Pacific Rim

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[quote]Nards wrote:
I expect Pacific Rim will be good, as I like the director, but I also don’t like whenever a movie gets too dumb and people defend it saying “Dude! It’s a fucking movie…Don’t think too much and enjoy it.”

I mean I’m not some guy that watches goddamned French art films for fuck’s sake but if you just have stuff blow up for 45 minutes like I’m watching another guy play a video game then that movie failed at being entertaining in any way other than being phantasmagorical.[/quote]

I may wait for rental for this one. Cuz really, we gotta beat them in hand to hand? Cant we blow them up or infect them with something?

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[quote]Love Nike wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:
I expect Pacific Rim will be good, as I like the director, but I also don’t like whenever a movie gets too dumb and people defend it saying “Dude! It’s a fucking movie…Don’t think too much and enjoy it.”

I mean I’m not some guy that watches goddamned French art films for fuck’s sake but if you just have stuff blow up for 45 minutes like I’m watching another guy play a video game then that movie failed at being entertaining in any way other than being phantasmagorical.[/quote]

I may wait for rental for this one. Cuz really, we gotta beat them in hand to hand? Cant we blow them up or infect them with something?

[/quote]
Like with AIDS? That would take to long.

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[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

[quote]Love Nike wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:
I expect Pacific Rim will be good, as I like the director, but I also don’t like whenever a movie gets too dumb and people defend it saying “Dude! It’s a fucking movie…Don’t think too much and enjoy it.”

I mean I’m not some guy that watches goddamned French art films for fuck’s sake but if you just have stuff blow up for 45 minutes like I’m watching another guy play a video game then that movie failed at being entertaining in any way other than being phantasmagorical.[/quote]

I may wait for rental for this one. Cuz really, we gotta beat them in hand to hand? Cant we blow them up or infect them with something?

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Like with AIDS? That would take to long.[/quote]

haha! wasn’t thinking that. Doesn’t the Hunta virus act within 4 hours? They tell folks going to cabins to open the doors and wait 4 hours before entering because of the Hunta virus. Seems pretty quick to me.

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[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:
I expect Pacific Rim will be good, as I like the director, but I also don’t like whenever a movie gets too dumb and people defend it saying “Dude! It’s a fucking movie…Don’t think too much and enjoy it.”

I mean I’m not some guy that watches goddamned French art films for fuck’s sake but if you just have stuff blow up for 45 minutes like I’m watching another guy play a video game then that movie failed at being entertaining in any way other than being phantasmagorical.[/quote]

I agree. Iron Man 3, for example, was terrible.[/quote]

Oh man I liked Iron Man 3.

For me Man Of Steel is a perfect example…in many movies you’d wonder “How can anyone defeat this Zod character and how will they do it?”
Turns out the answer was indeed like a video game…punch and punch and punch and combo punch and kick kick left arrow left arrow up arrow up arrow etc.[/quote]

Finally saw Man Of Steel a couple of hours ago, I think I probably am somewhat in your corner Nards. I didn’t hate it so much as the critical consensus, but I thought it was pretty empty and very unfulfilled. I’ll have a review up soon in the Even More Movies thread.

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Well, at least I’m not alone…

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[quote]Nards wrote:
Well, at least I’m not alone…[/quote]

(I refuse to put Celine Dion’s version)

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[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

[quote]Love Nike wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:
I expect Pacific Rim will be good, as I like the director, but I also don’t like whenever a movie gets too dumb and people defend it saying “Dude! It’s a fucking movie…Don’t think too much and enjoy it.”

I mean I’m not some guy that watches goddamned French art films for fuck’s sake but if you just have stuff blow up for 45 minutes like I’m watching another guy play a video game then that movie failed at being entertaining in any way other than being phantasmagorical.[/quote]

I may wait for rental for this one. Cuz really, we gotta beat them in hand to hand? Cant we blow them up or infect them with something?

[/quote]
Like with AIDS? That would take to long.[/quote]

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[quote]Nards wrote:
Well, at least I’m not alone…[/quote]

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[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:
This film smells so much like a childs movie that I doubt Ill waste money on it. All it will be is all the traditional landmarks getting smashed, all the typical “TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH!” and gung-ho warrior attitude prevalent in so many action films these days.

Fights go bad then they get the upperhand, surprisingly we win? Nah, wont waste my money.[/quote]

This describes Predator, Die Hard, Aliens, and just about every great action movie from the 80’s and 90’s as well (minus landmarks getting destroyed). Yes, there is a formula. But it’s a pretty good one.

TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH! [/quote]

Did you seriously compare Predator and Aliens to Die Hard and pacific Rim? oh my lord seriously!

Two films involved the outright beatdown of humans (not the USA I may add) and the other was a cop in the wrong place but had a knack for pissing off German terrorists.

Die Hard humoured the overbearing gung-ho response however.
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  1. I didn’t compare them at a specific level, rather generalized them as action movies that have the same story arch you seem to despise and deem childish…
  2. The main characters in Predator were CIA & US Army Specialists (AKA Americans). The main characters in Aliens sure sounded like Americans.

TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH![/quote]

Predator was able to kick the crap out of the US special forces and was dispatching plenty of other different nationals as it went along.
Same goes for Aliens. So no Team America did not go fuck yeah.[/quote]

  1. Win or lose, TEAM AMERICA IS ALWAYS FUCK YEAH.
  2. You just agreed with my argument that the good guys got their ass kicked but ended up winning int the end.
  3. Who’s jizzing on themselves? Just looks like a good, albeit unrealistic, summer blockbuster.
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Team GB is more liked around the world, jus sayin.

I did not agree with your argument, you had no argument goig. You just stated US military units were in Predator and Aliens and I merely stated they got an ass kicking. Neither won by the way.

All but one was wiped out and the enemy still exist. So by that reckoning sending in 100,000 marines into Iran and only 10,000 making it out alive and intact is a victory?

hmmm

Iron Man 3 was touted as a huge blockbuster, as was Man of Steel and people on this very forum were going gag over it but hey look, now they know it didnt live up to their hype they’re setting themselves up for another dose of it.

And people say hype doesn’t sell…

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[quote]Love Nike wrote:

i am confused. You can beat the monsters to death but we cant fire missiles?[/quote]

Yes - this is explained in the film’s mythology - the Kaiju blood is extremely toxic - so blasting them to bits with a missile would contaminate the entire area for decades.

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[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:
This film smells so much like a childs movie that I doubt Ill waste money on it. All it will be is all the traditional landmarks getting smashed, all the typical “TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH!” and gung-ho warrior attitude prevalent in so many action films these days.

Fights go bad then they get the upperhand, surprisingly we win? Nah, wont waste my money.[/quote]

You would get along with this dude:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/pacific-rim-movie-review-article-1.1394526[/quote]

You’re a grown man with a hard on for a childs movie that looks exactly like transformers crossed with godzilla.

Where is that Emperor gif.[/quote]

Says a clown with the screen name “Harry Potter”…LMAO at the irony.

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Just looked for Harry’s pictures - what a surprise - doesn’t have any! Who wants to bet me that Harry here wouldn’t dare say shit to SN about being a “grown man with a hard on for a kids movie” anywhere else but on the Internet?!

Who wants to bet that “Harry” would sit in the corner like the huge pussy he is and not say fucking SHIT to a guy like SN?

LMAO…Christ these Internet shitbags never cease to amaze mw with their pussy-behavior.

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[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:

[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]harrypotter wrote:
This film smells so much like a childs movie that I doubt Ill waste money on it. All it will be is all the traditional landmarks getting smashed, all the typical “TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH!” and gung-ho warrior attitude prevalent in so many action films these days.

Fights go bad then they get the upperhand, surprisingly we win? Nah, wont waste my money.[/quote]

This describes Predator, Die Hard, Aliens, and just about every great action movie from the 80’s and 90’s as well (minus landmarks getting destroyed). Yes, there is a formula. But it’s a pretty good one.

TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH! [/quote]

Did you seriously compare Predator and Aliens to Die Hard and pacific Rim? oh my lord seriously!

Two films involved the outright beatdown of humans (not the USA I may add) and the other was a cop in the wrong place but had a knack for pissing off German terrorists.

Die Hard humoured the overbearing gung-ho response however.
[/quote]

  1. I didn’t compare them at a specific level, rather generalized them as action movies that have the same story arch you seem to despise and deem childish…
  2. The main characters in Predator were CIA & US Army Specialists (AKA Americans). The main characters in Aliens sure sounded like Americans.

TEAM AMERICA FUCK YEAH![/quote]

Predator was able to kick the crap out of the US special forces and was dispatching plenty of other different nationals as it went along.
Same goes for Aliens. So no Team America did not go fuck yeah.[/quote]

  1. Win or lose, TEAM AMERICA IS ALWAYS FUCK YEAH.
  2. You just agreed with my argument that the good guys got their ass kicked but ended up winning int the end.
  3. Who’s jizzing on themselves? Just looks like a good, albeit unrealistic, summer blockbuster.
    [/quote]

Team GB is more liked around the world, jus sayin.

I did not agree with your argument, you had no argument goig. You just stated US military units were in Predator and Aliens and I merely stated they got an ass kicking. Neither won by the way.

All but one was wiped out and the enemy still exist. So by that reckoning sending in 100,000 marines into Iran and only 10,000 making it out alive and intact is a victory?

hmmm

Iron Man 3 was touted as a huge blockbuster, as was Man of Steel and people on this very forum were going gag over it but hey look, now they know it didnt live up to their hype they’re setting themselves up for another dose of it.

And people say hype doesn’t sell…[/quote]

Who the fuck cares about being more “liked”? Okay, GB is more liked. You’re less hated because you’re insignificant.

And yes, you did agree with my argument. Its a fucking movie moron - I’m not comparing it to real life

And yes, I have to agree about the assessment of the irony of you calling SN a child. He looks like a fucking man to me.

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Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.[/quote]
Wait SN you want us to believe that you are an accomplished adult father and enjoy something in life? Something that is “childish”.

Wow

Why would you do that? You are supposed to be unhappy and hate everything.

Grow up sir

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.[/quote]

Having a better excuse to watch cartoons is honestly one of the things I am most looking forward to about having children. And if left to my own devices I will still put it on an X-Men, Batman, or Spiderman cartoon. If a someone thinks that me liking cartoons makes me less of a man, honestly I don’t really give two shits. Any body who cant get some joy out of simple things like that probably is just insecure so they have to act “mature” at all times.

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There’s nothing wrong with child-oriented films provided that they have some passion and value behind them, I go back and watch one of the Toy Story films (I alternate) every April, I’m a sucker for kids films if I can take something out of it. I hear Pacific Rim is good as an action movie and one of the more fun of the year, I assume most will enjoy it along with a small (relatively at least, still large) portion of people that don’t, if it isn’t for one person, but it thoroughly entertains another, then what’s the problem here?

Sometimes I find myself too critical of the choices and opinions of other people when it comes to cinema, and I’m trying harder to let go of that habit, because I recognise it’s negatives.

Steel is going to watch the movie, and I am going to watch the movie, and if we both enjoy the movie, then we’ll talk about how we enjoyed the movie. If you’re not into it Potter then by all means voice your criticisms, but hold off and see it first before making a condemning judgement about someone expressly looking forward to it.

What may seem like a dumb action movie on the surface may hold strong significance when it’s looked deeper into, and even if it’s not it could still be incredibly entertaining. I expect this to be a movie that people go to see to get entertained, and if they end up entertained, then it’s done it’s job and been successful, in which case there’s nothing wrong with it.

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[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.[/quote]

Having a better excuse to watch cartoons is honestly one of the things I am most looking forward to about having children. And if left to my own devices I will still put it on an X-Men, Batman, or Spiderman cartoon. If a someone thinks that me liking cartoons makes me less of a man, honestly I don’t really give two shits. Any body who cant get some joy out of simple things like that probably is just insecure so they have to act “mature” at all times. [/quote]

One side benefit of becoming a parent is being able to shop for and play with action figures agains…

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[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.[/quote]

Having a better excuse to watch cartoons is honestly one of the things I am most looking forward to about having children. And if left to my own devices I will still put it on an X-Men, Batman, or Spiderman cartoon. If a someone thinks that me liking cartoons makes me less of a man, honestly I don’t really give two shits. Any body who cant get some joy out of simple things like that probably is just insecure so they have to act “mature” at all times. [/quote]

One side benefit of becoming a parent is being able to shop for and play with action figures agains…
[/quote]
All my kids are grown, but I still walk down and push every button on the toy aisle.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

Take it easy fellas. What he said wasn’t that bad (he didn’t call me a child; read it again), and what he said is mostly true. I am a grown man and I do have a raging hard-on for this movie. Seriously, you could hang drapes from it (really narrow ones anyhow).

I might debate calling it a child’s movie, but then again my 11 yr old son is pretty fucking fired up about it too. He will definitely like it more than I will, as is the case with most movies lately. Nothing wrong with liking kid stuff in my book though.[/quote]
Wait SN you want us to believe that you are an accomplished adult father and enjoy something in life? Something that is “childish”.

Wow

Why would you do that? You are supposed to be unhappy and hate everything.

Grow up sir[/quote]

Haha yeah I still want to be a rock star when I grow up dude. This engineering thing is just my fallback plan.