The Official Movie Thread

[L K]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

From what I can tell, it's a watered down version of Battle Royale, but, with a bunch of white kids and too much emphasis on the plot.

Not enough white kids, apparently.

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

Leaving aside the fact that I don't know if it's true in this case and the obviously distasteful racial aspect just as a general rule I tend to find people who complain about an adaptation's deviance from its source material to be about as obnoxious as it gets.

(Although I maintain a small exception for Kick-Ass)

Wife being a teacher and all, I read the books.  They aren't terrible for YA fiction, but the characters are black in the books and those twitter accounts were real.  It is only acceptable when Kingpin gets turned into a black character.  Ever.

 

[Kin]

Wife being a teacher and all, I read the books.  They aren't terrible for YA fiction, but the characters are black in the books and those twitter accounts were real.  It is only acceptable when Kingpin gets turned into a black character.  Ever.

Wasn't there something similar with Idris Elba in Thor?

 

[Sucker Punch]

Wife being a teacher and all, I read the books.  They aren't terrible for YA fiction, but the characters are black in the books and those twitter accounts were real.  It is only acceptable when Kingpin gets turned into a black character.  Ever.

What about Nick Fury?

 

[bustaheims]

What about Nick Fury?

Well, Marvel made him into Samuel L before the movies did, so . . .

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Wife being a teacher and all, I read the books.  They aren't terrible for YA fiction, but the characters are black in the books and those twitter accounts were real.  It is only acceptable when Kingpin gets turned into a black character.  Ever.

*Spouse is a teacher high five*

I liked the movie, had a touch of Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale.  It was an interesting story too, the setup was good.

I know it was based on the book and was aimed at a wide demographic, but I would have liked to see at least a little more of the brutality of the situation.  Not Battle Royale per se, but at least more than they showed.  They spent an exceptionally long time explaining how brutal the whole thing was and then the pay-off was a little weak.

At the end of the day it was clearly a move to get the PG-13 rating and get a wide release, perhaps the Blu-Ray will have a harsher directors cut.

 

[Andy007]

"The Long Walk" would transpose well into a movie - what's the hold up?

I'm not sure how well that would tanspose, although it probably is one of King's greatest writings. Personally, I'd like to see a more serious, closer- to-the-story adaptation of "The Running Man."

 

[brothert]

"The Long Walk" would transpose well into a movie - what's the hold up?

I have always felt that this story would translate into a good movie.  You could spend much more time than the book developing characters while advancing the plot slowly and subtly in to a totally suspenseful drama/horror towards the end.  Make the audience love the characters and then kill them off one by one.

 

[Madferret]

"The Long Walk" would transpose well into a movie - what's the hold up?

I'm not sure how well that would tanspose, although it probably is one of King's greatest writings. Personally, I'd like to see a more serious, closer- to-the-story adaptation of "The Running Man."

Bachman!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

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[Sucker Punch]

Ooh...

A workprint version of The Avengers has leaked.  Workprint generally means not finished, like not all of the CGI would be complete yet, and some scenes just have low res placeholders there instead.

Really want to see it, but also don't want to ruin it by watching it without all the special effects.  I have a really hard life, with some tough decisions to make.

 

[Kin]

I just got to see Starbuck, a Quebecois movie that was at last year's TIFF. It's a pretty good premise, where a guy who had been a sperm donor 20 years ago finds out that he's the biological father to 533 children. I thought it was a pretty terrific comedy for the most part.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Ooh...

A workprint version of The Avengers has leaked.  Workprint generally means not finished, like not all of the CGI would be complete yet, and some scenes just have low res placeholders there instead.

Really want to see it, but also don't want to ruin it by watching it without all the special effects.  I have a really hard life, with some tough decisions to make.

Ack, best April Fools one in awhile.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

American Reunion was fun, made me kinda sentimental.  I was around the same age as the characters when the original came out and I'm kinda in the same place as they are now.  I guess I had a tight group of friends back then that I've drifted apart from somewhat, not to mention my living 7000 miles away.

I miss those guys, truth is they had as big a part in shaping who I am today as my own family did.

Sorry for rambling.

 

[Sucker Punch]

Just watched Indiana Jones 4 for the first time since theatres, and it's not the disappointing train wreck I remember.

However.

Shia LaBeof's Mom's name is Marion Ravenwood.  His Dad's name is Colin Williams.  His name is Henry Jones III.

Why is he so surprised to find out his father is Henry Jones II?

 

[Andy007]

Just caught "The Dead Zone" on Netflix the other night. Man is that one enjoyable little flick. Really well done.

On a Cronenberg note, really looking forward to his upcoming "Cosmopolis." Anyone read the book?

 

[Tigger]

Just caught "The Dead Zone" on Netflix the other night. Man is that one enjoyable little flick. Really well done.

On a Cronenberg note, really looking forward to his upcoming "Cosmopolis." Anyone read the book?

I caught Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method' recently, wasn't what I thought it would be but then that's Cronenberg for you.

 

[Bender]

Watched about 1hr and 30m of Shutter Island. Had to turn it off. What a piece of crap.

 

[Ronco]

I recently watched well partially. The Sitter. A Comedy, but with some serious morality issues.
This movie had me shaking my head over the opening scene ..not for kids...

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I recently watched well partially. The Sitter. A Comedy, but with some serious morality issues.
This movie had me shaking my head over the opening scene ..not for kids...

I liked it a lot, it was R rated, so of course it was never meant for kids.

 

[Leafaholic99]

Went and seen "The Lorax" and "Titanic: Imax 3D" this week.

The Lorax was a pretty good movie, I found it funny and would watch it again. We watched the original afterwards and although I enjoyed the original more as it stuck with story moreso then the new version, the newer one would appeal more to children.