Oblivion

After some quite dissapointing movies it's nice to see something decent, and even though Cruise isn't exactly my favorite actors he has some moments. This is one of them, Collateral was also very effective Cruise film. Oh yes, Kingslayer is here too

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Very instant that cloning aspect was revealed, movie Moon came to mind. Here it's obviously in very larger scale but still nice twist

[Blazingmonga]

Looper
Interesting premise with the assassinations through time-travel, although how or why some of the population has a telekinesis mutation in the future is utterly unexplained. And it turns out to be pretty relevant to the plot, too. Still, Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunting his future self (played by Bruce Willis) makes for pretty good entertainment, so if you're looking for something to fill an otherwise dull evening this one should be a decent option.

I too enjoyed this...BUT....why, if they had time travel technology in the future, did they have to 'wait' to perform the assassinations? Why not just have them all arrive at once? Or why not just have them all transported to the bottom of the ocean, or space?

I thought Bruce Willis seemed way more relaxed in this film than in Die Hard 5.

[swervedriver]

Looper
Interesting premise with the assassinations through time-travel, although how or why some of the population has a telekinesis mutation in the future is utterly unexplained. And it turns out to be pretty relevant to the plot, too. Still, Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunting his future self (played by Bruce Willis) makes for pretty good entertainment, so if you're looking for something to fill an otherwise dull evening this one should be a decent option.

I too enjoyed this...BUT....why, if they had time travel technology in the future, did they have to 'wait' to perform the assassinations? Why not just have them all arrive at once? Or why not just have them all transported to the bottom of the ocean, or space?

I thought Bruce Willis seemed way more relaxed in this film than in Die Hard 5.

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe they could only send people back a fixed amount of time and to a fixed location? Quite a few plotholes, but they didn't detract that much from the movie I think. All movies involving time travel shouldn't involve too much deep thought.

[Blazingmonga]

All movies involving time travel shouldn't involve too much deep thought.

Very true. Or at least, if that isnt true, I will come back in time from the future and explain it to everyone.

[JuZ]

Looper
Interesting premise with the assassinations through time-travel, although how or why some of the population has a telekinesis mutation in the future is utterly unexplained. And it turns out to be pretty relevant to the plot, too. Still, Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunting his future self (played by Bruce Willis) makes for pretty good entertainment, so if you're looking for something to fill an otherwise dull evening this one should be a decent option.

I too enjoyed this...BUT....why, if they had time travel technology in the future, did they have to 'wait' to perform the assassinations? Why not just have them all arrive at once? Or why not just have them all transported to the bottom of the ocean, or space?

I thought Bruce Willis seemed way more relaxed in this film than in Die Hard 5.

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe they could only send people back a fixed amount of time and to a fixed location? Quite a few plotholes, but they didn't detract that much from the movie I think. All movies involving time travel shouldn't involve too much deep thought.

Indeed. As soon as I start contemplating plotholes in a time travel tale, I either resent the story completely, or the complexities and ramifications of time travel become too distracting from the story. That said some stories are more convincing than others.

I let Looper suck me in quite a bit, even with the unexplained mumbo jumbo. Loved the make up on Gordon-Levitt, very well done.

I watched The Amazing Spiderman. Too close to the Raimi films (in terms of time elapsed) so I can't help but compare. I prefer Garfield to Maguire and, as she always does, Emma Stone makes me feel like a dirty old man, she's so goddamned hot. If I were presented with the two films and asked to choose, knowing nothing about either film, I'm sure I'd pick the new one. But it's nowhere close to doing what Nolan achieved with Batman. Looking forward to sequels. Over all, the movie was totally unnecessary but a good way to spend a couple of hours and a buck.

[Octillus]

Looper
Interesting premise with the assassinations through time-travel, although how or why some of the population has a telekinesis mutation in the future is utterly unexplained. And it turns out to be pretty relevant to the plot, too. Still, Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunting his future self (played by Bruce Willis) makes for pretty good entertainment, so if you're looking for something to fill an otherwise dull evening this one should be a decent option.

I too enjoyed this...BUT....why, if they had time travel technology in the future, did they have to 'wait' to perform the assassinations? Why not just have them all arrive at once? Or why not just have them all transported to the bottom of the ocean, or space?

I thought Bruce Willis seemed way more relaxed in this film than in Die Hard 5.

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe they could only send people back a fixed amount of time and to a fixed location? Quite a few plotholes, but they didn't detract that much from the movie I think. All movies involving time travel shouldn't involve too much deep thought.

Indeed. As soon as I start contemplating plotholes in a time travel tale, I either resent the story completely, or the complexities and ramifications of time travel become too distracting from the story. That said some stories are more convincing than others.

I let Looper suck me in quite a bit, even with the unexplained mumbo jumbo. Loved the make up on Gordon-Levitt, very well done.

I watched The Amazing Spiderman. Too close to the Raimi films (in terms of time elapsed) so I can't help but compare. I prefer Garfield to Maguire and, as she always does, Emma Stone makes me feel like a dirty old man, she's so goddamned hot. If I were presented with the two films and asked to choose, knowing nothing about either film, I'm sure I'd pick the new one. But it's nowhere close to doing what Nolan achieved with Batman. Looking forward to sequels. Over all, the movie was totally unnecessary but a good way to spend a couple of hours and a buck.

FWIW Emma Stone's 24 now. Also they're filming a huge chunk of the sequel in the building where my chocolate warehouse is. God that crew is filled with assholes.

Another double feature tonight; Oz the Great and Powerful followed by the remake of Frankenweenie (the latter being the reason I went).

A more appropriate title would be Oz the Decent and Watchable. It had some good scenes and Sam Raimi trademarks, which were welcome. Still, it was overacted in parts, and the visual effects made Oz look like a cross between Avatar and Alice in Wonderland (yet somehow more cartoonish than both). I suppose the main flaw was the over-saturation of CG to exploit 3D as much as possible (by the way, both films tonight were their 2D versions). It won't go down in history, but it's a fun way to pass 2 hours.

Frankenweenie on the other hand made the night worth it. Anyone who has seen the original short will basically know what happens here, but there's enough new material and slight alterations to make this an even better story. It's this kind of film where Tim Burton's talents flourish. And it wasn't a musical, either. Very glad I saw it on the big screen.

Iron Man 3 yesterday. 3D because theatre that shows 2D has crappy seats, that said 3D was bit pointless and made most of fast action bits bit difficult to watch. Movie itself was quite good, it was actually deeper and slightly darker that previous parts. Humor was still there naturally and worked, didn't feel too forced. Final battle was bit... Can't really put my finger on it but maybe I was looking forward to see something bit more epic, it was okay though. Final verdict once it's available on BD, but definitely well worth watching (2D if possible).

[JuZ]

FWIW Emma Stone's 24 now. Also they're filming a huge chunk of the sequel in the building where my chocolate warehouse is. God that crew is filled with assholes.

Yeah I know, but I can see 40 on the horizon and she's still playing teenagers (although that gig will have to come to an end soon enough, surely). It's ok though, I can live with the stigma of being creepy - probably got it anyway for some other reason!

Peter and the Chocolate Warehouse doesn't quite have the same ring to it as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, does it?

[Octillus]

well my warehouse is in an abandoned Pfizer facility...

[JuZ]

well my warehouse is in an abandoned Pfizer facility...

NOW we've got a premise we can work with!

Iron Man 3, in normal vision.
A marked improvement over Iron Man 2, exploring darker themes and offering more interesting villains. Still had those hammed up moments that the series is known to bring, but they worked, and the story brought everything full circle in a satisfying way, as far as I'm concerned.

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The literally explosive finale, while cool to look at, was also too reminiscent of the robot attack finale in Iron Man 2, but at least the villain had a better death. Plus it wasn't hard to pick that Pepper lives. I did not expect Ben Kingsley's Mandarin to be a drunken red herring, though; it was a nice twist that they merged him with Aldrich Killian.

[EphelDuath666]

got the Ultimate Edition of Army of Darkness on Blu-ray and I totally forgot that I even ordered it due to some stuff going on. So yesterday I finally found the nerve for it. It contains the Director's Cut, US cut and international cut on Blu-ray and the TV cut on DVD plus quite a bit of bonus material so it's quite the fan package. The Director's cut looks great in HD, much better than the previously released US cuts which were overprocessed and filtered to death. I felt sheer joy to see my favorite cut of the movie in such good condition. Some scenes contain a bit more dirt and scratches than others but the majority of the movie looks splendid. So if you enjoy this movie, get the French BD or the German BD as that is the only way right now to see the Director's cut in HD.

Just got home from Mama. Can you say

JUMPSCARES

because here's plenty. And Kingslayer.

[swervedriver]

All the Bourne films (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum and Legacy). Identity is the best I think, as it's the freshest and most coherent of them all, thus I enjoyed that one the most. The plots for all the sequels appear increasingly contrived. I suppose at the end there's a secret government agency overseeing a secret government agency overseeing a secret government agency etc etc. Kinda wishing I hadn't bothered with Legacy as that one featured all sorts of stupid.