Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5392865 times)

etiolate · « **Reply #13920 on:** May 24, 2012, 09:22:00 PM »

As long as you don't hate your child self for ever being a little kid then you could probably enjoy the movie. I realize that's a big if for some of you.

Timber · « **Reply #13921 on:** May 24, 2012, 09:26:18 PM »

Etiolate I kind of love you for that post.

Enl · « **Reply #13922 on:** May 24, 2012, 10:24:54 PM »

The Divide - I thought this was actually really cool, dark, character drama/thriller from the director of Frontier(s). It kind of plays out like one of those stories you would read when hunting through abandoned vaults in Fallout 3. Basically the story takes place during a nuclear fallout in New York where a group of survivors hold up in their superintendent's bomb shelter (the super being played by Michael Biehn). As time passes some of the group began suffering from radioactive poisoning and things begin to slip into madness. I could easily see this film not being for everyone as it get into some really dark and uncomfortable territory towards the end with barely any moments of levity, but I thoroughly enjoyed it all the way to the very end. Definitely worth a watch if you're into small scale character dramas where everything slowly descends into chaos.

Tasty · « **Reply #13923 on:** May 24, 2012, 10:57:33 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 24, 2012, 09:05:22 PM

Why do i get the feeling that Nolan's pretention is gonna get the better of him in this one.

Better than him going "IDGAF" and pulling a Spider-man 3.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13924 on:** May 25, 2012, 12:17:01 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 24, 2012, 09:05:22 PM

Why do i get the feeling that Nolan's pretention is gonna get the better of him in this one.

I think that already happened to an extent with TDK.

Diunx · « **Reply #13925 on:** May 25, 2012, 01:35:29 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on May 24, 2012, 07:44:16 PM

The Dark Knight Rises is 3 hours long

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #13926 on:** May 25, 2012, 06:59:12 AM »

Dude you could have just said "it's the nuclear apocalypse movie with Michael Beihn" and that would be enough...

Barry Egan · « **Reply #13927 on:** May 25, 2012, 07:17:31 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 24, 2012, 09:05:22 PM

Why do i get the feeling that Nolan's pretention is gonna get the better of him in this one.

I read somewhere that Batman quotes Heidegger in the movie (seriously). So yea I would say that is a distinct possibility.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13928 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:02:59 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on May 24, 2012, 09:22:00 PM

As long as you don't hate your child self for ever being a little kid then you could probably enjoy the movie. I realize that's a big if for some of you.

I don't hate my child self, I hate my entire self, ok?

Eric P · « **Reply #13929 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:42:39 AM »

The Asphyx. I love me some 70s British horror but this was just...well more goofy than anything.

full movie here

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13930 on:** May 25, 2012, 02:56:33 PM »

Damn, they already took it down. Looks crazy, though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13931 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:25:06 PM »

Insane stop-motion animation movie from animator Phil Tippett [Star Wars, RoboCop, Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers] on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madgod/phil-tippetts-mad-god

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13932 on:** May 25, 2012, 04:06:20 PM »

I'm watching a film with Denzel Washington (he never changed his name) and some guy who would actually be really good-looking if his eyes weren't so close together. I'm pretty sure that's one of the only things the Hollywood surgeons haven't cracked yet. How do you move eyes.

Momo · « **Reply #13933 on:** May 25, 2012, 04:16:30 PM »

Dat $75 package looks like my sweetspot

Eric P · « **Reply #13934 on:** May 25, 2012, 06:34:29 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on May 25, 2012, 02:56:33 PM

Damn, they already took it down. Looks crazy, though.

it has this really strange framing sequence which adds more to the confusion than act as a way in for the modern audience to this period piece

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13935 on:** May 25, 2012, 06:55:15 PM »

I agree with Eric Ps points, but god damn, Safe House: Washingtons teeth, SERIOULY.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13936 on:** May 25, 2012, 07:27:12 PM »

Quote from: Martin Raperman on May 25, 2012, 06:55:15 PM

I agree with Eric Ps points, but god damn, Safe House: Washingtons teeth, SERIOULY.

?

I've only seen the trailers but his teeth look normal/good, and I've seen no evidence he wears vaneers

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13937 on:** May 26, 2012, 01:19:47 AM »

Moonrise Kingdom

A Wes Anderson movie. You already know what you think about it. This one seems less quirky then his others and has a more focused plot, but remains highly stylized. His movies always leave a smile on my face and this one was no different.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13938 on:** May 26, 2012, 02:35:01 AM »

ah man, I sure dug Headhunters. Which is as polished as any Hollywood thriller, but as pleasingly amoral as a European one. An ultra-slick corporate stooge moonlights as an art thief of clients he headhunts, until he bites off waaaaay more then he can chew with his latest target, a former CEO/'person with a particular set of skills' who provides an irresistible professional/criminal opportunity.

Headhunters isn't just great because its an effective thriller, its great because its so damn entertaining, with lots of well executed pitch black humor, and a slippery, satisfyingly callous protagonist who's a lot of fun to watch squirm and worm his way out of his increasingly bleaker situation.

And its also great because between all the well staged nastiness it finds time to make its characters feel like more then the archetypes they initially appear to be. Hell, there's some simple, spare dialog about the protagonists marriage that feels more truthful in three sentences then whole movies about relationship dramas.

when I make my top 10 list of this year, I'm pretty sure that Headhunters will find a spot on there, probably on the top half of the list. It really is pretty damn great.
Grade A

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13939 on:** May 26, 2012, 03:01:03 AM »

I really enjoyed it, but it was totally ridiculous hah

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13940 on:** May 26, 2012, 09:25:36 AM »

Come on Headhunter had some marring faults and some things came out of the blue like wtf

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13941 on:** May 26, 2012, 09:43:32 AM »

yes it was kinda ridiculous, which I enjoyed, and I'm pretty sure it was intentional. I mean, how can you not love the part where...

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the protagonist is saved by being sandwiched between two really fat guys in the squad car.

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and actually, I don't think anything really came out of the blue. Everything except the...

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needle in the car

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was explained. Hell, I really very much liked its "oh shit, how much worse is this gonna get" quality, that it all hung together somewhat coherently afterwards was a bonus.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13942 on:** May 26, 2012, 09:46:55 AM »

Yeah those things were funny to me to but what I found jarring was

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The sudden EVIL CORPORATION angle

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came kind of out of nowhere for me. And I don't think

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the relationship with his wife was fleshed out enough before the serious bit

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Overall I really enjoyed the movie though, and I def see a Hollywood remake on the horizon.

Bebpo · « **Reply #13943 on:** May 26, 2012, 10:10:37 PM »

Men in Black 3

Fun popcorn movie. Was surprised when the reviews said it didn't suck, because man this had so much potential to be awful. But it's solid across the board. Story works, directing is fine, and Brolin does a great job. Not going to win any awards, but if you enjoyed the old ones (or one), it's worth a matinee.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13944 on:** May 27, 2012, 12:05:48 AM »

MiB 1 was great, MiB 2 sucked big time. I'll check out MiB 3 eventually, but probably not before it's on DVD.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13945 on:** May 27, 2012, 12:30:13 AM »

Mission Impossible 4

Alright movie. I mostly enjoyed all the Mission Impossible movies for different reasons, but MI4 is probably down with MI2 as a movie full of vapid action. Although MI2 was too serious and MI4 stays fun and has some nice interactions between the crew. Sometimes it's too cartoonish with looney tunes impacts (with 'boink' sounds and all). Plot and the bad guy (pretty sure it was the guy from the original girl with the dragon tattoo) were bad and barely present. Also really, really gadget heavy. The other movies had gadgets and stuff. This one has post-Goldeneye Brosnan amount of gadgets.

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And as a joke almost every gadget in the movie breaks down.

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Also, really heavy handed Apple product placement. But overall an entertaining movie!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13946 on:** May 27, 2012, 12:36:46 AM »

I really enjoyed MI4. It wasn't deep or full of great characters or anything like that, but the action was well-handled and it moved at a good pace so that it never really felt boring.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13947 on:** May 27, 2012, 12:41:28 AM »

I got a bit bored when

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Tom Cruse was chasing the out of shape old guy for like the third time.

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Eric P · « **Reply #13948 on:** May 27, 2012, 08:32:28 AM »

The Avengers- I really liked the characterization of Bruce Banner and loved Captain America, but aside from that, I felt it was really overly long.

Bebpo · « **Reply #13949 on:** May 28, 2012, 03:56:26 AM »

Ghost Rider 2

I don't know why this got panned so hard in the theater. For a comic book movie, it seemed pretty decent. Better than the first one for sure. Idris Elba was was fantastic and Cage actually does a good job being a crazy person, showing the insanity/internal conflict that the rider curse is to the character. While it was no Crank, the directing was kinetic enough that it stayed entertaining for its 90 min length. The story was standard fare comic book stuff and it had a bunch of ridiculous action scenes. I liked the comic book scenes that went into the lore of Ghost Rider universe. Eh, I think GR is one of the more interesting Marvel characters, so this was a decent watch.

Eric P · « **Reply #13950 on:** May 28, 2012, 07:37:38 AM »

Corman's World. Film was too short and didn't really give any new information. Though it was somewhat touching to see Jack Nicholson break down and start to cry when he was discussing how much Corman meant to him.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13951 on:** May 28, 2012, 02:44:22 PM »

Is the Great Gatsby seriously 3D? Joke right?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13952 on:** May 28, 2012, 03:02:24 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on May 28, 2012, 02:44:22 PM

Is the Great Gatsby seriously 3D? Joke right?

Can't wait to see it on IMAX. It's so real, it's like alcohol is being prohibited right there in the theater!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13953 on:** May 28, 2012, 03:02:59 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on May 28, 2012, 03:02:24 PM

Quote from: Premium Lager on May 28, 2012, 02:44:22 PM
Is the Great Gatsby seriously 3D? Joke right?

Can't wait to see it on IMAX. It's so real, it's alcohol is being prohibited right there in the theater!

joe is on a roll

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13954 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:52:10 PM »

It's just been so grim around here, it's like when a character cracks a bad joke during a horror movie or a thriller and it seems really funny just because everything else is so dark and serious.

Momo · « **Reply #13955 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:57:17 PM »

I dunno how to feel about the placement of this light source $:-\$

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13956 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:58:07 PM »

Man I had to google it just now to see if you guys were joking about the 3D

You weren't $:-\$

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The film is set to be released in Real D 3D and 2D cinemas on December 25, 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures.[1]

I don't understand. AT ALL.

chronovore · « **Reply #13957 on:** May 28, 2012, 10:25:59 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on May 27, 2012, 08:32:28 AM

The Avengers- I really liked the characterization of Bruce Banner and loved Captain America, but aside from that, I felt it was really overly long.

This was my Memorial Day movie as well, and I agree with your points. Ruffalo is a good Bruce Banner, and The Avengers made me /want/ to see Captain America.

The always-ironic Marvel Team-Up sequences of "we are superheroes, but we must fight before we team up" just went on and on, and then it was all about the SHIELD Helicarrier not crashing... making the Helicarrier just seem like a really bad idea, rather than a strategic platform.

...AAaaaand Joss Whedon made me care about a character before impaling him through the torso, so you can see he's either mocking himself or has a very limited bag of tricks.

Even with all that, I still really enjoyed it. I laughed a lot, too.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #13958 on:** May 29, 2012, 01:13:05 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #13959 on:** May 29, 2012, 03:54:34 PM »

TDKR the hours long? I'm not sure thatll actually happen for the theatrical cut, but still, gross. A movie like that has no need to be three hours, not even two, really. I'm guessing it'll be around two hours and twenty minutes. Nolan better not have Batman holding Alfred's skull in some lamenting monologue.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13960 on:** May 29, 2012, 08:26:42 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on May 29, 2012, 03:54:34 PM

I'm guessing it'll be around two hours and twenty minutes.

So it'll be shorter than The Dark Knight?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13961 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:45:42 AM »

Gonna watch some Masque of the Red Death tonight, since I randomly discovered that it was Netflix streaming.

Eric P · « **Reply #13962 on:** May 30, 2012, 09:16:50 AM »

I think all of the Corman Poe films are. Check out Tomb of Ligeia if you haven't seen it yet as it's the strongest of that sequence.

Last night I watched Jackie Chan's Crime Story. I haven't seen it in a long time so I forgot how grim the whole film is. Really more of a straight up action film than the usual Jackie Chan comedy / action stuff. Still can't believe they were able to blow up parts of Kowloon though. Really good stuff though. Really liked the opening shoot out cut back and forth with the police psychiatrist. It starts about 3 minutes in if anyone wants to watch it.

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The Avengers made me /want/ to see Captain America.

You should. Barring the first Iron Man, it was probably the best of the Prevengers films.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13963 on:** May 30, 2012, 09:38:57 AM »

currently watching Titan AE, movie is incredible. Don Bluth is a true master. Love his art style.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13964 on:** May 31, 2012, 10:18:39 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on May 30, 2012, 09:38:57 AM

currently watching Titan AE, movie is incredible. Don Bluth is a true master. Love his art style.

I actually went and saw Titan AE when it was still in theaters! And I was probably the only person who did.

Huff · « **Reply #13965 on:** June 01, 2012, 03:13:48 AM »

Just watched Contraband, that Mark Walberg Movie.

Super fucking boring and terrible. Waste of 4 dollars on Amazon Prime

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13966 on:** June 01, 2012, 03:28:47 AM »

I turned it off 30 min in Huff, shit was ridiculous.

It could have been decent but the characters were so annoying and unbelievable in their actions.

Huff · « **Reply #13967 on:** June 01, 2012, 03:35:48 AM »

I wish the movie was ridiculous. That at least would have entertained me even if it was bad. Should have rented that Zoo movie with Matt Damon or something

Robo · « **Reply #13968 on:** June 01, 2012, 09:45:40 AM »

Just in case anyone thought Harmony Korine was going to start being normal:

Possibly too creepy for work.

(those two bros at the end are in Spring Breakers)

Mupepe · « **Reply #13969 on:** June 01, 2012, 10:09:12 AM »

4 bucks for that?

Every time I think about renting a movie via digital distribution the prices repulse me. At 5.50 or whatever to rent an HD movie on XBL I can't justify it. There is a Blockbuster and Redbox right down the road and they're less than half the price. And for $1.50 more there are a ton of movies at Fry's, Wal Mart and Amazon that I can own on Blu Ray and I already know they're good!

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13970 on:** June 01, 2012, 10:53:55 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 25, 2012, 07:27:12 PM

Quote from: Martin Raperman on May 25, 2012, 06:55:15 PM
I agree with Eric Ps points, but god damn, Safe House: Washingtons teeth, SERIOULY.

?

I've only seen the trailers but his teeth look normal/good, and I've seen no evidence he wears vaneers

I'm certain that they seem to be growing out of his mouth in a more pronounced fashion in each successive film.

Watching The Raid tonight, it has been a long journey, but I find myself arriving at long last. Really looking forward to it.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13971 on:** June 01, 2012, 11:14:37 AM »

I bet that's gonna get a lot of play on MTV.

Huff · « **Reply #13972 on:** June 01, 2012, 11:24:20 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on June 01, 2012, 10:09:12 AM

4 bucks for that? Every time I think about renting a movie via digital distribution the prices repulse me. At 5.50 or whatever to rent an HD movie on XBL I can't justify it. There is a Blockbuster and Redbox right down the road and they're less than half the price. And for $1.50 more there are a ton of movies at Fry's, Wal Mart and Amazon that I can own on Blu Ray and I already know they're good!

Yeah I know, but when you've been drinking its easy to buy with the logic of "It's less than half what I'd pay at a theater"

ManaByte · « **Reply #13973 on:** June 02, 2012, 12:48:17 AM »

Prometheus is ALREADY up for pre-order on BluRay. They're giving free tickets to the movie to the first 5k who pre-order it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&tag=furiofanbo0e-20&linkCode=ur2&docId=1000795671&camp=1789&creative=390957

Mupepe · « **Reply #13974 on:** June 02, 2012, 12:49:56 AM »

I preordered the 3D version. Fuck it. If I don't like it I can cancel my preorder and still get to see the movie for free. I'm also buying Alien tomorrow on blu ray to get a ticket for my wife. Win/Win

ManaByte · « **Reply #13975 on:** June 02, 2012, 12:51:26 AM »

Did the same. BluRay isn't out until October anyways.

ManaByte · « **Reply #13976 on:** June 02, 2012, 03:22:01 AM »

Just got my free Prometheus ticket.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13977 on:** June 02, 2012, 04:52:59 AM »

I went to see Prometheus, but it was sold out so I ended up watching MIB3.

It's ok, Will has one or two jokes and all but some of his stuff is a bit tired and past its prime. Overall it will put a smile on your face I guess

Eric P · « **Reply #13978 on:** June 02, 2012, 08:45:40 AM »

got mine as well

it only covers showings up to $10, so I can see it in 3D only if I go to a showing before noon at an AMC.

NYC films are expensive as fuck. 3D is typically $18 otherwise.

ManaByte · « **Reply #13979 on:** June 02, 2012, 09:43:45 AM »

3D showings here are $13. If I have to pay $3 for it that's fine.

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