Escape to the Movies: The 2010 MovieBob Awards
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No. Who's that supposed to be in the next Transformers movie? Tell me that first.GrizzlerBorno said:
That was what threw me off of Splice, too. It really bugs me when science fiction tries to play itself off as hardcore "true" sci-fi, but is based on what is known to be untrue in its own time.Pseudonym2 said:
Also, I'm already seeing "Palin for president in 2012" posters in my head when I think about all the media attention she's getting. I am NOT looking forward to listening to my mom try to convince me why I should vote for her.
Nice to see that Movie Bob will reward a good performance even when it doesn't come from an actual human being.
But how about another section with "best piece of silverware used in any movie"
and "most attractive piece of furniture" (probably something from the twilight franchise, like I don't know, that werewolf guy or the palish girl)
But how about another section with "best piece of silverware used in any movie"
and "most attractive piece of furniture" (probably something from the twilight franchise, like I don't know, that werewolf guy or the palish girl)
Of course it matters. But then I actually liked the first two Transformers films. Sure they weren't ground breaking cinema masterpieces, but they were still enjoyable. And bay seems to have more respect for the franchise than you people seem to think he does, what with all the little nods to it in there, that apparently everybody but me missed. And besides all that, everyone seems to forget that one man does not a film make. Ever watch the end credits for a movie? Notice how many names are mentioned? All those helped people made that movie. Well maybe not so much when they start listing so-and-so's driver, but you get my point. The director doesn't magically make the movie all by him/herself. And lest I'm mistaken, Micheal Bay didn't write the screenplays for either Transformers movie. In fact let me check ... Nope, the screenplays for both movies were written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. So send some of your wrath their way eh?RJ Dalton said:
Splice? Why? Why this obsession with such a terrible movie? I mean, it started ok enough. In fact, it was pretty good for a while. Then suddenly, things go downhill so fast I didn't even realize it before the end.
I'll give it this much, Dren was creepy. But intelligent? Underrated? Splice was none of those. In fact, it was overrated.
Unless, of course, you're going to go see it as a comedy. I wish I had; it would have made the rest of the movie even more hilarious. At least now Insiiiiiide you is a fun inside joke amongst my friends and I.
It went from good/average to terrible as soon as Brody had sex with Dren. Who in their right mind would have sex with that creepy ghoul thing? Especially when you're already in a relationship? Way to make Brody's character as unlikable as possible.
Then his girlfriend takes away the cat, cuts off Dren's tail, and basically acts like a total ***** to Dren. She tries to make amends, but Dren kills the cat with her tail and grins creepily. So now I hate both of the characters, and the stupid monster thing for killing the cat.
Alright, let's set likability aside for a minute. Maybe now the movie will give us some interesting ideas on inter-species relationships, and the couple might even question if it was actually cheating. Plus, the introduction of the extremely foreseeable plot point that Dren had the girl's DNA in her could have sparked some intelligent film.
But nope. Dren goes ape shit, turns into a man monster, rapes the girl, kills the guy, and I could not stop laughing at how ridiculous that whole sequence was.
Then his girlfriend takes away the cat, cuts off Dren's tail, and basically acts like a total ***** to Dren. She tries to make amends, but Dren kills the cat with her tail and grins creepily. So now I hate both of the characters, and the stupid monster thing for killing the cat.
Alright, let's set likability aside for a minute. Maybe now the movie will give us some interesting ideas on inter-species relationships, and the couple might even question if it was actually cheating. Plus, the introduction of the extremely foreseeable plot point that Dren had the girl's DNA in her could have sparked some intelligent film.
But nope. Dren goes ape shit, turns into a man monster, rapes the girl, kills the guy, and I could not stop laughing at how ridiculous that whole sequence was.
I'll give it this much, Dren was creepy. But intelligent? Underrated? Splice was none of those. In fact, it was overrated.
Unless, of course, you're going to go see it as a comedy. I wish I had; it would have made the rest of the movie even more hilarious. At least now Insiiiiiide you is a fun inside joke amongst my friends and I.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you for bashing Skyline.
I agree completely with the thing about the trailer. That close up shot was equally awesome and almost frightening. But the move was quite literally one of the worst I have seen.
I agree completely with the thing about the trailer. That close up shot was equally awesome and almost frightening. But the move was quite literally one of the worst I have seen.
All that's wasted on me, because I was never into transformers as a kid. I just never got into it. I don't know all the details of the universe, but I do know one thing: Transformers was always about the transformers. The movies were more about the human characters, who were all irritating and boring. The transformers themselves had less personality than the cars they turned into. It takes more than dropping the names of a few characters to show respect.canadamus_prime said:
But yes, little of that is actually Bays fault directly, but he agreed to use that script. The director can say no to any script he doesn't like and that he went ahead using it says something. And Michael Bay is a terrible director. He overemphasizes visual effects, he doesn't have the vaguest grasp of proper cinematography and he can't pull a decent performance out of his actors (and yes, the director can influence the performance of his actors. Compare Natalie Portman in the Star Wars Prequels to her performance in Black Swan; that's the difference a good director can make).
Uwe Boll is too busy ruining our memories of video games,strangley I think Michael Bay should direct the Godzilla movie as long as it's about making things explode,he's pretty good at explosionsRainboq said:
Yeah but Godzilla isn't about pacing,it's about Godzilla destroying half of Tokyo in order to save it from a different monsterfaselei said:
Why does a robot have a mech-stache?
2011 looks like a big year for movies; Several heavy hitters hitting the field, some even in the same month!
But there are some that look a bit dodgey: Like Rise of the Apes, which i guess is a PotA prequel? (would love to hear MB's take on that....)
Now I have to see PA:2 just to see such a stand out character!
2011 looks like a big year for movies; Several heavy hitters hitting the field, some even in the same month!
But there are some that look a bit dodgey: Like Rise of the Apes, which i guess is a PotA prequel? (would love to hear MB's take on that....)
Now I have to see PA:2 just to see such a stand out character!
So I vote that Cap or X-Men win. Thor is looking... ok, but I fear a lot of visuals and action with no depth in the acting. I'm not even sure I want to check out Green Lattern.
I was never for Mel Gibson, and yeah, I'd really like to just stop hearing about him. HIs next film sounds about as crazy as he's been lately. Crazy guy with a beaver puppet... ok, no thanks.
I'm actually wondering if the "Ninja's... damn" line is real or just clever editing of the audio for the trailer. I never saw the movie, I was going to, until I heard all the awful reviews. Then I just thought about the trailers I've seen, and it really feels like they edited it out that way, not that it's an actual line that got cut.
I don't know if anyone like Bob saw a cut of the film before release with the line, or like us, got it from the trailer too.
I was never for Mel Gibson, and yeah, I'd really like to just stop hearing about him. HIs next film sounds about as crazy as he's been lately. Crazy guy with a beaver puppet... ok, no thanks.
I'm actually wondering if the "Ninja's... damn" line is real or just clever editing of the audio for the trailer. I never saw the movie, I was going to, until I heard all the awful reviews. Then I just thought about the trailers I've seen, and it really feels like they edited it out that way, not that it's an actual line that got cut.
I don't know if anyone like Bob saw a cut of the film before release with the line, or like us, got it from the trailer too.