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extollo wrote:went on a binge viewing of mostly old movies that i hadnt seen.

the host (bong joon-ho one). 8/10 - production values a bit under hollywood fare, but characters, story and ending were also not standard hollywood, which was refreshing. there were also a number of really striking camera shots.

followed up with bong joon-ho's current movie - snow piercer - 7/10, quite slow at the beginning but it picks up with some good set pieces and some brutal claustrophobic action shots. tilda swinton has a memorable character. non hollywood ending.

dredd - 6/10 brutal in your face gun play. that's the whole movie. some stunning visuals, but the director was smart to keep it relatively short.

world war z - 5/10. noticed pitt's acting . this movie didnt do much for me. it was OK but seemed predicable and mainstream.

JiveTurkey wrote:

extollo wrote:went on a binge viewing of mostly old movies that i hadnt seen.

the host (bong joon-ho one). 8/10 - production values a bit under hollywood fare, but characters, story and ending were also not standard hollywood, which was refreshing. there were also a number of really striking camera shots.

followed up with bong joon-ho's current movie - snow piercer - 7/10, quite slow at the beginning but it picks up with some good set pieces and some brutal claustrophobic action shots. tilda swinton has a memorable character. non hollywood ending.

dredd - 6/10 brutal in your face gun play. that's the whole movie. some stunning visuals, but the director was smart to keep it relatively short.

world war z - 5/10. noticed pitt's acting . this movie didnt do much for me. it was OK but seemed predicable and mainstream.

The Host is awesome! Love it. I keep hearing about Snowpiercer but I am too lazy to investigate further Is it out on video yet, I assume?

nightflameauto wrote:

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:star trek into darkness finally:
on par with the first one, good watch. some cool tie ins.
docked points for:
gratuitous lens flare (of fucking course. but i think this was his rock bottom which he apologized for. stahp). holy shit.
gravity scene....um, there on a fucking spaceship. if the gravity fails, why are they falling? that was a pretty big fucking faux pas for a sci fi flick. come on man.
6/10

He apologized for lens flare on the first one and promised he'd do better from here on out. Sadly, having watched the movies back-to-back, he really did tone it down a LOT in Into Darkness. Him and Michael Bay need to team up. Closeup action shots of lens flare constantly interrupted with explosions.

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Rampage wrote:

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.

I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.

Schweezly wrote:

Rampage wrote:

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.

I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.

I know I'll get hate for reading them...but the books do a much better job with developing backstory.

I really don't like that they're splitting the 3rd book into 2 movies though.

ovid9 wrote:Lego Movie- Awesome/Awesome

I admit, when I saw the previews for this, I was skeptical. More than skeptical, I was downright down on it.

MAN WAS I WRONG!

If you've ever enjoyed playing with legos, and you like awesome. You'll enjoy this movie.

Rampage wrote:

Schweezly wrote:

Rampage wrote:

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it...
i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.

because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.

Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.

I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.

I know I'll get hate for reading them...but the books do a much better job with developing backstory.

I really don't like that they're splitting the 3rd book into 2 movies though.

They made a book out of that?

_ej_ wrote:GI Joe, the second one.

Awful, but sweet explosions. Couldn't tell you the plot as I couldn't be bothered to pay attention. Excellent background noise for guitar maintenance.

4/10

nightflameauto wrote:

_ej_ wrote:GI Joe, the second one.

Awful, but sweet explosions. Couldn't tell you the plot as I couldn't be bothered to pay attention. Excellent background noise for guitar maintenance.

4/10

Horrible movie, but having Dwayne Johnson and Channing Tatum playing video games together is like hetero bro-porn.

nightflameauto wrote:Wife got Noah from Netflix and told me we have to watch it by Wednesday night.

Telephant wrote:

nightflameauto wrote:Wife got Noah from Netflix and told me we have to watch it by Wednesday night.

Just make sure you mentally prepare yourself for a world of shit. And fireballs.

nightflameauto wrote:

Telephant wrote:

nightflameauto wrote:Wife got Noah from Netflix and told me we have to watch it by Wednesday night.

Just make sure you mentally prepare yourself for a world of shit. And fireballs.

I may just have to use my free pass on this one. I'll try it, but man does it seem awful.

nightflameauto wrote:I don't think so. The number of people I heard about walking when it was in theaters says you weren't on teh crazies. Dad said the theater he saw it in was basically full when it started, and by the time the lights came back up there were only about ten people left. Hence, my fears.