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Post by rüstü on Apr 25, 2013 19:30:26 GMT -8
Oblivion was somewhere in between 'mediocre' and 'ok'! If you like pretty graphics and don't care about plot holes this is the movie for you. Also if you like Morgan Freeman or the guy who plays Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones.
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Post by Drew on Apr 25, 2013 22:02:28 GMT -8
Yeah I actually liked it okay. It was ambitious and in someone else's more capable hands, it could have been really great. Olga Kurylenko is phenomenal, and phenomenally beautiful. I'm just such a sucker for big-budget sci-fi, I was going to like it no matter what.
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Post by Drew on Apr 25, 2013 22:02:49 GMT -8
If Rian Johnson directed that shit? Game over.
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Post by rüstü on Apr 25, 2013 22:42:37 GMT -8
It definitely had an intriguing plot that had a lot of potential, it just seemed so obvious that the world they were living in was going to be eventually shown to be a cover up for something else. At no point did I actually believe that they were going to be leaving the planet in 2 weeks to head to Titan, and if they'd succeeded in that I would've been quite impressed with it overall. Also, the scene inside the alien ship could've been much more epic if I hadn't already seen a huge body farm like that in the matrix and also it kind of bothers me that every single evil robot character in movies nowadays is basically a direct ripoff of 2001. The special effects were definitely top notch and the action was exciting, I just wish the story had been executed a little better.
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Post by Fig on Apr 26, 2013 17:33:06 GMT -8
Erasmus is the best evil robot. The fucker accidentally caused a Jihad n shit.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jun 9, 2013 19:29:58 GMT -8
I watched V/H/S/2 this afternoon. It was just just as fucked as the first one, but way better. Shorter, more direct, and less immature. The third segment about a cult is the best of the bunch. It starts off a tad slow, but once it gets going it's fucking bonkers. I highly recommend this to any horror fan.
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Post by Pea on Jun 10, 2013 22:18:13 GMT -8
Checked it out last night based on your recommendation and had an absolute blast watching it. Thanks dude!
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Post by Goldbart der Hexenmeister on Jun 21, 2013 8:51:15 GMT -8
Every year I watch the film Der Untergang (Downfall). If you haven't seen it, you probably should it's available on Netflix. It is a realistic depiction of the end of the War in Europe as the Red Army surrounded Berlin. It is a special film to me, not a single member of my family that served in German Army survived the war, in fact I was the only member of my family since 1870 to come back from combat alive. It is an excellent film that warns us the viewer, of the costs of following charismatic leaders, unchecked nationalism, fanatical political ideologies, and war mongering. The film follows as a whole, the life of Traudl Junge, one of the secretaries of Hitler along with the other goings on in Berlin. It really is a must watch if you have never seen it. The film is in German with English subtitles. It helps to understand my Opa, a troubled man, who was the only surviving male of his direct family. He was a man of alcoholic binges, significant abuse against his children and spousal abuse, but was also capable of incredible kindness late in his life. During an alcoholic delirium he reverted to 1945 and screaming about the Russians he slit his wrists he survived, but his mind was muddled, until late in his life, he predicted his own death two weeks before passing on from pulmonary distress in 2009.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 22, 2013 10:52:32 GMT -8
The actually didn't fuck World War Z up too bad. I'm a huge fan of the book and I've had up and down feelings about them making it into a movie. They made it different, but they didn't make it bad. Running zombies are almost a deal breaker for me most of the time, but I have to admit they do make for a more exciting movie.
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Post by badchoices on Jun 22, 2013 17:47:25 GMT -8
The actually didn't fuck World War Z up too bad. I'm a huge fan of the book and I've had up and down feelings about them making it into a movie. They made it different, but they didn't make it bad. Running zombies are almost a deal breaker for me most of the time, but I have to admit they do make for a more exciting movie. I saw it yesterday, too. I had the same reservations going into the movie but I ended up liking it. I enjoyed following the one character rather than the way it was presented in the book more than I thought I would. Not saying I liked it better than the book, but they did a good job. It went by very fast and was pretty damn tense.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 22, 2013 20:41:58 GMT -8
Defiantly not better than (or even as good as) the book, but definitely not bad.
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Post by Cbats on Jun 23, 2013 16:17:24 GMT -8
I've never read the graphic novel but I really liked World War Z. It wasn't incredible but for a summer blockbuster it was a lot of fun. Did anyone see what the original ending was going to be? It's more or less gibberish but apparently they filmed a lot of it: m.movies.com/movie-news/world-war-z-original-ending/12638Don't read that if you haven't seen the movie obviously.
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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jun 23, 2013 18:12:56 GMT -8
I've never read the graphic novel but I really liked World War Z. It wasn't incredible but for a summer blockbuster it was a lot of fun. Did anyone see what the original ending was going to be? It's more or less gibberish but apparently they filmed a lot of it: m.movies.com/movie-news/world-war-z-original-ending/12638Don't read that if you haven't seen the movie obviously. It's not a graphic novel, just a regular novel. Although, I suppose it is kind of graphic, but in a different mening of the word. Anyway, that's an interesting article and a little bit truer to the book than the ending they used, but I can definitely see why they went the way they did. The book is almost a collection of short stories all tied together by the one investigator hearing everyone's accounts. It would be pretty much unfilmable in its true form (or would end up being 6 hours long). I guess what I'm trying to say is read the book. You'll be glad you did and having seen the movie won't spoil any of it.
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Post by Drew on Jun 25, 2013 14:22:31 GMT -8
I liked World War Z okay, but I feel like that book could have become a way better movie. So many of the characters and vignettes were ripe for the big screen. It would have taken some serious work to make a coherent movie out of that, and it would have eschewed the star-driven model of the movie that was made (but ensemble casts are becoming more accepted, aren't they?), but it could have been done and it would have been incredible.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Jun 25, 2013 14:28:25 GMT -8
Ken Burns should direct a WWZ miniseries.
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Post by Drew on Jun 25, 2013 14:36:20 GMT -8
Ken Burns should direct a WWZ miniseries. So this
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Jun 28, 2013 22:56:56 GMT -8
Much Ado About Nothing was completely incredible. Even if you're not a fan of Shakespeare, I cannot recommend this film highly enough. It should be held up as the gold standard for adaptations. Beautifully directed and acted, with a load of slapstick dolloped on the already witty dialogue. Completely brilliant. Catch it at your local indie theater before it's gone (currently playing at Seattle's Harvard Exit theater off Broadway for the locals). Highest recommendation.
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Post by weenie on Jun 30, 2013 13:33:00 GMT -8
Ahh I want to see it!!! Watching episodes of Angel with the colour and sound turned off while listening to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack just is not working.
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Post by wompwomp on Jul 25, 2013 12:21:49 GMT -8
Spring Breakers is the best movie of the year so far
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Post by Cbats on Jul 25, 2013 12:57:45 GMT -8
Spring Breakers is the best movie of the year so far But Upstream Color...
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