The Official Movie Thread

[iwas11in67]

Saw Parker and I say "meh".

It's really a rough remake of Payback which is a much much better film.

 

[bustaheims]

Got a chance to see an advanced screening of the new Die Hard movie. Not bad. Better than the last one. Not as good as the first 3.

 

[Joe S.]

I'm not a comic book guy, or a animated feature kind of person - but I just watched Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2, and they are fantastic movies.

If you have any interest at all in Batman, do yourself a favour and check these out.

I also watched the animated version of Batman Year 1 (it's on Netflix), also worth watching.

 

[Andy007]

Got a chance to see an advanced screening of the new Die Hard movie. Not bad. Better than the last one. Not as good as the first 3.

It's getting trashed by critics (14% on rotten tomates). By comparison, Die Hard 4 was around 80%. I'm kind of on the fence about seeing it, especially since I am pretty much on board with the ciritcal concensus of each installment.

 

[Erndog]

I'm not a comic book guy, or a animated feature kind of person - but I just watched Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2, and they are fantastic movies.

If you have any interest at all in Batman, do yourself a favour and check these out.

I also watched the animated version of Batman Year 1 (it's on Netflix), also worth watching.

Funny, I just came from amazon where I was considering buying them.

 

[bustaheims]

It's getting trashed by critics (14% on rotten tomates). By comparison, Die Hard 4 was around 80%. I'm kind of on the fence about seeing it, especially since I am pretty much on board with the ciritcal concensus of each installment.

It was pretty generic action movie at times, but it felt much more like a Die Hard movie than the last one did.

 

[Joe S.]

I'm not a comic book guy, or a animated feature kind of person - but I just watched Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2, and they are fantastic movies.

If you have any interest at all in Batman, do yourself a favour and check these out.

I also watched the animated version of Batman Year 1 (it's on Netflix), also worth watching.

Funny, I just came from amazon where I was considering buying them.

Well if you read the frank miller works (which judging by your history you have) then you will no doubt really enjoy the movie.

I wasn't that familiar with the original graphic novel, but it really has the same vibe as the Watchmen. So I was curious which came first - Dark Knight returns was published Feb 1986, and Watchmen was September 1986. I found that interesting.

 

[Erndog]

I'm not a comic book guy, or a animated feature kind of person - but I just watched Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2, and they are fantastic movies.

If you have any interest at all in Batman, do yourself a favour and check these out.

I also watched the animated version of Batman Year 1 (it's on Netflix), also worth watching.

Funny, I just came from amazon where I was considering buying them.

Well if you read the frank miller works (which judging by your history you have) then you will no doubt really enjoy the movie.

I wasn't that familiar with the original graphic novel, but it really has the same vibe as the Watchmen. So I was curious which came first - Dark Knight returns was published Feb 1986, and Watchmen was September 1986. I found that interesting.

Frank Miller Batman and Frank Miller Daredevil are pretty much 2 of the best runs ever in comics.  EVER.

So yeah, I'm going to have to watch these.  Kevin Smith last week tweeted that he watched them at least 20 times and he's still in awe how good it is.

If you liked them, you might enjoy Batman: Under the Red Hood.  That was fantastic!

 

[#1PilarFan]

I'm not a comic book guy, or a animated feature kind of person - but I just watched Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2, and they are fantastic movies.

If you have any interest at all in Batman, do yourself a favour and check these out.

I also watched the animated version of Batman Year 1 (it's on Netflix), also worth watching.

Funny, I just came from amazon where I was considering buying them.

Well if you read the frank miller works (which judging by your history you have) then you will no doubt really enjoy the movie.

I wasn't that familiar with the original graphic novel, but it really has the same vibe as the Watchmen. So I was curious which came first - Dark Knight returns was published Feb 1986, and Watchmen was September 1986. I found that interesting.

Dark Knight Returns also had a horrible initial reception, though it's not considered a classic Batman graphic novel. I'm guessing you didn't read it, but it's a little hard to follow. Still great though.

 

[Joe S.]

Frank Miller Batman and Frank Miller Daredevil are pretty much 2 of the best runs ever in comics.  EVER.

So yeah, I'm going to have to watch these.  Kevin Smith last week tweeted that he watched them at least 20 times and he's still in awe how good it is.

If you liked them, you might enjoy Batman: Under the Red Hood.  That was fantastic!

I actually listed to Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast - so that's actually where I learned about Dark Knight returns... I think the podcast before the most recent one, he moderated a panel with most of the talent behind the movie.

He also did his own 'commentary' track to part one with a friend of his as one of the podcasts...

Under the red hood I believe is on Netflix, so I'll check it out.

 

[Joe S.]

Dark Knight Returns also had a horrible initial reception, though it's not considered a classic Batman graphic novel. I'm guessing you didn't read it, but it's a little hard to follow. Still great though.

I have not read it no.. I just can't get into reading comics in any form. The only one I've ever read end to end was Year One.

I watched the Watchmen Motion Comic if that counts. I'm not sure if that's a frame by frame recapturing of te comic.

 

[Sudafederov]

This whole special was so good I bought it on DVD, but it's now on Youtube. Here's a little bit about the Dark Knight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bwuIwt4pRNI#t=3981s

While we're on the topic of Frank Miller, don't forget Sin City, 300, and my personal fave Elektra Assassin.

Also little known fact, he wrote scripts for Robocop 2 and 3

Not sure where the horrible reception stuff is coming from, maybe some bad mainstream media reviews.  All the comic book fans I knew at the time, myself included, considered it a masterpeice then as we do now. From what I can recall sold pretty well.

 

[Sucker Punch]

DC's come out with some damn good animated movies lately.

I really liked Justice League: Doom, although I prefer the comic the story was taken from.  Basically, someone hacks into Batman's computers and steals his files on the rest of the Justice League, detailing strategies to neutralize all his allies.  The whole Justice League gets taken out in pretty inventive ways.

 

[bustaheims]

DC's come out with some damn good animated movies lately.

I really liked Justice League: Doom, although I prefer the comic the story was taken from.  Basically, someone hacks into Batman's computers and steals his files on the rest of the Justice League, detailing strategies to neutralize all his allies.  The whole Justice League gets taken out in pretty inventive ways.

Yeah. DC's done a very good job with their straight to DVD animated stuff. Much better than they've done with most of the feature films.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

DC's come out with some damn good animated movies lately.

We're ignoring Emerald Knights, right?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

DC's come out with some damn good animated movies lately.

I really liked Justice League: Doom, although I prefer the comic the story was taken from.  Basically, someone hacks into Batman's computers and steals his files on the rest of the Justice League, detailing strategies to neutralize all his allies.  The whole Justice League gets taken out in pretty inventive ways.

Yeah. DC's done a very good job with their straight to DVD animated stuff. Much better than they've done with most of the feature films.

Someone please tell me that we're ignoring Emerald Knights!

 

[Sucker Punch]

DC's come out with some damn good animated movies lately.

I really liked Justice League: Doom, although I prefer the comic the story was taken from.  Basically, someone hacks into Batman's computers and steals his files on the rest of the Justice League, detailing strategies to neutralize all his allies.  The whole Justice League gets taken out in pretty inventive ways.

Yeah. DC's done a very good job with their straight to DVD animated stuff. Much better than they've done with most of the feature films.

Someone please tell me that we're ignoring Emerald Knights!

Was that the Green Lantern one where it's basically a bunch of short stories?

I liked the one where it turned out the planet was a Green Lantern.  That was funny.  Don't remember the rest.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

Wooooo! for those of us who are Star Wars (the original trilogy, not the pREEKwels) fans, this is good news!

Han's back!!

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/15/harrison-ford-will-return-as-han-solo

 

[maplesyrup]

I hope it works... As a side, Ford was my first favorite actor in my first favorite movie (Star Wars.) In fact, when I went to the Mann theater 16 years ago, his hand prints were the first I looked for.

 

[TheMightyOdin]

Han So-0ld...

I read that on the site and it made me chuckle.