Hadn't even heard of that one.
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You're preaching to the choir man, she loves em.
Of all of them I found Rampage to be the most watchable (Yes I've sat through them all with her).
GasBandit
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Pretty much. Now that everybody's seen that scene, there's no need for anybody to watch the rest. It was truly the very epitome of retreading the same old territory that's been done a hundred times, with a big dose of "but that's not how that works at ALL!" thrown in.
For example : cops engaging in full automatic weapons fire on criminals who are using lois lane as a human shield (with no superman in sight)
Firing RPGs from inside a helicopter.
Superman's red sun/yellow sun differences all taking effect in less than 10 seconds of exposure to the various suns.
And more...
I agree. The story was good, the origin sequence a bit lacking, but there were a few too many "C'mon, really?" moments to break the immersion.
I really liked Darkman, too...but it also has some moments where you say, "Ok, I guess the crew really just wants to get it over with at this point" (or maybe they were running out of money, or whatever).
--Patrick
I'm fairly certain that if John Travolta weren't involved in that movie, it would have done 10 times better than it did. His fight with the Russian and the interrogation scene with the popcicle are some of my favorite moments in any action film. Especially because I have the issue of Punisher: War Journal where he originally did that torture and the movie followed it almost to the letter.
Is it wrong that I refer to him as Popeye the Hitman?
If I remember correctly, that torture scene is in the first issue of Punisher: War Zone, it had a red cover and the art was by John Romita Jr.
I too, had that comic.
YEAH! I was right.
Necronic
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After reading as much Punisher MAX as I have I could never take the Thomas Jane Punisher movie all that seriously. Thomas Jane Punisher is like a girl scout compared to the Garth Ennis Punisher MAX. He would have had zero problem using a blow torch on that kid. There's one comic where he kills an entire boat filled with rich people because they were investors in an Enron type company (that one actually bothered me because there was no evidence that they knew of the crimes.) The closest I have seen a movie come to the Punisher MAX punisher is, funny enough, Death Wish. Just popping bad dudes without a second thought.
ed: I would LOVE for Valley Forge to be made into a movie. Especially since one character in that is basically Morgan Freeman.
That or the Punisher MAX origin comic. That one is horrific.
ed: I would LOVE for Valley Forge to be made into a movie. Especially since one character in that is basically Morgan Freeman.
That or the Punisher MAX origin comic. That one is horrific.
Honestly, even though the writing wasn't as strong and the villains were horribly cartoonish, I thought Ray Stevenson in Punisher: War Zone came closest to what Punisher would look and act like. He felt more like a badass war vet than Jane. And I say that as someone that liked Thomas Jane and his performance.
War Zone was so amazingly terrible. It was legit one of the biggest pieces of shit I'd ever seen.
I also enjoyed it greatly.
Oh definitely. In terms of overall quality, it was far below the first one. The only good things about it were the action, Stevenson himself, and that it got a hard R rating for its violence.
When the Punisher moved from anti-hero to full on psychopath is when I stopped reading it.
Blues Brothers: I fucking LOVE this movie! The music, the jokes, the car crashes that HAD to inspire the Grand Theft Auto games, the cameos by famous musicians that actually WORKED, Carrie Fischer, its just a fun movie that I can't believe I haven't seen until today.
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Finally saw Man of Steel last night. It was good, and I had no issue with the penultimate scene that bothered so many, but I really couldn't stop thinking about how many people would have been killed by collateral damage. It's funny, because I remember being pulled out of Avengers for like 30 seconds thinking about the amount of damage that was occurring as a result of the alien invasion. For this one, I did the same thing, but for the last 45 minutes of the movie. I think the disaster porn thing the only thing that really stopped it from being a great movie.
Necronic
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Other than the Barracuda one I never saw anything that made me think "psychopath". In valley forge he is damn near neurotic about not hurting the delta force operatives.
Excellent movie, as is the musical remake with Bing and Frank, High Society.
Pacific Rim.
Finally! Oh, what fun it was!
Some points:
-Elba needs to make more movies, other than Thor. He's great in Luther too.
-The actress that played Young Mako was amazing. It looked like actual real fear to me.
-So glad there wasn't ridiculous eye-rolling romance and/or sex scenes.
-The choice of using B or C level actors was a great move. Made most everyone seem sort of equal (except no one is equal to the great Ron Pearlman).
-I wanted more story/background from the other crews.
Oh, how I wish Del Toro had been able to make The Hobbit with only his vision for it.
Finally! Oh, what fun it was!
Some points:
-Elba needs to make more movies, other than Thor. He's great in Luther too.
-The actress that played Young Mako was amazing. It looked like actual real fear to me.
-So glad there wasn't ridiculous eye-rolling romance and/or sex scenes.
-The choice of using B or C level actors was a great move. Made most everyone seem sort of equal (except no one is equal to the great Ron Pearlman).
-I wanted more story/background from the other crews.
Oh, how I wish Del Toro had been able to make The Hobbit with only his vision for it.
One of my favorite movies ever.
Delroy Lindo used to be my favorite scary black British actor until Idris Elba came along.Pacific Rim.
Finally! Oh, what fun it was!
Some points:
-Elba needs to make more movies, other than Thor. He's great in Luther too.
-The actress that played Young Mako was amazing. It looked like actual real fear to me.
-So glad there wasn't ridiculous eye-rolling romance and/or sex scenes.
-The choice of using B or C level actors was a great move. Made most everyone seem sort of equal (except no one is equal to the great Ron Pearlman).
-I wanted more story/background from the other crews.
Oh, how I wish Del Toro had been able to make The Hobbit with only his vision for it.
And I believe there's more backstory on the Pacific Rim universe in the comics, novel, etc. At least, the Pacific Rim wiki has some info. For example, Stacker Pentecost's backstory is given in more detail.
I haven't seen this movie yet, but I'm a bit tired of what I've come to call "The Mass Destruction of the Day." I coined this term when the (good) Batman cartoon series came out, because it always seemed that the climactic scene had to involve the destruction of a warehouse, the caving in of a section of the Gotham sewers, the explosion of some secret mountain lair, or some other such stunt. It happens so often now that it's enough to yank me out of the immersion and make me roll my eyes.
--Patrick
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Superheroes or villains need to:
-be thrown through a couple of buildings
-hit the ground and slide to a halt on their feet whilst tearing up said ground
-get punched/smashed repeatedly into the ground and then shown to be "unconscious"
-be completely outnumbered/outmuscled and have no way to win, but miraculously do so
There's got to be a few more tired cliches, but I can't think of them.
One film move that has been done to death recently is the hero jumps/falls from some great high and lands on bended knee in front of the camera. I think I've seen it in Iron Man and Thor and a couple others.
-be thrown through a couple of buildings
-hit the ground and slide to a halt on their feet whilst tearing up said ground
-get punched/smashed repeatedly into the ground and then shown to be "unconscious"
-be completely outnumbered/outmuscled and have no way to win, but miraculously do so
There's got to be a few more tired cliches, but I can't think of them.
One film move that has been done to death recently is the hero jumps/falls from some great high and lands on bended knee in front of the camera. I think I've seen it in Iron Man and Thor and a couple others.
What's funny is I expected that stuff to bother me during the fight scene in Kansas, but it looked so good it didn't. It looked like super powered people unsuccessfully trying to beat the hell out of each other. Once they got into the city, though, it was just too damned much. I mean, right before Zod shows up for the final showdown, they are all essentially standing in a damned crater in the middle of a city.
I liked all the fight scenes too (in MoS - even some of the destruction), but the animated ones get me eye-rolling a bit. I suppose there's only so much one can do in a fight.
Grabbers: A small island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by alien squids who drink blood. The residents soon learn that having alcohol tainted blood is poison to the monsters. Well you can already see where that one is going.
Considering it was on Netflix and I didn't have to pay for it, I liked it enough. There are some fun gags, and the especially hilarious Patty (the town drunk) who brings the comic relief in the best ways possible. Unfortunately I think that there are too many missed opportunities with this film. It comes off like an homage to Tremors, which isn't a bad thing, except that I'm not sure if the team that brought us the film ever saw Tremors. There are a few similarities that question if they took directly from Tremors, or if it was just a coincidence. The similarities are not unforgivable though. Overall it's fun and definitely worth a watch since it's on Netflix anyway.
Considering it was on Netflix and I didn't have to pay for it, I liked it enough. There are some fun gags, and the especially hilarious Patty (the town drunk) who brings the comic relief in the best ways possible. Unfortunately I think that there are too many missed opportunities with this film. It comes off like an homage to Tremors, which isn't a bad thing, except that I'm not sure if the team that brought us the film ever saw Tremors. There are a few similarities that question if they took directly from Tremors, or if it was just a coincidence. The similarities are not unforgivable though. Overall it's fun and definitely worth a watch since it's on Netflix anyway.
After thinking about it, I think there are two movies that pull off what this one tried to do, but better. This type of creature is more menacing in Deep Rising, and the plot formula is followed better in Attack the Block.
All the Wrong Reasons
Small-budget drama that's getting a lot more press and attention lately since it was the last thing Glee actor Cory Montieth did before his untimely death. Pretty good movie, overall. I wrote about it more extensively on my blog:
http://nickpiers.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/movie-review-all-the-wrong-reasons/
Small-budget drama that's getting a lot more press and attention lately since it was the last thing Glee actor Cory Montieth did before his untimely death. Pretty good movie, overall. I wrote about it more extensively on my blog:
http://nickpiers.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/movie-review-all-the-wrong-reasons/
GasBandit
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Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
A fun romp through horror movie deconstructionism, where two innocent happy-go-lucky backwoods hicks, who want nothing more than to spend their vacation fixing up their shack deep in the woods, are set upon by dangerous, unhinged college students. Quite enjoyable. Stars Alan Tudyk, too, as one of the hillbillies!
A fun romp through horror movie deconstructionism, where two innocent happy-go-lucky backwoods hicks, who want nothing more than to spend their vacation fixing up their shack deep in the woods, are set upon by dangerous, unhinged college students. Quite enjoyable. Stars Alan Tudyk, too, as one of the hillbillies!