Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Steve Contra]

If you're a grownup who is worrying about the Ninja Turtles is going to be?  It's going to suck.  Like Transformers did, because Transformers sucks.  Michael Bay can't ruin what is already terrible.

[G The Resurrected]

The fuck? 

Looks horrible 

Still gonna see it in may, if anything for the podcast after the show.

[cool breeze]

Side By Side

fun documentary about film versus digital.  worth watching to see David Lynch say "Keanu" whenever he talks.

[Verdigris Murder]

Sightseers - FUCKING. AMAZING.  Hilariously dry comedy about uh sociopaths on vacation.  So goddamn funny and far more gory than I had anticipated. 

The We and the I - New Michel Gondry about teenagers in the south bronx on the last day of school.  Quite funny and charming.

I just realised that I've been quoting Molotof too much, so I need a palate cleanser. You will suffice Eric Parnathian.

I still haven't seen Sightseers, but he's working on a new film with the guy who starred in that godawful Nathan Barley abortion. 'Geek Pie' was the only good bit.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

That Libertarian movie was shot on the finest private Second Life island BitCoins can buy

[Howard Alan Treesong]

wait, BitCoins aren't valid currency because they aren't tied to a metal standard

GOD DAMMIT I can't keep my Libertarian jokes straight

[Polari]

godawful Nathan Barley abortion. 'Geek Pie' was the only good bit.

What

A NIGHT DOWN AT THE PUB WITH YOUR MATES AND IT'S FUCKIN' MENTAL A MOVE FROM THE PUB TO THE CLUB FOR SOME AWESOME SOUNDS

[chronovore]

Side By Side

fun documentary about film versus digital.  worth watching to see David Lynch say "Keanu" whenever he talks.

I like watching Lynch talk.

I also like watching Donald Trump's daughter talk; it's as though her elocution lessons were applied with an industrial stapler.

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't care about the new TMNT film or what Bay is doing; as I said earlier, I know what TMNT is and isn't so I can't be upset with whatever turd Bay creates. Same with Transformers and GI Joe. They can't be ruined because they already exist in my heart/mind.


That's GI Joe in my mind, couldn't care less that they made a crappy movie a few years ago.

[Cormacaroni]

like with every superhero movie, y'all don't care about it SO HARD that you will continue bitching about it for the next year 'til it releases and for 2 after that every time someone mentions it

[Boogie]

Ninja Turtles have always been kind of shit.  Sorry nostalgia-fegs.

2003 Turtles series was quality, imo.

And there's still a nostalgic place in my heart for the first two films.



I still quote TMNT II all the time IRL, and (obviously), nobody ever gets the references.  :'(

*at the end of an operational briefing*
Boogie: "whaddaya say?  Let's do it, eh?!?! 
Everyone else:  *stares at Boogie, crickets chirping*
Boogie: "Let's do eeetttttt!"
Everyone else: *continue to stare at Boogie*
Boogie:  .....You all suck.  :'(

[Mandark]

I borrowed TMNT2 on VHS from a friend and didn't return it for over a decade.  I don't want to know how many times my little brother and I watched that.  This is still burned into our minds because we never fast-forwarded through the trailer at the beginning of the tape:




Plus between that and Surf Ninjas, I wound up under the impression that Ernie Reyes, Jr. was a major star.

[Boogie]

Yeee-ah, about the same for me.  When I was around 12 or so, my mother ran a babysitting service.  One of those summers, I, my brothers, and about four other kids watched it probably every week.  That shit gets in your head.

Almost every time a group orders pizza, I instinctively break out "Ninja pizza.  Pizza that vanish quickly without trace."

Or any time someone offers me "napkins?", I spit out "what for?"

[Joe Molotov]

Haha, yep I remember that trailer too. I bet more people saw it than the actual movie.

[Himu]

I borrowed TMNT2 on VHS from a friend and didn't return it for over a decade.  I don't want to know how many times my little brother and I watched that.  This is still burned into our minds because we never fast-forwarded through the trailer at the beginning of the tape:




Plus between that and Surf Ninjas, I wound up under the impression that Ernie Reyes, Jr. was a major star.

wasn't that on the tmnt1 tape not tmnt2?

[Himu]

Yeee-ah, about the same for me.  When I was around 12 or so, my mother ran a babysitting service.  One of those summers, I, my brothers, and about four other kids watched it probably every week.  That shit gets in your head.

Almost every time a group orders pizza, I instinctively break out "Ninja pizza.  Pizza that vanish quickly without trace."

Or any time someone offers me "napkins?", I spit out "what for?"

No one ever gets my "forgiveness is divine" quote irl

[Joe Molotov]

Yeee-ah, about the same for me.  When I was around 12 or so, my mother ran a babysitting service.  One of those summers, I, my brothers, and about four other kids watched it probably every week.  That shit gets in your head.

Almost every time a group orders pizza, I instinctively break out "Ninja pizza.  Pizza that vanish quickly without trace."

Or any time someone offers me "napkins?", I spit out "what for?"

No one ever gets my "forgiveness is divine" quote irl

I like how that came up if you scanned the QR code on the pizza boxes in Borderlands 2, but it was attributed to Captain Picard lol.

Edit: That trailer reminds me of another 90's relic:

[ManaByte]

Possible Iron Man 3 post credits scene to set up Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers 2:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Apparently the SOS is received at the end of the movie, and is from one Star-Lord (mask and all), so Tony takes off to find him (noting that, with the space armor, he’s “ready this time”). Jarvis asks Tony where he’s going and Tony simply replies, “I’ll be back.” This heavily implies to me that GOTG is probably going to take place before IM3, and will end with Starlord sending out the SOS (presumably Thanos is the source of distress and Starlord is warning them that he’s heading towards Earth) and that Avengers 2 is going to begin (or at some point involve) Tony bringing back the Guardians to help with Thanos.

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[fistfulofmetal]

movies i watched today. worst to best

Killing Them Softly
the usage of the election as a framework doesnt work. the story is decently well told but does a bad job at making me care. Pitt is the reason to watch

The Master
amazing directing. really beautiful flick. Phoenix and Hoffman knock it outta the park. doesn't really maintain it's foothold since it meanders a bit in the middle. hard to understand the point of the movie IMO.

Flight
that crash sequence in the beginning is incredible. Denzel is great. really good character piece. the build up to the characters redemption is frustrating, in a good way.

[Mandark]

If you're a grownup who is worrying about the Ninja Turtles is going to be?  It's going to suck.  Like Transformers did, because Transformers sucks.  Michael Bay can't ruin what is already terrible.

Probably true, but there are exceptions.  Speed Racer vastly exceeded the cartoon, and I'd rather watch The Damned United than lower division English soccer.

[Great Rumbler]

I rewatched all of the original Speed Racer recently and it's still pretty awesome.

[Mupepe]

The chick in flight was pretty damn pointless. I hated that part of the story. It dragged down the pacing

[Great Rumbler]

C.H.U.D.

About what you'd expect from a movie entitled "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers," but that's certainly not a bad thing.

[Momo]

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christopher Nolan is in charge of the DCU Movie Universe, Bale may return for JL

Fuck this gay earth

[cool breeze]

That's a potentially interesting but most likely train wreck of a rumor.  Continuing after Dark Knight Rises would devalue the stronger ideas of that movie.  This is unless the team of writers find a creative and original way to make everything work...Or ignore it and have a short scene to 'fix things' and make it the most marketable movie possible without worry of logic or consistency.  Or a separate continuity; the X-men movies split into separate X-men and Wolverine series.

We'll see how Man of Steel turns out and for as much as I liked Dark Knight Rises, if they're going forward with this thing, the people involved need to lighten up.  Multiply all the introspective staring scenes by members of the league and there's not much room left for action.  But not so much to be cavalier and vapid like The Avengers, not that it didn't work there.

[Rahxephon91]

Are the X-men movies separate? I mean Origins is in the (broken) movie continuity. The new one isn't, but kind of.

[chronovore]

Days of Future Past is also being made? That's badass.

Watch heaps of noobs claim they're ripping off The Terminator.

[chronovore]

wait, BitCoins aren't valid currency because they aren't tied to a metal standard

GOD DAMMIT I can't keep my Libertarian jokes straight

[ManaByte]

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League. Nolan producing. Snyder possibly directing and producing.

[Joe Molotov]

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League.

 

Nolan producing.

 

Snyder possibly directing and producing.

 

[Phoenix Dark]

I hope Superman bombs

[ManaByte]

Are the X-men movies separate? I mean Origins is in the (broken) movie continuity. The new one isn't, but kind of.

Singer already said he plans to recton out the X-Men 3 and Origins stupidity with Days of Future past.

[Phoenix Dark]

Singer's last couple films have been bombs, kind of surprised the studio handed this to him. Also I heard Peter Dinklage is playing the main villain, I can't think who that would be.

[Cormacaroni]

Peter Dinklage has to be Puck, surely (not a villain, or even a mutant i guess)

[Groogrux]

I can't decide whether I think the movie is going to be awesome because Dinklage is such a badass, or if I just feel sorry for him because he's such a badass and he's getting involved with this.

[ManaByte]

Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233

[Great Rumbler]

Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233

You mad?

[Diunx]

I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.

[Barry Egan]

Man of Steel review written by the Nolan cult. Someone should tell this dumbass that Nolan didn't direct it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48816189&postcount=233

For fans of the Nolan Batman trilogy, you'll take to this quite quickly, like I did. It has a very similar feel to a Nolan movie. I guess that shouldn't be a surprise since Nolan was involved, but I thought his involvement wasn't that great supposedly.

[ManaByte]

[Boogie]

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Christian Bale as Batman in Justice League. Nolan producing. Snyder possibly directing and producing.

Momo posted that exact link 8 hours and a scant six posts before yours.  Do you read threads or do you just do drive-by links?

Come on, you know the answer to this.

I can't remember the last time Manabyte showed any actual back-and-forth engagement with anyone, or showed any sign he reads anything beyond the thread title.

[CajoleJuice]

I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.

I think Synder's over-the-top style and deftness at directing action (although I haven't seen Sucker Punch) is probably better suited to Superman.

[Steve Contra]

Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.

[Phoenix Dark]

Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.

we gonna act like The Dark Knight isn't a classic

[CajoleJuice]

Neither one should be allowed near comic book movies ever again.

Should anyone?

[Steve Contra]

Avengers was about as comic book-y as a movie should be.  Snyder doesn't get the form, and Nolan just doesn't like the form.

[TakingBackSunday]

I'm okay with Nolan not liking the form.  That's why I look forward to his flicks, at least I'll know he tries something new with it.

Avengers was very fun but after it I have no desire to continue to be invested in any of the future movies.  Nor do I even feel the need to watch Avengers again.

[Phoenix Dark]

can we all agree TDKR sucked tho

but TDK 

[TakingBackSunday]

nah I don't think it sucked.  It's flawed, baffling, and infuriating at times, but its still a good-great Batman flick.

Well-shot, amazing sound design, and a great first half makes me almost forget about the acting, nonsense plot devices and ultimately throw-away villain in the second half.

[Phoenix Dark]

great first half? The first 20 minutes were nearly incomprehensibly stupid and poorly edited

[Momo]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/5/4069004/carrie-fisher-confirms-princess-leia-return-for-star-wars-episode-vii

Carrie Fisher
Harrison Ford
Mark Hamil

>2013

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/5/4069004/carrie-fisher-confirms-princess-leia-return-for-star-wars-episode-vii

Carrie Fisher
Harrison Ford
Mark Hamil

>2013

[Momo]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/5/4069004/carrie-fisher-confirms-princess-leia-return-for-star-wars-episode-vii

Carrie Fisher
Harrison Ford
Mark Hamil

>2013

[Momo]

Seriously PD it's this nostalgia fagging thats going to murder SW dead. They should do a trilogy on a different >more interesting< time period in Star Wars lore

[Cormacaroni]

the twist is that Luke actually turns into Yoda

[ManaByte]

Seriously PD it's this nostalgia fagging thats going to murder SW dead. They should do a trilogy on a different >more interesting< time period in Star Wars lore

KOTOR is shitty fan fiction and TOR killed that setting forever.

[Momo]

That doesnt mean we have to go running back to Luke and friend's wrinkly old balls/tits

[Diunx]

I would actually be interested in that Movie if Nolan was indeed the director instead of shytder.

I think Synder's over-the-top style and deftness at directing action (although I haven't seen Sucker Punch) is probably better suited to Superman.

The chase scenes in all of Nolan's Batman are better than the gay ass slow mo ballet Shytder likes to do.

[Steve Contra]

great first half? The first 20 minutes were nearly incomprehensibly stupid and poorly edited

So was the last hour.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

And everything in between

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[TakingBackSunday]

if the story permits, why is getting back those three actors such a bad things?  it's not like they're going to be the stars of the movie, lol if you think disney would allow that