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Gratz, may it be the first of many.
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Sweetness! Sunday's gonna be a good night for TV.
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Click if you dare!
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Two TV spots. Some more footage not in the 4 minute ine.
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Comic book movies ran one about Green Lantern being pushed back to October that i fell for hook, line, and sinker.
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Apple has the HD version available.
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Frack me. that was eff'ing awesome.
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New design for WW. Somebody was paying attention.
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Looks good.
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Quote:My thoughts exactly.Originally Posted by BrandX
I have to agree. To those seeing all the negative reviews. Don't listen to them. Those reviewers are basically fixating on the action scenes. And not paying attention to the rest of the movie.
Yes. The movie has stylized fights with girls in tight and/or revealing outfits. This is the anime/comic influence for sure.
But I have to say it again. Don't listen to the reviewers. They're not watching the movie to understand it. They're watching the movie to just bad mouth it. No Really. They are.
The plot is simple admittedly. But it doesn't need a complicated plot. There are no major complications, because there doesn't need to be.
The story is simple, fun, and leads to the FUN FACTOR. It's seeing this depressing hell, then being taken away to a fantastical world, then going back to the depressing hell, then being taken back to the ESCAPISM!
Knowing what happened to all the girls (outside of Baby Doll and Sweet Pea) is really not a concern. The movie alludes to what happened to the other girls through Baby Doll's imaginary worlds.
The Sucker Punch at the end of the movie. Is it this big OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT ENDING? No. I'd say it's the reason for the title of the movie, but it's not like it's going to leave your jaw dropped and asking "WHAT?!" like you did at the end of Inception.
Now, spoilers ahead, but I don't think you can really know how wrong the reviews have been (imo anyways) without spoilers, or just seeing it for yourself.
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*SPOILERS*
*I SAID SPOILERS*
*DIDN'T YOU LISTEN?*
*OKAY HERE IT IS*
*REALLY I MEAN IT! YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW BAD THE OTHER REVIEWS ARE WITHOUT SPOILERS!*
*LAST CHANCE TO NOT JUST SEE IT FOR YOURSELF*
When reading the reviews, I heard such things as the head pyschologist of the mental institute that the main character (Baby Doll) is sent to basically believes in "Here, you've been *****, escape into your own world"
That's not what is being said AT ALL. The real world of this film doesn't take place in modern times. It takes place in something more akin to a stylized 1950's.
Like Inception, this is very much a world within a world. There's the real world, there's Baby Doll's imagination, and then there's Baby Doll's imagination within the imagination.
In the first imagination world, I can't help but see it as her stylized thoughts in how they (the girls) are treated in the mental institute. The head orderly cares little for the girls, mistreats them, uses them, and I'm pretty sure has had his way with a few of them.
Not being with the head psychotrist long, this is basically her imaginary world. One where she goes on to fight for freedom from the mental institute.
There were complaints about not seeing her dancing and instead just seeing everyone's reactions to her dancing, and what little you do see, is just of her face and her basically swaying her shoulders back and forth.
That's the point! You're not suppossed to see her dance. That's just the slow start. Her imaginary world within the imaginaary world is the true dance!
The styled action and awesome effects, the superhero/anime/steampunk/cyberpunk hybrid world that you see in the trailers, THIS IS THE DANCE. But instead of the dance she's showing the audience, we're seeing the fight for freedom going on her head in amazing, AWESOME action!
Is some of the tech in the imagination out of place for a girl from a time that looks to be the 1950's? YES! BUT THAT'S NOT THAT POINT! The point is to give the awesome comic book/anime world of action sequences and awesomeness!
Zombie Steampunk Nazi's being killed? AWESOME!
Chaingun toting Demon Samurai? AWESOME!
Fire breathing dragon chase scene? AWESOME!
Those professional reviewers just don't get the movie!
Imagine that, after slamming it since the begining Lothic didn't like it. Wonders never cease.Quote:Originally Posted by Lothic
The 15 or 20 minutes of "action scenes" of this movie were just about its only saving grace. The "movie" that links together these scenes was pretty much absolute drek. When people start ripping these scenes and posting them as remixes on YouTube you'll have something worth spending a few minutes to watch. The rest of the entire 109 minute movie? Not worth the few dollars we spent on it.
RottenTomotes.com currently has this movie rated at 20%. There -is- a reason for that. I've loved the movies Synder has made so far but this was easily his worst one to date. Better luck next time Zack...
41 here and i thought it had a good plot and plently of emotional depth. One opinion hardly speaks for a generation.Quote:Originally Posted by Fista
I'm gonna go with "it's a generational thing". I've watched paint drying that had more emotional depth and a deeper plot than this movie. -
This makes me do the happy dance!
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And much kick *** ensued.
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Quote:Never read the manga but please tell me what themes in Akira are so steeped in being Japanese that they cannot successfuly be translated to an Americanized idea. Not trying to start a fight, i'm genuinely interested. I just don't see any life themes that can't be translated across various peoples.Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
Akira, particularly the multi-volume manga, is steeped in the subtext of the Japanese 20th century experience, especially from the country's direction after WWII and into its growth as a superpower. Even if the American producers come up with an analog for Kaneda's biker gang - and to judge from their wimpy wish list, they're casting for a suburban boy scout troop - they still have to provide decades' worth of social and historical parallels. As was pointed out earlier in this thread, even the title presents a challenge for a US version.
Ringu, by comparison, was more focused on creating a traditional ghost story updated with current technology (videos, TVs, telephones), so it didn't have nearly as complex a subtext. Americanizing Akira presents even more of a challenge as the original Gojira. Remember how well the ersatz 1998 American remake worked? -
The scrawny Steve footage is amazingly realistic.
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Get over it. The story is not steeped in pesudo Asian history like Airbender. Americanizing Akira is no different than Americanizing The Ring. The movie will suck or be good on its own merits. NOT because white people are playing the parts
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Thanks Nericus, that was more inclusive than i could have hoped for.
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not all superheroes need to be dark and gritty. I think they should expand their horizons.
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Wha...What?!!? Duncan killed Richie?!?
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Stuff went boom! Money well spent.
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Nice eagle.
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good popcorn flick, but yeah it had some issues. The water didn't bother me as much as the drone thing, just used too much in the alien invasion genre.
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Quote:It was mentioned that Arnold was too big. Do you know what kind of training he did to bring his shape more in line with what they wanted for the part? Swimming.Originally Posted by Power_Play
Even if he works out for a million years, Jason Momoa will NOT have the broad shoulders and massive chest mentioned in that quote. He's too long and lanky, with more of a swimmer's build....I'm NOT a big fan of Ah-nold's acting, but physically he was THE perfect Conan.
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Hehehe. "I'm on a jet."
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Another good episode. Kid Flash cracks me up, "So i'm your ninja boyfriend?"
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Quote:This.Originally Posted by Nericus
NOVA (Richard Ryder): first movie he gets his powers, sequel brings in the Nova Corps.
and a Noir X-Factor. Jamie's 4 issue mini to be exact.