[quote]mahwah wrote:
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My body is readyā¦ still so far away =[
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
Pains me to put down Batman in favour of Superman, always thought Superman was too much of a wussy golden-boy limited by his divine righteousness to really be efficient, but people eat that kind of stuff up. I kind of wish thereād be a superhero movie where human beings are just the kind of crotchety, impatient arseholes weād expect them to be, with the superhero up and deciding not to deal with all their whiny bullshit. I think thatās why I hope we never see a superior and more intelligent alien race, at least not until we get our shit together.[/quote]
Wasnāt that basically Hancock? I mean sure he eventually got his shit together, but before that he was a horrible drunk who destroyed everything he touched and only āsavedā people out of his own annoyance.
Up through the bank scene it was a great movie 
After that it went down hill.
[quote]corstijeir wrote:
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
Pains me to put down Batman in favour of Superman, always thought Superman was too much of a wussy golden-boy limited by his divine righteousness to really be efficient, but people eat that kind of stuff up. I kind of wish thereād be a superhero movie where human beings are just the kind of crotchety, impatient arseholes weād expect them to be, with the superhero up and deciding not to deal with all their whiny bullshit. I think thatās why I hope we never see a superior and more intelligent alien race, at least not until we get our shit together.[/quote]
Wasnāt that basically Hancock? I mean sure he eventually got his shit together, but before that he was a horrible drunk who destroyed everything he touched and only āsavedā people out of his own annoyance.
Up through the bank scene it was a great movie After that it went down hill.[/quote]
Yes youāre right, Iād forgotten about that one. Hated Hancock though, subplot was ridiculous, I think it kind of petered off for me after the first twenty minutes or so.
I wish they could make that kind of premise work, instead of these superheroes being on a morally high pedestal all the time, I think thatās why I prefer villains sometimes, they just donāt deal with the shit the general population bitch and moan about.
Oh man, the reception for Man Of Steel has been abysmal for superhero blockbuster standards. Apparently itās even worse than I thought it could be when I had my apprehensions. Looks like even Christopher Nolanās guidance wasnāt enough to make this good. Will still be watching it for myself when itās out for personal judgement.
I was really hoping this would be something spectacular, apparently notā¦
[quote]mahwah wrote:
Awesome. I donāt care how overwrought it is, I fucking loved the first one, and I will love this just as much if not more.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
Awesome. I donāt care how overwrought it is, I fucking loved the first one, and I will love this just as much if not more.[/quote]
Agree completely. Looking forward to Beornās appearance.
Man of Steel was a good time at the theater. Without Giving away anything. I had images of the Matrix, Zod is very Hitleresque, and the fight scenes are not of God-Superman but more like Hulk pissed off. And I enjoyed the fuck out of all of it.
A new film featuring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in the lead roles directed by Alfonso Cuaron (Children Of Men,Prisoner Of Azkhaban, Y Tu Mama Tambien). Itās interesting to see these kinds of boxed in films where the action takes place with a very limited cast in a relatively small set area, leading to the greater importance of dialogue and metaphysical issues as a frontrunner for those types of film.
Gravity looks visually striking, and from a very promising director that I do not doubt will be able to make this work wonders, sadly prior arrangements didnāt allow him to quite get the cast that he was hoping for, but Cuaron is much the kind of person to not be phased under intense pressure and will surely be able to mould and shape this into something great regardless.
I expect this to come out much more like a ā127 hoursā than an āOpen Waterā, but we will have to wait until later in the year to see.
[quote]four60 wrote:
Man of Steel was a good time at the theater. Without Giving away anything. I had images of the Matrix, Zod is very Hitleresque, and the fight scenes are not of God-Superman but more like Hulk pissed off. And I enjoyed the fuck out of all of it.[/quote]
Agreed. I came away very satisfied with the experience.
So the Catching Fire trailer has shown up now. What I really donāt like is that the directorās seat is resting under Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine, Water For Elephants) instead of the director of the first film, Gary Ross (Dave, Big, Pleasantville, Lassie).
For obvious reasons this is a bad omen for how Catching Fire might turn out if history repeats itself, Francis Lawrence has made some very mediocre films so far in his career, and to entrust him with the next three movies in the franchise seems like an awful idea. His affinity for action and romance has been displayed, but never to nearly an appreciable degree, and I find it especially hard to expect something good to come of this when heās forced to mash both of those together in a project such as this.
I enjoyed the first film, I am not a strong fan and I have never read the books, but I appreciated the first film for what it is. It had some flaws, or rather took a path that may not have been quite as satisfying as another darker, grittier one; however I understand that to some extent given the market they were trying to appeal to, it was a good decision financially and did not bring the film down into bad territories. I liked the first, I expect I shall not like all the subsequent ones unless they reconsider the director after Catching Fire (should it pan as much as I should think it will), however I shall still go see it for the sake of review.
Scorseseās newest venture with DiCaprio into the lavish and debaucherous lifestyle of Wall Street elites and the corruption of the stockbrokerās system. Looks like heās taking a very humorous angle in this, hot off the heels of The Great Gatsby I have no doubt that DiCaprio has found himself comfortable in this type of role and we can expect to see some very impressive acting by him, but Iām not sure if the trailer gives this something to really stand on aside from some semi-stupid jokes.
I donāt think it will be a bad film just by virtue of Scorsese and DiCaprio being involved, but it just seems as if thereās something missing from all of this, some impressive piece of acting or expressions of anger and fear from DiCaprio outside of the sunshine and roses of his Wall Street career. The cast looks very well done, McConaughey has proven himself lately as a very capable actor both inside and outside of comedies, Jonah Hill of course is very experienced with comedy roles and when DiCaprio and Scorsese start picking up speed, we know something brilliant can come of it. Maybe this will be one of his best with DiCaprio in the lead and stand up to the likes of āThe Aviatorā, or it will just slinker along like a āShutter Islandā and weāll be left wishing there was a lot more outside of the stereotype jokes.
Release is in late November, we shall see then.
The Attack is a new film by Ziad Doueiri, telling the story of an Israeli-Palestinian surgeon who has to deal with his wifeās alleged involvement in the wake of a suicide bombing, he sets out to find the truth behind whether the allegations are really true, and what kind of dark secrets his wife may have been hiding.
Releasing on the 21st of this month, The Attack has already premiered at numerous film festivals and received wide critical acclaim. Iāve had a lot of interest in Doueiriās film-making career (however short, only three including this one) due to his work as a cameraman on many of Tarantinoās films before deciding to make them himself. West Beirut is an astounding film by him and implore anyone with an interest in this to first check that out, to gather an idea of his level of directive expertise.
The Attack is based on a book by an Algerian man named Yasmina Khadra, I have not read the book myself, but from what I have heard the film does a far better job of recreating itās events and expressing Khadraās original message. I will definitely be looking out for this one in the near future, anyone who enjoys dark political/religious films should also be keeping this one in their memory.
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
Release is in late November, we shall see then.[/quote]
SOLD!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOLD!!! IāM INā¦FUGAZIE
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
Release is in late November, we shall see then.[/quote]
SOLD!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOLD!!! IāM INā¦FUGAZIE[/quote]
I really hope that this takes more of a darker turn in the film and DiCaprioās character gets caught in a real bad place for a while, the one scene where heās crawling along the floor with horror and pain on his face lead me to believe that might happen, but itās not as inclusive in the trailer to really sell me off on that.
Even if it does stay a comedy (which I wouldnāt expect from Scorsese), it might be pretty funny.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
[quote]mahwah wrote:
Awesome. I donāt care how overwrought it is, I fucking loved the first one, and I will love this just as much if not more.[/quote]
Yeah, I agree. Canāt wait for the new one. The first one set it up nicely, so now I am really looking forward to more action in this one. I donāt care how long the movies are, they are done so well, I donāt even notice it.
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
Scorseseās newest venture with DiCaprio into the lavish and debaucherous lifestyle of Wall Street elites and the corruption of the stockbrokerās system. Looks like heās taking a very humorous angle in this, hot off the heels of The Great Gatsby I have no doubt that DiCaprio has found himself comfortable in this type of role and we can expect to see some very impressive acting by him, but Iām not sure if the trailer gives this something to really stand on aside from some semi-stupid jokes.
I donāt think it will be a bad film just by virtue of Scorsese and DiCaprio being involved, but it just seems as if thereās something missing from all of this, some impressive piece of acting or expressions of anger and fear from DiCaprio outside of the sunshine and roses of his Wall Street career. The cast looks very well done, McConaughey has proven himself lately as a very capable actor both inside and outside of comedies, Jonah Hill of course is very experienced with comedy roles and when DiCaprio and Scorsese start picking up speed, we know something brilliant can come of it. Maybe this will be one of his best with DiCaprio in the lead and stand up to the likes of āThe Aviatorā, or it will just slinker along like a āShutter Islandā and weāll be left wishing there was a lot more outside of the stereotype jokes.
Release is in late November, we shall see then.[/quote]
That blonde in the movie is smoking hot.
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
So the Catching Fire trailer has shown up nowā¦
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Iām not sure; Iāve never read the books either and saw the first one off the back of all the hype surrounding it. I just thought it was mind-bogglingly shit; no / not enough background for the story or the characters was my main gripe, but I just felt like I sat there for 2 hours(?) waiting for something to happen to the characters I couldnāt care less about. It never did, and I left the cinema feeling like Iād wasted my time.
I think Iāll give this a miss until itās available online.
[quote]Grumpig Hunt wrote:
[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:
So the Catching Fire trailer has shown up nowā¦
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Iām not sure; Iāve never read the books either and saw the first one off the back of all the hype surrounding it. I just thought it was mind-bogglingly shit; no / not enough background for the story or the characters was my main gripe, but I just felt like I sat there for 2 hours(?) waiting for something to happen to the characters I couldnāt care less about. It never did, and I left the cinema feeling like Iād wasted my time.
I think Iāll give this a miss until itās available online.[/quote]
Yeah, I guess what lack of depth there was to the characters is dependent on it being unravelled through the subsequent films, but I thought the pacing and narrative flowed on pretty nicely considering that the meat and bones of the games themselves donāt start until at least halfway through the film. Itās imperfect, itās very light on the dark subtext it maybe should have had, and itās certainly no āBattle Royaleā, but I think character development played through nicely enough.
Especially outside of the mains, I really enjoy how they dropped into the supporting actors like Harrelson. It did a great job of promoting itās political message to a mass audience (whether most understood the message or not may be an issue though), and at the very least Iām sure we can all prefer it to the type of sludge that the Twilight movies are.
(Shout out to Battle Royale, love the shit out of that film.)
Some interesting things to look out for here.
I really enjoyed Enderās Game and it was one of the only books to really satiate me in my childhood, while I trust Ford and Kingsley to bring some very respectable acting capabilities to the film, I still have my strong apprehensions on whether it would be good or not.
Iāve gone somewhat into The Wolf Of Wall Street above, but I very much await itās release and will love to see another Scorsese/DiCaprio dynamic come to fruition.
Not quite sure how I feel about The Monuments Men, the cast is very satisfying, but Iām not sure if the film plot itself will have enough substance to really bring out their potential. However, Clooney has had some prominent success as a director in the past and so I remain split, but possibly leaning positive.
The Book Thief is to be directed by Brian Percival, a man with only a few credited works and a not so impressive debut, it saddens me because I love the book and I feel it has a massive amount of theatrical potential, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt as he has not yet set a trend as to whether his films will be bad or good on the majority, however I expect to be disappointed in some way or another with the result.
Serena sounds like it will be brilliant, and possibly my favourite of the entire list. I really love Cooper and Lawrenceās chemistry and theyāve both very much come into their own as admirable acting talent, directed by Susanne Bier, who so far has made a plethora of outstanding movies (and not once dropping to something particularly bad), I expect this to turn out wonderfully and definitely something to look out for in future.
If I Stay is also one that I expect will turn out to be among the upper end from this list. Even though the book itself is perhaps not the best one featured from the list (apparently still very good though), the inclusion of Chloe Grace Moretz in the lead role and R.J. Cutler as director leads me to believe that this will turn out wonderfully. I really enjoy Moretz as an actress when she pulls herself together and Cutler has already made two outstanding films, even if they have some years apart from each other and itās been half a decade since his last. I expect this to be great, and I will be looking out for more information.
The Spectacular Now is perhaps easier to recommend as it has already premiered at Sundance and opened to multiple respectable reviews, nearly all of which commend the film and the director. Iām already sure that I will enjoy this and itās calming to know that many top-end critics already have, will be watching this upon itās release.
For the others, I either know too little to come to an educated prediction, (havenāt read/heard of the books, very little details etc.) or I am not interested in and expect to be bad. But all of those listed, I will be waiting to see and if any really stand out I will review them in future.