Thanks for the review. I didn't particularly like the original, so I'll probably wait until this comes out on DVD or pay per view.
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Thanks for the review. I didn't particularly like the original, so I'll probably wait until this comes out on DVD or pay per view.
Not really, not all have same level of ongoing action, and various ones have more "Trek" feel to the storyline than others--basically the balance between the two can be different with one overtaking the other.
I saw Star Trek: Beyond today and loved it. I thought it was another strong movie in the alternate universe. The villain's backstory was easy to guess. I like the new characters and the effects were awesome. The swarm ships were cool. I also liked that they didn't keep us waiting for the new NCC-1701A.
Yesterday on a plane I binge watched movies. Enjoyed them all.
Sports theme.
Pele Birth of a Legend
Eddie the Eagle
Silly comedies:
How to be Single
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
B
Yesterday on a plane I binge watched movies. Enjoyed them all.
Sports theme.
Pele Birth of a Legend
Eddie the Eagle
Silly comedies:
How to be Single
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
B
The fact that the first Enterprise didn't make it was fairly obvious from the previews. So nothing I said was really spoiler worthy.
B
With the excellent Justice League sizzle reel shown at comic con yesterday,
I rented:
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Liked: Affleck, Gadot and Momoa (yeah I know... 10 seconds worth.) Some interesting questions about meta humans, but disliked: Superman. He was completely off and it was a tad bit too dark. 1000% not fan of Lex either. I'll see Justice League as Momoa's Aquaman looks great.
and one I've been wanting to see for awhile now:
Deadpool
When this was rolling it was pitch-pefect. The comedic moments were LOL funny. I just wish it was a lot more funny than a couple of scenes. Also surprised there wasn't a lot of fourth wall stuff. I really enjoyed it though and I'm not a fan of Deadpool in the comics. Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead were all kinds of fun, and Ajax' (Francis) not-quite-Weapon X facility felt more like the sadistic Weapon X facility than anything in the main X-Men movies. The core story was sweet though, it worked quite well. I hope Colossus and Negasonic return and that there is a lot more humor in the next movie since Cable can be a real drag. Ryan is perfect in the part and he was having all kinds of fun. And I enjoyed the blind roommate too.
I also have Hail, Cesar! waiting to be watched later today.
I rented:
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Liked: Affleck, Gadot and Momoa (yeah I know... 10 seconds worth.) Some interesting questions about meta humans, but disliked: Superman. He was completely off and it was a tad bit too dark. 1000% not fan of Lex either. I'll see Justice League as Momoa's Aquaman looks great.
and one I've been wanting to see for awhile now:
Deadpool
When this was rolling it was pitch-pefect. The comedic moments were LOL funny. I just wish it was a lot more funny than a couple of scenes. Also surprised there wasn't a lot of fourth wall stuff. I really enjoyed it though and I'm not a fan of Deadpool in the comics. Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead were all kinds of fun, and Ajax' (Francis) not-quite-Weapon X facility felt more like the sadistic Weapon X facility than anything in the main X-Men movies. The core story was sweet though, it worked quite well. I hope Colossus and Negasonic return and that there is a lot more humor in the next movie since Cable can be a real drag. Ryan is perfect in the part and he was having all kinds of fun. And I enjoyed the blind roommate too.
I also have Hail, Cesar! waiting to be watched later today.
Zootopia, couple of funny details but in the end just the usual, over the top glossy (ultimately boring) Disney movie. The musical pieces were atrocious.
I think those movies would greately benefit from a smaller scale and way less action. The last Disney flic I saw, Up, suffered from the same problem.
I think those movies would greately benefit from a smaller scale and way less action. The last Disney flic I saw, Up, suffered from the same problem.
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only a trekkie would notice or complain.
and that isn't a bad thing.
i've enjoyed the new trek films.
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I know just how you feel. It just kind of was.....and now its gone.....no lasting enjoyment of any kind even though I liked the action when I saw it.
Erm... The Bloody Parrot (1981) in Cantonese with no subs. Extremely off kilter Shaws murder mystery that goes way off the rails when it introduces a rather realistic cannibal - just because. This moment made me remember why I haven't watched certain Shaw Brothers horror films because they purposely went for the shock, employing the most gruesome fx. Shaw Brothers were full tilt into the goopy, gory territory of extreme horror around this time (started almost a decade before by their film Black Magic), so this strange wuxia mixes that ewww type of horror, a lot of lady flesh, disguises and giallo trappings with some interesting results. At least from what I could understand.
Like The Black Lizard (1981) there is no title bird, but the nefarious duo behind the theft of the crown jewels (the literal crown jewels of the Imperial family), does their darnedest to make our heroic swordsmen detectives (Lau Wing and Pai Paio) believe the whole nutzoid story about the evil bird. Lasers everywhere including said bird. Lots of people dying presumably by said bird. More boobs than I've seen in any Shaws film up to this point (and even a fun house seven image reflection of a full frontal nudity, top that Italy!)
As much as I love to suspend my disbelief - which was pretty far gone by the fun house moment, I couldn't help but hear my inner critic ask: How did they come up with the lasers in ancient China? Ditto for the Mission Impossible face masks (granted, this isn't the first Shaws wuxia to employ those.)
I've quickly learned if you watch a Shaw Brothers film featuring Lau Wing, Pai Piao and Kwan Fung it's going to be crazy, and more often than not, a whole lot of fun. There were moments I had a blast with, but most of it left me in a colored smoke fugue.
Perhaps I am a bit of a masocist in thinking, um, do I want to order this with English subs to know exactly what the hey is going on? More importantly, will I know what's going on?
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Yes, my Shaws addiction takes me to some wack-a-doodle places, but it's one of a zillion reasons why I love their work so much.
Like The Black Lizard (1981) there is no title bird, but the nefarious duo behind the theft of the crown jewels (the literal crown jewels of the Imperial family), does their darnedest to make our heroic swordsmen detectives (Lau Wing and Pai Paio) believe the whole nutzoid story about the evil bird. Lasers everywhere including said bird. Lots of people dying presumably by said bird. More boobs than I've seen in any Shaws film up to this point (and even a fun house seven image reflection of a full frontal nudity, top that Italy!)
As much as I love to suspend my disbelief - which was pretty far gone by the fun house moment, I couldn't help but hear my inner critic ask: How did they come up with the lasers in ancient China? Ditto for the Mission Impossible face masks (granted, this isn't the first Shaws wuxia to employ those.)
I've quickly learned if you watch a Shaw Brothers film featuring Lau Wing, Pai Piao and Kwan Fung it's going to be crazy, and more often than not, a whole lot of fun. There were moments I had a blast with, but most of it left me in a colored smoke fugue.
Perhaps I am a bit of a masocist in thinking, um, do I want to order this with English subs to know exactly what the hey is going on? More importantly, will I know what's going on?
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Yes, my Shaws addiction takes me to some wack-a-doodle places, but it's one of a zillion reasons why I love their work so much.
This.
Star Trek Beyond isn't even a science fiction movie, just an action movie with a spacey coating. It's brainless malarkey.
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The WW and JL preview were pretty fun.
Did you watch the Theatrical or the Director's Cut of BvS? The DC is significantly better, I'm talking C- to B+
Theatrical. If the director's cut was available for rent, I would have rented it, but not paying to see this again. My favorite DC characters are Aquaman and Green Arrow (though I dislike the CW Arrow and the comics as of late.) So I can wait.
I'll give Snyder another chance with Justice League as it seems like he's sort of channeling Peter David's angsty Aquaman in the right ways with Jason Momoa. And the little detail about Aquaman's eyes being that color references his living in very deep water. From that, it seems like they're working on making these characters loosely fit into the real world while not veering so far off course from the source material.
I do respect DC's willingness to risk, it may not always work, but they're doing that where Marvel keeps playing it safe (in spite of giving more obscure characters screen time.) And the one of the risks that paid off nicely for me, I really like Ben Affleck's Batman. More than any other actor who donned the suit.
How can you say that Marvel has been playing it safe? Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-man would like to talk to you about playing it safe.
If those two movies don't spell out "really putting ourselves out there for possible failure", I don't know what does.
With Guardians you have a space movie, which let's face it, unless you have the names Star Wars or Star Trek attached to them generally do not do well. Add in a bunch of characters that perhaps 1% of the population knows and that is the definition of not playing it safe.
Next, take Ant-Man. Most of the general public are not going to want to see a person who can control ants (whoop-de-do) upon hearing the name. Seriously, it sounds lame as hell when placed next to the big names, Wolverine, X-Men, Avengers and their brood.... and it did quite well. (I personally loved it).
Yet DC made a movie with Batman and Superman and you say they weren't playing it safe? How much safer did they need to be.... oh I know, let's throw in our other big name characters in it to make an even bigger draw like Wonder Woman, Flash, and Aquaman (well, okay he probably is not as big of a draw till people saw what actor was playing him).
First off, no disrespect to you personally. I am only talking about Marvel studios movies here. Not Fox, not Netflix shows.
Risking is not about the financial rewards in my opinion. Risking is keeping the characters closer to the source material and/or doing completely different things that may not work (as in dark Supes) but trying it anyway.
Where DC risked was the completely erroneous take on Kal-El and Lex. They went into dark places that Clark/Kal-El have never been in the movies and brought up religion, politics (along with mirroring the worst aspect of 9/11 in a scene that made me gasp, which frankly takes a lot.)
Marvel are playing it safe in completely side stepping the stories that made those characters so off the wall and unique. It's all family friendly. No matter how weird the characters initially seem Groot and Rocket were instant kidnip. It's not the snarky, black humor filled comic that was so great 8 years ago. And disco dancing away the villain? What do you call that beyond awful? Yeah, kiddie friendly.
Oh and Ego the talking planet? He's
human now. And Kurt Russell which is nice, but you see what mean?
Ant-Man, so what? A likable thief in the Marvel universe.
You get my idea.