Rate The Last Movie You Watched - April V3 - no tv shows - General

ELYSIUM - 8/10 Great cyberpunk pornography and the plot wasn't so cliche

[QUOTE=SilverDragon619;42891420]ELYSIUM - 8/10 Great cyberpunk pornography and the plot wasn't so cliche[/QUOTE] im glad Neill Blomkamp didnt make the Halo movie he was originally set to do and instead made this film about a supersoldier leading a war onto a ring-world in space

Elysium was full of cliches, though.

[QUOTE=Pops;42885489]that's sad to see, not gonna lie. but still not as bad as the lars homestead from star wars. whole damn thing has basically been swallowed up in dirt and sand[/QUOTE] A group of fans actually set out to restore the homestead last year: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FELFVAeb24I[/media]

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;42892331]Elysium was full of cliches, though.[/QUOTE] it was generic and cliche and heavy-handed as hell [editline]17th November 2013[/editline] like it was decent but it has nothing on District 9 which tbh was quite predictable as well but still a very very good film that handled its plot brilliantly

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;42892331]Elysium was full of cliches, though.[/QUOTE] It was also bad.

[QUOTE=Butthurter;42893058]wrong[/QUOTE] I really liked IM3. Maybe that's just because I have a soft spot for Shane Black since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite movies but I really enjoyed it. It's definitely the funniest superhero movie I've ever seen. [sp]Would it have been awesome if the Mandarin was villain? Yes. Doesn't make it a bad movie though[/sp]

Iron Man 3 was actually a decent and enjoyable standalone movie, but not as good as a part of MCU. Even worse if you had really high expectations for Mandarin.

yeah everything about iron man 3 is great until that horrid twist. then it just fucks it in the ass and leaves you with a sour taste in your mouth. horrible way to end the solo films and not a great start for phase 2. also, finally convinced my internet film group to watch the pusher trilogy. if you guys are refn fans you'll enjoy these (if you haven't seen them already). 9/10 for all three.

IM3's twist was brilliant.

Also props to IM3 for this scene: [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40378683/Funny%20pics/connected.gif[/IMG] They didn't build a Iron Lad costume for the kid, didn't have him save the day or inspire Tony to keep on living - they had the character come in, do some scenes, and then dropped him out of the movie when he wouldn't fit in the plot any more.

[QUOTE=Scot;42895504]IM3's twist was brilliant.[/QUOTE] As someone who didn't read the comics, I agree. But I do understand the perspective of the people who read the comics and didn't like [sp]what they did to the Mandarin.[/sp]

Just watched Inglorious Basterds a few nights ago, I've liked more or less all of tarantinos movies save for the Kill Bills which I wasn't incredibly fond of, so I decided to sit down and watch it. All around a very good movie, I expected it to be a little more action packed for some reason but there are only a few memorable combat scenes, but the ones that were there were incredibly well done. The dialogue was solid and it benefited a lot from using different languages all throughout the movie and actually changing them in scene from French, to English, etc. Cinematography was good as well, not a lot that sticks out really but it was still worth mentioning. Only thing that sticks out was Brad Pitts goofy accent he put on in the movie. bear jew/10

Event Horizon 8/10 Saying Dead Space 1 was inspired by this is an understatement. Aside from the Necromorphs everything else was pretty much ripped off wholesale. Francis Ford Coppala's Dracula 7/10 I've never read Dracula nor seen any other adaptations so I have no idea how faithful an adaptation this is. Was good regardless, but there were some parts I felt weren't properly explained. Even now I have no idea why Dracula bought like 10 properties in England or why he tried to turn that girl into a vampire when he had no interest in her.

If you enjoyed Dracula definitely watch the silent film Nosferatu, absolutely one of the best films of the silent era (part of the German expressionist movement which is maybe my favourite silent movement) and Werner Herzog's adaptation, Nosferatu the vampyre. They're both utter classics.

still haven't seen Herzog's Nosferatu, seen the original and Shadow of a Vampire.. both creepy as heck but Kinski is next level creepiness :-(

[QUOTE=Scot;42895504]IM3's twist was brilliant.[/QUOTE] It was funny. Yes. It did shit on comic book fan's expectations. Yes. Did I like it and think it was brilliant. No

I dont know what you guys are rating him dumb for. The twist for the manderion made a lot of fans really, really mad. Not me personally, i thought it was alright.

The fans who got mad should feel bad. It was a good twist that mixed it up for people who like the comics. Too bad they took it the wrong way.

I wasn't expecting a magical fight, I was expecting a between between the illusive Kingsley and vengeful Downey. Just the way they advertised it, I was expecting a epic finale between Tony and the Mandarin. But you know what I got, Guy Pearce, who is basically a human torch guy. He isn't even killed by Tony, he is killed by eugh Pepper. And we have seen this little stint before (in last year's Dark Knight Rises). The Mandarin was a waste of time for the movie, couldnt they have done a differant villain like Controller. The character Ben Kingsley advertised looked like a great adversary, but all we got was a junkie actor. Speaking of which [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_(comics)#Actor[/url] I thus conclude Iron Man 3 is my least favorite of the MCU movies (besides IM2 and Hulk)

[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;42898220]The fans who got mad should feel bad. It was a good twist that mixed it up for people who like the comics. Too bad they took it the wrong way.[/QUOTE] Eh I dunno I think that might be a bit harsh. The only reason people don't really care is because nobody knows who Mandarin is. If the same thing was done with someone like The Joker or Magneto, there would have been more angry people. It's a funny twist in the movie sure but it's a movie adaptation of a comic character and his universe. I'm supposing the angry fans wanted the film makers to respect that universe and do their best to adapt it on the silver screen. Movie-adaptations and maybe, tv shows are probably the only way comic characters are making their impact on the general audience and for a comic book villain that never appeared in a major motion picture before, its well established fanbase can justifiably get ticked off when he's wildly out of character and poorly adapted. However it shouldn't make the movie, as a whole, seem terrible. Sub-par adaptation? Maybe. Bad movie because of it? No.

[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?p=42898220#post42898220"]UnidentifiedFlyingTard posted:[/URL] The fans who got mad should feel bad. It was a good twist that mixed it up for people who like the comics. Too bad they took it the wrong way. i personally loved the twist (as someone who hasnt read any comics/hadnt heard of the mandarin before the film) because I thought it was really self-aware. It was totally just shitting on the cliché of a superhero villain/any action-thriller since 9/11 and stuff, of some faceless terrorist etc etc etc. and mixed things up. And Guy Pearce owns very hard so if you dont like him well you are not correct [SIZE=1][COLOR=#444444][B]Edited:[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?p=42897175#post42897175"]AK'z posted:[/URL] still haven't seen Herzog's Nosferatu, seen the original and Shadow of a Vampire.. both creepy as heck but Kinski is next level creepiness :-( Shadow is from the director of Begotten... Not seen Shadow of the Vampire but Begotten is something horrifying and powerful. It was the first proper art film I ever watched I'm pretty sure (it was Begotten or The Thin Red Line, I can't remember). Definitely had an impact on how I look at film. Its not particularly great tbh but original and interesting and pretty disturbing [editline]18th November 2013[/editline] its kinda jumping in the deep end of arthouse tbh :v: and quotes etc fucked up oh well

I don't know what it is about Pepper Potts. Something in my head just clicks whenever she's onscreen, and something in my brain longs for her to not be onscreen anymore.

i like pepper pots gwyneth paltrow a fox

[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;42898220]The fans who got mad should feel bad. It was a good twist that mixed it up for people who like the comics. Too bad they took it the wrong way.[/QUOTE] the villain is not this guy its actually this boring guy in a suit wow cinematic genius 10/10 [editline]18th November 2013[/editline] i understand not disliking the twist and i even understand it if you actually liked it, but it's not brilliant or well thought out in any conceivable way [editline]18th November 2013[/editline] imo it'd have been great if they either A: didnt choose that twist and had a different one (you could have ben kingsley still be the [sp]jolly english actor guy[/sp] but make it so that he got into the mandarin persona once he wore the rings, for example) or B: simply made killian a more interesting character. i mean, it's not bad that the mandarin [sp]wasn't a crazy asian terrorist, but why does he have to be generic fire guy #39? there was absolutely nothing special about killian and any of the other extremis goons might as well call themselves the mandarin too[/sp]

comic/book adaptations shouldn't be just a blatant copy-paste of the source material. I respect directors who manage to build a story and universe with their own touch and changes to it that stands on it's own. Getting pissed because it is different isn't necessarily a valid criticism, differences aren't weak points of a movie.

[QUOTE=KlaseR;42902887]comic/book adaptations shouldn't be just a blatant copy-paste of the source material. I respect directors who manage to build a story and universe with their own touch and changes to it that stands on it's own. Getting pissed because it is different isn't necessarily a valid criticism, differences aren't weak points of a movie.[/QUOTE] It is absolutely impossible for a movie to copy-paste from the source material. Anybody who reads comics knows this and any comic book fan demanding 100% copy-paste is either stupid or delusional. A director's own touches that are appreciated are usually his/her interpretations of comic book characters and their universes, e.g. Richard Donner, Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, Christopher Nolan. Same thing with comic book writers because if you're not the original creator of let's say Spawn, then everything you write about him is an interpretation of that character. They all add something or take away something to the universe but in the end, they've all been done in one way or another. Fans getting angry at a comic book movie's poor adaptation is mostly justifiable but it enters the 'wrong territory' when fans dismiss a movie being bad because of a poor adaptation.

Is the film ender game based on the book with the same name?

[QUOTE=godfatherk;42903038]Is the film ender game based on the book with the same name?[/QUOTE] No it's based on Wind in the Willows.

i watched my mom and dads porn. 9/10 acting was bad but movie overall was entertaining.