Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5395094 times)

Momo · « **Reply #13140 on:** February 22, 2012, 02:17:32 PM »

Fell asleep before I even got to see Captain Haddock. Not sure I want to try watching Tin Tin again soon.

chronovore · « **Reply #13141 on:** February 22, 2012, 07:25:06 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 21, 2012, 09:47:22 PM

Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 21, 2012, 08:35:24 PM
drives me insane when the position of the characters in the pic doesn't match up with their billing. I was thinking, fuck, Clive Owen got OLD

That's a pet peeve of mine, as well.

Yeah, mine as well.

Plus, when I went looking for Killer Elite on Netflix Streaming, it wasn't there. FFFUUU...

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13142 on:** February 22, 2012, 07:32:57 PM »

Wheres Tin Tin on netflix. I can't see it, there's a Russell Crowe film, that looks like he's been eating steak breakfasts again.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13143 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:44:53 PM »

Quote from: Martin Raperman on February 22, 2012, 07:32:57 PM

Wheres Tin Tin on netflix. I can't see it, there's a Russell Crowe film, that looks like he's been eating steak breakfasts again.

Adventures of TinTin, the physical release is available on there at least.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13144 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:56:07 AM »

Ahhhhh. Not the Jackson film.

iconoclast · « **Reply #13145 on:** February 23, 2012, 06:01:12 AM »

I watched Princess Aurora (Korean crime/revenge movie) last night. It was okay. It has a pretty predictable progression from beginning to end, but it was decently executed. Worth a watch if you've already seen all of the superior revenge films. 6/10

Eric P · « **Reply #13146 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:06:05 AM »

saw the new David Wain movie Wanderlust which featured a cast Q&A afterwards. It is absolutely fucking hilarious. If you liked Role Models, you will like this. Has an absolutely awesome Paul Rudd monologue that is worth the price of admission alone. The home video release will feature the "bizarro" version which is the same film but with 95% different footage. Sounds awesome.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13147 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:29:21 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 22, 2012, 07:25:06 PM

Yeah, mine as well.

Plus, when I went looking for Killer Elite on Netflix Streaming, it wasn't there. FFFUUU...

it will be, the film's distributor signed an agreement with Netflix for streaming rights to all of their films, so Killer Elite, The Grey, and coming soon Silent House will all be on Netflix, eventually.

Speaking of Netflix, I've been trying to clear out my instant watch backlog since all the Starz titles expire at the end of the month. So far...

Game 6 finds Micheal Keaton in top form as a frustrated New York playwright on the eve of the premiere of his latest work, and also on the same night as the infamous game 6 of the 1986 world series, where the Red Sox got thisclose to winning it all. Its a very stagey movie that plays out like Mamet lite, but anything with this much well executed masculine brooding doesn't need much else to justify its existence. 4/5

Brooklyn's Finest is a cop drama with no cliche unused, there's the burnout counting down the hours till retirement, the morally conflicted undercover ace, the dirty cop desperate to make ends meet, and how all their stories collide and don't make up all the action herein. And just because its not anything that hasn't been done before, doesn't mean its at least done well here. With more grit then a chicken's digestive tract and a pervasive bleakness that's appealing in its uqbiquity all over this film. Brooklyn's Finest makes a powerful argument for stock characters. 3.5/5

Somebody found Robert De Niro's acting skills, long thought abandoned, and put them to good use in Stone. It must have been that same someone who unearthed Milla Jovovich's previously untapped resources (seriously, she was award worthy here, its amazing that such a previously crappy actress was so damn good in this film) and got Ed Norton to give a shit again. Stone ends up being a constantly surprising little morality play about a few very flawed people who all need something from each other. It doesn't quite stick that landing, but a film this dour and obsessed over sin and penance couldn't really have any sort of resolution anyway. 4/5

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13148 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:48:36 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #13149 on:** February 23, 2012, 06:59:26 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 23, 2012, 02:29:21 PM

Quote from: chronovore on February 22, 2012, 07:25:06 PM
Yeah, mine as well.

Plus, when I went looking for Killer Elite on Netflix Streaming, it wasn't there. FFFUUU...
it will be, the film's distributor signed an agreement with Netflix for streaming rights to all of their films, so Killer Elite, The Grey, and coming soon Silent House will all be on Netflix, eventually.

Speaking of Netflix, I've been trying to clear out my instant watch backlog since all the Starz titles expire at the end of the month. So far...

Thanks for the info. I could have just waited for The Grey?! I'm adding Stone and Game6 to my queue.

Quote from: BlueTsunami on February 20, 2012, 10:15:23 PM

Watched The Grey earlier today, fuck it was good. Just go in realizing its not an all out action flick. More suspense.

I was not expecting all-out action, but I was surprised to see some poetry and philosophy sneaking around in my man-vs-nature, nature-kicks-all-kinds-of-human-ass movie. My assumption had previously been that Neeson was going to be a guide in an executive hunting safari that goes horribly wrong. I was very happily surprised to see the distinct characters without too much stereotyping. I liked it quite a bit, and had only a few complaints. The few times CG wolves are used, it felt weak. There are some really good uses of CG snow in a couple shots, and over-use of it in other shots where the movement, density, and clarity made the whole shot feel unnatural.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #13150 on:** February 23, 2012, 10:44:06 PM »

The Secret World of Arrietty was pretty good, but slow. Absolutely the most gorgeous animated film of the year, though. Miyazaki does things with 2D Pixar couldn't hope to do with 3D.

chronovore · « **Reply #13151 on:** February 24, 2012, 04:31:08 AM »

Just finished Zodiac Director's Cut. Really good film. In some places it is hard to pin down as a Fincher movie. The color themes and lack of saturation were there, but it is missing a good deal of the filth and grit. Actually, it makes it more creepy, how clean and ideal the era is portrayed other than, you know, a psychotic serial killer no-one can find. The film does a surprisingly good job at conveying a lot of information. Long.

Mupepe · « **Reply #13152 on:** February 24, 2012, 08:32:25 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 24, 2012, 04:31:08 AM

Just finished Zodiac Director's Cut. Really good film. In some places it is hard to pin down as a Fincher movie. The color themes and lack of saturation were there, but it is missing a good deal of the filth and grit. Actually, it makes it more creepy, how clean and ideal the era is portrayed other than, you know, a psychotic serial killer no-one can find. The film does a surprisingly good job at conveying a lot of information. Long.

Agreed. I love how the narrative of what's going on over these years and years is so easily presented to you. Great writing.

Robo · « **Reply #13153 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:18:34 PM »

I watched The Rum Diary last night. Pretty awful, and very disappointing. Bruce Robinson finally got the use of a Thompson story after spending at least one film fetishizing the idea, and upon seemingly finding it not "Thompson" enough to meet the audience expectation of a Fear & Loathing-esque (or even a Withnail & I) film experience, ramps-up the insanity and conjures autobiographical tie-ins, discarding the original story's strengths and only interesting thematic elements in favor of nonsense and excessive cliche.

It's not a fantastic story to begin with, but it certainly deserved better than that.

chronovore · « **Reply #13154 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:21:41 AM »

Re-watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight over the week. Both are still pretty great; Nolan has really done a great job, and I'm hopeful that Dark Knight Rises will not stray too far from the production design and level of story he has set.

That said, I think Batman's growly voice gets worse from 1 to 2, so I'm worried 3 might be entirely unintelligible. Maggie Glylennhallaelelal as a replacement for Katie Holmes was not a fair trade. Maggie can act, but she is in no way easy on the eyes like Katie is. Ledger's Joker is truly frightening, and the "one bad day can drive someone good insane" motif from Killing Joke makes a nice addition to the all-too-brief Two Face mythos.

But the ending, pinning the crime spree, cop deaths, and horrors which Two Face committed on the Batman, makes NO SENSE. It's not as though there were mafia guys, and even Joker or his henchmen to point at. Who knows what Nolan was thinking there?

cool breeze · « **Reply #13155 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:32:54 AM »

Primer

ok

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13156 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:27:03 PM »

I've never seen the Zodiac DC. Is it quite different from the theatrical cut?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13157 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:34:52 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 25, 2012, 03:21:41 AM

Re-watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight over the week. Both are still pretty great; Nolan has really done a great job, and I'm hopeful that Dark Knight Rises will not stray too far from the production design and level of story he has set.

That said, I think Batman's growly voice gets worse from 1 to 2, so I'm worried 3 might be entirely unintelligible. Maggie Glylennhallaelelal as a replacement for Katie Holmes was not a fair trade. Maggie can act, but she is in no way easy on the eyes like Katie is. Ledger's Joker is truly frightening, and the "one bad day can drive someone good insane" motif from Killing Joke makes a nice addition to the all-too-brief Two Face mythos.

But the ending, pinning the crime spree, cop deaths, and horrors which Two Face committed on the Batman, makes NO SENSE. It's not as though there were mafia guys, and even Joker or his henchmen to point at. Who knows what Nolan was thinking there?

The prologue already was.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13158 on:** February 25, 2012, 03:58:42 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on February 25, 2012, 03:34:52 PM

Quote from: chronovore on February 25, 2012, 03:21:41 AM
Re-watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight over the week. Both are still pretty great; Nolan has really done a great job, and I'm hopeful that Dark Knight Rises will not stray too far from the production design and level of story he has set.

That said, I think Batman's growly voice gets worse from 1 to 2, so I'm worried 3 might be entirely unintelligible. Maggie Glylennhallaelelal as a replacement for Katie Holmes was not a fair trade. Maggie can act, but she is in no way easy on the eyes like Katie is. Ledger's Joker is truly frightening, and the "one bad day can drive someone good insane" motif from Killing Joke makes a nice addition to the all-too-brief Two Face mythos.

But the ending, pinning the crime spree, cop deaths, and horrors which Two Face committed on the Batman, makes NO SENSE. It's not as though there were mafia guys, and even Joker or his henchmen to point at. Who knows what Nolan was thinking there?

The prologue already was.

it would be totally amazing if the studio didn't step in and force Nolan to correct the audio. it was easier to understand in a cam recording on youtube than actually sitting in the imax theater.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #13159 on:** February 25, 2012, 08:36:13 PM »

Elite Squad 2

expectation vs. reality up in here

i expected a balls to the wall r rated action movie
the reality is that it's a pretty great crime drama with a few specific action moments.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13160 on:** February 25, 2012, 10:10:04 PM »

My mom had no idea what Bane was saying in the trailer; I thought it was pretty clear, and I'd imagine it will be even clearer in a theater. But never underestimate old people's inability to hear

The studio should probably force him to change it. They've let him basically do whatever the fuck he wants, I see no harm in fixing any potential audio problems.

ManaByte · « **Reply #13161 on:** February 26, 2012, 05:24:06 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #13162 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:29:19 AM »

The Tree of Life

Watched this instead of the Oscars. It was a nice film. No one told me it had:

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DINOSAURS

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Which was really cool (great CG!). Visually it was all gorgeous and all the segments were well done. I could've done without about 30 mins of the boys growing up segments, as the film does feel SLOW and too long in the middle with probably 80 mins straight of the boys growing up. The beginning and the end are really good and the snippets of life were all interesting in themselves. A decade ago when I was watching every art film at the cinema I probably would have ate this film up. Now I enjoyed it, but 3/4 stars enjoyable 2 hour disney religious ride.

chronovore · « **Reply #13163 on:** February 27, 2012, 02:54:34 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 25, 2012, 03:27:03 PM

I've never seen the Zodiac DC. Is it quite different from the theatrical cut?

Not a whole lot, apparently. The shot with two detectives trying to get a warrant while negotiating over a speakerphone was edited back in. Other than that, I don't know because I didn't see the theatrical version.

Eric P · « **Reply #13164 on:** February 27, 2012, 09:05:10 AM »

we catassed another series of movies this Sunday.

Teeth- funny and gross and full of penile damage. Not as good as Ginger Snaps which is still the gold standard for "girl coming to terms with sexuality" films. Teeth is worth a watch even if few of the men come out looking good. Hey, guys, stop being so rapey, thx!

Anatomy of a Murder- Girlfriend hadn't seen it and I hadn't seen it in forever. Forgot how absolutely hilarious it was. Beautiful jazz score and beautiful shot composition by Otto Premminger. Three hours long and it just zips by thanks to a wonderful cast.

Exodus- Ok if any self proclaimed "film junkie" wants to get in on the ground floor of a Hong Kong's greatest current hidden talent, you should really check out the films of Ho Cheung Po who I've discussed earlier. He is best described as a one man Coen Brothers he makes films that are subtle, opaque and darkly hilarious. Exodus is about a cop who discovers that there may be a conspiracy by women to wipe out all men from the face of the Earth....maybe. This is a dense and detailed film whose revelations happen off screen, away from prying eyes. Absolutely hilarious (in a very very dry way) with a wonderful and powerful final act that is more Barton Fink than No Country.

I've been a fan of this guy for nearly a decade every since I saw the awesome You Shoot, I Shoot and Men Suddenly In Black and each film has shown a very good artist making great strides. His entire catalog is HIGHLY recommended, but you may want to start with either Men Suddenly in Black (about a group of men determined to cheat on their wives, a midlife crisis comedy shot like a Gangster Film) or AV about a group of young HK kids who decide the best way to lose their virginity is to make a porn so they import a Japanese AV idol it's fucking hilarious.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13165 on:** February 27, 2012, 10:17:29 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 27, 2012, 09:05:10 AM

Exodus- Ok if any self proclaimed "film junkie" wants to get in on the ground floor of a Hong Kong's greatest current hidden talent, you should really check out the films of Ho Cheung Po who I've discussed earlier. He is best described as a one man Coen Brothers he makes films that are subtle, opaque and darkly hilarious. Exodus is about a cop who discovers that there may be a conspiracy by women to wipe out all men from the face of the Earth....maybe. This is a dense and detailed film whose revelations happen off screen, away from prying eyes. Absolutely hilarious (in a very very dry way) with a wonderful and powerful final act that is more Barton Fink than No Country.

Netflix only has one of this guy's movies.

By the way, have you seen the films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa? He's more like the Japanese Stanley Kubrick than the Japanese Coen Bros., but I've seen all of his movies available in English and they're all just so spectacularly surreal and different.

Eric P · « **Reply #13166 on:** February 27, 2012, 10:56:13 AM »

http://movies.netflix.com/RoleDisplay?personid=30116639

I haven't seen Dreamhome yet so I can't comment, but yeah, the other two are solid.

Looks like Netflix doesn't group all his various spellings (nor his Anglicization) to one directory.

http://movies.netflix.com/RoleDisplay?personid=20051518
http://movies.netflix.com/RoleDisplay?personid=20057965

Beyond our Ken is cute, but light. Not really a major work, but certainly worth watching at least once.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13167 on:** February 27, 2012, 10:59:09 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 27, 2012, 10:56:13 AM

Looks like Netflix doesn't group all his various spellings (nor his Anglicization) to one directory.

http://movies.netflix.com/RoleDisplay?personid=20051518
http://movies.netflix.com/RoleDisplay?personid=20057965

Ah, that's good. I'll check out his movies then.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13168 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:07:41 PM »

I can vouch for Exodus being awesome, its a good dry, bleak comedy. I want to see more of Po's work, but so few of them are available for legit watching. Men Suddenly in Black has been on the saved section on my queue for years now. I'll get around to watching Dream Home, but I'm a bit squeamish, it does look awesome tho.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13169 on:** February 28, 2012, 02:58:52 PM »

http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13170 on:** February 28, 2012, 03:06:32 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on February 28, 2012, 02:58:52 PM

http://blog.ted.com/TED2023/

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #13171 on:** February 28, 2012, 07:41:25 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on February 26, 2012, 05:24:06 PM

that looks kinda a lot awful

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13172 on:** February 28, 2012, 10:18:08 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on February 28, 2012, 07:41:25 PM

Quote from: ManaByte on February 26, 2012, 05:24:06 PM

that looks kinda a lot awful

What, you mean you're not stoked for Avatar 2?

Robo · « **Reply #13173 on:** March 01, 2012, 02:58:38 PM »

Watched Take Shelter last night. Really fucking fantastic. Michael Shannon's performance, in particular, is quite possibly the best of last year. It's goddamn criminal that this was overlooked during awards season.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13174 on:** March 01, 2012, 03:28:31 PM »

Quote from: Robo on March 01, 2012, 02:58:38 PM

Watched Take Shelter last night. Really fucking fantastic. Michael Shannon's performance, in particular, is quite possibly the best of last year. It's goddamn criminal that this was overlooked during awards season.

Yeah, everyone was upset about Fassbender not getting a nod (although I do think he deserved one), but Shannon was unbelievable.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13175 on:** March 02, 2012, 01:24:56 AM »

Hugo was pretty damn great

If I ever get a 3D TV this will be the first movie I'll watch on it. So I don't think I'll ever watch this in 3D, unless it's at a friend's place.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #13176 on:** March 02, 2012, 01:35:22 AM »

Drive.

Brilliant. I like how Gosling's character starts quiet and becomes more talkative throughout the film. Very, very good cinematography. I'm glad I saw this film as well as Super 8 or I would have thought 2011 was a waste for cinema in general.

Eric P · « **Reply #13177 on:** March 02, 2012, 09:40:11 AM »

The Fireman's Ball - Hilarious on paper with a lot of great situations, but it moves at a pace that is almost glacial while calling for something a bit more breakneck in its execution

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13178 on:** March 02, 2012, 04:19:58 PM »

About 30 mins into The Good the and the weird, holy shit at the long takes and the amazing tracking shots. Really reminds me of the good old J Chan films from days of yore. Its just dripping with love.

Timber · « **Reply #13179 on:** March 02, 2012, 05:57:18 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on March 02, 2012, 09:40:11 AM

The Fireman's Ball - Hilarious on paper with a lot of great situations, but it moves at a pace that is almost glacial while calling for something a bit more breakneck in its execution

Like hell.

Timber · « **Reply #13180 on:** March 02, 2012, 07:57:45 PM »

Omg you guuuys did you see this? John Cusack is morphing into Nicolas Cage. I can't stop laughing.

Eric P · « **Reply #13181 on:** March 02, 2012, 08:01:12 PM »

The plot outline is hilarious
the execution is just soooooooo sloooooooooowwwwwwww
the beauty contest scene where they go through the girls and try to get them to take their clothes off drags on and on.

just got back from the Jay Reatard documentary "More Than Something" poor jay. Weird story from Shawn Foree (aka digital leather) talking about smoking crack with Jay and then breaking into his own house. you can see a fatter, beardless me in the crowd shots of CMJ 2008. I'm the only one moving around.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13182 on:** March 02, 2012, 08:59:25 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on February 28, 2012, 10:18:08 PM

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on February 28, 2012, 07:41:25 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on February 26, 2012, 05:24:06 PM

that looks kinda a lot awful

What, you mean you're not stoked for Avatar 2?

The commercial for it literally says: "Before Star Wars, Before Avatar, there was JOHN CARTER."

I didn't get what Star Wars and Avatar had to do with Prince of Persia 2

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13183 on:** March 03, 2012, 12:29:56 AM »

Quote from: Timber on March 02, 2012, 07:57:45 PM

Omg you guuuys did you see this? John Cusack is morphing into Nicolas Cage. I can't stop laughing.

how about now.

fun fact, 50 Cent is also a producer of this film, so technically he bought his role.

ManaByte · « **Reply #13184 on:** March 03, 2012, 05:41:03 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13185 on:** March 03, 2012, 05:47:43 PM »

"how did we get so fat?"

that looks awesome

ManaByte · « **Reply #13186 on:** March 03, 2012, 05:53:42 PM »

Comes out in limited theatrical release next month and then goes directly to VOD (iTunes, etc.) the first week of April.

Timber · « **Reply #13187 on:** March 03, 2012, 08:32:21 PM »

I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation! Someone has read the twisted tales of Edgar Allen Poe and is now using them to do murders!

Momo · « **Reply #13188 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:08:22 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 05, 2012, 03:06:21 PM

I've watched all the Avengers' trailers and I honestly don't have a fucking clue what the movie might be about aside from fanboy wankfest.

Comic fans will most likely hate it (it's a bit like that Star trek for non Star Trek fans)

also fuck me, i only watch these for tommy lee jones :/

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #13189 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:12:14 PM »

I remember Treesong loving Fish Story a couple years back. Well, it's on Netflix Streaming now. Gonna watch it soon.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13190 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:19:43 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 05, 2012, 03:06:21 PM

I've watched all the Avengers' trailers and I honestly don't have a fucking clue what the movie might be about aside from fanboy wankfest.

Sums it up perfectly. I don't even know who the villain is

Eric P · « **Reply #13191 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:22:29 PM »

watched The Conformist over the weekend. fucking ruled.

Beautifully shot even if it does become a bit nonsensical

spoiler (click to show/hide)

"I am a fascist because my chauffeur tried to kiss me as a kid."

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13192 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:27:05 PM »

Quote from: Momo on March 05, 2012, 03:08:22 PM

also fuck me, i only watch these for tommy lee jones :/

I'm not even going to bother being cautiously optimistic about this one. If the reviews for it are just super-amazing, I'll drag myself out to it. If not, I'll just forget that it ever existed.

Momo · « **Reply #13193 on:** March 05, 2012, 03:29:28 PM »

It's Loki, Thor's brother.

Also they seemed to have nerfed Thor from what I can tell in the trailers, which makes no sense because they can still make Loki a menacing villain with full powered Thor, plus have deadly encounters for every other superhero due to the way Loki operates.

Mandark · « **Reply #13194 on:** March 05, 2012, 07:35:26 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 05, 2012, 03:06:21 PM

I've watched all the Avengers' trailers and I honestly don't have a fucking clue what the movie might be about aside from fanboy wankfest.

I watched all of the first Transformers and I still feel that way.

Some of these big, fight-y action movies are being set up like disaster movies, where it doesn't matter so much who the villain is but that omg everything's exploding. It's like Day After Tomorrow but with tights.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #13195 on:** March 05, 2012, 07:57:35 PM »

I have no comment on MIB3 other than Josh Brolin as young(ish) TLJ is note perfect

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #13196 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:08:08 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 05, 2012, 07:35:26 PM

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 05, 2012, 03:06:21 PM
I've watched all the Avengers' trailers and I honestly don't have a fucking clue what the movie might be about aside from fanboy wankfest.

I watched all of the first Transformers and I still feel that way.

Some of these big, fight-y action movies are being set up like disaster movies, where it doesn't matter so much who the villain is but that omg everything's exploding. It's like Day After Tomorrow but with tights.

Only popped my head in here and there about Avengers, but those that've seen it seem to say it's great but the only fault is that it's framed too tv-ish. Weither or not that's valid or confirmation bias about Joss Wheadon, I don't think that's an argument that can be made about TF or any other 2 hour CGI FEST

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13197 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:22:27 PM »

Only saw the first one. I liked most of the scenes that didn't have robots in them, despite growing up as a huge Transformers/Optimus Prime fan.

Shia

Incomprehensible robot action

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13198 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:25:44 PM »

I hated most of the scenes that didn't have robots in them.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #13199 on:** March 05, 2012, 11:34:57 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on March 05, 2012, 08:13:29 PM

I watched the third Transformers on a plane ride and I kept thinking to myself "how bad is the second one if it is considered that much worse than this?". I mean the first and the first are incomprehensible garbage, but somehow the second is worse?
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the second one is CONSIDERABLY worse than 1 & 3. i really think it'll have a cult following in 20 years among people that seen it when they were kids.

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