[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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It isn't first person like it would really be from a program's perceptive, but the light cycle game in Tron 2.0 didn't give you the full top down view either, so you do have to be careful in case some other program comes barreling around the corner and surprises you.
I know, and he looks hard and challenging and I want to play such a game BUT I CAN'T FREAKIN' REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT! CURSE YOU MEMORY! CURSE YOU!
Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile on the subject, did anyone play that PS2 Tron game from a few years ago? How was that?
Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile on the subject, did anyone play that PS2 Tron game from a few years ago? How was that?
Cloud Atlas
I picked this up last week when it came out on video. I had to. I had to pick it up first day. The first time I saw it in theatres, I was floored by this movie and its very huge scale. The make up jobs on each of the six (!) different stories is amazing. Even more amazing is just how well all the stories wind up lining up with one another, not just in the tiny details like a character reading the diaries of a past character, but in the overarching themes.
It absolutely breaks my heart that this movie didn't do as well as it should have. It breaks my heart that the Oscars completely snubbed it, not even giving it a nomination. It deserved so much more.
Which, honestly, goes along with the message the movie is trying to present. The minority struggling for respect and equality.
I picked this up last week when it came out on video. I had to. I had to pick it up first day. The first time I saw it in theatres, I was floored by this movie and its very huge scale. The make up jobs on each of the six (!) different stories is amazing. Even more amazing is just how well all the stories wind up lining up with one another, not just in the tiny details like a character reading the diaries of a past character, but in the overarching themes.
It absolutely breaks my heart that this movie didn't do as well as it should have. It breaks my heart that the Oscars completely snubbed it, not even giving it a nomination. It deserved so much more.
Which, honestly, goes along with the message the movie is trying to present. The minority struggling for respect and equality.
Iron Man 3 = awesome!
So, I've read around, and there are some folks that really hate Iron Man 3. I liked it considerably better than part 2. It wasn't as good as part one, but it wasn't horrible in any way. Some are comparing it to Spider-man 3 for Pete's sake (<- pun).
The anger seems to be centered on the Mandarin and the reveal. I thought that it was clever. I was worried that they wouldn't do the character justice. I thought it was well handled and hilarious.
I bet that he will resurface later in the franchise as the actual villain. That he was just bluffing incompetence to save his ass...
That would be kind of cool. I don't know squat about Iron Man villains. Who else could they pull out from the comics?
I don't know, I read over a friend's shoulder back in the 80's... then it seemed most of the epic stories were about Tony's personal demons.
Hmm... I'd suggest Crimson Dynamo, but they basically did that already with the guy from Iron Man 2 (who was kind of a mix between Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash). I could definitely see something like Fing Fang Foom in an Avengers movie, but not an Iron Man solo one.
Honestly, I think only person left that anyone cares about is Madam Masque. Make her an ex-Stark researcher who was grievously injured back in the days when Tony was an unthinking asshole. Maybe she was his love interest before Pepper came around? Anyway, disfigured and angry at Tony, she goes out for revenge.
Honestly, I think only person left that anyone cares about is Madam Masque. Make her an ex-Stark researcher who was grievously injured back in the days when Tony was an unthinking asshole. Maybe she was his love interest before Pepper came around? Anyway, disfigured and angry at Tony, she goes out for revenge.
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Paranormal Activity
I have never managed to see this movie until last night. Watching it at midnight was creepy... at first. I really liked the low-tech scares and the psychological thrill, but at the same time, that was balanced by the fact that after a few, I kind of got desensitized. I also kind of felt like they blew their biggest scare early on (the shriek). Beyond the scares, there wasn't much of a story, besides a dick boyfriend who more or less was responsible for the whole thing anyway. The ending was weak. Actually, all three endings were weak, and the theatrical one was the weakest of all. It's kind of like they ran out of things to do and just sort of ended it. I have already seen Insidious, which was by the same team. I was surprised that PA was basically the same story told as found footage rather than as a drama. All that being said, it was undeniably scary, and that's something in this day of non-scary "horror" movies.
I have never managed to see this movie until last night. Watching it at midnight was creepy... at first. I really liked the low-tech scares and the psychological thrill, but at the same time, that was balanced by the fact that after a few, I kind of got desensitized. I also kind of felt like they blew their biggest scare early on (the shriek). Beyond the scares, there wasn't much of a story, besides a dick boyfriend who more or less was responsible for the whole thing anyway. The ending was weak. Actually, all three endings were weak, and the theatrical one was the weakest of all. It's kind of like they ran out of things to do and just sort of ended it. I have already seen Insidious, which was by the same team. I was surprised that PA was basically the same story told as found footage rather than as a drama. All that being said, it was undeniably scary, and that's something in this day of non-scary "horror" movies.
Looper.
I enjoyed it, but this movie seems to send mixed signals. It was marketed as a fast paced action movie. It is not.
Friends I have that saw it described it as a hard Sci-Fi, which it also is not. It appears to be so on the surface, but ultimately the sci-fi setting and the time travel don't matter. There's even a fun little meta-conversation about that in the movie.
This is a straight up noir story. And I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it, but this movie seems to send mixed signals. It was marketed as a fast paced action movie. It is not.
Friends I have that saw it described it as a hard Sci-Fi, which it also is not. It appears to be so on the surface, but ultimately the sci-fi setting and the time travel don't matter. There's even a fun little meta-conversation about that in the movie.
This is a straight up noir story. And I enjoyed it.
Paranorman: The middle was weak (as was some of the dialogue), but the first act was good, and the last third was fucking great. I really didn't see that coming. At times, it had more genuinely creepy moments than what passes as horror movies these days.
I loved the sudden zoom in on Norman's ear where everything goes silent except for the whisper. This movie does "therapy for the ghost" better than many live action ghost horror movies.
Star Trek into Darkness: So my wife surprised me and let me go see this with a friend. Go her!
Anyway I though it was so much fun. I was a little worried by the trailer, thinking the series was going to go in a much different direction and style from the first one. I was happily quite wrong, and felt that everything they did great about the first one they accomplished with this. Pure awesome all the way through.
Anyway I though it was so much fun. I was a little worried by the trailer, thinking the series was going to go in a much different direction and style from the first one. I was happily quite wrong, and felt that everything they did great about the first one they accomplished with this. Pure awesome all the way through.
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Big Trouble in Little China
Finally saw this one. To be honest, I expected a little more... but then I remembered it was done in the 1980s, and therefore shouldn't be taken too seriously. Definitely worth a watch, even if or especially because it makes a lot of fun at the expense of Chinese martial arts movies and oriental mysticism.
Finally saw this one. To be honest, I expected a little more... but then I remembered it was done in the 1980s, and therefore shouldn't be taken too seriously. Definitely worth a watch, even if or especially because it makes a lot of fun at the expense of Chinese martial arts movies and oriental mysticism.
I think they need to have the next villain be not so focused on Tony Stark. These villains obsess over him. That's fine once, but not for four movies. It's getting repetitive, like villains having voices telling them what to do in the first trilogy of Spider-man movies.
Anyway, I just got back from Iron Man 3. I thought everything was great until
The ending narration. "I'm still Iron Man" -- no one doubted that. Having shrapnel splinters removed from your chest is really fucking dangerous. Fixing everything in a half-hearted monologue is stupid.
Then the after-credits bit went back to great again.
Saw a few things while the site was kaput.
Jack Reacher wasn't bad. It was falsely advertised as a big action movie, I think, when it focuses more on detective work. Still, it was entertaining.
The Longest Day was also good. I was impressed they had all the foreign languages in it, considering most older movies seemed to shy away from subtitles.
Good Day to Die Hard was alright. The actor playing McClane's son was kind of bad, and the movie gets a bit hard to follow in parts. Action was solid, though.
Jack Reacher wasn't bad. It was falsely advertised as a big action movie, I think, when it focuses more on detective work. Still, it was entertaining.
The Longest Day was also good. I was impressed they had all the foreign languages in it, considering most older movies seemed to shy away from subtitles.
Good Day to Die Hard was alright. The actor playing McClane's son was kind of bad, and the movie gets a bit hard to follow in parts. Action was solid, though.
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I had a policy of sci-fi/fantasy only in the theater. I got dragged to the first Hangover, and I thought it was great. I have since seen it on tv and wondered why I thought it was so funny, but I think the theater experience and the mob mentality made it more amusing.
I think Longest Day might be my favorite war movie.
Okay, I'll admit I was kind of confused until this post when I was reading that earlier one as "The Longest Yard"
Football. Football never changes.
The Last Stand. Dumbest cops I've ever seen in an action movie, and I think that's saying something. It is, however, a perfect Arnold movie. He does everything you want to see him do. One-liners, big guns, beating the shit out of badguys, etc.
That's the twist: there isn't any twist.
I haven't seen it, but I've already read a synopsis and there is no twist. Also, Will Smith's character is named Cypher Raige.
Now, as for what I've seen...
Now You See Me
This is a film that looked like it could have been really good or really bad. I'm pleased to say that it is really good. It has a good script and a great cast who deliver on their performances. The ending's a little bit weaker than the rest, but mostly just due to making it clear what happened. On the whole, I recommend giving this film a shot.
I wanted to see this film, and then I started seeing the negative reviews for it. What I expected and what I want to see is a good caper film. Even if I have the opportunity to get out of the house to see a movie any time soon, I doubt I'll see this one over some of other options I'll have. However it will likely be worth the rent in a few months time if you think I'll get what I'm looking for out of it.[DOUBLEPOST=1370161986][/DOUBLEPOST]
So Shyamalan can't even pull off a movie without a twist? Though I guess we already knew that since Lady in the Water didn't have one either.
Oh like hell it didn't. They build up the movie assuming the set of characters to battle the baddie, but they swerve ya when it turns out the assigned roles actually go to other people. It wasn't just one major twist but a smorgasbord of little twists.
Also, The Happening didn't have a twist.
I thought the twist was that it was the plants killing people with air.
Cept the only thing that didn't make it a twist was that in finding someone stupid enough to fund the movie he advertised the twist right in his pitch which was plastered for the internet to see.
I think it was just part of the incredibly stupid plot, not something revealed towards the end as some major revelation. It's been a long while since I watched it, so I can't recall.
Is it customary for me to say "sorry" that you watched it, such as when I say "sorry" when someone's aunt dies?
When they were both in theatres, I saw Alien Resurrection and Mortal Kombat Annihilation back to back one night.
I'll take deepest condolences for that.
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Source Code
I really enjoyed this movie. It was a bit short, I thought. We could've probably done with a little more time in the investigation I think. The big twist was kind of foreseeable, but it looks like the writers knew that, and they were forthcoming with it relatively near the beginning of the film. While it wasn't as bad as Cypher Raige, the protagonist did have an Awesome McCoolname. My only plot bone to pick is the ending.
I really enjoyed this movie. It was a bit short, I thought. We could've probably done with a little more time in the investigation I think. The big twist was kind of foreseeable, but it looks like the writers knew that, and they were forthcoming with it relatively near the beginning of the film. While it wasn't as bad as Cypher Raige, the protagonist did have an Awesome McCoolname. My only plot bone to pick is the ending.
When Goodwin gets the email in the alternate timeline, Coulter seems to be telling her that Source Code worked, and it was a good thing. Yet she still doesn't tell Rutledge. Why? Maybe if she knew what her "main" universe counterpart knew, I could see it. But she doesn't. Seems odd.