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I know I'm late to the party, but I just got out of Oblivion, and it was a really cool movie. The mystery was quite well done, and they did a good job of not revealing the story in the trailers.

Also saw a trailer for Pacific Rim, which features GlaDOS as the AI of the giant robots.

BEVERLY HILLS COP

Still perfect.

Luke wrote:BEVERLY HILLS COP

Still perfect.

Like The Crow?

dsheinem wrote:

Luke wrote:BEVERLY HILLS COP

Still perfect.

Like The Crow?

Nothing comes close to cinematic masterpiece that The Crow is. I should have posted "Still perfect-ish".

Retrodude wrote:Star Trek: Into Darkness

My expectations for this one were pretty high and I wasn't the least bit disappointed. Those of you who hated the previous film might find this one a bit more palatable since the visual aesthetic is somewhat closer to TOS and the story matches the tone of classic Trek a lot more.

I wouldn't say that it's better than Wrath Of Kahn, but I would say that it's equal to it. It's true that the actor playing Kahn bears no resemblance to Ricardo Montalban physically, but he did sound remarkably like him vocally, which is good enough for me. Also, the explanation for how Kahn showed up years earlier than in TOS matched my prediction and makes logical sense so kudos for that. Finally, the ending leaves you begging for a new TV series, so I wish Paramount would quit playing around and do one. All in all, another great effort.

I completely disagree.



There was zero tension in the film. Any attempts to add tension was immediately relieved by resolving the issue less then 5 minutes after the problem arises.



And Benedict Cumberbatch....lets talk about him for a second shall we?



They were too busy running around from location to location in an attempt to keep things exciting and instead lost the ability to build characters and story. This method worked in the first film, because the antagonist was pretty simple and clear, but here they were trying to follow the same pattern, but include complexity that could only be shoved in.

I can continue...but man...there are so many things wrong about this film, outside of the silly call-backs. Those I can stand. It was just all the fat and gristle they added to the film that had zero relevance to the story and even the action sequences.

Also I want to say that this isn't an indictment on you or anything. People can honestly like whatever they like and it has zero effect on my views of them as a person. I just could not stand the film personally.

BogusMeatFactory wrote:

Retrodude wrote:Star Trek: Into Darkness

Those of you who hated the previous film might find this one a bit more palatable since the visual aesthetic is somewhat closer to TOS and the story matches the tone of classic Trek a lot more.

I completely disagree.

Working as a Linux Administrator, I've had nerds blabbering non-stop about this. Sometimes I have to put on my headphones so I don't hear any spoilers. This film seems pretty polarizing. A couple of the Admins are the kind of people that can cite of quotes from episodes and give the episode name and number. One absolutely loved the film, and the other was disgusted by it. I hear the same thing through-out the building.

It's a shame that I will most likely not be able to go see this in theaters. We might be able to squeeze it in during our vacation, as we will have several people available to watch the kid. Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Literally Alert!

But I do agree with BMF.

I'm not planning to watch that new Star Trek any time soon (maybe a rental when it comes out on dvd/blu ray), but I expect lots of extremely contrived and ultra convenient plot twists just like the last one had.

AppleQueso wrote:I'm not planning to watch that new Star Trek any time soon (maybe a rental when it comes out on dvd/blu ray), but I expect lots of extremely contrived and ultra convenient plot twists just like the last one had.

Dude! Spoiler alert!

MrPopo wrote:I know I'm late to the party, but I just got out of Oblivion, and it was a really cool movie. The mystery was quite well done, and they did a good job of not revealing the story in the trailers.

Also saw a trailer for Pacific Rim, which features GlaDOS as the AI of the giant robots.

Yeah the Mass Effect spinoff movie was pretty decent.

Pacific Rim definitely looks like Transformers done right, pretty stoked for that one.