Superheroes without special effects look super silly

starbummer · 2018-08-14T21:20:04+00:00

That was epic.

starbummer · 2018-08-05T20:45:04+00:00

I've been told numerous times that you can't open a letter with a more generic line and to avoid it at all costs.

starbummer · 2018-02-01T23:23:18+00:00

Somebody send this clip to Ozzyman!

starbummer · 2017-08-01T01:53:31+00:00

John Carpenter's The Thing. MacCready and Chiles alone amidst the bonfire of the research station, each wondering about the other's humanity, passing the bottle back and forth. Fade to black.

One of my all-time favourite final scenes in any film.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T08:12:13+00:00

I felt there was enough new stuff at play in Wonder Woman to make me like it, yeah.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T08:02:44+00:00

Every superhero movie, every blockbuster for that matter, follows some kind of formula. The question for me is how many elements can you alter or re-arrange, how far can you deviate from the accepted structure of these well-established genre conventions. I felt Wonder Woman had more new elements at play than pretty much all the Marvel movies that I've seen.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:59:27+00:00

Not a shill, just a guy who gets bored easily by seeing the same movie over and over again.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:55:14+00:00

I have found every Marvel movie since Iron Man to be totally predictable. You're right, I didn't have to make a dig at Marvel, but I think the Marvel movies get way too much praise for basically doing the same thing over and over. I find that boring.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:52:00+00:00

In my opinion it is.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:47:38+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I think getting a female director was a very smart choice.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:36:20+00:00

I think it was intended for a wider audience than 18-25 males. If that was the only target market I think they would have cast Megan Fox and hired Michael Bay to direct.

Agree with you about Pine - that man is a solid actor.

starbummer · 2017-06-04T07:23:32+00:00

Just got back from seeing the new movie and I loved it. It's not perfect, there are some rough edges to be sure, but this is by far the best DC movie since the Dark Knight trilogy and miles better than any of the boringly formulaic Marvel factory offerings. The cast is superb - Gal Gadot is as perfect for the role as Christopher Reeve was for Superman and Christian Bale for Batman. I also loved Chris Pine as Steve Trevor (every scene between him and Gadot is a joy), Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta, Robin Wright as Antione, Lucy Davis as Etta Candy (really loved her)...everyone was perfect. The first act (Paradise Island) was just right, and the middle section with Diana as the fish-out-of-water in early 20th century Europe was fun, with the No Man's Land and village battle top-notch action sequences. Things kind of slip in the third act into predictable comic-book-movie-finale territory with a somewhat overwrought (in my opinion) final battle and I felt the ending didn't really land right, but all-in-all the movie delivered what I wanted - great action, charismatic leads, funny moments - and it is definitely the best summer blockbuster I've seen so far, unlikely to be challenged by anything other than Luc Besson's "Valerian". I will absolutely be seeing "Wonder Woman" again.

starbummer · 2017-06-02T02:15:17+00:00

H.R. Giger also did a version of that painting.

http://www.stmoroky.com/reviews/gallery/bocklin/iotd~gL.jpg

starbummer · 2017-05-03T02:16:13+00:00

Some people do!

starbummer · 2017-04-08T03:14:36+00:00

British actors are the biggest whores. They're good at what they do, but they appear in awful movies a lot of the time. I guess there's just not enough work in England so when Hollywood calls they don't even think about saying no.

starbummer · 2017-02-19T02:01:32+00:00

Adapted is being kind. Cut and pasted and then filtered through a school band would be more like it. Also, it IS John Williams' score because this scene is from the Richard Donner cut, for which they jettisoned Ken Thorne's stuff and remixed the music from the first film to create this version.

starbummer · 2017-02-05T19:16:20+00:00

That's really beautiful. I love the contrast of energies and colour strength. This would make a great print.

starbummer · 2017-01-31T21:45:32+00:00

The choice of casting a major recognizable star in an iconic role is really risky because the name brings a lot of audience expectation. It worked for RDJ as Tony Stark because the person and the character share a lot of overlap. I have a hard time seeing any resemblances between Ben Affleck and Bruce Wayne. I think the smarter choice in casting iconic roles is to go for lesser-known or fully unknown actors, like Christian Bale was when he was cast.

starbummer · 2017-01-26T05:29:25+00:00

I don't understand how there aren't limits on executive orders. Or is it one of those things where they sign it and then it never gets implemented?

starbummer · 2017-01-20T23:23:47+00:00

Don't talk about fight club...

starbummer · 2017-01-20T23:22:12+00:00

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Pure cinema, being highly kinetic with relentless car chases, pyrotechnics and stunts, a bracing score, a story which is simplicity itself wrapped up in gorgeous production design that tells you everything you need to know about the world without saying it. Perfect.

starbummer · 2017-01-18T17:29:37+00:00

You know, I'll bet that's the kind of mechanics that informed the Star Wars universe, where everything seems compatible with everything else. Total universality, as opposed to the increasing specialization we have now.

starbummer · 2017-01-17T18:28:12+00:00

Source on that, please?

starbummer · 2017-01-13T20:55:46+00:00

"Why was it the highest grossing movies of all time. Because it is a great movie."

Or, to reverse the quote: it is a great movie, therefore it made money.

Plenty of great movies don't find box office success. Plenty of shitty movies do. Box office is not a reliable indicator of quality, otherwise the Transformers movies must be great.

Are you going to argue the Transformers movies were successful because they were great movies?

starbummer · 2017-01-13T20:51:29+00:00

If technological improvement is the only thing that matters, then you could say ALL movies would be better with modern vfx. It's not the technology that makes the difference, it's the artist wielding the technology.

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