Movie Critics Thread

[Bidoofdude]

Any nods to things that were in the original show? (things that were ONLY in the show- not movie renditions)

[ILikeSoundwave]

Just watched The Croods 9/10, sooooo funny. Everyone in the cinema was laughing as well.

[morg176]

Just watched The Croods 9/10, sooooo funny. Everyone in the cinema was laughing as well.

saw that late last week, good friday I think.
Thought it was very funny. Animation was flawless. Character design very good. 9/10 could have done with more for the grown ups... and more animals

[i_amtrunks]

Watched GI Joe as there is nothing else worth spending money on.

Never watched the cartoon or had the toys, so had no attachment to it. It was silly, cheesey, illogical, almost every character and member of the world it is based in must be morons, there are time gaps and seems like scenes and sequences missing.

I loved it. Wouldn't go see it again in the cinema, but as a popcorn summer action flick, it was fun and enjoyable as long you don't think about it much.

[CBratron]

Yeah. While GI Joe: Retaliation isn't the clown car Rise of Cobra was it had the stupidest twists of logic behind it's plot advancements. But it's your classic 80's dumb action flick and thus does all the textbook examples from "How to not take over the world". I won't spoil everything detail but the parts that I found that killed the most brain cells were *Spoilers in white text* Storm Shadow's sudden and unconvincing defection, japanese ninja clans without any japanese and SELF DESTRUCT DEVICES IN YOUR ULTIMATE WEAPON!!
I don't recommend it (watch Oz, Excape from Planet Earth or Jurassic Park 3D instead) but I can see others enjoying it.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I found Oz really lacking in.... Something. Not too sure what.

Jurrasic Park 3d was well, interesting. Most of the dinos are in the back ground, so a lot of the 3d is a bit lost on them. Having said that though, the 3d conversion was relly well done and it looked a billion times better than the carppy examples of Clash of the Titans and Star Wars ep 1.

[morg176]

Saw ' warm bodies' today. It was a good movie. I think it has to be the first comedy romance zombie flick. it was very well made, i liked it. go see it

[griffin]

Saw the GIJoe movie the weekend before last, and it wasn't too bad.
I was really disappointed that the two leading ladies weren't in it from the first movie (Baroness & Scarlet), as well as a lot of other major classic characters from the first one as well. (I looked up the cast before I went to see it, just to know who to look out for)

One thing I was surprised about, and kinda in a good way, was the writer following the original comic version of events relating to StormShadow's turn to Cobra, in that his Master was killed by Zartan, leading him to re-evaluate his loyalty to that evil organisation.
Usually I would be rather negative towards copying existing story elements, but after the first movie suggested that StormShadow was the murderer (and very evil himself), I was not expecting the second movie to twist it back around to copy the comic. I was so surprised, which is weird - being surprised to see something I should have been expecting. (and it was funnier that I was telling Christalcase while watching the first movie, all about the comic version of StormShadow and Zartan, and why SS was part of Cobra to start with, and why he then left)

If they make a third one, I really hope they bring back Destro, Dr Mindbender, Baroness and Scarlett... with emphasis on Scarlett & Snake-Eyes being a couple (it just didn't feel right seeing her getting cosy with that black guy in the first movie).
I'd also like to see more focus on the vehicles and gadgets in a third movie... which, I think would have to introduce Serpentor. Maybe the "classic" Cobra Civil War, with the GIJoe team having to contain the mess.
There's so much history there to draw from, to homage. (something that Bay could have done with Transformers more than a few names and objects homages)

[The_Damned]

watched oblivion really liked it dont want to say anything as i dont want to spoil it for anyone else.

[CBratron]

watched oblivion really liked it dont want to say anything as i dont want to spoil it for anyone else.

It has dashes of old scifi, like 2001 or Metropolis but with modern Hollywood action scenes.
I don't think the two work well together but this is enjoyable.