AND the fact that Jonathan Kent basically tells his son it's alright to let people die?

[Man of Steel]

Man of Steel - Some pretty unforgivable missteps.

Like the complete lack of character arc, proper cause and effect, dynamic action sequences that build story, and motivation for the "love story".

Just saw it today. The plot was pants (but the plot was pants in the 2009 one as well) but the character moments were generally fantastic. Kirk's death was idiotic, but everything up to that was a ton of fun. Still feels like a shallow version of the non-reboot stuff, but not as bad as some people are saying.

Is that a real poster for the new movie? It's TERRIBLE.

Long live Sulu!

A few lines after Mason's (awesome) entrance I say "I with you guys" instead of "I wish"


This is a great one, loves these articles man.

He was awesome as Scotty. I'll grant you Shaun of the Dead (though, having met him, however briefly, he really is not meek, he's actually a fairly commanding presence) how is he playing "himself" in Hot Fuzz? That's completely counter to the affable nerd persona he cultivated in Spaced and Shaun and Paul.

Big Nothing is a flawed but very underrated film.

We might want to do an editing pass as well, for typos and such. Also some "out of sync" conversations due to the IM delay. 

This was a fun conversation, can't wait for the next one!

[Hellraiser]

Hellraiser - I like it a lot better than when I saw it the first time like four years ago ... still shocked how long it takes to get to the Cenobites. The campy acting and detestable characters still rub me the wrong way, but the scene where the corpse grows out of the floorboards is stunning.

Silver Linings Playbook - a real crowd pleaser. Charming. Leaves you feeling empty, though.

Red Dwarf Season 3 - love, love, love this utterly ridiculous show. Not always funny, but at it's best it's funny and very clever in a wacky, stupid way.

I think just the regular cut of New World.

Oldboy shows complete mastery of the medium. Not only is the camerawork stunning, it's used to enhance the story at every turn. He also manages to balance an incredibly complicated narrative without losing his audience, even when the audience speaks a different language. The lighting, staging, acting, and character turns and reveals in that movie are an absolute roller coaster.

Watching that trailer without sound is a dull, dull affair. The action is just so overdone with wild laser blasts and digital debris, and apparently all the action scenes involve people jumping off of things.

Why the FUCK would they show the Enterprise crashing finale!?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!?! Sweet Jeebus people, save something.

J. J. Abrams really is a soulless director. Give him a solid script and he films it professionally, but it lacks any sort of meaning or deeper purpose. He doesn't frame shots to tell a story, he frames shots to be flashy.

[Oldboy]

Oldboy - Masterpiece
Midnight In Paris - Cute
Logan's Run - Cute
The New World - Great

Red Dwarf Seasons 1 and 2 - not a great show, but I love it. Seems to hit its stride season 3, deteriorates about season 6.

Lovely Molly - pleasantly surprised. Solid acting and some deeply disturbing stuff, truly scary moments, and a great premise. Very ballsy to have a complicated backstory with almost NO exposition spoken in the movie. The structure is a bit wonky, but one of the better horror films I've seen in a while.

The Queen of Versailles - as a movie it really peters out in the end, but the first half is mesmerizing.

Totally agree. I think it got a lot of love because of how beautiful the cinematography was and how much better than Quantum it was ... it's certainly a good movie, but nowhere near the levels of Casino Royale.

They supervised the hell out of it. It only had a couple of duff shots and those were designed for 3D, not the 2D I was watching.

Yeah, he's uber talented, did lighting for Gollum:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675332/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

First: dear God that's a terrifying picture

Second: he's a smart, smart man. Artistically, that's the only viable option. Look to The Hobbit for examples of "looking backwards." It only feeds your nostalgia needs without telling a good story. These movies will make tons of money regardless, so the only challenge left is to create new frontiers ... dwelling in the past leads to laziness.

[Pitch Perfect]

My friend supervised all the VFX for Final Destination 5.

Pitch Perfect - funny, funny movie.

"Like an apple pie?"

"A stake and ale pie."

"Oh, okay, we're back to being British."


Love it. Sheridan, we should snag this guy. What a great video series this would make.

Dnwilliams, this could be you if you wanted it!!!

[Paul]

I've heard that about the Three Stooges a few times. Shocking.


Paul - not nearly as bad as the trailers made it out to be. Charming in spots, but the plot is trite and the anti-Christian jokes are mind-numbing.

Holy Motors - not sure what I saw, but I liked it a lot. Parts are mesmerizing.

Argo Apollo 13 except they're in Iran, not outer space. Mildly entertaining, DEFINITELY not best picture material.

[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]

Yeah, The Grey isn't a story, it's a set-up for the final moment ... which is just when things get interesting.


The Exorcism of Emily Rose - solid. More of a drama than a horror, but well acted and well written. Not super scary or emotionally engaging.

Sinister - some wonderful moments, but as always the third act "twist" all but ruins the movie. Better than Insidious, but still of an ilk I don't like. Cinematography is wonderful and Ethan Hawk carries the movie. Also the Super 8 films are pretty great, the one with the lawnmower being one of my favorite horror movie moments maybe ever. So freaking disturbing.

[V/H/S]

V/H/S - one of the very worst movies I've seen in a long time.