Movies The Movie Thread! - Continuation [Archive]

Organizized

February 02, 2010, 01:19 PM

Wanna get some predictions/hopes up in this beatch? :tem

Best Picture
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Inglourious Basterds

Best Leading Actor
Prediction: Jeff Bridges
Rooting for: Jeff Bridges

Best Leading Actress
Prediction: Not seen enough of the nominees.
Rooting for: Gabourey Sidibe

Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: Christoph Waltz
Rooting for: Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress
Prediction: Mo'Nique
Rooting for: Mo'Nique

Best Directing
Prediction: James Cameron (Avatar)
Rooting for: Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Screenplay Written for the Screen
Prediction: Inglourious Basterds
Rooting for: Inglourious Basterds or A Serious Man

Best Screenplay from other Medium
Prediction: Up in the Air
Rooting for: Up in the Air

Best Cinematography
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Avatar

Best Music, Song
Prediction: Crazy Heart, "The Weary Kind"
Rooting for: The Princess and the Frog, "Down in New Orleans"

Best Music, Score
Prediction: Up
Rooting for: The Princess and the Frog... wait, that wasn't nominated? What the hell? Then no one deserves the award.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Does this category even need to exist? (Avatar, Avatar)

Best Animated Film
Prediction: Up
Rooting for: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

That's my thoughts. Lots of categories that I can't see how any common person would care about, so I skipped'em.. >_>

Weapon_X

February 02, 2010, 04:36 PM

lol :amuse ^ Was it any good Weapon_X??? :blink

It was awesome. You should see if for yourself, it's much better then reading an explanation of how good it was lol

Dive

February 02, 2010, 04:43 PM

Best Picture
Prediction: Up in the Air
Rooting for: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor
Prediction: George Clooney
Rooting for: George Clooney

Best Actress
Prediction: Meryl Streep
Rooting for: Gabourey Sidibe

Supporting Actor
Prediction: Matt Damon
Rooting for: Woody Harrelson

Best Actress
Prediction: Mo'Nique
Rooting for: Mo'Nique

Best Direction
Prediction: Quentin Tarantino
Rooting for: Kathryn Bigelow

Original Screenplay
Prediction: Inglorious Basterds
Rooting for: The Hurt Locker

Non-original Screenplay
Prediction: Up in the Air
Rooting for: Up in the Air

Cinematography
Prediction: Mauro Fiore (Avatar)
Rooting for: Mauro Fiore (Avatar)

Original Score
Prediction: Hans Zimmer
Rooting for: Hans Zimmer

Original Song
Prediction: Down in New Orleans (Princess and the Frog)
Rooting for: Down in New Orleans (Princess and the Frog)

Best Animated Film
Prediction: Up
Rooting for: The Princess and the Frog

February 02, 2010, 04:49 PM

Spider-man 3 is no.50?! I know it wasn't good but fuck me, there had to me worst films out there... but yeah Batman and Robin sucked, I still don't like the idea of major Hollywood stars playing superheroes...it's not believable.

As anyone seen Studio Ghibli's Ponyo? Saw it this week; very good film, I'd recommend it.
On the other hand I also saw Dorian Gray, not so good.

So you don't like the new Batman movies? :blink

goldb

February 02, 2010, 05:00 PM

@3cmm: with Batman being the exception. They really played with the old Batmans till they were bored. Same goes with Catwoman.
Will put up my Oscar predictions later on, everyone's welcomed to do one too :).
Btw, what's everyone's favourite Studio Ghibli movie?

Dive

February 02, 2010, 05:05 PM

By strictly Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies. By strictly Miyazaki, Princess Mononoke.

February 02, 2010, 05:14 PM

Best Picture
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Avatar

Best Leading Actor
Prediction: Jeff Bridges
Rooting for: Morgan Freeman

Best Leading Actress
Prediction: Sandra Bullock
Rooting for: Gabourey Sidibe

Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: Christoph Waltz
Rooting for: Christoph Waltz

Best Directing
Prediction: James Cameron (Avatar)
Rooting for: James Cameron (Avatar)

Best Screenplay Written for the Screen
Prediction: The Hurt Locker
Rooting for: The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay from other Medium
Prediction: Up in the Air
Rooting for: District 9

Best Cinematography
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Avatar

Best Music, Song
Prediction: "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
Rooting for: "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart

Best Music, Score
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Avatar

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar should take this one so easily that it isn't even funny. The first thing I thought to myself after watching it in 3D was "Lol this is an easy Oscar"

I can't be arsed with the rest :p

CBlitz

February 02, 2010, 05:45 PM

eh, Avatar isn't pretentious enough to win Best Picture >__>

I personally think that either Up in The Air or The Hurt Locker will take it.

Dive

February 02, 2010, 06:11 PM

eh, Avatar isn't pretentious enough to win Best Picture >__>

Because West Side Story and Rocky are pretentious. ;)

kaliayev

February 03, 2010, 12:55 AM

eh, Avatar isn't good enough to win Best Picture

Avatar is just FernGully with excellent graphics. Nothing with such an unoriginal plot deserves to win Best Picture.

juUnior

February 03, 2010, 05:52 AM

Best Picture
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Anything else besides Avatar <I would take on Inglourious Basterds or The Hurt Locker>

Best Leading Actor
Prediction: Morgan Freeman
Rooting for: Jeff Bridges

Best Leading Actress
Prediction: Sandra Bullock
Rooting for: Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: Have no idea xd
Rooting for: Woody Harrelson

Best Supporting Actress
Prediction: Penélope Cruz
Rooting for: Penélope Cruz

Best Directing
Prediction: James Cameron (Avatar)
Rooting for: Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Screenplay Written for the Screen
Prediction: The Hurt Locker
Rooting for: The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay from other Medium
Prediction: Up in the Air
Rooting for: District 9

Best Cinematography
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Inglourious Basterds

Best Music, Song
Prediction: "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
Rooting for: "The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart

Best Achievement in Editing
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Avatar

Best Music, Score
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: Sherlock Holmes

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Like 3cmm said: "Avatar should take this one so easily that it isn't even funny. The first thing I thought to myself after watching it in 3D was "Lol this is an easy Oscar""

Best Animated Feature Film
Prediction: don't know
Rooting for: The Princess and the Frog <hell, if Disney's film would won they would still do the old good fashion way films, even considering that it didn't match they expecations in boxoffice, but if they would win Oscar, maybe they would rereconsider they decision ^^>

February 03, 2010, 10:03 AM

Avatar is just FernGully with excellent graphics. Nothing with such an unoriginal plot deserves to win Best Picture.

Err, I wonder why it's nominated then?

Best picture is not solely based on the story. It's basically an award given to the picture that overall is the best. Avatar's production was thousand fold more complicated than pictures like The Hurt Locker. It's not even funny how much more Avatar deserves an Oscar than Hurt Locker, which basically was made in a year if I'd guess. There's an ASSLOAD of work behind Avatar, and despite the story being rather "normal and cliche" it's a very complete picture. Everything about it is great (perhaps except the cliche story).

Again, it's nominated, so obviously it deserves to win even if another film might deserve it more in the Oscar comitee's minds.

Dive

February 03, 2010, 11:31 AM

There's an ASSLOAD of work behind Avatar, and despite the story being rather "normal and cliche" it's a very complete picture. Everything about it is great (perhaps except the cliche story).

By that logic, my marching band should have gone to State every year. We worked harder, longer, than other marching bands in the State, but we never got too far. Our shows were just as clean as the others, we had just as good as musicians, we chose just as hard, if not harder, music, and our visuals were just as good. We were just as complete as everyone else, but we were overshadowed.

You might work hard at something, but that doesn't mean you always come out on top.

kaliayev

February 03, 2010, 04:11 PM

Err, I wonder why it's nominated then?

Best picture is not solely based on the story. It's basically an award given to the picture that overall is the best. Avatar's production was thousand fold more complicated than pictures like The Hurt Locker. It's not even funny how much more Avatar deserves an Oscar than Hurt Locker, which basically was made in a year if I'd guess. There's an ASSLOAD of work behind Avatar, and despite the story being rather "normal and cliche" it's a very complete picture. Everything about it is great (perhaps except the cliche story).

Again, it's nominated, so obviously it deserves to win even if another film might deserve it more in the Oscar comitee's minds.

Why is it nominated? Because, there are now ten slots and the Oscars generally cater to certain demographics. In regards to the demographics, you rarely see certain genres, despite incredibly strong films, receive nominations and massive blockbuster successes typically overrun the categories. In regards to the the slots, if there were still only five slots on the list, as I think there should be (since it has been expanded to ten and may even go beyond, just about any great film from a given year has a valid case for being on it. For example, where is 500 Days of Summer or Zombieland), I highly doubt that Avatar would be on the Best Picture list. However, that doesn't mean I think it should be excluded from other categories. Clearly, it deserves to be in, and will probably win, the Visual Effects, Director, and Film Editing categories. However, overall, the film isn't strong enough to win Best Picture. You see something similar with Up. It's in both Best Picture and Best Animated Feature. However, it's only going to win one of those because its strength lies in one category and not the other. That is why those categories exist. They recognize the specific strengths that contributed to the success of certain films that have large weaknesses in other areas.

Despite however much effort or ingenuity, for its time, went into Avatar, it simply isn't a film that will stand the test of time. As visual effects continue to improve over the next 5-10 years, you probably won't continue to espouse the wondrousness of Avatar. It is an incredible feat for its time, but it is no sci-fi masterpiece like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Solaris, etc.

Picture
Prediction: Hurt Locker
Rooting for: Hurt Locker or Inglorious Basterds

Directing
Prediction: James Cameron
Rooting for: Quentin Tarantino

Actor
Prediction: Jeff Bridges
Rooting for: meh

Actress
Prediction: Gabourey Sidibe
Rooting for: Gabourey Sidibe

Supporting Actor
Prediction: Woody Harrelson
Rooting for: Christoph Waltz

Supporting Actress
Prediction: Mo'nique (hahaha)
Rooting for: Vera Farmiga

Original Screenplay
Prediction: The Messenger
Rooting for: Inglorious Basterds

Adapted Screenplay
Prediction: Precious
Rooting for: In the Loop

Animated Feature Film
Prediction: Up
Rooting for: Coraline

Documentary Feature
Prediction: Food, Inc.
Rooting for: Food, Inc.

Film Editing
Prediction: Avatar
Rooting for: meh

Visual Effects
Prediction and rooting for: Avatar...Period

Rainier

February 06, 2010, 10:55 PM

Anyone who want's to know why Avatar's history is not that great click here:
http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/avatar-plot-fail.jpg
IMO it was a good movie, but not that great. Is kind of like Pocahontas meets the Matrix.

Has anyone watched the documentary ''Objectified''? It's about Industrial design, It's pretty good, specially if you are into fields that have to do anything with design, such as Engineering and architecture; and also if you ever wonder how some things are build.

Objectified is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design. Its a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. Its about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. Its about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. Its about our relationship to mass-produced objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
Here's the trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a168fVO10Vo

Bugzee

February 08, 2010, 12:55 AM

It was awesome. You should see if for yourself, it's much better then reading an explanation of how good it was lol

:tem Cool! I've watched a couple of trailers and it seems to be a good movie, so I'll defintely check it out very soon! :thumbs

Oh yea, lol I finally watched Avatar! :nuts It's a good movie. The animation, graphics and sound effects are amazing throughout the movie! I thought the story was solid. :) Some very touching scenes as well. :s I still think the movie is extremely over-rated :darn and it was hyped in the same manner as 2012......and that was 100% bs. :barf

Overall, yes Avatar is worth paying *:shifty* for to watch in the movies..:p....makesure you watch it in 3D!!!! :D

Kusachu

February 09, 2010, 01:30 AM

HAHA! i am actually proud to say that of the 50 worst, I have only seen a handful of them. But I gotta say, I liked Howard the Duck...when i was like 10. I don't think I'll be watching it ever again though.

And Spiderman 3 should be higher on the list. Which is funny because Spiderman 2 is probably on my shortlist of best films ever. Curious how they could be so far apart. Raimi shouldn't have douched one of my favorite villains ever. :notrust And WTF was the Sandman doing in that movie in the first place? Talk about a useless addition!! Cut him out and give Venom the respect he deserves you weenies!! /bitter

goldb

February 09, 2010, 08:46 AM

Yeah Spiderman had too many villains and they weren't used properly. His plan to please the fans failed miserably.

juUnior

February 09, 2010, 10:39 AM

And Spiderman 3 should be higher on the list. Which is funny because Spiderman 2 is probably on my shortlist of best films ever. Curious how they could be so far apart. Raimi shouldn't have douched one of my favorite villains ever.
True. But it's not fault of Raimi - he wanted to made the movie solely with Sandman and Green Goblin jr. aka New Goblin <lol>, without Venom; it was strictly the decision of Sony that Raimi was somewhat forced to do the movie with Venom too ^^" The fault is on the side of Sony <but I also don't like the attitude of Raimi :x How could he told everyone that he doesn't want Venom or any other symbiote in the Spidey movies because he doesn't like them :x> It's because of Sony that Raimi isn't doing the Spidey 4 movie and there's a re-boot of the series. I don't know what to think about it - from one hand I wanted different director to Spidey movies, but I didn't wanted a re-boot of the "new" series right now. But I can change my mind later on :p

btw. but I like that Sony would like to do Venom spin-off movie - that's quite cool idea and if done right, fans of Venom - rejoice madafaka! xDXD

Kusachu

February 11, 2010, 12:16 AM

Ah I see, thanks. I didn't know that Raimi didn't want Venom in the movie. But he still didn't have to make him suck ass. :notrust I mean, I love Raimi's movies in general, so when I watched Spiderman 3, after having such high expectations after part 2, I was just disgusted and wanted to wipe my ass with the original film reel. :facepalm And I'm not sure about the revamping of Spiderman now. Plus I heard they wanted to make a movie about Carnage as a good guy... :darn

Carnage? A good guy? Protagonist I can understand and probably like, but a GOOD GUY?!? *Summons wussy part 3 Darth Vader* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Dive

February 11, 2010, 03:05 PM

*Summons wussy part 3 Darth Vader* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

;)

Weapon_X

February 11, 2010, 07:20 PM

Went to see the Wolf man. What a let down. I thought it would be something similar to Van Helsing. -_-; So shit.

Rainier

February 11, 2010, 10:00 PM

Tomorrow I'm having a Movie Night, lol. Some of my friend and I will watch ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (which is totally awesome) and ''Sherlock Holmes'', which I know I'm going to like because EVERYONE has told me it's awesome.

Anyways, I'll comment about it once the movie night is over!

CBlitz

February 11, 2010, 11:59 PM

Went to see the Wolf man. What a let down. I thought it would be something similar to Van Helsing. -_-; So shit.

dude van hellsing was shit, Wolf man was great

goldb

February 12, 2010, 04:50 AM

what about that Solomon Kane movie? Is if even out yet? That seems more like Van Helsing than anything.

juUnior

February 12, 2010, 04:58 AM

Carnage? A good guy? Protagonist I can understand and probably like, but a GOOD GUY?!? *Summons wussy part 3 Darth Vader* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
xDXDXD
Carnage doesn't suit pg13 films anyway xD

So Wolf man - 1 vote for yes and 1 vote for no. I'm going to see this movie, and I have high expectations as a nice semi-horror film with awesome special effects, and not to mention Del Toro as Wolf man <3, Anthony Hopkins and so on :p

Kusachu

February 13, 2010, 12:35 AM

The cast alone makes me want to see Wolfman. There can't be too many movies that turn out like The Happening can there?? >___<

Paper

February 13, 2010, 06:43 AM

Just saw Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief; I only have five words to to describe it: I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

It felt like I was watching the bastard child of the Harry Potter franchise and the X-Men franchise, but all wrong and with tons of plot holes.

goldb

February 13, 2010, 12:14 PM

looool sorry to hear bout that paperman. Every review I read said it was some Harry Potter rip off, I won't see it. I didnt know much bout the story but I know it involved the Greek mythology somehow. I really wanna see more movies on Greek mythologies, it'd be awesome.

Yagami Light

February 13, 2010, 01:11 PM

I can't wait for Shutter Island. It looks awesome as hell.

Anybody else looking forward to it?

Organizized

February 13, 2010, 01:19 PM

Hell yeah! My friend is going to see it on Friday at the premiere but I can't go. :(

Damnit, I was hyping this movie so much last year, already having waited for a new Scorsese movie for so long (well, at least like two-three years.. not counting Shine A Light) and then it was postponed. Soon the wait is over, finally~~!

Paper

February 13, 2010, 03:00 PM

@Goldb- Well, we have Clash of the Titans to look forward to...

goldb

February 13, 2010, 05:07 PM

@paperman: yeah I just read the synopsis and it looks good and has a good cast, I hope they do it justice. I can't wait to see it.

Kusachu

February 13, 2010, 06:59 PM

Rainier

February 13, 2010, 10:08 PM

Ok, my friends and I watched ''Sherlock Holmes'' and it was pretty awesome. There's a special feel that movies like that leave in you after you watch it.

We also watched ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', as I stated before, the movie is one of my favorites of 2009 and hell, I thought seeing it again would bore me but sure as hell it didnt!

goldb

February 15, 2010, 06:36 AM

I just saw the trailer for Alice in Wonderlan, Robin Hood and Clash of the Titans; looks good. Tim Burton really is on he's own level, I'm looking forward to his very unique adaptation of Alice. Clash of the Titans looks promising, fingers crossed.

Imperium

February 15, 2010, 10:22 PM

I just watched this film Chin-gu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_(2001_film)). Its a south korean film and i found it just awesome. I couldnt recommend it enough. The wiki is a spoiler and there really isnt a summary but its about 4 friends and their relationship as they grow up.

Im slightly dazed as well, i dont know if its from the flims awesomeness or because its 4am...

Weapon_X

February 16, 2010, 08:49 PM

Clash of the Titans looks sick!!!! Fuck yeah! Can't wait to see this! :XD

I love Greek Mythology...so interesting.

Kusachu

February 17, 2010, 12:01 AM

Man! I was reading Game Informer and some lame douchebag had the balls to say that Clash of the Titans was a rip off of God of War. Seriously? Does that douche not KNOW ABOUT CLASH OF THE TITANS??

I hope he was talking about a game and graphics and not the movie because Clash of the Titans is the one and only O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L!

Well, the original movie, of course, not this new one. Maybe the new movie looks like that game? I hope it's something like that because I know a few people who wanted to write angry letters about that. lol

Anyone here played that game? Does the new COTT movie look like God of War?

CBlitz

February 17, 2010, 10:10 AM

well they're both based off of Greek Mythology, and they share the same ideas to some extent

Weapon_X

February 17, 2010, 01:05 PM

Well, God of War came way before then Clash of the Titans. In God of War 1 game, you had the Kraken, Medusa etc, and God of War 2 had more stuff, more greek mythology characters. But Clash of the Titans does look like a copy of GOW because GOW had it first, way first.

Also a game of Clash of the Titans is coming out, which is gonna be a carbon copy of God of War lolz.

But Im just interested about the movie, gonna be wicked.

P.S. When the God of War movie comes out, it's gonna top this lol

Dive

February 17, 2010, 04:10 PM

No. Clash of the Titans came out way before God of War. Clash of the Titans first came out in 1981. This new movie is a remake.

Kusachu

February 18, 2010, 01:49 AM

No. Clash of the Titans came out way before God of War. Clash of the Titans first came out in 1981. This new movie is a remake.

And that's why all us old schoolers are so happy to see this new movie, and yet skeptical at the same time. You can only come with the best when trying to imitate previous greatness. :nod

Here. Look how cheesy it looks compared to now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjJ5RrQrFw

VS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKEiLVxDw0A

Yeah, talk all the shit you want, but I watched Clash of the Titans so many times growing up...it's like Never Ending Story and The Goonies, man! And for 1981 that $hit was golden. :D Not as awesome as Star Wars, but still. :eyeroll

Anyways, I sure didn't see Pegasus in the new trailer. Don't tell me they just neglected Pegasus!! I would totally be pi$$ed. And the mechanical Owl!! :rofl

Oh wait...don't tell me this is going to be like The Karate Kid!!! :onoz

Organizized

February 18, 2010, 04:48 AM

Wait, did I get this right? The movie is called "Clash of the Titans" and the tagline is...... "Titans will clash"?

No shit. :facepalm

And yeah, watching the trailer for the new Karate Kid, I wept. Stop slaughtering classics, Hollywood! :(

Miles37

February 18, 2010, 08:28 PM

I saw the tooth fairy with the rock in it. It was ok. Their was some funny parts and its always worht paying to see the rock in a tutu, and the story was ok but besides that not that great

Weapon_X

February 19, 2010, 08:01 PM

LOL Role Models is hilarious. Sean William Scott is the funniest guy ever, his movies are funny as fuck.

Hollow Kurono

February 22, 2010, 09:28 AM

LOL Role Models is hilarious. Sean William Scott is the funniest guy ever, his movies are funny as fuck.

:tem still cant compare Sean William Scott's performance to his American Pie one,I heard they want to make a new American Pie movie with the original cast,I want to see the original Stiffler in a movie,not those loosers that came after American Wedding. (They were amusing to,cant deny that,but still cant be compared to Scott)

Weapon_X

February 22, 2010, 04:43 PM

:tem still cant compare Sean William Scott's performance to his American Pie one,I heard they want to make a new American Pie movie with the original cast,I want to see the original Stiffler in a movie,not those loosers that came after American Wedding. (They were amusing to,cant deny that,but still cant be compared to Scott)

American Pie 1-3 were EPIC!

The rest were shit lol the original cast is much better...

goldb

February 23, 2010, 12:19 AM

they need Stiffler and his mum back!
What number of American pie are they on now? 6-7?

-Ren Boy-

February 23, 2010, 05:07 AM

Has any one seen "my name is khan"?

Hollow Kurono

February 23, 2010, 08:41 AM

Has any one seen "my name is khan"?

I heard something by that name,but...can't quite remember.

they need Stiffler and his mum back!
What number of American pie are they on now? 6-7?

Yeah.And Finchy to,Fincher was hilarious!!When he was acting like Stiffler in American Wedding,man :D:D I love this guy,stylish like hell!Stifflers mom :eyeroll MILF! :D

American Pie 1-3 were EPIC!

The rest were shit lol the original cast is much better...

Dwight Stiffler was ok.Other Stifflers sucked,the latest Book of Love movie,that was the worst Stiffler ever,he got raped by a muse :facepalm the whole Stiffler name must be in shame right now.

NinjaPenguinator

February 23, 2010, 11:50 PM

The new Alice in Wonderland...

Why the heck is the Mad Hatter becoming such an important character!?! >.< this will bug me to no end. I blame johnny depps influence as such a big-name actor.

...I'm still gonna see the movie though >.>

Dive

February 24, 2010, 09:24 AM

Why the heck is the Mad Hatter becoming such an important character!?! >.< this will bug me to no end. I blame johnny depps influence as such a big-name actor.

He probably has no bigger role than what every other incarnation of Alice has had. Depp just happens to be the biggest name on the cast list, so he's their biggest marketing ploy. An ad in Britain might include scenes from Rickman and Fry's characters, since those are household names there.

juUnior

February 24, 2010, 12:08 PM

Organizized

February 24, 2010, 01:54 PM

I just watched "Karate Kid" trailer, and.. man, actually I like that stuff <you know, when I don't think it's "Karate" and stuff, and that it's the son of Will Smith :x> Yeah, thinking without that makes look like film will be cool.

The scene with the fly rocks everywhere <if I recall correctly it was in original movie, yeah?>

And the music.. it sounds like Joe Esposito - You're The Best from the original Karate Kid movie.

Man, if I will don't have any other movie to watch in cinema, I will probably go on this one <heck, I would rather love it to be a "teenagers" movie, because it looks like it's a film for children.. just children> Yeah, I know, it is not, but still I would like if it was an older teenager <or rather: if it wasn't a child> who plays the role of student of Jackie Chan :x

"Karate Teen", eh? Well, at least it wouldn't insult the original by being called by the same name.. -_-;

And yeah, the fly scene is in the original Karate Kid, but not in any way like that (in the original Miyagi is trying to catch a fly with a pair of chopsticks, not a swatter)... Reference to the first movie or just an insult is up to the viewer to decide, I guess. Personally I'm for the latter. :oh

I don't usually take the liberty to completely disrespect a movie before it is even released, but with pointless remakes like this one, I will. Always.

juUnior

February 24, 2010, 02:02 PM

But you know, Organizized, the title could just be change to "kung fu kid" and I think less ppl would complain. <even if the idea would be to copy/paste from Karate Kid>

"Karate Teen", eh? Well, at least it wouldn't insult the original by being called by the same name..
Ok, I will put it like this: in original "Kid" the boy was going to high school and just looked like a teenager <if I remember correctly>, and here the boy looks like a kid, seriously :p

With the fly scene: I don't remember very well in the original movie <heck, I need to watch it for the 5th time :p>, but this one made me laugh, so I think for a comedy it's cool <and it's Jackie Chan which perfomrs this, so it's even more hilarious xD>

February 25, 2010, 06:36 PM

So I'm gonna go to the movies tomorrow and watch Shutter Island. Do I have as much to look forward to as I think I do? :cool:

Paper

February 25, 2010, 09:46 PM

It's a Scorsese film - 'nuff said.

I don't think it'll compare to his older work, but it'll still have that distinct greatness associated with anything that has his name on it! :XD

...apart from the scandal that is...

Kusachu

February 25, 2010, 09:52 PM

So I'm gonna go to the movies tomorrow and watch Shutter Island. Do I have as much to look forward to as I think I do? :cool:

Yes. It's really good. Intense with a sustained feeling of paranoia. Leonardo plays his part very well. Worth the money for sure. :thumbs

February 26, 2010, 04:59 AM

Yarr, can't wait until I watch it. I've had great expectations for the movie for a long time, and just haven't gotten myself to watch it before now. But in a few hours it's time!

Organizized

February 26, 2010, 06:11 AM

It's not very Scorsese-like at all, just look at the genre and that'll be obvious. :p

Still, it's really, really good. The visuals are amazing, the story is mindboggling and well thought out and the acting is actually really good. I've never been a huge DiCaprio-fan but Scorsese tends to draw something out of him that really makes him enjoyable. :amuse

February 26, 2010, 07:45 AM

Well DiCaprio has been incredible in Blood Diamond and Body of Lies in my opinion. That's when I got my respect back for him as an actor. Sadly I'll have to wait until Monday before seeing Shutter Island. I completely forgot that I had to watch the Olympic Winter Games, and I just can't miss the stuff happening these last three days as a norwegian :XD

Kusachu

February 27, 2010, 01:17 AM

3cmm: Aw! I wanted to see what you thought of it! Ah well, I'll check back again later. ;)

Anyways, I just saw The Crazies. It wasn't bad. Wasn't what I was expecting at all, which I suppose is a good thing...but also sort of bad too. I liked it well enough, but...erm, how can I put it without spoiling?

The primary plot device (and some other elements) I think is terribly overused, and it wasn't even used in a unique way either, however, other parts of the story were fresh enough to make it not stale, just not bursting with fruity flavor, you know?

Everything was adequate: acting, action, drama, etc...but it never really got me good and excited and I never really felt an emotional connection to the characters and their fates. I just sort of took it in and gave it a nod for not completely sucking.

B-

Shutter Island, however, is a solid A.

February 27, 2010, 05:31 AM

Check back here on Monday. I'm going to watch it then definitely and I'll post my opinion of it when I get home afterwards.

I really do hate that movies get so delayed or don't come at all to Norway sometimes. I was looking forward to The Book of Eli, but it got delayed for months! What's the point of watching it at the big screen then if I can just download it in HD quality? Meh. The Road looks interesting too, I'm considering watching that one too the coming week.

Rainier

February 27, 2010, 02:34 PM

My movie related plans for next week: ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'' and ''Ninja Assasin''.

This week my friends and I watched Borat and Brüno. >__> They were both okay, but if you are too homophobic I recommend you stay away from Brüno. But the reactions of real people (non-actors) were hilarious in Brüno, better than Borat's.

CBlitz

February 27, 2010, 06:02 PM

watched The Girl Who Leaped Through Time today. Probably the best original anime movie I have ever seen, everything about was superb

Rainier

February 27, 2010, 11:13 PM

Oh, the director of that movie will be presenting the premiere of his newest work today at MIT.

Here's the new: http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=11606996&date=2010/3/1

Hollow Kurono

March 01, 2010, 09:29 AM

Saw Ninja Assassin.I loved the action scenes,the fighting was amazing,the special effects,seeing ninjas on the big screen like that was really fun,blood and guts all over the place,skulls being cut clean off :DD I liked the action so much I didn't even pay attention to plot,acting or everything else,cause it was ok anyway,nice movie.

Kusachu

March 04, 2010, 01:32 PM

Imperium

March 04, 2010, 01:53 PM

The film im looking foward to the most is kick-ass. I havent read the comic but the film just seems like its going to be amazing.

I also watched a prophet yesterday, and the acting is just astounding. The only negative is probably that the film is to drawn out, but it definitely deserves all the awards its getting.

Bugzee

March 04, 2010, 02:03 PM

The Karate Kid trailer does look good, and Jaden is a very cute little boy...but i still take issue with the fact that Karate is never mentioned. <___< Don't know if I'll see that or wait for cable at this point.

The new Karate Kid is utter crap imo. The original one will always be the best! :shakefist

I can't wait to see how RottenTomatoes (http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/) will slater this new version...:D

Your the best around (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qae_TUTeGo&feature=related)! :shakefist Who remembers that song!? :tem

juUnior

March 04, 2010, 02:56 PM

The original one will always be the best!
You're saying that as if somebody already said such blasphemy xd

Who remembers that song!?
Yeah, I wrote about that song after watching the trailer here xD

Hollow Kurono, after your post I think I will watch Ninja Assassin - after the trailer I thought the action scenes looked cool, and I think I will watch it just for this actions <without expecting too much from other things of course> xD

Paper

March 04, 2010, 10:57 PM

I don't even think they have the right to call it "Karate Kid" anymore... The kid is learning Kung Fu from an old Chinese man in China, not Karate from an old Japanese man in some run down part of god knows where... Crap I'm willing to bet that even the Hilary Swank Karate Kid would be better than this POS.

Kusachu

March 05, 2010, 01:31 AM

That's just it though, it looks like it could be a good movie, but bogged down by ripping off that name in such a ridiculous context, which is what makes it so offensive.
[hr]
I'm really more offended though, by The Last Airbender.

http://www.youtube.com/user/racebending#p/u/3/LBP9niW1hQ8

Paper

March 05, 2010, 02:28 AM

Yep, that too. It's just wrong...

goldb

March 05, 2010, 03:08 AM

I was so happy when I heard there was gonna be a movie adaptation of the film, but after I saw the trailer I was so disappointed; the first thing is the cast!!! For me that's as key as the story in a live action adaptation. The only one of the current cast I'd keep would be Aang's character, I dunno about the rest

Paper

March 05, 2010, 03:15 AM

I know it's a VERY touchy issue but...

They've got the ethnicities of the characters wrong...

Imperium

March 05, 2010, 03:34 AM

I know it's a VERY touchy issue but...

They've got the ethnicities of the characters wrong...

I suppose you mean how the fire nation ended up being south asian? xD Personally it doesnt bother me as such, maybe because its been some time since i last watched the cartoon and that i hardly remember the characters very clearly. But i can see how its a stinking point.

Although what annoys me the most is the the kid playing aang. Something about his...cheeks.

Paper

March 05, 2010, 03:43 AM

Well, the people from the water nation are supposed to look like Eskimos, and they've got Caucasians playing them (The kid playing Aang is also Caucasian). The people from the fire nation are supposed to be south east Asian looking, and not west Asian. I'm not being racist or anything, but I'm quite the stickler for detail. If they can't get even the minute details right, then why even make one in the first place? The whole cartoon was set in an SE Asian setting, which really set the mood for the series.

I agree... I don't like him either.

Kusachu

March 05, 2010, 12:14 PM

I suppose you mean how the fire nation ended up being south asian? xD Personally it doesnt bother me as such, maybe because its been some time since i last watched the cartoon and that i hardly remember the characters very clearly. But i can see how its a stinking point.

Although what annoys me the most is the the kid playing aang. Something about his...cheeks.

I saw an audition tape of an Asian kid who was amazing at martial arts and his VOICE!! His voice was perfect, he obviously wasn't formally trained to act from his script reading (though he wasn't bad), but come on, he's like 11 or 12. I think with a little coaching he would have been the perfect choice, but they wanted a white hero, so he didn't even get a call back. <___<

Anyways, if you watched the video I put up, try watching some of the others on that page. I found them to be enlightening.

goldb

March 05, 2010, 03:12 PM

Oh god, I just saw the rest of the cast; they killed it. Especially with the Firebenders..., I'm definitley boycotting this like DB...

March 05, 2010, 04:27 PM

Kusachu

March 05, 2010, 05:00 PM

I saw Shutter Island a few days back, and since then I've had this strong urge to watch awesome movies again. The only problem is that I've hit a dry-streak with movies, and have no clue whatsoever about which movie I want to watch. Anyone got any tips? I'm in dire need of an awesome movie that preferably is rather "recent" :blink

What kind of movie?

I would always suggest watching Fearless for martial arts/drama, or Sukiyaki Western Django for a more zany hipster type martial arts. Not the most recent, but still bad ass. If you want something psychological and creepy try Jacob's Ladder. It's not newer, but rather, a classic. For some nicely done horrorish type stuff perhaps something like Event Horizon? I love that movie. :love Also not new though.

A newer more independent type movie I loved was Wristcutters: A Love Story. It's...strange, but very engaging, witty and all around enjoyable.

Big Man Japan is a brilliant Japanese Mockumentary which is a little slow and cheesy at times (but is still funny), but has quite literally the funniest ending I have ever seen (though it requires a certain knowledge of Japanese humor, which I imagine you probably have). ;)

If you are a fan of DMC I suggest watching the live action movie. It's so well done I'd say that even though it's not a strict recreation in all senses, it's one of the best manga/anime live action adaptations I've ever seen, and very hilarious.

I thought Australia was a very good drama, and I liked that they actually got Australian actors to star. :)

Which reminds me of a nice point my BF made about American movies in general. He wonders, why do American movies so often use Australian men for the really awesome "manly" roles. LOL Think about that for a minute. ;) They obviously don't ALWAYS use Australian men, of course, but think of the really manly Australian actors and how many movies we see them playing awesome manly men.

For instance, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, and Russel Crowe to name a few.

Of course we got Clint Eastwood, Marky Mark and Steven Segal... :XD Erm...et me go look for some more...I know there has got to be a ton I can't think of right now.

AH! Found a nice thread with really good examples of manly American men, so I feel a lot better now. :XD

http://www.city-data.com/forum/celebrities/860257-there-any-manly-american-actors.html

predsfan

March 06, 2010, 05:30 AM

For instance, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, and Russel Crowe to name a few.

Of course we got Clint Eastwood, Marky Mark and Steven Segal... :XD Erm...et me go look for some more...I know there has got to be a ton I can't think of right now.

I hope that isn't a dig at Clint, I mean putting him in the same category as Marky Mark and Steven Segal :notrust. Clint has played some of the manliest men in the history of film. Okay, so I sort of have a man crush on Clint Eastwood (circa 1970's) :p.

Anyways, anybody looking forward to seeing Hubble 3D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO4ZWJlROwE) at IMAX? I'm not really sure if this type of thing is up anyone else's alley, but I'm psyched for it. It's like space in extreme High-Def :darn. Oh, and it's narrated by Leonardo DeCaprio if that's what you're into :oh.

Kusachu

March 06, 2010, 11:34 AM

LOL well, I didn't even know that the lack of American manly men was a big topic for debate, but apparently it is. Of course there's plent of manly men in the over 50 category, but so much less in the younger generations, hence the weaker representation in the younger the actors (although Mark Walberg is manly IMO, in that he is by no means a sissy like many other pretty boy actors but he is also getting up there in age). Steven Segal? Well, yeah. I did need to go look for better representation, and I surprisingly found that most American representation fall in the 50 and over age bracket. :/

Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Samuel L. Jackson etc...all older. Compare that with guys like that douche from Twilight and Shia Lebeouf... :/

EDIT: Should say: Those douches from Twilight. :)

Dive

March 06, 2010, 11:20 PM

Haha. Manly.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/

This movie is going to be the manliest movie ever. I might be a chick, but I am going to be a dude by the end of it. Look at all that testosterone!

predsfan

March 07, 2010, 12:45 AM

Compare that with guys like that douche from Twilight and Shia Lebeouf... :/

EDIT: Should say: Those douches from Twilight. :)
Hahahaha, This last part had me laughing my ass off, especially the edit :rofl. I've never seen Twighlight, but with all the previews for it I've seen, I get the sense that those two dudes are douches.

Haha. Manly.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/

This movie is going to be the manliest movie ever. I might be a chick, but I am going to be a dude by the end of it. Look at all that testosterone!

Holy sh*t, what the hell is that movie supposed to be about? Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Willis all in the same movie :o. Then throw in a MMA guy and a former Professional Wrestler. Add Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren. Finally, mix with a little Jet Li at the end. This is either going to a be the biggest clusterf*** in the history of action movies or the best action movie ever (my bet's on the first one though ;)).

All I can say is there had better be no plot. This should movie should just be explosions, death, and boobs :p.

juUnior

March 07, 2010, 06:12 AM

This movie is going to be the manliest movie ever. I might be a chick, but I am going to be a dude by the end of it. Look at all that testosterone!
This is the movie I'm waiting for <3 Sth to chill out and relax, and watch awesome "action" actors all in one movie <of course I miss some of the "oldies" acion stars like Van Damme or Seagal, but nonetheless the movie looks promising> Action, action, and once again action in 80/90's style <I mean, action film made in the way such films were made when Stallone and co. were the "heroes" in their prime, so plot is meaningless, the action and BOOMs take priority>>

All I can say is there had better be no plot. This should movie should just be explosions, death, and boobs
I don't know about boobs, but the rest: yeah, that's basically the film in short <3 Actually I have it "must to watch" on FW from the moment it was announced, so yeah, I'm already a fan of this movie <old action movies from 80/90's ftW! xDXD>

Paper

March 07, 2010, 06:26 AM

Yeah, can't wait for The Expendables as well. Though, they do lack a few action stars (e.g. JCVD!)

Saw Alice in Wonderland earlier, and it was awesome!

Bugzee

March 07, 2010, 11:08 AM

You're saying that as if somebody already said such blasphemy xd

:amuse That new version is an insult to the epicness of the original movie! :shakefist

Yeah, I wrote about that song after watching the trailer here xD

Hollow Kurono, after your post I think I will watch Ninja Assassin - after the trailer I thought the action scenes looked cool, and I think I will watch it just for this actions <without expecting too much from other things of course> xD

Awesome tune! A classic. :D

I haven't had the time yet to check out Ninja Assassin. :darn

I would always suggest watching Fearless for martial arts/drama, or Sukiyaki Western Django for a more zany hipster type martial arts. that they actually got Australian actors to star. :)

:nuts I love Fearless! One of my all time favs. The ending was beautiful. :crying I haven't watched Sukiyaki Western Django, I'll check it out asap. :thumbs

I saw Shutter Island a few days back, and since then I've had this strong urge to watch awesome movies again. The only problem is that I've hit a dry-streak with movies, and have no clue whatsoever about which movie I want to watch. Anyone got any tips? I'm in dire need of an awesome movie that preferably is rather "recent" :blink

Watch Fearless.

:yelling NOW! :yelling

Dive

March 07, 2010, 12:18 PM

Sukiyaki...it's an interesting movie. It's not my favorite Miike movie, though.

Rainier

March 07, 2010, 02:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOKtRJWBFL8&feature=channel

:)

Dive

March 07, 2010, 04:33 PM

I want to see that so bad, haha. It has a lot of people I don't like in it, though. Oh well. Still want to see it.

CBlitz

March 08, 2010, 12:20 AM

well The Hurt Locker won best picture, well deserved in my opinion

and another trailer for Iron man 2
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/

yeah my anticipation level has gone through the roof. WANT SOME IM2 NAO

March 08, 2010, 01:37 AM

Well personally I find Hurt Locker rather overrated. But the same thing can be said about Avatar I guess. I didn't even watch Hurt Locker in one go, I had to split it into two because I got bored and couldn't be arsed, and got forced to watch the end by a friend. While Avatar was a mindboggling and awesome experience to watch in 3D. Personally I would have handed out the best movie to Avatar because of the overall quality and massiveness of the movie aswell as it's success and contribution to film history. And to be honest I'd give best director to Cameron too because of his insane amount of work in the success that became Avatar. I think it's rather sad that things get handed out because "it's a womans turn". That's just complete crap, so now we treat genders differently when it comes to film contrubution? Pffft. Hurt Locker could have gotten the rest of the awards it got imo, but atleast not best director, that one should have gone to Avatar in my opinion. I can't even believe a work of over 10 years and the massive directing from Cameron is being compared to perhaps a 1-2 years tops of work. Hurt Locker is a grand movie, but not grand enough to get the prices it got (best film and directing) in my personal opinion.

predsfan

March 08, 2010, 01:49 AM

I can't really comment on Best Picture b/c I've only seen Inglourious Basterds and Up, but I'm really glad Christopher Waltz won best supporting actor. He had an amazing performance in Inglourious Basterds, and I was glad to see him get recognized.

goldb

March 08, 2010, 03:38 AM

@3cmm: I'd have to agree with you on the best director group, I would have given it to Cameron; afters 15 years bringing that movie together, I doubt anyone worked harder on a movie than he did. I'm glad Up won a few trophies, it really was a great movie. I haven't seen neither Hurt Locker nor Avatar so I can't voice any opinions for the best film group.

CBlitz

March 08, 2010, 10:05 AM

well didn't Cameron already carry 11 awards away in 1997? I guess the Academy wanted to honor some other talent this time around. I don't really think it was that heavily based on the whole gender thing, but I thought the Hurt Locker was great.

Kusachu

March 08, 2010, 10:56 AM

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker...but I was tempted to rent it yesterday, though I chose to buy Star Trek, Blood the Last Vampire (live action), and The Half-Blood Prince (3 for $21). Star Trek rocked my socks off!! And I was not disappointed with Blood either. I liked the funky 70's take on it, and that chick kicks massive ass even if it isn't a huge budget actions movie set up.

But again, STAR TREK!! WOOT WOOT!! I wasn't expecting to be let down from what I had heard of it, and I was not in the slightest. In fact, that movie is one of the best adaptations of a classic I have ever seen!! And I was seriously impressed by the casting. AND THE GREEN CHICK!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Also saw Alice in Wonderland. It was good. I liked it. It wasn't deep or emotionally compelling, but it was pretty, Cheshire was oh so cool, and the Mad Hatter can DANCE!! :XD Oh yeah, I really liked Alice too. Thought it was rather empowering from a woman's perspective. ;)

Organizized

March 08, 2010, 02:32 PM

Only major category that wasn't predictable when it came to the winner was Precious for Adapted Screenplay. I was hoping for Up in the Air and thought District 9, but it turned out to be neither.

Other than that, it turned out pretty much exactly as expected. A bit disappointed Tarantino didn't win Original Screenplay for Basterds, but not really surprised. Wouldn't have hurt seeing Basterds win Best Picture, either, but there was no way the Academy would pick that one over Hurt Locker or Avatar from the start, so no biggie.

Bugzee

March 08, 2010, 02:44 PM

Organizized

March 08, 2010, 02:54 PM

It's funny how you say The Hurt Locker had a poor story line but say Avatar (the movie with the least original and interesting story line of the year) should've won more. Oh well, all a matter of opinion, I suppose. Like I said, I'd have preferred neither Hurt Locker or Avatar to win Best Picture nor Best Director, but I was pretty certain Hurt Locker would take them both. And in my opinion it did deserve it better than Avatar.

Sandra Bullock and Gabourey Sidibe were the only ones I'd seen in the Best Actress category and I thought of it as a tie. They both really nailed their roles. Sandra Bullock winning wasn't much of a shock, either.

Also, Jeff "The Dude" Bridges finally got his Oscar. Man, I hadn't even seen the movie at the time of the Oscars but I still wanted to win it since he wasn't even nominated for perfectly portraying the greatest character of all time. Saw the movie today and I've gotta say, he did deserve it too. :tem

Dive

March 08, 2010, 02:55 PM

DARK

March 09, 2010, 08:12 PM

The Hurt Locker is extremely OVERRATED! I don't see what was so incredible about that movie. What a load of crap, very poor story line. Phonebooth was better than Hurt Locker. :p Avatar has it's flaws but it deserved more awards imo. I'm very happy that Sandra Bullock got an Oscar; she's an amazing actress! One of my all time favs for sure! :tem

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker, nor do I have any interest to.
Avatar wasn't as revolutionary as the Titanic before it (who won Oscars for both Best Director [James Cameron] and best film). Still, I felt that it deserved more awards than his ex's film.

redcometfm

March 11, 2010, 01:23 AM

Hurt Locker was def better than Avatar. Not a bad choice for Best Picture, I definitely agree on Best Director for Bigelow. If not Hurt Locker, then Up in the Air shouldve won Best Picture.

goldb

March 11, 2010, 06:12 AM

I haven't had the chance to watch any of them yet, I've got Up in the Air and Blind Side but haven't seen them yet.

Hollow Kurono

March 11, 2010, 10:29 AM

What about Inglourious Basterds?Huh?C'mon I saw The Hurt Locker,I loved the movie,Oscar worthy,no doubt,Avatar to,but Inglourious Basterds,damn,at least Waltz won best supporting actor and congratz to Sandra Bullock!The Basterds were my favs this year.AND CONGRATULATIONS to Jeff Bridges,finally winning his first oscar!!

Paper

March 11, 2010, 08:35 PM

Inglorious Basterd's didn't live up to it's hype. If it were marketed less, it would have made a bigger impact.

goldb

March 12, 2010, 07:30 AM

Exactly, it was a good movie; I'd watch it again but not right now. It's not his(Tarantino) best work and imo didn't deserve an oscar for best film.

baboysai

March 12, 2010, 10:24 PM

I loved the Inglorious Basterds, because it was funny. not for best film at oscars though.

I cried at Sandra Bullock's oscar speech.

It might be late but I thought Avatar was one big mash-up of Princess Mononoke and Vision of Escaflowne, with FF10 environment.

Dive

March 12, 2010, 10:27 PM

It might be late but I thought Avatar was one big mash-up of Princess Mononoke and Vision of Escaflowne, with FF10 environment.

Or Pocahontas.

baboysai

March 12, 2010, 10:32 PM

yes, exactly.

BTW, i also came to watch Alice in wonderland, and I was deeply, deeply, disappointed. Where was all the darkness that the trailer projected? All the Tim Burton hoo-ha? :shakefist

goldb

March 13, 2010, 01:27 PM

Oh really? is it that bad?

baboysai

March 13, 2010, 02:49 PM

It's not bad if you weren't expecting anything, I guess.

It wasn't even visually stunning. That could have been a redeeming factor but it wasn't.

I dunno, my sister liked it because she didn't like the cartoon, the cartoon being too creepy (according to her). So it all depends on taste, I guess. I thought it was too goody-goody. meh.

Organizized

March 13, 2010, 08:29 PM

Before movie: "Omfg, Tim Burton directing Alice in Wonderland, one of the most trippy stories EVARRR, starring Johnny Depp! Engage mindfuck! :turtle"

During movie:
"Wow, the visuals are really nice.."
(5 seconds pass)
*something stupid happens, facepalm*
(5 seconds pass)
"Wow, the visuals are really nice.."
etc.

After movie: Alice in... Narnia? Perhaps I was expecting a bit too much, but I sure as hell was not expecting a bad try at an "epic fantasy" movie full of clichés and one Disney-fied moment after another. Facepalmed my way through most of the movie, switched to double facepalm the last 15 minutes (the ending was just.. painful).

TL;DR - Cool looking but cliché movie with poor script and one hell of a way to ruin a perfectly nice tale. Nice visuals and occasional awesomeness from the actors (esp. Depp) are the only things that save one of Burton's worst movies from being a complete failure.

Drmke

March 13, 2010, 08:41 PM

Yeah I didn't care for Alice either. I payed more attention to my 3D glasses than the movie after awhile. Its very rare I prefer a 50s Disney cartoon over anything from today...

baboysai

March 23, 2010, 07:07 PM

how's this for a movie huh?

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3231da28bb/weird-the-al-yankovic-story?rel=player

Arch!

March 23, 2010, 11:49 PM

Has anyone else seen Black Dynamite? I finally Netflix'ed it this weekend, and was very entertained. For a parody of blaxploitation fimls, it was hilarious and comprehensive. Plus, Tommy Davidson is in it, and Tommy Davidson rules.

Hermie

March 24, 2010, 08:13 AM

Hermie attended a film festival! Here's a short round-up:

En helt Vanlig Dag På Jobben [An Average Day's Work] (Norway, 2010) - This is a movie about a journalist that begins in a renowned Norwegian gossip magazine, and gets pressured into using their unethical practices, like paying celebrities for getting to print rumors about them. He's not very successful, until he becomes friends with the father of the Norwegian Prince's new girlfriend. While the old man thinks of it as a true friendship, the journalist has to keep exploiting him. It's based on a true story, this journalist wrote the book with the same name, in which he layed out all the shady methods the magazine was using, cause quite a stir. The movie appears softened at first, to adapt it more into the "naive journalist gets thrown into the big bad world" trope, but the writer makes a couple of clever twists to elevate it above that.
The movie is good, but very Norwegian, I doubt anyone outside of the country will appreciate it much, since it has plenty of in-jokes. So this recommendation is for Norwegians only, I guess.

Sergio (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333656/) (USA, 2009) - This is a documentary about Sergio, one of the most successful diplomats in UNs history. It details his work in Africa, Cambodia and East-Timor, while parallel telling the story about how he reluctantly had to go to Iraq, only to have the UN base attacked, and detailing the mission to rescue him from under the rubble.
Even though this was made as a pretty standard talking heads-documentary, it became powerful simply from the testimonies from the people around him, and how much they have been affected by Sergio. Well worth a watch.

Kanikosen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323930/) (Japan, 2009) - Kanikosen is based on a proletarian novel from the 1920s, detailing workers on a crab fishing ship who have to toil away under almost slavish conditions. That's basically all I have to say to let you know if you're interested in this movie or not. The movie, and I assume the original book as well, takes a very pro-labor standpoint, and it's not shy about it. So if you're not frightened by this, I say you should watch it if you have the chance. The crew is very likable, and in addition to succeeding dramatically, it surprises you with the trademark Japanese goofiness from time to time.

Dang, this is getting long. Guess I'll break it off here and write up more later. ^^

Imperium

March 27, 2010, 03:12 PM

Just came back from watching Kickass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick-Ass_(film)) its funny, amazing and a definite must watch. Without giving anything away, its about a boy without superpowers who wants to become a superhero. A rating i would give is 9/10.

Oh and if you do watch it be prepared to fall in love with a 12yr old girl. :smile-big

predsfan

March 29, 2010, 12:26 AM

Oh and if you do watch it be prepared to fall in love with a 12yr old girl. :smile-bigResisting urge to make a Japan joke right now :darn.

Anyways saw How to Train Your Dragon today. It was an alright movie had it's funny moments, decent action, fun for the whole family vibe, but really what I wanted to say is, aside from the headache I had afterwards, I don't think there is any cooler way to watch a movie than in Imax 3D (it's my first time seeing one). Well worth the 5-10 extra dollars you'd spend. Still a little pissed off they didn't have Hubble 3D, but when there's only one of those theaters within 500 miles of you, you take what you can get :p.

Kusachu

March 29, 2010, 01:23 PM

Saw Hot Tub Time machine. I liked it a lot, and laughed heartily throughout. I wish I had one.

CTG05

March 30, 2010, 02:58 AM

Just came back from watching Kickass its funny, amazing and a definite must watch. Without giving anything away, its about a boy without superpowers who wants to become a superhero. A rating i would give is 9/10.
AAh! I am dying to see this movie!! Is it every bit as brutal as the comic? If they skimp on the gore than I'm gonna go on my own rampage before the credits roll.

Bugzee

March 30, 2010, 02:44 PM

The two most recent movies I watched were; She's Out of My League & The Proposal. Both are comedy/romantic flicks. Story-wise, I preferred The Proposal. SOML was a bit meh. The film had a few amusing scenes but I personally thought the story plot was weak and the acting was off imo (the supposedly "hot chick" who's "a hard 10" was actually.. :barf). xD

I would give boths films 5/10. If your after a few laughs and "aaaw's" than check em out.

Kravmaga

April 02, 2010, 02:46 AM

I saw "how to train your dragon" and started stalking the artists from dreamworks. Don't be put off by the cheesy title, the movie's good!
It's not saturated with half-assed jokes like a lot of cgi movies are lately, but when the humor hits, it flies out of the stadium and smashes through a windshield! The dialogue is fresh, the pace is the straight opposite of boring: brisk and fast-pace during the action, but poignant during the calm scenes. Also, the character designs are oozing of so much charm I've had an urge to buy all related merchandises ever since I watched the film. But perhaps the big surprise in there was the incredibly contemporary, well-integrated and carefully delivered moral message that's so relevant today more than ever; something Iron Giant-ish that I definitively didn't expect from the same studio that did monsters vs aliens and the shrek sequals...

Overall, my opinion is that this film is outstanding, easily the best non-japanese animated feature I can remember.
I'd give it three thumbs up if I could dig up my mummified prop hand in the basement... Go see it!

Ustegius

April 24, 2010, 03:19 PM

I just saw Kick-Ass, and it indeed was an awesome film. As I read from somewhere online before seeing it; It's like a bastard from Kill Bill's and Spidermans one-night-stand.

Extremly brutal and sick, lot of blood, mentally ill old man going on a revenge frenzy, a brainwashed little girl slaughtering myriad of mafia guys, naive nerd wearing a scubasuit beaten to the pulp. And I laughed my ass off. Made me feel dirty a bit, but it just was so damn hilarious. Though it was cool and very visual, there was depth to it too and wasn't as superficial as I thought it would be.

As a sidenote, I think I have quite good idea now what mean with 'serious humor' in Bakuman. If I'm not totally disguided.

I could also give thought on the Oscars, since I were busy when those were current. Avatar got the Oscars it deserved, it was indeed visually phenomenal and technically great, but otherwise damn lame. Can't belieave Cameron really spent those years working on such a rip-off story. Haven't seen Hurt Locker yet, though I just bought it. But based on what I've heard, it's a fine film, but not that good. I'll post my own opinion after I watch it. 2009 wasn't particulary interesting film year in my opinion. Actually the only was I thought off as really great were Basterds (Kinda reminded Kick-Ass to certain extent) and Up. Waltz really deserved his Oscar. Up was fun and I just love the set-up, cranky old geezer flying of with his house, which is lifted with balloons.

goldb

April 24, 2010, 05:07 PM

Paper

April 25, 2010, 02:58 AM

goldb

April 25, 2010, 02:19 PM

Agreed, Kick-Ass was definitely kick-ass; though I did see Shutter Island the day after, and it sort of paled in comparison, then again you really can't compare the two now can you?

Just saw The Losers today, and The Losers is definitely a winner!

Damn it, I knew there was a movie I was forgetting. You say it's a winner, but rate it out of 10. And after a long wait, Iron Man 2 is out next week.

Paper

April 26, 2010, 01:07 AM

About 8 imo. It's a fun movie, even if it gets cheesy at times, all great action movies need the cheese to be truly awesome!

I'm already prepping myself for Iron Man 2. Gonna wait in line the day it gets released! :D

goldb

April 26, 2010, 09:25 AM

I don't know about waiting in line to see it, but I'll definetly watch it on the day it's out. I'm also anticipating Ridley Scott's version of Robin Hood which reunited him one of my favourite actors; Russel Crowe, that's out in May, but I don't know exactly what day.

Here are the release dats for Iron Man 2:

April 29, 2010
(Australia)
02010-04-30 April 30, 2010
(United Kingdom)
02010-05-07 May 7, 2010
(United States)

Paper

April 26, 2010, 09:34 AM

April 30 here in The Philippines.

re:Robinhood- Crowe and Blanchett are awesome and everything, but I just don't get why they don't use English actors to play English people??? I mean there are tons of great British actors that could have easily been casted for the role.

goldb

April 26, 2010, 09:38 AM

Yeah that's quite true. It's becoming quite a trend even in Hollywood; using English/Australians to play Americans and Americans to play English people. I personally don't mind as long as the actor does the role justice and I don't doubt for a second that they are of that nationality.

Ustegius

April 26, 2010, 10:54 AM

Btw, the summer seems to be quite interesting moviewise - Ironman 2, Robin Hood, Avatar The Last Airbender (yeah lol), Prince of Percia. Not quite master pieces I predict, but entertaining films. Most interested, if Ridley Scott can bring new life to such worn out story. And the new Shrek too, wonder if it can save the series name after the horrible third one, two first ones were quite fun after all.

juUnior

April 26, 2010, 11:10 AM

Don't mention Shrek the third, argh :p

Also can't wait for Ironman 2. In PL the date of premiere is 30.04.2010, so it seems the same as UK <yeah, they know its sth BIG which gives them money so therefore they speed up the process in such cases in PL :x> Still, its good xP

Paper

April 26, 2010, 12:52 PM

I'm actually going to boycott "M. Night ShamaLOL's The Last Airbender" for obvious reasons... That man hasn't made a decent movie since 6th sense, and now he's spreading his stench to a great Nickelodeon franchise.

Rei Ayanami

April 26, 2010, 02:35 PM

Looking forward to Inception.

kaliayev

April 28, 2010, 03:40 PM

@Rei
Ditto. I need some gravitationally distorted JGL vs. Leo fights in my life.

I watched the Vengeance Trilogy over the course of the last few days. Oddly enough, I rank them in the order I saw them: 1) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 2) Old Boy (it might not have helped that I saw Sympathy before this, as it resulted in my watching Old Boy with a proper set of expectations), and 3) Lady Vengeance. They're all quite good. The latter two are stronger in regards to artistic value, while I consider the first as the best in regards to structure and impact.

Paper

April 29, 2010, 12:02 AM

re: Old boy- Little fun trivia. The panning hallway scene was done in one take, one try.

blai

May 12, 2010, 12:39 PM

Gawd, seen like, tons of movies lately. For example Smokin' Aces and Wall Street...

Smokin' Aces was brilliant. It was almost like a Guy Richie movie. Brilliant and artistic made. Also, I loved Ryan Reynolds & Jeremy Piven's acting.

Wall Street was a movie I really enjoyed watching, throughout the two hours. Really didn't feel like it was two hours, time flew by. It was brilliantly portrayed and Michael Douglas was incredibly trustworthy as Mr. Gecko. (Pretty fun to see a young John C. McGinley & Charlie Sheen for a change)
Looking forward to Wall Street - Money never sleeps

DanielKnoT

May 13, 2010, 04:30 PM

Does anyone saw the trailer for The Resident Evil: Afterlife???

Amazing, the special effects are better than Matrix o.O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dc5iiT0f1s

Paper

May 13, 2010, 11:53 PM

re: new RE movie- To each his own. I found it a whole lot more cheesy than the past three mashed up together. I only ever watched the RE movies for eye candy; never for the story and never for the acting.

On a lighter note, Iron Man 2 was a whole lot of fun! 9/10 by my book.

juUnior

May 14, 2010, 08:44 AM

I'm waiting for RE:Afterlife. I find the series really entertaining even if its like some almost-creepy cartoon, hyhy ^^

CBlitz

May 22, 2010, 08:23 AM

just watched Prince of Persia and...what's this? A good movie based on a video game?? WHAT ON EARTH

dark lord

May 22, 2010, 08:31 AM

^ and lol at the main actor .

Rainier

May 22, 2010, 11:11 PM

Has anyone watched Summer Wars yet?

Kravmaga

May 23, 2010, 01:37 AM

just watched Prince of Persia and...what's this? A good movie based on a video game?? WHAT ON EARTH

Really now? Unless this is clumsy sarcasm, you just set me up with impossibly high expectations right there... I'm not the kind of elitist jerk who'll jeer at anything less than amazing but if it turns out to be rated uwe boll, I'm gonna be giving my fond memories of the franchise a viking funeral.

Paper

May 23, 2010, 04:08 AM

I never had my hopes up for Prince of Persia, and I intend to keep it that way because if I prepare myself for upset and get amused, the experience is amplified.

The new Shrek movie was ok... It failed to wow me, but it was entertaining none the less.

goldb

May 23, 2010, 02:37 PM

So Prince of Persia is a nono? I wasn't expecting much, I ain't gonna watch it in cinema. Any reviews on Robin Hood?? I've always liked Russel Crowe so I was thinking of checking that one out.

Finally saw Youth in Revolt and it wasn't half bad. solid 7. Had some very good moments and guest appearances.

Paper

May 23, 2010, 11:17 PM

Not saying it's a no-no. Just saying that setting yourself up to be disappointed amplifies how awesome things get... It's the exact reverse of having high expectations, met with mediocrity (my exact feelings with Inglorious Basterds). So if I were to expect less and get more...well, you get the picture.

juUnior

May 24, 2010, 02:24 AM

The new Shrek movie was ok... It failed to wow me, but it was entertaining none the less.
How would you rant the 4th installment with previous 3? <like, in what order of being the best to the worse>
And: if its better than the 3rd one? <I don't know how you feel about nr3, but to me was the worse movie from the three>
Just curious, still don't know if I'm going into cinema, because the 3rd one dissapointed me so much.

Koen

May 24, 2010, 11:54 AM

just watched Prince of Persia and...what's this? A good movie based on a video game?? WHAT ON EARTH

I assume you have played the game and that the story disturbs you a lot... I have never played the game and I consider Prince of Persia as a mediocre, entertaining movie but it isn't the must-see-it-in-cinema either

Paper

May 25, 2010, 12:35 AM

@Junior- 1>2>3=4. Watch it if you're bored, but don't go out of your way to do so. It's basically SSDD.

thornofcarrion

May 25, 2010, 11:03 AM

Recently watched:

The Wolfman
Solomon Kane
Ninja Assassin

Wolfman was a meh movie at best. So predictable and nothing but senseless gore. Solomon Kane was ok, may be because I like magic, fantasy blah blah. Ninja Assassin was violent but a good movie. The opening will make you think otherwise, but as the movie progresses it gets better.

CBlitz

May 25, 2010, 12:40 PM

Really now? Unless this is clumsy sarcasm, you just set me up with impossibly high expectations right there... I'm not the kind of elitist jerk who'll jeer at anything less than amazing but if it turns out to be rated uwe boll, I'm gonna be giving my fond memories of the franchise a viking funeral.

no I meant the good part. Well it was a fun movie, probably the best video game based one out there

May 27, 2010, 11:33 AM

So I'm in this movie streak. On Tuesday I watched Book of Eli. And yesterday I watched The Road, now I'm kind of craving for another good movie. Anyone have any fresh suggestions? It doesn't have to be recent even if it's preferable, as long as it's "fairly new".

Btw I really enjoyed Book of Eli and The Road despite them being a little weird and lacking in their respective cases. Gonna see Iron Man 2 in a few days, I know I know I'm late, but I haven't had the time because of exams so I've been looking forward to it for a long time.

thornofcarrion

May 27, 2010, 01:45 PM

I watched Book of Eli couple of days back. Sadly, I cannot share your optimism about the movie. I found it lacking. But its me *shrugs*.

May 27, 2010, 02:48 PM

I mainly enjoyed it because of the fact that Denzel kicks some serious ass with a sword and bow, while even being blind. I guess it would be more accurate to describe it as an entertaining watch, the movie itself wasn't that "good" if you know what I mean.

Koen

May 27, 2010, 05:03 PM

now I'm kind of craving for another good movie. Anyone have any fresh suggestions? It doesn't have to be recent even if it's preferable, as long as it's "fairly new".

Well, I watched Solomon Kane (cited by thorn)...

The movie was entertaining. It never bored imo. Not a complex story and not too many clichés. The actors weren't famous to me either but they played their role quite good.

+ or - (depends from person to person): the final fight was too short and lacked something (don't know what)

Paper

May 27, 2010, 09:14 PM

re:Book of Eli- I say they could have done more with it. It was good but there was something missing. By the end of the movie, you don't get that feeling of accomplishment you normally associate to movies that involve epic quests; you're left wanting more... but due to certain circumstances, you won't have more (continuing with Mila Kunis is a big no-no... She's hot and everything, but that's about it)...

re:Something new- Sadly we don't have anything new for the time being, but I'd suggest revisiting great old movies; particularly ones ahead of their time like Bladerunner or Clockwork Orange. You might also be able to find peace with time honored classics like the original Star Wars trilogy (preferably the version where Christiansen hasn't been super imposed), the Monty Python series, King Kong, Godfather I and II, Citizen Kane, and the original Indiana Jones trilogy.

Kusachu

May 28, 2010, 01:52 AM

If anyone here has a Japanese calligraphy fetish and an interest in seeing Ewan McGregor full frontal then run out and watch the Pillow Book!! Seriously though, it's a good movie. Twisted. I saw it a while ago, but just now remembered it. *shrug*

Saw Iron Man II. I liked it, but not nearly as much as the first one.

Also saw nightmare on Elm Street. It wasn't too bad. I sort of liked how they made Freddy a pedophile. And looking back on my memories of those movies he really did come off as a pedophile without ever totally insinuating it. You know, all the sexual jokes. The redo of the "I'm your boyfriend now" line was a win I think.

I wonder, do they have plans to remake more? I hope they wouldn't do part 2 though. That one sucked. But I also wouldn't want to see them turn out like the new Halloween 2. :barf

Paper

May 28, 2010, 11:15 AM

I just saw Prince of Persia today and... it was actually good. 8.5/10 by my book. I just hope they don't ruin it with a sequel because it's perfect the way it is.

CBlitz

May 28, 2010, 12:57 PM

sat throught Shrek 4 today....eh it was better than the third one but still waaaaaaay below the first two. It left a lot to be desired

Kravmaga

May 29, 2010, 09:58 PM

no I meant the good part. Well it was a fun movie, probably the best video game based one out there

I'm glad I listened to you btw.
More and more every day, I am disillusioned by the amount of childishness adult critics retain while I am baffled by the amount of candor they discard.
If there's anything this movie showed me is how much more enjoyment I could get out of my cinephilia if I were to stop and question the authority of this wall of obsessively elitist institution of opinionated critics that seems to be out there to spread and defend some stereotype that all members of the academies must imperatively be a fun-hating little-man syndrome who thinks too highly of himself to be amused by entertainment while stuck in an infinite loop of his mid-life existential phase. I swear it's like they do this solely to spite all creative work that was written by the younger generation. BAH! Now I need to go brush my teeth after even cursing them.

Prince of persia was possibly the most fun movie with such horribly bad reviews that I can remember. If anyone couldn't enjoy it at least for what it is, a fun movie, I'm gonna have to wager it's really due to the ironic conundrum of an incredibly big head stuck inside an incredibly tight ass.

Paper

May 30, 2010, 02:17 AM

IMO Prince of Persia's proven that movies based on video games aren't always bad. They took distinct aspects of the game and applied it to the direction and cinematography of the film. A film adaptation need not be 100% like the game, because some aspects of the gaming world just translates poorly into film (yes, Uwe Boll. we're talking about you). This could possibly mean the end to shit game to movie adaptations, and kick off better ones in the future.

On the topic of game to movie adaptations. Apparently Sam Raimi's been drafted to direct the WoW movie... I'm corssing my fingers hard here!

Also crossing my fingers for Joss Whedon and The Avengers!

goldb

May 30, 2010, 03:42 AM

Also crossing my fingers for Joss Whedon and The Avengers!

I really can't wait for that one!!! it's gonna be huge. Hulk has been confirmed to appear in it too. But before that, we that Thor, which I'm hoping will be good too.

thornofcarrion

May 30, 2010, 06:55 AM

The Avengers sure has a mighty cast. But 2012 is too far away :(. Next Superman movie is scheduled in 2012 as well.

Sorry corrected junior.

juUnior

May 30, 2010, 11:40 AM

Next Superman movie is scheduled in 2010 as well.
2010? Not 2011? Still, the best thing is: Christopher Nolan is somewhat connected to the next Superman movie project, and that makes me happy <and his bro is doing a script if I recall correctly> Even if Nolan will be just a producer, I think that in his "hand" <his protection :p> the movie can be very well done <I know, I know, "realism" and that stuff, but Nolan - to me - reflects someone who is able to put a comic characters into the very good movie adaptaion> And if its true that the story will be somewhat resembling the comic "Man of Steel", its even more superb with Nolan connceted to the project.
btw. yeah, I'm fan of Chris Nolan ^^

bunshindattebayo

May 31, 2010, 08:32 AM

New Scott Pilgrim vs The World Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NUBVcit5VM

thornofcarrion

May 31, 2010, 01:29 PM

Watched From Paris with Love. Stupid movie, nothing interesting. Travolta really disappointed me in this movie.

Kusachu

June 01, 2010, 12:53 AM

Saw Shrek Forever After. Was cute and funny. I had no expectations for it, so I wasn't let down. It was a cookie cutter Shrek movie, I thought, and when one watches Shrek, one expects to see Shrek. That's all there is to it. The alternate universe thing was nicely done, and I thought Rumpelstiltskin was actually a likable villain. I liked him better than the other villains. The Pied Piper was pretty awesome too. He got down with that flute for sure. :XD
[hr]

Watched From Paris with Love. Stupid movie, nothing interesting. Travolta really disappointed me in this movie.

I thought the plot was cliche and the gags were lame, but if you turn your brain off it was an okay action movie...but it aint no Smokin' Aces. :amuse

blai

June 03, 2010, 07:17 PM

A WOW MOVIE? Paperman, you know this, do you have any links whatsoever where there's info? I don't dare google because I'm afraid I'll get so much crap shown and I doubt IMDB has anything of value...

kaliayev

June 03, 2010, 10:29 PM

@blai
The Warcraft details are kinda old news at this point: http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=26048

Guillermo Del Toro is no longer directing "the Hobbit." He still intends to collaborate during the production stage, but twas a sad day for Bilbo. Interestingly, Sam Raimi might just drop everything if given the opportunity to replace Del Toro.

p.s. Feel free to blame MGM for that bs.

Paper

June 03, 2010, 10:41 PM

re:Warcraft movie-

info from wowwiki: http://www.wowwiki.com/Warcraft_(film)
fan site (frequently updated): http://www.warcraft-themovie.com/

re:The Hobbit- It's kind of sad that Del Toro's no longer signed on for the project. I doubt Raimi dropping Warcraft though... It's too big a title to drop.

goldb

June 04, 2010, 01:55 AM

That came as a shock when Del Toro decided to drop out of participating in The Hobbit. In his defense things were being dragged along with the studios...

blai

June 04, 2010, 01:57 AM

Cheers. Yeah, I've heard it somewhere before but it was like a bypassing subject and we were "oh, a warcraft movie, yeah, hope they don't F up..yeah..." *moving on* so I haven't really thought of it as a real movie that they will produce.

cua_raitei

June 05, 2010, 03:50 PM

what's the next big movie which everyone is waiting for

juUnior

June 06, 2010, 03:28 AM

The Expandables - action films ftw in Stallone way! xDXDXDXD I expect a nice booms, fights, gags and killing - that's what this movie will be about, that's want I want to see. Nothing more, nothing less <3 Not to mention that finally Stallone, Willis and Shwarzenegger <how its spelled :p> are going to be in one movie, one place, one scene <or maybe several, but honestly don't think so>, so.. yeah, action films 80/90s ftw!

goldb

June 06, 2010, 04:28 AM

I'm waiting for that too.and.....TOY STORY 3, especially after I heard that there's gonna be a Ken character who plays the baddie.

Kusachu

June 06, 2010, 11:24 AM

What a steaming pile of shit Ninja Assassin was... :barf

That movie...I don't even know what to say about it except that it is one of the biggest fails I've ever seen.

goldb

June 06, 2010, 04:18 PM

What a steaming pile of shit Ninja Assassin was... :barf

That movie...I don't even know what to say about it except that it is one of the biggest fails I've ever seen.

Really that bad huh?? I saw the trailer for it and the read the plot, it sounded alrite-ish.
Are you looking forward to any movies Kusachu?/

Koen

June 06, 2010, 04:27 PM

What a steaming pile of shit Ninja Assassin was... :barf

That movie...I don't even know what to say about it except that it is one of the biggest fails I've ever seen.

I totally dissent... When I saw the first scene, I was afraid it would have been gory, brainless, bloody action move

but as soon as the movie continued, it had a decent story (not an intelligent one but definitely an entertaining on). Furthermore, the fights were cool and the ninja effects were done good too.

I don't consider it as a great movie but it's a fun watch to fill up some your boredom with entertainment

Kusachu

June 06, 2010, 11:28 PM

Really that bad huh?? I saw the trailer for it and the read the plot, it sounded alrite-ish.
Are you looking forward to any movies Kusachu?/

I thought that Ninja Assassin was cheap, trite and god awful. I thought the story would be okay because it was about the guy getting revenge on his clan, and if it would have been just that it would have been okay, but the other characters, aka the chick and guy who worked for...who the hell did they work for? And why were they in the movie at all? That was the stupidest part for me. They are supposed to be searching for these ninja clans or something, but all they did was turn the plot to cheese. As far as the ninja stuff goes, I thought that was a fail too. These ninja were...not at all what I want to see when I'm watching something about ninja. Oooo they sort of melt out of the shadows and they throw shuriken. Okay, that's cool, but these ninja were just...horrible to me.

Okay, so how did they not know that a whole army of people were dropping into their secret mountain village, WITH HUMMERS, out of nowhere and have no advance warning at all.That doesn't even touch the fact that hummers were able to somehow magically get on top a mountain and bust through their gates without making a sound before that. Also I thought the fight scenes were totally sub par. The guy is supposed to be ultimate, but the fight scenes didn't wow me at all and I thought they looked low budget and poorly choreographed. Also, I hated that it was a typical English speaking American movie. I prefer movies with a little thing I call authenticity. If you are in Japan living in a hidden village on a mountain top, I expect you to speak Japanese, no fail, and if the movie is primarily set in Berlin, I would like to hear the German language at least once.

The funnest part of the movie for myself and my man was us making rape jokes about the female who was supposed to be a ninja but never did anything to appear as such except climb a wall, slowly, wearing shuko. :eyeroll

Hmmm...i don't actually know of any movies that i'm looking forward to that have yet to come out... I don't want anything to do with The Last Airbender and I probably wont pay to see The Karate Kid. The A-Team...I'm thinking is a no also. I wouldn't watch Twilight for free, and erm...yeah.

Wait, I guess I want to see The Expendables, just for grins, and of course I'm looking forward to HP and the Deathly Hallows. OH! I want to see the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but I don't have high expectations for it or anything. I'll check it for $5 though. :amuse

I see there's a lot of movies coming out that I haven't heard of yet, but I haven't seen previews, so yeah. Can't say.

Paper

June 06, 2010, 11:37 PM

Kusachu

June 06, 2010, 11:48 PM

I agree with all your points, save for The A-Team... I want to see if Neeson's going to go all "Taken" again. :D As for HP; I was never a fan.

you forgot to mention the godaweful acting in Ninja Assassin.

You know, I may actually have to see A Team for $5 now that you brought up that point about Neeson. But man! I was very underwhelmed by the new B.A. though. :(

And LOL yeah the acting was SO terrible...I thought that was a given. ;) Special heart?? Riiiiight. :facepalm

Paper

June 06, 2010, 11:58 PM

True, the new B.A. was a let down. TBH, just for the lulz, I'd cast Terry Crewes as B.A.

Kusachu

June 07, 2010, 12:11 AM

I would see this based on the actors alone. :XD But I think it looks really funny too.

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-other-guys/38655/video/the-other-guys-trailer-no-1/77830220001

Okay, so I never saw all of Tron. <__< But I do want to see this and I will end up watching Tron before that.

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/tron-legacy/38736/video/tron-legacy-trailer-no-1/70883479001

Seems like Dark City mated with Vanilla Sky and had a bastard child. Could be good or bad but LOOKS cool. :D

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/inception/36931/video/inception-trailer-no-1/35617890001

baboysai

June 11, 2010, 12:47 AM

I watched Prince of Persia last weekend. Was pretty entertaining, but not as satisfying as I thought. meh.

Paper

June 11, 2010, 04:45 AM

The Mortal Kombat franchise reboot trailer is up! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk)

It's not for the hard core die hard fans of the franchise, but it's a good take on the title as far as retcons are concerned.

Kusachu

June 11, 2010, 05:11 AM

Saw that yesterday! I actually liked the older MK movies (the first one most specifically), so when I saw this I was like, YAY! I hope that the new movie takes the story more seriously than the other films did. And MAN am I happy that it's not going to be about Liu Kang. I never liked him...<___< I think I'm going to miss the Johnny Cage nuttpunch though. T___T

On a side note, I saw The Blind Side. I liked it a lot, but I don't necessarily think that Sandra deserved the Oscar though. Her acting was good and all, but it wasn't extraordinary or anything.

Paper

June 11, 2010, 05:22 AM

I only liked the novelty of the movies, but not the movies as a whole. I found them too cheesy for my taste. The new one is a lot more gritty and almost assures us more violence/carnage than all the old movies combined. Only one thing concerns me though. As far as the trailer goes, it's given scientific explanations to the powers the characters posess. MK has always had a mystical aspect to it, and I don't know how they will incorporate that with the current look of things.

baboysai

June 11, 2010, 06:54 AM

Kusachu, i agree about Sandra. It wasn't enough to win an Oscar.

kaliayev

June 11, 2010, 10:59 PM

Seems like Dark City mated with Vanilla Sky and had a bastard child. Could be good or bad but LOOKS cool. :D

http://www.moviefone.com/movie/inception/36931/video/inception-trailer-no-1/35617890001

That's a gross simplification, especially since Vanilla Sky already was a bastard child (Abre los ojos). Inception is pretty much the only movie I am willing to pay to see in a theater this summer. Nolan, DiCaprio, and Gordon-Levitt are enough guarantee a quality movie. On top of that, the supporting cast is quite solid.

Organizized

June 12, 2010, 04:38 AM

Well, the fact that it's written and directed by Christopher Nolan was enough for me. Then the fact that DiCaprio, who in later years hasn't been in a movie that wasn't brilliant (haven't seen Body of Lies, though), Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard are in it doesn't really lower my expectations either.

Been trying to keep away from the trailers. Saw the teaser when it came out and it seems Nolan-y enough. :tem

Paper

June 12, 2010, 11:41 AM

The A-Team was AWESOME! It's so awesome that I'm not even going to give it a rating, I'm just going to say "I pity the fool who doesn't like the A-Team movie!"!

redcometfm

June 13, 2010, 03:10 AM

The worst thing about the new MK video is that it turns every evil character into a villain from Saw and is far too realistic for something as supernatural and stylistic as Mortal Kombat. (Turning Scorpion's signature move into a cliche Ninja mechanical gear was horrid.) Not to mention the supposed protagonist of Scorpion is not exactly an exciting, sympathetic or engaging character to be of interest for an entire two hours. Maybe the other Sub-Zero brother since he was a good guy.

However, I do like the new approach to Jax and Sonya and the general concept of them arranging for someone notable to infiltrate the tournament.

Days like these that I miss 90s cinema.

Am TOTALLY looking forward to Inception. Saw a sneak peak of footage from an interview with Nolan, DiCaprio and Gordon-Levitt, and I totally JIMP'ed. So psyched!

Paper

June 13, 2010, 04:52 AM

Well it is a retcon. Movie executives have to make a choice between pleasing the fans and making money, and the latter is always the option they go with. I myself am not a big fan of retcon movies, but you've got to hand it to a producer/writer/director if they manage to take an old formula and create something similar, yet currently relative. I'm just going to have to do what I did for the Prince of Persia movie; set myself up for disappointment in order to magnify the good that comes out.

sindergi

June 15, 2010, 04:57 AM

Oh a movie from my childhood is back :
Karate Kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpHEBZSrFws)

......but now they should name it KungFu Kid....since this no Karate, its Kungfu.

goldb

June 15, 2010, 06:35 AM

Oh a movie from my childhood is back :
Karate Kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpHEBZSrFws)

......but now they should name it KungFu Kid....since this no Karate, its Kungfu.

I heard it's doing very well in the states; it kicked Shrek off the no.1 place. I'm just waiting for Inception (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TuSJo4dZM) to come out, trailer looks really good!

Kusachu

June 17, 2010, 03:35 AM

That's a gross simplification, especially since Vanilla Sky already was a bastard child (Abre los ojos). Inception is pretty much the only movie I am willing to pay to see in a theater this summer. Nolan, DiCaprio, and Gordon-Levitt are enough guarantee a quality movie. On top of that, the supporting cast is quite solid.

Well, the thing about Vanilla Sky with me is this: I thought it was a really good movie, and I even went out and bought it, but I only actually watched like once or twice all the way through. Now, I may just think the movie was awesome because I was really stoned, but that doesn't change that the movie has that certain something that gets into you and makes your head go a little funny while watching it. I feel the same way about Dark City except I have seen that movie many times. It's the same element that is what tends to make me really get into a movies like Cube, Pi, Seven, Jacob's Ladder, Waking Life, even Kurosawa's Dreams, and yes, the original Matrix. I tend to prefer the more intense and disturbing movies. It's that deep, dark psychological thrill I'm hoping for in Inception, but I wonder, which end of the spectrum it will fall on? Will it be the kind of movie that is enthralling, yet almost difficult to watch, or will it play out in a figuratively more easy to swallow way?

I'm sold on DiCaprio nowadays. He's proven to be a real go to guy for intelligent, mature, classy movies.

benelori

June 18, 2010, 07:09 AM

That new MK bullshit is...well bullshit...I don't really wanna see that...

But this Last Airbender stuff looks good...I mean the effects are decent, except the fighting scenes(what's up with those soldiers not landing a serious blow:s)
What's a good movie though is Ip Man 2...anyone seen it?

June 19, 2010, 05:04 PM

Kusachu

June 19, 2010, 11:47 PM

Saw A-Team today. Only two words need to be said to fully describe the movie. AWESOME EPICNESS!!!

I was seriously not expecting it to be this epic. I came into the cinema with a set of mind sort of like this "Yeah the trailer looked awesome, it's probably a pretty good and entertaining movie that suits my humour well", but my oh my would I later change this to "OH MEINE GOT (A-Team reference) this movie rocks hard ass! Awesome! AWESOME!!"

Well forgive me for my absolutely ridiculous fanboy moment, but only 30 minutes have passed since I saw it and I can still feel the rush of the adventure. The plot wasn't the most complicated one, but what would one expect from such an action filled plot anyway? The purpose of the movie was to illustrate a crazy comedy and action filled adventure for absolutely crazy minds, and that's exactly what the movie did. The effects were awesome, planning was awesome, acting was awesome, music was epic, comedy was epic, action was epic and most of all a flying tank can't be anything less than pure epic win.

Five stars, hands down.

I will definitely see it then. :D

I have no more reservations. :XD
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That new MK bullshit is...well bullshit...I don't really wanna see that...

But this Last Airbender stuff looks good...I mean the effects are decent, except the fighting scenes(what's up with those soldiers not landing a serious blow:s)
What's a good movie though is Ip Man 2...anyone seen it?

I seen it. I thought it was good and I enjoyed it, but I thought it failed to reach the level of win in the first movie. :amuse

The Last Airbender...I'm boycotting that film. :notrust

Paper

June 21, 2010, 06:54 PM

I would see the up coming MK movie, but I wouldn't even give the new M. Night ShamaLOL movie a second glance (he hasn't made anything good since The 6th Sense anyway).

I hated the new Karate Kid movie... It perpetuates the stereotype that all of us Asians are alike, and I for one will not stand for such a travesty. I'm very proud to have both Chinese and Filipino lineage, and I do what I can to uphold the traditions of both cultures. Having some dumb Hollywood exec call Kung Fu anything else but Kung Fu is a major slap towards Chinese culture. I'd react the same exact way if they marketed Kali/Arnis with a different name just to make it more palatable for western viewers. If they can't do it right, they might as well not do anything at all.

I bet the next Karate Kid movie will have a Mexican kid learning Tae Kwon Do, and it would STILL be called Karate Kid; that's just how ignorant Hollywood is.

Kusachu

June 21, 2010, 10:52 PM

Paperman, since you are Chinese (at least in part) I wonder, how do you feel about the whitewashing issue in The Last Airbender, especially since the makers of the animated show took great pains to root the show in Asian, and most specifically, Chinese culture, and yet the movie, while possibly maintaining the cultural "look" as far as architecture, martial arts etc. goes, completely disregards the ethnic backgrounds of the characters?

I don't want to get into a huge debate or anything, I'm just curious if you also find the casting choices offensive.

But on a lighter note, about the Karate Kid:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c8ad4aa802/wax-on-f-ck-off-with-ralph-macchio

That's all I have to say about that. :XD

Paper

June 21, 2010, 11:34 PM

I'm boycotting it, need I say more? :lmao

I'm very unhappy about the fact that all the protagonists are portrayed by Caucasians, and the only Asians involved in the film portray antagonists. The debate regarding this topic has been around even before the cast was finalized, yet they still went ahead with the god-awful cast.

re:Karate Kid- I was very disappointed by two things:

1. The Joe Esposito song "You're the best around" did not play at any point in the movie.
2. The line "Sweep the leg" was not mentioned in any form... no, "break the leg" does not count, breaking is different from sweeping.

Arrogance

June 23, 2010, 12:14 AM

Hey, everyone. I haven't posted here in a while :darn

Anywho I just saw The A-team today and I gotta say it was both awesome and hysterical. It had great action. At times it was over the top but the parts that ended up being over the top weren't corny but instead funny. The whole movie I was either on the edge of my seat or being blown back by action while also falling out of my chair with laughter. Its a must see in my book. :thumbs

Now next on my list is to see Toy Story 3 later this week and then The Last Airbender when that comes out in July :).

Koen

June 23, 2010, 01:50 AM

What's a good movie though is Ip Man 2...anyone seen it?

Yes, I liked Ip Man 2. The fights - not the one against the boxer - were sadly sometimes too hollywood. But the end fight was definitely very good and emotional

thornofcarrion

June 24, 2010, 10:59 PM

The good thing about Ip Man 2 was the end fight. Other than that, the movie was ok.

Hopefully, will watch How to Train Your Dragon today or tomorrow.

Arrogance

June 24, 2010, 11:06 PM

I just got back from seeing Toy Story 3 in 3D tonight and I was so sad when it ended. I haven't been this sad since the end of Yugioh when Yammi walks into the abyss :scry. Once I left the theater it hit me that it was the final movie of the trilogy and that I would no longer see another Toy Story movie ever again. The ending was sad but beautiful and the movie was once again another Pixar masterpiece that everyone should see.

One thing I did notice was that this out of all the movies was the most geared towards adults. My little cousin who is 5 and just got into Toy Story was actually disappointed by the movie and afterwards I could see why because he wasn't able to pick up on everything. I think Pixar this time around took into consideration the amount of older people that would be seeing this movie because they started watching it when they were little and knew they would be attending to see their favorite childhood movie series end. This being the case some very young children would have been unable to pick up on quite a few of the jokes. That being said I am not young and therefore understood everything and found the movie to be AMAZING :XD.

PS: Thorn, your going to love How To Train Your Dragon :thumbs Well at least I think you will, I know I did :).

Kusachu

June 26, 2010, 09:30 PM

Finally got around to watching The Book of Eli. Not half bad. I was a little bored by the pace, but the fighting was good, scenarios were good, Denzel is ALWAYS good, the ending was good. I liked how they showed how religion can be used to corrupt or to heal, and didn't think it was too overboard, but I smirked a bit about the "version" of the book for historic reasons, though, any other translation/version would have probably seemed out of place given the context of the movie. And points for the twist at the end. For a second I thought I was watching an M. Night movie, thankfully only for a second though. ;)

I guess there's not much to say about it other than it's a pretty good movie. It's like...Eastern Wyoming. You know, high elevation on the plain. It's up there, but the whole pace of the movie is pretty even and stretches a bit.

Kravmaga

June 26, 2010, 11:01 PM

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re:Karate Kid- I was very disappointed by two things:

1. The Joe Esposito song "You're the best around" did not play at any point in the movie.
2. The line "Sweep the leg" was not mentioned in any form... no, "break the leg" does not count, breaking is different from sweeping.

I might be in the minority here or not, I don't even know anymore, but I enjoyed karate kid.
There's a pretty vocal group out there seemingly outraged at what they believe is a disregard for martial arts nomenclature and you know what? I find it absolutely ridiculous. The original karate kid had just about as much real karate in it as a 30minute instructional video from a magazine coupon; furthermore, the very fact they thought about changing the name shows they were honestly trying hard not to push on anyone's fanboy buttons. To me, the name is, if anything, a tribute to the classic movie which in terms of plot, character and acting are all VERY sub-par by today's standards and again, imho, the new movie itself does a perfectly adequate job of carrying the spirit of the original without any of that cheesy 80s music. Yet, critics are depleting their precious stash of colorful words to put movies down when it comes to this one on a technicality while they forgive mediocrity, blatant abuse of horror or much much worse affronts to cinematography on a regular basis. Some random wanker had the galls to comment on the karate name when he gave positive marks to jonah hex and shrek, for pete's sake! I wager he must be immune to irony or the sheer amount of it would have crushed him.

And okay, this new karate kid movie handled a bunch of things clumsily like losing track of characters, reinforcing the movie cliche that the only solution to antagonist violence is protagonist violence and the direction was a little bit distracted too. I get it, but it also tried to do good things especially relevant during our generation; it had the social commentary on wasteful lifestyles in the western culture, it tried to show a first person perspective into a nation we americans seem to love fishing for strawmans to use as scapgoats and it even had a part where it shows adults able to swallow their pride and learn a little wisdom from children's sincerity. I mean sure it's not gonna work with every tough-nuts out there but there was great intentions there.
On top of it all, I'm really glad a director finally managed to paint a picture of china that shows its real people, crowded, human, hardworking and living amidst conditions that would make most people cringe at the mere thought, yet able of such dedication, pride and hopeful optimism to look forward to every colorful minute of everyday. Contrast that to the guy who bet me that the asian parent syndrome would never die and half an hour later into it, [/zomgsplr] the asian dad open-mindedly judges a black kid with no outstanding background and who almost cost his daughter her university ticket when neither of them even spoke each other's language. If anything, the movie tried to break some rock solid stereotypes of side characters being so full of themselves they can never change their mind with that and the bully learning respect or the tired-of-life cliche finding some joie-de-vivre in teaching instead of prevailing over the designated asshole of the day.

Now I'm not gonna try and sell it as the best movie or even trying to go for that, but it was definitively above average, more honest and much better than a lot of crap I paid hard earned money to see lately; if anyone still couldn't enjoy it for what it was, and that would be a glimpse of life in china with a plot loosely inspired by the karate kid, then I really think you made up your mind before you went in there. Nobody is entitled to the remake of your favorite flick being mind-blowing, nobody; I, for one, am glad this remake was at least an attempt full of heart and good intents.

benelori

June 27, 2010, 05:25 AM

Ip Man 2...well the first thing that I like is that it's Chinese...I like Chinese movies, I'm a huge fan...and the overall action scenes were pretty good...but I disliked though, is the fact that in some scenes the directors seemed to be uninspired and they made copies from the first movie

Last Airbender and not casting Asian...I would love if the Last Airbender would be a chinese movie, but the original cartoon series doesn't really portray the characters as chinese or asian whatever...even though some cultural and some vague martial art elements are inspired from there, Aang still doesn't look like Asian, and the water tribe look like eschimos...so other than martial arts, wardrobe, etc. the characters themselves shouldn't be portrayed by Asians I think...

Just how I don't like anime or manga series to be portrayed by Japanese actors, especially when in the original series the characters don't look asian at all

Fourth Kind? Anyone? I was pretty intrigued by the film at first, but then I read a comment, that it's a movie for believers :D

Paper

June 27, 2010, 05:47 AM

@Kravmaga- Yes, the movie tried to tackle sensitive points in the world today, and they did teach some valuable lessons. But it did not do justice to the series and it pressed on racial stereotypes. The scene where Zhensu Wu talks to Jaden Smith was an attempt to break the stereotype that all Asians are uptight, but they by making the movie in China, using Kung Fu, and calling it Karate Kid; they managed to not only push a certain stereotype, but insult the culture. As I've stated before, I'm very proud of my lineage and I admit that I am "uptight" when it comes to upholding my culture.

Fun Fact: It's not called Karate Kid in Japan.

You know what, for the sake of the people that liked the movie, there is one line that I liked because it speaks the truth with regards to all students and teachers.

"No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher.".... but even that is a Japanese proverb, not a Chinese one.

@Benelori- Oh please... The Japanese people have already explained why their characters look the way they do: It's to tell them apart! There is no race in this world with green, purple, or even pink hair. Just because a character has big eyes and is blonde, does not mean that he/she is caucasian. This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTvFhRbBt8) explains it all.

Asian culture + Asian setting= Caucasian characters??? Your "math" is off.

Here are a few links to back my side of the argument:

Paramount v.s. Asian actors (http://www.manaa.org/paramountdiscriminates.html) "...actors of color have been relegated to villain, supporting, and background roles."
Avatar wikipedia entry (read the first paragraph) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbender#Air_Nomads) "...Avatar is set in an Asian-influenced world of Chinese martial arts...The show drew on elements from traditional Asian (mainly Chinese, Indian and Japanese) culture and Indian religions (Hinduism and Buddhism), while blending the styles of anime and US domestic cartoons."

Even the names of the characters are of obvious Asian influence (I highly doubt that "Bei Fong" is a traditional European/north American family name).

Imperium

June 27, 2010, 11:37 AM

Asian are indeed misrepresented, but at least you're not always the "sophisticated bad guys". From the Sheriff of Nottingham to Magneto our whole accent is typecast. We should start a petition against hollywood!

In all seriousness though, i am going to watch avatar if only because i liked the original. I dont expect much, but there is a small bead of hope it will be good. Having said that, if it is hugely disappointing, it will probably be because of that baby faced child actor who plays aang. :notrust

Kravmaga

June 27, 2010, 02:21 PM

@Kravmaga- Yes, the movie tried to tackle sensitive points in the world today, and they did teach some valuable lessons. But it did not do justice to the series and it pressed on racial stereotypes. The scene where Zhensu Wu talks to Jaden Smith was an attempt to break the stereotype that all Asians are uptight, but they by making the movie in China, using Kung Fu, and calling it Karate Kid; they managed to not only push a certain stereotype, but insult the culture. As I've stated before, I'm very proud of my lineage and I admit that I am "uptight" when it comes to upholding my culture.

Fun Fact: It's not called Karate Kid in Japan.

You know what, for the sake of the people that liked the movie, there is one line that I liked because it speaks the truth with regards to all students and teachers.

"No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher.".... but even that is a Japanese proverb, not a Chinese one.

I guess this is where we differ.
I'm not in favor of wisdom having to belong to a certain culture and or any culture being so easily offended as a good thing. And this is not a japanese saying but "negative criticism always says more about the critic than the target of his/her contempt."

Also, I really don't see how naming a remake after its original is insulting to asian culture or anything even remotely insult-able (is that a word?) within the scope of the original movie. The new movie while still attempting to recreate those things that worked back then (which I personally believe was mainly relying on a craze in the 80s over anything kungfu-related, no matter how cheezy and filled with david carradine) has tried very hard to avoid stepping on anyone's toes. Efforts wasted apparently as we still manage to find ways to be so offended by it.

I don't know, I feel we as a society are all starting to ignore genuine efforts and good intentions as if we all have everything all figured out while finding nothing wrong with criticizing based on a technicality more often than with an unopinionated reason. I just think we're being really really unfair to this one. Karate kid would have been exactly the same with a different name and still stand on its own qualities without any relations to the 1984 one; this might be a bit off but I also think it would have been a stronger film if it had less of the cheesy fighting and more on finding peace for both jackie chan and jaden smith's characters.
I guess I'll close with my favorite line as well:
"Kungfu lives in everything you do; it lives in how you put on and take off a jacket and it lives in how you treat other people." This struck me as powerful because kungfu in chinese refers not only to the martial arts, but also the self-acquired abilities, strength and worth of people in in the face of their harsh lives. Everyone's out there signing up for a class to learn to flip out and look cool while kicking someone's ass forgetting that real kungfu is also meant to teach us how to be better, wiser and more tolerant people.

Paper

June 27, 2010, 05:56 PM

@Kravmaga- I'm a traditional guy, but I didn't mean that wisdom shouldn't be spread out to other cultures. I simply meant that the only line I actually liked was a re-hash of an old line, said by someone else, taken from a different culture. I can see why people would like to watch movies that exploit stereotypes then try to mend them some how. It makes them feel less guilty about the years of racism, but what they don't see is that theres really no need to do it. Only time can heal something like that, and no amount of movies (e.g. crash, babel, karate kid, etc...) can ever cure certain stereotypes. Hollywood just needs to back off and stop trying so hard.

Not that I'm trying to discriminate in any way, but I can understand why you would think that mashing up various Asian cultures isn't a biggie. But it's just because American history/culture isn't as vast as Asian history/culture. We have our heritage and we're proud of it. We didn't spend years cultivating our cultures just for it to be mixed up by some dumb Hollywood prick.

@Imp- True, I feel your pain... though you do have the James Bond franchise which kind of evens things out. j/k

Kravmaga

June 27, 2010, 11:50 PM

@Kravmaga- I'm a traditional guy, but I didn't mean that wisdom shouldn't be spread out to other cultures. I simply meant that the only line I actually liked was a re-hash of an old line, said by someone else, taken from a different culture.

My apologies for misunderstanding; in my defense, everyone with a problem with karate kid whom I've met previously seem outraged simply because of it borrowing the name from a the 80s flick they feel as part of their childhood, and therefore not to be touched by evil remake teams.

I can see why people would like to watch movies that exploit stereotypes then try to mend them some how. It makes them feel less guilty about the years of racism, but what they don't see is that theres really no need to do it. Only time can heal something like that, and no amount of movies (e.g. crash, babel, karate kid, etc...) can ever cure certain stereotypes. Hollywood just needs to back off and stop trying so hard.

And I can understand how you feel about our culture being treated as a joke can be offensive. I really do.
I avoid playing this kind of cards as much as I can hoping to be objective but I'm from asian descent as well and having lived in 3 different countries in three different continents for more than 5 years each, it pains me to see asian people dismiss western culture, europeans dismiss asian culture and westerners dismiss both european and asian cultures in the same subtle but unmistakable ways. I feel like I'm the only one who can see the biting irony of how similar all patrimonies, cultures and people really are as well as how they will all similarly show outrage at the mere suggestion that their legacies weren't as unique and special as they thought even though their knowledge of foreign cultures are shallow at best.
Time itself doesn't mend anything; in fact, if left alone, issues of divide tend to get worse due to people's inherent suspicions towards those different. It is people, those who make the first step, those who have the courage to give it a chance and those who march in the right direction over time that mend a cultural divide.
Those people take risks and their attempts in good intentions should be applauded; believe it or not, it would have been much easier for the VCs and producers to request the script to be a bunch of the same generic crap in order to play it safe.

Not that I'm trying to discriminate in any way, but I can understand why you would think that mashing up various Asian cultures isn't a biggie. But it's just because American history/culture isn't as vast as Asian history/culture. We have our heritage and we're proud of it. We didn't spend years cultivating our cultures just for it to be mixed up by some dumb Hollywood prick.

Actually, maybe you're right to feel that hollywood's simply is unqualified to ever fix what it has done with stereotypes and other hasty generalizations in the past years; however I feel each generation of people deserve its own chance to decide how they see others for themselves and a movie like the new karate kid paint such a more accurate portrait of china than any other kungfu or asia themed movie I can remember.
If you still see the japanese karate being put in where chinese wushu should be (and those of chinese descent would immediately understand why that might offend but being on a manga forum, I was hoping that weren't an issue), then we'll just have to agree to disagree at whether that's really important. But you should know that that hollywood prick you mention not only thought twice about changing the name but was also criticized hard on the other side in that what jaden smith's character learned wasn't just kungfu and nor was the original about real karate. Nitpicking at that level is a twenty-edged sword that spins around and slashes the shit out of everybody indiscriminately. Even if you were in the position to challenge the tentative title, good luck selling the risk of lower returns to your investors.

Paper

June 28, 2010, 12:08 AM

I agree that only the people themselves can change their views. Though I still don't like the fact that they would rather earn money than be factually correct. Not only does it make the viewers ignorant, but it promotes the idea that It's perfectly fine to be wrong just to make a quick buck.

I understand that I'm being difficult (at the least), but I just find it hard to enjoy something which I view to be quite flawed.

benelori

June 28, 2010, 07:12 AM

@Benelori- Oh please... The Japanese people have already explained why their characters look the way they do: It's to tell them apart! There is no race in this world with green, purple, or even pink hair. Just because a character has big eyes and is blonde, does not mean that he/she is caucasian. This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTvFhRbBt8) explains it all.

Asian culture + Asian setting= Caucasian characters??? Your "math" is off.

Here are a few links to back my side of the argument:

Paramount v.s. Asian actors (http://www.manaa.org/paramountdiscriminates.html) "...actors of color have been relegated to villain, supporting, and background roles."
Avatar wikipedia entry (read the first paragraph) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbender#Air_Nomads) "...Avatar is set in an Asian-influenced world of Chinese martial arts...The show drew on elements from traditional Asian (mainly Chinese, Indian and Japanese) culture and Indian religions (Hinduism and Buddhism), while blending the styles of anime and US domestic cartoons."

Even the names of the characters are of obvious Asian influence (I highly doubt that "Bei Fong" is a traditional European/north American family name).

I understand U man...but there are still mangas which are portraying asian people as asian people...
I agree that it's weird to have a caucasian person with an asian name, but I think it's better if a director chooses an actor who resembles somewhat with the original cartoon character...so for me it's not the problem of being caucasian or not, it's how they resemble with the original character...race is a label anyway, so I don't really care

Well it's a matter of taste, anyway...I don't find any of this disturbing at all

Paper

June 28, 2010, 07:43 AM

What really irked me was the fact that the only Asians in the cast play characters from the Fire nation. To make things worse, they didn't just get random Asians, they got people of South Asian descent to portray the flame-totting baddies; throw in the masses of impressionable children (of which is their target demographic), and what do you get? A whole new generation of ignorant kids who think the equation "brown skin+dark hair= boom" is completely logical. But wait! Theres more! M.Night Shyamalan is of SA descent, and yet he goes ahead, and pulls an epic fail by casting said people for said role!

... He should have quit after The 6th Sense came out on VHS.

thornofcarrion

June 28, 2010, 11:34 AM

I am furious with myself for why on the earth I was so late in watching Angels and Demons. I loved the movie. I have read the novel before, yet there were scenes where I was thrilled and excited. Tom Hanks was great as usual. The pace and setting of the movie was marvelous. Ayelet Zurer looked beautiful as Vetra and Ewan McGregor was a great pick for the role of Camerlengo. 10/10 in my book.

Kusachu

July 01, 2010, 04:04 PM

:lmao at The Last Airbender getting horrid reviews. I almost want to see it now just so I can write a searing review of it myself, but erm, I don't really want to waste precious moments of my life. :eyeroll

Asarii

July 01, 2010, 08:35 PM

^ Right now The Last Airbender is getting 8% (http://beta.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/) on Rotten Tomatoes. Even Eclipse is doing better than it.

It's a shame because the original source was really good. I'm glad the movie doesn't seem to tarnish the cartoon because people are seeing the two as different entities.

Now we need an animated A:TLA film to cleanse this mess away.

Paper

July 01, 2010, 10:09 PM

As a consolation to ShyamaLOL, Uwe Boll got 4% (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1126175-house_of_the_dead/) with House of the Dead.

Lelo

July 02, 2010, 01:18 PM

really, the Last Airbender is bad? Ive been anticipating this movie for a year, I guess Ill go see it and judge it for myself

benelori

July 05, 2010, 01:35 PM

I read that they misspelled names in the movie...is that true...I mean, how retarded can a movie be?I will definitely watch this movie...when it appears as DVDRip torrent of course...

Kusachu

July 06, 2010, 07:15 PM

I read that they misspelled names in the movie...is that true...I mean, how retarded can a movie be?I will definitely watch this movie...when it appears as DVDRip torrent of course...

Not that they misspelled it, that they said it wrong. From the fan hate video which was taken down the day it was posted shows people lamenting that they never pronounced Aang's name right, as if the original was Naruto or something and these lilly white actors cannot pronounce the subtleties of the Japanese language. Which we all know is bullshit because Avatar is NOT JAPANESE NOR IS IT ANIME!! IT'S AN AMERICAN CARTOON!! :yelling
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Oh wait, now I guess it was M. Night telling them to say it wrong on purpose because he "Wanted to say it the Asian way." :facepalm

So...he changed the movie from the source material to cast no East Asians in the primary roles, but then also changed the characters names to make them sound more Asian?? What IS that?!? I'm just so confused! :facepalm

thornofcarrion

July 06, 2010, 11:27 PM

Watched Taken yesterday, yes I didn't see it before. The movie was good, nothing outstanding about the plot or the movie but it was decent.

goldb

July 07, 2010, 02:58 AM

Saw She's Out of my league a few days ago, it's okay, nothing special. Didn't really do anything for me, failed even as a comedy. There were a few good scenes and some interesting characters but that's about it. The chick who plays the love is really hot though :p, but yeah...I wouldn't recommend paying to see it.

Kravmaga

July 11, 2010, 01:32 AM

really, the Last Airbender is bad? Ive been anticipating this movie for a year, I guess Ill go see it and judge it for myself

This little 12 second vid sums up the movie's reception:
link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hQijnBWwg&NR=1).

thornofcarrion

July 11, 2010, 09:12 AM

Watched A-Team, I like the movie. It was entertaining, funny, and action filled.

goldb

July 11, 2010, 09:32 AM

Next 2 movies I'm seeing are Toy Story 3 and Inception. Is there a release date for Scott Pilgrim vs the World??

thornofcarrion

July 11, 2010, 09:37 AM

Is there a release date for Scott Pilgrim vs the World??

It is scheduled for August 13, 2010.

Next is Clash of the Titans. i am going to see it today. Heard it was just average but I will decide it after I watch it.

goldb

July 12, 2010, 08:47 AM

It is scheduled for August 13, 2010.

Next is Clash of the Titans. i am going to see it today. Heard it was just average but I will decide it after I watch it.

No!!!! Don't do it, I saw it last Tuesday after work and I'm sad to say I'll never get that 1h45mins of my life back :(. If you still insist on watching then make sure you have something else planned to entertain you.

Thanks for the release date btw :)

Paper

July 12, 2010, 08:58 AM

Just watch the CotT trailer. It's got all the best bits anyway.

Arrogance

July 12, 2010, 12:18 PM

Just watched Behind Enemy Lines. It was really odd seeing Owen Wilson playing a serious role. Then again most of the movie he was running while behind enemy lines so he couldn't say too much :XD. Overall though it was a good movie that I did enjoy.

thornofcarrion

July 12, 2010, 01:06 PM

No!!!! Don't do it, I saw it last Tuesday after work and I'm sad to say I'll never get that 1h45mins of my life back :(. If you still insist on watching then make sure you have something else planned to entertain you.

Thanks for the release date btw :)

Too bad, I read your post after I saw the movie. Darn it, it was so so horrible. I really don't get why the heck someone would put so much money for this movie. The movie has nothing to offer. The only thing worth in the movie is the black Pegasus, so cute. I want to have a horse like that :notrust.

Kusachu

July 12, 2010, 09:36 PM

I watched Moon the other night. I really liked it. It was weird, but good. If you like movies that feel claustrophobic and rather uncomfortable, you should be entertained.

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/

Also watched Daybreakers. Well, I have watched most of it, fell asleep at the end. Not on purpose, but it was bedtime...gotta finish it still. Anyways, well, it aint the greatest vampire movie ever, but I liked it more than Twilight FOR SURE. Not as good as Blade, but maybe better than one of the sequels?

Was present during a viewing of Brooklyn's Finest, but couldn't get into it and spent most of the time on the internets.

So has anyone actually watched The Last Airbender??
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And UGH! Yeah, I was amped about Clash of the Titans, and was so let down when I saw it. Not entirely worthless, but not worth seeing in the theater, or ever...