movies

[MrSaigon]

I'm not offended at all by its pretty goofy trappings, its still a very fun movie that makes you think, which is a terrific thing. SP just added a few more snickers during the first 45 minutes or so.

Trey and Matt are just too damn good at making great music. The a capella paordy is just hilarious.
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I listened to The Book of Mormon soundtrack and was a little disappointed. Granted it's not fair to judge it without seeing the show, and they go away from their greatest strength--parody and satire--but it just seemed a little lame, and I wonder if they wouldn't have done better without the Broadway guy they brought in.

[cpebbles]

Prometheus:

- Absolutely no reason to see it in 3D. Adds nothing but a surcharge.
- I don't think David's motivations are really well explained. What he does adds nothing to his mission, and was very unlikely to have added anything to it.
- If Noomi Rapace is going to keep playing an Englishwoman, the director and editor need to pay more attention to her accent.

[SHOW]

- Up until right at the end, I was sure the "Engineers" had been forced to seed other planets with life for the benefit of the Alien aliens. I guess it's good that I didn't have the movie figured out before the title screen, but that explanation also answers the questions that are left open in this movie, and I didn't really feel that leaving them open worked in this movie since they weren't the focus of the other Alien movies.

- Solid but not great. The movie looks fantastic and the performances are mostly excellent. There is tension building throughout the early movie, but it never quite reaches a fever pitch and then it mostly falls apart at the end.

[docellis]

LeBron sucks my ass

[cpebbles]

Oh, and also my snap impressions from the trailers: Oliver Stone needs to retire now and let us get to forgetting the last fifteen years of his career, because Savages looks [expletive] awful, and the ~5 minutes from Ang Lee's newest (Life of Pi) were some of the most awkward I've experienced in a movie theater. I'm skeptical that it's going to be a good movie, but it's definitely going to be a bomb if they don't figure out some other way to market it because the reaction could not have been what they were going for.

[go birds]

pebbles:

[SHOW]

I'm pretty sure there will be at least 2 more "prometheus" sequels. The end was a dead giveaway and was actually provided clsoure for me.

Also: i am so goddamned tired of that stupid [expletive] AFTER trailer. It has been at the beginning of the last 4 movies i went to see. [expletive] that movie.

[Jocephus]

mothers must have been involved with prometheus

[cpebbles]

Prometheus is going to have to have very strong staying power at the box office to earn a sequel, much less multiple. Given its reception I really doubt it does that.

[thrill]

Savages looks [expletive] awful.

Taylor Kitsch is on an almost unbelievable run for worst break through into a film career.

[cpebbles]

Savages looks [expletive] awful.

Taylor Kitsch is on an almost unbelievable run for worst break through into a film career.

Can you imagine being that guy's poor agent and having to constantly point at a bit part in Wolverine, one of the [expletive] movies in recent history, as the shining highlight of his film career?

[AdmiralKird]

Prometheus:

- Absolutely no reason to see it in 3D. Adds nothing but a surcharge.
- I don't think David's motivations are really well explained. What he does adds nothing to his mission, and was very unlikely to have added anything to it.
- If Noomi Rapace is going to keep playing an Englishwoman, the director and editor need to pay more attention to her accent.

[SHOW]

- Up until right at the end, I was sure the "Engineers" had been forced to seed other planets with life for the benefit of the Alien aliens. I guess it's good that I didn't have the movie figured out before the title screen, but that explanation also answers the questions that are left open in this movie, and I didn't really feel that leaving them open worked in this movie since they weren't the focus of the other Alien movies.

- Solid but not great. The movie looks fantastic and the performances are mostly excellent. There is tension building throughout the early movie, but it never quite reaches a fever pitch and then it mostly falls apart at the end.

1. The 3D version is pretty cool. I saw it in 3D by accident; my friend looking up the showtimes didn't disclose the format. That said, it was done pretty well, and the holographic scenes were really cool in 3D. There was only one scene that was really jarring, when they showed a 'map' and the camera was emphasizing depth of field and the portion in the foreground made me want to close my eyes. It was the worst 3D scene I've ever seen, but the rest of it was done well.

2. David's Motive

[SHOW]

is clearly to follow the instructions of Peter Weyland to try and achieve immortality... testing the biomatter on another person... allowing him first access to the Engineer...

Prometheus is going to have to have very strong staying power at the box office to earn a sequel, much less multiple. Given its reception I really doubt it does that.

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No its already made $140 Million worldwide (it was out in the UK for the previous week), cost $110M, has a 76% rating on RT last I checked, 7.8 on IMDB (Keep in Mind a 7.8 on IMDB is the equivalent of giving it an A- schoolgrade). This thing is easily making $250M and will get at least one sequel. I have yet to hear from a friend that didn't like the film, even those who don't really like sci-fi.

To say its getting poor reception and bad box office numbers is just absolutely wrong, on every level.