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Man Of Steel
I really liked it. Yeah, there were problems, but overall I thought it was pretty good.
Haven't seen it (yet) curious to know, what were the problems?
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Warner's marketing MOS as a Christian allegory is a little weird, since Superman's creators Siegel and Shuster were Jewish.
Who cares about faithfulness to the original source material when you can just knock off the Reeve movie for the nth time?
Haven't seen MOS yet. I thought the whole point of this particular reboot was to get away from the other films?
I haven't seen it either (and won't), but the whole "Superman is Jesus" thing is pretty much an invention of the '78 film, so I can't really see the reboot aping it from any other source.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I'm actually pretty fond of this movie. I love how utterly alien V'Ger is, the undertones about the search for God/meaning, the development of Spock's character, the optimistic ending, and the effects (I have no doubt they'd look best on the big screen).
I can understand the complaints about the overlong flybys/docking sequences as well as the diminished chemistry between the characters relative to that in TOS, but to me they're just minor annoyances that don't make a very big impact on the movie as a whole.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
I did like this movie, but only mildly; it just doesn't resonate with me the way it seems to for most other fans.
Anyway, I feel Montalban did a better job portraying Khan in "Space Seed".
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
I love this movie, but that's due to Christopher Lloyd's performance as Kruge more than anything else. Without him, I'd probably rate it about the same as TWOK.
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
This is the third TNG film I've seen, and I feel the same about it as I've felt about the two entries before it: completely unengaged and indifferent to the story and characters both.
Don't get me wrong - I have come to like the actual TV series (more-or-less) and (many) of the characters as they appear there - but the films themselves do absolutely nothing for me.
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DuracellEnergizer said:
SilverWook said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
SilverWook said:
Warner's marketing MOS as a Christian allegory is a little weird, since Superman's creators Siegel and Shuster were Jewish.
Who cares about faithfulness to the original source material when you can just knock off the Reeve movie for the nth time?
Haven't seen MOS yet. I thought the whole point of this particular reboot was to get away from the other films?
I haven't seen it either (and won't), but the whole "Superman is Jesus" thing is pretty much an invention of the '78 film, so I can't really see the reboot aping it from any other source.
Maybe so, but I don't recall the studio marketing to church groups in '78. There's implying something, and then there's selling something.
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DuracellEnergizer said:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
I did like this movie, but only mildly; it just doesn't resonate with me the way it seems to for most other fans.
Anyway, I feel Montalban did a better job portraying Khan in "Space Seed".
Arguably, Khan has gone a little mad between Space Seed and TWOK. The planet you intended to rule over turning into a wasteland, and losing your wife to a parasitic brain eel will do that, even to a genetic superman. ;)
Spock dying was a huge deal in 1982, as there was uncertainty that Nimoy was coming back for another film. Some overreacted a tad. Starlog was even cracking jokes about fans contemplating suicide, and tongue in cheek speculation that Spock would rise on the third day in the sequel.
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I've loved the Wrath of Khan long before I knew loving it was the hip thing to do. It is one of my favorite Sci-fi movies. I've always felt Spock's resurrection really weakened it though. In my own personal Trek canon, I like to think that this was in fact Spock's finally moments. As much as I sometimes enjoy a few of the later Trek films (even thought they are pretty horrible), the whole concept robs TWOK of so much.
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greenpenguino said:
Man Of Steel
I really liked it. Yeah, there were problems, but overall I thought it was pretty good.
Haven't seen it (yet) curious to know, what were the problems?
There's a lot of shakey-cam, which I'm not a fan of and the action scenes go on for a little too long. Not really a fan of the "Superman is Jesus" angle the movie has as well, although it's less prominent than in the Superman Returns. :/
I'd definitely go see it again though.
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greenpenguino said:
Hey, it's me. said:
greenpenguino said:
Man Of Steel
I really liked it. Yeah, there were problems, but overall I thought it was pretty good.
Haven't seen it (yet) curious to know, what were the problems?
There's a lot of shakey-cam, which I'm not a fan of and the action scenes go on for a little too long. Not really a fan of the "Superman is Jesus" angle the movie has as well, although it's less prominent than in the Superman Returns. :/
I'd definitely go see it again though.
I must admit I literally detest the shakey-cam thing in films. It's pointless and ends up giving me a headache.
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Silver Linings Playbook
I see why all the whole cast was nominated, as it was well-acted, but it didn't strike me like I was hoping something with all of its accolades would. I was much more entertained by...
Safety Not Guaranteed
...which was cute, funny, and surprising.
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DuracellEnergizer said:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
I did like this movie, but only mildly; it just doesn't resonate with me the way it seems to for most other fans.
Anyway, I feel Montalban did a better job portraying Khan in "Space Seed".
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
I love this movie, but that's due to Christopher Lloyd's performance as Kruge more than anything else. Without him, I'd probably rate it about the same as TWOK.
I don't understand anything you said here.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I'm actually pretty fond of this movie. I love how utterly alien V'Ger is, the undertones about the search for God/meaning, the development of Spock's character, the optimistic ending, and the effects (I have no doubt they'd look best on the big screen).
I can understand the complaints about the overlong flybys/docking sequences as well as the diminished chemistry between the characters relative to that in TOS, but to me they're just minor annoyances that don't make a very big impact on the movie as a whole.
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Lethal Weapon 3 Too much character development and not enough bad guys.
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Trekkie313 said:
Lethal Weapon 3 Too much character development and not enough bad guys.
Is that that the one where Pesci's character first appeared? God he was annoying in that. Leathal Weapon 1 rules!!!!! Going to watch The 13th Warrior in a while. Highly underrated film.
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Lethal Weapon 3 may just very well be the cinematic definition of the word lame.
After having the bad taste of Man of Steel still in my mouth...
Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman Theatrical Cartoons-Superman defined, personified and definitive. I still get as giddy as a 5 year old watching these. Infinite balls!
And an old favorite that I can't resist firing up in the analog theater cave...Batman (1989) [12000 A/B]. This is a demo title for me, a great title for the format, but most enjoyable for the 35mm Dolby Stereo sound mix which is the same master as the 70mm version.
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Man of Steel. The 3D sucked, but the rest was pretty meh.
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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Mini-Picard - a man who hates Romulans so much that, when an attractive Romulan woman makes a pass at him, he tells her he'll have her killed if she ever touches him again - comes to power on the actual throne world of the Romulan empire. So, what does he do with this new-found power? Does he and his Nosferatu buddies begin brutalizing the Romulan populace? Does he take that big, ugly, planet-killing warship of his and use it to destroy Romulus? No. He instead decides to take that big, ugly, planet-killing warship and use it destroy Earth - Earth, a planet he has no reason to destroy, a planet that is part of a government he has shown no reason to hate. And for what? So Brent Spiner could find a way out of his contract or something?
What a retarded movie. At least the Nosferatu aliens were a step up from the usual TNG aliens, though.
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DuracellEnergizer said:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
I did like this movie, but only mildly; it just doesn't resonate with me the way it seems to for most other fans.
Anyway, I feel Montalban did a better job portraying Khan in "Space Seed".
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
I love this movie, but that's due to Christopher Lloyd's performance as Kruge more than anything else. Without him, I'd probably rate it about the same as TWOK.
I don't understand anything you said here.
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I watched impossible last.. One of the best and very emotional movie..
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I heard the prequel, Possible First, is in development right now!
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I don't get it, and Google didn't even help.
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Flight
Starts out interesting but gets a bit Zemeckis in the end.
3 Balls.
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Also note that mini-Picard was Bane.DuracellEnergizer said:
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Mini-Picard - a man who hates Romulans so much that, when an attractive Romulan woman makes a pass at him, he tells her he'll have her killed if she ever touches him again - comes to power on the actual throne world of the Romulan empire. So, what does he do with this new-found power? Does he and his Nosferatu buddies begin brutalizing the Romulan populace? Does he take that big, ugly, planet-killing warship of his and use it to destroy Romulus? No. He instead decides to take that big, ugly, planet-killing warship and use it destroy Earth - Earth, a planet he has no reason to destroy, a planet that is part of a government he has shown no reason to hate. And for what? So Brent Spiner could find a way out of his contract or something?
What a retarded movie. At least the Nosferatu aliens were a step up from the usual TNG aliens, though.
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Seeing as I've never seen TDKR (and have no plans to ever do so), I wouldn't have known that. Regardless, I had more problems with the way the character was written than the way he was performed.
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Seeing as I've never seen TDKR (and have no plans to ever do so), I wouldn't have known that. Regardless, I had more problems with the way the character was written than the way he was performed.
Have you seen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight?