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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15180 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:29:03 PM »

So...the main villain of Iron Man 3 is Bane?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15181 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:29:50 PM »

Turrist. I thought they got Charles Barkley to play the villain for a second.

Tucah · « **Reply #15182 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:30:07 PM »

Shane Black

Trailer wasn't bad either. I like RDJ's Stark enough that I'll see it just for him even if it ends up being mediocre.

What the fuck is that voice though

Diunx · « **Reply #15183 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:33:51 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 23, 2012, 12:29:03 PM

So...the main villain of Iron Man 3 is Bane?

? sounds nothing like Bane.

chronovore · « **Reply #15184 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:37:35 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on October 23, 2012, 12:30:07 PM

Shane Black

Trailer wasn't bad either. I like RDJ's Stark enough that I'll see it just for him even if it ends up being mediocre.

What the fuck is that voice though

I had the same reactions.

Shane Black will make this great, I hope. Ben Kingsley is pretty much perfect in anything he does, so the voice doesn't worry me.

chronovore · « **Reply #15185 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:44:22 PM »

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #15186 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:45:55 PM »

Barry Egan · « **Reply #15187 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:57:31 PM »

I was waiting for A Will Federman Production at the end there.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #15188 on:** October 23, 2012, 06:00:02 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on October 23, 2012, 05:45:55 PM

Looks like Avatar, but maybe a bit better.

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Who am I kidding, it will be better.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15189 on:** October 23, 2012, 06:21:17 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on October 23, 2012, 05:45:55 PM

giant fish battles

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15190 on:** October 24, 2012, 12:40:53 PM »

Enl · « **Reply #15191 on:** October 24, 2012, 01:26:05 PM »

Clean and shiny red band Evil Dead trailer:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15192 on:** October 24, 2012, 01:45:22 PM »

Honestly, it's gonna be hard to take this seriously [assuming its meant to be taken seriously] after Cabin in the Woods.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #15193 on:** October 24, 2012, 01:59:04 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 24, 2012, 12:40:53 PM

looks awesome

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #15194 on:** October 24, 2012, 04:50:22 PM »

If Evil Dead ends with the survivors getting sucked back through time into the Medevils, maybe the sequel could actually be awesome. Set around the Crusades or something.

Timber · « **Reply #15195 on:** October 24, 2012, 04:54:08 PM »

IM MAKING A MOVIE
NO YOU'RE NOT
I'LL MAKE IT ANYWAY
WELL OKAY

HEY THIS CHICK IS PRETTY HOT

5 oscars

Mupepe · « **Reply #15196 on:** October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM »

Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is

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where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.

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ManaByte · « **Reply #15197 on:** October 26, 2012, 12:50:20 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM

Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is
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where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.
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Argo fuck yourself!

Steve Contra · « **Reply #15198 on:** October 26, 2012, 12:54:56 PM »

Just wanted to come in and remind everyone just how bad Prometheus was.

Mupepe · « **Reply #15199 on:** October 26, 2012, 12:55:34 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on October 26, 2012, 12:50:20 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM
Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is
spoiler (click to show/hide)
where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.
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Argo fuck yourself!

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #15200 on:** October 26, 2012, 01:08:25 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on October 26, 2012, 12:54:56 PM

Just wanted to come in and remind everyone just how bad Prometheus was.

Seriously. Don't ever let the internet forget.

Yeti · « **Reply #15201 on:** October 26, 2012, 06:07:42 PM »

I'm so disappointed by that. I guess I'll still see it eventually though.

Mandark · « **Reply #15202 on:** October 26, 2012, 06:34:08 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM

Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is
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where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.
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It does a good job of balancing the tone throughout, and that scene's a good example of why. Besides establishing that Affleck's character is the Best At What He Does, it earns the audience's trust, so that we'll cooperate with the kinda goofy premise. Compare with "the school needs money so... Kevin James enters an MMA contest! but he's fat!"

Movie was like Charlie Wilson's War + Bowfinger + a heist movie. Just a really fun, well-executed movie.

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Mupepe · « **Reply #15203 on:** October 26, 2012, 07:56:27 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on October 26, 2012, 06:34:08 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM
Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is
spoiler (click to show/hide)
where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.
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It does a good job of balancing the tone throughout, and that scene's a good example of why. Besides establishing that Affleck's character is the Best At What He Does, it earns the audience's trust, so that we'll cooperate with the kinda goofy premise. Compare with "the school needs money so... Kevin James enters an MMA contest! but he's fat!"

Movie was like Charlie Wilson's War + Bowfinger + a heist movie. Just a really fun, well-executed movie.
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Agreed.

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The scene takes what's obviously a far fetched situation and paints it with more down to earth tones. It also makes every moment past that, including the frolicking with the Hollywood elite actually important. I'll agree that it earns our trust and even further I'd say it essentially makes the whole movie. The pacing was also perfect. It never dwells on one aspect for too long. It was a very technically accomplished film from all angles IMO.

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I heard it wasn't as good as GBG or The Town. While the content matter may not grab people the same way I think it's on a completely other level technically. I'll see after multiple viewings but it's probably my favorite Affleck film.

ManaByte · « **Reply #15204 on:** October 26, 2012, 09:06:03 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 07:56:27 PM

Quote from: Mandark on October 26, 2012, 06:34:08 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on October 26, 2012, 10:29:55 AM
Saw Argo last night. Great fucking film. My favorite scene is
spoiler (click to show/hide)
where they're discussing different ways to get them out and the team is shooting them all down. Now THAT is good writing. Most movies would never go through the trouble of trying to explain why it's such a difficult situation.
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spoiler (click to show/hide)
It does a good job of balancing the tone throughout, and that scene's a good example of why. Besides establishing that Affleck's character is the Best At What He Does, it earns the audience's trust, so that we'll cooperate with the kinda goofy premise. Compare with "the school needs money so... Kevin James enters an MMA contest! but he's fat!"

Movie was like Charlie Wilson's War + Bowfinger + a heist movie. Just a really fun, well-executed movie.
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Agreed.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The scene takes what's obviously a far fetched situation and paints it with more down to earth tones. It also makes every moment past that, including the frolicking with the Hollywood elite actually important. I'll agree that it earns our trust and even further I'd say it essentially makes the whole movie. The pacing was also perfect. It never dwells on one aspect for too long. It was a very technically accomplished film from all angles IMO.
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I heard it wasn't as good as GBG or The Town. While the content matter may not grab people the same way I think it's on a completely other level technically. I'll see after multiple viewings but it's probably my favorite Affleck film.

GBG drags in the middle, and The Town's final heist kind of fizzles compared to the ones earlier in the movie. Then there's the two different versions of The Town as the ending on the Extended really changes the tone. Argo is his best by far.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15205 on:** October 27, 2012, 10:00:12 AM »

So, apparently there's going to be a new Conan the Barbarian movie out in 2014 and it's going to star Schwarzenegger.

Eric P · « **Reply #15206 on:** October 27, 2012, 06:20:43 PM »

In NYC i saw this pretty entertaining Korean / Hong Kong film called The Thieves which starts off like an Asian Ocean's 11 which takes some surprisingly dark turns in the end with some really good and unexpected action set pieces. If you can see it, do so but you may have to wait for a video release.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15207 on:** October 28, 2012, 12:25:46 PM »

To appreciate just how much Cloud Atlas bombed during it's first week, you only need to know that it was half of what Speed Racer made on its opening weekend. So, yeah, not good.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #15208 on:** October 28, 2012, 12:48:29 PM »

my mother was planning on seeing it because she adored the book. I told her it was 3 hours long and directed by the guys who did the matrix. She's skipping it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15209 on:** October 28, 2012, 12:58:08 PM »

Reviews have been pretty mixed, basically that the scope is compelling and a bit too much at the same time. I'll watch it if it ever gets on Netflix streaming.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #15210 on:** October 28, 2012, 01:19:38 PM »

I watched it and loved it, and don't really care what other people think. I mean, if we start factoring in box office, we'd have to admit Prometheus is better than some other movies. And I'm not ready to take that step.

(Seriously, though, it was great.)

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #15211 on:** October 28, 2012, 01:22:21 PM »

I wanted to see it but I need catheter for movies that long. Fuck getting old! I don't know how I'm gonna have the will power to see the Hobbit. Let alone I have to figure out where I'm gonna see the fucking movie. Do I want Dolby Atmos, 64fps 3D, IMAX, D-BOX? I got no clue, why I can't have all 4 things at one theater.

Eric P · « **Reply #15212 on:** October 28, 2012, 03:01:30 PM »

Just got back from Taichi Zero, the first trilogy which I read was "steampunk meets Kung Fu Hustle meets Scott Pilgrim" but it's even better because it's an ANTI-steampunk isolationist KFH meets SP. It was really a lot of fun and full of neat camera work and great flourishes that really marry the Scott Pilgrim style to high fantasy Wu Xia film. Great stuff and full of 70s and 80s HK cameos. From the director of the CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED House of Fury and the not horrible Enter the Phoenix.

Eric P · « **Reply #15213 on:** October 28, 2012, 04:08:20 PM »

i'll probably see it. i'm a member of the very small Speed Racer fan club so I'm eager to see this, but I've neglected to read the book in preparation.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #15214 on:** October 28, 2012, 04:11:04 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on October 28, 2012, 04:08:20 PM

i'll probably see it. i'm a member of the very small Speed Racer fan club so I'm eager to see this, but I've neglected to read the book in preparation.

That club is not as small as you might think. DVD/Bluray sales say it did better with home sales than it did in theaters. I loved that freaking movie and wanted a sequel so badly (still do.)

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #15215 on:** October 28, 2012, 04:17:37 PM »

You can def' feel the length of Cloud Atlas at some points but I think the editing is so well crafted that it has its own unique fingerprint in regards to the ebb and flow of movies in general

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #15216 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:05:14 PM »

Get the Gringo

pretty good. Gibson can still be an action star.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #15217 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:53:10 PM »

There's one shot of his baldness in the whole film, maybe it's a contractual thing.

But I concur. I need to also see Torque.

Diunx · « **Reply #15218 on:** October 28, 2012, 08:33:31 PM »

Does it have an intermission? I like to drink water at the movies but don't like standing up in the middle of one to go pee.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #15219 on:** October 28, 2012, 11:33:00 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on October 28, 2012, 01:19:38 PM

I watched it and loved it, and don't really care what other people think. I mean, if we start factoring in box office, we'd have to admit Prometheus is better than some other movies. And I'm not ready to take that step.

(Seriously, though, it was great.)

Hmm maybe I will check it out. I do love Cloud Atlas and I admire the ambition of the picture just from the face of it. What makes me apprehensive is, well, the last time the Wachowskis worked on something with a scope this large I wanted to kill myself. They neglected good script writing because they had an Important Message they had to convey (Praise Be Neo-Christ). It would be just terrible to see them take the material in Cloud Atlas so seriously that they end up spending 3 hours trying to convince me of what an insightful thing it is they're trying to communicate.

I'll probably just wait for the DVD or whatever.

Freyj · « **Reply #15220 on:** October 28, 2012, 11:42:34 PM »

I enjoyed it, several with me did not (as "it was confusing").

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #15221 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:17:22 AM »

Drive?

So what's the EB Consensus on this? I thought it was pretty good. Very brooding, tense film that explodes into some pretty crazy shit. Gosling's performance is one of the most...emotionless I've seen in awhile.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15222 on:** October 29, 2012, 01:06:35 AM »

I really liked Drive, though I'm a sucker for surreal, dreamlike movies.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #15223 on:** October 29, 2012, 02:21:37 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #15224 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:52:37 PM »

Anyone see this? It looks full of potential, but it also looks super easy to screw up.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #15225 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:57:06 PM »

Anyone seen Skyfall yet? im going tomorrow I think

Yeti · « **Reply #15226 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:19:29 PM »

I'm excited for Skyfall, I hope it's good.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15227 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:15:58 PM »

So Disney bought Lucasfilm and announced Star Wars Episode VII today. Coming in 2015.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15228 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:25:55 PM »

Pixar-produced CG Star Wars movie, please.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15229 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:28:33 PM »

Lucas isn't writing or directing, so that's a plus.

If the film is out in 2 1/2 years, I wonder how long this has been in the works?

cool breeze · « **Reply #15230 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:33:46 PM »

Would this include lucasart (game company)?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15231 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:34:18 PM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on October 30, 2012, 04:33:46 PM

Would this include lucasart (game company)?

I think Disney gets Lucasarts, ILM, etc., but don't quote me on that.

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Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Lucasfilm, a leader in entertainment, innovation and technology, including its massively popular and "evergreen" Star Wars franchise and its operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production. Disney will also acquire the substantial portfolio of cutting-edge entertainment technologies that have kept audiences enthralled for many years. Lucasfilm, headquartered in San Francisco, operates under the names Lucasfilm Ltd., LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound, and the present intent is for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations.

chronovore · « **Reply #15232 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:35:58 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2012, 04:28:33 PM

Lucas isn't writing or directing, so that's a plus.

If the film is out in 2 1/2 years, I wonder how long this has been in the works?

Yeah, I wonder. It's been an airtight deal, from the amount of shock rippling through the internets right now.

Also feeling somewhat strange, at the amount of hope I'm feeling over a non-Lucas Star Wars movie. He really messed up the prequels.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2012, 04:34:18 PM

Quote from: fryinghigh on October 30, 2012, 04:33:46 PM
Would this include lucasart (game company)?

I think Disney gets Lucasarts, ILM, etc., but don't quote me on that.

LucasArts gonna get shut down in 5, 4, 3, 2...

Actually, I just remembered hearing about the new head of LucasFilm decrying the existence of LucasArts the other day, talking about "WHY DO WE OWN THIS? IT MAKES US NO MONEY."

Framed in the context of jettisoning stuff which costs money prior to purchase, it makes a little more sense, I guess.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #15233 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:37:47 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2012, 04:28:33 PM

If the film is out in 2 1/2 years, I wonder how long this has been in the works?

Episode II came out exactly 3 years after Episode I, and Episode III came out exactly three years after Episode II.

Quote from: chronovore on October 30, 2012, 04:35:58 PM

LucasArts gonna get shut down in 5, 4, 3, 2...

Hasn't LucasArts been more or less dead for quite a while?

Boogie · « **Reply #15234 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:38:26 PM »

I just want my unfucked version of the OT on Blu-Ray!

chronovore · « **Reply #15235 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:39:15 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on October 30, 2012, 04:38:26 PM

I just want my unfucked version of the OT on Blu-Ray!

Lucas said it would never happen... But if Disney sees enough money in it, it is possible that edition may see the light of day.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15236 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:40:07 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 30, 2012, 04:37:47 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2012, 04:28:33 PM
If the film is out in 2 1/2 years, I wonder how long this has been in the works?

Episode II came out exactly 3 years after Episode I, and Episode III came out exactly three years after Episode II.

As did Empire and Jedi.

What I'm getting at is there is probably an outline or a script or something for VII. You don't just buy a company and then be like "oh yeah, new Star Wars movie in a couple years." I'd love to know how long this deal has been in the works, and when the idea of making Episode VII materialized.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15237 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:51:17 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on October 30, 2012, 04:38:26 PM

I just want my unfucked version of the OT on Blu-Ray!

That's probably the best hope from this.

Episode 7 from Disney makes me think pirates of the Caribbean and John carter quality ("quality")

Lucasarts is more interesting to me

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15238 on:** October 30, 2012, 06:03:14 PM »

Full Throttle on Steam, Disney pls.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #15239 on:** November 01, 2012, 04:33:23 AM »

The most recent Universal Soldier is astonishingly good, the last 20 mins or so in particular. It's also got some sleazy 70's bits, and also really trippy. Action fans need to see this ASAP.

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