Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 96

Alex · 06-01-2011, 07:30 PM

If you were curious what The Hangover would have been like it if were simply mean-spirited and all the funny had been removed, go see The Hangover, Part II (which is weird, because I thought Due Date was The Hangover with the funny removed).

innerSpaceman · 06-02-2011, 06:25 AM

And yet, apparently adding mean and subtracting funny, oh and of course adding the label "II" gets you the biggest 5-day holiday weekend opening in cinema history. Sheesh.

Moonliner · 06-02-2011, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And yet, apparently adding mean and subtracting funny, oh and of course adding the label "II" gets you the biggest 5-day holiday weekend opening in cinema history. Sheesh.

Sounds like someone knew they had a bomb on their hands and released it to as many screens as possible. Unless of course it continues to play strong this week in which case people are just weird.

innerSpaceman · 06-02-2011, 06:48 AM

I don't know that it's a bomb. I seems, from all I've heard, to be a total remake, but without everything that made the first one fantastic. Perfect sequel formula. Idiots everywhere eat it up.

Alex · 06-02-2011, 10:58 AM

On another board I post to there are plenty of people saying they liked it and even that it is better than the first.

I disagree, but it has supporters.

mousepod · 06-03-2011, 09:05 AM

Finally saw the first one last week. Didn't love it, but I think it was because I watched it alone - that kind of movie seems to need a group viewing to convey its 'funny' somehow.

Personally, I expected a darker flick, a la "Very Bad Things", which I loved.

It's odd for me to be old enough to realize that the "daring" and "edgy" studio movies are nowhere near as edgy as the '70s and '80s movies that inform them.

Last weekend, we watched "Pretty Maids All In A Row". That is a movie that no studio would make now - and we're poorer for it.

innerSpaceman · 06-03-2011, 10:18 AM

X-Men: First Class was really rather rad. Michael Fassbinder and James McAvoy are excellent in the leads, and the production was fast-paced, fun, dramatic, intelligent, and Sixties Suave. Highly recommended for beyond the fanboy set.

Also saw great trailers for Green Hornet, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Harry Potter Finale. So excited for all those, too! Pirates of the What?

Alex · 06-03-2011, 10:29 AM

Have they released new trailers for Green Hornet and Rise of the Planet of the Apes? The ones I've seen looked awful.

innerSpaceman · 06-03-2011, 11:38 AM

Not to me.

(I'm pretty sure these were brand-spanking new trailers. Know for a fact the Apes one was.)

Alex · 06-03-2011, 11:51 AM

Well, then hopefully they change my mind.

Green Lantern feels like it has been coming out for about three years now. I'm exhausted with it and it hasn't even hit the really heavy push yet.

I'm just generally burned out on the Apes franchise, so even really well done apes doesn't have much appeal to me.

06-01-2011, 07:30 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If you were curious what The Hangover would have been like it if were simply mean-spirited and all the funny had been removed, go see The Hangover, Part II (which is weird, because I thought Due Date was The Hangover with the funny removed).
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06-02-2011, 06:25 AM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	And yet, apparently adding mean and subtracting funny, oh and of course adding the label "II" gets you the biggest 5-day holiday weekend opening in cinema history. Sheesh.
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06-02-2011, 06:48 AM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't know that it's a bomb. I seems, from all I've heard, to be a total remake, but without everything that made the first one fantastic. Perfect sequel formula. Idiots everywhere eat it up.
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06-02-2011, 10:58 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	On another board I post to there are plenty of people saying they liked it and even that it is better than the first. I disagree, but it has supporters.
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06-03-2011, 09:05 AM	#6
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Finally saw the first one last week. Didn't love it, but I think it was because I watched it alone - that kind of movie seems to need a group viewing to convey its 'funny' somehow. Personally, I expected a darker flick, a la "Very Bad Things", which I loved. It's odd for me to be old enough to realize that the "daring" and "edgy" studio movies are nowhere near as edgy as the '70s and '80s movies that inform them. Last weekend, we watched "Pretty Maids All In A Row". That is a movie that no studio would make now - and we're poorer for it. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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06-03-2011, 10:18 AM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	X-Men: First Class was really rather rad. Michael Fassbinder and James McAvoy are excellent in the leads, and the production was fast-paced, fun, dramatic, intelligent, and Sixties Suave. Highly recommended for beyond the fanboy set. Also saw great trailers for Green Hornet, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Harry Potter Finale. So excited for all those, too! Pirates of the What?
	Submit to Quotes

06-03-2011, 10:29 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Have they released new trailers for Green Hornet and Rise of the Planet of the Apes? The ones I've seen looked awful.
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06-03-2011, 11:38 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not to me. (I'm pretty sure these were brand-spanking new trailers. Know for a fact the Apes one was.)
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06-03-2011, 11:51 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, then hopefully they change my mind. Green Lantern feels like it has been coming out for about three years now. I'm exhausted with it and it hasn't even hit the really heavy push yet. I'm just generally burned out on the Apes franchise, so even really well done apes doesn't have much appeal to me.
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