Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Himu]

God. GOD.

Wolverine character development:

Snikt.
I love you Jean.
Snikt.

[Tasty]

It could be interesting, though, if Wolverine becomes a horseman for Apocalypse and winds up being one of the bad guys. I'm hoping they go that route, at least. Past Wolvie basically has no clue about anything considering the state he was left in. His character's basically a blank slate now.

[Himu]

If I get to see Hugh Jacks Man get his ass kicked I will be there day one.

[cool breeze]

I really enjoyed x-men days of future past. 

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the future scenes are so grim.  it's great.  because you have a dudes made of metal, fire, and ice they got away with some violent deaths on a pg13.

I think it manages tones better than other comic movies.  funny when it's appropriate, serious when it's appropriate, and it all feels natural.

if I had a complaint it's that Trask was relatively tame compared to all magnetos, X2 stryker and FC kevin bacon.  though casting a little person as the creator of giant robot men was clever.

and quicksilver is awesome.

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[Himu]

I hate how Cyclops is not a big part of the movies and one of the big reasons I hated Last Stand was how they killed him off. Then again, Wolverine means more to most people than Cyclops and makes more bank. I'm not sure what you were expecting himumu.

For people to have taste in superheroes.

[Himu]

Saw Godzilla with my dad. Two movies in a single day lol. It was fantastic. I have no complaints and have no idea why this is garnering so much hate. The humanizing of the mindless destruction that's usually present in kaiju films makes it all the better, and the large cast of characters, what's for stake, and what they're fighting for. My only wish is that the film went around the world and starred a truly international cast, and their trials and tribulations of dealing with giant fucking monsters. But besides that and fuck the ADD addled haters.

A-

[Rahxephon91]

Cyclops was a pretty shitty character until like 2001. He is'nt even really that important for a good chuck on the 80s. There are plenty of other cooler X-men characters that should get the spot light before him. Like maybe a cool Storm for once. An Emma Frost played by someone who can act?

[Himu]

Cyclops was a pretty shitty character until like 2001. He is'nt even really that important for a good chuck on the 80s. There are plenty of other cooler X-men characters that should get the spot light before him. Like maybe a cool Storm for once. An Emma Frost played by someone who can act?

Storm was cool as shit in DOFP movie. Especially since she doesn't talk.

and Cyclops is the leader of the X-Men. He's a fine character given the Jean romance stuff is kept to a minimum. It doesn't feel like X-Men to me if there's no beams coming out of Scott's ass and fucking everything up. Cyclops kicks ass even if he is an asshole, but then most X-men characters are assholes.

[Tasty]

Literally every defense of Godzilla in the GAF thread (most of which are from Dax) is "Yeah well the ORIGINAL GODZILLA from 1954 had even LESS Godzilla in it, so there!!"

It's just like... OK... I'm not sure how much flying the Superman serials from the 1940's had, either, but it's kind of something you expect from modern movies involving the character.

Cyclops was a pretty shitty character until like 2001. He is'nt even really that important for a good chuck on the 80s. There are plenty of other cooler X-men characters that should get the spot light before him. Like maybe a cool Storm for once. An Emma Frost played by someone who can act?

Cyke became god-tier with Avengers vs X-Men.



I wouldn't mind just one more movie with the original cast just so Cyke gets to be the leader he should have been. That was Dougherty's plan for X3 (Cyke feels guilty about Jean and builds the Danger Room) but Rattner had to come in and shit on everything.

[Himu]

Cyclops is one of my favorite characters as well. And yes, Marvel ruined his character. X-men was my favorite as a kid but Marvel has done a lot to fuck that up.

[Rahxephon91]

The X-men have had other leaders. Storm, Cable, Rogue, even Gambit. Rogue's brief moment as leader was great fun. There are plenty of other X-men who should get the spot light. I'm also not sure how the X-men are assholes.

Also, I'm not sure how Cyclops is a wet blanket. Now, he's probably the most to the point character in the comics. All the other X-men are being over emotional, not Cyclops. I don't see how Cyclops has been ruined when Wheadon and Morrison actually did something with his character and made him more then the generic boy scout. He's been a very take charge and take no shit character the last ten years

Cyke became god-tier with Avengers vs X-Men.

No, he was cool before that terrible event.

[Tasty]

Cyke became god-tier with Avengers vs X-Men.

No, he was cool before that terrible event.

Maybe, but it's the first time I started giving him attention.

CYKE WAS RIGHT

[cool breeze]

I'm hopeful the inevitable casting of young Cyclops is for a/the leading role when Fassbender and Mcavoy take a step back and Jackman leaves/Wolverine is recast.

[Himu]

There are other leaders, but Cyclops is the de facto leader in most X books. I love Rogue but no of those are cooler than Cyclops IMO.

[Himu]

Cyclops was one of my favorite X-Men, but Marvel spent so long trying to make him an unlikable wet blanket, it finally took.  That's pretty much when I stopped giving a fuck about X-Men comics.  I hope Fox keeps the movie rights forever, because while I'd love to see Spidey and the Fantastic Four mingle in with the Avengers, the X-Universe can stay the fuck quarantined.

I used to like all of them, but then a lot of them were made unlikable and useless to give more moments to the popular ones. It's probably why I stopped following the X-Men a long time ago.

This. Wolverine is why I stopped reading. Every time.

[Tasty]

also re: ratner, I feel like the dude cops a lot of blame for shit that wasn't in his control.  Fox gave him like a week to get a script together, and I'm pretty sure it was Fox that insisted on killing off Marsden's character as some sort of petty revenge for appearing in Superman.  Not saying Ratner is blameless or the best movie director, but the conditions really were against him doing his best work.

Oh totally. I threw Rattner under the bus because no one here knows about what an atomic douchelord Tim Rothman was. Thank God his ass is gone from Fox.

[bork]

Cyclops was one of my favorite X-Men, but Marvel spent so long trying to make him an unlikable wet blanket, it finally took.  That's pretty much when I stopped giving a fuck about X-Men comics.  I hope Fox keeps the movie rights forever, because while I'd love to see Spidey and the Fantastic Four mingle in with the Avengers, the X-Universe can stay the fuck quarantined.

I used to like all of them, but then a lot of them were made unlikable and useless to give more moments to the popular ones. It's probably why I stopped following the X-Men a long time ago.

This. Wolverine is why I stopped reading. Every time.

They've had multiple X books, sans-Wolverine, for years now.  X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, and X-Force do not have him present out of the current books.  He's in Amazing X-Men and Wolverine And The X-Men...and the latter focuses on the younger students despite the book's name.

You should check out All-New X-Men, Himu.  Young Cyclops is not a dick and has even been given his own series now.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Just watched Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills

My reaction:

[Madrun Badrun]

Isn't there 3 Paradise Lost docs?

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Yeah. I'm watching the second one later.

[Madrun Badrun]

There is also this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Memphis

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Finished the Paradise Lost documentary trilogy. Absolutely riveting. Tragic, frustrating, and insanely compelling.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Anyone know of any other good doc series that span a long period of time? I've heard the Up series is pretty solid.

[Phoenix Dark]

James Mangold -- director of the acclaimed Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line -- is in early talks to bring the life and times of legendary football quarterback Joe Namath to the big screen for Fox 2000, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-mangold-talks-direct-joe-707777



well this will be awesome

[Great Rumbler]

Only if it features his netted slingshot briefs.

[chronovore]

Lust for Love: 99¢ rental on iTunes. I really wanted to like this movie, it has Dichen Lachman in an electric blue shock wig, so I was inclined to cheer for it in all ways possible. Sadly, the characters are hard to cheer for, making poor decisions and ludicrous demands.

A group of actors who met during various Joss Whedon efforts (Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible; Joss and Jed as well as Eliza Dushku get a shout-out in the credits) got together to make a completely predictable and staggeringly unrealistic romantic comedy about mostly alcoholic oddly-named young people in what may be Los Angeles. I barked laughter at a couple points which may have been improvised. I spent most of my time shaking my head and shouting "FUCK OFF" at the screen. The writing fell flat and was was kind of creepy left-and-right. There were some wild stabs in the dark at literary structure, but sadly a wild stab in the dark was more of a gut wound that left it bleeding out slowly.

The typical noughties rom-com camerawork was solid, the musical score was fun, and the twee-as-fuck soundtrack was pretty charming, but the audio was uneven, and the overall length and pace needed tighter editing.

[Barry Egan]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/edge_of_tomorrow/

I'm getting kind of hyped for this.  I'm a sucker for the Groundhog's Day concept though.

[Tasty]

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise + Scifi

Oblivion

All You Need is Kill

[Great Rumbler]

Bill Paxton + Scifi

[Beezy]

All You Need is Kill

How many chapters long is this suppose to be? I only see 13 online.

[Joe Molotov]

All You Need is Kill

How many chapters long is this suppose to be? I only see 13 online.

I think that's all there is so far. It's based on a LN from several years ago, but the manga just started a few months ago.

[Steve Contra]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-black-mass_n_5404956.html

Johnny Depp continues to only accept roles that require him to wear a dumb looking costume.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-black-mass_n_5404956.html

Johnny Depp continues to only accept roles that require him to wear a dumb looking costume.

Whitey Bulger? Sold.

[Beezy]

All You Need is Kill

How many chapters long is this suppose to be? I only see 13 online.

I think that's all there is so far. It's based on a LN from several years ago, but the manga just started a few months ago.

LN?

[Himu]

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise + Scifi

Oblivion

All You Need is Kill

Oblivion sucked. First movie I walked out of.

[Steve Contra]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-black-mass_n_5404956.html

Johnny Depp continues to only accept roles that require him to wear a dumb looking costume.

Whitey Bulger? Sold.

I'm just excited they're finally making a movie that lets actors try and outdo each other on who can do the worst Boston accent you've ever heard.

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-black-mass_n_5404956.html

Johnny Depp continues to only accept roles that require him to wear a dumb looking costume.

Dat five-head

All You Need is Kill

How many chapters long is this suppose to be? I only see 13 online.

I think that's all there is so far. It's based on a LN from several years ago, but the manga just started a few months ago.

LN?

Light Novel. Basically the Japanese equivalent of Young Adult books.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/johnny-depp-whitey-bulger-black-mass_n_5404956.html

Johnny Depp continues to only accept roles that require him to wear a dumb looking costume.

Whitey Bulger? Sold.

I'm just excited they're finally making a movie that lets actors try and outdo each other on who can do the worst Boston accent you've ever heard.

At the end of the day though, the bad accents are reassuring because you think "well, at least he's not actually from Boston."

[Madrun Badrun]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-warner-bros-launching-stargate-708044

[Joe Molotov]

Stargate Trilogy I can't even with this

[Eric P]

Blue Ruin - very good indie "revenge" movie.  Won't say more but this one physically hurts to watch in the same way that stuff like I Saw The Devil does (though this is no where near as dark or violent as that film)

[Great Rumbler]

He is also in pre-production on ID Forever Part I and Part II, back-to-back sequels to his film, Independence Day.

[Eric P]

I dunno, the control of space and pacing for the "action" scenes was very good.  It made every piece of violence count and have consequences.  Well directed  well written and well acted small film that does a lot with what it has.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I'm ready to be done with 90's nostalgia now.  Stop before they get to the Speed reboot please.

[Madrun Badrun]

I'm still waiting for more lethal weapons and bad boys movies.  Where are my buddy cop flicks?

[Madrun Badrun]

O wait http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502397/

[Mupepe]

Damn. a million ways to die in the west was pretty bad. I was pretty hyped after Ted turned out to be good, but this was bad on pretty much all fronts. Most of it is McFarlane basically doing standup routines on a western set.

[Eric P]

I saw We Are The Best which is a very good film about two 13 year girls in 1982 Stockholm who start a punk band.  The film is about female friendships and it's really fucking funny.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Damn dude, You're Next was excellent. I had literally 0 expectations going in, and it was kinda so-so for the first while, but shiiiiit that third act is insane.

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Blender in the brain 

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[Eric P]

The Groundstar Conspiracy - this is a very good twilight zone episode store stretched out into an hour and a half feature length time. 

Employee John David Welles attempts to steal rocket booster plans from the Groundstar facility. His attempt goes awry and he is badly disfigured in an explosion and barely escapes. He stumbles to the home of Nicole Devon, and collapses. She calls an ambulance, the authorities are alerted, and soon Welles is operated on, given plastic surgery and interrogated by a gung-ho government official named Tuxan. But Welles claims to have no memory of his crime. In fact, he claims no memory of his life at all, save for brief glimpses of a woman and small boy frolicking on a beach.

Despite Tuxan's brutal interrogation techniques (electro-shock and water submersion), Welles still maintains his story of total amnesia. Tuxan allows Welles to escape, hoping he will lead them to the people behind the attempted theft. Welles goes to Nicole's home and begs her to help him remember. But she knows nothing.

Not horrible, but not that great.  I watched it because, hey 70s conspiracy thriller with strong elements of paranoia but it didn't really live up to the premise.

[Joe Molotov]

Godzilla (2014) has got me in the mood to watch some Godzilla movies. I've seen bits and pieces of several on TV, but the amount that I've actually sat down and watched end to end I can almost count on one hand: Gojira, Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (thanks MST3K), Godzilla 2000 (actually saw that in theaters), Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and Godzilla Final War.

I bought those Blu-Ray 2-Packs that Sony released a few weeks ago, and I've been making my way through those. So far I've watched

- Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

I think so far my favorite is Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla based almost solely on the ridiculous origin they came up with for SpaceGodzilla. If I'm remembering correctly, the death of Biollante shot particles of Godzilla's DNA into outer space, where they were then sucked into a black hole and then shot out of white hole, causing it to crystalize, then it got irradiated by an exploding star, thus causing it to mutate into a fully grown Godzilla that could fly around in space and had crystals stuck all over it.

And speaking of Biollante, my brother-in-law has the Godzilla vs. Biollante Blu-Ray, so I'm gonna watch that one as soon as I can bum it off him.

[Eric P]

My GF watching Biollante was like "why the fuck is Godzilla beating up Aubrey 2?"

[CajoleJuice]

Damn. a million ways to die in the west was pretty bad. I was pretty hyped after Ted turned out to be good, but this was bad on pretty much all fronts. Most of it is McFarlane basically doing standup routines on a western set.

 

[Mupepe]

Ted is funny.

[Mr. Gundam]

Ted is funny.

Thunder Buddies and the Flash Gordon bits were good, but the rest was kinda meh.

[Great Rumbler]

Apparently, Edge of Tomorrow is really good:

The film's Groundhog Day-meets-Independence Day plot is actually pretty genius.

A big, bright, loud and occasionally smart entertainment, and well worth seeing once - although not, perhaps, every day for the rest of your life.

Feels sharper and more clever than it might have been in other hands, and for a big summer star vehicle, that's surprise enough.

Tom Cruise stars in this cleverly crafted and propulsively executed sci-fi thriller about a soldier forced to relive the same day over and over again.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/edge_of_tomorrow/

[Tasty]

Can't stop the Cruise

[Phoenix Dark]

Can't stop the Cruise

he's back

[Great Rumbler]

[the] plot is actually pretty genius.

Of course it is. It was crafted by a superior Nippon artist, not some lame-brained gaijin writer trying to appeal to base Western tastes.

[Joe Molotov]

I can't even hate on that; that's pretty good. .