Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[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?


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]

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]

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]

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.

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]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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.