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| Topic Started: 10 Feb 2008, 20:28 (1,109 Views) | |
| sipovic | 5 May 2008, 00:37 Post #41 |
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I saw Iron man yesterday. Really good movie. But not awesome. Too much script wholes and poor written characters (except Tony Stark ) . But in good movies you usually prefer to ignore such things so did I. I give 4/5 Hope in sequel they'll make villain with more understandable motivation and will make Terrance Howard a sidekick an not just a guy who appear on screen from time to time |
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| Rigil Kent | 8 May 2008, 17:34 Post #42 |
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Just watched the Stargate: Ark of Truth movie (thanks, Movies on Demand!) and it wasn't bad although I have become utterly convinced that Stargate has completed its transformation into Star Trek, what with the captain's chair and the transporters and the godlike aliens of the week. Or maybe Stargate is actually a prequel to ENT... Anyway, the monumental amount of cliches aside (I mean, who didn't know that the IOSA ... if that's the proper acronym ... guy wasn't going to turn out to be an ass? Or that he would be dead by the end of the movie?), it wasn't all that bad. I did suffer from a mondo case of "I don't know what the hell is going on" since I didn't watch the last season of Stargate, but I knew just enough about the Ori to recognize the Priors as the bad guys. Visually, the F/X were pretty good though there were a couple of instances that I thought I was watching Star Wars (the shot with the transports flying over the lake toward the castle, for example). The fire FX on the lovely Ms Baccarin (ah, Inara, how I've missed thee...) were really neat. Once again, though, I found myself sighing at the utter cliche that was Ben Browder's character. Could he possibly be more of a Jack O'Neil clone? Seriously? I did like Claudia Black's character; she was so wildly dissimilar from Aeryn Sun that it worked, unlike Browder's Cam Mitchell character (who was too much like John Crichton at times). Still, it wasn't bad though I found myself ironically amused at the lack of intelligent tactics displayed by the Air Force guys throughout this, especially in the opening firefight between SG-1 and the Ori troops. That's to be expected though since most Hollywood types seem to think that infantry grunts are idiots whose job anyone can do. Honestly, if they had thought to bring a couple of grenades, the whole situation wouldn't have been so wildly desperate. And don't get me started on the show's continuing love affair with the P-90. At least they brought in a couple of actual assault rifles during the fight with the replicators (whom I still can't take seriously as bad guys. I mean, they look like freaking Legos!) I guess I'll give it a 3 out of 5 ... if you've seen previous episodes of Stargate, there's nothing really new here, so it's just diverting violence for fun. |
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| Rigil Kent | 9 May 2008, 16:49 Post #43 |
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Speed Racer. In a word, this movie is fun. If you're like me and expected the hyper-stylized look to be limited to the races, I think you'll be surprised 'cause the world of Speed Racer is clearly not this world. The entire world is the brilliant pastels that you've seen in the trailers and it totally works for this movie. The races themselves are wildly over-the-top, but as someone who doesn't particularly care for auto racing, I have to say that I'd watch these insane tests of skill. And the cars ... man, those are some beautiful cars! Translation of the characters from the cartoon was done surprisingly well, and I laughed out loud at the numerous jokes they made at the cartoon like Pops Racer grunting or even Speed's "oh!" expression that are so well known, even to people like me who didn't watch the cartoon that often. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Spridle and Shim Shim. To my surprise, they were truly amusing. Comic relief that didn't suck (ala Jar Jar Binks), if you will. I especially liked that Speed's idolization of his lost brother Rex had been transferred to Spridle's idolization of Speed. The moment that Speed realized that his little brother worshiped him like he worshiped Rex was nicely done and credit has to go to Emile Hirsch (Speed) for the way he carried that moment. So, for some good clean fun, I can't recommend this movie more. If you're going in expecting it to be anything other than that, you might be disappointed, but I enjoyed the heck out of it. 4 Mach 5s out of 5. |
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| Jedikatie | 9 May 2008, 17:07 Post #44 |
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^ I thought that might have been where you went... so did they have any trailers for movies you hadn't seen before with it? Don't know when I might get to see this... probably not until after the trip next month, though. |
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| Rigil Kent | 9 May 2008, 17:14 Post #45 |
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Not really. There was a new Hulk trailer, but the rest I'd already seen and have little to no interest in actually watching the movies in question (like the new Eddie Murphy one, or that Pixar Wall-E, or the Kung Fu Panda thing). *shrug* One thing I did forget to mention that they managed to get into the movie is that they actually managed to get the iconic shot (pictured below) into the movie without it seeming really cheesy! That takes talent! Posted Image |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 9 May 2008, 17:28 Post #46 |
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Kung Fu Panda!? :wtf: What's next? Karate Koala? |
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| Rigil Kent | 9 May 2008, 17:29 Post #47 |
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It's an animated comedy. Go figure. |
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| Jedikatie | 10 May 2008, 09:48 Post #48 |
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If you want to see the trailer for that Kung Fu Panda thing Rigil's talking about, KTR, they've actually got it featured over at Yahoo today... here's the link: Kung Fu Panda (Why does it not surprise me that it's from Dreamworks, aka Disney?) |
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| Kevin Thomas Riley | 10 May 2008, 09:51 Post #49 |
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^ Oh dear... That is so not my thing! :rolleyesrequest: |
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| Jedikatie | 10 May 2008, 09:57 Post #50 |
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^ I bet you that my mother ends out having to take my youngest niece to see it... but yeah, definitely not on my 'must see' list... |
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| Chris | 10 May 2008, 18:08 Post #51 |
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Well, according to my two nieces I'm officially "the Best Aunt Ever", so I'm sure I'll end up taking them. I wouldn't want to lose my title. :cookiemonster: |
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| Reanok | 11 May 2008, 08:21 Post #52 |
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Indiana Jones I can't wait to see it. I saw a new Trailer for upcoming Batman movie on tv and the movie reviwer predicted it was going to be a darker movie and fans of Keith Ledger will want to see his portrayal of the Joker. |
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| Rigil Kent | 22 May 2008, 12:52 Post #53 |
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull To preface, I really don't know if I liked this movie or not. It had some great visuals (no surprise), some laugh-out loud comedy, Marion Ravenwood's return, and Indy actually channeled a Han Solo for a line ("I've got a bad feeling about this"), but there was something ... I dunno ... off about the whole thing. Shortly into the movie, I turned my brain off because of exactly how Indy managed to survive this first encounter with the commies. It was so utterly ridiculous that I remember stating out loud "uh ... right". That unfortunately set the tone for the rest of the movie. At no time did it really seem like Indy was in any real danger and some of the stunts he pulled in this flick would have jacked a 20-something year old, let alone a guy his age. Remember his line in Raiders, about it not being the years but the mileage? Well, at some point in his career, he found some magic serum that allows him to take a beating that would make John McClain proud. Even the presence of monkeys (lots of monkeys) couldn't cause me to stop thinking "well, that's kind of dumb" ... though that may be because of what they did with the monkeys... And don't get me started on the stupid snake scene. Whoever thought that was a good idea should have been smacked around. With a shovel. The plot holes in this movie were many and kind of annoying. For example, early in the movie, Indy is effectively blacklisted because, despite his storied career (evidently, he's been fighting the Reds for the US government since after WWII, held the rank of Colonel in the Army, and was a member of OSS - all of which I can believe), the FBI suspects he may have some illicit ties to the evil commies. Yet that subplot is never again addressed, and at the end, it's all resolved. While Cate Blanchett's Russian character is kind of silly, I thought she looked fantastic. The idea that the crystal skull was the skull of an alien was pretty neat (I honestly don't think that's a spoiler since I've been avoiding spoilers and I knew it before the movie began). I even kind of liked the backdrop of the last exotic location. But the story ... it was a resounding meh to me. It didn't suck, but it just wasn't that great. In all honesty, I can only give it 2 and a Half Crystal Skulls out of 5. |
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| Jedikatie | 24 May 2008, 10:15 Post #54 |
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^ Just got back from seeing it. I agree, it wasn't spectacular. Though it's still better than Temple of Doom as far as I'm concerned. It was nice to see the tributes to both Marcus Brody and Indy's dad, though. I caught three different ones for Brody and one for his dad (besides of course, the line towards the end). I did find it rather hard to believe that a refridgerator would survive, essentially unharmed except some scorching and some dings, a nuclear test blast when everything else was being fried or blasted to bits, or that it would be the only piece of debris to be launched that far from the test zone. I thought the movie did pick up once you waded through the first half, however. Right about the time they started actually gonig searching was when it began to get interesting, at least for me. We had previews for Get Smart (which I still plan to see, and Mom was asking me when it comes out--might have to talk my best friend into going as well to that one, since it's got Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in it, and she likes him), that idiotic Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E, something called The Spirit, some movie whose plot reminded me of those movies where they erase your identity and force you to work for some mysterious agency that they've been churning out for the past 10 years or so (I don't recall the name, which is not a good sign for me getting me to go see it), and something else that I'm blanking on what it's called at the moment... ETA: I finally remembered what the other trailer was for, it was Hellboy 2 |
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| Chris | 25 May 2008, 06:34 Post #55 |
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I'm seeing it tomorrow, but my parents saw it last night. My dad liked it. He thought it had some Mummy flavor and some National Treasure flavor to it. My mom wasn't crazy about it, but she can be hard to please when it comes movies sometimes. So, I'll go tomorrow and see how it is. |
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| Chris | 26 May 2008, 17:05 Post #56 |
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Well, I saw it. It wasn't as great as it could have been. It was nice to see Allen and Ford together again. The scene where he survives the bomb in a fridge was eye-roll worthy. He should of at least been unconscious for a while. The snake scene was kind of stupid. All in all it was much better than Temple of Doom. I think that one gave me nightmares when I was younger. It would of been nice to see how they resolved the whole spy accusations against Indy. I guess I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars. Sidenote: Does the Wall E movie actually have a plot? :rolleyesrequest: Man does that look stupid. |
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| sipovic | 27 May 2008, 01:48 Post #57 |
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I never like Steven Spielberg very much, but he has one good quality which allows him to be successful almost with all of his movies - he always gives peeps what they want. 4th indiana jones isn't about story or good acting. It's about travelling in your past. During this movie I felt myself like 9 year old boy which looks on his old VHS on guy in hat run away form big rolling rock. You say story is below average. I say - it's true. You say it's unrealistic. I say it's true. But it is all irrelevant. Indy Jones always have only one storyline. It just changed it details( country-treasure - villains - sidekicks). And REALIASM? Are you kidding? We loved Indy because he can get 20 punches in faces and even don't get a bruise, because 25 people will shoot at him from close distance and they 'll never get him and because he can survive nuclear explosion hidding in refregerator). I've got everything what I want from this movie - cool action, great stunts, silly jokes, awesome music, Harrison Ford and sense of returning in time. All else are simply errelavant. 5/5. |
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| Captain X | 27 May 2008, 07:30 Post #58 |
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I guess I liked the movie and thought it was pretty consistent with the previous three. The fridge thing is but one of many things that has been in the movies that the Myth Busters have proven would be impossible in the real world (the inflatable raft out of the plane comes to mind). Each fall off of the waterfalls should've killed them too, but then things like this were played for laughs. I mean the payoff for the fridge thing was for a bunch of guys in radiation suits to scrub off an annoyed Jones in the decon shower. |
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| Chris | 5 Jun 2008, 18:31 Post #59 |
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Well, I finally saw the first Alien in its entirety. It was a good lead in for Aliens. I'm surprised it was rated R actually. Today that probably would have been PG-13, if you took out the f-word they said a few times. I haven't seen 4 probably because I saw 3. Whoever convinced Sigourney Weaver to do Aliens 3 should be slapped repeatedly until unconscious, and then woken up, strapped to a chair and made to listen to a continuous loop of Britney Spears songs. IMO of course. ;) |
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| Rigil Kent | 13 Jun 2008, 14:40 Post #60 |
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I just watched a really good World War I movie called Joyeux Noel that is loosely based on the so-called Christmas Truce of 1914. It was sheer happenstance that I caught it on Showtime (or one of the other movie channels, I'm not sure) but since it was set in the WWI era and I'm studying that era, I decided to give it a try. It was quite interesting for a war movie, with an underlying theme of how the guys fighting the war rarely see the war in the same way as the idiots who caused it. In this case, that's especially true since all three groups of combatants (French & Scots vs Germans) are just doing what they're told until Christmas Eve when something amazing happens. For those of you interested in this era, I recommend you track this flick down and give it a try. It's quite good. 3.75-4 Prussian Christmas carols out of 5. |
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