Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Alex

A strong recommend for Mother (available on Netflix streaming).

I really do think that South Korean cinema industry may be the best one out there. Something in the water must give them all a delightful sense of the bizarre and hyper-real.

Agreed. Most of the best, most enjoyable, interesting, and genuinely bizarre (not just something trying to be bizarre for bizarre's sake) have come from Korea. What did you think of A Tale of Two Sisters?

[CoasterMatt]

Dead Hooker In A Trunk is now available for VOD on IFC Midnight!

Awesome horror movie made for next to nothing...

Here's a NSFW trailer

[flippyshark]

The virtual apes far outshine the human actors, but Rise of the Planet of the Apes was pretty much exactly what I was hoping for - a really fun Summer B movie. I wish the screenplay didn't hew so closely to the Syd Field template (I wish that about a LOT of movies!) Every story beat here is telegraphed like crazy, and the various turnarounds and come-uppances arrive with set-your-watch punctuality. But, on the bottom line, the ape action is gangbusters, and Caesar is a true star, commanding the screen and my sympathies far better than the Peter Jackson King Kong did. (Andy Serkis played both, but this story better suits the mo-cap technique.) Both a series reboot and a remake of the fourth entry in the original run, it's loaded with nods to its predecessors, but these are mostly very nicely integrated. I only rolled my eyes once or twice. So much better than the Tim Burton misfire, and set up for any number of sequels. I'll be there on opening day for all of 'em.

[mousepod]

Looking forward to seeing Rise soon... but why don't any of the major reviews (that I've read, at least) reference Conquest?

[Alex]

A strong recommend for The Guard, a new little movie from Ireland starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. It's not profound but it is fun to watch with some great writing and a nice '70s pacing.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Looking forward to seeing Rise soon... but why don't any of the major reviews (that I've read, at least) reference Conquest?

Just a guess, most of the people currently writing movie reviews (especially on the web) never saw it.

Moonie Jr. and I went out and saw Rise tonight. Perhaps the last movie we'll see together before sending him off to college. A fitting coming of age story under the circumstances.

Overall a solid B+ of a movie.

Spoiler:

Before the movie started, I commented how I'd love to see some reference to a lost space mission. I was happy to see they included that.

The "Damn dirty ape" comment seemed forced and pulled me out of the moment.

As CP asked sometime ago, where did all those damn apes come from? There sure seemed to be a lot more of them after they escaped than before.

[flippyshark]

Moonie, I'm pretty sure that the movie cheated a bit on that last point you cited, but my assumption was:

Spoiler:

All the extra apes were from the zoo, which appears to have a HUGE ape population on display.

Yes, that damn dirty ape line fell with a real thud from the mouth of Draco Malfoy, which is a shame because I loved what followed immediately after that moment.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Moonie, I'm pretty sure that the movie cheated a bit on that last point you cited, but my assumption was:

Spoiler:

I was talking about before the zoo, when they were coming down the hill right after the break out.

[JWBear]

We saw Captain America today. Fun movie! We really enjoyed it.

[Alex]

This is why I generally don't join in for the anguished cries about Hollywood making so many remakes, sequels, reboots, lazy adaptations, etc.

I may have my suspicions, but they are also, on occasion, good. Enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes quite a bit. Some quibbles about certain things but as always, I'm willing to overlook these things if the movie meets me halfway by being entertaining.