|
|
blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
posted June 28, 2016 11:44 PM |
|
|
Just watched The Blind Side.
*wipes away tears*
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
|
|
posted June 29, 2016 05:17 AM |
|
|
That bad, huh?
____________
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the cis are at it again.
|
|
EnergyZ
Legendary Hero
President of MM Wiki
|
|
posted June 29, 2016 10:43 AM |
|
Edited by EnergyZ at 10:44, 29 Jun 2016.
|
|
blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted June 29, 2016 09:51 PM |
|
|
I HAVE THE POWER.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
|
|
posted July 05, 2016 03:32 PM |
|
|
|
While zapping, I came across Crimson Tide and The Firm, I watched them again without getting bored a single minute. Both of them are very good thrillers with a perfect dose of drama, neat character development and good acting. I questioned myself, is this nostalgia kicking in, but no, they really used to make better thrillers in the 90's.
|
|
blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted July 05, 2016 08:57 PM |
|
|
Those are both great movies. Crimson Tide soundtrack & acting is superb. The tension between Denzel Washington and Gene Hackmen is thick enough to cut with a steak knife. It's too bad Hackman retired to become an author.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
|
|
posted July 09, 2016 04:47 PM |
|
Edited by kiryu133 at 17:02, 09 Jul 2016.
|
just watched Zootropolis. s'pretty good. suffers from a severe lack of non-mammals though.
In hindsight, that might actually harm the message of the film. the reasoning makes sense, but still... 
____________
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the cis are at it again.
|
|
artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
|
|
posted July 09, 2016 08:09 PM |
|
|
Tried Elvis & Nixon, it seemed like an interesting subject, Elvis Presley wants to get an FBI badge and goes to Washington, trying to get an appointment with president Nixon. It wasn't a horrible movie but despite being a good actor, Michael Shannon is so NOT Elvis Presley, his voice, the lines and expression in his face is so vastly different from the real Elvis, you just can't get in the mood. I guess, they aimed for one of those "chameleon actor performing a miracle" stuff but talent has its limits.
I've also just found out that this year, a Japanese/Turkish production, telling the story of how in 1890, Japanese villagers rescued Turkish sailors from a shipwreck when their ship on a diplomatic mission sank and then how a century later we saved their citizens from the 1985 hostage crisis in Iran, came out. I can't believe this flew right over my head until today, seems like a decent production with balanced CGI and realistic historical atmosphere which is something you don't see in Turkish films very often.
____________
Are you pretty? This is my occasion. - Ghost
|
|
Blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted July 15, 2016 12:12 AM |
|
|
I watched two great historical films. Lincoln, based around the passing of the 13th Amendment and an older 1981 film, Gallopoli, based on WW1 Gallopoli with the Aussies. Definitely worth watching. Neither of them are action films.
Even back in 1981 in his youth, Mel Gibson holds to his record of playing characters that hate the English.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
|
|
posted July 16, 2016 07:32 PM |
|
Edited by blob2 at 19:45, 16 Jul 2016.
|
Finally watched Warcraft: The Beginning today.
Once again I'm left wondering why critics are so hard on these type of films. Critics be critics, but I'm disappointed with so many 'player' voices that say this was a bad movie. That was the best game to movie I've ever seen.
Sure, there were things that could've been done better, but with such a rich lore and with so many characters it's a wonder they managed to pack all of this in a movie that still was fun to watch and made sense (how can you explain all the circumstances to a laic, why Medivh did what he did, how exactly did Gul'Dan rise in power etc). I mean, there could've been more character development, but for crying out loud, even with trimming we had at least 10 major characters: how can you possibly do a better job with screen time when there's so many of them (and I still think they made a great job).
The movie was full of action, had Warcrafty climate (though briefly shown, Goldshire looked incredible, and they've even included some nice 'easter eggs' like a Murloc), and had a lot of cool stuff. It was even bloodier then I thought it would be. Magic finally looked like magic and demons or monsters seemed like a part of this world. Orcs were superbly animated, and they've did a good job in showing both sides of the conflict (they've kept their promise).
Thank the Heavens the movie made well in China, this will make sequel a possibility. So f* you critics, I'm aboard the hype train for another entry...
|
|
artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
|
|
posted July 16, 2016 07:38 PM |
|
|
Blizzardboy said:
I watched two great historical films. Lincoln, based around the passing of the 13th Amendment and an older 1981 film, Gallopoli, based on WW1 Gallopoli with the Aussies. Definitely worth watching. Neither of them are action films.
Even back in 1981 in his youth, Mel Gibson holds to his record of playing characters that hate the English.
Lincoln is very good, indeed. Gallopoli was also a decent movie but considering the material and how many overwhelmingly interesting stories it provides, the film just seems pale to me. The real Gallopoli movie hasn't been made, yet.
____________
Are you pretty? This is my occasion. - Ghost
|
|
EnergyZ
Legendary Hero
President of MM Wiki
|
|
posted July 21, 2016 08:15 PM |
|
Edited by EnergyZ at 20:16, 21 Jul 2016.
|
I have info from a reliable source that next year a Pokémon movie will be released. And not an animated one, but with actual people, based on the detective game. The company, Legendary Pictures, will be the one in charge of it. And they aren't known for making bad movies.
Considering it is not based on the original games, I don't think there is (or will be) too much pressure on them, unlike the Warcraft movie.
|
|
kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
|
|
posted July 21, 2016 08:29 PM |
|
|
Gardevoir or bust!
____________
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the cis are at it again.
|
|
Blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted July 22, 2016 12:51 AM |
|
|
artu said:
Gallopoli was also a decent movie but considering the material and how many overwhelmingly interesting stories it provides, the film just seems pale to me. The real Gallopoli movie hasn't been made, yet.
There's a trove of good Australian-made WW1 films (that country proportionally lost more men than any other country, believe it or not, so it's an extremely galvanized period for them.
Gallopoli was Winston Churchhill's epic blunder as a younger man, so I don't think it's the type of battle that people would invest in the silver screen. Not inspiring and all that  Not for English-speakers anyway. Gotta choose battles that make you feel good, not where you get your ass handed to you.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
Blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted July 22, 2016 01:00 AM |
|
|
blob2 said:
Finally watched Warcraft: The Beginning today.
Once again I'm left wondering why critics are so hard on these type of films. Critics be critics, but I'm disappointed with so many 'player' voices that say this was a bad movie. That was the best game to movie I've ever seen.
Sure, there were things that could've been done better, but with such a rich lore and with so many characters it's a wonder they managed to pack all of this in a movie that still was fun to watch and made sense (how can you explain all the circumstances to a laic, why Medivh did what he did, how exactly did Gul'Dan rise in power etc). I mean, there could've been more character development, but for crying out loud, even with trimming we had at least 10 major characters: how can you possibly do a better job with screen time when there's so many of them (and I still think they made a great job).
The movie was full of action, had Warcrafty climate (though briefly shown, Goldshire looked incredible, and they've even included some nice 'easter eggs' like a Murloc), and had a lot of cool stuff. It was even bloodier then I thought it would be. Magic finally looked like magic and demons or monsters seemed like a part of this world. Orcs were superbly animated, and they've did a good job in showing both sides of the conflict (they've kept their promise).
Thank the Heavens the movie made well in China, this will make sequel a possibility. So f* you critics, I'm aboard the hype train for another entry...
Because it wasn't very good. Minimal immersion time in the world. Main villain is uninspiring (CGI hooded warlock with scary voice). Video game feel to the movie.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
|
|
posted July 22, 2016 03:36 AM |
|
Edited by artu at 04:49, 22 Jul 2016.
|
BB said:
Gallopoli was Winston Churchhill's epic blunder as a younger man, so I don't think it's the type of battle that people would invest in the silver screen. Not inspiring and all that Not for English-speakers anyway. Gotta choose battles that make you feel good, not where you get your ass handed to you.
You know the Milan Kundera novel titled "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." It is named liked that to reject the notion that life is inevitably repeating a circular fate which you can never ever avoid. Gallipoli is kind of like the opposite on surface: The Unbearable Weight of Battle Fatigue. It is a WW1 trench war in the worst sense, both sides have inadequate food, they wait, stuck in muddy holes for weeks without any news, there is disease, epidemics killing more people than bullets do, they are drinking yellow water from rusty cups with mosquito clouds hanging over their heads... It's basically hell beyond how you would imagine it. But all of these conditions in the end, put those people in such a mood, they start to call for temporary unofficial truces, they start to throw each other, "the enemy," cans of food, medicine, blankets over the trenches. These things are as valuable as diamonds under such conditions but at some point, the desperation they feel becomes so unanimous, they start to perceive each other as fellow victims. And that is the heart of Gallipoli.
I really hate patriotic crap, "dying for your country is oh so noble" kind of delusion. Wars are meat grinders. But on the graveyard of the Austarlians here, what is written is these words by (then colonel) Mustafa Kemal (I'll revoke not being a Kemalist just for this instance), which I think captures the essence of what happened:
"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours. You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land, they have become our sons as well."
I presume the English-speaking audience would also "buy" that.
____________
Are you pretty? This is my occasion. - Ghost
|
|
Blizzardboy
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Nerf Herder
|
|
posted July 23, 2016 01:44 AM |
|
|
I'm not saying I wouldn't enjoy an epic on it, but silver screen war movies tend to involve triumph at the end. Films like Apocalypse Now are more of the exception.
Another good historical film I watched recently was The Crossing, about Washington's surprise attack on Christmas against the German Hessian mercs. Once again though: ending is a glorious triumph.
In fairness to war movies, patriotism is a very common motive for soldiers, so it's hard not to include it in films without taking away from the authentic context. I remember being told how in WW2, there were a few men in town who committed suicide for not being able to enlist. Different time.
____________
"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
|
|
Tsar-Ivor
Promising
Legendary Hero
Scourge of God
|
|
posted July 23, 2016 02:34 AM |
|
|
Not only that BB, the defence ministry actually lends/donates military hardware to productions that promote or show the military in a good light. Black Hawk Down is a prime example of this most of the equipment was actual military **** lent to them.
____________
"No laughs were had. There is only shame and sadness." Jenny
|
|
artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
|
|
posted July 23, 2016 02:41 AM |
|
Edited by artu at 02:43, 23 Jul 2016.
|
You dont have to completely ignore their patriotic psychology to focus on the dehumanizing effects versus empathy angle though, think of the scene in Saving Private Ryan where they dig a grave for the German soldier, similar theme. (Not an exactly happy ending in that movie either but still, it's patriotic.) Or you can be more distant and critical like the Thin Red Line. Platoon was also dark but patriotic, however there was certainly no triumph. Then there's Clint Eastwood's "two sides of the story" approach with Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima, which was decent but again pale in comparison to what it promised. All Quite on the Western Front was also dark and anti-war, the original is a little outdated for today but the 70's remake is also good.
Especially Hollywood cinema focuses on the aspects you mention in general, though. European cinema is more dimensional and deeper in this area, Germany's Downfall was incdebile in displaying the effects of war on civilians in ruined cities, I also remember some very creaive and interesting French movies, cant remember the names at the moment though, one of them involved a foot soldier wounded by sharapnel but they thought he was dead back home...
Anyway, all of the movies above made enough money to be considered comercially successfull.
____________
Are you pretty? This is my occasion. - Ghost
|
|
kipshasz
Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
|
|
posted July 24, 2016 08:57 PM |
|
|
So... this came out. wonder how the actuall movie will be.
____________
"Kip is the Gavin McInnes of HC" - Salamandre
"Ashan to the Trashcan", "I got PTSD from H7. " - LizardWarrior
|
| |
|
|
This Popular Thread is pages long: 
