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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: June 10, 2012, 3:40 pm
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Just to be on the safe side I'm gonna wait a week or two.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: December 25, 2012, 11:53 am
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[glow=red,2,300]The Guilt Trip[/glow]
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Despite not fond of paying theater money to go see drama or
comedy, this was a fun movie to watch. Get out of the cold, away
from the crowds. Barbara and Seth have chemistry as the strained
out son and the over-bearing Jewish mother. What really made
this was the consistent comedy throughout. It didn't bolt out of
the gate and then lose steam. It just stayed funny.
I know the movie deliberately pulls at the heart strings, but
that's OK. The end is a beautiful little twist I didn't see
coming and just wrapped things up nicely.
Definitely recommend. It will appeal to all ages, men and women.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: May 7, 2013, 10:16 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Oblivion [/glow]
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Oblivion is the current Sci-Fi Post apocalyptic action film
starring Tom Cruise from the director Joseph Kosinski, who
provided the sequel Tron: Legacy. Written by Kosinski, this is a
well thought out, mind bending story. I don’t want to talk too
much about the story because it’s all tightly woven together
with elements that would spoil the initial viewing. Kosinski
expertly leads you down a story that slowly reveals the secrets,
to the final punch at the end. This is a thinking man’s story,
because it does not spoon feed the answers. The sets and props
are gorgeous where appropriate, the scenery is immense, and the
action is well paced. A positively fun experience watching
things unfold. I highly recommend Oblivion if you have any
leanings toward action, sci-fi or a love story. Yes, the
backbone is the immense love, that drives the characters to
continue.
Next in line for Tom Cruise is yet another Sci-fi, from the
graphic Novel, All You Need Is Kill.
Joseph Kosinski just announced, will be working on the 2nd
sequel to Tron
Now, we will have to wait and see how two more Post apocalyptic
films pan out this year. Elysium with Matt Damon and Jodie
Foster and After Earth with Will and Jaden Smith
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: July 1, 2013, 7:50 am
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[glow=red,2,300]World War Z[/glow]
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/>3-1/2 stars
Let’s say I was hesitant going into World War Z for many
reasons. Mainly because it was PG-13 and that it would be a
watered down version of what I should expect from a zombie
flick. I was pleasantly surprised to be presented a fun
entertaining, and at times, a tense film. This movie is really
chopped up and which is not a big deal. It does involve
locations all around the world, so there’s little time to spend
time with the transisitons in scene changes. The pace was very
good. It pretty much starts off with a bang and doesn’t let up.
World War Z pretty much follows the 28 Days Later zombies. It’s
more of infection than a return of the slow lumbering living
dead. Some transitioning into zombies in about 12 seconds. I did
have one issue. In their enthusiasm to present fast hordes of
zombies, zombies somehow developed better than human actions.
Leaping and running like superhuman. Having superhuman strength,
etc. While it was subtle, it stood out to me.
The characters were all good, despite most of them being in the
background. Brad Pitt and his wife stand out, the rest come and
go.
There were plenty of tense scenes, but most we have seen before.
I did roll my eyes at the cliché scene of protagonist who HAVE
to sneak through and be super quiet to not alert the zombie
horde. Well guess what… yep, not once but 4 times accidentally
make loud sounds. I get that’s little bit of script generates a
lot of tense action, but it’s been done time and time again.
Again, all minor annoyances, in the context of it all. At the
end of the day, I was entertained. I wanted to see lots of wild
action on the big screen and I got it. There really is no end to
this movie, thus highly suggesting sequels. I will probably not
go to the theater to see the sequels. Pitt has suggested there
will be sequels and some folks think, they will incorporate more
things from the book. Apparently very little was brought from
the book for this flick.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 1, 2013, 8:00 am
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I didn't realize this was PG-13. Ugh. Well, there is always the
'Director's Cut' that is sure to be on the DVD. Knock on
wood.....
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: July 1, 2013, 9:23 am
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[quote]I didn't realize this was PG-13. Ugh. Well, there is
always the 'Director's Cut' that is sure to be on the DVD. Knock
on wood.....[/quote]
I would not count on that. I believe this was going to be fully
realized as PG-13. I don't think they edited out gore, language
or more.
I could be wrong. There was one particular nasty scene where you
knew what was going on but the camera placement and editing did
not show anything graphic. What zombies you did see were pretty
good. Nowhere near the detail as in The Walking Dead
On a side note, the theater experience this time was very
decent. Lots of tweens in the theater and stupid talking,
crackling of candy wrappers, blah, blah, blah before the movie
started. But once it started, it was quiet.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 1, 2013, 9:25 am
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But once it started, it was quiet.
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Maybe they read your rant on Penny Can and were afraid of you.
;D
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: July 7, 2013, 1:20 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]White House Down[/glow]
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I'll keep this short, sweet and honest. This is a Roland
Emmerich film. Nuff said. It has his trademark all over it. This
is a summer big screen event with lots of over the top action.
Mindless fun, with tongue in cheek. I don't know why it's
getting slammed except for bad timing, that Olympus Falling was
just some weeks earlier.
Oh well. It was lots of fun to get away from the heat.
I recommend.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: July 22, 2013, 3:10 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]The Conjuring[/glow]
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As we speak, the Conjuring by James Wan (Insidious, Dead Silence
and the original Saw) is one of the top films this week, with
lots of great word of mouth. I loves me some scary, especially
the kind that is creepy. I’m so over slasher movies now. Anyway,
The Conjuring is well done
But…
I’ve seen it all before. There is so much old school scenes
here, it just felt like been there, done that through the entire
movie. I’ve seen far more creepy films recently with Mama and
Women In Black. There were plenty of jump scares, and that’s fun
for a moment. But none of it was new to me.
It probably did not help at all that the trailer revealed a lot
of the jump scares. I knew 90% of what was coming just by the
scene set up. I walked out somewhat disappointed. It could have
been so much more. They only touched on pieces that could have
made this really memorable.
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Re: What Are You Looking At? (Multiplex Edition)
By: Mac Date: July 27, 2013, 11:10 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Wolverine[/glow]
I'm not going to rate this because it would be unfair.
My son won some tickets for Thursday premiere and gave me a ring
to see if I could go. I just wanted to do something with my son.
That was cool and we did have a good time.
I did go in with an open mind, but I still found it silly and
boring. Seriously, in the middle there was way to much talking
and drama. I did not know it would all take place in Japan. I
would say that was a nice change up from the typical New York or
LA location. They pushed all kinds of the Asian traditions,
which I guess was trying to bring some depth.
The action scenes were decent, but waaaaaaay over the top.
Especially the fight on top of a bullet train. Some humor
sprinkled throughout, but it could have used a lot more.
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