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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16801 on:** April 21, 2013, 08:04:06 PM »

Oblivion

A little weak in places and a little on the derivative side, but I really enjoyed it. Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise, the visuals and music were both pretty great, and it's got this wonderful futuristic style for all that fancy tech. The story's pulled from a lot of different sources and then stitched together, but it's executed well enough and it's in a genre where I can forgive some shortcomings here and there. Plus, I mean, it's about a million times better than another Transformers or Battleship. Basically, it scratches the itch, you know?

Robo · « **Reply #16802 on:** April 21, 2013, 11:17:44 PM »

We ended up walking out of Oblivion. I'm not sure it's a bad movie, but it was just so very boring and derivative.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16803 on:** April 21, 2013, 11:59:14 PM »

get out

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16804 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:07:45 AM »

I watched The Shining again last night because, well, it's a really good psychological thriller and a fuckin' classic.

But also because I watched the doc Room 237 which is about various theories about what The Shining is about and all the subtext etc etc.

I thought it was pretty interesting however I did not like the route they went with. Instead of being about a single theory and delving deep into it, it's about several and it only skims the surface of any one. One of my favorite discussions about The Shining is regarding it's usage of Spatial Awareness to create a creepy confusing atmosphere. It's touched on a few times here. So is the theory that The Shining is Kubrick coming clean about his faking of the moon landing footage. One which I found to be odd was that the movie is about the holocaust of the Native Americans. It's odd to me because the doc begins with this but never really goes in any depth regarding it.

However, the doc is a good thing to watch because it will inevitably lead to hours of reading webpages and watching videos about any one of the theories.

Earlier I watched Scream 4 which I found to be a lot of fun. Manages to be a well told story with good funny writing. Was surprised.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16805 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:14:16 AM »

What's the point in paying to see a movie, then walking out? I sat through POTC3, I'm sure I could handle Oblivion

chronovore · « **Reply #16806 on:** April 22, 2013, 03:51:34 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 22, 2013, 12:14:16 AM

What's the point in paying to see a movie, then walking out? I sat through POTC3, I'm sure I could handle Oblivion

It depends on what you feel your time is worth. I probably would have walked out of The Hobbit, or just had a nap in the chair.

Vertigo · « **Reply #16807 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:53:01 AM »

I'll never walk out of a movie I've paid to see.

Anyway films I've seen recently

Broken City
Grabbed a blu ray rip of this would have been pissed if I had paid to see this at the cinema. Mark Wahlberg is an ex cop who shoots some guy and gets acquitted. When we rejoin him his now a private dick who finds cheating spouses. He gets hired by Russel Crowe who's the mayor of the city who thinks his wife is cheating. Cue mildly confusing shenanigans there are a few interesting plot lines I would have loved to see more of Catherine Zeta Jones who's character was pretty interesting Mark Wahlberg plays Mark Wahlberg. It's worth a watch I guess. Just don't expect anything amazing.

Oblivion
If you've seen any of the following films

The Matrix
Moon
ID4
I Am Legend
2001
Star Wars

Then save your time and go and watch those I'm half joking but this was a massive,massive letdown amazing premise,shoddily 'based on a graphic novel' which I was reading is kind of bullshit. It's based on some concept pictures molded into a graphic novel. Which would explain why the actual script is so shoddy and familiar you could pick out whole sequences they've lifted from other films.

The gutting thing is there is something about last people on earth movies and seeing Cruise wander round an post apocalyptic new york fixing maintenance bots was pretty awesome. So the first 50 mins are at least watchable. But it goes spectacularly downhill from there. Morgan Freeman is wasted, characters are thinly sketched. Something happens later in the movie that poses more questions, and the film doesn't have enough time to really delve into it. Leading to a rather creepy ending.

See it in D Box if you have too. Outside of that? Give it a miss.

The Hunt (Jagten)
This was a change of pace from most of the movies I've seen recently. Watched it with a bunch of friends this past Saturday. It's directed by the awesome Thomas Vinterberg.

I don't want to say too much as it's great to go into this movie knowing as little as possible. I'll just say it's about a man who's life gets turned upside down when someone says he did something he didn't and how that lie turns into hysteria in the village.

It's a very powerful and frustrating film as the situations and reactions contained within the film, you know have probably gone on somewhere at some point.
Mads Mikkelsen is amazing in the lead role. A man trying to prove to people he has known his entire life of his innocence.

Well worth seeking out better to watch with a bunch of people though. We had some interesting discussions afterwards.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16808 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:20:49 AM »

I got a few ticket to see Oblivion after buying The Last Starfighter on Bluray.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16809 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:10:40 AM »

I'm buying one of those at SDCC this year and framing it.

Mupepe · « **Reply #16810 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:24:20 AM »

Himu · « **Reply #16811 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:28:59 AM »

Was oblivion good

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16812 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:10:02 AM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 22, 2013, 10:28:59 AM

Was oblivion good

Great Rumbler: It was good, I enjoyed it.
Robo: It was really boring and derivative, I walked out.
Vertigo: It was good in some parts and bad in some parts, really mixed on it.

I DON'T KNOW YOU TELL ME

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16813 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:16:50 PM »

:lensflare

cool breeze · « **Reply #16814 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:17:43 PM »

that looks fan made, but it's harder to tell the difference as official ones have been getting worse.

also, here's electro from the new spider-man movie

Raban · « **Reply #16815 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:57:46 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on April 17, 2013, 06:46:20 PM

The Nolans would just go in the other direction and make something hyper-serious. You need a director with a wide range, like Lena Dunham.

you're probably being sarcastic but

ManaByte · « **Reply #16816 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:25:12 PM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on April 22, 2013, 02:17:43 PM

that looks fan made, but it's harder to tell the difference as official ones have been getting worse.

also, here's electro from the new spider-man movie

(Image removed from quote.)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16817 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:30:08 PM »

What's up with Spiderman always messing with disgruntled or socially maladjusted scientists/professors/technicians. What a bully

Robo · « **Reply #16818 on:** April 22, 2013, 07:34:54 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 22, 2013, 12:14:16 AM

What's the point in paying to see a movie, then walking out? I sat through POTC3, I'm sure I could handle Oblivion

What do you gain by sitting through a movie you don't like? Do you find some new insight?—or is all that extra time sitting through 'til the credits somehow making it monetarily worthwhile?

I certainly could've sat through to the end, but we were bored, so we left. If I could do it over, I wouldn't have paid to see any part of it at all.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16819 on:** April 22, 2013, 07:52:22 PM »

Who is the we. You and a girl?

chronovore · « **Reply #16820 on:** April 22, 2013, 08:17:41 PM »

Is the horror/sf movie, Pandorum, worth seeing?

Eric P · « **Reply #16821 on:** April 22, 2013, 08:24:30 PM »

I liked it, but it's goofy. Especially the ending. But it does some nice atmospheric things until then

chronovore · « **Reply #16822 on:** April 22, 2013, 08:39:54 PM »

Yeah, I was watching various iTunes previews, and it looked really good. There are a bunch of famous stars, the set designer, and camera direction look fantastic! But I've never heard of it!

Beezy · « **Reply #16823 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:13:44 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on April 22, 2013, 10:10:40 AM

http://i.imgur.com/ic2jjJq.jpg

I'm buying one of those at SDCC this year and framing it.

What's your life about?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #16824 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:14:10 PM »

Found Trollhunter while mindlessly hopping around Netflix. Pretty fun found footage movie! I'm as tired of found footage as anyone else, but this one doesn't really take itself super seriously. It's refreshing.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16825 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:20:38 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 22, 2013, 08:17:41 PM

Is the horror/sf movie, Pandorum, worth seeing?

like, there's some terrible martial arts scenes in it? but the dual plots following ben foster and dennis quad are really well done. it missed the mark in a lot of key aspects but it's worth watching.

Himu · « **Reply #16826 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:01:45 AM »

I'm watching Oblivion at.AMC right and I'm bored out of my mind.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16827 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:07:51 AM »

is the soundtrack cool at least? I like M83's older stuff.

Himu · « **Reply #16828 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:14:24 AM »

Typical Hollywood epic score.

Himu · « **Reply #16829 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:16:53 AM »

I am the only one here. How well did this fare at the bo?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16830 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:24:11 AM »

$37 million opening weekend.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16831 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:37:30 AM »

Iron Man 3 IMAX 3D tix for Friday night

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16832 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:37:58 AM »

Going again on Saturday

ManaByte · « **Reply #16833 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:09:12 AM »

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/marvel/thorthedarkworld/

Vertigo · « **Reply #16834 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:34:34 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on April 23, 2013, 12:07:51 AM

is the soundtrack cool at least? I like M83's older stuff.

It's alright. You can smell the compromise throughout to make it into a film soundtrack.

The closing song is great though and the most M83 thing on there. It also mixed well with the end title motion graphics.

Mupepe · « **Reply #16835 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:24:21 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 23, 2013, 12:37:30 AM

Iron Man 3 IMAX 3D tix for Friday night

ManaByte · « **Reply #16836 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:06:38 PM »

Star Trek Into Darkness premiered in Sydney last night. And it's SHIT. Epic Batman & Robin level SHIT.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16837 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:24:00 PM »

So if anyone wants to know about Star Trek Into Darkness and how shitty it is...

MAJOR SPOILERS:

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It's basically a JJ Abrams remake of Wrath of Khan written by the idiots who wrote Transformers and Prometheus.

Cumberbatch is Khan, thawed out by an evil Starfleet Admiral and blackmailed into being a weapon to be used against the Klingons.

When they're getting their ass kicked by Khan, young Spock calls Old Spock and Old Spock basically says "I can't tell you jack shit, but Khan is a bad guy and we only defeated him with a great cost"

Khan's blood is the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It cures a dying kid at the beginning of the movie, and later McCoy injects a dead Tribble with it to see what it does.

Khan fucks up the Enterprise and it's about the explode if someone doesn't go down to the radioactive Budweiser plant and restart the radioactive engines.

Instead of Spock going to fix the engines, Kirk does.

So the window scene in the trailer is the same as in Wrath of Khan, only Kirk and Spock are swapped.

Kirk dies, but then McCoy sees the dead Tribble is alive again so they decide they need to inject Khan's blood into Kirk.

Spock and Uhura chase down Khan, knock him out, and we're spared Star Trek III: The Search for Kirk.

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Mandark · « **Reply #16838 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:36:01 PM »

Quick, someone explain to me why Manabyte hates it. Is it that he's anti-Trekkie, being a Star Wars stan? Or is it that as a Lucas stan he's waging a pre-emptive campaign against JJ Abrams before people start comparing the new SW movies favorable with the prequels, or heaven forbid the original trilogy?

chronovore · « **Reply #16839 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:44:44 PM »

I read the first three lines, and then decided I didn't want to spoil it anymore for myself. It sounds great! Can't wait to see it in theaters.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16840 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:44:54 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on April 23, 2013, 07:39:57 PM

Sounds pretty awesome. I guess this is another one of those things you decided was going to be shitty shit at its inception (or before) and are desperately clawing at anything, no matter how small or inconsequential, to back up the opinion you decided years ago, Manabyte?

Do you ever honestly look at yourself in the mirror, dude?

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I liked Star Trek 2009 a lot.

I don't like that the sequel is (basically) a remake of Wrath of Khan written by the Transformers idiots.

If it was just Khan and they didn't do the

spoiler (click to show/hide)

reverse Wrath of Khan ending

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I'd be fine with it, but that kills the whole thing.

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16841 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:48:38 PM »

dude, did you just spoil the villain? aaaaaargh why do I do this to myself

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16842 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:52:59 PM »

how many things must Manabyte ruin before we ban Manabyte

ManaByte · « **Reply #16843 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:53:01 PM »

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People knew it was Khan back when they originally tried to cast Benicio Del Toro.

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Barry Egan · « **Reply #16844 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:53:08 PM »

I'm amazed that you actually used spoiler tags and still managed to fuck this up for other people.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16845 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:53:57 PM »

Everyone knew already.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16846 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:54:00 PM »

of course I know the RUMORS but that doesn't mean I want you to CONFIRM them for me you insensitive clod

"How could this be a spoiler when I already spoiled myself 15 months ago!"

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16847 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:56:47 PM »

yeah, the studio and Cumberbatch have been doing the whole 'is he or isn't he' thing for ages now, leading us casual observers to conclude that there might be some interesting twist in there? maybe? But why let us find out when you can just tell us

:troll

cool breeze · « **Reply #16848 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:08:47 PM »

there's a different between knowing and knowing. (spoiler: it's not that one's italicized)

oh well

Mupepe · « **Reply #16849 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:38:30 PM »

I didn't know it was

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Khan

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Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16850 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:44:03 PM »

Iron Man 3 opens in Japan this Friday and rest assured I will be skywriting spoilers outside Manabyte's house for all of next week. I will send strippergrams and take out TV ads

ManaByte · « **Reply #16851 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:52:31 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 23, 2013, 08:44:03 PM

Iron Man 3 opens in Japan this Friday and rest assured I will be skywriting spoilers outside Manabyte's house for all of next week. I will send strippergrams and take out TV ads

To late. Already know everything and have seen the after credits scene.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16852 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:55:03 PM »

DO TELL US ABOUT IT

Mandark · « **Reply #16853 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:15:31 PM »

Mana, try to imagine it was yourself getting spoiled. How would you feel if someone described in detail, without any warning, what it's like to be a functioning human being?

Well, "feel" is the wrong word here, but you get the drift.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16854 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:36:50 PM »

I don't even like Star Trek and knew that. Could have sworn someone posted that info here months ago

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16855 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:49:15 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on April 23, 2013, 08:52:31 PM

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 23, 2013, 08:44:03 PM
Iron Man 3 opens in Japan this Friday and rest assured I will be skywriting spoilers outside Manabyte's house for all of next week. I will send strippergrams and take out TV ads

To late. Already know everything and have seen the after credits scene.

Seriously? Spoil that.

And yeah I didn't know who the villian was. I mean it was obvious, but I didn't look for spoilers and was just going to wait for the movie to confirm it.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16856 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:53:24 PM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on April 23, 2013, 09:49:15 PM

Quote from: ManaByte on April 23, 2013, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 23, 2013, 08:44:03 PM
Iron Man 3 opens in Japan this Friday and rest assured I will be skywriting spoilers outside Manabyte's house for all of next week. I will send strippergrams and take out TV ads

To late. Already know everything and have seen the after credits scene.
Seriously? Spoil that.

If you want to see it I'll post a link in spoiler tags:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=78109

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16857 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:54:13 PM »

I wonder if this ticket dispute will be resolved soonish. Disney is poised to lose a bunch of money. Personally I haven't seen IM2 and have no interest in the third. Or Thor. The last blockbuster I was genuinely excited for (TDKR) was shit :'(

Polari · « **Reply #16858 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:55:10 PM »

Hey so I didn't realise Bad Santa 2 was happening until today. Fuck yeah. Won't be the same without Bernie Mac though.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16859 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:59:47 PM »

Quote from: Polari on April 23, 2013, 09:55:10 PM

Hey so I didn't realise Bad Santa 2 was happening until today. Fuck yeah. Won't be the same without Bernie Mac though.

Not an issue because obviously Bernie Mac's character died in

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Bad Santa

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