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Title: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Aki-at on February 25, 2014, 12:15:46 pm
2014 looks set to be a big year for films, but let's start with the number one film for the year; Legendary Pictures reboot of Toho's all time great... GODZILLA;

(http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/02/Godzilla_resized.jpg) (http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/02/Godzilla_resized.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIu85WQTPRc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIu85WQTPRc)
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on February 25, 2014, 12:30:23 pm
2014 is no 2015, but there are quite a few that I'm looking forward to. Godzilla looks very cool, I'm also looking forward to the end of The Hobbit and the next X-Men film.

I'm not actually all that into the Marvel movies anymore. I'll watch 'em, but I don't rush to the theater to see them.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: inthesky on February 25, 2014, 12:41:02 pm
Huh. I'm pretty neutral on this Godzilla reboot (we in America now?) though I found that sequence where the flares are shot oddly entrancing. But I will be all over a sequel with Godzuki.

Damn, there is nothing in theatres right now. I've already seen (and loved) Frozen. I need to start checking up on some more previews for 2014. None of the big names seem interesting to me.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on February 25, 2014, 01:24:21 pm
The Wind Rises, The Muppets Most Wanted and The Grand Budapest Hotel release in March. They're actually the three films I'm most looking forward to this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtdgdGOB6Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQiGyBiNjLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fg5iWmQjwk
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Randroid on February 25, 2014, 05:00:08 pm
If you're looking for a movie to watch right now, check out the Robocop remake.

It's good. Real good. The trailer really doesn't represent what the movie is actually about when you watch it.

It's different from the original, but in a good way. Don't be fooled by the trailers. They make it look real dumb. Couldn't be further from what it is.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: George on February 25, 2014, 06:25:43 pm
I just want to see the new Captain America movie :)
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: max_cady on February 26, 2014, 08:29:58 am
There's very little that I want to see this Summer.

Captain America 2 is on my number one movie that I'm gunnin' for.
I'm also interested in the 300 sequel.

Other than that Gozilla, Transformers 4, Expendables 3, X-men and maybe the new Spiderman.

The new Ninja Turtles movie comes out this summer as well. I can only imagine how much of a trainwreck it will be.

Speaking of which, why do I get the impression that The Amazing Spiderman 2 is not going to fare well? I hardly hear people talkin' about it...
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on February 26, 2014, 08:59:11 am
I am not a fan of the Amazing Spider-Man movies at all. The first was just too damn soon to reboot, plus it doesn't even tie into the Marvel Cinematic universe... so what's the point? The plot was shit, the editing was shit, the studio INTENTIONALLY removed important plot points to create a sense of mystery surrounding Peter and his parents. Granted with the scenes back in, I probably wouldn't have liked it any more than I did (which was not much), but at least it would be more coherent. Also, The Lizard was a total rehash of Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2.

More things I hated about it: the dialogue was too "off the cuff". People would mumble and stumble through awkward conversation because I guess awkwardness = comedy.

Thank this (thankfully) deleted scene for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvKRKR7ml-U

The sequel looks to have more of this nonsense, with the Aunt May/Peter conversation about the laundry. Oh, and Electro's storyline looks like something out of a Joel Schumacher Batman movie. Like The Riddler fused with Mr. Freeze.

Doesn't help that they not plan to release a Spider-Man film yearly.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: George on February 26, 2014, 12:55:12 pm
It doesn't tie-in to the Marvel Universe, but neither did the last one. That is no reason to hate it. The thing I do hate about it, is that they do villains terrible. Spider-man and his actor are fine, I like the new actor better than Tobey Maguire, which I thought wasn't that great of an actor (neither is the new one but he is more silly and fits the role better).

Both movies weren't perfect. Was it too soon to reboot? The last one come out 2007, while the first Amazing Spider-Man movie came out in 2012. Half a decade seems fair to wait. The last Batman movie was 2012, with Bale. In 2016 they are rebooting him with Ben Affleck in Man of Steel 2: Batman vs Superman vs Wonder Woman vs Lex Luther (The kid from Social Network) and etc.

It sucks really, parts of Amazing Spiderman where great, others where terrible. They need better designers for villains, better back story writers for them as well.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on February 26, 2014, 07:05:50 pm
With how well "The LEGO Movie" is doing, I wonder how the rest of this years batch of animated films will hold up?
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Randroid on February 27, 2014, 06:30:34 pm
Both movies weren't perfect. Was it too soon to reboot? The last one come out 2007, while the first Amazing Spider-Man movie came out in 2012. Half a decade seems fair to wait. The last Batman movie was 2012, with Bale. In 2016 they are rebooting him with Ben Affleck in Man of Steel 2: Batman vs Superman vs Wonder Woman vs Lex Luther (The kid from Social Network) and etc.

Being really technical here, but I wouldn't consider the forthcoming Batman movie to be a reboot, unless they retread the origin story. All the 90's batman movies changed up their lead actors but remained quasi-continuous. I expect the new batman movie will do the same (then again maybe it won't).

This is something I really wish the Amazing Spider-man series did as well. You want to change the lead actors and direction team? Sure. But why, why go over the origin story again? On that basis alone, I just couldn't get into the new series. There are quite a few Spider-man storylines out there in the comics, why go over and (by critical review) ruin the same story lines.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: max_cady on March 20, 2014, 05:49:19 am
(http://i57.tinypic.com/2ztlhn9.jpg)

Before I saw the trailer today... Disney's Maleficent didn't even register on my radar... but now, I'm actually excited for it.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: RegalSin on March 25, 2014, 05:28:45 pm
G-zilla is G-zilla. I do not think, anybody could actually replace the original Godzilla nore then 1985 version of it. The 2000 Tyranasaurous Rex G-zilla was bullcrap small, as well.

I hope it is not a remake, or bullcrap urine-stained reboot bullcrap, and they just make another movie. I mean G-zilla 1985 was auwsome, and I can never forget about the birds, the rangers team, or even the Meta-Godzilla mock-up.

Even Mothara was auwsome, and G-zilla and Rodan vs Monster Zero. That was Biblical, smashtastic.

Godzilla the defender of nature, was a great idea, next to Rodan, Mothara, monster Island bit, and even Metal-Godzilla. We even had Metal King Kong as well, and Ultra-man vs Godzilla.

2000, again rubbish. They made the US army take out G-zilla and made him super tiny. It was like watching Jurrasic Park three, and somebody came along and murdered the mother and the baby.

Otherwise I do not really care, because we have CGI, and not robots, costumes, or home-made diarama sets.

The best thing about G-zilla is all of the prods, of G-zilla, that was made around the time of each movie, asides the one making fun of Japan. I love those prods, better then the actual films itself.

Again 1985 all the way. 




Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: George on March 27, 2014, 06:04:43 pm
Watch the new TMNT trailer, which looks like a generic action movie with CGI turtles...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM9zFU
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on March 27, 2014, 08:35:58 pm
Mikey's line was probably the only thing I liked about that. I wish Paramount did an animated TMNT with their new animation division instead of this.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: George on March 27, 2014, 09:32:08 pm
It is fucking depressing considering that the 1990 independent film is STILL the best repersentation of the comic book series. Is it perfect? No, it is toned down and stuff, but some of the scenes just felt like it was out of the comic book (like Ralph getting beaten up on the roof reminded me of the Christmas special they did when Leo was being hunted down and everyones like "Where's Leo").

(http://i.imgur.com/gy6JgRI.jpg)


Even TMNT II: Secret of the Ooze wasn't as good as the above film. It took the gritty New York underground, characters with real problems and traded it in for a 'sillier' more kid friendly flick, which at the time is understandable. At least some of the action scenes where sweet, abit a bit silly.


(http://i.imgur.com/mRQnFgpl.jpg)


TMNT III was terrible. Ignored everything from the comics, terrible story, acting and pacing. Ah, the Ninja costumes also look terribly low budget.
(http://cartoonsandcereal.breannaperrelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle-costumes.jpg)


So, in my opinion, no I don't like this 'new look' for the turtles. There was nothing wrong with the look they had in the comics/first film. If anything they need to base the series on the IDW current one that already fantastically gives the comic a blend of the cartoon and the old 'grit' and 'dark' feeling the original comic had.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on March 28, 2014, 01:30:18 pm
On one hand I wanted to hate on the new plot and backstories, but the franchise has always mixed things up in that regard. From the sound of it, this version has April's dad and William Fichtner's character worked at TCRI (perhaps they work Baxter Stockman in as well?) and they either intentionally or inadvertently created the TMNT. William Fichtner appears to have a samurai fascination, and from the look of the wall scroll, perhaps he was inspired by an ancient Japanese leader named Oroku Saki to revive Saki's movement and form a new Foot Clan.

That's my guess, anyway. A Shredder pretender with an army of soldiers taking on the Turtles, which the modern Shredder had a hand in creating.

That doesn't sound too bad, especially given the 2003 series had an alien Shredder. At least this one is from Earth, though not Japanese.

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The designs are... eh, I'm split 50/50. Some of it works, some really doesn't.

One weird thing Will Arnett mentioned in an interview is that Vernon is Casey Jones's cousin. What!?
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: RegalSin on March 28, 2014, 04:07:23 pm
First off all, new Turtles movie already, suck, because they could have called it "Predators meets TNMT" and just have and do the same thing. That is what the trailer looked like "Woahh don't be afraid, do freak out, my face just look like pussy and all", and then she faints.

That is how it should have been.

Looking at the CGI, they make their face look like humans, who are European, and that is about it.
The bodies are also extra big. When I see the turtles face, I should just see an outline, not a real face. Also the US military invented the turtles? Where is the "Pizza time" or even the upping music?
We do not have that, just super serious crap.



Think that is bad, wait until you see the new Terminator, remake........


Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Nameless 24 on March 29, 2014, 11:51:15 am
I am only familiar with the 2003 cartoon series, which I actually liked.

However, I don't think TMNT is all that big in Europe, even in its heyday. I recall one guy in my class in Primary being obsessed (that's where I discovered the series), but I never saw it on TV, until ironically, in 2003 (I mean the OLD old series, which is named Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles).

Not sure if that brand name change effected its popularity, but I certainly didn't notice the TV series all that much, despite merchandise being pretty common.

Either way, I've not really been interested in the franchise since 2004 (the only series I did enjoy). Not watched any of the films (probably half of one of the old ones when it was on TV), although I heard some buzz regarding the 2012 reboot.

Anyway, sucks that "The Wind Rises" has a very limited film release in the UK, I would have watched that really, being a fan of Ghibli (although I am very critical on even their most well known films).

Godzilla....not sure about that one. I liked the 1998 release when I was young (my cousin watched that 3 times in the Cinema), but looking back now (or two years ago), it's not aged well (at least to me). May give that one a pass.

There's not really much I'm interested in really. Hollywood films tend to disappoint me these days.

47 Ronin was pretty good, but I felt that it shouldn't have been a Big Budget film. (forget if it's a 2014 release or not)


Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on May 17, 2014, 11:57:03 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfQzcYtY2-8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfQzcYtY2-8)


New Guardians of the Galaxy trailer coming this Monday, and apparently Latino Review's already seen it. (not linking to LR because I haven't read from them and I don't want to post possible spoilers)
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Aki-at on May 18, 2014, 01:54:07 pm
Godzilla....not sure about that one. I liked the 1998 release when I was young (my cousin watched that 3 times in the Cinema), but looking back now (or two years ago), it's not aged well (at least to me). May give that one a pass.

Of all the Godzilla films you spoke about you picked the terrible American reboot that had nothing to do with what made Godzilla Godzilla?!?

Anyway guys, I watched Godzilla, it was like watching my childhood come alive again. You guys all better go and watch the damn film, BIGGEST OPENING OF 2014, THE KING IS BACK! FORZA GODZILLA! HE'S COMING FOR YOU CAPTAIN AMERICA!
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: pirovash88 on May 18, 2014, 04:28:23 pm
I watched Godzilla with my wife yesterday as well. Incredibly great film, full of nostalgia. They did a great job of modernizing these classic films without alienating their fans. The excitement never ended, from beginning to end.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Nameless 24 on May 19, 2014, 08:11:09 am
Of all the Godzilla films you spoke about you picked the terrible American reboot that had nothing to do with what made Godzilla Godzilla?!?

Hey man! I only JUST discovered there are MORE Godzilla films 2 years ago! Give me a break. ;____;

X-Men looks interesting though.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Emmett The Crab on May 19, 2014, 06:44:20 pm
Hey man! I only JUST discovered there are MORE Godzilla films 2 years ago! Give me a break. ;____;

X-Men looks interesting though.

Nameless, that's really sad.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: max_cady on May 20, 2014, 08:22:33 am
Not much to say...

I enjoyed the new Godzilla movie, but that trailer was just full of lies. Amazing Spiderman 2 is bad, no contest.

I have zero expectations for X-Men: Days of Future Past. So I'm just waiting till Malficent, TF4 and this new Ninja Turtles movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy looks pretty good, though. I have confidence in this project.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Nameless 24 on May 20, 2014, 05:14:44 pm
Nameless, that's really sad.

The tears describe the sadness pretty well!
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on May 20, 2014, 10:29:08 pm
Here's the full Guardians of the Galaxy second trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LIQ2-PZBC8
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Aki-at on May 21, 2014, 05:39:22 am
I watched Godzilla with my wife yesterday as well. Incredibly great film, full of nostalgia. They did a great job of modernizing these classic films without alienating their fans. The excitement never ended, from beginning to end.

Ended up watching a second time and it's even better, I really do love every bit of Godzilla and I can't wait for the extended blu-ray edition, hopefully with Akira Takarada re-inserted!

Nameless, that's really sad.

Got to agree Nameless, your childhood being deprived of this is alarmingly depressing. I mean missing grewing up on a diet of Godzilla kicks?

(http://i.imgur.com/qIs8v2P.gif)

Madness really.

Not much to say...

I enjoyed the new Godzilla movie, but that trailer was just full of lies.

This is so very true. I'm guessing after Pacific Rim bombed they had to have a very drastic change in marketing.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: MadeManG74 on May 21, 2014, 09:21:19 am
Godzilla is good then? I heard he's only in the movie as a cameo for about ten minutes.

Also Raid 2: Berandal is the best movie evar.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: pirovash88 on May 21, 2014, 10:56:51 am
Godzilla is good then? I heard he's only in the movie as a cameo for about ten minutes.

Also Raid 2: Berandal is the best movie evar.

It's a great film, super jealous at Aki for being able to watch it again.

Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Aki-at on May 21, 2014, 03:29:18 pm
Godzilla is good then? I heard he's only in the movie as a cameo for about ten minutes.

So... Basically a Japanese Godzilla film!

Without trying to spoil too much it is true you don't get to see a lot of Godzilla in the film. By my timing he is roughly in the film for around 22 - 30 mins tops however he is spaced out through out the duration of the film but when he does appear his presence more or less is some of the best moments I've seen in a big blockbuster film, comparable to when Hulk smashing that giant worm snake thing in Avengers. That's basically Godzilla whenever he's in a scene.

The human element is where I can see what causes most people's dislike on the film. Personally I liked it, it wasn't amazing but that's not what I came for (Though there is still scope to do an amazing character development in a Godzilla film, but I fear we would need to have a film well over the 2 hours and 30 minute mark to accomplish that) it just adds to the spectacle that is Godzilla when he arrives and (spoiler) the monsters he faces off against (/spoiler) by showing us how utterly useless humanity is against him.

If you ever liked any of the original Japanese Godzilla films (Or any kaiju film) you should end up liking this film. Just be warned the film is nothing like the trailers might have suggested to you.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: pirovash88 on May 21, 2014, 05:01:46 pm
Seriously, he wasn't in the film for too long, but that's what made it great because when you did see em you got super pumped.

It was like when i was a kid and i used to skip to all of the scenes where Peter Parker was in his Spidey suit in Spider-Man comics, it brought me back, haha.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: MadeManG74 on May 22, 2014, 09:31:43 am
So... Basically a Japanese Godzilla film!

I've never watched a Godzilla movie in my life.
Fite me


EDIT: Just remembered I have seen the US remake piece of shit that came out in 1999 or whatever. But it was so shit I've forgotten almost literally everything about it, except for 'LOL What is it, the Virgin Lizard LOL! XD"


That probably makes you want to fight me even more.


I'll try and catch this new movie on the weekend maybe.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Emmett The Crab on May 22, 2014, 02:17:05 pm
Also the trailers make it look like Brian Kranston is the main character.  Without giving anything away... He's not.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: RegalSin on May 23, 2014, 02:14:15 pm
I don't really care, everything from the 1970's is as good as television/film is going to get. Everything after that is just one big funnel of bordem, and super-commercial antics.

Their are some good films out their like "Clerks 2" and maybe even "Black Swan".

Take the "Evil Dead" comeback. It barely feels like Evil Dead or the original Evil Dead. It doesn't even feel like "Rave to the Grave/Return of the living Dead", where it was lame, with the young adult antics, but at the same time it is more watchable then anything nowadays.

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I've never watched a Godzilla movie in my life.
Fite me

EDIT: Just remembered I have seen the US remake piece of shit that came out in 1999 or whatever. But it was so shit I've forgotten almost literally everything about it, except for 'LOL What is it, the Virgin Lizard LOL! XD"

I know the feeling, you sometimes ask yourself, what is so special about a giant green dinosaur, that is not Barney, and babybop ( how do I have this evil in my head ). The best one is the 1985 version of Godzilla featuring some of the original cast, from the earlier and original film. It took Godzilla to a whole new level and even featured an Indiana Jones spoof ( everything have at least one Indian Jones spoof, including "Final Fantasy Adventure", Sonic, and Crash, etc ).

I am wondering if they did the same thing with the 1999 one? The big issue with that Godzilla is that, the US army took him out, and Godzilla was so tiny-tiny, so basically it was the bad ending ( thank gosh was never made ), of "Jurrasic Park III". You know the mommy T-Rex being killed off, along with the baby. I just hope Godzilla marches on the White House, or Pentagon, or even Area 51, and we see Godzuki ( yes their is another Godzilla, a familiar called Godzuki ).

I am 100% betting this movie is going to be like the, transformer, film. You know where the Transformers, are fighting all over the place, and everybody is running for their lives. You know a perspective from the "actors" ( population ) point of view, of the Transformers. So far that is what I see with the demo's. By the end of the movie, you barely see any real action.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on May 24, 2014, 12:08:37 am
After watching Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster, I get a little more about how people say the recent Godzilla is paying homage to older Godzilla movies.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: max_cady on May 26, 2014, 07:39:12 am
Watched X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Was very much impressed. Go see this one instead of Amazing Spiderman 2.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on May 27, 2014, 10:52:00 pm
Maleficent, Edge of Tomorrow, and How to Train Your Dragon 2 are scoring pretty well so far? Maybe this summer won't be that much of a dud after all.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 28, 2014, 08:05:56 am
Caught Days of Future Past, loved it! Favorite movie of the Summer thus far, and doubt it'll be beat.

Despite the inconsistencies between movies, and the few bad entries in the franchise, I've always been a fan of the X-Men films. I'll even go as far as saying I like the X-Men movie franchise more than Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. I guess the reason is that I find several of the X-Men movies to be much better standalone films than the Marvel movies are. I feel that without the heavy universe building and overly produced method of movie making that the Cinematic Universe movies employ, it just leads to better films on the X-Men side of things. I enjoy X2, First Class, The Wolverine, and DOFP more than any of the Disney Marvel movies.

Anyway, regarding DOFP, I think why I liked it so much was because it was the perfect sequel to X-Men: The Last Stand AND First Class. It was a fourth movie and a second movie, which is a crazy concept, but it worked. I hated The Last Stand, mainly because it was overly cheesy, rushed, and too many characters were needlessly killed off. But, amazingly, DOFP fixed just about everything! It even made The Last Stand watchable again. Sure I still don't care for the movie in the sense that it is cheesy and rushed (a 100 minute movie which is meant to be the big third act? What the fuck?), but at least all the needless deaths are now more like motivation for movies like The Wolverine and DOFP, and (SPOILER ALERT) the deaths are undone and the characters are alive and well. Now I can happily look back on the original three movies and the ending to this one and feel like the early 2000's X-Men movies have a solid resolution.

On the First Class side of things, I'm now very much anticipating the next movie. I think they did a great job setting up the past cast in First Class, and DOFP did a good job progressing them. What I hope Apocalypse does (and it is all but confirmed) is build the X-Men team with younger actors playing Jean, Cyclops, and Storm. We could, conceivably, have Prof. X, Beast, Jean, Cyclops, and Storm in their prime! It's just a shame that Iceman and Colossus are only little kids in the 80's in the X-Men movie universe, but adding Quicksilver and Nightcrawler (thanks to the new timeline) to the team could be cool.

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I'd rate and rank the X-Men movies like this:

X2 - 10/10
X-Men: First Class - 9/10
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 9/10
The Wolverine - 9/10
X-Men - 8/10
X-Men: The Last Stand - 6/10 (5/10 before seeing DOFP)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 4/10
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Mengels7 on May 28, 2014, 08:34:19 am
I loved Godzilla! I'd never watched any of the originals, aside from that 1998 one I don't remember that well. I did feel like I got Metal Gear Solid 2'd though with regards to the main character of the movie based on the trailers...
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 28, 2014, 09:57:51 am
I watched Gamera: Guardian of the Universe from 1995, a reboot of the old Gamera movies. I highly recommend it! Still pretty goofy, but it's a solid kaiju flick that takes itself more seriously than not and has some great scenes. A few scenes feel straight out of Jurassic Park, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJEEOulaO7Y
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Aki-at on May 28, 2014, 10:50:09 am
The Heisei era of Godzilla and Gamera films are some of my favourite kaiju films.

The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1984) vs Biolantte/King Ghidorah/Destroyah and the heisei Gamera trilogies are all great films to watch if you love giant monsters.

I loved Godzilla! I'd never watched any of the originals, aside from that 1998 one I don't remember that well. I did feel like I got Metal Gear Solid 2'd though with regards to the main character of the movie based on the trailers...

You and Piro have excellent tastes in films.
Title: Re: The films of 2014: The King is back, Apes Rise and Enemies Unite!
Post by: Barry the Nomad on May 28, 2014, 11:05:12 am
The Heisei era of Godzilla and Gamera films are some of my favourite kaiju films.

Agreed. It's a shame that, at least in the US, Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys on blu-ray has fucked up subtitles. Words are out of synch with dialogue and some lines are ignored. Still, from what I've read, the third one isn't all that great. If you live in the US, this is a must get: http://www.amazon.com/Trilogy-Guardian-Universe-Revenge-Blu-ray/dp/B005ENCIWG/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1401293076&sr=1-3&keywords=gamera+blu

Three modern Gamera movies on blu-ray for $7!
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Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on May 28, 2014, 05:20:54 pm
How is it that Edge of Tomorrow let reviews out earlier than a movie like Maleficent?
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Post by: pirovash88 on May 28, 2014, 05:25:35 pm
The Heisei era of Godzilla and Gamera films are some of my favourite kaiju films.

The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1984) vs Biolantte/King Ghidorah/Destroyah and the heisei Gamera trilogies are all great films to watch if you love giant monsters.

You and Piro have excellent tastes in films.

Haha, well thank you, sir.

Anyone else catching Maleficent this weekend? My wife is super pumped about it. I got to see a 10 minute teaser at California Adventure at Disneyland Resort over the weekend and it seems pretty good.
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Post by: Dr. SEGA Monkey on May 28, 2014, 06:11:38 pm
I saw Godzilla last weekend and it was probably one of the best remakes I've seen in a while. I'll echo what others have been saying in that having Godzilla have limited screen time made it much more exciting whenever he actually DID appear. The action scenes were really solid and the "human" side of the story was surprisingly interesting to me as well. Interested to see where the sequels will go.


Side note: don't really know why people are calling Godzilla "too fat". Looked perfectly fine to me.  :P
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Post by: pirovash88 on June 02, 2014, 10:51:27 am
So i saw Maleficent over the weekend. Gotta say it was interesting to say the least. I won't go into details about how it ends, but it completely changes the story of her character and Sleeping Beauty's relationship with her. My wife loved it, but i was a bit mixed.
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Post by: George on June 08, 2014, 01:47:47 am
I saw X-Men a week or so ago, basically the best X-Men movie release thus far.
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Post by: max_cady on June 09, 2014, 06:09:32 am
Gonna watch Maleficent today! Impressions soon.
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Post by: RegalSin on June 09, 2014, 08:36:01 am
So i saw Maleficent over the weekend. Gotta say it was interesting to say the least. I won't go into details about how it ends, but it completely changes the story of her character and Sleeping Beauty's relationship with her. My wife loved it, but i was a bit mixed.

I am just to scared to what they did to that movie, is it anything like "Oz the great and powerful"?????????

The only reason this movie is getting made, is because of her role in Kingdom Hearts, and the recent revamped Disney games, like for the Genesis and NES ( Genesis I am talking about ). That is it, nobody would give a damn about this character. Also considering the fact, I can't use the internet for ( life ladies house/Rouges Bedroom ) anymore, viewers needs to get hard some way. It would be funny if the writers were related.

The men/boys are going to just to watch a woman move around on screen. The girls/women are going for all the fem-nazi references. Like take the Wicked Witch from "OTGAP", she was actually a nice person, and I would have married the living daylights out of her, naive self. Then you have the older sister, who is materialistic, wears too much makeup, to hide her pugly appearance. I am so glad that house dropped on her.

ALL PEOPLE REGUARDLESS OF GENDER likes these kinds of romantic topics. It is like sexpolitation without the sex part.

I am betting they did the same exact thing, as with "Snow White and Hunts Men". Where they had pathetic military, gave the queen a brother, installed side characters from other nursery rhyme stories. When she went to the forest with the several dwarfs whatever they want to call them, the armies completely over runned and invade them, like if it was a joke. The statement of this movie is that military men are the best, especially when they can't provide for jack frost, and your the stereotypical X princess.

Or better yet Alice??? Where they made her older, gaved us a lame Jabberwoker, destroyed the Mad-hatter, made the queen a cry baby, who abused her powers, and even showed off the ugly heads, rotting. Then to show off feminism, they made her into an entrepreneur.

Then there is Hanzel and Gretle:Witch Hunters. That was an nice idea, but I wished it was more like the original "Evil Dead".

Reselling the past, disheartening, and disowning our elders at the same time.
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Post by: max_cady on July 07, 2014, 04:21:14 am
(http://i60.tinypic.com/nnwuv4.jpg)

So I finally saw Transformers 4: Age of Extinction so I'll try to break it down easy

(spoilers)

What I liked:
-Obnoxious humor kept to a minimum;
-Transformers get considerably more screentime;
-Mark Whalberg's character is a huge step above Shia LeBouef's character;
-Stanley Tucci's character arc;
-Good action;
-Optimus and the bleak story;
-The new antagonist;
-The autobot played by John Goodman;

What's wrong with it:
-Kelsey Grammer's character;
-Yeager's daughter is almost as annoying as the kid from War of the Worlds;
-New roster of random Transformers crop up again and again;
-Way too long;
-Whoever writes the scripts for these Transformers movies has really no sense of continuity, because new stuff and new info gets dumped on you without much context;
-A third antagonist gets shoved into the movie and quickly dealt with;
-Dinobots were basically trailer-bait;
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Post by: Regis on July 31, 2014, 08:38:36 am
I have not seen Transformers 4, but I have not expectation in this film. By the trailers,I can say it's just linke every Transformers movie ever made - but with new cast
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Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on August 03, 2014, 05:28:56 am
Guardians of the Galaxy is really good, one of my favorite MCU films so far.
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Post by: pirovash88 on August 04, 2014, 11:00:24 am
I watched Boyhood this weekend. It wasn't bad, not sure if you guys have heard of it. Basically a film about a boy who's being filmed for 12 years, the 12 year recording is basically the selling point of the movie. I mean, it's not a documentary or anything, it's a legit film with a script and actors in it, they just use the same cast for 12 consecutive years. Pretty interesting to see everyone age over such a long period of time. The story wasn't anything spectacular because it's just about a kid growing up and going through what people go through in life, but it was still a good film. 3 hours long, but didn't really seem all that long.
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Post by: Chaosmaster8753 on August 04, 2014, 06:17:22 pm
I watched Boyhood this weekend. It wasn't bad, not sure if you guys have heard of it. Basically a film about a boy who's being filmed for 12 years, the 12 year recording is basically the selling point of the movie. I mean, it's not a documentary or anything, it's a legit film with a script and actors in it, they just use the same cast for 12 consecutive years. Pretty interesting to see everyone age over such a long period of time. The story wasn't anything spectacular because it's just about a kid growing up and going through what people go through in life, but it was still a good film. 3 hours long, but didn't really seem all that long.

I'm a bit interested in this movie.
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Post by: pirovash88 on August 05, 2014, 10:49:46 am
I'm a bit interested in this movie.

Well, i certainly recommend it. Godzilla, Snowpiercer, and Boyhood are the best movies of the Summer imo.
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Post by: Nathan Dunsmore on November 23, 2014, 05:12:49 am
Saw Dumb and Dumber To last night. I was a bit leery since the reviews haven't been too glowing. The only thing worse than a bad comedy is one that's a sequel to a film you really liked. But I probably laughed out loud during this one as much as I did with the original.

Hoping to see Big Hero 6 during the holidays.
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Post by: inthesky on November 23, 2014, 01:16:55 pm
Saw John Wick. It felt like a pretty "honest" action movie. The gunplay was all about trick shots and accuracy, not spinning around in the air. the close combat was all quick movements of the limbs, not like sweeping movements. Camera work in action scenes were super focused.

dialogue was all right. the edgy cheesy stuff was kept to a minimum, except for one scene.

I would recommend it though. I liked it quite a bit.

And of course, if anyone here hasn't seen Gone Girl - get on that shit immediately
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Post by: mylifewithsega on November 23, 2014, 02:39:17 pm
For me, Gone Girl was the best movie of the year, followed by Gaurdians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and John Wick. X-Men: Days of Future of Past was well done, but I didn't get as much out of it seeing as how I passed on First Class. I intend to see it though.

Godzilla wasn't bad, though once was enough. The only human characters I enjoyed were either relegated to supporting roles or killed off. Godzilla himself looked amazing, but you rarely see him. I'll stick to the 1954 original. Sure, Godzilla doesn't have much screen time there, though it actually builds some genuine suspense and the human characters are far more engaging.

The absolute worst were The Quiet Ones (plodding and completely devoid of suspense and/or terror), Quija (poor writing, from the frightless paper-thin plot to the one-dimensional characters) and the atrocious Deliver Us from Evil (every tired cliche from the horror and police procedural genres, wrapped in flash that does very little to mask the lack of substance).
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Post by: Nathan Dunsmore on November 26, 2014, 12:13:12 pm
I'd rate Gone Girl as the best film of the year so far as well, followed closely by The Wind Rises (Dubbed 2014 version).

I was actually looking forward to Deliver Us from Evil as I thought the trailer looked pretty good, but the reviews kept me away.
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Post by: pirovash88 on November 26, 2014, 12:24:54 pm
I agree with Gone Girl getting as much cred as it is. The movie was fantastic and a definite buy for me when it's released on Bluray.

Also, i watched Birdman this weekend at an indie theater in town. It was really strange, but good at the same time. Easily Micheal Keaton's best film to date. The cast of actors were great too.
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Post by: Nathan Dunsmore on November 26, 2014, 04:48:01 pm
Well, i certainly recommend it. Godzilla, Snowpiercer, and Boyhood are the best movies of the Summer imo.

Snowpiercer is on Roku so I might check that one out.
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Post by: pirovash88 on November 26, 2014, 05:48:03 pm
Snowpiercer is on Roku so might check that one out.

Do it! I'd like to hear your impressions after you watch it. Seems to get a mixed reaction from people.
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Post by: inthesky on November 27, 2014, 12:51:50 pm
I agree with Gone Girl getting as much cred as it is. The movie was fantastic and a definite buy for me when it's released on Bluray.

Also, i watched Birdman this weekend at an indie theater in town. It was really strange, but good at the same time. Easily Micheal Keaton's best film to date. The cast of actors were great too.

Holy crap I just found out that one of the smaller theaters nearby where I live is still running Birdman.

This is the best day of my life. I missed out on its initial wide release.
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Post by: Aki-at on November 27, 2014, 01:38:08 pm
Well, i certainly recommend it. Godzilla, Snowpiercer, and Boyhood are the best movies of the Summer imo.

Godzilla, Snowpiercer, and Boyhood are the best movies of the Summer imo.

Godzilla and Boyhood are the best movies of the Summer

Godzilla the best movies of the Summer

This man... THIS MAN! He is a GOOD man.
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Post by: pirovash88 on November 27, 2014, 04:25:57 pm
Hahah bought Godzilla on bluray day 1, fucking loved that movie!

A kudos would be appreciated =)

In the sky, curious to know what you think of Birdman, it's a crazy film.
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Post by: Barry the Nomad on December 01, 2014, 09:05:14 am
Godzilla blu was super cheap on Amazon's Black Friday sale - shame I already own it. Should have bought another for a friend! Oh well... picked up Pacific Rim for $4. Lego Movie sold out in 1 second, it was crazy!
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Post by: pirovash88 on December 01, 2014, 11:47:15 pm
I missed those sales, had you gotten another I would've bought it from you Barry.. =(
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Post by: inthesky on December 04, 2014, 01:25:34 pm
I saw Birdman. It was pretty good. I love the use of long takes, and it was an ambitious movie with a lot to say. Michael Keaton is an obvious standout, and showing off multiple runs of the play, all which have believable reasons to be different, were an excellent way to punctuate the developments of the plot and Thomson's thoughts IMO.

In some areas it just fell flat to me. I think about halfway through the movie or in the last third none of the characters besides Thomson really matter. It's an interesting reflection on his (arguably) his narcissism  but it wasn't really handled well and I don't understand what it's trying to convey. I mean ostensibly you could say that Thomson just embraced who he was, which is important  because the play was called "what we talk about when we talk about love" or w/e and the opinions of some people matter to him a lot. because but he has been kinda self-absorbed since the beginning of the movie (refinancing the house, not really paying attention to his girlfriend etc.) The other thing I don't like is that all of these subplots don't really get a lot of attention or a chance to develop. Like the lesbian relationship, Keaton's relationship with his girlfriend, Edward Norton and Emma Stone. Like they were OK as is but could've been better with just a bit more screentime.

The movie made a lot of comments about the modern condition and social media, celebrity, big action movies (that dancing sequence after the final performance of the play was stupid and really pretentious =D), what it's like to be an an actor, critics. It had a lot to say which is difficult to pull off in one movie. I kinda don't know what the takeaway is once everything is said and done but I respect how ambitious it was. That's what I'll say about the movie, ambitious and a bit messy but pretty passionate. I could go on but I'll just leave this alone.

It's worth a watch still yet IMO, for sure. it's an experience

I wonder if the casting of Michael Keaton (formerly Batman in like the early 90s or something) was intentional. It's extremely meta =P but kinda funny. What wasn't funny was the Macbeth quote towards the end ("it is a tale told by an idiot...") nice going folks, no subtlety

edit: I have to add that the ending was an absolute roller coaster. I thought it would be lame, but in hindsight it was actually pretty cool. I can't really have a good discussion about it without spoilers so spoilers ahead:

so first, it was pretty apparent that he was going to shoot himself, and of course Edward Norton complaining about the gun is the perfect lead in to Michael Keaton shooting himself. it's perfect, considering the release of him shooting himself matches the release he feels as he embraces Birdman, which is shown in his inner peace during the play.

May I add first that Edward Norton's character, short lived as it was (not literally), was awesome. His conception of art is so detached and utilitarian, objective. It contrasts with Keaton, who is similarly motivated by ego but more concerned about being respected by the public and general purveyors of art. They really are similar characters except Norton moves in a straight line all of the time. Norton apparently doesn't care about sleeping with Keaton's daughter (this is probably fairly common in Broadway and any other highly internal industry) And of course, his unresolvable conundrum with the concept of art and acting. He wants things to feel more real, he wants to be more real in his performances, but being real up to a point isn't acting - it's just being. Anyone know the relationship between the words "art" and "artificial"?

Anyway, I was really dreading the concept of him shooting himself. It sounded like a stupid, predictable idea and I expected the movie to glorify Keaton and be done with it. But right as he shot himself my mindset completely changed. Did he intend to kill himself? If I can reasonably assume that Keaton's character doesn't typically use guns, I would also be able to speculate that perhaps that particular weapon may have had some recoil that he wouldn't be used to, and that the nose being shot off was accidental. Because if he didn't intend to kill himself, that makes Keaton cynical in a very disturbing but cool (for the purposes of the movie) way.

It's like he came to accept what he considered was the depravity of modern society and his tenuous relationship with social media blah blah. The depravity is highlighted by the people clapping (yawn) when he shoots himself, Birdman mocking people in their dialogues and Keaton destroying stuff in the City with SWAT people and explosions and stuff, and of course being made a spectacle of when he was running to the front entrance of the theatre in his underwear. The poor guy wasn't looking for the attention but he sucked it up and just went for it, and continued the play. It's like he embraced what the movie argued was a very modern path to fame - extremely dramatic/attention grabbing stuff and instant gratification on behalf of the viewer (measured in high youtube views.)

Anyway I love the hospital scene. The wife, it has to be known, was a great character when she was around. She insisted on keeping him honest even if it didn't necessarily mean things went her way. Edward Norton is of course blunt but caught up in himself, Emma Stone spends the better part of the movie retaliating against Thing or Whatever. Of course the gauze setup is reminiscent of Birdman. But the trippy thing is, when he takes it off, of course Keaton looks like a different person entirely. It mirrors his change as a person. The other amazing thing is I feel like the laying of the lilac bunch on the hospital bed is analogous to laying flowers on someone's grave.

The final shot of the movie, I was like "what the hell is this" but still a pretty good ending overall.
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Post by: pirovash88 on December 04, 2014, 11:45:01 pm
I like your impressions, dude. Don't wanna reveal much myself, but I can agree it was really trippy and confusing, haha. I will say that I never quite understood if a lot of it was actually going on or if he was just dreaming or something, it was so strange, but good at the same time.
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Post by: inthesky on December 05, 2014, 02:41:51 pm
That's the kind of cool thing about the movie IMO. Like, yeah you had this crazy stuff happening, and sometimes you couldn't tell if it was real or delusion (and sometimes it was real and sometimes it was delusion), but in the end it didn't matter. Or like it didn't change much whether or not you like the movie or the main plot IMO.

I kinda relate it to how some people experience art I guess. What might seem surreal or crazy will sometimes just be taken at face value and accepted as reality.
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Post by: Sharky on December 05, 2014, 07:41:50 pm
Best films this year for me were The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

I also really enjoyed Godzilla, Gone Girl and Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For.

I haven't seen yet but I'm sure I will like, The Hobbit:TBoFA and How to Train your Dragon 2.

Oh and I thought the Lego Movie was absolute nonsense, didn't even get half way through it. Humour felt forced at best and plain dumb at worst. I guess I have turned into a miserable bitch.
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Post by: Nathan Dunsmore on December 06, 2014, 02:08:34 am
Oh and I thought the Lego Movie was absolute nonsense, didn't even get half way through it. Humour felt forced at best and plain dumb at worst. I guess I have turned into a miserable bitch.

I'm actually right with you on that one. It was all punch line and characters joking themselves (Batman). I also found the villain, Bad cop, to be really annoying and the ending dragged on way too long.
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Post by: pirovash88 on December 07, 2014, 04:24:19 am
That's the kind of cool thing about the movie IMO. Like, yeah you had this crazy stuff happening, and sometimes you couldn't tell if it was real or delusion (and sometimes it was real and sometimes it was delusion), but in the end it didn't matter. Or like it didn't change much whether or not you like the movie or the main plot IMO.

I kinda relate it to how some people experience art I guess. What might seem surreal or crazy will sometimes just be taken at face value and accepted as reality.

Yeah, definitely something I could appreciate. No doubt that I will be buying this when it's released, I want to show this to friends that don't want to go out and see it.

I also watch Interstellar in Imax... Seriously... It was pretty incredible. Had anyone else seen it?
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Post by: Nathan Dunsmore on December 17, 2014, 08:33:56 pm
As some of you may have heard, Sony pulled the release of The Interview this week. It was originally scheduled to come out on Christmas Day, but now they currently have no plans to release it at all.

The movie poster is soaring well over 100 dollars now on ebay.

Pretty bizarre. Closest example I can think of is The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2008). Wish I had boughten the poster for that film when the local theatre was selling it for 5 a couple years ago...
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Post by: inthesky on December 18, 2014, 01:00:43 am
I'm not happy with the news.
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Post by: Barry the Nomad on December 18, 2014, 08:27:27 am
Whats funny is that if NK did nothing, this movie would have been white noise this holiday season. The attacks gave the movie more promotion than it ever would have had without the attacks. Of course, pulling it from theaters killed that, but I think more people want to see the movie now than they would have before the whole mess. Sony should just post the thing online for free.
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Post by: MadeManG74 on December 18, 2014, 08:31:02 am
Oh shit, I just read about the cyber attack on Sony.


Surprised they are pulling the film though, you would think this would be a case of 'WE DUN NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS, please enjoy our shitty Seth Rogan comedy. There will lots of gross out moments!'
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Post by: inthesky on December 18, 2014, 01:27:28 pm
Whats funny is that if NK did nothing, this movie would have been white noise this holiday season. The attacks gave the movie more promotion than it ever would have had without the attacks. Of course, pulling it from theaters killed that, but I think more people want to see the movie now than they would have before the whole mess. Sony should just post the thing online for free.

More or less this, it was an off-color movie (probably with some nuggets of insight) that wasn't going to have much lasting cultural impact anyway. I'm kinda reminded of Team America, but maybe less stupid. Not that I absolutely loathed Team America anyway.

Apparently the attacks might've came from outside of North Korea (rogue hackers probably, maybe getting paid or have anti-West thoughts, who knkows). and obviously were sanctioned by NK.

Oh shit, I just read about the cyber attack on Sony.


Surprised they are pulling the film though, you would think this would be a case of 'WE DUN NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS, please enjoy our shitty Seth Rogan comedy. There will lots of gross out moments!'

lmao

amazing. Now that I think about it I can't remember the last funny Seth Rogen movie I watched. Not the same thing as Seth Rogen being funny in a movie.
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Post by: Barry the Nomad on December 18, 2014, 03:22:20 pm
Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Superbad, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin are all funny Seth Rogen comedies. I also kinda liked Pineapple Express. Though I will say I like movies where he plays a supporting character, not the lead - Knocked Up being the exception.
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Post by: MadeManG74 on December 18, 2014, 03:32:42 pm
They're funny, but they are the kind of movies that I can watch once and then the world and his wife start quoting the most base lines from each film until you want to punch them in the face.


Kind of like Team America. I enjoyed that movie the first time I saw it, now I fucking hate it like poison thanks to the amount of dick-heads spouting "I'm so ronery! LOL XD Epic simply epic. nice i like it up-voted ;^)"
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Post by: inthesky on December 18, 2014, 09:40:49 pm
Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Superbad, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin are all funny Seth Rogen comedies. I also kinda liked Pineapple Express. Though I will say I like movies where he plays a supporting character, not the lead - Knocked Up being the exception.

Oh I liked some of those (didn't watch Freaks and Geeks though) but I was thinking of like, really recent stuff, maybe past few years
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Post by: Sharky on December 24, 2014, 10:34:44 am
Yeah I'm not sure why it has become cool to hate Seth Rogan, James Franco, Jason Segel and the rest of those guys... Quite a few of their films have been genuinely really funny. Freaks and Geeks is still the best thing they ever did though imo. Super Bad is brilliant too.

I really didn't like This is the End though.

Anyway aren't they doing that Console Wars movie? Looking forward too that!

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Post by: mylifewithsega on December 24, 2014, 11:06:07 am
Hahaha! It's never stopped being cool to hate on Seth Rogan, James Franco and Jason Segel. This is hardly new. There's plenty of folks out there that find their sophomoric humor tired and overrated.
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Post by: Barry the Nomad on December 24, 2014, 11:35:13 am
I really liked I Love You Man, but then again I have a man crush on Paul Rudd.

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