Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 97

innerSpaceman · 06-03-2011, 04:22 PM

The new trailer for Apes is all over the interweb if you want to check it out. Hold on, I'll find a linky.

Here Ya Go.

While you may be burned out over the Apes franchise, I - on the other hand - need to wash the taste of Tim Burton's take on it Out Of My Head.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-04-2011, 01:19 PM

The trailer doesn't evoke "Planet of the Apes" to me - looks like a standard sci-fi scary animals film (Them, The Birds, the list is endless). How are there thousands and thousands of apes instantly in the city?

We saw MacGruber last night - very funny. Will Forte run amok. I wouldn't allow myself to believe that the villain was actually Val Kilmer. Yeech. He used to be so hot!

Moonliner · 06-04-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

The trailer doesn't evoke "Planet of the Apes" to me - looks like a standard sci-fi scary animals film (Them, The Birds, the list is endless). How are there thousands and thousands of apes instantly in the city?

If they follow the earlier movies, Apes are used as domestic servants in many households.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-04-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

If they follow the earlier movies, Apes are used as domestic servants in many households.

Did I miss something in the trailer?

innerSpaceman · 06-04-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Did I miss something in the trailer?

Nope. Moonie's just pointing out one possible answer to your question, a logical one based on the scenario in, ya know, the Planet of the Apes series.

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Originally Posted by Alex

X-Men: First Class is an unusually well written comic book movie. And a standardly blandly filmed one. High meh.

Well, to me, the smart writing, nice performances, and fun of it overrode any pedestrianism I might have noticed in the direction. Sometimes, though, I noticed quite the opposite. I liked all the James Bond touches. I liked the training segment which used split screens instead of standard montage.

I don't know that it will stand up so well to repeated viewings, but I really liked XMFC and, though not a particularly high bar, consider it way near the top rung of comic book movies.

BarTopDancer · 06-06-2011, 09:18 PM

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I wouldn't allow myself to believe that the villain was actually Val Kilmer. Yeech. He used to be so hot!

So did Richard Dean Anderson (moreso in my favorite TV series EVEAH! than in MacGyver). I did a triple take check IMDB to see recent photos of him after the MacGrybber/MacGyver cameo on SNL.

Alex · 06-04-2011, 07:48 PM

X-Men: First Class is an unusually well written comic book movie. And a standardly blandly filmed one. High meh.

JWBear · 06-06-2011, 08:54 AM

We finally saw Deathly Hallows I last night. When people said that it was a dark movie I didn't realize they meant it so literally! Most of the movie was so dimly lit that while watching it at night with all the lights out we still couldn’t make out what was happening in half the movie! A lot of scenes were just vague moving shapes.

CoasterMatt · 06-06-2011, 10:16 AM

Deathly Hallows looks great on a properly calibrated screen. Now even the movie theaters can't get that right.

flippyshark · 06-06-2011, 04:17 PM

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Deathly Hallows looks great on a properly calibrated screen. Now even the movie theaters can't get that right.

But shouldn't it look great on a hi-def monitor? It's a real chore to watch, and no projectionist to blame. (see my post a page or so back.)

06-03-2011, 04:22 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The new trailer for Apes is all over the interweb if you want to check it out. Hold on, I'll find a linky. Here Ya Go. While you may be burned out over the Apes franchise, I - on the other hand - need to wash the taste of Tim Burton's take on it Out Of My Head.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	The trailer doesn't evoke "Planet of the Apes" to me - looks like a standard sci-fi scary animals film (Them, The Birds, the list is endless). How are there thousands and thousands of apes instantly in the city? We saw MacGruber last night - very funny. Will Forte run amok. I wouldn't allow myself to believe that the villain was actually Val Kilmer. Yeech. He used to be so hot! __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	X-Men: First Class is an unusually well written comic book movie. And a standardly blandly filmed one. High meh.
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Deathly Hallows looks great on a properly calibrated screen. Now even the movie theaters can't get that right. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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