Schoolio's Movie Corner

[PotVsKtl]

w5YXZ9RtOms

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

what the fuck was that?

[sbessiso]

MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE EVER!!!

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs185.snc1/6180_106778130747_525175747_2298000_3939147_n.jpg

[schoolofruckus]

I wish I had reason to believe you're being ironic.

[MissingPerson]

I really don't understand why they made that game of all games into a movie.

Plus, he had the blue and white getup for Sands of Time, dammit. That's the Prince from Warrior Within.

In all cases, notably unPersian.

[chairmenmeow47]

i'd rather see a load runner movie myself.

[bobert]

MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE EVER!!!

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs185.snc1/6180_106778130747_525175747_2298000_3939147_n.jpg

I'm amazed Bruckheimer didn't insist on having him in loincloth and nothing else.

[schoolofruckus]

Too gay for Bruckheimer. If it were a Joel Silver picture, that's exactly what it would have been.

[MissingPerson]

Poster reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean or something.

[schoolofruckus]

Bruckheimer proves he's not just accidentally bad, he legitimately has no creative vision.

UUnoO17ZJgM

"Great adventure." "Wonderful action."

Ha ha.

[PotVsKtl]

Poster reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean or something.

http://filmdrunk.lg1x8.simplecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gijoe2.jpg
http://filmdrunk.lg1x8.simplecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thespiritbanner.jpg
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/ul/2247-REdsonjaMAIN.jpg
http://chrislejarzar.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/503494sin-city-posters.jpg

[atom heart]

i'd rather see a load runner movie myself.

YES!

And on the anniversary of the landing... Moon!

[PotVsKtl]

http://www.c64-wiki.com/images/f/fe/Lode_runner.jpg

[M Sparks]

i'd rather see a load runner movie myself.

Lode Runner was the shit...put it on a double feature with Jumpman. (The most descriptive game name ever.)

[M Sparks]

MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIE EVER!!!


Define "Anticipated".

While you're at it, define "Movie".

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/ul/2247-REdsonjaMAIN.jpg


who the fuck cares enough about Red Sonja to actually pay to go see a movie nowadays?

[humanoid]

I cared about Red Sonja in 1985, but that was because of Arnold

[wmgaretjax]

w5YXZ9RtOms

I saw this earlier today. Pretty fantastic.

[bmack86]

Troma does it again!

[sbessiso]

Define "Anticipated".

While you're at it, define "Movie".

Just look at the poster again

[M Sparks]

Just look at the poster again

I got nothin'

I think I had this for Sega Game Gear.

Sega
Game
Gear.

EDIT...no, my WIFE had it for Sega Game Gear. I sold it at a garage sale last year for a buck. By the way, that's how you know you've met your soul mate, when she owns the same lame failed game system as you. She didn't have an Atari Jaguar though.

[M Sparks]

w5YXZ9RtOms

Uhh...what about Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls...

[Boourns]

Just wait for the movie adaptation of Custer's Revenge.

[M Sparks]

Just wait for the movie adaptation of Custer's Revenge.

I heard Joel Schumacher is doing "Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em"

[dorkfish]

I got nothin'

I think I had this for Sega Game Gear.

Sega
Game
Gear.

Sega Game Gear wasn't lame.

[MissingPerson]

It did consume batteries at an ecologically terrifying rate though.

Chakan: The Forever Man FTW!

[sonofhal]

The Atari Lynx had to be the most hardcore battery eater i've ever come across.

[Hannahrain]

I just wrote a longer review for this, and then I suffered a connectivity issue while previewing it and lost everything. So, this will be short. And irked.


Earlier this afternoon, I watched For All Mankind. I thought it was put together in a way that was nice and unstructured without feeling haphazard or clumsy. I also quite liked the absence of a singular narrator in favor of sound taken from old interviews. It was nice to see the footage speak for itself instead of having someone lay it all out on a table like a timeshare presentation. The only thing that put me off a bit was that they framed it on either side with Kennedy speech excerpts, which at this point feels pretty trite. Granted, the movie is twenty years old, but it was made a solid quarter-century after Kennedy's death and I'm willing to bet it was at least a bit hackneyed by then. Not that I'd know.

I also would have liked to hear more of Eno's scoring. I feel like if there were longer chunks of silent footage, he might have gotten a little more creative with it. I really enjoyed what was there, though. I can't think of a better candidate for tracking zero-gravity.

[hawkingvsreeve]

I really don't understand why they made that game of all games into a movie.

Plus, he had the blue and white getup for Sands of Time, dammit. That's the Prince from Warrior Within.

In all cases, notably unPersian.

You continue to amaze me.

[atom heart]

Buffed up Jake Gyllenhaal seems to strike all the wrong chords in me. Everything about this (especially the "interview" that was posted) is so thoroughly unconvincing to the point of hilarity. Somehow even GI Joe looks more solid.

[TallGuyCM]

Somehow even GI Joe looks more solid.

That's when you know it's bad.

[amyzzz]

I watched a couple movies that were just awful recently, but I guess I should've known not to watch them: Australia and the latest X-Files movie. I couldn't even finish X-Files it was so dull and incomprehensible, and Australia was just all syrupy sweetness--good guys, bad guys, and boredom.

[MissingPerson]

Watching any of the later X Files output is like finding out your most beloved ex has been arrested for a crack mugging.

Once, Chris Carter, I thought we had a future.

[amyzzz]

I felt bad for the actors even being associated with the brand anymore.

[TallGuyCM]

I watched a couple movies that were just awful recently, but I guess I should've known not to watch them: Australia and the latest X-Files movie.

Oh god I watched the newest X-Files movie last year sometime I think, until now I had completely forgotten how much I hated that movie.

[sbessiso]

Potter was pretty good, but man they really fucked up the ending

[amyzzz]

Oh god I watched the newest X-Files movie last year sometime I think, until now I had completely forgotten how much I hated that movie.
Did you finish it? I take it the movie never got better?

[stuporfly]

Oh god I watched the newest X-Files movie last year sometime I think, until now I had completely forgotten how much I hated that movie.

I rather enjoyed the X-Files initially, but gave up somewhere in the middle of the second season. I found their pat interplay infuriating ("I do believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!" "I don't believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!"), and as with most entertainment where humans dress as scary monsters, had a difficult time suspending my disbelief when what I clearly saw was some schmuck actor trying to get noticed under 50 pounds of makeup.

So I haven't seen either movie. Should I not?

[higgybaby23]

I watched Coraline last night, and thouroughly enjoyed it. We tried to watch in 3-D, but it just wasn't working right. In fact, I've never had a true 3-D experience on my home television. Both Disneyland and Disneyworld have amazing 3-D attractions, but nothing on television has even come close. Even the glasses are different. The Disney ones are just gray, while every pair I've received to view at home are red and blue.

Has anyone had a proper 3-D film experience using a television at home?

[MissingPerson]

I rather enjoyed the X-Files initially, but gave up somewhere in the middle of the second season. I found their pat interplay infuriating ("I do believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!" "I don't believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!"), and as with most entertainment where humans dress as scary monsters, had a difficult time suspending my disbelief when what I clearly saw was some schmuck actor trying to get noticed under 50 pounds of makeup.

So I haven't seen either movie. Should I not?

The first one has a few massive plot holes, but they only really matter if you stop to think about it. As a kind of conspiracy adventure, it's great. A slightly dumber, faster, explodier version of the series.

Show hit it's peak in Season Three. Pusher was great.

[atom heart]

Has anyone had a proper 3-D film experience using a television at home?

Not at home, but SIGGRAPH had a demonstration of polarized (gray glasses) 3D television, and it was pretty impressive. They were demonstrating some sort of 3D webcam, and I have seen polarized 3D on broadcast television ages and ages ago (like, when I was seven), so I'm not sure why they would use red-blue at all.

[TallGuyCM]

Did you finish it? I take it the movie never got better?

Yeah I finished it, I don't think I've ever not finished a movie, I always give it the chance to get better once I start it. And it didn't.

[amyzzz]

The first one has a few massive plot holes, but they only really matter if you stop to think about it. As a kind of conspiracy adventure, it's great. A slightly dumber, faster, explodier version of the series.

Show hit it's peak in Season Three. Pusher was great.
My favorite episodes are the one with the crazy deformed inbred family and the one with the fungi that trapped people underground while making them hallucinate reality. I wish I knew the titles, but I watched those 12-15 years ago. AWESOMENESS.

[wmgaretjax]

Not at home, but SIGGRAPH had a demonstration of polarized (gray glasses) 3D television, and it was pretty impressive. They were demonstrating some sort of 3D webcam, and I have seen polarized 3D on broadcast television ages and ages ago (like, when I was seven), so I'm not sure why they would use red-blue at all.

Because it's substantially more expensive to shoot and display polarized 3D. Every aspect of the process is more costly from the cameras to the processing time to the glasses.

[humanoid]

I rather enjoyed the X-Files initially, but gave up somewhere in the middle of the second season. I found their pat interplay infuriating ("I do believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!" "I don't believe in spooks/demons/bogeymen!"), and as with most entertainment where humans dress as scary monsters, had a difficult time suspending my disbelief when what I clearly saw was some schmuck actor trying to get noticed under 50 pounds of makeup.

So I haven't seen either movie. Should I not?

I could never get into because of the dialogue between the two main characters specifically. It always sounded like it was written by and for 3rd graders.

[iv3rdawG]

xnGruD-Q-aw

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

That Alice movie looks really fucking awful

[wmgaretjax]

garbage. why bother... the best version of Alice has been done anyway... Svankmejer.

[amyzzz]

3D, interesting. I'll take my kids and hope for the best.

[Young blood]

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/Johnny%20Depp%20Mad%20Hatter.jpg

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http://www.gossipcheck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/madonna_022.jpg

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

garbage. why bother... the best version of Alice has been done anyway... Svankmejer.

i've been toying with the idea of renting this...is it really good? i've seen a ton of Svankmejer's shorts and they make my head explode (mostly in a good way)

[amyzzz]

I hadn't heard of that -- I haven't found a live action Alice in Wonderland that I like yet.

edit: title is Neco z Alenky according to imdb when I looked up that name.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I hadn't heard of that -- I haven't found a live action Alice in Wonderland that I like yet.

edit: title is Neco z Alenky according to imdb when I looked up that name.

info and trailer
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Alice/60000309?lnkce=seRtLn&trkid=222336&strkid=1023294718_0_0&strackid=7b9e1bc0968a306e_0_srl

[luckyface]

xnGruD-Q-aw

I was still excited to see Alice before this trailer, despite Burton's shit work of late. But after seeing that, ugh no thanks.

http://filmdrunk.lg1x8.simplecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dismissivewank.gif

[wmgaretjax]

i've been toying with the idea of renting this...is it really good? i've seen a ton of Svankmejer's shorts and they make my head explode (mostly in a good way)

if you like svankmajer, it's hard to imagine this will disappoint. it's pretty perverse. if you haven't seen it yet, Conspirator's of Pleasure is easily one of the greatest films of all time.

[AlecEiffel]

Johnny Depp Presents Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp.

That role should be little more than a cameo.

Crispen Glover looks pretty cool, though.

[sonofhal]

The Raping Of Pelham 123 looks like reaching a new low in the "making a turd out of a diamond" stakes.

[PotVsKtl]

I hadn't heard of that -- I haven't found a live action Alice in Wonderland that I like yet.

Don't bother, this one will confuse you.

[amyzzz]

I enjoy confusing movies.

[real talk]

i've been toying with the idea of renting this...is it really good? i've seen a ton of Svankmejer's shorts and they make my head explode (mostly in a good way)

I prefer the 1985 made for tv version by director Harry Harris.

[PotVsKtl]

I enjoy confusing movies.

No, you don't.

[higgybaby23]

I enjoy confusing movies.

Have you seen Synecdoche, NY yet?

Or how about Inland Empire?

[amyzzz]

I've seen and really liked Inland Empire but I haven't gotten around to Synecdoche NY yet. I generally love David Lynch movies and some of the Kaufman projects as well; I just haven't researched and watched every single art movie in every single country like a majority of this thread claimed to have done. :thu

[MissingPerson]

My favorite episodes are the one with the crazy deformed inbred family and the one with the fungi that trapped people underground while making them hallucinate reality. I wish I knew the titles, but I watched those 12-15 years ago. AWESOMENESS.

Home and Firewalker, seasons 2 and 4 respectively. Check that, hawkingvsreeve.

I could never get into because of the dialogue between the two main characters specifically. It always sounded like it was written by and for 3rd graders.

Aw, that was what I loved about it. No matter how implausible or stupid the central plot, Mulder and Scully were always fun. Mulder's a sarcastic douche with a taste for porn, and Scully's a humourless uptight bint who knows he's ruining her career. And they solve mysteries together!

A winning combination so solid, I let Bones away with the fact that they copied it exactly.

Thing is though, everybody remembers the X Files as a plodding incomprehensible po-faced conspiracygasm; but those people are thinking of the bad, later seasons. And possibly Fringe. What made the X Files fun was that it was really fucking funny. Duchovny has great comic timing, and Anderson does a great line in weary acceptance.

The one with Luke Wilson was a riot.

....


It was called Bad Blood.

[amyzzz]

The conspiracy episodes of the X-Files were always the worst. ALWAYS. And I submit that Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz of Bones are a better team chemistry-wise than Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of X-Files. But we are meandering far off the beaten track (of movies) here.

edit: thank you for the episode titles, MP!

[atom heart]

The tongue-in-cheek episodes were always the best. Bad Blood was definitely a high point.

[MissingPerson]

Ugh, Richard Kelly is really trying to hype the score for The Box. It's kind of depressing.

Pushing the score as the movie's selling point over, say, the script, cinematography, cast, performances or dialogue doesn't suggest to me an abundance of confidence in any of those elements. I mean, it's a good way to rope in folks like me, but me and the two dozen or so other nerds like myself won't fill many cinemas.

http://twitter.com/JRichardKelly

Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and I will be there to unveil the score and new footage - Hall H - during Friday morning WB presentation!
about 4 hours ago from web

Comic-Con promo (4min 15sec) for THE BOX is mixed and ready! Features THREE SCORE CUES from Win Butler/Regine Chassagne/Owen Pallett!
about 5 hours ago from web

He's also posted a new version of the poster which is somehow even worse than the old one.

[hawkingvsreeve]

My favorite episodes are the one with the crazy deformed inbred family and the one with the fungi that trapped people underground while making them hallucinate reality. I wish I knew the titles, but I watched those 12-15 years ago. AWESOMENESS.

I was just going to say the first one was called Home, when I saw:

Home and Firewalker, seasons 2 and 4 respectively. Check that, hawkingvsreeve.

Let's marry.


Edit: Home was season 4 though. Just fyi.

[goldfromla]

Yay, first post over here. I'm not going to write any kind of introduction or anything, so people who don't harken back to the ezboard days are fucked. Big fucking deal. Can I say fuck on the air? I feel like Howard Stern in the dawn of the Sirius era.

However, I can't say the P word. Feels a tad similar to "marijuana illegal, but cigarettes cool", but we'll go with it. The great ones adjust, as they say.

Here's my final recap of 2006:

Top 10:

The Fountain
Children of Men
The Departed
Babel
L' Enfant
Brick
Half Nelson
Manderlay
V for Vendetta
Inland Empire


Honorable Mentions:
Pan's Labyrinth, Lady in the Water, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Bubble, Miami Vice, The Proposition, Little Miss Sunshine

Great Films I Need To See Again Because They Were Late Shows And I Missed Bits and Pieces Here And There:
United 93, The Lives of Others

Movies I Wanted To See and Will Catch Up With Soon:
Volver, Shortbus, Tideland, Perfume: Story of a Murderer, Factotum, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Marie Antoinette, An Inconveniant Truth (so help me God)

Worst of the Year (I skip most movies that look shitty to me, but these are the ones I saw that I hated):
Apocalypto
16 Blocks
Letters From Iwo Jima
Inside Man
The Science of Sleep

Oscar-beggars I Have No Interest In:
Dreamgirls
The Queen
The Last King of Scotland
Flags of Our Fathers

This is the most epic first post of all time

[amyzzz]

Looking back at that post, I'm shocked that I agree with 8 of Gabe's top 10 from that year (never saw Manderlay, didn't care for Brick). And including Lady in the Water and Miami Vice in his Honorable Mentions is hilarious.

[MissingPerson]

Edit: Home was season 4 though. Just fyi.

And Firewalker was S2. My bad, I got the digits swapped.

[schoolofruckus]

Looking back at that post, I'm shocked that I agree with 8 of Gabe's top 10 from that year (never saw Manderlay, didn't care for Brick). And including Lady in the Water and Miami Vice in his Honorable Mentions is hilarious.

I felt very distant from the critical community that year.

[sbessiso]

I felt very distant from the critical community that year.

But...."Lady in the Water" was just so bad. I do not understand!

[schoolofruckus]

Yeah, well, so is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but I just saw that at the Arclight dome and enjoyed the holy living shit out of it.

[JewFace]

The Fountain? Really??

Saw Don 'Opposite of Sex' Roos' Happy Endings the other day. I don't think it was well received, but I really liked it. I thought it was a warm and funny film about Angelenos in and out of love. Great ensemble cast. Lisa Kudrow is quite wry and surprisingly vulnerable, Josh Ritter is feckin adorable, Maggie Gyllenhaal is the expert seductress, Steve Coogan is just delightful. This is probably too high a compliment, but the film made me think (at least in tone) of Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night.

[bobert]

The Fountain? Really??

That's a sore subject for him - tread lightly.

[captncrzy]

Hey, if there are any Phoenix movie fans in here that don't hit up the Phoenix thread, please see below:

Okay, so I have something for all of you to do next Friday, July 31: go watch my movie! I finally got accepted into a screening event that I could've gotten rejected by. The IFP Phoenix holds a monthly Cinema Lounge and they're hosting a shorts program this month. I got word today that they'd like my film to be among those shown. This is such a relief because I've submitted the damn thing to I don't even know how many festivals/events. I've lost count. So while it's not the most prestigious public showing, it's still one that involves people I don't know liking it enough to want to show it.
It's taking place at the Metro Arts Theatre, at 1700 N. 7th Ave. There's a happy hour at 5:30, but that's mainly for filmmakers and those who want to network. Otherwise the films begin at 7:30, with a Q&A afterward. Tickets are a scant $5, so I don't want to hear any excuses.

[dorkfish]

Gabe, did you end up seeing that pile of garbage that was Marie Antoinette?

[PotVsKtl]

Watch it.

[dorkfish]

I'm buying Japandroids tickets, need one?

[PotVsKtl]

I'll be in Seattle unfortch.

[PotVsKtl]

Wait, no, I'll be in Vegas.

[dorkfish]

Craps

[dorkfish]

nah, you're more of a blackjack fellow

[schoolofruckus]

Gabe, did you end up seeing that pile of garbage that was Marie Antoinette?

Yeah, I thought it was awesome. To me, it's as good as Lost in Translation or The Virgin Suicides.

[humanoid]

Yeah, I thought it was awesome. To me, it's as good as Lost in Translation or The Virgin Suicides.

each of those movies makes me feel like taking a nap

[tessalasset]

i saw paper heart tonight and there was supposed to be a q&a w/ charlyne yi and michael cera afterwards. instead it was just charlyne yi and the director and one of the other actors. snoooozefest! i don't recommend that movie. some parts were cute but just netflix it. as we left the theater, charlyne declined giving up her microphone and instead serenaded us with some bad 80s song. she sang the entire thing... i could still hear her singing it when i got to the door of the theater. weird.

[Derekx]

October 16 needs to come sooner. I'm dying to see Where the Wild Things Are. I just heard they will be showing it in IMAX too.

[sonofhal]

I went to a preview screening of Marie Antoinette at a private cinema that i used to be a member of. It bored me to tears. The next night i went back to watch a different movie (can't even remember what it was), but the reel hadn't shown up in time so they screened Marie Antoinette again. I went with different people the 2nd night, so they all wanted to stay and watch it. Not fun.

[humanoid]

I can't imagine watching that twice, much less on consecutive nights

[schoolofruckus]

That's a sore subject for him - tread lightly.

Not even. If anything, I feel bad for all of you that you didn't share what was one of the most satisfying film experiences of my lifetime.

[schoolofruckus]

each of those movies makes me feel like taking a nap

I can't argue that.

[roberto73]

I finally got around to seeing [•Rec] the other night, which I thought was great. Two things that surprised me, though: Quarantine, which I saw a couple months ago, did a commendable job of capturing the spirit and feel of the original (no small feat for an American remake of a foreign film). Also, even though I'd seen Quarantine first and knew what was coming, [•Rec] still managed to make me incredibly nervous, which means either A) I'm a pansy, or B) the movie does what it does extremely well.

[canexplain]

so i finally got around to watching the Watchman last night ... I didnt read the novel or anything else about it ... i thought it was somewhat confusing ... i did like how everything was grey, the bad guy was sort of a good guy, the good guys were sort of bad guys, the heroes were considered criminals, etc .... looked good on blu ray though .... cr****

[stinkbutt]

Alice In Wonderland trailer
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/video-alice-wonderland-trailer-released

sorry if it's already been posted but yeah Tim Burton really needs to let Johnny Depp go or just quit doing films entirely

[humanoid]

/\ overall, I do like the look of it, but i really hope that it isn't the Mad Hatter show, as I am growing sick of Johnny Depp(and he does look an awful lot like a drag queen Madonna impersonator)

[sbessiso]

I was a big supporter of this move but what an awful teaser. Its not at all how I had imagined it, way too much CGI

[schoolofruckus]

You didn't think a film about a little girl who enters a fantasy world, starring live actors and destined to be shown in 3D, was going to have a fuckton of CGI?

[rage patton]

I agree. It looks like far too much CGI. I have a feeling this movie isn't going to be very good at all.

[iv3rdawG]

Tron Legacy VFX concept test:

http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

[hawkingvsreeve]

I watched There Will Be Blood again last night, the last time being in the theater. I enjoyed it a lot more this go around. It didn't feel nearly as long and DDL's oscar is well deserved.

[sbessiso]

You didn't think a film about a little girl who enters a fantasy world, starring live actors and destined to be shown in 3D, was going to have a fuckton of CGI?

I thought it was going to be a little more mixed media. A better combination of the CGI and live action together, not just actors in a CGI world.

I'm pretty sure Depp's role in it isn't going to be major but he's still blazing hot right now so of course Disney is going to cash in on it.

[stinkbutt]

He is the only name in the trailer besides Burton so I think it's safe to say it's going to be Johnny Depp throughout the entire film.

Also it's Tim Burton doing a children's book. Do you remember Willy Wonka? How could you be in full support of this?

[Down Rodeo]

I re-watched Breaking the Waves the other day and realized how similar it is to Dreyer's Ordet, both of which are stunning films in their own respect.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I thought it was going to be a little more mixed media. A better combination of the CGI and live action together, not just actors in a CGI world.

I'm pretty sure Depp's role in it isn't going to be major but he's still blazing hot right now so of course Disney is going to cash in on it.

did you never read anything about it? When it was first announced 2 years ago the press release said that it was going to be a mocap movie

http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/34805?q=node/34805

[sbessiso]

Yeah I knew that! I guess it just isn't what I had pictured at all

EDIT

and wheres that proposed "Frankenweenie" movie they talk about in the article?? That sounds awesome!

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

and i'm not saying that it looks good...I was pictured a total shitfest from the moment I first read about it

[Sushov23]

fuck you Depp, and Burton for making movies together in the 2000's. don't they realized every movie they've done together in the last 10 years has been garbage?

[buddy]

Where the Wild Things Are (Featurette)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/

[MissingPerson]

I am such a fool for that film.

[buddy]

im looking forward to it. looks like spike has done a good job with it.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

i don't even want to watch the featurette or anything else from it. i want to walk into the movie as unprepared as possible.

[humanoid]

i don't even want to watch the featurette or anything else from it. i want to walk into the movie as unprepared as possible.

I've been trying to do that more often. I enjoy reading about movies to see whether they pique my interest, but too often when I see too much from the film beforehand it removes some of the magic of the viewing experience.

[iv3rdawG]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6797/3d420x0.jpg

People watching Avatar at Comic-Con.

[miscorrections]

Yeah I knew that! I guess it just isn't what I had pictured at all

EDIT

and wheres that proposed "Frankenweenie" movie they talk about in the article?? That sounds awesome!

I am so pissed they feel the need to redo Frankenweenie. Leave it alone.

[amyzzz]

Has anyone heard of this movie Moon?

http://www.harkinstheatres.com/images/posters/070434h1.jpg

It has Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey in it, sci-fi thriller of some sort.

[suprefan]

Yeah, its been mentioned quite a bit. Search next time Amy.....

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Yeah I knew that! I guess it just isn't what I had pictured at all

EDIT

and wheres that proposed "Frankenweenie" movie they talk about in the article?? That sounds awesome!

considering that "alice" doesn't even come out for like a year and is swamped in post-production, i doubt anything step towards real pre-production has even started on FW

maybe 2012 or 2013?

[iv3rdawG]

YouTube version of that Tron footage. Double click on the video to watch it in HD. Looks really good actually.

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[hawkingvsreeve]

The bummer about Tron being in 3D is that it is IMAX 3D, which I think from a tech standpoint is not that great. Also the IMAX glasses are horrendously uncomfortable.

[humanoid]

The bummer about Tron being in 3D is that it is IMAX 3D, which I think from a tech standpoint is not that great. Also the IMAX glasses are horrendously uncomfortable.

are they still those heavy, helmet-like glasses? I haven't been to an IMAX 3D movie in several years

[atom heart]

Moon is not a "thriller" per se. It is however very good.

[sbessiso]

considering that "alice" doesn't even come out for like a year and is swamped in post-production, i doubt anything step towards real pre-production has even started on FW

maybe 2012 or 2013?

Actually, No

http://www.joblo.com/burton-confirms-next

[humanoid]

Moon is not a "thriller" per se. It is however very good.

no, not what I would consider a thriller...but i definitely enjoyed it, and it inspired me to watch 2001 for about the 30th time immediately afterward

[atom heart]

The character animation in that Tron spot looks a little... peculiar. Not really convinced at this point.
I saw the original Tron a couple years ago and the dialogue is spectacularly bad. It wouldn't be hard to make this one better than the first one.

[sbessiso]

This looks AWESOME

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[garrett222]

Just finished Watchmen. Loved it. Have no knowledge of the source material. Anyone disagree??

[whynotsmile99]

Just finished Watchmen. Loved it. Have no knowledge of the source material. Anyone disagree??

the graphic novel is mostly boring as hell IMO. i'll get to the movie eventually

[MissingPerson]

Watchmen is one of the best things I've ever read. It's an amazing piece of work. Like a huge, agonisingly intricate Swiss... um... watch. It's perfect.

[whynotsmile99]

Watchmen is one of the best things I've ever read. It's an amazing piece of work. Like a huge, agonisingly intricate Swiss... um... watch. It's perfect.

it was a total bore for me. in fact, i still haven't finished it. I read 3 quarters of it a few months ago and just never finished it. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow so i can finally give it back to my friend

[MissingPerson]

I'd at least get to the end before making your mind up about it. If it's not for you, it's not for you, but the ending of the whole thing is what lights up the rest of it.

[wmgaretjax]

Anyone disagree??

Yes. It was a god awful adaptation of a flawless graphic novel. The acting was bad, the music was bad, the editing was bad, the adapted story was bad...

The only good thing was the opening credits.

[suprefan]

Come on Jared, Jackie Earl Hayley is one of the few plusses in the whole film.

[stinkbutt]

I just saw an interview with Diablo Cody on G4 and she as a person seems almost as repulsive as her writing.

[SoulDischarge]

Despite all the negative reactions to Watchmen, part of me can't resist the allure of giant blue schlongs. How would you rate the giant blue schlong factor?

[hawkingvsreeve]

Yes. It was a god awful adaptation of a flawless graphic novel. The acting was bad, the music was bad, the editing was bad, the adapted story was bad...

The only good thing was the opening credits.

My sentiments exactly. Exactly.

[sbessiso]

Despite all the negative reactions to Watchmen, part of me can't resist the allure of giant blue schlongs. How would you rate the giant blue schlong factor?

Not worth it. This movie isn't just "bad", it's like horrendously awful to the nth degree. The most boring movie i've seen since The Da Vinci Code

[SoulDischarge]

Damn. In that case, if anyone is willing to dye their man meat blue and do something interesting with it on video, I will pay top dollar.

[fiyahhh!]

Has anyone heard anything about District 9? This was the first I've heard about it and it sounds pretty cool.

Excerpt from the live blog of the Sony Pictures panel @ comic con (talking about the upcoming film District 9. I edited out the spoilers.


4:36 Stephen Johnson:
Jackson is talking about District 9. It's a lot of improvisation in the acting, and the lead hasn't really done a movie before.

4:37 Stephen Johnson: Director Neill Blomkamp introduces a 7 minute video for the crowd that "gives the feeling of the film in a montage."

4:44 Stephen Johnson: The clip is playing

4:51 Stephen Johnson: Holy crap. Okay, I'm picking my jaw off the floor after seeing that District 9 clip. Of all the movie clips I've seen at this year's Comic-Con, this was, far and away, the most impressive.

4:52 Stephen Johnson: Blomkamp and co. have taken the idea of an alien invasion movie and turned it on its head. It's shot in documentary style, and takes the idea of aliens and puts them in a very real context. Along the way, it touches on race, class, and mans tragically violent nature.

4:56 Stephen Johnson:
As I said before, it's shot mainly like a documentary: news footage, security cameras, etc. And the movie really seems real. It's amazing. Truly. I'm more excited about this movie than any currently upcoming film. I'm gushing here, I realize, but seriously, this movie is going to KILL.

[suprefan]

Despite all the negative reactions to Watchmen, part of me can't resist the allure of giant blue schlongs. How would you rate the giant blue schlong factor?

Theres enough of it, so just watch it.

[garrett222]

Yes. It was a god awful adaptation of a flawless graphic novel. The acting was bad, the music was bad, the editing was bad, the adapted story was bad...

The only good thing was the opening credits.

You're entitled to your opinion, but from the past I know your opinions to be extremely biased toward only liking the most random things. If no one has ever heard of it, you probably love it. Can you name a few guilty pleasures in the film world to show that you're not a hipster dufus?

[garrett222]

My sentiments exactly. Exactly.

were you watching the same movie as I was? It was great. I know its not an obscure french film from the 70's...but give it a chance.

[MissingPerson]

We got the Watchmen videogame into the shop the other day, and I felt a little part of my heart die to ash.

[buddy]

i saw it last night, because of the reviews here that said it was horrible, and although its not as "boring" as talked about here it's not great either. horrible to me is a michael bay film, and this in no way is close to that. and jackie earl haley was great in it as stated above.

[wmgaretjax]

You're entitled to your opinion, but from the past I know your opinions to be extremely biased toward only liking the most random things.

Your understanding of the past is more refined than mine.

[dorkfish]

My bad movie of the week was "Horsemen" starring Dennis Quaid as a detective and 30-year-old Ziyi Zhang cast as a 16-year old girl. It was awful. It had an obvious twist ending, terrible dialog, and wreaked of a quick writer's strike script. It's the first movie that I've seen that tried to use this nu-emo sub culture as a plot point. Awful, awful movie.

[schoolofruckus]

were you watching the same movie as I was? It was great. I know its not an obscure french film from the 70's...but give it a chance.

You're entitled to your opinion, but from the past I know your opinions to be extremely biased toward only liking the most random things. If no one has ever heard of it, you probably love it. Can you name a few guilty pleasures in the film world to show that you're not a hipster dufus?


Actually, if you're going to say Watchmen was great, you're the one who's obligated to name a few good movies that you've seen to prove that you're not legally retarded. It was a TERRIBLE movie. The acting was as bad as anything this side of Gran Torino; Haley was okay, but nothing special, and the rest of the cast was unforgivable. The music use was unbelievably lame (the "Hallelujah" sex scene was an incredible miscalculation). As a whole, it was boring and lifeless and considerably less entertaining than both the comic it was based on, and other recent superhero films.

[dorkfish]

Watchmen is the only movie that's caused me to beg for the public execution of a film's music director. The soundtrack choices and music levels were embarrassingly off.

[humanoid]

Watchmen is the only movie that's caused me to beg for the public execution of a film's music director.

now, if this isn't one of the greatest endorsements of a film that I've ever heard...

I previously had zero interest, but now that I've heard this opinion, I'm slightly curious

[suprefan]

Just go see it, Malin Ackerman does get nekkid afterall... WHILE LEONARD COHEN IS ON IN THE BACKROUND.

[rage patton]

The music use was unbelievably lame (the "Hallelujah" sex scene was an incredible miscalculation).

Watchmen is the only movie that's caused me to beg for the public execution of a film's music director. The soundtrack choices and music levels were embarrassingly off.

I strongly agree with both of these. I actually started laughing out loud when "Hallelujah" started during the sex scene. So did others around me. Also, the My Chemical Romance track during the end made me cringe. In fact, the only music that actually worked in the film, was Bob Dylan during the opening credits.

[liquidsnake28]

At least they didn't go the Scorsese route and just have a million fucking Rolling Stones songs.

I want to know how much they spent on music licensing for The Hangover with Kanye, Usher, TI, etc.

[suprefan]

I wonder more how much twilight is spending on getting a ''cool'' soundtrack put together.

[garrett222]

Well, I loved the music in Watchmen, and i thought the hallelujah song was supposed to be funny.

My favorite movies:

Good Will Hunting
Adaptation
Vanilla Sky
The Royal Tenenbaums
Punch Drunk Love

I don't think they are perfect movies, but they are MY favorite. it's all subjective.

Die Hard
Almost Famous
State and Main

[MissingPerson]

Thought this was pretty interesting, possibly because I'm a terminal nerd.

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[iv3rdawG]

The Electronic Arts hit video game "Dead Space" is on course to become a sci-fi/horror film, with Eagle Eye helmer D.J. Caruso attached to direct, reports Variety.

EA will produce the film with Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

The producers, EA and Caruso have been listening to takes from prospective screenwriters, and once they set a writer and EA signs off on a creative direction, they will auction the property to studios. That will likely happen in early September.

Dead Space is set in the 26th century in deep space, where an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship (the USG Ishimura) finds the vessel infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs. The creatures are human corpses, reanimated by an alien virus.

EA launched the game in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments.

Dead Space is one of the scariest and best survival horror games I've ever played and I think if actually done right you could have one extremely terrifying and effective film. Where there's little to no characters in the game I definitely think they will be adding extra people, sadly. If it was done exactly like the game it would be so dreary and even depressing and in that setting would be perfect. I could see it being like the last 15 minutes of Alien where Ripley is just by herself on the ship. Should be a lot of action but I don't want to get my hopes up too high. It'd be awesome if the movie ended like the game too. Also...it better be rated R.

And, my favorite game trailer happens to be from Dead Space using the Sigur Rós song "Untitled 7".

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[mountmccabe]

Has anyone heard anything about District 9? This was the first I've heard about it and it sounds pretty cool.

Excerpt from the live blog of the Sony Pictures panel @ comic con (talking about the upcoming film District 9. I edited out the spoilers.


4:36 Stephen Johnson:
Jackson is talking about District 9. It's a lot of improvisation in the acting, and the lead hasn't really done a movie before.

4:37 Stephen Johnson: Director Neill Blomkamp introduces a 7 minute video for the crowd that "gives the feeling of the film in a montage."

4:44 Stephen Johnson: The clip is playing

4:51 Stephen Johnson: Holy crap. Okay, I'm picking my jaw off the floor after seeing that District 9 clip. Of all the movie clips I've seen at this year's Comic-Con, this was, far and away, the most impressive.

4:52 Stephen Johnson: Blomkamp and co. have taken the idea of an alien invasion movie and turned it on its head. It's shot in documentary style, and takes the idea of aliens and puts them in a very real context. Along the way, it touches on race, class, and mans tragically violent nature.

4:56 Stephen Johnson:
As I said before, it's shot mainly like a documentary: news footage, security cameras, etc. And the movie really seems real. It's amazing. Truly. I'm more excited about this movie than any currently upcoming film. I'm gushing here, I realize, but seriously, this movie is going to KILL.

I am really looking forward to this. The commercials I have seen are very intriguing.



Has anyone heard of this movie Moon?

http://www.harkinstheatres.com/images/posters/070434h1.jpg

It has Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey in it, sci-fi thriller of some sort.

It has Kevin Spacey's voice.

I just saw it. I expected it to be more slow/ponderous and but it doesn't go that route. Still, I enjoyed it a lot... though the story - great premise and set up - has a few serious problems that kind takes the buzz off after the fact. Sam Rockwell is very impressive.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Just for the record, I have never seen any French films from the 70s.























'64-'68 were the only years that had any decent creative output.

[mountmccabe]

You haven't seen Fantastic Planet?

















Actually I'mn't sure I've even seen it; maybe I am thinking of the Failure album.



















Le Cercle rouge is sitting in the Netflix instant queue to be watched, though. I think it is, at least.

















Also the late 50s and pretty much all the 60s are filled with great French films.

[ivankay]

First you say you have never seen any films made in France covering a whole decade. Then a definitive statement of the only years decent creative output came out of that country. You are not allowed to do that.

Truffaut was still putting out decent films in the 70's. Day for Night, Small Change and if you wanted to follow Antione Doinel's (400 Blows...59 btw) life, Bed and Board and Love on the Run.

Rohmer had Claire's Knee and Chole in the Afternoon.

Melville's The Red Circle came out in 70.

Buneul's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in 72.

Polanski's The Tenant (a French film) in 76 and Tess in 79. And by those same standards (being produced in France), Bertolucci's 1900 also in 76.

Statements about the creative outputs of time periods usually aren't thought out very much. There are always good movies and music in all times they are getting made.

Speaking of good movies, i'm all aboard for the praise being put on The Hurt Locker. Very tense and Iraq was brought to life up on that screen. Terrifying in the communication of how destructive IED's are. Well made all around and big props to the sound (the explosions sounded very scary).

[wmgaretjax]

jokes...

[mountmccabe]

I was very happy with The Hurt Locker too. I could've done without the epigram to open things and maybe not been so many stock war movie character bases - to be fair THL build well from those stocks - but it was very compelling throughout and they did a lot right.

[mountmccabe]

jokes...

Despite the seeming incredulity of my Fantastic Planet question I believed Brandon; partially because it makes things far more hilarious.

[boarderwoozel3]

J'aime des films francais. Ils m'aident a apprendre le francais.

[ivankay]

J'aime des films francais. Ils m'aident a apprendre le francais.

i have to watch a bunch in the next 10 days. Going back to Paris and want to be able to recognize phrases.

[boarderwoozel3]

Haha, me too! I'm keeping my French respectable for a run through Belgium and Paris the last third of Aug. Ironically, I had a short conversation with a French woman about the environment at work today. It showed me I have a lot of review to do in the next two weeks :/

Aynwho, I just watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time. Wow. My favorite part was Dwayne hitting his father with a straw rocket in the diner for giving his daughter a temporary eating disorder.

[M Sparks]

You haven't seen Fantastic Planet?

I saw it in a drive-in in 1978. I was 7 years old. I thought I was going to see Star Wars.

That situation is the precise definition of disappointment.

[wmgaretjax]

Fantastic Planet has one of the best soundtracks ever...

[boarderwoozel3]

I saw it in a drive-in in 1978. I was 7 years old. I thought I was going to see Star Wars.

That situation is the precise definition of disappointment.

I didn't realize you were that old until just now.

[hawkingvsreeve]

I hope nobody believed me. I dont know shit about French films.

[Mr. Dylanja]

I just finished Gran Tarino, LOVED IT. Admittedly, I'm somewhat bias toward Clint, he's one of my all time favorites. The way he subtly builds characters and reveals backgrounds while leading up to such a moving climax, gets me every time.

[wmgaretjax]

subtly... sheesh. i've seen sledgehammers that were more subtle than the characters in that film.

[real talk]

I hope nobody believed me. I dont know shit about French films.

Every time someone is forced to explain an obvious joke on this board, god kills a rainforest canary.

[RotationSlimWang]

They use those same canaries to test for dangerous levels of irony in mine shafts.

[ivankay]

http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/canary/canary_border_fancy2.jpg

Please explain why God killing this bird is such a bad thing.

[higgybaby23]

I watched the new Harry Potter this weekend. The best thing I can say is that the time passed quickly, despite the 2hr 33min running time. I've read all the books, so I'm prejudiced against the movies. But, judging the movie on it's on merits, it still sucked. The editting was atrocious and the acting...well, some of it was ok. Jim Broadbent was great as Professor Slughorn, all else was pretty hammy.

I suspect the director has never read the books. It's as if he is directing the movie based on someone else's screenplay. If you're going to mess with the film adaption of a beloved book, try making it into a modern classic instead of a giant turd.

[chairmenmeow47]

Fantastic Planet has one of the best soundtracks ever...

it does, but i don't know that i'll ever watch it again unless i'm on massive amounts of something hallucinogenic.

[amyzzz]

I really wish I liked Watchmen so I could be that one chick for Halloween. We have the same hair and boobs -- it would totally work! But I fucking hate the movie!

[PotVsKtl]

Great story Amy.

[M Sparks]

I didn't realize you were that old until just now.

I just finished Gran Tarino

I'm so old, I was actually IN a Gran Torino when I saw Fantastic Planet.

[amyzzz]

I saw HP #6 this weekend, and it was partially a letdown -- why did they leave important plot points out that wouldn't have taken any extra screen time (Dumbledore NOT paralyzing Harry so Harry couldn't help Dumbledore near the end) and then added completely new events that fuck up what will happen in future movies? (the Weaseley's house burned down by Death-eaters when there's supposed to be a WEDDING at the Weasley's next book)

Things I liked: actors who played Ginny and Draco really stepped up to the plate this movie and showed off their acting skills. Good job to them. And as always, great casting for the adults, loved Jim Broadbent as Professor Slughorn. Oh, and I loved Ron's love potion part.

[M Sparks]

Screenwriters just don't seem to care about being faithful, even when it's important.

One of the worst was "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy", even though it was mostly written by Douglas Adams. No one expected it to be faithful, as he has always varied the storyline from medium to medium (radio to book to TV to video game to movie). But at the end of the movie, there is a scene that sets up the second book, "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe." The film ends with a lame joke about the ship turning around because "it's at the OTHER end of the universe".

However, The Restaurant in question actually exists in a TIME...at the end of the universe. You watch the universe destroy itself while you eat dinner. Whoever they hired to "punch up" the script completely destroyed the premise of a possible sequel.

The film certainly had it's share of good and bad points, but having a screenwriter who clearly had no understanding of the source material at all couldn't have helped.

[higgybaby23]

After reading Amyzzz's HP review, I am even more pissed at the film adaption. Why the fuck would you INVENT plot points, while leaving far more important details out? Even worse, the invented plot points will now effect the final film(s). Jezus pleazus I can't take anymore of this Hollywood bullshit!!

[higgybaby23]

Maybe Hollywood should just adapt video games from now on and leave the written word behind.

[chairmenmeow47]

cause they really excel at that :p

[higgybaby23]

cause they really excel at that :p

I forgot to mention films based on theme park rides. Those are excellent too!

Wait, here's another idea: So, You Think You Can Dance: The Movie!!

[amyzzz]

Re: videogames becoming movies, I liked Silent Hill, but I think I am alone in that.

[menikmati]

video games and movies don't mix....either the movie version of a game sucks, or the game version of a movie blows.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Not always. Resident Evil (the first one).

[amyzzz]

Not always. Resident Evil (the first one).
maybe 2 out of 5 stars there. And it's 2 because of Milla.

[hawkingvsreeve]

The first Resident Evil film is great. Mindless zombie fun with decent enough acting and plot to keep you engaged for the run time of the film. 2 out of 5 stars. Psh.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

film adaptations are their own beasts. If they were 100% accurate to the source material, there would be no point in making the adaptation. The fact that a movie version of something isn't as much like (or anything at all like) the source material as you would like, the source material remains intact

i haven't read the harry Potter books, but I enjoy all the films, including the 6th one

[amyzzz]

The first Resident Evil film is great. Mindless zombie fun with decent enough acting and plot to keep you engaged for the run time of the film. 2 out of 5 stars. Psh.
Forgettable. And I like zombies. A LOT.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Mmmm, no.

[amyzzz]

I'll give it another viewing, for you, Brandon, but ONLY BECAUSE IT'S YOU.

[SoulDischarge]

If my memory serves me right, didn't that movie feature of a hologram of a little girl with a British accent whose only purpose was to sound creepy?

[MissingPerson]

Re: videogames becoming movies, I liked Silent Hill, but I think I am alone in that.

I liked it, but it's failure to get a grip of the tone of it's source material aches me.

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[higgybaby23]

film adaptations are their own beasts. If they were 100% accurate to the source material, there would be no point in making the adaptation. The fact that a movie version of something isn't as much like (or anything at all like) the source material as you would like, the source material remains intact

i haven't read the harry Potter books, but I enjoy all the films, including the 6th one

You're point is well taken. In fact, before I posted my initial review, I knew some intelligent person would indeed make this statement.

Despite this, I still think the 6th HP film was poorly made. Being familiar with the source material just made me more hyper-aware of the laziness of the filmmakers.

[chairmenmeow47]

there was a period of time where every other movie trailer had a small child talking creepy.

[amyzzz]

Did I mention I like zombies? Cuz I do. A LOT.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Re: Creepy little British girl

Yep. And you know, it worked just fine.

The whole thing works for me really, and I am sure some of it has to do with an attractive female lead wearing suggestive clothing while running around killing monsters. Come to think of it, this is also why I enjoy Underworld although I have not seen the other other films in that trilogy, nor am I particularly interested in doing so.

[MissingPerson]

Resident Evil is terrible shit.

[menikmati]

Fuck zombie movies.....the stupidest, most overused idea ever.

[amyzzz]

Underworld 3 is not bad. New hot chick in that one who looks similar to Kate B.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

You're point is well taken. In fact, before I posted my initial review, I knew some intelligent person would indeed make this statement.

Despite this, I still think the 6th HP film was poorly made. Being familiar with the source material just made me more hyper-aware of the laziness of the filmmakers.

i think there were moments where the pace was weak and the plot got a bit jumbled, but I would hardly call the movie poorly made. There was a shit ton of stuff going on in that flick and most of looked great. i thought they handled the kids' relationships well, there were some exciting action sequences, and a lot of terrific acting

Even not knowing the book, i thought the ending fell apart and the way it was done left most of the Malfoy stuff with the cabinet completely pointless 9which sucks because it felt like it was building up to something really intense and devastating)

As for RESIDENT EVIL, the only part of that movie I have a real recolleciton of being awesome was the dismembering laser grid

[hawkingvsreeve]

Erik doesnt like something. Surprise, surprise.


MP, we need to have a talk.

[amyzzz]

Fuck zombie movies.....the stupidest, most overused idea ever.
More like the creepy kid who does bad things is the stupidest, most overused idea ever.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

i hated the first Underworld, but for some reason saw the second one and found myself enjoying it. I should give the third one a shot

Any of you guys seen NIGHTWATCH and/or DAYWATCH? I enjoy them immensely

[menikmati]

Guess what was the ONLY idea any of the students in my screenplay classes had? That's right, zombie stories...like 35 of them....think of something new, anything please.

[SoulDischarge]

Zombies have been spread pretty fucking thin, especially over the last couple of years, but that doesn't really detract from the really good movies.

[amyzzz]

i think there were moments where the pace was weak and the plot got a bit jumbled, but I would hardly call the movie poorly made. There was a shit ton of stuff going on in that flick and most of looked great. i thought they handled the kids' relationships well, there were some exciting action sequences, and a lot of terrific acting

Even not knowing the book, i thought the ending fell apart and the way it was done left most of the Malfoy stuff with the cabinet completely pointless 9which sucks because it felt like it was building up to something really intense and devastating)

As for RESIDENT EVIL, the only part of that movie I have a real recolleciton of being awesome was the dismembering laser grid
I forgot to mention, the scenes with the thoughts dropping into the pensieve were very well-done, nice smoky swirly pretty stuff. (pensieve = the basin that held the thoughts about Voldemort that Dumbledore showed Harry)

[MissingPerson]

I enjoyed the hell out of Nightwatch, haven't gotten around to Daywatch.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Perhaps it's a popular idea because it's a good idea. You know, like breathing.


Also zombie movies are pretty easy to make. The plot is pretty much written for you and you just get a few hundred extras to stumble around in makeup while pretty co-eds find themselves cornered and then eaten by said extras. It's the zombie films that spin it slightly that I enjoy. Your Resident Evils, Shaun of the Deads, 28 Days Laters (not technically a zombie movie, but you see what I am getting at), etc.

[miscorrections]

Brandon have you seen Dead Snow yet? Yes, I'm back to this movie, suck it.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Guess what was the ONLY idea any of the students in my screenplay classes had? That's right, zombie stories...like 35 of them....think of something new, anything please.

that's because 95% of kids in film school don't even like movies. When I finsihing my major i audio i had a lot of units to fill so i took a bunch of film school courses (mostly crit and film history, as well as screen writing) and the amount of people who not only knew nothing about film nor cazred anything about it was disgusting

28 days later and fight club semmed to be the only movies any of these douchebags knew anything about

[hawkingvsreeve]

I have not. Recommended?

[amyzzz]

Guess what was the ONLY idea any of the students in my screenplay classes had? That's right, zombie stories...like 35 of them....think of something new, anything please.
I can see why that would annoy you. When someone takes a fresh approach to zombies though, it can be enjoyable (like 28 Days Later).

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I enjoyed the hell out of Nightwatch, haven't gotten around to Daywatch.

if you liked NW, i can only see you loving DW.

[miscorrections]

I have not. Recommended?

Highly.

[amyzzz]

Brandon have you seen Dead Snow yet? Yes, I'm back to this movie, suck it.
I didn't like it so much, maybe because it was overhyped with little pay-off. I did like the kids' T-shirt sayings though. It felt more like a group slasher movie than a zombie movie to me.

[hawkingvsreeve]

I just read through the plot synopsis and couldnt help but laugh. It's now in my queue. I also enjoy the silly zombie movies, a la Flight of the Living Dead.

[miscorrections]

I think after all this zombie chat I'm going to have to watch Night Of The Living Dead later.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

oh...

[miscorrections]

Japenesse. Spainish.

[Hannahrain]

Well, I'm fired up. Let's go.

[Young blood]

Are we going to Fat burger?

Seriuosly, we have to stop and get munchies first.

[miscorrections]

But are you land-signed-fired up?

[chairmenmeow47]

are the brothers taking back the land or are the sisters?

[SoulDischarge]

Depends on if you're Chinesse or Japanesse.

[amyzzz]

Does Chinesse rhyme with finesse? because that would be awesome.

[SoulDischarge]

I think it rhymes with "easy."

[amyzzz]

Also awesome

[whynotsmile99]

seeing Funny people in a few hours

looking forward to it

[mountmccabe]

Screenwriters just don't seem to care about being faithful, even when it's important.

One of the worst was "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy", even though it was mostly written by Douglas Adams. No one expected it to be faithful, as he has always varied the storyline from medium to medium (radio to book to TV to video game to movie). But at the end of the movie, there is a scene that sets up the second book, "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe." The film ends with a lame joke about the ship turning around because "it's at the OTHER end of the universe".

However, The Restaurant in question actually exists in a TIME...at the end of the universe. You watch the universe destroy itself while you eat dinner. Whoever they hired to "punch up" the script completely destroyed the premise of a possible sequel.

The film certainly had it's share of good and bad points, but having a screenwriter who clearly had no understanding of the source material at all couldn't have helped.

Maybe Arthur (or whomever) made that same mistake and was going back to Magrathea and then they were doing the time jump from there since they might as well travel back to the right space in their more natural time.

I am trying to think of a way to play this that references the ad-hoc explanation that the Millenium Falcon could make the Kessel run in 12 parsecs because it was fast enough to go that close to the black hole whereas most ships have to take a longer route and avoid it... but I don't think I have it in me. Assist, please?

Cause, really, that (what I just came up with) is a terrible explanation. The whole fucking reason they go to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe is that they ask the Heart of Gold to take them to the closest restaurant the ship says, hey, there's one on this planet, later.

[PotVsKtl]

Resident Evil is a terrible shitfaced movie. Resident Evil 2 is even worse.

[hawkingvsreeve]

I thought that you liked the first one for some reason. Perhaps it was a different film.

[PotVsKtl]

The 3rd one was acceptable.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Whoa. Whoa whoa.

Come on now.


1 - Great
2 - Abysmal
3 - Slightly abysmal

[PotVsKtl]

I won't be corrected on the subject of zombies.

[hawkingvsreeve]

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[Hannahrain]

I don't understand why your salt and pepper shakers look like Playmobil.

[M Sparks]

Maybe Arthur (or whomever) made that same mistake and was going back to Magrathea and then they were doing the time jump from there since they might as well travel back to the right space in their more natural time.

Cause, really, that (what I just came up with) is a terrible explanation. The whole fucking reason they go to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe is that they ask the Heart of Gold to take them to the closest restaurant the ship says, hey, there's one on this planet, later.

I love you, man.

And there was no reason, it was just an unfunny joke from a shitty screenwriter. Ford says "I know a great restaurant at the end of the universe...", they somehow get back to the Heart Of Gold (because they are still inside Magrathea), the Heart Of Gold takes off to the left side of the screen, then Marvin (!?!) says "No, it's on the OTHER end of the universe" and the ship turns (with a tire squeal noise) and flys towards the viewer, engaging the I.I.D.. AWFUL!

By the way, the guy hired to punch up the screenplay was Karey Kirkpatrick, who just directed the most recent Eddie Murphy tragedy.

Sorry, I can't help with the Star Wars stuff.

[M Sparks]

I also enjoy the silly zombie movies, a la Flight of the Living Dead.

What did you (or anyone else) think of Zombie Honeymoon? From the title, it seems like it should be good silly fun, like the "I Married A _________" movies of the 40s and 50s. But it was so serious. Like, TOO serious. I appreciate the horror film as metaphor, but this was all metaphor, no horror. It might have well just been a "My husband is a junkie" movie and it wouldn't have been much different.

I was just wondering if anyone thought it was worth watching in the proper mindset. I was just in a "flipping channels, this sounds funny" mood at the time.

[MissingPerson]

28 Weeks Later was on earlier, so I and my family have spent the whole night waiting for chances to jump out and zombie at each other.

In a lonely country house, on a dark, starless night, this remains effective far longer than it otherwise would.

[miscorrections]

Zombie Honeymoon was fucking dreadful.

[roberto73]

Ebert's 1-star review of Resident Evil is pretty funny. An excerpt:

There is one neat effect when characters unwisely venture into a corridor and the door slams shut on them. Then a laser beam passes at head level, decapitating one. Another beam whizzes past at waist level, cutting the second in two while the others duck. A third laser pretends to be high but then switches to low, but the third character outsmarts it by jumping at the last minute. Then the fourth laser turns into a grid that dices its victim into pieces the size of a Big Mac. Since the grid is inescapable, what were the earlier lasers about? Does the corridor have a sense of humor?

Alice/Janus Prospero/Marsha Thompson and her colleagues are highly trained scientists, which leads to the following exchange when they stare at a pool of zombie blood on the floor. Alice/J.P./M.T. or Rain (I forget which): "It's coagulating!" Matt or Spence (I forget which): "That's not possible!" "Why not?!?" "Because blood doesn't do that until you're dead!" How does the blood on the floor know if you're dead? The answer to this question is so obvious I am surprised you would ask. Because it is zombie blood.

It's okay, Brandon. I'm a fan, too.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Look, Ebert. It's a dumb fun movie about a video game. But you know what? It looked good, sounded good and didnt take itself too seriously. It executed what it needed to and for that I still come back to it and enjoy it. Who gives a fuck about different laser grids? Also you later learn that the Hive is a highly intelligent AI driven place, and is reacting to what the people inside it are doing, hence the different laser grid patterns. Maybe if you weren't too busy breaking your hip at a day spa you would have noticed this, but it really doesn't matter. I see that you loved Crash, so your opinions are worthless to me. To quote another great zombie film, "Get fucked, four eyes."

[liquidsnake28]

All of this talk about zombie movies and nobody has even mentioned Re-Animator yet? :nono

Dawn of the Dead also still holds up well today and the remake wasn't terrible. Day of the Dead was also great.

[PotVsKtl]

liquidsnake28.

[liquidsnake28]

PotVsKtl.