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What were you expecting when you sat down to watch a movie about GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING GIANT MONSTERS!!!? Not only did we get GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING GIANT MONSTERS!!! but we got great direction, fantastic cgi, a cool ### lead and a fun popcorn flick to watch with your kids. SO I ask again, What were you expecting when you sat down to watch a movie about GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING GIANT MONSTERS!!!?
Find Me Guilty is a pretty awesome movie no one has heard of, and its an atypical role for Vin as well. To make you/everyone want to watch it even more, Peter Dinklage plays the lawyer.
Maybe so, maybe not, but I ####ing love Killing Zoe, King of New York, State of Grace, and Sexy Beast. A few others I also enjoy here and then.
Love it, and anytime I think of this movie, I picture Walken rocking out to some Schoolly DI could watch King of New York 100 times.Couple of personal favorites in there.
Guess we all have hbo
I'm not saying anything negative. I'm saying many of those films are well known for a good reason: they're good movies.
I saw this one in the theaters in way uptown NYC. Went with my gb and his sister who was visiting from San Diego or some other lala placeLove it, and anytime I think of this movie, I picture Walken rocking out to some Schoolly DI could watch King of New York 100 times.Couple of personal favorites in there.
The robots weren't big enough? The fights weren't long enough? The monsters weren't monstery enough?
I just fail to see how this is relevant. D&D didn't deliver what it promised to audiences (it also had incredibly crappy special effects) Pacific Rim did (and it had very tight special effects).
Here's what I wrote last year...
Yankee23Fan, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:21 PM, said:
Watched this weekend. Not sure how anyone could possibly be disappointed in this movie.
Thanks, I have no comment on the writing or dialogue because I didn't sit down to watch it for those reasons and I couldn't care less about them. To me your criticisms, particularly the bolded, supports jdogg's contention that you were probably in the wrong theater to begin with.Here's what I wrote last year...
Posted by El Floppo on 22 October 2013 - 11:17 PM in Footballguys Free For All
Cliff Clavin, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:49 PM, said:
Yankee23Fan, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:21 PM, said:
Watched this weekend. Not sure how anyone could possibly be disappointed in this movie.
Thought the writing was pathetically bad- from the dialogue to the overall story. Thta pretty much diminished it for me. Pacing and tone also felt off and all over the place. Also felt like Del Toro was just in the mood to make robots, so came up with this vehicle for his monsters (which I'm tired of) and robots.
I can't expect non-pathetic dialogue and decent pacing and tone in a Monsters vs Giant Robots movie? I need to really, REALLY lower my expectations I guess.Thanks, I have no comment on the writing or dialogue because I didn't sit down to watch it for those reasons and I couldn't care less about them. To me your criticisms, particularly the bolded, supports jdogg's contention that you were probably in the wrong theater to begin with.Here's what I wrote last year...
Posted by El Floppo on 22 October 2013 - 11:17 PM in Footballguys Free For All
Cliff Clavin, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:49 PM, said:
Yankee23Fan, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:21 PM, said:
Watched this weekend. Not sure how anyone could possibly be disappointed in this movie.
Thought the writing was pathetically bad- from the dialogue to the overall story. Thta pretty much diminished it for me. Pacing and tone also felt off and all over the place. Also felt like Del Toro was just in the mood to make robots, so came up with this vehicle for his monsters (which I'm tired of) and robots.
I thought the biggest flaw, being that it was a film about bad ### pilots controlling bad ### mechs, was there wasn't nearly the amount of homoeroticism I was expecting. Not one shirtless volleyball scene to be found. What's up with that?
I don't know man I guess you can expect it but if the giant robot vs giant monster movie doesn't deliver it that should be neither a surprise nor a disappointment so long as the giant robots fighting giant monsters is ####### BAD###!!!!I can't expect non-pathetic dialogue and decent pacing and tone in a Monsters vs Giant Robots movie? I need to really, REALLY lower my expectations I guess.Thanks, I have no comment on the writing or dialogue because I didn't sit down to watch it for those reasons and I couldn't care less about them. To me your criticisms, particularly the bolded, supports jdogg's contention that you were probably in the wrong theater to begin with.Here's what I wrote last year...
Posted by El Floppo on 22 October 2013 - 11:17 PM in Footballguys Free For All
Cliff Clavin, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:49 PM, said:
Yankee23Fan, on 21 Oct 2013 - 3:21 PM, said:
Watched this weekend. Not sure how anyone could possibly be disappointed in this movie.
Thought the writing was pathetically bad- from the dialogue to the overall story. Thta pretty much diminished it for me. Pacing and tone also felt off and all over the place. Also felt like Del Toro was just in the mood to make robots, so came up with this vehicle for his monsters (which I'm tired of) and robots.
I thought the biggest flaw, being that it was a film about bad ### pilots controlling bad ### mechs, was there wasn't nearly the amount of homoeroticism I was expecting. Not one shirtless volleyball scene to be found. What's up with that?
And I was hoping for... I mean expecting... the robots to do a three-way.
Yup, and it's a fair point. And it sucked for many reasons, including the robots fighting robots, particularly in the first film, sucked.
I probably wouldn't but I think I have a stricter policy on not taking kids to movies with violence than many parents.
I'm with you but she watches ninja turtles ..I'm more concerned with the people dying...probably a wait
Agreed. If the ones I have seen are a reflection of the quality of all the films then it's a good list of films overall.
Theyre all good, but Id rank them:
Definitely one of the greatest black comedies and nuttiest films on the machinations behind potential nuclear holocaust ever.Kubrick probably had a great sense of humor, but a lot must have come from screen writer Terry Southern and Sellers ad libs. He rarely laughed again, cinematically, in ruthlessly probing the dark corners of man's soul.The fact that, when he became president, Reagan asked to see the War Room when there is no War Room speaks volumes about the awesomeness of Dr. Strangelove.One of the top films, ever. Seriously.The exchange between Hayden and Sellers where Hayden talks about denying his precious fluids and Sellers realizes he is dealing with an insane person is priceless.
NO FIGHTING IN THE WAR ROOM!
The bolded is probably why you and I had different experiences while watching this movie. I came away in awe of the cgi with the complex cityscapes as the playgorund for the battles bertween giant robots and giant monsters with weather added for mood. And the final battle on the ocean floor was a remakable visual feast which reminded me of the undersea visuals from The Abyss.
I suspect there are a lot of people that haven't seen State of Grace and Deep Cover, IMO good for what they are.
Now those are some criticisms that I can understand. Del Toro does increase expectations and for the most part I thought he delivered. I had a similar concern when it became apparent that the fights were always taking place at night but I had zero trouble following the action, which is where I thought del Toro did an excellent job. I didn't really note any discrepancies with monster size.
