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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #620 on: November 19, 2010, 10:22:54 AM »

The last film had her chest digitally enhanced for the poster. Side boob is just a natural progression.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #621 on: November 19, 2010, 04:12:19 PM »

So I got a job in a movie theater, which means I've seen 5-20 minutes of pretty much everything we're showing.

"Unstoppable" appears to be exactly as terrible as the trailers made it look.

I hear that "Skyline" has some good bits here and there, but the bulk of it seems to be like a less interesting ripoff of "Cloverfield".

I saw ten minutes of "Morning Glory" and was delighted that it was, in fact, quite funny. Can't say if those ten minutes are representative or not, though.

"Megamind" has great ending credits music.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #622 on: November 19, 2010, 06:22:12 PM »

"Megamind" has great ending credits music.

And they all make this face

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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #623 on: November 19, 2010, 08:54:07 PM »

I'm not uninterested in the movie, but yeah, the characters were clearly designed specifically to make that face.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #624 on: November 22, 2010, 09:41:21 AM »

I get the feeling Skyline is exactly the sort of movie you download illegally and skip to the two or three major CG fights, leaving satisfied. I mean everything I've heard about it has focused around the fact that it was created and directed by the same two people who run a cinematic CG company, coincidentally already working on another alien invasion flick for another director with roughly the same look and feel. Everything that's not dynamically rendering reflective surfaces is the ultimate afterthought.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #625 on: November 22, 2010, 10:13:07 AM »

I saw Skyline with my brother a few days ago.  I don't know why.  I knew it wouldn't be good, but I thought it would still be entertaining or so bad it's good, but it was just bad all around.  Every character is stupid and the aliens are all tentacle vagina penis butts made out of vomit with Christmas lights for eyes.  They're not fun to look at.

Then it has this ending that would be really infuriating and obnoxious if you cared about any of the characters or what happened to them, but you won't.

You know that feeling you get when you have the flu and you're half-concious and in a lot of pain, but since you're not really awake, you're only vaguely aware of it and you aren't sure why you're hurting?  That's how that whole movie feels.

And I think someone said it's supposed to be part of a series.  Maybe they can make five of them and subtitle them after the stages of grief.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #626 on: November 22, 2010, 10:47:04 AM »

What happens at the end I must know this
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #627 on: November 22, 2010, 11:15:43 AM »

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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #628 on: November 22, 2010, 11:16:24 AM »

What happens at the end I must know this

It's not as entertaining or funny as text makes it sound, but [spoiler]everybody gets taken to the mothership and it's made of the same melted chocolate that the aliens are made of, so they take everyones' brains out of their heads and put them in alien bodies because I guess that's how they reproduce? But the main character has a red brain instead of the standard blue, because he's The One, so he takes over the alien body and suddenly the credits flash on the screen, there's dumb triumphant music and we have three freeze frames of what looks like turd-colored play-doh toys fighting with each other, then the main character, who is now an alien, carries off his pregnant wife who still has a brain.

But the aliens never died at any point in the movie.  Nukes didn't even bother them.  So are we to assume that the only thing that hurts the aliens are other aliens?  Because even then, the main character is outnumbered and we just sat through an hour and a half's worth of evidence that he's a giant fucking moron.  The odds aren't in his favor.

Plus, he's got a gross alien body now, so what's next?  I hope it's like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, where he meets her parents and she's like "Ok, mom, dad, he's a great guy, but I have to warn you... he's.. he's a poop "[/spoiler]
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #629 on: November 22, 2010, 01:03:39 PM »

Goddd this movie sounds awful. I feel pretty bad for having read all of Niku's entire plot summary.

[spoiler]Plus, he's got a gross alien body now, so what's next?  I hope it's like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, where he meets her parents and she's like "Ok, mom, dad, he's a great guy, but I have to warn you... he's.. he's a poop "[/spoiler]

Ideally this is the scenario around which the inevitable Skyline 2 will revolve.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #630 on: November 22, 2010, 02:16:45 PM »

He and the guy from District 9 form an Accidental Alien Shrimp/Poop Support Group.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #631 on: November 22, 2010, 02:23:52 PM »

What sets the main character of Skyline apart is that it doesn't seem like it was an accident.  He seems like a man who has gone through his entire life waiting for the opportunity to become a turd.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #632 on: November 22, 2010, 05:19:08 PM »

What?

Why...

Why would you make a movie about Guild?
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #633 on: November 22, 2010, 09:08:43 PM »

Harry potter was bad. WAAAAAY too stretched out. tons of exposition and scenes where nothing actually happens.

best adaptation yet, then.

Pretty much.

Excellent opening act, solid closing act, and the middle...well, it just fucking slogs.  Like the book, the camping sequence just sucks all the momentum out of the story; unlike the book, it also once again highlights the fact that yes the two people who spend the most time onscreen just coincidentally happen to be the two least talented actors out of a fantastic cast.

Now, as a metaphor for the horcrux sucking all the joy out of life, or of Ron as the much-needed heart of the group without whom all is bleak and miserable, it works wonderfully.

Also the bit with Bathilda just sort of falls flat compared to being, for my money, the most disturbing sequence in the book.  I think the CG has something to do with it.  Also, lack of Voldemort blasting off a killing curse right next to Harry's face, but I assume they decided twice in one movie would be a bit much.

Other'n that, though, the grim foreboding builds solidly from the opening scene to the wedding, and the death at the end is appropriately somber.  By and large a great adaptation that doesn't pull many punches and will scare the fuck out of small children.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #634 on: November 23, 2010, 09:31:26 AM »

Wait, so it ends on the "Harry is dead" cliffhanger and then part 2 is going to be 100% battle of hogwarts? Because I can get behind that.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #635 on: November 23, 2010, 09:41:03 AM »

No, it ends with Voldemort getting the Elder Wand.  The death I was referring to was -- I feel a little silly spoilertagging but what the hell -- [spoiler]Dobby's[/spoiler].
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #636 on: November 23, 2010, 09:42:19 AM »

If they'd actually ended it there, they they could have had an opportunity to do what Rowling didn't have the sense to do, and make the second movie 90% Neville Longbottom and the Year of Darkness.

But no.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #637 on: November 23, 2010, 09:47:06 AM »

Ah, I guess that makes sense. Leaving only 10% of the book for the second half would kind of defeat the point of doing a two part sequel.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #638 on: November 23, 2010, 10:29:19 AM »

But it would be the best second half ever.
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Re: Movies in the Theater
« Reply #639 on: December 16, 2010, 02:12:56 PM »

I saw Tron: Legacy (in 2d) last night. It was a lot of fun and perfectly met my expectations! My expectations were an auditory and visual powerhouse which would logistically fall apart if I tried to think about it too hard.

It would be a Mistake to wait for this on DVD.

Also, the soundtrack (both in the movie and as available on CD) are Really Great.

A co-worker saw it in 3d the night before and said it didn't really add much.
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