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06-30-2014, 07:11 PM | #891 |
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Don't watch Clone Wars, have no intention to since it was canceled without an ending. Nevertheless, Maul should have had development in the movie he came in as he is dead afterwards. There is not much you can do with a dead character other than McGuffin him.
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06-30-2014, 07:12 PM | #892 |
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The last season was released as a Netflix exclusive.
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07-01-2014, 12:23 AM | #893 |
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Kung Fu Panda 2. Holy crap, WHY DIDN'T I WATCH THIS MOVIE SOONER! The music is great, the characters are very well written and the animation, sweet jesus the animation! Not nearly as moving as How To Train Your Dragon 2 but pretty damn close. All in all, very very good.
On a side note, I really liked the relationship between Poe and Tigris to be very good as well. You really get a sense that, while different, the two can both see eye to eye with one another. Kind of like an older sister younger brother type deal. I really do like relationships like that and I do wish to see more of them. Oh yeah, and the god damn Peacock was frigging nuts and loved every second he was on screen! Last edited by guncannon109; 07-01-2014 at 12:37 AM.. |
07-01-2014, 12:40 PM | #894 |
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Attack of the Clones - Man, what is up with these prequels? They don't feel like they are actually trying to tell a story, but instead, they are just putting all of the pieces into place so the events of the original trilogy make sense? Once again, what should have been a great story is sacrificed in order to bait the next movie. Every piece of dialog that comes out of Anakin's mouth feels forced or poorly improved. Not to mention the way he acts towards Padme is more on the obsessive stalker side of things instead of just being infatuated with her. Padme is really just there to be a baby oven. And there is no development at all for Jango Fett or even Count Dooku. In fact, Christopher Lee has this look on his face that says, "I'm talking to air but I don't care because I'm getting paid a lot of money for this." Obiwan is the only character in the movie that does anything and he is the only one to have any sort of development. In fact, he is pretty much just Quigon Jin's character from The Phantom Menace, but relevant. The choreography, visuals, and sound are all fantastic. Unfortunately, everything else is subpar. At least it is an improvement over the first one. At this rate though, the series won't be perfected until the fifth entry. Overall, I give Attack of the Clones a 5/10.
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07-02-2014, 04:59 PM | #895 |
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Revenge of the Sith - There are many things great about this movie, but at the same time, there are things bad about it. First off, the movie just starts out fantastic with a great battle in space the likes we have never seen before and it is accompanied by an incredible score of drums. Unfortunately, it seems to dwindle down once Anakin and Obiwan reach Grievous's ship as Count Dooku is dead while Grievious runs away like a coward. I just do not understand what the purpose of Dooku was in this entire series. He shows up in the last half hour of the previous movie and then is dead within 15 minute of this one. He had absolutely no character development and his character was entirely irrelevant to the plot of either movie. It was like they just wanted to have Christoper Lee's name attached to it. Also, the Grievous portrayed here is the exact opposite of who he was in the Genndy Clone Wars cartoon. As that Grievous was bad ass, would go all out on a fight and not stop until his prey was dead. Here, he is a cheater and a coward, which completely contradicts his character to those that watched the cartoon that had been released at that time.
Obiwan is once again the star of the movie as every scene he is in is nothing short of excellent. It does not matter if it is just him having a discussion with Yoda to his battle with Anakin, this man is amazing. Palpatine also stands out here, but did they really need to give him a reason for having an ugly face in the original trilogy? Couldn't he just have gotten ugly from both age and his own corrupted desires? Once again the visuals and the sound rule the movie as we are treated to some great landscapes, pretty battles, and some of the best music from the series. Sadly, the more things improved, the worse some areas got. Padme's dialog is just atrocious as all of her lines feel forced and unrealistic. Anakin has improved a bit, but not enough to warrant anything less than a smacking. One of the best scenes of the movie is when Palpatine is talking about Darth Plagus to Anakin though as it truly built up some mythos that could be explored in future times, which is something the previous two movies lacked. The movie overall is quite good, but could have been better if it did not exist just to set everything up for the original trilogy, which is ultimately where this trilogy as a whole fails at. Instead of telling its own stories, and giving us a series full of finely detailed characters with rich development, they gave us three movies that were made to just set everything up for what comes after, killing any sense of suspense or mystery that could have been made. Overall, I give this movie a 7/10. |
07-05-2014, 11:06 AM | #896 |
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It still doesn't really have a proper ending. And by proper ending, I mean the original planned ending with General Grievous kidnapping Palpatine
Anyway, I am watching Fantastic Four. Last edited by thunderstrike541; 07-05-2014 at 11:11 AM.. |
07-05-2014, 10:26 PM | #897 |
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American Psycho - This movie is weird, really weird. The first 3/4s of the movie are fantastic and then I feel like it kind of fizzled out in the end as it just seemed to stop instead of having an ending. I do understand why it ended that way, as it leaves things everything ambiguous as to whether or not that was all in his head, but still. I think the part that the movie just completely lost me at was the chainsaw chase, as things just got a little goofy. Nevertheless, aside from that, the acting was great, Christian Bale was freaking awesome in it. Overall, I give it a 7/10. It will not be a movie I will go out of my way to rewatch any time soon, but I am glad to have finally saw it.
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07-05-2014, 11:31 PM | #898 |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2 was awesome. (Although I'm pretty sure that, at this point, they've basically forgone the books.)
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07-06-2014, 04:24 AM | #899 |
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Watched The Raid on Bluray:
Speaking specifically about the Bluray it's...fairly unspectacular. I understand that this is a low budget movie from Indonesia but this is the modern digital age, I can't fathom why this picture is so lacking in detail or a nice crisp finish. I'm sure it looks great when stacked against the DVD but as far as Bluray picture quality goes this is incredibly unspectacular. The murkiness may be, to some extent at least, intentional but that doesn't mean it somehow forgives how bad it looks overall. Although The Raid lacks some of Dredd's polish, the film is able to have a lot of personality and style in its own way. True, it doesn't have the brilliance that is "Slo-Mo", but for a film made for around a million dollars with a cast of unknowns, and a director I'd never heard of behind the camera it's impressive just how well made this film is. Every sequence moves with the action, not against it like those horrible shaky cam flicks, and with the fluid sweeps of the camera it gives every sequence a real dynamic look and it feels like you're right there in the middle of it all. Iko Uwais is truly spectacular, he doesn't look like a conventional action hero but when you see this guy move - and fight - it's such a glorious thing to see. Both Uwais and the true main villain of the piece, Mad Dog, who is played by Yayan Ruhian aren't actors but fight choreographers. This is important, because it means they're doing their own stunts in action sequences they themselves have orchestrated. It's not easy to put into words but when you see how it impacts the action on the screen you realise it really does make a world of difference. Fights feel larger than life but flow in a way that feels natural, pencak silat is a martial art that is as deadly as it is beautiful and this movie showcases it wonderfully. There are loads of knives, machetes and guns but the best fights come from having a man stripped of his weapons and armed only with desperation - which is the crux of the final act of the film. It's the tower block itself that becomes the deadliest weapon from door frames to fridges to light bulbs. If I was to have any real complaints with the action, it's the copious use of CG. From muzzle flashes to blood sprays, pretty much all of it is CG and the kind of naff, cheap CG that looks painfully obvious. Surely if Z-Grade movies were using bloodbags and squibs like fifty years ago, it can't be a cost saving measure to do it today with CG. So not only does it look frustratingly bad but it was an unnecessary creative decision which could have been avoided and made the film look better for it. I know this is going to feel like somewhat of a moot point, but as you can see I've only really been talking about the action up until this point... because that is really all there is to The Raid. I get that coming to a film like this and expecting Shakespeare would be ludicrous but this is the first time I think I've seen a film where it barely has any semblance of plot, characters or purpose. It is literally a two hour showcase of violence, which is fine for the right audience I suppose but with the so so presentation of the Bluray I think I'm going to be coming back to my copy of Dredd much sooner than I'll be coming back to this.
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07-06-2014, 05:05 AM | #900 |
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Drive.
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