Rate the latest movie you've seen.

[the_antithesis]

Batman vs Super man really sounds lame.

Of course it's lame.

Nerds came up with it.

[the_antithesis]

This



Is the worst-looking movie poster I have ever seen in my entire life. Anyone who thinks this looks cool should be sectioned under the mental health act.

[the_antithesis]

If you're watching a kaiju film for its story, you're gonna have a bad time.

Pacific Rim is not a kaiju film. It is a major motion picture that is inspired by kaiju films. Much like how Star Wars and Indiana Jones were inspired by the old movie serials or Godfather was inspired by the old gangster movies or how anything by Quintin Tarantino is inspired by the old grindhouse movies of the 60's and 70's. The nature of these films is to take the conventions of the old films they are inspired by and then elevate them with superior craftsmanship. This is the only way they can rise above and properly honor their source material. Otherwise, they have no reason to be made.

[Hydra009]

This

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Is the worst-looking movie poster I have ever seen in my entire life. Anyone who thinks this looks cool should be sectioned under the mental health act.

I've seen worse.  Pretty bland, though.  All you can really tell from that one is that this action flick features a badass in body armor in a sci-fi setting.  And the lens flare is annoying.

[Sargon The Grape]

If you're watching a kaiju film for its story, you're gonna have a bad time.

Pacific Rim is not a kaiju film. It is a major motion picture that is inspired by kaiju films. Much like how Star Wars and Indiana Jones were inspired by the old movie serials or Godfather was inspired by the old gangster movies or how anything by Quintin Tarantino is inspired by the old grindhouse movies of the 60's and 70's. The nature of these films is to take the conventions of the old films they are inspired by and then elevate them with superior craftsmanship. This is the only way they can rise above and properly honor their source material. Otherwise, they have no reason to be made.

There is always a reason for kaiju films to be made. That reason is watching giant monsters and robots beat the shit out of each other. Which Pacific Rim delivers, I would note.

[SGOS]

On Dec 25th, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shows in theaters.  I'm not a big fan of Ben Stiller, although he's OK.  I'm looking forward to this one.  The short story is hilarious, as most all of James Thurber's humor is.  I've laughed so hard reading Thurber that I lose my breath.  Although that was many years ago.

The coming attractions seem to loosely reflect the intent of the story, but I don't recall the situations.  It's like Hollywood is rewriting their own and making it into more of a Romantic Comedy.  I hope they don't botch it up.  Some things can't be improved upon, and few writers, probably no Hollywood writer that I know of, can match James Thurber's skill at humor.  We shall see.

[caseagainstfaith]

The Hobbit 2:

Not sure how many stars.  But, I enjoyed it.  In fact, while most people find the Hobbit films inferior to TLotR movies, at least for me, I prefer them.  I read the Hobbit, although over 30 years ago.  I never read TLofR.  I had trouble keeping up with the sub-plots, who was where doing what in TLotR.  Maybe I'm just stupid.  Or maybe I didn't have the background knowledge.  But I found TLotR hard to follow.  The Hobbit's simpler story is more to my liking.

I originally planned on seeing part 1 in HFR, but, the theater was sold out when I went, so I only saw it in regular 3D.  I did see this one in HFR.  Some people complained that HFR was too clear, that it allowed you to see imperfections that you wouldn't see at regular frame rate.  For me, honestly, I am not entirely sure I would have noticed anything if I wasn't told it was HFR.  I can say it did look very sharp.  Some scenes were breathtaking.

The CGI was generally very good.  The spiders scenes and the dragon scenes were great.  Yeah, you can still tell it is CGI.  This was particularly true when buildings or walls collapse, which happen repeatedly.  For some reason, those always have a CGI look to them to me.  I guess we still need to wait a few more years before CGI will be completely indistinguishable from live action.  But, all in all, pretty damn good.

Some still question why, after making three long books into three long movies, we now have one short book turned into three long movies, albeit with material added from other sources. Eh, its fine by me.  The movie did seem overly long at almost 3 hours.  It didn't necessarily need to be that long.  But I wasn't bored either.  So, I'm fine with it.

[Notthesun]

The Hobbit 2: I really enjoyed it.

Grade: A-



I want to see American Hustle! Also, go see Frozen!

[aitm]

I watched "The Wolverine" last night,,,not proud of it, but I admit it. If you watch it, you will not be proud to admit it either.

[leo]

I watched "The Wolverine" last night,,,not proud of it, but I admit it. If you watch it, you will not be proud to admit it either.

Why ?

[aitm]

I watched "The Wolverine" last night,,,not proud of it, but I admit it. If you watch it, you will not be proud to admit it either.

Why ?

Don't believe me? ME? :-?  

You therefore are doomed to watch it..to your despair... :Hangman:

[leo]

I watched "The Wolverine" last night,,,not proud of it, but I admit it. If you watch it, you will not be proud to admit it either.

Why ?

Don't believe me? ME? :-?  

You therefore are doomed to watch it..to your despair... :Hangman:

How bad it is ? 1/10 ?

[mykcob4]

'Out Of The Furness'
Thin plot.
Space script with little to no dialogue.
A bunch of heavyweights vying for an Oscar nomination:
Forest Whitiker
Christian Bale
Woody Harleson
William DeFoe
They really got into character but that isn't saying much because the characters where all about their backstory which was not illustrated in the film. You had to assume a great deal and then keep catching up and try to find a plot.
This story is about a steel factory worker (Christian Bale) in a small depressing town in Northern Penn. near the Jersey border. He has a younger brother that is in the Army that has made a total of 4 tours of combat in Iraq and has a serious case of PTSD and combat fatigue.
Bale has a car wreck and kills the family in the other car and is sent up for (you have to guess here) drunk driving manslaughter. When he gets out his younger brother is out of the Army and doesn't have a job and secretly bare knuckle fights for money. DeFoe (a bar owner) is the kid's manager and sets up the fights. They set up one fight in Jersey run by a drug kingpin (Woody Harelson). The kid is suppose to take a dive and he reluctantly does, but it seems that DeFoe owes Harelson a lot of money and Woody kills Defoe and the kid.
Bale is told by the Penn. police chief (Forest Whitiker) what has happened. While Bale is in prison Whitiker steals his girl friend. Bale goes looking for Harleson. He eventually lures Harelson to Penn. and kills him. Whitiker lets Bale off for doing the citizen's a favor for killing Harelson and because he feels guilty for stealing Bales girl friend.
Thats basically it but it takes 2 hours of long looks grunts moans and serious Marlon Brando type bruding to accomplish that shallow plot.
I give it a one and would never spend any money on this flick if I could help it.
I hope to see 'The Butler' next.

[aitm]

'Out Of The Furness'
Thin plot.
Space script with little to no dialogue.
A bunch of heavyweights vying for an Oscar nomination:
Forest Whitiker
Christian Bale
Woody Harleson
William DeFoe
They really got into character but that isn't saying much because the characters where all about their backstory which was not illustrated in the film. You had to assume a great deal and then keep catching up and try to find a plot.
This story is about a steel factory worker (Christian Bale) in a small depressing town in Northern Penn. near the Jersey border. He has a younger brother that is in the Army that has made a total of 4 tours of combat in Iraq and has a serious case of PTSD and combat fatigue.
Bale has a car wreck and kills the family in the other car and is sent up for (you have to guess here) drunk driving manslaughter. When he gets out his younger brother is out of the Army and doesn't have a job and secretly bare knuckle fights for money. DeFoe (a bar owner) is the kid's manager and sets up the fights. They set up one fight in Jersey run by a drug kingpin (Woody Harelson). The kid is suppose to take a dive and he reluctantly does, but it seems that DeFoe owes Harelson a lot of money and Woody kills Defoe and the kid.
Bale is told by the Penn. police chief (Forest Whitiker) what has happened. While Bale is in prison Whitiker steals his girl friend. Bale goes looking for Harleson. He eventually lures Harelson to Penn. and kills him. Whitiker lets Bale off for doing the citizen's a favor for killing Harelson and because he feels guilty for stealing Bales girl friend.
Thats basically it but it takes 2 hours of long looks grunts moans and serious Marlon Brando type bruding to accomplish that shallow plot.
I give it a one and would never spend any money on this flick if I could help it.
I hope to see 'The Butler' next.

Ah...good, won't spend the money on that.

[mykcob4]

'Out Of The Furness'
Thin plot.
Space script with little to no dialogue.
A bunch of heavyweights vying for an Oscar nomination:
Forest Whitiker
Christian Bale
Woody Harleson
William DeFoe
They really got into character but that isn't saying much because the characters where all about their backstory which was not illustrated in the film. You had to assume a great deal and then keep catching up and try to find a plot.
This story is about a steel factory worker (Christian Bale) in a small depressing town in Northern Penn. near the Jersey border. He has a younger brother that is in the Army that has made a total of 4 tours of combat in Iraq and has a serious case of PTSD and combat fatigue.
Bale has a car wreck and kills the family in the other car and is sent up for (you have to guess here) drunk driving manslaughter. When he gets out his younger brother is out of the Army and doesn't have a job and secretly bare knuckle fights for money. DeFoe (a bar owner) is the kid's manager and sets up the fights. They set up one fight in Jersey run by a drug kingpin (Woody Harelson). The kid is suppose to take a dive and he reluctantly does, but it seems that DeFoe owes Harelson a lot of money and Woody kills Defoe and the kid.
Bale is told by the Penn. police chief (Forest Whitiker) what has happened. While Bale is in prison Whitiker steals his girl friend. Bale goes looking for Harleson. He eventually lures Harelson to Penn. and kills him. Whitiker lets Bale off for doing the citizen's a favor for killing Harelson and because he feels guilty for stealing Bales girl friend.
Thats basically it but it takes 2 hours of long looks grunts moans and serious Marlon Brando type bruding to accomplish that shallow plot.
I give it a one and would never spend any money on this flick if I could help it.
I hope to see 'The Butler' next.

Ah...good, won't spend the money on that.

And I definately won't view the Wolverine. I have already turned to offers to go see it. One was a free offer because my buddy wanted me to go so bad he offered to pay. I told him I don't bother with the comics anymore.