Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 98

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.

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.

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.

06-02-2011, 10:58 AM	#971
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	#972
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	#973
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?
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06-03-2011, 10:29 AM	#974
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	#975
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	#976
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.
	Submit to Quotes

06-03-2011, 04:22 PM	#977
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.
	Submit to Quotes

06-04-2011, 01:19 PM	#978
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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06-04-2011, 07:48 PM	#980
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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