Escape to the Movies: I Am Number Four
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Huh, Alex Pettyfer and I used to be in the same class in Millfield. So since then he is in a movie and I'm watching a review about said movie. I think he wins.
Its funny, MovieBob says how Alex is built like a model but at school when he said he was a model nobody believed him.
Its funny, MovieBob says how Alex is built like a model but at school when he said he was a model nobody believed him.
Oh man, Masters of the Universe. Frank Langella acted the hell out of Skeletor. It's up there with street fighter for "Best horrible movie with a GREAT villain"
I'm still waiting for Hollywood to take up the Simpsons idea of McBain playing a teenager being beaten up by High School kids. Looks like they are getting closer by the year to achieving this noble aim. Just need to coax Arnie out of retirement now...
As someone whos closer to the target audeince I didnt really take the first two parts seriously and just laughed and all the misstepped cliches ... so I managed to wiggle a good time outta those parts because I mostly didnt take them seriously then the last part was fun but almost mostly because the over the top action just seemed to confirm the last two acts and actually looked pretty good. In the end if you go in not trying to take it seriously laugh at the missteps and are with a group of friends you can laugh about the bad moments later with you can probably have a good time. That said I dont think Im gonna see it twice
That Bulk & Skull reference made me LOL
So laughably cast teen angst superhero movie set to work by Stephen Fry and Michael Bay... no thanks
So laughably cast teen angst superhero movie set to work by Stephen Fry and Michael Bay... no thanks
This might be preaching to the choir, but have you seen Justified on FX? Olyphant is FANTASTIC in that role, a breakout if there ever was one. I guess it is TV and not film, so not quite the same, but it's still awesome and giving him a nice spotlight. I always find it strange and somewhat frustrating when you can have great actors on great TV shows, but when it come to film the same actors are almost invariably in crappy b/low rate movies where they don't have a chance to shine.Sovereignty said:
*dull monotone voice*
"Now serving number: 50,252,402."
...wait a minute that's backwards! Damn it!! Joke fail.
"Now serving number: 50,252,402."
...wait a minute that's backwards! Damn it!! Joke fail.
Considering that you mentioned it, what did you think of Stormbreaker, film not book. I personally really enjoyed Stormbreaker, the vast cast and the script had a very British style and, being British, that may be why I enjoyed it, and that may be why it didn't really succeed in America but really succeeded in Britian, besides Pettyfer couldn't have been trying to be a teen girl heartthrob in Stormbreaker as the Alex Rider books are aimed towards teenage boys, in fact, if you want to read a good version of the story I Am Number 4 wants to tell, hunt down the Power of Five/Pentagram series by Anthony Horowitz, also wrote Stormbreaker (book and film), they are brilliant books and I think you may like them. For Stormbreaker, for all the hate, how can you hate a film in which the hero saves the world with a Nintendo DS, fitted with Smoke Bomb, bug finder and communicator.
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Yeah, I saw the teenager bullshit getting in the way the moment I saw the movie description. But good to hear it's some good fun once it gets going, will probably watch it at home some lazy night when I have nothing better to do ^^
PS
Happy birthday Bob, hope you have a good one
PS
Happy birthday Bob, hope you have a good one
beema said:
I've heard that a lot... But TV just isn't the same as movies (At least not for me.) And he deserves more big pictures!
