someguest
09.27.13 | Yeah, Prometheus was a dud but the effects were beautiful. |
PunchforPunch
09.27.13 | eww sandra bullock |
Buzzkillr
09.27.13 | lol, she was like the 10th actress cast for the role. No-one wants her. |
someguest
09.27.13 | And yet, look at the reviews it's getting... |
Relinquished
09.27.13 | i'm so hight... |
Hyperion1001
09.27.13 | im tentatively excited for it, im fucking tired of this action sci-fi bullshit and cauron should be able to craft something that stimulated more than my cornea.
btw have you seen ghost in the shell? its similar to akira but i think it's just a tad better. |
someguest
09.27.13 | That's another thing, Hype. His past work is almost all gold.
And it's on my list! |
Relinquished
09.27.13 | ghost rules yea |
Cygnatti
09.27.13 | How old is "ghost in the shell" bc that phrase is said on deltron 3030 and that's the only time I've ever heard anyone say it. |
Hyperion1001
09.27.13 | 1995, its 7 years older than akira, and while akira is a much more important film, i like the low key atmosphere and introspective ponderings a bit more
the scene where the main character is diving underwater is perhaps the best scene in all of japanese animation, both on a visceral and thematic level |
Cygnatti
09.27.13 | It's as old as me, wow |
slep
09.27.13 | The first couple of times I watched Prometheus, I was really disappointed, but I've actually come around to it quite it bit. It's a great movie to watch with a group of people too, because I feel like there are a lot of different ways to perceive the movie. |
bloc
09.27.13 | It could either be really thrilling, or really boring |
EaglesBecomeVultures
09.27.13 | do you know who cauron is fourth |
EaglesBecomeVultures
09.27.13 | thought children of men sucked but realize i'm in the minority |
climactic
09.27.13 | holy shit 95 on rotten tomatoes im even more pumped now
children of men was amazing |
Balarag
09.28.13 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/ |
someguest
09.28.13 | "regardless of who directed it, it still looks like a snoozer, ill wait to redbox it."
Boo. |
Trebor.
09.28.13 | stoked
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someguest
09.28.13 | AND it's only an hour and a half, no three hours of drawn out bullshit! |
someguest
10.02.13 | http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gravity_2013/
I can't wait until Friday. |
lyzakthellama
10.02.13 | yeah I didn't think this looked very good. I am pumped to see the secret life of walter mitty and captain phillips though |
someguest
10.02.13 | Everyone and their mother say it's awesome and you go with "I didn't think this looked very good."?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBcADQziQWY |
lyzakthellama
10.02.13 | Yes from what I've seen it doesn't look good despite the reviews but I haven't seen the movie, im just saying from the trailers |
someguest
10.02.13 | I haven't watched any of the trailers. I don't want to spoil anything. |
TREO5
10.02.13 | I hope this is good, I love space and Children of Men is so good. |
Acanthus
10.02.13 | "eww sandra bullock"
Pretty much, though I hear that the space bits aren't the full focus of the film so there may be hope; that premise just isn't enough for me to care. |
someguest
10.02.13 | This is the guy responsible for the best Harry Potter, Children of Men, and Pan's Labyrinth, and you're worried about the quality? |
someguest
10.02.13 | It's 90 minutes. |
someguest
10.02.13 | Good directors can pull stunning performances out of mediocre actors. |
someguest
10.02.13 | Don't you have someone to shower? |
theacademy
10.02.13 | lol andcas u loved ryan reynolds buried in a coffin for 2 hours didnt u |
someguest
10.02.13 | I didn't mean insults...
Yeah guys, can't wait for the sequel to that Reynolds/Washington CLASSIC! |
CK
10.02.13 | It looks like a piss-poor excuse of a movie |
TMobotron
10.02.13 | sandra bullock is awesome and so was prometheus, what is wrong with you fuckers? |
someguest
10.02.13 | Prometheus's plot was fundamentally broken and it ruined the movie. |
climactic
10.02.13 | fundamentally broken is a little extreme, it just had some stupid character developments |
someguest
10.02.13 | I did love the abortion scene though. It almost made it worth it. |
TMobotron
10.02.13 | the plot had its flaws, but it functioned well enough as a vehicle to explore one of the best sci-fi realms I've seen in years. |
someguest
10.02.13 | It was still cool to watch. |
someguest
10.02.13 | Damn, someone got really butthurt over that movie hahaha |
Parallels
10.02.13 | prometheus was pure eye candy
loved it |
TMobotron
10.02.13 | "It was still cool to watch."
This applies to the whole movie. |
Rowan5215
10.02.13 | "still funny, still true: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBaKqOMGPWc"
The narration in that video was so goddamn awful
"The black oil from the X-Files" was funny though |
TMobotron
10.02.13 | Blade Runer > Alien > Matchstick Men > Prometheus > you |
TMobotron
10.02.13 | Meh. I do love Cruise though. |
TREO5
10.02.13 | Can't wait for the new Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson. |
someguest
10.02.13 | 97 on RottenTomatoes (65 reviews) and 95 on Metacritic (17 reviews)
Yeah, andcas is wrong. |
someguest
10.03.13 | The more critics that review it the higher it goes. It's 100% with top critics on RT. |
jdennis31
10.03.13 | If you haven't seen any of the trailers, are you just going to see it because of reviews, or because the director's name? |
someguest
10.03.13 | Both, and I'm fascinated with the topic/plot. |
jdennis31
10.03.13 | Werd. I heard it was 3D but actually good. I like when they use 3d for depth, which I'm guessing will be it's main purpose considering the movie is set in space. |
someguest
10.03.13 | Yeah everyone who has seen it is saying that this is for what 3D was meant. |
someguest
10.03.13 | Seen it. |
Trebor.
10.03.13 | 95 on metacritic is unfuckingheardof |
someguest
10.03.13 | Exactly! |
someguest
10.03.13 | it has a 96 now |
someguest
10.03.13 | Doubtful. |
TMobotron
10.03.13 | Def seeing it this weekend.
|
someguest
10.03.13 | Me too. I'm going to a midnight showing in IMAX tomorrow.
:) |
someguest
10.03.13 | So, andcas...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gravity_2013/ |
someguest
10.04.13 | You get the feeling of being in space with this unlike any other sci-fi film you've watched.
And a few of the scenes are goddamn terrifying. Go see it. |
TMobotron
10.04.13 | I'm so stoked man. CoM was one of my favorite movies and I'm nuts for sci-fi. How was IMAX someguest? |
someguest
10.04.13 | It was awesome. There's one scene in particular that makes it feel like the entire theater is lifting. |
Eloriaz
10.04.13 | Seeing it tonight! :)
Stoked & excited! |
MosesMalone
10.04.13 | I don't know whether I'd love or hate 90 minutes of Sandra Bullock abandoned in space. |
someguest
10.04.13 | She does a fine job. |
Calc
10.04.13 | She does a fine job. [2] |
someguest
10.04.13 | What'd you think Calc? |
NordicMindset
10.04.13 | 96 on metacritic
damn |
Hyperion1001
10.04.13 | its as good as they say it is |
someguest
10.04.13 | loved that scene |
someguest
10.04.13 | It fit with the circumstances. She passed out for a minute. |
someguest
10.04.13 | I don't think either one of us has been near death like in the scene. Hallucinations are definitely a possibility and they could connect with your memory. |
Trebor.
10.04.13 | There are like 20 showings here but they're all 3D wtf |
Calc
10.04.13 | "There are like 20 showings here but they're all 3D wtf"
yeah same with my theater lol |
Calc
10.04.13 | This movie definitely conveyed what it was seemingly trying to, it actually reminded me of 127 hours in that its kinda like lonely character study |
Acanthus
10.04.13 | Still not sold, will rent or stream or something later. |
someguest
10.04.13 | "There are like 20 showings here but they're all 3D wtf"
This is the one you want to see in 3D. |
intotheshit
10.04.13 | " I'm just glad it wasn't her floating in space the whole time without any control. thought it was just gonna be her spinning the whole time lol."
Caught, once again. You can't help speaking about things you know nothing about. |
Calc
10.04.13 | literally the one non-animated movie that is worth it agreed. |
someguest
10.04.13 | SPOILERS
Calc, wasn't it awesome when the ISS was just starting to break apart and spiral out of control? It felt like the theater was going right along with it. Brilliant.
SPOILERS |
Necrotica
10.20.13 | Movie was amazing |
Dunpeal
10.20.13 | when your career needs a kickstart, call Sandra Bullock |
thatoneguy726
10.20.13 | You have to see it in 3D in theaters right now. It's probably a 5 as a one-time spectacular experience like that. As an actual film to view again in your home over time, it's like a 3.5, 4 at best. |
Necrotica
10.20.13 | I just saw it in 3D today :D |
avonbarksdale221
10.20.13 | Visually one of the best movies Ive seen |
Deviant.
10.20.13 | "I wish I could pass out and get a vision of someone telling me how to figure out stuff. I'm gonna make myself pass out in class the next time I take a test and see if it works. "
Her subconscious manifested itself in a dream to remind her of the training that she had forgotten. But forget I said that, because you should still pass out in class |
RadicalEd
10.20.13 | It's very good. |
Deviant.
10.21.13 | "that's stupid"
No, not really. One of the many themes of the movie is the human will to survive; she knew what she had to do, she just needed to remember it. It was already there in her subconscious |
someguest
10.21.13 | andcas was just thinking about all the times she peed her pants. |
Sleaper
10.21.13 | SUCH an overrated movie. its good, but not as good as RT says. |
someguest
10.21.13 | look a top critic |
Deviant.
10.21.13 | "ghost clooney saves the day"
You don't need to keep typing these kinds of things. I know how dumb and unimaginative you are. But it's still kind of amusing because you still have such strong opinions on FUCKING EVERYTHING |
someguest
10.21.13 | But he's so sure of himself! |
TMobotron
10.21.13 | The movie was fucking spectacular, I felt like I was in space right with them whenever they were spacewalkin |
Hyperion1001
10.21.13 | its more than visually stunning really which is why i think it works so well
ive seen it twice now and im pretty sure its an allegory for genesis, with george cloony being god. even without that there is some really well done surface level symbolic imagery dealing with impregnation and rebirth.
i like it because cauron knew he couldnt make the film too inaccessible for it to be a major hit (and warrant all the money put behind it) but he layered it enough to warrant multiple viewings to really uncover everything thats going on both visually and thematically, which i really admire
definitely deserving of most of it's praise i think. |
someguest
10.21.13 | "ive seen it twice now and im pretty sure its an allegory for genesis, with george cloony being god. even without that there is some really well done surface level symbolic imagery dealing with impregnation and rebirth."
I haven't thought about that specifically, but I can see it with the whole part of her having to deal with the grieving of her child and what not. Interesting point of view. |
TMobotron
10.21.13 | sandra bullock is so fuckable |
Hyperion1001
10.21.13 | i knew there was something more to it when i saw it the first time, because there are quite a few shots that have religious iconography in them (the buddha, the russian figure in their escape pod, etc.). its also informed by the fact that they made bullock look pretty androgynous (she embodies both the male and female halves of the genesis story)
and the scene with cloony coming back stuck in my mind because even when you rationalize it as a subconscious vision to bring fourth her dormant training (which works fine in the surface plot of the movie) it still seemed kind of out of place. but when you look at cloony as being god, he is actually functioning to bring bullock's faith (her ability to pray that she was never taught) to guide her through with clear headed determination (and resumes speaking to houston even though she doesnt know if they can hear her, i.e. god).
in the end it is her regained faith which guides her back to earth, or genesis. |
Deviant.
10.21.13 | "the scene was silly. about as silly as when we disagree and I just begin to type whatever seems to get under your skin."
It's a little bit scary that you would give me this extra attention, and while I agree that it's silly that you do it would be a shame to think that you've ever succeeded
To be honest I don't personally see the Genesis references specifically, I don't really see anything relating to sin or disobedience beyond the first 5 minutes, but I do see the film as an allegory for rebirth and the evolution of life |
EaglesBecomeVultures
10.21.13 | caught a matinee yesterday, quite enjoyed it. |
guitarded_chuck
10.21.13 | film of the year
stop trying to be hip kidz |
