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  • Linespider5Linespider5 By the Abyss! Registered User regular
    I didn't mind the twist ending in Source Code, I just didn't like how
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    That's precisely what happened. I mean I suppose in a way it's not too bad:
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    I enjoyed Source Code, and I didn't have much of a problem with the ending (although I can see why people would feel otherwise). What annoyed me about the movie was how much better it could've been.
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    Maybe the creators did want to go in that direction but the investors didn't. Avatar did the same thing, only I doubt Cameron had any intention of fleshing out Jake's story beyond
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    That's a whole 'nother rabbit hole. There are original drafts of Avatar that are actually fucking dark and pretty damn serious. They can be found. Some interesting ideas in them that the official movie would've greatly benefited from. It was about on par with Terminator 2 in terms of overall tone, but I don't think it would've gone over as well.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    I didn't mind the twist ending in Source Code, I just didn't like how
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    That's precisely what happened. I mean I suppose in a way it's not too bad:
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    I enjoyed Source Code, and I didn't have much of a problem with the ending (although I can see why people would feel otherwise). What annoyed me about the movie was how much better it could've been.
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    Maybe the creators did want to go in that direction but the investors didn't. Avatar did the same thing, only I doubt Cameron had any intention of fleshing out Jake's story beyond
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    That's a whole 'nother rabbit hole. There are original drafts of Avatar that are actually fucking dark and pretty damn serious. They can be found. Some interesting ideas in them that the official movie would've greatly benefited from. It was about on par with Terminator 2 in terms of overall tone, but I don't think it would've gone over as well.

    Dammit. That's an Avatar I'd want to watch.

  • wanderingwandering Registered User regular
    I haven't watched Source Code because I hear it's "sold but not nearly as good as Moon" and I thought Moon was good but overrated.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu ___________PIGEON _________San Diego, CA Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    I haven't watched Source Code because I hear it's "sold but not nearly as good as Moon" and I thought Moon was good but overrated.
    "Solid but not nearly as good as Moon" is how everyone describes it because they have the same director, but unless you thought Moon was overrated for a bunch of very specific reasons that would also apply to Source Code, and unless the stuff you thought was "good" in Moon is missing in Source Code such that most people describe it as "not nearly as good" and you would describe it as "not good," then Source Code is worth watching.

    To put that in a slightly less confusing way, I don't think people thought Moon was good for the same reasons they thought Source Code was good, so if you don't like Moon as much as other people I'm not sure this has anything to do with how much you'd like Source Code.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    Netflix has taught me that I'm a sucker for "mind-bending" movies. Source Code, Inception, The Truman Show, Limitless, I eat them up.

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  • DeadfallDeadfall Registered User regular
    Agree on Wrath of the Titans.

    It was just fun. As opposed to Clash, which left me just irritated.
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  • KalTorakKalTorak Registered User regular
    RandomEngy wrote: »
    Netflix has taught me that I'm a sucker for "mind-bending" movies. Source Code, Inception, The Truman Show, Limitless, I eat them up.

    Same here. It's why I'm such a Nolan fanboy.

  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    Fuck yes a theater near me is screening The Raid on Friday.

  • HounHoun Jump In Save the WorldRegistered User regular
    RandomEngy wrote: »
    Netflix has taught me that I'm a sucker for "mind-bending" movies. Source Code, Inception, The Truman Show, Limitless, I eat them up.

    I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff Registered User regular
    Just watched Tremors for the first time. I had seen bits and pieces on late-night TV but never all the way through. So much fun! Exactly what I needed. It was a total blast, everything about it was incredibly enjoyable. And the special effects were sweet, once again showing how well-done practical effects are more believable than CGI when done properly.

    Are any of the sequels worth watching? I can't imagine they'd be as much fun without Kevin Bacon...

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  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    There was no need for a Tremors 2 or 3 lets put it that way.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    tremors 2 is still awesome in that "oh god this is bad but cant stop watching" way, never saw 3.. i think i almost saw 4.. 4 was the wild west one right?

  • Linespider5Linespider5 By the Abyss! Registered User regular
    Once knew a guy who loved all the Tremors movies.

    Then I learned he actually didn't give a shit about anything in life and was actually incapable of being committed to things, and also hated the concept of learning.

    We don't talk much these days.

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
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  • KalTorakKalTorak Registered User regular
    gjaustin wrote: »
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    You are, in fact, absolutely correct.

    At best, they're just friends.

    Yeah I got the impression that they'd met a few times but hadn't dated or anything yet.

  • ThomamelasThomamelas Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.Registered User regular
  • AtomikaAtomika (citation needed)Registered User regular
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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  • BuddiesBuddies Registered User regular
    Thomamelas wrote: »

    I see Scarlett and I'm all :winky: and then I watch the clip and I'm all D:

    Everything about that scene was awful. Not even cheesy awful. The Dialogue sucked, and the choreography was just as bad. But her boobs jiggle, sooo......

  • ThirithThirith Registered User regular
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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    I think this is part of why I was disappointed with the film - it didn't seem to be aware of this quandary at all. In fact, it ignored most of the interesting mind, 'mainstreaming' most of what was really interesting about the film. The reveal about one third into the film isn't much of a reveal; I'd imagine that it's pretty obvious to anyone who's seen similar films before.

  • RocketSauceRocketSauce Registered User regular
    Buddies wrote: »
    Thomamelas wrote: »

    I see Scarlett and I'm all :winky: and then I watch the clip and I'm all D:

    Everything about that scene was awful. Not even cheesy awful. The Dialogue sucked, and the choreography was just as bad. But her boobs jiggle, sooo......

    It was very...TVish. That clip would not have looked out of place on Buffy or Firefly.

  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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    I'd have to go for #3 too.
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  • Mad King GeorgeMad King George Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    I haven't watched Source Code because I hear it's "sold but not nearly as good as Moon" and I thought Moon was good but overrated.


    To put that in a slightly less confusing way, I don't think people thought Moon was good for the same reasons they thought Source Code was good, so if you don't like Moon as much as other people I'm not sure this has anything to do with how much you'd like Source Code.

    Speaking of Moon, what are people's general opinions? I really liked it, but I don't know if it was because it referenced a lot of earlier scifi films or not. It did make me realize how much of it was a "standing on the shoulders of giants" thing, though, even as I watched it.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu ___________PIGEON _________San Diego, CA Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    I haven't watched Source Code because I hear it's "sold but not nearly as good as Moon" and I thought Moon was good but overrated.


    To put that in a slightly less confusing way, I don't think people thought Moon was good for the same reasons they thought Source Code was good, so if you don't like Moon as much as other people I'm not sure this has anything to do with how much you'd like Source Code.

    Speaking of Moon, what are people's general opinions? I really liked it, but I don't know if it was because it referenced a lot of earlier scifi films or not. It did make me realize how much of it was a "standing on the shoulders of giants" thing, though, even as I watched it.

    Like the
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    Moon was amazing and I think it was amazing complete apart from its context within a larger genre, but that doesn't matter: even if it were a good movie only because of references, it would still be a good movie. Art doesn't exist in a vacuum. It speaks to us in different ways, and if one way it speaks to us is by joining a conversation and elaborating on what has been said, then so be it.

    What I liked about Moon was the soundtrack, the amazing visual effects and design, the stupendous acting, and
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    and personally the whole
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    thing I could take or leave: it's not like the movie hung the entire plot on that or tried to mislead us about it or dropped a bunch of hints or anything.
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  • KalTorakKalTorak Registered User regular
    gjaustin wrote: »
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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    I'd have to go for #3 too.
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    Well
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  • ThirithThirith Registered User regular
    My only problem with Moon was the very end. The film's interesting when it's about the philosophical issue of "Who am I?" It's much less interesting when it's about the ethics about the corporation, which remains utterly vague to begin with. They should've left the audio chatter at the end away, as far as I'm concerned.

  • Mad King GeorgeMad King George Registered User regular
    Moon was amazing and I think it was amazing complete apart from its context within a larger genre, but that doesn't matter: even if it were a good movie only because of references, it would still be a good movie. Art doesn't exist in a vacuum. It speaks to us in different ways, and if one way it speaks to us is by joining a conversation and elaborating on what has been said, then so be it.

    What I liked about Moon was the soundtrack, the amazing visual effects and design, the stupendous acting, and
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    and personally the whole
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    thing I could take or leave: it's not like the movie hung the entire plot on that or tried to mislead us about it or dropped a bunch of hints or anything.
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    I hope you get that I wasn't putting the film down.

    I was just speaking to how it presupposes some genre conventions instead of integrating them more fully.

  • Mad King GeorgeMad King George Registered User regular
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    Thirith wrote: »
    My only problem with Moon was the very end. The film's interesting when it's about the philosophical issue of "Who am I?" It's much less interesting when it's about the ethics about the corporation, which remains utterly vague to begin with. They should've left the audio chatter at the end away, as far as I'm concerned.

    I think Jones felt it necessary to do that, though, because the film had become very much about that, even if by proxy. Like the robot quandary, it's another one of those things that, like "The Company" in Alien, is now ingrained in our scifi consciousness.

    After so many films in which future companies are either incompetent or outright malevolent in nature, I think he felt it's an issue that needs to be addressed if you bring up the idea of a corporation with murky motives.

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  • DracomicronDracomicron Registered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    Fuck yes a theater near me is screening The Raid on Friday.

    Enjoy it. I haven't seen an action movie that well paced for a very long time.

    You know that if an action movie has a villain named Mad Dog, that he will be super awesome (c.f. Hard Boiled).

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    gjaustin wrote: »
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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    I'd have to go for #3 too.
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    In theory, sure. But he's already past that point and it's safe to assume it's going to happen.
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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    I watched a great horror movie the other week called Absentia. It's crazy low budget, the script seems like two movies squished end to end but HOLY FUCK does it ever hit the mark.

  • The JudgeThe Judge Terwilliger CurvesRegistered User regular
    21 Jump Street. Recommended. I am as surprised as you are.

    Actually, make that strongly recommended. Worth a full price ticket - no matinee price required to feel good about cost vs. return.

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  • Linespider5Linespider5 By the Abyss! Registered User regular
    gjaustin wrote: »
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    I'd have to go for #3 too.
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    Yep. I mean, it gets all soap opera, but you could just go, "Sorry, but I'm different person now. We would be living a lie if we stayed together."

    Then you'd get on your motorcycle and spend the rest of the season in the wilderness living in a cabin you built with your hands until trouble back in town forces your inevitable return.

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  • wanderingwandering Registered User regular
    Buddies wrote: »
    Everything about that scene was awful. Not even cheesy awful. The Dialogue sucked, and the choreography was just as bad. But her boobs jiggle, sooo......
    Seemed okay to me.

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    gjaustin wrote: »
    Source Code moral quandary question:
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    I'd have to go for #3 too.
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    Yep. I mean, it gets all soap opera, but you could just go, "Sorry, but I'm different person now. We would be living a lie if we stayed together."

    Then you'd get on your motorcycle and spend the rest of the season in the wilderness living in a cabin you built with your hands until trouble back in town forces your inevitable return.

    I was thinking more romantic comedy. You know, with him meeting his own parents - either pair.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    Wish Duncan Jones would get Mute written/filmed already, such an interesting concept and he doesnt seem to be doing anything at the moment other than chillin'

  • Kipling217Kipling217 Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Just came back from Iron Sky. That's the movie with the moon nazis if you haven't been paying attention.

    Fairly good, with some very funny moments. Its a movie about Moon Nazis, if you expect more I think there is something wrong with you. Special Effects where good for a movie with its budget.

    However... in the previews there was a trailer for Battleship and I got to say... No, just no.

    Its not going to be more fun then Iron Sky and despite having a special effects budget three times the size of Iron Sky it doesn't look as good. I have already seen one movie with invasions from space and big explosions, why pay to see another. I am not going to spend money to see a Michael Bay knockoff when I have sworn of the man himself.

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  • Xenogear_0001Xenogear_0001 Registered User regular
    The alien/robot/things from Battleship look like the most generic beings of that type imaginable. Also? I don't remember there being aliens in my version of Battleship, but maybe I was just doing it wrong.

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  • Harry DresdenHarry Dresden Registered User regular
    The alien/robot/things from Battleship look like the most generic beings of that type imaginable. Also? I don't remember there being aliens in my version of Battleship, but maybe I was just doing it wrong.

    There wasn't. The original games were battles between navy fleets (and submarines), that's why adding aliens to the film is so ridiculous. Okay, more ridiculous then it already is.

  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    The alien/robot/things from Battleship look like the most generic beings of that type imaginable. Also? I don't remember there being aliens in my version of Battleship, but maybe I was just doing it wrong.

    There wasn't. The original games were battles between navy fleets (and submarines), that's why adding aliens to the film is so ridiculous. Okay, more ridiculous then it already is.

    Right. Is there even some sort of tie-in anymore? Or is it just the name and a freed-up "IP" with Hasbro?

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