The Amazing 2012 Movie Discussion Rises: An Unexpected Journey

[Barry the Nomad]

Well, yeah, I mean Jackie Chan does shit in his movies that no man can do. Even Jackie in real life can't execute an entire scene flawlessly (as bloopers indicate). So he is both superhuman and a hero, thus: superhero.

Hey, if Batman gets the superhero label, Chan should.

However, the term "comic book movie" easily removes stuff like Rambo (which derives from a Novel, not a comic book) and Jackie Chan. So maybe I should have said "comic book movie" rahter than superhero earlier in the topic. Ah well.

And shit! Chan is making an AOTG3?! I loved his imports throughout the '90's (cheesy voice overs and all) but hated his American movies save for the first Shanghai Noon and the first Rush Hour. Those were fun.

[MadeManG74]

Yes, yes! JAJA! Fantastic! May Superman be buried forever and forgotten and the series is renamed Lex Luthorman starring Lex Luthor for 100 times more awesome!

Also ewwww at that Superman redesign, the constume even looks photoshopped on him.

I would so watch a Lex Luthor: Man of Steel movie.

As for Barry's earlier question about favourite comic book/superhero movies, I think it deserves it's own thread for one thing, and for another, I would have trouble picking mine. Most of my favourite Superheros/comic books haven't had great movie adaptions. I would say Blade 1 or 2 would be up there, maybe 2004 Punisher as well, despite the fact that it wasn't all that accurate to the source material. Does Oldboy count? It's based on a Manga...

[max_cady]

Just read a couple of Ghost Rider 2 reviews... OUCH. Apparentely there's already a contender for worst superhero movie of 2012.

[George]

Who would have thought? 

[MadeManG74]

Why is it so hard to make a cool movie about a flaming skeleton on a motorcycle?

[George]

Boggles the mind that Thor wasn't shit... yet they can't seem to get how to do a Ghost Rider movie. 

[CosmicCastaway]

I just saw a trailer for the horror movie 7500.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6a2bzwVwew

Ghosts on a Plane! I might keep my eye on this one though, because horror movies with ghosts always give me the heebie jeebies.

[Chaosmaster8753]

Damn, still haven't seen Arriety yet. Speaking of animated films, I sure most of the ones coming out this year turn out good. A few interesting ones are:

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I haven't seen Chicken Run, but I like Wallace and Gromit, and it's good to see Aardman making a claymation movie again.

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I swear, the look of this movie reminds me so much of How to Train Your Dragon.

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Genndy Tartakovsky is directing? I'm at least interested in learning more about it.

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I should probably check out the original short sometime. Also, a new trailer came out today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cqI6hPra7c

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Gotta admit, I was a little turned off hearing that it was about a stereotypical bad guy becoming/trying to be good after we already had Despicable Me and Megamind, but I'm willing to give it a chance as long as it tells its story well enough. Plus, it seems like it'll be the Who Framed Roger Rabbit for video game characters.

And I might wanna go see Finding Nemo in 3D.

[Barry the Nomad]

Frankenweenie was one of my favorite short films as a kid, and I love Nightmare Before Christmas. So I'm really looking forward to Frankenweenie stop-motion. Extra points for not pushing 3D (doesn't even look like its in 3D) and keeping it black and white.

Brave looks like a return to form for Pixar. Brave has been in development for a while, so I don't think it is a reaction to Train Your Dragon. Looking forward to it!

[George]

The return? Where did they go? Wall-e and up are brilliant films.

[Barry the Nomad]

The return? Where did they go? Wall-e and up are brilliant films.

They took a detour with Cars 2. I thought it was okay, but felt too much like a direct-to video sequel. At least writing-wise.

[George]

Yeah, but terrible? Nah. Its one film, plus I didn't think the first Cars was brilliant.

Compare them to any other animation house, they are still the best in terms of quality per flick.

[Barry the Nomad]

True. Pixar actually hires talented voice actors, even if they aren't professional VA's, they always turn out a great performance. Also, characters don't do stupid fucking dances or drop pop culture references every five seconds.

Lorax looks godawful with Taylor Swift and Zac Efron as the stars. What?!?

[MadeManG74]

Someone was passing out flyers for this movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM

I think I need to see this now...

[max_cady]

John Carter's underperforming at the Box Office. Can't say I didn't see that one coming.