Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 143

Not Afraid · 04-29-2012, 11:22 AM

Phantom Boats: The Movie.

katiesue · 04-29-2012, 01:15 PM

My guess is that if they allow texting then they don't have to police it anymore. Not that they do crap if you ask them anyway. But now they can say oh nothing we can do sorry.

Maddie and her friends go to the movies quite a bit. At minimum twice a month sometimes 4 or 5. They also like to just get together and watch movies.

lashbear · 04-29-2012, 06:44 PM

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Phantom Boats: The Movie.

A 90 minute visual feast of various people standing on a deserted dock, smoking...

Kevy Baby · 04-30-2012, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Phantom Boats: The Movie.

The scary part is doing it EXACTLY the same way the second time.

CoasterMatt · 04-30-2012, 09:37 PM

Phantom Boats: The Movie would be a Tarantino film.

Alex · 05-04-2012, 09:12 AM

After being lukewarm on most of the previous movies (the first Iron Man was the only one I really liked) I was very surprised to find that I am quite happy with The Avengers.

Very much the Transformers mold, but with just enough actual characterization and better writing to set it above.

LSPoorEeyorick · 05-04-2012, 09:55 AM

Mmmm, Whedon. Characterization and writing - typically his strong suit.

Haven't seen it yet, but really looking forward to it.

Alex · 05-04-2012, 10:46 AM

Yeah, some of the directing decisions are questionable. Scarlett Johannson's fight scenes are so poorly edited that I wondered if it was intentional to cover for her inability to pull it off.

But the writing it top notch (if fluffy, this is no The Dark Knight).

innerSpaceman · 05-04-2012, 11:22 AM

I've found the superhero movies totally hit and miss.

I liked the first Iron Man, and even enjoyed the second one.

Thor was a bore.

Captain America was, imo, the best of the bunch - and they all should be set in the 1940's to take advantage of the inherent camp element of the genre. Magically shifting him to the present day just so he could be in the Avengers movie was beyond lame. So The Avengers better be good!

I liked the Ed Norton Hulk, not so much the earlier Ang Lee version (though I didn't hate it nearly as much as the consensus).

I think that covered the Marvel stuff, huh? Was the Green Lantern a Marvel movie? That one sucked!

Loved the first two Tobey Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) - hated the third one.

Really loved Nolan's Batman Begins, but was meh on The Dark Knight (despite a great perf by the late great Ledger). I will gladly finish out the series next month though. (My friend's an extra, so it'll be fun to look for him if nothing else.)

Tim Burton's two Batman movies were enjoyable - with his follow-up, Batman Returns, remaining my fave Batman movie of all time. The subsequent entries in this iteration of the series were dreadful.

Big fan of the original Chris Reeves Superman. Hated II with a passion, but kinda like the Richard Donner version recently home released. The remaining entries in that iteration of the series were also dreadful.

I really liked Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (which was kind of a remake of Superman I and II). Sorry that series didn't get a shot at continuing. I have a wait-and-see attitude about the Henry Cavill reboot coming up. Same for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot coming up.

Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?

Moonliner · 05-04-2012, 11:28 AM

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Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?

Superhero's are the new pirates for sure. Wait, has anyone created a superhero pirate that fights vampires? If not I call dibs!

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	After being lukewarm on most of the previous movies (the first Iron Man was the only one I really liked) I was very surprised to find that I am quite happy with The Avengers. Very much the Transformers mold, but with just enough actual characterization and better writing to set it above.
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Mmmm, Whedon. Characterization and writing - typically his strong suit. Haven't seen it yet, but really looking forward to it.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, some of the directing decisions are questionable. Scarlett Johannson's fight scenes are so poorly edited that I wondered if it was intentional to cover for her inability to pull it off. But the writing it top notch (if fluffy, this is no The Dark Knight).
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05-04-2012, 11:22 AM	#1429
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I've found the superhero movies totally hit and miss. I liked the first Iron Man, and even enjoyed the second one. Thor was a bore. Captain America was, imo, the best of the bunch - and they all should be set in the 1940's to take advantage of the inherent camp element of the genre. Magically shifting him to the present day just so he could be in the Avengers movie was beyond lame. So The Avengers better be good! I liked the Ed Norton Hulk, not so much the earlier Ang Lee version (though I didn't hate it nearly as much as the consensus). I think that covered the Marvel stuff, huh? Was the Green Lantern a Marvel movie? That one sucked! Loved the first two Tobey Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) - hated the third one. Really loved Nolan's Batman Begins, but was meh on The Dark Knight (despite a great perf by the late great Ledger). I will gladly finish out the series next month though. (My friend's an extra, so it'll be fun to look for him if nothing else.) Tim Burton's two Batman movies were enjoyable - with his follow-up, Batman Returns, remaining my fave Batman movie of all time. The subsequent entries in this iteration of the series were dreadful. Big fan of the original Chris Reeves Superman. Hated II with a passion, but kinda like the Richard Donner version recently home released. The remaining entries in that iteration of the series were also dreadful. I really liked Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (which was kind of a remake of Superman I and II). Sorry that series didn't get a shot at continuing. I have a wait-and-see attitude about the Henry Cavill reboot coming up. Same for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot coming up. Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?
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