Chappie. I watched it. On purpose. I've done a bad, bad thing.
Agreed, I saw it in theaters and that sucksauce of an ending STILL plagues me.Watched Repo. Wow, that was awful. Anthony Head is the only redeeming part of the movie.
I couldn't disagree more. I absolutely loved that movie.[DOUBLEPOST=1438042112,1438042014][/DOUBLEPOST]Watched Repo. Wow, that was awful. Anthony Head is the only redeeming part of the movie.
I very much enjoyed Little Nicky. It was stupid as hell, but it was still fun. Also, the actors knew how dumb it was and played it for all it was worth.The issue with Little Nicky is that it's premise is kind of "out there" for a lot of people. You're essentially routing for the retarded son of the Devil and if you can't get on board with routing for the son of the prince of darkness, this movie just won't work for you.
I had the same reaction. That moment the movie went from "really good" to "wow."The Lego Movie (2014)
Is everything really awesome? On its own? Well...no. The movie is an amazing undertaking, with the animators making sure that everything appearing in it can be made with actual Lego (or other) bricks. They got cameos from cameo people, and the comedy and jokes are right there for the adults. And if that was all the movie was, it would've just stayed really, really good. Fortunately for me, I had managed to avoid spoilers and so I was caught completely unprepared for the metamovie. Because I usually get home from work too late to spend any time with the family, we had made a special point of getting the movie and getting all the daily chores out of the way so we could watch it as a family before Cary's bedtime, and none of us knew it was coming. Well, much like my earlier review of Inside Out, the metamovie and its portrayal of parental priorities was particularly poignant. It also works to elevate the surrounding movie to awesome status, once it hits you as to what is really going on, and then all the cliché and puerility finally make perfect sense.
--Patrick
(Actually watched this movie near the end of June, just now getting around to reviewing it)
Hmm... We have Bryan Cranston, one of the best actors of today. We also have some guy thats really boring. Which one should we kill off early on?
Me too. It's actually a lot more clever than people give it credit for.I couldn't disagree more. I absolutely loved that movie.[DOUBLEPOST=1438042112,1438042014][/DOUBLEPOST]
It's funny that both American and Japanese versions use way too serious of music for a movie that doesn't merit it. Though I haven't seen all of the Japanese version. I got too nostalgic for the American version I've watched since I was 3 and switched to that. I should really try going through the whole Japanese version sometime.Japanese Godziilla vs. King Kong
I didn't think it could be funnier to watch, but it was. The film crew knew ex-ACTLY what movie they were making here, especially with all the people betting on the outcome.
I need a translation over here!Also I didn't the horribly dubbed American actors were just great.
Are you talking about the 1993 movie?Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1992): My brain must have gone fuckety back in 2007, because I have imagery of this movie that isn't in the damn movie, and a different memory of the plot too. And no, I didn't confuse it with the 1974 movie. Or the 2002 movie.
Yup, you are correct. I must've typed Godzilla vs Mothra 1992 so many times in my playlist organizing this morning that I stamped in the date. Now to go update a couple Tumblr posts. Thanks.
I thought maybe you meant the 1977 version, but then I discovered that the one I saw in the theater in 1977 was just the 1974 version but rereleased.Yup, you are correct. I must've typed Godzilla vs Mothra 1992 so many times in my playlist organizing this morning that I stamped in the date. Now to go update a couple Tumblr posts. Thanks.
Yours was the only U.S. release; I go by Japan's dates, so '74 for them was '77 for us. They also named it three different things, which led to the Sci-Fi channel running a marathon that consisted of multiple entries of the same movie.I thought maybe you meant the 1977 version, but then I discovered that the one I saw in the theater in 1977 was just the 1974 version but rereleased.
--Patrick
Just wait until you find out about the Heisei Gamera films...I wonder: am I the only one who, except for Zero Esc here, was pretty much unaware there were more than, say, 2 or 3 Godzilla movies and remakes? I mean, Godzilla's Godzilla, right? He's a big monster, attacks the city, gets defeated, or, whoops, he's a big monster, protects the city.
Not saying I'm not interested or complaining, to be clear, I'm just honestly surprised how many of these were made and how much of a difference there seems to be between them.