Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Joker on March 09, 2009, 03:55:23 PM
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: Joker on March 09, 2009, 03:55:23 PM
but i\'ll see this opening night
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on March 09, 2009, 04:39:26 PM
i liked some of the ideas of star trek when i started to get into astronomy, life on other planets, and stuff like that, but whenever i tried to watch it it\'d bore the shit out of me
but this movie does seem pretty action oriented so it should be fun to watch.
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Post by: shockwaves on March 09, 2009, 05:57:58 PM
I always thought it was really boring as well. Not sure what to think of the movie yet.
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on March 09, 2009, 06:55:33 PM
we should turn this into an \'upcoming movies\' thread. seems like a bunch of good flicks coming out between now and may with this, terminator, wolverine, watchmen..thats all i have off the top of my head
here\'s the new terminator trailer
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Post by: Luke on March 09, 2009, 07:44:08 PM
Agreed on Star Trek being boring... But I trust JJ Abrams so I\'ll check out the movie.
Maybe not until it comes out on Blu Ray though.
Speaking of upcoming movies... Heres one I\'m looking forward to.
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Post by: clips on March 10, 2009, 04:40:02 AM
The only star trek series that i\'ve ever liked was the series from the 60\'s...the cheesy lines and laughable fight scenes were entertaining....and capt. Kirk and Spock was the s**t back then! As far as the new terminator flick?...i was kinda ready to give up on the series after the last one...but this one here does look interesting, i also felt that this movie had a transformer type feel to it.
But that was mainly because of the huge robot that i witnessed in the trailer...could be good tho....that one robot now thinking it\'s human will put an interesting twist on the situation.
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on March 10, 2009, 06:55:37 AM
Wolverine will suck. Big time.
Watchmen will be mediocre at best.
Star Trek has potential.
Terminator : Salvation, should rock.
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Post by: Luke on March 10, 2009, 06:57:25 AM
My opinion on Wolverine depends on what they do with Deadpool.
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Post by: Phil on March 10, 2009, 07:04:17 AM
Quote from: Living-In-Clip
Wolverine will suck. Big time.
Watchmen will be mediocre at best.
Star Trek has potential.
Terminator : Salvation, should rock.
For what its worth, I thought Watchmen was pretty damn good; however, I could see people losing interesting if they haven\'t read the graphic novel.
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Post by: THX on March 10, 2009, 07:13:44 AM
I can\'t wait to see Star Track!!!
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on March 10, 2009, 07:46:04 AM
Quote from: Phil
For what its worth, I thought Watchmen was pretty damn good; however, I could see people losing interesting if they haven\'t read the graphic novel.
What about us who found the original graphic novel pretentious and boring?
Oh and Luke. (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsuperherohype.com%2Fnextraimages%2Fwolverineexclshhsmall.jpg&hash=44bb29ea57bfdd95d6df6f0b4d3446cef5ac7f59)
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Post by: Phil on March 10, 2009, 07:54:00 AM
You\'ll hate it and call it a 3 hour snoozefest, but to each their own.
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Post by: Coredweller on March 10, 2009, 08:32:24 AM
Watchmen was awesome. They retained all the best scenes, and they weren\'t afraid to go for the full on R rating. They didn\'t dumb it down for the mass audience. I don\'t care if some people don\'t like it. I\'m just happy it was completed at such a high level of quality.
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Post by: Joker on March 10, 2009, 08:39:41 AM
I\'m very curious to see Watchmen.
At first I was excited for Wolverine...now i\'m just taking a wait and see attitude.
Terminator looks great. I still love bale. Crazy temper and all.
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Post by: Joker on March 10, 2009, 09:11:58 AM
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Post by: nO-One on March 14, 2009, 11:03:38 AM
Ohh fuck all of you, I love Star Trek
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Post by: Joker on March 14, 2009, 12:19:46 PM
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Post by: nO-One on March 14, 2009, 01:25:56 PM
yeah well.... you try fighting a Gorn in the desert heat and look cool...
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Post by: Titan on March 16, 2009, 03:51:59 PM
Wow. I can\'t believe that fight scene was worse than this
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Post by: Coredweller on March 16, 2009, 10:53:50 PM
WHUT are you talkin?
That was pretty awesome. Anytime the bad guy gets hoisted by a meat hook through the eyesocket, the fight can\'t be all bad.
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Post by: Joker on March 16, 2009, 11:27:22 PM
the man has a point Titan
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Post by: clips on March 17, 2009, 04:54:58 AM
Quote from: Titan
Wow. I can\'t believe that fight scene was worse than this
Haha...soo cheeesy..i luv it!!...i never saw that before!!..:laughing:
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Post by: Titan on March 17, 2009, 10:15:26 PM
Quote from: clips
Haha...soo cheeesy..i luv it!!...i never saw that before!!..:laughing:
Really? It was posted here before. I thought I\'d recycle it :)
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Post by: nO-One on March 18, 2009, 02:11:36 PM
Star Trek still has better fight music!!!
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Post by: Titan on March 18, 2009, 03:14:46 PM
Why are these Star Trek fights so cheesy?
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Post by: nO-One on March 18, 2009, 06:20:51 PM
For the same reason Batman fights were cheesy, it was the 60\'s
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Post by: Titan on March 19, 2009, 05:14:38 PM
I\'m just glad I didn\'t have to grow up watching that :) Though the Power Rangers fights were kinda cheesy too :(
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on March 20, 2009, 05:24:38 AM
Adam West and Will Shatner are God\'s among men.
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Post by: Ryu on March 20, 2009, 05:20:17 PM
Star Trek was just from another time when people were more active with their imaginations and felt the need to explore the unknown and think of the possibilities therein. Today everyone is just critical of everything and instead of wanting to go do, we spend too much time asking "why bother?" You can see this in the TV shows that were on then, Out Limits, Star Trek, Twilight Zone and the cheesy sci fi/horror films of that day. Today it\'s all about personal drama (fake or otherwise) on Survivor or the Bachelor or American Idol.
Don\'t get me wrong, I appreciate LOADS of TV on these days, but the generational gap is way too huge for so many to even appreciate what Star Trek is really about. We\'ll see though with this new movie. Maybe Abrams has the perfect method to present such old lofty ideas to a new generation. We\'ll see in May. I\'ll be there day 1 that\'s for sure.
And Terminator looks fantastic. Haters be damned!
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Post by: ooseven on March 20, 2009, 11:51:24 PM
I don\'t normally follow what film reviewer say, but what I do is use this guy as a quick litmus test to get a flavor of a film before I part with hard cash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8l0q4rgcg
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Post by: Joker on March 21, 2009, 08:24:41 PM
w00t thanks for changing the thread title Ryu :D
really want to see this doc on Mike Tyson when it comes out.
and ooseven mark kermode is a pretty good film critic, I don\'t read a ton of reviews just a few reviewers that i\'ve noticed like a lot of the movies i\'ve liked.
Btw I saw Watchmen, never read the book but I really enjoyed the movie. One of the more violent movies i\'ve seen in a long time but overall I thought it was really good.
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Post by: Ashford on March 27, 2009, 10:23:47 AM
Quote from: Titan
Wow. I can\'t believe that fight scene was worse than this
Damn...
I can\'t believe Cynthia Rothrock would make such ridiculous trash like that and make legendary action scenes in Hong Kong...
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Post by: Paul2 on March 27, 2009, 11:19:06 AM
That\'s some crazy fight moves there. Look like some of those fight scenes were done with the real actors/actresses instead of stunt doubles.
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Post by: Joker on May 02, 2009, 09:24:37 AM
Two very cool looking Sci-Fi movies coming out this summer
The one that i\'m most excited for is Moon. I think it looks like it\'ll be great and i\'m a really big Sam Rockwell fan.
The second one is Distric 9. Which is a full film based on the short film, which I think we have had posted here on the forums in the past, Alive In Joberg. Heres the short film and the trailer for the movie is below it.
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on May 02, 2009, 10:39:31 AM
those look pretty cool. thinking the computer from moon might be a little too Hal-y but id still watch it
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Post by: Joker on May 02, 2009, 10:51:24 AM
Yeah the computer is surely inspired by Hal. I haven\'t checked yet but it sounds like its the voice of Kevin Spacey, so thats a plus in my book. The computer seems to be a key character so hopefully they are able to have it as more of an homage to Hal rather than a copycat.
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Post by: clips on May 03, 2009, 04:58:29 AM
Moon & District 9 definitely look interesting...apart from me being a huge horror head,..i luv weird sci-fi joints. I was kinda hoping with district 9 that they kinda NOT show the aliens,...it gives a sense of mystery & uneasiness when you implement movies like this in that fashion....well that\'s the impression i got as soon as saw that massive ship, i instantly wondered.."what the f**k is in that thing?"
Showing the alien kinda takes away the suspense a bit, but i\'m still interested to see how it\'ll play out.
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Post by: Joker on May 04, 2009, 12:53:37 PM
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Documentary about a metal band from the 80\'s
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Post by: Joker on May 08, 2009, 01:04:54 PM
new Tarentino movie looks like a lot of fun. I know people either love him or hate him, but i\'ve been entertained by all his movies except the Kill Bills.
Also i\'ll see it because Brad Pitt is fucking awesome.
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Post by: nO-One on May 08, 2009, 06:31:58 PM
Just came back from Star Trek, despite geeky nitpicks and annoyances ... the Star Trek nerd in me had a nerdgasm.
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on May 08, 2009, 07:55:02 PM
Quote from: Joker
new Tarentino movie looks like a lot of fun. I know people either love him or hate him, but i\'ve been entertained by all his movies except the Kill Bills.
Also i\'ll see it because Brad Pitt is fucking awesome.
fucking fantastic
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Post by: Luke on May 08, 2009, 08:35:51 PM
Quote from: Jar O Pickles
fucking fantastic
Agreed.
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Post by: Joker on May 08, 2009, 08:40:52 PM
Quote from: nO-One
Just came back from Star Trek, despite geeky nitpicks and annoyances ... the Star Trek nerd in me had a nerdgasm.
going to go see it out tomorrow :( got side tracked for my planned opening night showing. Looking forward to it tomorrow tho :D
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on May 10, 2009, 06:10:21 PM
go see star trek my son gives it an 10/10
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Post by: Paul2 on May 10, 2009, 06:17:15 PM
haven\'t seen it yet, but the actions look pretty cool. Edited: Also, another big actions movie is coming to theater in about a month from now called Transformer.
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on May 10, 2009, 08:55:36 PM
Star Trek is totally FTW.
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Post by: nO-One on May 11, 2009, 06:47:18 AM
Star Trek ruled, I still have nitpicks
Why weren\'t they surprised to see the Romulans, they didn\'t know Romulans were once Vulcans, Balance of Terror hadn\'t happened yet.
There\'s one warp core, one big one
Why did the blast that blew them away from the blackhole not just get sucked into the blackhole?
hated the uhura romance, hated it
loved the orion chick, I would make awkward loving to that green ass
So Captain Pike will never meet the Talosians?
The Jellyfish looked cool but it was far to Star Warsian to me, Star Trek has over 40 years of cool designs to use as a base.
just a few of the top of my head...
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Post by: Joker on May 11, 2009, 08:50:00 AM
Thought it was AWESOME - badass movie
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on May 11, 2009, 09:02:47 AM
Quote from: nO-One
Star Trek ruled, I still have nitpicks
Why weren\'t they surprised to see the Romulans, they didn\'t know Romulans were once Vulcans, Balance of Terror hadn\'t happened yet.
There\'s one warp core, one big one
Why did the blast that blew them away from the blackhole not just get sucked into the blackhole?
hated the uhura romance, hated it
loved the orion chick, I would make awkward loving to that green ass
So Captain Pike will never meet the Talosians?
The Jellyfish looked cool but it was far to Star Warsian to me, Star Trek has over 40 years of cool designs to use as a base.
just a few of the top of my head...
as a former casual fan of the next generation series i will attempt to answer your questions 1. i thought they were surprised 2. i thought the matter and antimatter were stored separately. when he ejected both of those they met in the singularity of the black hole and blew up like how a nuclear bomb works 3. sorry, i didnt like or dislike it 4. she had nice boobies 5. um, no? i mean yes. wait, who? 6. jelly fish? if you referring to the ice planet thing. every time there\'s an ice planet in a sci-fi movie everyone will think of Hoth no way to avoid it
hope that helps
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Post by: nO-One on May 11, 2009, 09:35:48 AM
well, in Balance of Terror it was a major thing that Romulans and Vulcans were basically the same, should\'ve been a little "woah, a bald Vulcan, wtf?"
They are, but they are inert until mixed in the core, which is one big mutha and seen in just about every movie and every series. It\'s basically the defacto power source in Star Trek. Although Romulans are a little different, they use a forced quantum singularity to power their ships. There was a TNG episode about the problems caused by those.
The very first episode of Star Trek had no Kirk but a Captain Pike commanding the ship. They met the telepathic Talosians. Later in the original series after Pike was basically crippled after an heroic rescue Spock tried to take him back to the Talosions because they could use their telepathic powers to create the illusion of him being healthy and whatnot. However going to the Talosian homeworld was a capitol offense.
Since Pike only commanded the ship for about an hour or so, the very first Star Trek story never happened.
Spocks future ship, the spinning thing. It\'s called the Jellyfish and was designed by none other than Geordi LaForge. It\'s in the prequel comics.
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Post by: Joker on May 18, 2009, 08:19:52 PM
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on May 18, 2009, 09:48:11 PM
Sign me up.
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Post by: cloud345 on May 18, 2009, 10:16:13 PM
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3413574425/
The best movie coming out this summer....well actually not until October, but still.
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Post by: Joker on May 19, 2009, 07:57:58 AM
video not available outside the U.S. :(
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Post by: clips on May 19, 2009, 08:41:31 AM
Quote from: cloud345
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3413574425/
The best movie coming out this summer....well actually not until October, but still.
That flick reminds of the everlasting story.
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Post by: GmanJoe on May 19, 2009, 08:42:55 AM
Star Trek was awesome. Logically.
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Post by: Titan on May 19, 2009, 09:33:49 AM
Quote from: cloud345
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3413574425/
The best movie coming out this summer....well actually not until October, but still.
Damn. That movie looks damn good. I remember reading that book when I was in like kindergarten. Just because I read that book when I was a kid, I may have to check this movie out.
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Post by: Paul2 on May 19, 2009, 10:05:45 AM
Sherlock Holmes look interesting according to the trailer. LOL at the end of the trailer.
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Post by: Eiksirf on May 20, 2009, 10:03:01 AM
Hey, I saw an early screening of Terminator the other day. It\'s an awesome action flick. Pretty much nonstop action but they manage to do the story justice, somehow. A few fun things for fans and just a couple cringe-worthy (over-the-top) action scenes and lines from Bale. I\'d recommend it if you\'re in the mood for a new man flick.
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Post by: Bozco on May 20, 2009, 11:26:55 PM
Awesome?
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Post by: Halberto on May 21, 2009, 01:38:44 AM
1) Sherlock Holmes looks retarded
2) Everyone remember reading "where the wild things are", but the funny thing is nobody remembers the story. Kudos to whoever realized this and made a movie
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Post by: nO-One on May 21, 2009, 06:56:30 AM
Saw Angels & Demons yesterday.... big meh. Antimatter explosions and whatnot?
I\'ve never read this guy\'s books, only seen the two movies. The guy really likes the having the likable good guy turning out to be the bad guy and the unlikable bad guy being a good guy after all.
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Post by: Phil on May 21, 2009, 12:30:53 PM
Quote from: nO-One
Saw Angels & Demons yesterday.... big meh. Antimatter explosions and whatnot?
I\'ve never read this guy\'s books, only seen the two movies. The guy really likes the having the likable good guy turning out to be the bad guy and the unlikable bad guy being a good guy after all.
Didn\'t see Davinci code, got tricked into going to see this one. God, it was terrible.
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Post by: Coredweller on May 26, 2009, 12:08:00 PM
Late Star Trek observations: (highlight to view spoilers)
I was expecting them to travel BACK in time through another black hole to reverse the destruction of Vulcan. I guess I was thinking too much, because when that didn\'t happen, it seemed a little disappointing. The idea of there being only 10,000 Vulcans remaining on a new colony is a big departure from the previous stories. Not that I care about that.
The production design on this film could have used a little help. The interiors of the Vulcan ship looked exactly like the interiors of the starfleet ships. I always pictured Vulcans as being a little more technically advanced. Also, the engineering section on the Enterprise looked like some kind of huge water treatment plant. WTF?
I did appreciate that the starfleet crewmembers wore those goofy rumpled uniforms including the crazy boots. It was nice that they didn\'t try to update that.
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on May 26, 2009, 01:27:30 PM
i read that they felt that the engineering section was always too slick and stylish , they wanted to make it more industrial i liked that they tried to make it more of a natural progression of things instead of some unrelateable distant future kansas still grows corn, people still use the golden gate bridge, people still drink beer, warehouses still look like warehouses
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Post by: nO-One on May 26, 2009, 03:35:44 PM
Well, Vulcan design is very much also Starfleet design, so humans and Vulcans don\'t really have their own ships in that time.
Spocks ship wasn\'t even a Vulcan design, it was owned by the Vulcans but according to the prequel comics the ship was designed by Geordi La Forge.
I agree with you on the whole Vulcan survivor thing, I was expecting the same thing. It also changes things like... was Tuvok ever born now?
They also went too far with the look of engineering IMO. I agree that making it look more like a factory was a good thing, but it just looked like a water treatment plant. I would\'ve liked to see the warp core. Even though in that movie the ship had a bunch of them.
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Post by: Joker on June 06, 2009, 11:33:53 PM
all the trailers for bruno on youtube have embedding disabled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAGpmNb2xfQ
i\'m still not sure if i like sacha baron cohen or not after how popular Borat got but this looks like at the very least it\'ll have some interesting scenes
like him trying to molest Ron Paul
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Post by: nO-One on June 07, 2009, 08:53:42 AM
Saw Terminator Salvation yesterday, big meh. I looked great but the rest, meh. Christian Bale needs to start learning how to talk, always with the Batman growl.
CG Arnold, silly. The idea was good, but they should\'ve just shown glimpses of his face, get the crowd going "OMG, was that?". Instead we got him in his full CG glory. Again, amazing CG work, truly amazing.... but still...
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Post by: Joker on June 11, 2009, 09:50:38 AM
another scorsese and dicaprio film - no reason to believe it won\'t be as good as the other ones
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Post by: JBean on June 11, 2009, 07:28:58 PM
Went and saw the hangover with some of the guys.... god damn that movie was funny.
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Post by: Joker on June 19, 2009, 05:28:54 AM
All the 2012 doomsday predictions are dumb as shit. But man, look at all these buildings falling down!
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Post by: Jumpman on June 19, 2009, 05:56:35 AM
No big deal we\'re just going to enter the supercontext then.
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Post by: THX on June 19, 2009, 07:15:03 AM
Another zombie movie, but it\'s rated pretty highly on rotten tomatoes
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Post by: GmanJoe on June 19, 2009, 07:38:57 AM
That\'s like Shaun of the Dead for the non-English Europeans.
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Post by: Joker on June 22, 2009, 02:31:17 PM
its not a trailer but its the first picture of Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burtons upcoming version of Alice in Wonderland
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Post by: Coredweller on June 22, 2009, 02:40:19 PM
Just thought I should mention that I saw Moon on Saturday and it was pretty amazing.
Very nice simple script, and it\'s a relatively original idea for a change.
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Post by: Joker on June 22, 2009, 02:57:59 PM
Awesome, I can\'t wait to see Moon
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Post by: Joker on August 18, 2009, 02:06:55 PM
Saw District 9 over the weekend. Fucking brilliant.
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Post by: Joker on September 13, 2009, 12:30:03 PM
can someone rename this thread something more generic, i\'m just gonna keep throwing in trailers regardless of season / year etc etc.
Tron Legacy
The Road - Ignore the 40 seconds of bimbo at the start, movie looks good.
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 13, 2009, 06:05:35 PM
Loved the book of The Road.
Possible minor spoilers ahead...
Hearing that Charlize Theron was in the movie made me really question the films dedication to the book, but she may actually just be in flashbacks, which is good.
Just from the trailer, I question whether or not they\'ll be able to maintain the books level of tension and sense of doom throughout.
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Post by: Joker on September 13, 2009, 06:09:07 PM
Heya Bob long time no see :D
Yeah I haven\'t read the book yet myself. From the reviews i\'ve read it seems even if this movie is above average its still not as good as the book.
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Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 21, 2009, 05:11:19 PM
Go read the book.
You should be able to breeze through it within a day, if you\'re dedicated.
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on November 04, 2009, 10:23:47 PM
prince of persia movie doesn\'t look half-bad. but itll probably disappoint.
the chick seems like a bad actress, but the gylinhall (sp?) looks like a decent pick for the prince
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Post by: Joker on November 05, 2009, 05:55:17 AM
I will probably check it out. I actually really like Jake Gyllenhall and his sister Maggie. My 1 gripe tho, ummm isn\'t the prince supposed to be....persian?
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Post by: GmanJoe on November 05, 2009, 05:59:10 AM
Jerry Bruckhiemer? He ruined Batman. But he did apologize.
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Post by: Eiksirf on November 05, 2009, 10:42:48 AM
It sounds corny, like a little overly dramatic, but otherwise that looks like a decent flick. Seems to capture the game pretty well without being too terribly shallow like most game-to-movies. We\'ll see, I suppose. I\'ll watch it.
Also, I renamed the thread for you Joker. See, all you have to do is ask and then give us six weeks to click on the title and change it for you. :) Let me know if you want a different thread name.
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Post by: Joker on November 05, 2009, 01:04:38 PM
lol Thanks elk :)
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Post by: THX on November 17, 2009, 10:50:59 PM
Anyone see 2012? Is it bad as the critics say or still somewhat enjoyable?
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Post by: Coredweller on November 18, 2009, 10:43:50 PM
Quote from: THX
Anyone see 2012? Is it bad as the critics say or still somewhat enjoyable?
It is a completely stupid and predictable story, but the movie has two good things going for it:
Good casting - John Cusack, Oliver Platt, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover were all pretty good. Unfortunately the drivel pouring out of Chiwetel Ejiofor\'s mouth really ruined that character for me.
The other good thing is the visual effects of course. This movie has many huge things destroyed in absurd ways. It\'s just funny most of the time.
I would give it 5 out of 10, but it should have been a little shorter in length.
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Post by: clips on November 19, 2009, 05:26:40 AM
Quote from: Coredweller
It is a completely stupid and predictable story, but the movie has two good things going for it:
Good casting - John Cusack, Oliver Platt, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover were all pretty good. Unfortunately the drivel pouring out of Chiwetel Ejiofor\'s mouth really ruined that character for me.
The other good thing is the visual effects of course. This movie has many huge things destroyed in absurd ways. It\'s just funny most of the time.
I would give it 5 out of 10, but it should have been a little shorter in length.
Aggh...why can\'t these big budget hollywood disaster movies be decent and full of depth? These types of movies always have great visual effects with poor scripting....Looks at "The day after tomorrow".
These types of movies always have some lame leading character being a really annoying and wimpy hero and there\'s always some 8-10 year old kids with dogs that need saving from somewhere that you KNOW will never die...seriously kids,dogs... oh yeah and the love interest of the main character NEVER die.
These type of movies for once should take a more realistic approach to these types of scenarios instead of being campy bulls**t.
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Post by: Joker on November 19, 2009, 11:49:19 AM
Roland Emerich is the next Scorcese. The best part of The Day After Tomorrow was when Jake Gyllenhall outran the cold. The fucking cold man. He outran a temperature. Thats badass.
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Post by: Eiksirf on November 20, 2009, 10:52:13 AM
I\'m going to see New Moon this weekend. I thought the first one was pretty cool, but my girlfriend I think secretly rents it every other day, heh. She\'s dying to see this one. Hopefully the teeny bopper audience isn\'t too annoying!
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on November 20, 2009, 12:51:16 PM
by girlfriend you mean boyfriend right? otherwise what you said doesnt make any sense
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Post by: Eiksirf on November 23, 2009, 09:48:17 AM
Well I\'m not sure what you\'re talking about, but I saw the New Moon and it was almost unbearably corny. But, there was a decent movie in there somewhere. I enjoyed it overall.
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: clips on February 17, 2010, 05:41:54 AM
I just rented a movie called "The collector"....great horror flick...and the gore and killings were gruesome and the suspense was amazing as well...
I also didn\'t think i would like "The Hangover",...but yo, i was rollin\' on the floor throughout that whole movie....incredibly hilarious...:D
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: clips on April 06, 2010, 09:18:17 PM
I just rented 2012....and it is complete garbage...it\'s just as Core described. While the destruction scenes were entertaining, they ruined it with over the top hollywood bulls**t...the main character is driving through falling buildings and while everybody else is dying in the destruction, they are making it thru the chaos..(well it was the main character so you knew he wasn\'t going to die or be in any real danger)
And of course we have the innocent generic kids with the really weak and predictable romance plot....i saw the conclusion to this waaaay back in the beginning of the film...do not rent this pile of garbage...any dribble that comes out of hollywood nowadays is complete garbage, especially when it comes to controversal elements like 2012...i was kinda hopin for this movie to take itself a bit more seriously, but this movie is more of the \'ol hollywood campy bulls**t...
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 06, 2010, 10:07:38 PM
i had a feeling 2012 would suck ass the first time i saw the trailer. Just a bunch of crap falling apart and 0 story. And that was before transformers er something where I was already getting my fill of stuff getting blown up
Anyone seen clash of the titans? I thought it looked good, but the trailer\'s song helped a lot. Seeing if it\'s worth checking out in THREEEEEEE-DEEEEEEEEE
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: luckee on April 07, 2010, 01:02:38 AM
oh childhood memories.....if anyone dies, I will be very upset!!!!
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: Coredweller on April 07, 2010, 09:57:38 PM
Quote from: clips
I just rented 2012....and it is complete garbage...it\'s just as Core described. While the destruction scenes were entertaining, they ruined it with over the top hollywood bulls**t...
Another movie that was released about the same time is a little bit better: Knowing with Nicholas Cage. Yes, it sucks too, but man they really annihilate the Earth good in that one. Yeah it blowed up real good. :)
Title: Upcoming Movies
Post by: clips on April 08, 2010, 04:00:37 AM
Quote from: Coredweller
Another movie that was released about the same time is a little bit better: Knowing with Nicholas Cage. Yes, it sucks too, but man they really annihilate the Earth good in that one. Yeah it blowed up real good. :)
Haha....yeah i did see knowing and tru enough it is waaay better than 2012....but only because it took itself a bit more seriously and it actually made you think in terms of the earth\'s existence and who or what created us...