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Post by Jack the Skull on May 3, 2010 23:35:50 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]It looks like it's that time of the year again, bat-fans, Welcome to the official Summer 2010 movie thread. Here we discuss and review the biggest Summer movies that making there way to a theater near you![/shadow] Starting with May 7: Iron Man 2 Babies May 14: Robin Hood Letters to Juliet Just Wright May 17: Shrek Forever After MacGruber Solitary Man May 28: Prince of Persia Sex and the City 2 Survival of the Dead Micmacs June 4: Splice Marmaduke Killers Get Him to the Greek June 11: The A-Team The Karate Kid June 18: Toy Story 3 Jonah Hex June 28: Knight and Day Grown Ups June 30: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse July 2: The Last Airbender Twelve July 5: Predators Despicable Me Cyrus The Kids are Alright July 16: Inception The Sorcerer's Apprentice July 23: Salt Dinner for Schmucks Ramona and Beezus July 30: Beastly Cats & Dogs; Revenge of Kitty Galore Get Low August 6: Step-up 3-D The Other Guys August 13: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World The Expanables Eat, Pray, Love August 20: Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang Takers Lottery Ticket August 27: Piranha 3-D Centurion [shadow=red,left,300]So what do you guys think? What movies are you excited to see and which ones will you avoid? [/shadow]
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Post by Batlaw on May 4, 2010 5:11:43 GMT -5
Oh boy there is so little I have any interest in at all. Other than IronMan and the Expendables and maybe A-team and Toy Story 3, theres nothing Im stoked for. Might rent a couple others down the road like Predators or Prince of Persia but not alot more : (
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Post by All Star Batman on May 4, 2010 8:04:05 GMT -5
I'm excited for: Iron Man 2 Shrek 4 Jonah Hex Toy Story 3 Predators
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Post by twistedlaugh on May 4, 2010 16:57:17 GMT -5
I am excited for:
Iron Man 2 Robin Hood Prince of Persia Splice Toy Story 3 Inception Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
I will probably avoid:
Shrek Forever After Killers Twelve The A-Team The Karate Kid The Last Airbender Twilight Saga: Eclipse Beastly Romona and Beezus Step up 3-D
Everything else is a maybe.
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Post by doppelganger on May 4, 2010 18:55:53 GMT -5
I'm excited for: Iron Man 2, Prince of Persia, Shrek Forever After, Splice, The A-Team, Toy Story, Jonah Hex, Predators, Inception and Salt.
And I am obviously avoiding the third Twilight movie along with Beastly and Step-Up 3-D.
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Post by coliv1977 on May 4, 2010 19:03:20 GMT -5
I wanna see Predators and Iron Man 2. I'm curious about Salt. Don't know much about it, but I would pay $10 to watch Angelina Jolie recite the alphabet...!!!
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Post by doppelganger on May 7, 2010 22:14:12 GMT -5
Just got back from Iron Man 2! It was awesome! I went with a group of friends and we just loved it. Robert Downy Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke and of course Scarlet Johansson all did an amazing job and delivered spot on performances. But personally it was Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer that stole the show!
I only have a few complaints. One is that Sam Rockwell is so awesome and such a good villain, that Whiplash just seemed like a pointless waste. Another complaint is that the story is very week and dull at some points.
To sum it up, it is a great movie with brilliant effects, brilliant directing, brilliant performances, but has mediocre storyline.
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Post by grayson on May 8, 2010 7:46:58 GMT -5
I agree about the weak story line. But the special effects make up for it. The Avengers references are good - can't wait fot that movie to come out. Also, let's hope the rumors of a War Machine movie are true.
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Post by raphaeltmnt on May 8, 2010 10:44:33 GMT -5
Just saw Ironman 2 last night, I'd have to say it was pretty good. I definately reccomend it for anyone who has't seen it yet.
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Post by All Star Batman on May 8, 2010 17:07:02 GMT -5
Saw Iron Man 2 today. Just as good as the first.
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Post by 1047pm on May 9, 2010 9:49:34 GMT -5
I was curious about the A Team as I was a huge fan as a kid.
I met Dirk Benedict yesterday and he seemd disappointed with the way he sees the new A Team movie.
He was reading Liam Neesons comments in Empire that they had got rid of the corny stuff like Hannibal's disguises and how the article said the orignal was corny. He felt they'd missed the point and obviously didn't like the original show....it was meant to be corny...it was a family show and huge because of it!
He thought the actor playing Murdoch was a good choice and at least Face was a guy!
He then went on to lament BattleStar and all these reinventions that completely miss the point of the originals!
He said he hasn't made a cameo and only visited the set.
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Post by Jack the Skull on May 10, 2010 1:16:25 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]Just saw Iron Man 2, and thought it was awesome, yes it has it flaws, but in the end it I still liked it. But a part of me thinks that it could have been better somehow.[/shadow] I was curious about the A Team as I was a huge fan as a kid. I met Dirk Benedict yesterday and he seemed disappointed with the way he sees the new A Team movie. He was reading Liam Neesons comments in Empire that they had got rid of the corny stuff like Hannibal's disguises and how the article said the orignal was corny. He felt they'd missed the point and obviously didn't like the original show....it was meant to be corny...it was a family show and huge because of it! He thought the actor playing Murdoch was a good choice and at least Face was a guy! He then went on to lament BattleStar and all these reinventions that completely miss the point of the originals! He said he hasn't made a cameo and only visited the set. [shadow=red,left,300]Wait a minute, you really got to meet Dirk Benedict? If you did that is awesome! Sadly, I was born close to five years after that era of television history. So I have been catching up on what I missed out on by watch DVD sets of A-Team, Magium P.I and Murder She Wrote. They are amazing tv-shows in there own right and don't get the credit deserve.[/shadow]
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Post by twistedlaugh on May 24, 2010 20:48:13 GMT -5
I got back a few minutes ago from Shreck Forever After. I know I said I was going to avoid it, but my friends talked me into going.
I actually liked it. The humor wasn't nearly as clever, funny or as heartfelt and magical as the first two movies, but Shrek Forever After did seem like a small step back in the right direction.
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Post by doppelganger on May 26, 2010 14:49:16 GMT -5
I was kinda disappointed by Shrek Forever After, but I think my expectations where to high after watching Kung-Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon.
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Post by twistedlaugh on Jun 19, 2010 17:12:24 GMT -5
I was going to go see Toy Story 3 yesterday, but it was sold out. So I went to go see Jonah Hex instead. I regret this decision very much. Here is my review for those who are interested.
- The script is beyond terrible. I kept wondering what idiot would green light a script with such a stupid storyline full of plot holes that a five year old could pick out! - It would be an understatement to say the plot is underdeveloped, since the movie is 81 minutes long! - It completely ignores the comic book's existence. +/- Josh Brolin really tried to bring some credibility to his role. There was times where he was actually very interesting to watch. Sadly there where also times where his performance comes of as a really bad Clint Eastwood parody instead. +/- John Malkovich and Michael Fassbender did an ok job as the main villain Quentin Turnbull and the riddler-like Burke respectfully. But they could have given it way more effort! - Megan Fox. Where do I even began with you? She might look great, but her acting was shameful. - My next complaint are the effects. There are far to many unrealistic explosions and lame visuals that try to give this movie a supernatural feel. It just doesn't work! - One of the worst things in this movie to me where the gadgets. They just don't make any logical sense! Like honestly, do you really think that a dynamite crossbow would work in real life?
And do you want to know the worst thing about the movie is? It's the waste of potential! This movie ruined one of the most interesting and complex characters DC has ever created. To paraphrase the "I'm a Marvel, I am a DC parodies" Jonah Hex could have been a realistic, gritty, intriguing and stylized Western. Instead we get Constantine meets the Ghost Rider in the Wild, Wild West with the movies like Spirit and Batman and Robin thrown in and pucked up.
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Post by Dark Nightwing on Jun 21, 2010 9:29:24 GMT -5
I remember reading an article that said Josh Brolin knew that Jonah Hex was going to be a bad movie . That was what made me not bother watching it. Thanks for the heads up Brolin.
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Post by Jack the Skull on Jun 21, 2010 19:05:29 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]^ I am kinda surprised Brolin would sell Jonah Hex out like that. He must have been around Megan Fox a littlle to much![/shadow] I was going to go see Toy Story 3 yesterday, but it was sold out. So I went to go see Jonah Hex instead. I regret this decision very much. Here is my review for those who are interested.
- The script is beyond terrible. I kept wondering what idiot would green light a script with such a stupid storyline full of plot holes that a five year old could pick out! - It would be an understatement to say the plot is underdeveloped, since the movie is 81 minutes long! - It completely ignores the comic book's existence. +/- Josh Brolin really tried to bring some credibility to his role. There was times where he was actually very interesting to watch. Sadly there where also times where his performance comes of as a really bad Clint Eastwood parody instead. +/- John Malkovich and Michael Fassbender did an ok job as the main villain Quentin Turnbull and the riddler-like Burke respectfully. But they could have given it way more effort! - Megan Fox. Where do I even began with you? She might look great, but her acting was shameful. - My next complaint are the effects. There are far to many unrealistic explosions and lame visuals that try to give this movie a supernatural feel. It just doesn't work! - One of the worst things in this movie to me where the gadgets. They just don't make any logical sense! Like honestly, do you really think that a dynamite crossbow would work in real life?
And do you want to know the worst thing about the movie is? It's the waste of potential! This movie ruined one of the most interesting and complex characters DC has ever created. To paraphrase the "I'm a Marvel, I am a DC parodies" Jonah Hex could have been a realistic, gritty, intriguing and stylized Western. Instead we get Constantine meets the Ghost Rider in the Wild, Wild West with the movies like Spirit and Batman and Robin thrown in and pucked up. [shadow=red,left,300]Nice review. Glad I went to go see Toy Story 3 instead! Pixar really does make the best movies around! ;D [/shadow]
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Post by kilowog52 on Aug 26, 2010 13:24:20 GMT -5
I just realized how many movies there were that I wanted to see that I missed out on. But I must say one thing I do not want to see is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. That just looks plain awful. I know it's based on a comic but I can hardly ever stand anything that isn't either DC or Marvel.
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Post by Jack the Skull on Aug 27, 2010 14:59:20 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,800]Don't worry you didn't miss out on much. There was only a handful of A+ movies that were released this Summer anyway.[/shadow]
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