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[Moeez]

I found nothing else to disagree with, except with the MONSTERS bit. It was the only monster movie in years with good pacing of the monster (opposite: Cloverfield), with showing you just enough. The ending when the monsters are finally revealed, it was as awe-inspiring as first seeing the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Gareth Edwards nailed the mystique of the monsters, and I can't wait for similarly jaw-dropping scenes in GODZILLA.

If anything, everyone else should just see the ending of MONSTERS.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

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Well, the Hobbit is going to suck because it is a prequel and Hollywood hasn't made a good prequel since the second Godfather and Indiana Jones films :'(

 

[knhirt]

Well, the Hobbit is going to suck because it is a prequel and Hollywood hasn't made a good prequel since the second Godfather and Indiana Jones films :'(

I doubt it. The Hobbit is going to be fantastic, just you wait.

 

[Moeez]

I found nothing else to disagree with, except with the MONSTERS bit. It was the only monster movie in years with good pacing of the monster (opposite: Cloverfield), with showing you just enough. The ending when the monsters are finally revealed, it was as awe-inspiring as first seeing the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Gareth Edwards nailed the mystique of the monsters, and I can't wait for similarly jaw-dropping scenes in GODZILLA.

If anything, everyone else should just see the ending of MONSTERS.

The only thing I disagree with is - That you gotta actually sit through all of the film for the big monster ending to be enjoyable. I mean if I just skipped to the gas station without the perspective gained from all the chaos and tragedy leading up to it the ending wouldn't be as impressive or meaningful.

My bad, you're right. The ending is more meaningful with the rest of the movie. Otherwise, out-of-context the scene might just confuse viewers who have no idea that the monsters are

Spoiler

making love

! And also, it requires a second viewing to realise that the beginning

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is a direct continuation of the ending

which just makes the movie come full circle.

 

[CatmanStu]

I saw Inception last week for the first time and it left me with one overriding thought; Nolan can do no wrong.
Let me clarify that statement. He got tons of praise for The Dark Knight even though it had little characterisation, a very uneven dialogue to action beat ratio, ropey fight scene editing (obviously didn't learn from the first one) lacked cohesion and too many endings. It was a very entertaining movie with great dialogue but it wasn't the comic book masterpiece that a lot of people made it out to be. Then he made Inception, and what a giant load of self serving pretension that turned out to be. Convoluted beyond belief (no, I understood the plot), completely lacking in any charm or charisma, special effects that, although breathtaking, were as unnecessary as the whole of the 'snowy mountain fortress scene' and finishing off with the most trite end of film cliché it could have.
Then it goes and gets rave revues, so like I said; he can do no wrong.
Judging by the reaction too his 'Matrix for the pretentious', he could phone in the next Batman and people would still be queuing up to kiss his ignoble behind.

 

[ImSkeletor]

Im pissed that they got rid of Raimi. Spiderman 1 was well paced, had a decent story, and great acton. Spiderman 2 was very well paced, had a very good story, and great action. Then they totally screw over Raimi on the third one and boot him off the series and get someone who will follow their every command without question. WHAT THE HELL!

 

[Fusioncode9]

I don't understand how he's already thinking that Batman 3 will be a disappointment. We know very little about the project so where is this basis coming from. There are plenty of great sequels to great movies, Spider-man 2, X-2, Hellboy 2. Maybe its because its the third movie, and the third usually sucks. Still I think you should give it a chance rather than shooting it down before you even know what the movie is about.

 

[thublihnk]

Bob, I still don't understand why you or anyone else is so damned mad about this Spiderman reboot. Andrew Garfield is a fantastic actor, Emma Stone is lovable in everything she's in, the writer has a couple stinkers along with fucking ZODIAC on his resume, Marc Webb made a delightful romantic comedy(?). Sure, Raimi isn't helming anything anymore, but I never felt like his style or vision was showing on the screen all that much (especially after the first one became a mega-hit).

I'm much more anxious about The Avengers, but that's my personal bias against Joss Whedon showing through for the 818,932th time.

 

[RandV80]

All I can say is, who cares about the movies when we're getting an HBO series version of George R.R. Martins book A Game of Throwns this April! For me personally no movies can top that.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Well, the Hobbit is going to suck because it is a prequel and Hollywood hasn't made a good prequel since the second Godfather and Indiana Jones films :'(

I doubt it. The Hobbit is going to be fantastic, just you wait.

That is what we all said when the Phantom Menace came out, don't let your nostalgia cloud your judgement.

 

[Snowalker]

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YOU!...

I want to take you out back and make sweet love to you....

Ok, sorry, but thanks for posting all the things you said, you read my mind exactly, and encapsulated my entire thought on this thread. Thanks.

 

[JaredXE]

I'm glad that Raimi got canned by Sony. When hired to do a job in the way that the people with money want you to do it, YOU FUCKING DO IT! You don't sabotage your work and do it half-assed just because you don't like their ideas, you be a professional and do the best job you can.

Then count all the money you got paid for your work and anticipate another job from those folks whom you may think are idiots, but are the idiots with the money.

Raimi deserved to be canned, he did a shitty job with Spidey 3; it was so mangled in my opinion that it HAD to be done on purpose. I hope the reboot does well and that all the Raimi fans will shut the hell up.

Plus, the creepy kid from Pleasantville isn't in it, so already the movie is looking up.

 

[thublihnk]

Well, the Hobbit is going to suck because it is a prequel and Hollywood hasn't made a good prequel since the second Godfather and Indiana Jones films :'(

I doubt it. The Hobbit is going to be fantastic, just you wait.

That is what we all said when the Phantom Menace came out, don't let your nostalgia cloud your judgement.

That is a perfectly fair comparison, with absolutely no gaping holes in logic to be found whatsoever.

/sarcasm

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

MovieBob: I'm Sad Now

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Heath didn't die of a drug overdose. He had multiple doctors who didn't know what the others were giving him. It was the combinations of medications he took, not the amount. At least that's what the news was saying here when it happened.

 

[Littaly]

Why is it so bad that we don't get a Justice League movie? For starters I can't possibly pair up Superman or the Green Lantern with Nolan's Batman, that would just look silly. The only way to fix that would be rebooting Batman which would be even sillier. And besides, wouldn't that just kind of be a "let's panic-jump on the money wagon" kind of move? Trying to sow together a bunch of movies that were never meant to be sown together. I don't know, I can see a lot of reasons to be happy they aren't doing it.

 

[hansari]

Egh. On the plus side... I guess The Hobbit is still coming out, right?

Unless the hobbits in the film become a racially diverse rainbow...

 

[VanillaBean]

Look Bob at the end of the day you know what two films that were based off of comics came out this year that you loved? Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim. Truth be told I knew a whole lot of peole who had never heard of either of these franchises before the movies, and now you, me, and whole bunch of movie fans loved them; and you know the best part. They came to us. So while I understand that we geeks have alot of dissapointment coming at us, but at the end of the day its the little things like Kick-Ass, Scott Pilgrim, Splice, Moon, and all those other great films that ussually make our top ten lists of the year.

 

[MB202]

Being cynical sucks.

 

[Tarkand]

Personally I'm not so sure why people are so upset about the JLA thing.

I guess I don't subscribe to Bob's 'Campy is cool!' view when it comes to comics... but to me, the JLA is one of the worst idea from DC - it's a continuity nightmare and quite frankly, the whole idea that people like red/green arrow or Batman could still be around when the colleteral damage of some of the JLA fight involves entire city block getting leveled is ridiculous... I LOVE Batman is his own books, but when he's in the JLA, I can't stand him, he just shatters my suspension of disbelief... so the idea of seeing superman/batman on the big screen? Ugh.

Yes, I know Caps does it in the Avenger, but let's be frank, by the far the power level in DC is way higher (Superman, Green Lanter and even the Flash are basically 'cosmic being' when it comes to Marvel power level).

I'd much rather Nolan finish his vision of Batman and gives us a good Superman movie than have him work in some tie in... hell, you said yourself that Iron Man 2 was essentially a trailer for Avenger... ok... you think that has nothing to do with it being a much poorer movie than the first one? I don't.

I'm still going to line up to see The Avengers... but I don't expect it to be any good.

 

[camazotz]

Well it can always be worse, I think Batman 7( I think tis 7 now not counting the 60s tv films) will be more like beginnings ok but could have been better.

Spider man was a mess if 3 was not a train wreck it might could sustain the weight of further continuity, I liked the first film so in all I bet the new one will suck, unless they figure out that copying ultimate marvel crap is not the way to go....


A shame transformers needs a reboot and less junk heap designs..... lets follow the 80s TV plot a bit more minus the human focus on the stories....


Like I said in another thread mixing batman and super man is easy enough but the way hollywood dose things it will suck.....

Batman 8 if you count the 60's film....maybe 10, 12 or higher if you also count the animated films....but not counting those, we have:

Batman (Campy 60's movie)
Batman (Burton 89 film)
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Batman Begins
Batman The Dark Knight
and the new one.

I know that one of the animated Batman films saw theatrical release (Shadow of the Bat? I forget the name now, remember seeing it in the theatre, though) but the rest were straight to video, I'm pretty sure.

/Batman trivia off