...with Cthulhu sleeping on board.Quoting MadMan (view post)
...with Cthulhu sleeping on board.Quoting MadMan (view post)
No silly! The gigantic space pilot from Alien! Duh :PQuoting [ETM] (view post)
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*takes away MadMan's geek cred... again*Quoting MadMan (view post)
It's Space Jockey. Get with it already, man!
I hope he finds a spaceship down there, and it's gotta be alien, because the coral on it is three hundred years old, but what if it's a time-traveling American spacecraft, and there's something alien inside, and now people have uncontrollable mind powers, and it's the coolest story you've ever read until you realize ten years later that Crichton stole the premise wholesale from Solaris.
That's the one.Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
I don't have any geek cred :PQuoting [ETM] (view post)
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Damn straight.Quoting MadMan (view post)
I'll never believe that Lucas is this clever -- especially not after he spit out such idiocy as "Mace Windu" and "General Grievous."Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
More a happy accident. And any credit for plot details in Empire just has to go to Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.
Nor would I want any :PQuoting [ETM] (view post)
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In the new Making of Empire Strikes Back book that's just released, it shows that in the earlier drafts of the script, Luke runs into his dad, who's not Vader, and he tells him about his sister, who's not Leia.
So there.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Not sure how Michelle Rodriguez would know this, but the sequel will apparently be set underwater.
Well, Cameron himself has said several time that he plans to explore the oceans of Pandora in the sequel.
Yeah, this is old news. Cameron's been talking about an ocean-central film in the series since the first one came to theatres.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Cameron and Water, I think the actors are going to suffeeeeeeeeeer!
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Since the only thing the first movie had going for it was the technology, I think they should wait until they have another technological breakthrough to make the second movie. 4 years should be the minimum.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Home viewing re-watches of the first film were not kind. It's a pretty awful movie, particularly when you don't have the 3D to distract you.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Disagree. Mediocre maybe, but it’s still a well balanced, and I’d go as far to say emotional, experience.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
We already have been waiting 2. I would have hoped for SOMETHING soon.Quoting number8 (view post)
Well balanced? Not even close.
The movie's a poorly written (laughable, even) mess, uneven in tone and poorly paced.
It's awful. The occasional visual beauty doesn't outweigh how deeply flawed every other aspect is.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Hyperbole is the greatest thing evaaaaar!!!
I agree with meg. A second watch at home just highlighted how shallow and silly the actual story is. It's a chore to sit through without the bells and whistles of 3D.
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Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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I dunno who's being accused of hyperbole here, but I definitely meant what I said. It's a bad movie.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I didn't like it the first time I saw it, so I suppose I was ahead of the curve. I was pleased to discover Cameron still displaying some action-direction chops, and witnessing such lavishly goofy art direction in a grand-scale blockbuster was amusing in a demented kind of way, but those were pretty minor sources of succor in the film's grand scheme of bloat and idiocy.
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Way to be ahead of the curve Rowland. You and me both... We're awesome.Quoting Rowland (view post)
I liked the 3d.
It's not just you. I'm surprised the "clever Avatar put-down" contest is still going on after two years.Quoting megladon8 (view post)