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#650646
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Random Thoughts
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Bingowings said:

Are American Pie films as crap as they sound?

Bear in mind I once sat through all the Austin Powers films in one go because a friend said they weren't as bad as they sounded and in my view they were much, much worse.

The first AP is a great raunchy comedy. The second one has moments but doesn't do much new. The third was a letdown, and the fourth film from last year was enjoyable but nothing special.

All in all if you're looking for some naughty jokes or a pang of sweet childhood nostalgia you'll have fun with the AP movies.

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#649279
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Man of Steel - Your thoughts
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Like any good thing, you end up with many more imitators that range from okay to awful. There have been a few great superhero movies, some good ones, many okay ones, and some awful ones.

My hope was that last year TDKR would be the swan song for superhero films. It was the epic conclusion I had hoped for and the first satisfying close to a superhero trilogy.

I'm tired of Marvel movies. Thor was awful. Avengers was fun but forgettable. Amazing Spider-Man was utter shit. Iron Man 3 was dull. I can't blame Marvel for making all these movies since they turn nice profits, but they are starting to feel watered down.

DC has been bumbling for years trying to catch up to Marvel, and I have a feeling that by the time they put out JL people might actually be bored of superhero movies.

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#649273
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Man of Steel - Your thoughts
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generalfrevious said:

In an ideal world, this film should have killed the whole superhero trend in Hollywood. But it's being kept alive years after people stopped caring about superheroes, but since they have to compete with the internet and now pander to the Chinese for international releases, it's the only thing playing nowadays. It's fucking horrible; we keep getting the same stories and the same familiar elements over and over again. The situation is so bad that I now only go to the movies one or twice a year since anything good is rarely shown in theaters. 

Hollywood is turning into this sadistic machine charging us fifty dollars for three hour atrocities that destroy every cultural icon in its path (Star Trek, Superman, etc.). The American film industry has been in an irreversible artistic decline ever since Heaven's Gate bombed  nearly 35 years ago. They are becoming more and more crypto-fascist with every passing year, with a new low achieved seemingly every week. Someone needs to wipe Hollywood permanently off the map and spare humanity the misery they spew out every single day.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grown_ups_2/