@ Cynicism Kills: That's what I mean for being too realistic. It just felt...depressing! I was hoping for realism but satan-damn did it have to make me regret shilling out 20 bucks to buy this thing in the first place?
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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You know what was hilarious? Tropic thunder. I've seen Platoon like 3 times before this so it make it even more hilarious.
It's just one of those movies that just about everybody enjoyst. Even if you haven't seen war movies it's still a good watch!
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Bruce Fucking Willis.
What did Willis do to that Ausie?
Uhp! My mistake.
I just re-watched GFW last night, X is just the campiest villain EVER I love him!
The Grey- meh.
The Thing- I haven't seen the original one since I was way too young to be watching it, but I liked this remake. I wish they had gone longer with the tense "Who's the replicant" witch hunt they had going. It devolved into "RAAARGH MONSTER CRASHBOOM BANG!" too quick. But still overall I thought it was pretty good for what it is.
The Thing- I haven't seen the original one since I was way too young to be watching it, but I liked this remake. I wish they had gone longer with the tense "Who's the replicant" witch hunt they had going. It devolved into "RAAARGH MONSTER CRASHBOOM BANG!" too quick. But still overall I thought it was pretty good for what it is.
I've only seen the B&W version of the Thing. Man, it was creepy.
The new The Thing is a prequel to the '82 movie. You should watch the '82 one though, it's a great suspense/horror flick.
It's not. The paranoia is the core of the '82 movie; go watch that.
Oooooooooooooooh. I was afraid it was another terrible remake. I'll check em both out then.
You know what movie sucked? The Village. That twist was sooooooooooooo weak.
Only in the loosest possible way in that it had the trio of Hellboy, Liz, and Abe, and that the villain was Rasputin, who was using large, humanoid monsters.
That's about it. Everything else from order of events, to motivations, to what he wanted Hellboy to do, and even the settings, were entirely different. The other Nazi characters only appear in flashbacks. The professor never even encounters the Nazi operation; it takes place elsewhere entirely in the comic. No romance between Hellboy and Liz either; that's never been part of the comics.
To lay down comparisons: most of what's in the movie is better than Seed of Destruction, except Rasputin himself. But they had time to refine it whereas the comic was just being born then.
As for movie two, I haven't read The Wild Hunt yet, which I believe is where Hellboy faces off with some of the Fae, but I don't think anything of what goes on in Hellboy II (movie) is based on anything in the comics.
Shego is correct in that it works well for them not to try keeping the movies to the comics--they're too disparate. The Ogru Jahad aren't even seen in the comics (aside from some distant crystalline shapes in outer space) until they already had been shown in the first movie. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy stayed strong in the same way, not trying to force the radio show, books, etc. to display the same continuity.
The Thing prequel sucks. There's a good reason people are calling it Thing Zero.
50s The Thing: one of the best of the 50s sci-fi B-movies.
80s The Thing: one of the best horror movies.
10s The Thing: one of the best examples of what horror has devolved to these days.
Would still probably beat the Friday the 13th remake. That cgi crawling scene makes me almost vomit.
Totally agree.
Man, the thing that bothered more than all the reasons the new Thing wasn't good was
how she knew it was a Thing duplicate at the end of the movie. You're trying to tell me that a super advanced creature which absorbs it's prey so completely so as to even be able to share it's memories in order to blend in with others couldn't get something as fucking simple as which side his earring was on? Fuck off. That was so God damn lame.
Oh, I'm right there with you on that one. In fact, the whole "check for fillings" thing was just assinine. You're telling me that it couldn't just imbed the fillings in its organic structure, you know, like how fillings are ACTUALLY in the mouth? That whole movie was just an abortion, and it's the pinnacle of why CGI can be so detrimental. I still say the only horror-ish movie that used CGI effectively was Blade 2. And that was largely because they mixed the CG with the practical (with the exception of some of the blade fight scenes where the CGI got a little too over the top, but on the reapers, it was great).
Saw Hunger Games, not having read the books I didn't really know what to expect going into it.I don't know that I can recommend it. Parts were interesting, and it seemed like it could have been good but I just didn't care, at all, about the characters.
Maybe it's because I, perhaps unfairly, relate it to Battle Royale. I went into that under the same circumstances, not knowing the original source material,
but with how well the characters in BR were handled I suppose I expected something similar. I cared about the fate of the majority of the 42 students, each of whom were given personalities. In HG, even with the longer run time, they couldn't make me feel for even the two characters that they wanted me to.
Maybe it's because I, perhaps unfairly, relate it to Battle Royale. I went into that under the same circumstances, not knowing the original source material,
but with how well the characters in BR were handled I suppose I expected something similar. I cared about the fate of the majority of the 42 students, each of whom were given personalities. In HG, even with the longer run time, they couldn't make me feel for even the two characters that they wanted me to.
There is no development of the characters, in the movie, that needed it. And it was plenty violent. Sometimes just off screen but others, particularly one scene, you see in full view of the camera.
Personally. and while I know it would be a hard sell, splitting it into two movies, one in which they preped for the games, one in which they actually took place, would have made for a much more fulfilling series. And speaking with a few others who have seen the movie and read the books, many of them mirror my thoughts.
It feels like without the background knowledge of having read the books I was missing out on a lot. I really wanted to like it. I enjoy the genre, even similar films. The games, while interesting, weren't what I was looking forward to. Rather the interaction of the characters thrust into this situation which I felt wasn't explored to the extent I'd have liked. Violence wasn't what I was after.
Personally. and while I know it would be a hard sell, splitting it into two movies, one in which they preped for the games, one in which they actually took place, would have made for a much more fulfilling series. And speaking with a few others who have seen the movie and read the books, many of them mirror my thoughts.
It feels like without the background knowledge of having read the books I was missing out on a lot. I really wanted to like it. I enjoy the genre, even similar films. The games, while interesting, weren't what I was looking forward to. Rather the interaction of the characters thrust into this situation which I felt wasn't explored to the extent I'd have liked. Violence wasn't what I was after.
Eh to each thier own. I wouldn't say avoid it, and given what is out right now, I suppose it is worth seeing but it didn't live up to what I was hoping from it. Visually it is very interesting I will give it that and perhaps in a way it did win me over, if in only that I desire to know more about Panam, the Capitol and the districts.
Saw The Hunger Games. I thought it was mostly good; I was a little annoyed by what felt like sequel-baiting. Did NOT realize my wife adored every frame of the film so much; she got really defensive over my wishing they'd used some of the sequel-baiting time to develop one of the characters instead.
But overall, it was very good. The build-up to the Games was great and I liked the use of hand-held camera. Some of the fighting got editing too much (probably for the rating), but overall I was pleased and had a good time. Great performances.
I was annoyed by one review I read. He kept referring to what things were "supposed to be" like throughout and how they failed to convey that stuff. Then it turned out he never read the book, so it wasn't about conveying the story of the film, or the stuff in the book, but what he had in his head for a movie about kids killing each other. Herp derp.
But overall, it was very good. The build-up to the Games was great and I liked the use of hand-held camera. Some of the fighting got editing too much (probably for the rating), but overall I was pleased and had a good time. Great performances.
I was annoyed by one review I read. He kept referring to what things were "supposed to be" like throughout and how they failed to convey that stuff. Then it turned out he never read the book, so it wasn't about conveying the story of the film, or the stuff in the book, but what he had in his head for a movie about kids killing each other. Herp derp.
You know what's a good dumb movie? Airheads. Brendan Frasier at his best. When he's in stupid raunchy comedies like Encino man and Airheads: Awesome. When he's in stupid kids movies like Furry Vengeance and Journey to the Center of the Earth: Horrible. STOP BEING IN KIDS FIMS BRENDAN!
Yea, that bastard, trying to be a good father and make films his kids would want to see. He needs to be in snuff imitation.
You know it's serious when teenage girls are involved.