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Title: I robot Post by: Monkey Rayjinn on December 09, 2004, 06:16:46 pm Don't go to the movie... it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
blech, waste of money Title: I robot Post by: Devlyn on December 09, 2004, 09:20:36 pm I heard some crushing criticisms from my date on it yesterday too. Is it true that they display the movie in order to force sensible information out of imprisoned terrorists?
Poor people ;). P.s. The Incredibles is rather cool :D Title: I robot Post by: Monkey Rayjinn on December 09, 2004, 11:44:36 pm After seeing the movie i can't blame anyone for having terroristic thoughts afterwards.
Title: I robot Post by: bEn on December 10, 2004, 03:57:09 pm Well I can understand that "I, Robot" isn't everybody's piece of cake - as the books it is based on we'ren't either. But as I like Isaac Assimovs novels and as I think the 3 Laws of robotics are one of the most interesting ideas ever.
Sadly they transformed the original detective story into an action movie there are quite some interesting ideas left. Next to that IMHO the effects and the actual action is above average. The real criticism is that the "twist" in the end (to avoid spoilers I just say "twinkle") is far to obvious and that in the end fight they borrowed too much from Matrix (no human can movie this way...). According to "The Incredibles" - that was the biggest dissapointment ever to me. From my point of view it lacks jokes and reminds me of a saturday morning cartoon (e.g. like the Mask). Most jokes are even damn old (come on - "I'm too fat to wear my old belt" is even older than the mummies). The best thing about the incredibles is actually the suit designer - which is damn funny and the "interviews" in the beginning. Title: I robot Post by: Tomahawk on December 10, 2004, 04:49:28 pm Actually... I liked I, Robot... the only thing that annoyed me is that it seemed to be a two-hour commercial. So many brands and such... not just casually showing it, but in full frontal!
Title: I robot Post by: kryceks on December 10, 2004, 07:34:39 pm I haven't seen "I, Robot" yet but from what I hear, I'm better off just reading the books.
Title: I robot Post by: Devlyn on December 10, 2004, 11:54:13 pm Welcome around by the way kryceks. Hope you'll enjoy your stay here :).
As for the Incredibles bEn, I actually liked it a lot but I find it both fun and interesting that you completely disagree ;). I guess I can imagine people not finding it fun. Then again, I also think the impact of a particular movie has a lot to do with ones current state of mind. For example, if a movie gets overly hyped, it is very likely bound to disappoint you and bore you to death. Then again, some completely unknown title may rock your day even though it's only mediocre. We human's are annoying critters :P. Title: I robot Post by: kryceks on December 11, 2004, 12:08:57 am Like Van Hellsing got hyped all to hell and then turned out to be a waste of 7 dollars. I really liked the direction the movie was going and the idea but it was poorly done. That's my opinion at least and then I have a few friends who enjoyed it.
But getting back on topic, from what I can tell the movie of Van Hellsing is totally different than the book as is "I, robot." I don't think you can really tell people not to watch it because others might enjoy the movie. Athough, I'll probably back off on the subject until I've actually seen the movie. :wink: Oh yeah, and thanks for the welcoming, Devlyn! :) Title: I robot Post by: bEn on December 11, 2004, 02:30:12 pm Yeah I totally agree with you - the main reason why I don't like the incredibles that much is that I expected a better movie than "Finding Nemo" - which was fun but (like most CG movies) was mainly directed at children which caused certain well lame jokes - I experienced that as the little sister of a friend of mine watched the movie with us and she laughed at scenes I thought damn lame. In the previews they gave you the impression that this wouldn't be the case with the incredibles which ain't the case in my opinion. I would even say that Finding Nemo wase better movie.
Another thing - Van Helsing is one of the worst movies I ever saw. I went into it expected a nice movie and all you get is a piece of crap - like "Once upon in Mexico" there are some cool scenes but they just don't fit together. The biggest dissapointment was Kate Beckinsale who played a formidable vampire in "Underworld". Title: yarb Post by: Saiyanora on December 13, 2004, 11:38:58 pm The Incredibles was a letdown, where were the jokes? I wonder if Pixar forget the combination for the bike lock...
Any film that gets 5 stars in The Independent should be outstanding, don't know how they managed it :S Funny thing is all the new Christmas films: Polar Express: * , Christmas with the Kranks: *, Surviving Xmas: *, woo even Alfie got * the Independent is so harsh :D Title: I robot Post by: Sir Phill on December 14, 2004, 12:57:51 am Quote from: "Tomahawk" Actually... I liked I, Robot... the only thing that annoyed me is that it seemed to be a two-hour commercial. So many brands and such... not just casually showing it, but in full frontal! Exactly when he advertises his shoes for the third time i got pissed but i thought it was a really good movie... I also liked Van Hellsing.. Meh Title: I robot Post by: bEn on December 14, 2004, 02:26:59 pm If Van Helsing would have been a comedy it would have had a chance...
I mean come on in the end even Frankestein's monster pretends to be Spiderman. Frankenstein's monster again is the most useless character ever - be happy that you didn't see the german dubbed version (hopefully the original isn't as bad) the annoying "I wanna live screams" sounds so stupid... I even don't understand why the effects are so bad - I mean for a 100 million dollar movie I would expect better ones. Enough movie bashing... at least I'm happy that at least somebody has the same (bad) impression of "The Incredibles" ;-) |