for it. Incidentally I was watching part of Lost World: Jurrasic Park right now. it did not age well.
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Just saw Fury Road, can't wait to enter Valhalla! Great movie, joins Kingsman as my favorite movies of 2015.
Definitely planning on seeing Fury Road after seeing that everyone in the world (aside from MRAs) seems to love it.
Can I see this movie without having a tumblr account? Will I get lynched for seeing it as a white heterosexual male? I'm not 'really' white if that makes a difference.
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Watched Jurassic World today. Tbh, I liked most of the movie(bar the ending and Hollywood creep at parts). It mixes elements of JP1,2,3 and somehow didn't manage to create a complete abomination.
The dinos were nice, it was cheesy good fun and violence. Could it have been better? Absolutely, but as it is, the movie did a decent job of presenting itself, if not struggling somewhat with eventual filler depending on the context.
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Terminator: Genisys has best CGI.
Anyone interested in seeing this train wreck?
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I'm watching, for sure.
Emilia Clarke is in it, so why not?
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She looks like shes playing the exact character form Game of Thrones with a different outfit.
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Ehh, don't care for her acting.
I'm a fan for other reasons.
=)
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Ehh, don't care for her acting.
I'm a fan for others reasons.
=)
Oh.
You must like that one scene in Game of Thrones. *wink*
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Oh.
You must like that one scene in Game of Thrones. *wink*
Oh, I do. That's my favorite scene, haha ;)
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So I've actually been watching a ton of movies lately...
Jurassic World was one of the biggest surprises of the Summer. There were a few iffy things about it but everything else was top notch. JP was one of those IPs that Universal had on their shelf for a while.
Now San Andreas was something especial. I had no expectations for this one and was impressed. Even though the big budget destruction is the selling point of the movie, Dwayne Johnson shows why he's such a likeable movie star. Don't end this summer season without watching San Andreas.
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Oh, I do. That's my favorite scene, haha ;)
She gets nekkid in GoT? I haven't watched since S3.
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She gets nekkid in GoT? I haven't watched since S3.
She strips down in Season 1, that's the only season i saw anyways, haha.
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So Terminator Genisys comes out this week...
And I couldn't be any more indifferent.
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Ant-Man was surprisingly good. 8/10.
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She gets nekkid in GoT? I haven't watched since S3.
She strips down in Season 1, that's the only season i saw anyways, haha.
She also gets raped later on that season.
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She also gets raped later on that season.
You just ruined it for me...
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Antman was interesting...
On one hand, it's very much copy-paste origin story movie that Marvel's been doing forever. On the other, it's kinda refreshing to see a much narrower scope. It's a heist comedy, not quite a superhero movie. As comedy, they were probably going for a much more Guardian of the Galaxy approach , but they didn't quite make it. Paul Rudd was very likeable in this role. I can see him basically becoming the wise guy / joker in the Avengers. Michael Douglas and Evangyline Lilly also pull in good performances. The villain on the other hand, is really the weakest point of the whole movie. Without him, though, this would barely be a full length motion picture. Barely explored, very underdeveloped. Why did they bother?
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As comedy, they were probably going for a much more Guardian of the Galaxy approach , but they didn't quite make it.
More as in "Edgar Wright but not quite", mostly cause it was an Edgar Wright movie at one point and a lot of the script was written by him, but also changed. Meaning that it had the kind of humor that you might see in one of his movies, but with less inventive camera work. His movies usually play with the visuals a lot more, and while Ant-Man definitely still did that, it didn't do it as often as it would as a Wright movie. Like there'd probably be more stylish camera transitions and such.
It still turned out to be a good movie though.
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I caught Terminator: Genisys last week, I was going to write about it but I wanted to let it percolate in my brain.
It was.... weird. I'm a big fan of the first two movies, and I think both stand on their own as a satisfying two-part sci-fi epic. I actually quite enjoy the third film, it's a solid action flick and I think the ending is great. I know, people love the "No fate but what we make" mantra of the second film, but Judgement Day HAS to happen. As Arnie says: "Judgement Day is inevitable." T3 is a 7/10 film compared to the 10/10s that are the first two films, but it is a strong 7/10 and is a good capper to a trilogy.
Terminator Salvation was also pretty good. I liked that rather than reboot, they moved into the future and planned a future war trilogy of films. My only nitpick was yet another recast of John and a recast of Kate. The series was pretty consistent with actors up to this point, only recasting John Conner in T3 because Furlong was a druggie. Still the recast worked because we were jumping forward in time. The jump from 2004 to 2018 is a decent amount of time, but now it's adult to adult, so the change in actors is a little jarring. I wish they had the opportunity to make the next two movies as it would have been fun to see John Conner Bale send Kyle back to 1984 in the third film.
So Genisys... it's another one of those light reboots that the film industry is so hot for right now. Full of callbacks for long time fans, but enough newness to constitute a reboot. Problem is, Genisys not only reboots T3 and T4, but it also reboots the most beloved films of the series, T1 and T2. Now, to do this takes balls. The only way to succeed is to craft an even more compelling story. X-Men did this by erasing X3 and taking us back to the 70s/80s with several X-Men that fans loved. The films fans loved the most still could occur in the timeline, but they are not the focus.
Genisys, however, makes it clear that T1 and T2 and beyond did not occur in this dimension. That's right, there are now alternate dimensions in the franchise and Skynet aka the T-5000 can dimension hop. Who knows if he is from another timeline/dimension and invaded the original timeline/dimension of the series. Who knows... who cares. The filmmakers clearly didn't because I had to learn of this from interviews rather than the movie itself.
Once again we have a total recast, but this time they only acknowledge past actors by way of Arnold. The rest, like Linda Hamilton who was seen in photo form in T3 and T4, have now totally taken over this movie universe even going so far as to replicate the classic photo Kyle carries around. I get why they did this, as they recast Sarah Conner, but it is jarring. It's like if T3 showed a photo of young John and instead of Edward Furlong we saw a teenage photo of Nick Stahl. It was just weird. For a film that goes so far as to recreate scenes from T1 and recreate classic Arnold it was just off-putting to see a new Kyle, John, and Sarah take over. This will sound weird, but recasting Arnold's Terminator would have actually helped this film, as then it would have at least been a total reboot.
John Conner was an asshole. I did not like the actor they chose, and I did not like the direction they took John. From Furlong to Stahl to Bale worked pretty well, but then you get Jason Clarke whose face just does not match what I picture John Conner to look like (aside from the signature scars). Same goes for Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney. Just poor choices for Sarah and Kyle. I also hated how they rubbed the audiences faces in "Sarah is not a damsel in distress this time!". Sure Sarah was in the first T1, but she grew into this badass lady in T2. Linda Hamilton in T2 was far more badass than Emilia Clarke in Genisys. I don't care if she was raised by an aging T-800, I didn't buy it on screen. She looked like she was trying to be a strong woman, but she wasn't succeeding. Doesn't help that in the end *spoiler alert* she was like "I choose to let you boink me, Kyle.".
Oh god, and the mid-credits scene... I left when the credits rolled, but I later learned and saw on YouTube a mid-credits scene which shows *spoiler alert* Skynet didn't die and he has a glowing red ball thing. I guess they wanted to emulate Marvel with their Thanos teases, but instead it just makes the whole film for nothing. Genisys wants us to again believe that there is "no fate but what we make", yet that scene brings back the "Judgement Day is inevitable" notion. Which is it, Genisys!? T1 chose inevitable, T2 proposed no fate, T3 showed inevitable, T4 promised salvation. Now Genisys proposes this murky fate maybe but probably not.
Overall, I'd rate it a 5/10. It's a dumb summer movie and nothing more. My preferred Terminator timeline is T1, T2, T3, T4, Dawn of Fate video game, and loop back to T1. Genisys is a goofy, occasionally fun piece of what if fanfiction and nothing more to me.
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Saw Inside Out last week. I liked it but I'm not ecstatic about it. Ratatouille still stands as my favorite Pixar film to date.
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Ratatouille is awesome, I think it's incredibly underrated.
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What the FUCK did I just watch? The critics are being way too kind on this movie. I don't even know where to begin on the new Fantastic Four movie. It's so bad that I can't say "Hey, at least it's not gonna be as bad as the original two movies." But it is. Forget TMNT, forget Transformers, forget Green Lantern. And forget X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Yeah, it's really that bad. The characters are dull, the story is all build-up with no pay-off, there's like 5 or so minutes of something interesting but it gets bogged by everything else: slow pacing, no character development, there isn't a coherent beggining, middle and end, no real payoff. Oh, the CG, apart from some half-way decent effects on Sue, Johnny and Grimm but the effects they use on Richards are just horrible. Like someone used the leftover CG from RIPD. I mean seriously, no wonder Josh Trank was fired before the movie came out.
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Pretty sure Josh Trank wasn't fired from the movie, though he was fired from whatever Star Wars spin-off movie he was going to direct. And thank jebus for that. Apparently he was terrible to work with, and it shows.
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Moviebob thought it was good too: https://youtu.be/22xbTzn89Qo lol
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Not 2015, but I was really impressed with the Jungle Book trailer. I wasn't thrilled when Disney announced they would be adapting more of their animated classics into live action over the next several years, but I got goosebumps watching this. That doesn't happen often.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkm22yO-bs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkm22yO-bs)
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Saw Crimson Peak last weekend. Nothing scary here, just a good old fashioned ghost story. Tom Hiddleston was great and as a Supernatural fan Jim Beaver was a plus. A definite improvement over Del Toro's last horror film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
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So I came back from a screening of Specter, the new 007 movie.
OK, first to give credit where credit is due, it is a good movie. Performances are good overall, plot moves along at a good pace, action set pieces are nicely shot. Having said that, however, it is nevertheless a bit underwhelming. There's nothing here that hasn't been done in every other Bond film. Like I said the set pieces are good, but just not terribly creative or just not as impressive as the earlier films. I mean they aren't Quantum of Solace-silly, but they aren't anything that you haven't seen before. The plot had me a little more engaged than the borefest in both QoS and Skyfall though the new Bond villain was kinda... just there. Dave Bautista was pretty sweet as the silent henchmen. But other than that, Specter is at best, a good action movie, just don't expect something major or radically different.
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Thing is, Blofeld is not a new villain, and being "just there" is his thing. He is the head of the evil organization, so he has his minions do his work while he gets to walk around and monologue and operate control panels.
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Curious to see it. You guys recommend it?
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I'd say give it a go. There are issues, but it's fun enough.
I personally think it had some pacing issues due to the script needing a bit more work on it. The Bond girl for example starts strong, but in the middle her character just sort of goes a bit wonky.
Out of 10, I'd give it a 6.5 mind.
[spoiler]The actress does a great job, but the writers were clearly trying to mimic the Vesper love interest, but it failed for me. It just came out of no where and we're expected to just go with it. On the subject, I really think Daniel Craig needs to move on. He's doing a good job, but his version of Bond is quickly becoming stale.[/spoiler]
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Like I said there's nothing wrong with the Spectre. It's worth a full price ticket, just don't expect anything mindblowing.
@Barry
I guess, I never watched much of the older movies. For whatever reason I always expect Bond villains to be on par with the main hero: not just a moustache-twirling villain, but someone who is equally as imposing and competent as the hero. But I guess not every villain in a Bond movie has to be like Silva from Skyfall.
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Silva was a great villain. I think, for me, despite how hammy some of them are now, Bronson was my favourite Bond. He fitted the character perfectly.
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Silva was a great villain. I think, for me, despite how hammy some of them are now, Bronson was my favourite Bond. He fitted the character perfectly.
Alright, i'll have to check it out, i'm intrigued.
You mean Brosnan? I thought he was the best Bond as well. Goldeneye will always be the best Bond film, imo.
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1. Connery
2. Craig
3. Brosnan
4. Lazenby
5. Dalton
6. Moore
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Alright, i'll have to check it out, i'm intrigued.
You mean Brosnan? I thought he was the best Bond as well. Goldeneye will always be the best Bond film, imo.
Yeah, Bronsan. He just seemed to fit into the role really well. Daniel Craig isn't bad, but I just don't see him as Bond. He's just being himself (a grumpy sod from what I've heard). He plays that same role in everything he's in too, so...
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Craig and Dalton are much closer to the novels, Brosnan and Connery nail the movie-friendly version of the character (quips, audience friendly, accessible). Moore, I could never get into. He was just too clownish to me, didn't help his movies were the most campy and off-the-wall. Lazenby was pretty good, he deserved a few more movies to perfect his take on the role.
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I can't watch the Moore films anymore. They're just so cringe worthy and he's very creepy in his role.
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Less then an hour before I see Star Wars! I've managed to avoid all spoilers and most certainly on the hype train now!
I seriously can't remember the last time I was this excited to see a film :)
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I've got reserved seats for tomorrow, going with one of my bros. Definitely leaving work early too, hyped!
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Just got back from seeing it. Without spoilers, I really enjoyed it. It's probably up there with Empire for me and only really suffers on certain characters as they're not allowed much room to develop. However, saying that, this is clearly the setup of a trilogy and I suspect we'll see more of the other characters as it goes on.
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Just got back from seeing it. Without spoilers, I really enjoyed it. It's probably up there with Empire for me and only really suffers on certain characters as they're not allowed much room to develop. However, saying that, this is clearly the setup of a trilogy and I suspect we'll see more of the other characters as it goes on.
PUMPED!
Man, i can't wait until tomorrow!
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I liked it (The Force Awakens). No spoilers from me, but I will say it was a nice homage to the originals while also being its own thing like the Prequels were. This is not a movie that sits alongside ROTJ. It very much feels like the start of a new trilogy. I did not like some of Abrams camera movements and his editing, but overall a good movie. 8/10
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RotJ sits with the prequels for me. It's where Lucas started to lose it I feel.
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I like all Star Wars movies differently.
ANH - Classic stand alone movie, great 70s film aesthetics of less is more and lots of visually driven shots.
ESB - Great character piece, very funny in parts and very tragic in others. Very 80s in tone and feel.
ROTJ - Popcorn movie through and through, with some truly epic finale moments.
TPM - Good mix of the old and the new, I loved the art direction. Lots of cool reveals, like how the Jedi Order functions and what the Sith are. Great final battle, best saber fight in the saga. Oh and the podrace is always a great visual/audio showcase.
AOTC - Like ESB, always loved the mood and atmosphere of this movie. Also, there was a fair bit of much needed humor. Dooku and Jango were standouts for me.
ROTS - A true space opera. I love the grand sweeping feel of the movie, and there are so many OT bridges. I just love this move.
TFA - Solid tribute to the OT and a great beginning of a new trilogy. Honestly, loved the new characters more than the returning ones.
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I dunno about that. There's so many issues in the prequels, I honestly can't be bothered to name them all right now. It's a ridiculously long list.
One thing I would say they all had that SWTFA doesn't have mind is a moment to breath. It seems to be the trend in films now where everything has to be quick and to the point. There's very few moments to reflect on what's just happened or stop for a second and absorb the scene.
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It's 2016, but meh.
New Ghostbusters trailer:
https://youtu.be/w3ugHP-yZXw
It's difficult to take your crumpy adult glasses off with shows like this, but well. It is what it is.