Last movie you saw.

[CosmicCastaway]

I saw The Last Airbender... Sweet Mother of God, it was crap.

Nothing made sense, the main character is a wimp, the plot sometimes just skips around the place and there's just a couple of stuff that's flat out weird.

That movie was a poor adaptation of a super excellent show.

[Barry the Nomad]

Saw Black Snake Moan last week on Netflix, surprisingly good movie! Definitely recommend it.

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[max_cady]

I saw two movies recentely...

You know one of the benefits of being older and having seen lots of movies, is that you can tell stinkers a mile away.

Gnomeo and Juliet

Often times, I think that Disney has high standards for their animation films, but what happens when they want to make a movie with the same standards as say Blue Sky Studios or any of those obscure CG films that somehow manage a theatrical release? You have this movie.

I know it's under Touchstone's banner, but technically Touchstone is still Disney. It's just that when they want to release movies that aren't PG or G, they just use this moniker.


Yogi Bear

You have a character in a show that consists of 5 minute shorts and when you try to expand it into an 80 minute-movie, you know it's not going to end well.

[George]

Harry Party Deathly Hallows Part 1... def good movie. Confused me for awhile... a bit too dark... literally picture wise.

[Barry the Nomad]

Yeah broski, HP and the DH1 was a good flick. But I hear you, it got quite dark at times (visually). I loved the insane shit that came out of the locket.

[Aki-at]

One of the greatest action cartoon films ever made. Or maybe that's just the Turtles fan in me.

It's called Turtles Forever for those interested.

[Barry the Nomad]

@Aki-at: Hope you watched the uncut version! The DVD cut out 5 minutes AND is a 16x9 presentation letter boxed into a 4x3 frame, no widescreen. 78 minute version is the shiznit. Awesome movie.

[CosmicCastaway]

One of the greatest action cartoon films ever made. Or maybe that's just the Turtles fan in me.

It's called Turtles Forever for those interested.

Turtles Forever is amazing. It's a excellent tribute to the Ninja Turtles franchise and a super cool finale for the superb 2003 series.

The last movie I saw was Predator 2. I really don't understand why people hate on this sequel. In my opinion it's on par with the first film and I like that they took the story in a bit of a different direction instead of just rehashing the first movie (which is what they kinda did with Predators, but I enjoyed that too.)
I guess they only thing I don't like about Predator 2 is how the cussing can be a bit excessive at some points. However, I must admit my favorite line is the part where the Predator says "Shit happens."  :lol:  Overall though, it's a cool movie.

[Emmett The Crab]

I agree, Predator 2 was an essential part of my high school experience when it came out on video, I watched it over and over.  It was also nice that they didn't bring Arnold Schwarzenegger back, and did something a little different.

[MadeManG74]

Tombstone.

Awesome.

[max_cady]

There are DC animated movies that are pretty good, I gotta say. Batman: Under the Red Hood as one of my favorites.

Now, what would be the barel of the bottom? What would happen if some DC writer wanted to do a female empowerment movie an at the same time make it as shallow as one of those countless ecchi animes? You'd end with with Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

The story, well, unlike the title, is all about the revised Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) origin story. What's almost immediately apparent is that the team of animators really have a knack for drawing cartoon women to the point where they really stand out. It serves the eye-candy more than it does the actual story, we sorta jump through time as the movie progresses, never really getting a true sense of what happened in between and we are supossed to go along with it. The truth of the matter is, is that the story is only there to show Kara Jor-El in flashier and skimpier outfits just for the male demographic.

Easy on the eyes, true, but for an animated movie, I expected something with a little more meat(no pun indended, as I noticed how wrong this sounds).

[SOUP]

I'm right there with you on Batman: Under the Red Hood. I checked it out for shits and giggles and was pretty much blown away. Definitely a lot better than I expected from a straight to DVD release. I'll have to make a note of avoiding Superman/Batman.

The Wonder Woman standalone movie was pretty good, as well as the Justice League: New Frontier. I wasn't a big fan of their Crisis on Two Earths though.

[CosmicCastaway]

I really enjoyed Batman/Superman: Apocalypse.

This was one of my favorite scenes from it:

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[max_cady]

I was surprised at how well they adapted the Under the Red Hood storyline into a self-contained universe in the movie.

The trouble with the original storyline is that it is largely interconnected with various other major story arcs, such as the famous Hush storyline, the Infinite Crisis and the Death in the Family plot.

They also made some modifications into it that I enjoyed, which was make the Joker a more preminent antagonist, unlike the comic book in which he is beaten to a bloody pulp early on and is never mentioned again.

But with Superman/Batman: Apocalypse things are a little different, it wants to tell a story way to quickly and stuff just goes answered:
Examples:
[spoiler:18jn069z]Early on, it is hinted that Kara Jor-El doesn't remember anything other than leaving Krypton. She is obviously younger than Kal-El, but he was infant when Krypton was destroyed.

This obviously raises the alarm on Batman's head as well as other foreboding elements. But nothing is ever made of this, nor it is mentioned ever again.[/spoiler:18jn069z]

[CosmicCastaway]

I saw Rio the other day and I thought it was quite good. It had some really vibrant visuals and I had a fun time watching it. One thing I noticed though was how uncanny the human characters' resemblance is to the human characters in Sonic Unleashed. Seriously, there's this one kid who looks exactly like one of the models from Sonic Unleashed. It was kinda funny.