Re: Future releases [2]

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:33 pm

Love Cleese as Robin Hood in that too Very Happy

by azriel Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:40 pm

Pettytyrant101 wrote:'stand alones have the potential to be darker and more experimental than the core films'- Malick

True, or there this-

or, brace yourself, this-

Which dustbin did you go thru to find this ?? Im in a state of shock, sickness & shock Shocked

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:04 pm

Hells dustbin.

by Eldorion Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:05 pm

Don't forget the shitty Clone Wars animated movie (though the TV series based on it did eventually get better). Although even at its worst, TCW was still light-years (lol) ahead of the mid'-80s bargain basement era of Star Wars.

by bungobaggins Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:22 am

Mrs Figg wrote:watched Time Bandits on telly the other night. Love that film. theres so many amazing actors, Ian holm as Napoleon stands out.

That's a great movie, haven't seen it in years though. Terry Gilliam is a good director. Really liked Baron von Münchhausen too.

by Mrs Figg Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:27 pm

yes Terry Gilliam was pretty great in his heyday, Brazil is one of my all time favourite films, although I haven't enjoyed anything he did after Baron Munchhausen. The one with Matt Damon as Grimm, cant remember the name of the film, was so excruciatingly bad I walked out of the cinema.

by bungobaggins Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:49 am

by Eldorion Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:09 am

Aw snap. Hype levels rising.

by Forest Shepherd Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:29 am

Pettytyrant101 wrote:'stand alones have the potential to be darker and more experimental than the core films'- Malick

True, or there this-

or, brace yourself, this-

Good Lord, that is... one of the worst things I've ever seen.

The worst part is that Mala or Nala or whatever looks horribly, horribly like someone I know. Ugh, I need to go lie down.

by Forest Shepherd Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:31 am

Eldorion wrote:Aw snap. Hype levels rising.

aWW YISS!

by azriel Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:39 am

Oooh hoo

by Mrs Figg Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:17 pm

nice

by malickfan Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:35 pm

Not watching the trailer I I can avoid it.

I loved Skyfall though (even if there were some gaping holes in the plot) so it sounds promising...

by Pettytyrant101 Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:43 am

Big Arnie in a zombie film- and its tender and thoughtful! Shocked

Has potential for being the film no one expected it to be!

by azriel Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:35 am

Zombie films bore the arse off me, its the same recipe over & over again, & just for a change,because the writers cant think of what else to do, its turned into a comedy, like "shaun of The Dead" ( which I still giggle at ) But this, this looks good dare I say. From that clip it feels like they are using the Ebola scare to add flavour to the film ?

{{{ flavour, zombies, hee hee, sorry bout that Laughing

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by Pettytyrant101 Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:40 am

It would be nice if they are using the zombie thing as a proxy for some other message, after all thats how Romero used them in his original Zombie film trilogy that largely invented the modern genre- Night was a commentary on racism and acceptance. Dawn was about blind consumerism and Day about bureaucracy and human power structures and the pointlessness of the bulk of human activity when the context of civilization is stripped from it.

by azriel Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:43 am

Nah.....probably not Laughing

Arnie ? big blockbuster picture ? ..........You wait till the ending Nod

I have looked into my favourite tea mug & have seen the signs..................{{{ I need a refill Laughing

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by Eldorion Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:46 am

So the Batman bin Suparman trailer leaked today and I gotta be honest, I'm not really feeling it. When half the lines in the trailer are hopeless cliches or stolen from other movies (hmm, where have I heard "you're so caught up in what he can do..." before scratch

), it doesn't fill me with hope that the rest of the movie is well-written. This is the same reason I was pessimistic about Interstellar based on the trailers, although the finished movie wasn't as bad as I'd feared, so I can at least hope the same will hold true here.

https://vid.me/NlzG

Edit: it gives the impression that they've ran right past the supposed "gritty realism" of the Nolan films into full-blown grimdark territory. I don't think grimdark fiction works very well without an undercurrent of satire; otherwise it just becomes utterly senseless and misanthropic. Judge Dredd works because it's a social satire, Warhammer 40K works because it's a satire of military sci-fi. Both have self-awareness and moments of black comedy. I don't really trust Snyder to be self-aware.

by chris63 Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:59 am

Not another Peter Pan film.

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by bungobaggins Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:05 am

Eldorion wrote:So the Batman bin Suparman trailer leaked today and I gotta be honest, I'm not really feeling it. When half the lines in the trailer are hopeless cliches or stolen from other movies (hmm, where have I heard "you're so caught up in what he can do..." before ), it doesn't fill me with hope that the rest of the movie is well-written. This is the same reason I was pessimistic about Interstellar based on the trailers, although the finished movie wasn't as bad as I'd feared, so I can at least hope the same will hold true here.

https://vid.me/NlzG

Edit: it gives the impression that they've ran right past the supposed "gritty realism" of the Nolan films into full-blown grimdark territory. I don't think grimdark fiction works very well without an undercurrent of satire; otherwise it just becomes utterly senseless and misanthropic. Judge Dredd works because it's a social satire, Warhammer 40K works because it's a satire of military sci-fi. Both have self-awareness and moments of black comedy. I don't really trust Snyder to be self-aware.

Official release of the trailer. I wasn't interested in Man of Steel, but I might check this out (depending on the reviews, of course).

by Eldorion Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:09 am

Rewatched the trailer, official version this time, and I'm feeling it a little bit more, but I'm still not sure. I'll definitely see it out of curiosity if nothing else, though.

by bungobaggins Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:15 am

I am not a big super hero fan, but if I was forced at gun point to pick a favorite, I would choose Batman. And Batman would be the only reason I see this movie.

by Pettytyrant101 Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:52 am

OK I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I like the look of that more so than any of the previous Batman or Superman films- there is a potentially genuine and interesting avenue to explore there about power and what motivates someone to want it and using those two as the comparative studies. If they use the comic book trappings to explore those themes and aspects of human nature they might actually make the first comic book film since Watchmen that I can see the point to.

by halfwise Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:29 pm

What Petty said...if they can pull it off.

by azriel Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:00 pm

What Petty said & Halfy agreed to,
though, It has to handled carefully to succeed. Good beginnings, weakening middle, floppy ending wont gain anything.Ive seen many films with potential that have lost their bottle & meandered off. Its boring !, if your stuck for other words to describe it, & wasteful, I want something I can get my teeth into & can come back for more. I dont want "1st date syndrome" where your left feeling deflated.