The Movie Thread

[LoneWolf]

dras that was brilliant

 

it brings a tear to my eye

 

and is also hella accurate

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[Snys93]

Redeemer gave me this amazing limited edition 9 disc blu ray set for christmas:

 

 

   This movie was a big WTF bomb, loaded to the guild with more questions than the game show Famliy Feud lol.

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[Redeemer]

Some people had an actual problem with Prometheus, like it's characters, or depiction of certain things that were different in the Alien series, or some things that confused them - because it WAS an intense movie with a lot going on in it. It was always demanding constant attention.

 

However, many people bitch about plot holes/scenes that make no sense to them, or things that weren't in the film. This is because these people aren't used to thinking too much, they're not appreciating what was attempted in this film, and they aren't even keeping in mind that Prometheus is the first of a trilogy - answers will come later, you impatient snotty hipster vaginas.

 

People pick on the "Elizabeth could never run around after being cut open" thing, but it's like, dude this is way in the future, this woman is taking shots of something to keep her going. And she's not "running", she's limping and dragging herself around while crying out in pain, then topping up her shots when it gets too much. Also, never underestimate the power of adrenaline.

 

I think it's hard to pick out plot holes when we've already been informed that this movie is just the tip of the iceberg - what are plot holes now are obviously set-ups for something in the following sequels.

[Drasiana]

Without having being able to watch the movie nor read the book, isn't dislike for this movie based on the fact that they have unnecessarily added things and characters that weren't originally in the source material?

 

They've added things, yes, but not unnecessarily; it's either things that all technically happened, but we didn't see because the book was locked to Bilbo's perspective, or alterations made to individual scenes to make them more interesting on-screen ie. in the book the trolls just argue until the sun comes up and freezes them, but that's really anticlimactic in a movie, and they added a bit with giants that was pretty cool (giants are mentioned in the Tolkienverse in any case).

 

I think the only non-canonical character they added is Tauriel, who hasn't showed up yet so we can't be sure of her justification for being there. So far she kind of comes off as too much of a Strong Female Character but if she's pulled off correctly it could be interesting. I kind of like the idea of Kili being all "omg wow she's so cool omg wow :D" because it's adorable.

 

Basically there's been a lot of forced outraged by faux-purists just because they feel morally obligated to hate anything "mainstream" because they took a film studies class once. You can easily weed out the idiots because they're primarily the ones who don't realize that Radagast is a canon character.

[Icy]

Dras... I'm not going to be able to see The Hobbit in theaters, but your post certainly makes me wish I could. ;_;

 

And that is quite the set there, R3d.

 

 

I watched Prometheus when it came out on DVD. It's a pretty good movie overall, and the "more questions than xx" is stupid as some people have already said. Sometimes it's cool to have a really weird movie that makes you ask so many questions and you know you can't get the answers.

 

... Sometimes it's not.

 

But I was satisfied enough with the way Prometheus handled it all.

Main thing I didn't like is that it just didn't feel all that right for some reason. It was like, halfway through the movie they were building up to an exciting climax and then they just... it's like they said "Hey, guys, let's finish this tomorrow, but here's a quick storyboard for the second half of the movie anyway that we can build on later" and used that for the ending...

 

It seemed really stupid the way they managed to just have the guy attack them at the end and then BOOM SHE'S THE LAST ONE ALIVE. AS ALWAYS IN AN

ALIEN MOVIE.

 

Just seemed really cliché to me... and after the first half I just wasn't immersed and didn't really feel anything for the characters. I already figured pretty much what was going to happen because it was so predictable and kinda stupid?

Don't get me wrong. The first half was really amazing and immersive but then like I said, it just cut off and turned into a weird, predictable action movie where

 

there's only one survivor left at the end to go off and CONTINUE STORY with badass promise to FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED

 

Also, the ending wasn't too bad, if not for what I've mentioned twice within those spoiler tags. I liked the ending, actually. It kind of satisfied me after seeing the whole thing unfold, but again, it just felt too simple, I guess. Like a lot more should've happened and there should've been more people left to finish what they started,

 

Still, good movie and yeah, a lot of people bitch about things that are really fine and make some sense in the movie.

[Deploy]

My opinions on some movies I've seen recently.

The Hobbit- Awesome! Not perfect, but it kept me more interested than the actual Lord of the Rings films.

Django Unchained- A fantastic movie with great characters and a well done plot.

Ted- Not an incredible comedy, it had some failed jokes, but overall very funny.

[Drasiana]

Now this is only the first movie out of three and some people were kinda pissed because they made three movies out of one book and I'm here to tell you those people are p dumb.... And after seeing this movie you'll want to see the other two anyway because wOw

 

You know I take this back just because I have to wait until 2014 to have my heart ripped out by There and Back Again and trust me if you are like

 

dang bilbo and thorin are bros 4lyf

 

you will hurt

 

forever

 

edit: you know what here have a visual representation of my future-Hobbit-movies-feelings right now but those who read the books/know what's coming will understand me here

 

[Snys93]

   I've been on a cult classic movie rampage and then some stink burgers to mix it up.

 

   Plan 9 From Outer Space - This film once held the number one spot as Worst Film Ever Made and was even awarded The Golden Turkey to its director Ed Wood for Worst Director Ever.

 

   Dune (1984) - This film was box office flop much like John Carter on its debut. Adapted from Frank Herbert's novel, Dune has gain popularity since its release becoming a beloved 80's scifi classic.

 

   Flash Gordon (1980) - If made 10 years prior, this adaptation of the classic comic strip would have fared better in the US. However, it was well relieved in Europe.

 

   The Fifth Element - A standalone film by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis and Mill Jovovich did actually pretty well in the box office. Although, critics depict the film as the worst of the genre. It was scheduled for a sequel, but has not or will never happen despite pleas from fans. 

 

   Congo - Based on the Micheal Crichton novel, the film was a box-office hit, although the critical reaction was less successful. A significant cause of disappointment among the novel's fans was that the "gorillas" were costumed humans and puppets. 

 

   FUN FACT:It was nominated for seven Razzie Awards in 1996 including Worst Picture, Worst Director (Frank Marshall), Worst Supporting Actor (Tim Curry), Worst Supporting Actress ("Amy the Talking Gorilla"), Worst New Star ("Amy the Talking Gorilla"), Worst Screenplay (John Patrick Shanley) and Worst Original Song (Jerry Goldsmith and Lebo M for "(Feel) the Spirit of Africa") ~ Wikipedia

[IArmoredSnowWhiteI]

I thought The Hobbit was terrible. I have a couple major complains. !!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

 

1. Its predictable.

Every 2 seconds you get to predict the next 2. ''An old enemie from the past? Did you séé it die?'' That means it gonna come back. ''Can it get any worse?'' ''Yes, ofcouse it can''

 

2. Cheap savings

Of the 14(?) nobody dies and there were manie chances. With the fight in the mountains they were squashed by one of the collosus thinhies, but no suddenly they are not. Or when the were falling of a cliff, suddenly some ladie bug causes some deux ex machine Fenixes the catch 'em. And how about that wizard person that suddenly revives the dead Thorren. 14 characters, multiple deadsenarios, nobody dies.

 

3. The dragon

The dragon was surposed to be this big scary creature, but it turns out to be the dragon from Shrek but in blue instead of purple this time! He's almost cute and doesn't fit with the rest of the enviroment.

 

4. Not funny

The jokes are NOT funny. They are boring, predictable and overused. I didn't give a single real laugh there. Too bad Kemma Casting didn't do 'casting' so I could laugh during the credits.

 

5. soundtrack

I love movie soundtracks that are orchestrated. Even in the worst movies I can find some awesome track. But in Hobbit only that song they sing in Frodo's house (And dungeon's deep and caverns old...) was a good piece of music. The rest was just so crappy. Even the credits music wasn't bombastic or closing. An imo good movie like Snow White & The Huntsman has Florence & The Machine in the credits with a huge bombastic preformance with the orchest of James N. Howard. Thát was some stuff you wanted to stay for. But with the Hobbit i wanted to run outside.

 

So I'm not gonna watch the rest of this 'trilogy'. I can already predict they defeat the dragon anyway.  

[CrypticQuery]

I recently had the opportunity to watch both The Raid: Redemption as well as Dredd. 

 

 

The Raid: Redemption is perhaps one of the greatest action films I've ever had the pleasure of viewing.  The exposition is not overly lengthy, the story does not have deeply hidden meanings or unknown connotations to it; it is simple, straight-up action.  This is not necessarily a bad thing, especially considering how well it is executed in The Raid.  At about $15-20 on Amazon for a DVD and less for a streamed/digital copy, I'd recommend it to all that have the cash available.

 

--

 

I must say that I also greatly enjoyed Dredd; although I do wish that Stallone himself made a cameo, I can safely say that Dredd is also one of the more well-done remakes in recent years.  It stands up well on its own, stays very true to the comics on which it is based, and throws any viewer for an awesome ride!

[LoneWolf]

   Dune (1984) - This film was box office flop much like John Carter on its debut. Adapted from Frank Herbert's novel, Dune has gain popularity since its release becoming a beloved 80's scifi classic.

 

   The Fifth Element - A standalone film by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis and Mill Jovovich did actually pretty well in the box office. Although, critics depict the film as the worst of the genre. It was scheduled for a sequel, but has not or will never happen despite pleas from fans. 

 

 

Both are bizarre and wonderful movies. I agree that they're definitely worth watching.

[mjakob42]

Hooray for full movies being available to watch on YouTube for free!

 

Anyway, this little number from '92 just so happens to be in my top five favorite films of all time - the Belgian-made Man Bites Dog. A film crew follows the daily life of Ben; philosopher, poet, and serial killer (by trade). The more time spent with Ben, the more desensitized the film crew becomes to his vicious deeds, asking the question "just how far can, will, the entertainment go?" It's all a clever satire on violence in contemporary media, and I absolutely love it.

 

Before I post the link to the movie, I will warn my fellow SFOians about the content in this film; it is quite graphic in its nature (it's one of those movies you find yourself asking "why am I watching this?"), so if graphic violence is too much for you to stomach, don't watch the film. Not to mention that it's not only in black and white, but it's in a foreign language (meaning subtitles). But for those of you who are in the mood for some sick shit with a profoundly artistic twist (and don't mind reading text for an hour and a half), I encourage you brave cinephiles to proceed with caution.

 

NSFW WARNING

NSFW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58g-gFAsuYA 

[Gestalt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhUrWRV1cxs

 

Flight was a compelling story-line.  More about addictions than airplanes, but that's okay. The only beef i've heard is the technical bits of the 20 mins the captain was in the cockpit. However, the maneuver that saved the day is realistic... loosey depicting the crash of Alaska Airlines 261, though no one walked away from the 261 crash. 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/AS261airplane_animation_261.ogv/AS261airplane_animation_261.ogv.360p.webm

 

While I've read some say the ATC radio comms where unrealistic. I find the "We're in a dive" from Captain Whip to closely resemble US Airways 1549's Captain Sully's line "We're gonna be in the Hudson" which left the operating controlman dumbfounded. But of course, Sully was in a unpowered glide not an unpowered dive. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flight_1549_FAA_New_York_TRACON_audio_extract.ogg

 

A similar true life story about the redemption alcoholic pilot happened awhile back, though he was caught while he was still in the hotel before he boarded the flight.  No doubt, parts of the Flight was Holywood being Holywood, but the rest of the underlining story was a great watch.  

[Drasiana]

Okay I was going to respond to the Stupidest Post Ever up there with an actual response but

 

 

3. The dragon

The dragon was surposed to be this big scary creature, but it turns out to be the dragon from Shrek but in blue instead of purple this time! He's almost cute and doesn't fit with the rest of the enviroment.

 

what

 

so you're

 

trolling

 

right

 

edit: also lmao @ you saying "the only good soundtrack piece was the one they sing in Frodo's* house" you realize that most of the soundtrack was just orchestrations of that song right

 

edit 2: FRODO'S HOUSE

[myu]

I thought The Hobbit was terrible. I have a couple major complains. !!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

 

1. Its predictable.

Every 2 seconds you get to predict the next 2. ''An old enemie from the past? Did you séé it die?'' That means it gonna come back. ''Can it get any worse?'' ''Yes, ofcouse it can''

 

2. Cheap savings

Of the 14(?) nobody dies and there were manie chances. With the fight in the mountains they were squashed by one of the collosus thinhies, but no suddenly they are not. Or when the were falling of a cliff, suddenly some ladie bug causes some deux ex machine Fenixes the catch 'em. And how about that wizard person that suddenly revives the dead Thorren. 14 characters, multiple deadsenarios, nobody dies.

 

3. The dragon

The dragon was surposed to be this big scary creature, but it turns out to be the dragon from Shrek but in blue instead of purple this time! He's almost cute and doesn't fit with the rest of the enviroment.

 

4. Not funny

The jokes are NOT funny. They are boring, predictable and overused. I didn't give a single real laugh there. Too bad Kemma Casting didn't do 'casting' so I could laugh during the credits.

 

5. soundtrack

I love movie soundtracks that are orchestrated. Even in the worst movies I can find some awesome track. But in Hobbit only that song they sing in Frodo's house (And dungeon's deep and caverns old...) was a good piece of music. The rest was just so crappy. Even the credits music wasn't bombastic or closing. An imo good movie like Snow White & The Huntsman has Florence & The Machine in the credits with a huge bombastic preformance with the orchest of James N. Howard. Thát was some stuff you wanted to stay for. But with the Hobbit i wanted to run outside.

 

So I'm not gonna watch the rest of this 'trilogy'. I can already predict they defeat the dragon anyway.  

 

So basically what you're saying is that you haven't read the book.

[Faisul]

 

The dragon was surposed to be this big scary creature, but it turns out to be the dragon from Shrek but in blue instead of purple this time!

He's almost cute and doesn't fit with the rest of the enviroment.

 

So I'm not gonna watch the rest of this 'trilogy'. I can already predict they defeat the dragon anyway.  

 

I have no idea which Hobbit movie you saw because the only bits of Smaug I saw was a tail and an eye.

 

Also yes the trilogy will end with Smaug dying. He's the big evil antagonist waiting at the end of the journey.

Bilbo & Co aren't the ones that kill him though.

[IArmoredSnowWhiteI]

I have no idea which Hobbit movie you saw because the only bits of Smaug I saw was a tail and an eye.

 

Also yes the trilogy will end with Smaug dying. He's the big evil antagonist waiting at the end of the journey.

Bilbo & Co aren't the ones that kill him though.

 

I saw enough to see his whole head an very cute eye. Too colorfull, it belonged in an animation movie.

 

OT.

I went to The Impossible yesterday. An ok movie, not too great. Music should have got a bigger part though.

[Drasiana]

This is still on-topic sweetie and wow, I'm not sure in which universe a giant, yellow reptile eye qualifies as "cute". Kinda lookin' like you're henpecking reasons to dislike the movie, considering half your plot predictions/justifications are wrong and the other half are really nonsensical. The dragon looks "too cute" in the 3 seconds of the movie he's in? There isn't any Mumford and Sons on the soundtrack? You don't by chance regularly spend time in the company of the gentlemen at the IMDb boards, do you?

 

edit: Reminder that The Hobbit is a family movie based on a children's book so if your criticisms are "it's for kids!" then you're an idiot goodbye

[Icy]

Isn't this getting a little too personal, now?

Their opinion, your opinion, whatever. Let it be.

 

 

The last movie I watched was Primer. Extreme low-budget but well done. Confusing but pretty brilliant too. Really enjoyable, and only like an hour and twenty minutes long.

[Redeemer]

Isn't this getting a little too personal, now?

Their opinion, your opinion, whatever. Let it be.

 

Yeah, this. I'm still to finish watching The Hobbit myself, last time I was so tired I fell asleep at the encounter with Golem. XD

[Drasiana]

Their opinion, your opinion, whatever.

 

In other news today SFO still has no idea how to tell the difference between opinions and "things stated as facts" but sure whatever

 

Movietalk: Snow White and the Huntsman was embarrassingly bad. Actually almost all of the recent fairy tale trend movies have been, which is disappointing because my writing partner and I caught the headwind of it and almost none of the movies have reached the expectations we had I guess. Jack the Giant Slayer looks really silly, and the only thing I've heard about Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is that it's "Diabetes Doesn't Work Like That: The Movie". There's so much they can do with these movies but they all fall short for some reason or another Same with Grimm and Once Upon a Time, though those are tv shows...

[Redeemer]

If you guys really want to go in-depth about the fact of The Hobbit, maybe you can make a topic about the movie and see everyone's opinions on how cute a dragon's eye is and stuff. The movie has much to talk about, I'd be interested in that topic actually - once I watch the ending. I planned on doing that last night but I arrived home a tad tipsy and collapsed in the bathroom.

 

Yeah, R3dFiVe and I watched Mama the other night. It was good, not exactly scary but it was interesting all the same.

[IArmoredSnowWhiteI]

This is still on-topic sweetie and wow, I'm not sure in which universe a giant, yellow reptile eye qualifies as "cute". Kinda lookin' like you're henpecking reasons to dislike the movie, considering half your plot predictions/justifications are wrong and the other half are really nonsensical. The dragon looks "too cute" in the 3 seconds of the movie he's in? There isn't any Mumford and Sons on the soundtrack? You don't by chance regularly spend time in the company of the gentlemen at the IMDb boards, do you?

 

edit: Reminder that The Hobbit is a family movie based on a children's book so if your criticisms are "it's for kids!" then you're an idiot goodbye

 

Erm, okay. So that would be your opinion. Just ''I think you are wrong because (...)'' would have done the trick too, ya know?

And I don't trust IMDb ratings anymore or people their reviews. Movies I think are awfull are rated high and the other way around.