Yantelope Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I was also let down by grown ups and my standards for it were very low. I despise movies where they just throw in a ton of stars and spend about 5 minutes writing the script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I was also let down by grown ups and my standards for it were very low. I despise movies where they just throw in a ton of stars and spend about 5 minutes writing the script. Seriously, I think they had a half-baked script, but said to themselves, "Look, the actors are all famous celebrities, or at least are known by millions. How about we let them write the script as well and have them ad lib whenever they feel like it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoStarr Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I've only really enjoyed watching crap movies lately, but the last movie I saw that I didn't like was probably Inception. I tried really hard not to buy into the hype after The Dark Knight (not much for Christopher Nolan movies, obviously), but then I saw the South Park episode that makes fun of it and it actually made the concept seem pretty cool. And it was for a while. Then all of a sudden... Â "HIS PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN MILITARIZED!!! Â ... couldn't help but laugh really, really hard at that line. I've never seen a movie pull such a quick 180. I was hoping it'd be a smart little flick about the effects and repercussions of controlling thought. But no, it's just one action scene after another before they get the job done. There's some pseudoscience thrown in there that could have actually opened up some interesting dialogue with a better story and all they really use it for is to deus ex their way out of whatever dream problem they happen to be in at the moment before discarding it. Â I'm well aware that everyone in the world disagrees with me; although I still think that's only because Nolan still has his contract with Satan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Inception is enjoyable because it's an action movie not because it's smart. Â Â Anyways, MacGruber. Holy fuck what a piece of shit. I get what they were going for and it just fell so completely flat even as a chocky b-movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 My friend told me he liked MacGruber (which surprised me). I'm not even convinced Will Forte can be funny. Â And, yeah, Inception is pretty much a heist movie and still very much a blockbuster film. Nothing too intellectual there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I think I might actually like The Prestige best out of Nolan's films. He sure is over-rated but I'd still say he's a long way from crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Actually, I'm selling Inception a little short. It's not really about dreams as such but actual films. Since the whole thing is about suspension of disbelief and staging things and author control. Which is actually quite clever. Â The Prestige was along the same lines in a way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Inception is a completely brainless emotionless action film. Its enjoyable that way, but theres nothing more to it. i loved the prestige though. By far nolans best film. Â Macgruber is pretty funny in parts. Its not for everyone though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Inception is a completely brainless emotionless action film. Its enjoyable that way, but theres nothing more to it. i loved the prestige though. By far nolans best film. Â Macgruber is pretty funny in parts. Its not for everyone though. I prefer Memento and Insomnia. Â And yes, MacGruber is somewhat funny. It's one of those films where one scene will make you chuckle, and another will leave you stone-faced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 With MacGruber it was funny here and there... but it's a comedy. It needs to be funny more consistently. It certainly had jokes all the time, they just weren't any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 MacGruber was okay. Not great, just ok. Okay for a rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 So many movies I didn't realize were done by Nolan. I loved Memento. I didn't much care for insomina. I didn't realize he did the Prestige which I though was okay but strange. I did love Inception but it walked that fine line between being confusing without just not making sense. It wasn't like Minority Report which was completely ruined by glaring paradoxes. Sure there are some things unexplained in Inception but I think they did that on purpose in order to create a fun movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 So many movies I didn't realize were done by Nolan. I loved Memento. I didn't much care for insomina. I didn't realize he did the Prestige which I though was okay but strange. I did love Inception but it walked that fine line between being confusing without just not making sense. It wasn't like Minority Report which was completely ruined by glaring paradoxes. Sure there are some things unexplained in Inception but I think they did that on purpose in order to create a fun movie. I felt like Inception was pretty clear on its own rules (it explained them for a good chunk of the movie) and Cobb's rules. The rules of the dream world cannot be broken, and aren't broken at any time during the movie. However, Cobb's rules are constantly broken by Cobb himself, because he foolishly tries to achieve impossibilities that even the dream world can't sustain. Â Also, mind militarization makes perfect sense to me. If this kind of technology was used by the military and frequently traded in the black market, you wouldn't want a CEO or CEO's son to be manipulated into revealing company secrets. So the CEO is trained by a specialist to subconsciously fight back, which creates the armed force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 The fiancee put in Kate & Leopold the other night. Seriously, why would anyone ever put Meg Ryan in a movie. Regardless of that, I'm more wondering how going back in time and taking the inventor of the elevator back to the present time would make all elevators stop working. Wouldn't they just disappear. Â Romantic comedies are written by idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I hate Meg Ryan. So much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 The fiancee put in Kate & Leopold the other night. Seriously, why would anyone ever put Meg Ryan in a movie. Regardless of that, I'm more wondering how going back in time and taking the inventor of the elevator back to the present time would make all elevators stop working. Wouldn't they just disappear. Â Romantic comedies are written by idiots. Â Wouldn't they just get invented by someone else? Â Â Yes. They would. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) The rules in Inception were explained but the machine and tech behind it weren't so much. The bit about falling into limbo if you get killed also didn't make a ton of sense but I can see why the movie needed it to create tension. I also don't quite get how killing yourself takes you to limbo but then killing yourself in limbo wakes you up. It's all a bit contrived. Edited March 24, 2011 by Yantelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I think I read somewhere that statistically, Meg Ryan is the most overpaid actress in Hollywood. Â Actually, it might have been Drew Barrymore. It was definitely one of those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Has to be Drew Barrymore. I wouldn't say I can't stand her, but I particularly don't like to... see her... I mean, I don't even think she is that attractive, and she has gone the route of the Hollywood Blonde. Â Kinda hypocritically of me since I have the movie Music and Lyrics... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 And for anyone who is curious, the most statistically overpaid actor is Will Ferrell. Those names were calculated by figuring the ratio of actors' and actresses' salaries for each film they did relative to the amount of money their films took in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 And for anyone who is curious, the most statistically overpaid actor is Will Ferrell. Those names were calculated by figuring the ratio of actors' and actresses' salaries for each film they did relative to the amount of money their films took in. I still kind of enjoy Will Ferrell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I like him from time to time too, but math doesn't lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I saw Sucker Punch this weekend, and it is awful. It truly celebrates the death of the mind and character. Â And if you're a member of the "Durr hurr, I just see it for purty splosions and girlflesh!" crowd, the CGI gets progressively worse and the action progressively stale as the movie goes on. And there isn't much "girlflesh" at all. So it's not even worth your time. Â I do suggest that those with a fascination with epic failure go see it; it's a prime example of a C-grade intellect (writer/director Zack Snyder) trying (pretending?) to be an A-grade thinker while still appealing to the crowd who thinks the Transformers movies are great cinema. Â I do think Sucker Punch would make an interesting double feature with Inception, as both explore narrative in modern blockbuster movies in similar but distinct ways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I saw Sucker Punch this weekend, and it is awful. It truly celebrates the death of the mind and character. Â And if you're a member of the "Durr hurr, I just see it for purty splosions and girlflesh!" crowd, the CGI gets progressively worse and the action progressively stale as the movie goes on. And there isn't much "girlflesh" at all. So it's not even worth your time. Â I quite enjoyed it. You are probably correct in everything you said, but I came in with extremely low expectations (my wife wanted to see it) and was entertained for most of the time. But yeah, it occupies a strange space, a movie that's not very intellectual but tries to be for intellectuals, yet at the same time a film for action junkies that doesn't quite fit the bill for a turn-your-mind off girls & 'splosions flick. The feigned complexity probably kills it for the action fans, whereas the over-the-top action makes it unwatchable for someone who wants to go see something with a deep plot (not that this has one). Definitely a box office bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Ladyhawke. It was entirely unentertaining. I am always wary of eighties movies, but I at least thought it would be kitschy or so-bad-it's-good. Unfortunately it was just bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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