You ever hear There Will Come Soft Rains? That one's a doozy
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You ever hear There Will Come Soft Rains? That one's a doozy
Just finished watching Harry Brown. Loved the movie, only complaint is that with some of the actors British accents are so thick I can barely figure out what they are saying. Either way... gotta love Alfred kicking ass.
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Originally Posted by Lewkowski
Tree of Life
Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Directed by the normally excellent Terence Malick.
Gets a WTF.
2/10
Skyfall
It was fun, and they had my fave poem in it!
And great tech
"It's called a 'radio'."
eh, not the best Bond movie, I'm not even sure I like how they shoved in the subtle hints of it being 50 years old. The score was way to pronounced at the wrong moments, the green screening was horrible during the roof race, several early plot holes, and while its not Swordfish bad, it wasn't Bourne good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aimless
But it was fun to watch, I've already forgot most of the early plot holes because of how fun the movie becomes, and holy shit that scene with the chair...that was perfect.
I know I don't like how the retirement went, that was bullshit, way to cheap for a Bond flick.
Eh? Can you expand on that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
Far as I can tell most of the motorcycle race was real, but stunt doubles, so when they do show the real 007 actor its a visual shock. The coloring is wrong, the motion is wrong. I can't tell if they tried to superimpose craig on top of the stunt double, or filmed him in front of a green screen, but it was an awful attempt. Like "put him on a treadmill and film him in front of a rolling wallpaper" bad.
Ah ok. Thought you were implying the whole scene was CGI-ified.
The director went to great pains to film most (if not all) of the stunts live, using a whole mass of cars which were crashed for real, and using real scenery. That scene with the bikes on the rooves was all shot for real too.
Can't comment on any superimposition of Craig onto doubles, I've not seen the movie yet (:o), but I have seen some of the making of it in a Skyfall special, interviews with the cast, production staff and stunt doubles. One of the latter being Ben Collins, the original Top Gear Stig.
I figured, at one point you can see some of the tiles break and get shot off screen when one bike makes a turn down a roof. Movies generally don't CGI crazy details like that :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
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Due to Reddit discussing Time Travel, and bringing Looper into the mix (and its plot holes) I would just like to post my opinion on what would take care of some of the plot holes in Looper, that I haven't seen discussed anywhere else.
Spoiler:
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Getting ready to watch Skyfall, I'm as giddy as a...Dr Who fan!
Yep off to the Picturehouse to see Skyfall too today. :up:
Wreck it Ralph.
Somewhat overhyped, very short, but still a worthwhile movie from game nerds.
The extra touch after the credits was genius.
Skyfall was good. :up:
Enjoyable caper, lots of funny tongue-in-cheek moments. Javier Bardem was excellent as the creepy baddy.
A few elements of the crowd broke into spontaneous applause at the end. Never seen that before. :bulb:
7/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=saXcM32HJyY
Too much promise... but want...
I liked it too, but the whole train-chase out of Istanbul was too much. It was a bit like they didn't just want us to suspend disbelieve for the duration but to euthanize it alltogehter. I mean; a train that looked like it could have been a prop in Schindlers list? Or moving on a train from the heart of Old Istanbul to the mountains in a trainride that (as Bond and his opponent are in a mano a mano fight) that can't have lasted more than 5, 10 minutes tops? Any train leaving from Sirkeci station, including the express trains would need at least half an hour to clear the suburbs, and once they would have left town it would take hours to get into anything that looks like mountains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I do understand why they still would go with that 'Old Istanbul' icon of the Grand Bazaar (even though everybody who knows the city also knows it's by and large irrelevant but for the tiny part of it where currency exchange rates are set and that's not very picturesque), but they could at least have acknowledged that they were in a city with 15 million inhabitants in the 21st century. The car chase would have been less cowboys and indians, but I am certain a better version of it would have been possible, as there is a train line where they pretend to be and a somewhat parallel 6 lane street that would have offered great opportunities in the many intersections there are.
Heh, indeed. As is often the case when a movie is set in a location you know well, or deals with a subject you know well: the movie often falls far short of the facts.
Although the action around London was realistic enough, from that point of view.
After the movie I did chat to my partner about the whole computer hacking side of it, about the ridiculous "OMG he's using a polymorphic algorithm!" outburst from Q, and the screen on the wall shows some idiotic 3D image which rotates around various axes while Q furiously bashes away at a keyboard.
Her comment in response was that it's all meant to be fun, it's not meant to stand up to in-depth scrutiny. And I take her point.
Skyfall was enjoyable. I like the move toward traditional Bond persona and intrigue (vs just a bunch of car crashes and blowing shit up). Moneypenny is back in new form :D Undecided about new Q though...he reminded me of a character from a Batman movie.
I've heard good things about Argo and Silver Lining, mixed reviews on Lincoln. I anticipate liking Lincoln no matter what, because it's a "period" piece with costume and set design that turns 'movies' into cinematic theater.
Argo indeed Gee. Saw it last night.
Directed by, co-produced by, and starring Ben Affleck, who turned in a mature performance.
Based on the true story of the US Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran in 1979-1980, focussing particularly on the 6 embassy staff who took refuge in the Canadian Ambassador's residence. The CIA hatched a slightly ludicrous plot to spring them by pretending they were part of a Sci-fi movie film-crew out in Iran scoping film locations.
Fairly gripping, if slightly over-dramatised in places. I felt the situations were genuinely tense enough without added Hollywoodisation.
Well worth a watch.
7/10
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End of Watch is next on my radar, starring Jake Gyllenhal in Jughead shaven-headed guise, playing an elite LA cop who busts one gang too far.
Looks excellent, though I am put off by the fact that it's written and produced by the likes of the people who made Training Day and The Fast and the Furious, neither of which were any good.
I feel Gyllenhal is always worth a watch though.
Just saw Argo. Nice movie, well-paced and overall a good story. :up:
I have been trying to see it over the last few days but schedule wouldn't allow it. I'm gonna try again tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreadnaught
Unfortunately some Canadians are pissed/think it underplays their particular heroic role in the whole thing.
I thought the gratitude felt by the US to Canada was fairly strongly portrayed, particularly as the real photos were shown at the end and during the credits, with lots of people holding Thank you Canada placards n stuff.
Well, I just saw it and liked it a lot, but when did Ben Affleck become such eyecandy? I mean, even if the movie would have been crap otherwise I'd have given it tope grades because it gave me a chance to look at that gorgeous man for almost 93 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I think the 'Thank You Canada' thing was sort of undercut by the fact that it was made so Obvious the CIA would deny involvement.
I also wonder if the actual airport scene was quite as tight as they make it out to be. I mean; why the crazy running after a plane that could have been stopped by denial of start permission much easier? And I had some problems with the time it took for them to take off and announce that they would serve alcoholic drinks because they had left Iranian airspace. I mean, if you look at the runways at the international airport of Tehran you see they (as you would expect on a north westerly axis since there are mountains to the north of Tehran). The only way a plane could leave Iranian airspace that fast would be if it would take a sharp turp to the north and fly in the direction of the Caspian sea. But there is no way you could explain a Swissair airplane flying over the Caspian and the USSR to Zurich rather than via the much shorter route taking it over Turkey. If there were such an explanation, it would take them 20-30 minutes to get there.
P.S. I think a big chunk of this movie was filmed in Istanbul.
Any particular reason why Affleck felt a need to change what was already a pretty exciting story?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreadnaught
He suits a beard, for sure. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazir
Some things just have to be dramatised I guess. Couldn't spend a third a movie on them sitting around waiting to clear Iranian airspace.Quote:
I also wonder if the actual airport scene was quite as tight as they make it out to be. I mean; why the crazy running after a plane that could have been stopped by denial of start permission much easier? And I had some problems with the time it took for them to take off and announce that they would serve alcoholic drinks because they had left Iranian airspace. I mean, if you look at the runways at the international airport of Tehran you see they (as you would expect on a north westerly axis since there are mountains to the north of Tehran). The only way a plane could leave Iranian airspace that fast would be if it would take a sharp turp to the north and fly in the direction of the Caspian sea. But there is no way you could explain a Swissair airplane flying over the Caspian and the USSR to Zurich rather than via the much shorter route taking it over Turkey. If there were such an explanation, it would take them 20-30 minutes to get there.
Speaking of picking things apart though, I rather liked the way that 70s army truck and those 2 police cars managed to keep up with the 747 when it took off, when the take off speed of a 747 is ~300kph. :D
Yeah well, that was quite silly too. My 'timeline' problem they could have solved easily; cut away from the plane, insert some frantic Iranian officials shouting at each other about how to get the bloody plane back, or in DC where somebody says, 'their airborne, how long untill they're safe?' After the answer, you cut back to the plane where the announcement is made they have left Iranian airspace. And voila, the viewer no longer knows how long it takes from wheels off to 'we're really out'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Not that it really would have mattered as the captain of the plane is under no obligation to turn back if ordered so, and the way I understand it the Iranian airforce at the time wasn't likely to scramble and force it down.
Wasn't the credits bit added only after complaints though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
First I've heard that, but I don't know for sure either way.