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#7241 QuickTidal

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Posted 16 February 2015 - 05:36 PM

Finally got a chance to see DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and really, really enjoyed it. As someone who really loved RISE...this movie takes the best bits of that first one and amps them up to twelve. Matt Reeves proves that CLOVERFIELD wasn't some fluke success...as his directing chops are WELL suited to this series. Andy Serkis deserves every damned award out there for his mocap performance. Nothing short of stunning. The special effects in this are a masterpiece. the apes look so real you forget they are CGI...and thats the mark of top shelf graphics. Just an all around intense and entertaining flick.

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 01:41 AM

Alien 5!!

http://www.theverge....amp-alien-movie

OhoooHoooo

Starts off where Alien 2 left off..did I read that right?? Alien 3+ No longer exist...if true.

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#7243 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 01:48 AM

It reads that it takes place after Ridleys forthcoming PROMETHEUS 2, not ALIEN 2.

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#7244 amphibian

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 04:05 AM

Look at QuickTidal ducking the review of Jupiter Ascending.

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 07:43 AM

Saw Jupiter Ascending. Loved it! Few minor issues about bits of the character development/plot but nothing that ruined it for me. It was a big beautiful film that had superb action sequences and wonderfully designed worlds/spaceships/weapons etc.

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#7246 QuickTidal

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 12:02 PM

amphibian, on 19 February 2015 - 04:05 AM, said:

Look at QuickTidal ducking the review of Jupiter Ascending.

Nah, I saw that, just can't comment til I've seen it. I heard it's a mix of The Fifith Element and Zardoz....and I love both of those films...goofy as they both are. So we'll see.

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Posted 19 February 2015 - 05:11 PM

I wonder how another Alien movie will work as Sigourney Weaver looks scarier than the xenomorphs these days.

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#7248 QuickTidal

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 03:54 AM

Saw KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE tonight. Lots of fun, Matthew Vaughn firing on all cylinders, basically a modern day classic British 1960's spy flick that embraces the goofiness and knows the world it's playing in. Great stuff!

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 06:16 AM

Nicodimas, on 19 February 2015 - 01:41 AM, said:

Starts off where Alien 2 left off..did I read that right?? Alien 3+ No longer exist...if true.

No you didn't read that right.

It's post Prometheus 2.

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#7250 polishgenius

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 07:37 PM

Watched Jupiter Ascending today. What a magnificently ridiculous film. It's not great by any stretch of the imagination, and in a lot of respects it's a bit shit, but (despite the fucking 3D being even more distracting than usual, I think because the backgrounds were so busy) I enjoyed it.

Channing Tatum's character and his gravity boots are fucking cool.

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 08:14 PM

Kid-free weekend so will be KINGSMAN tonight, then JUPITER ASCENDING tomorrow!

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 08:33 PM

polishgenius, on 20 February 2015 - 07:37 PM, said:

Saw it in 2D so I dunno about that but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 08:55 PM

polishgenius, on 20 February 2015 - 07:37 PM, said:

That's a great and concise review.

Magnificently ridiculous is definitely that movie.

Superbly ridiculous is the Fifth Element?

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#7254 McLovin

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 12:19 PM

KINGSMAN recalled the first KICK-ASS movie for me. Not a terribly original concept, but executed with such batshit panache you have to like it. I give it 8 grateful Scandinavian princesses out of 10.

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#7255 QuickTidal

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 01:10 PM

Here's the BIRDMAN you should watch!

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#7256 QuickTidal

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 01:11 PM

McLovin, on 21 February 2015 - 12:19 PM, said:

KINGSMAN recalled the first KICK-ASS movie for me. Not a terribly original concept, but executed with such batshit panache you have to like it. I give it 8 grateful Scandinavian princesses out of 10.

Mmmmmm, Scandinavian Princess. She was yum.

Also, credits track by Iggy Azalea and Ellie Goulding (Heavy Crown) is pretty awesome.

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#7257 Illuyankas

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 01:20 PM

I have learned of the existence of a movie called, I believe, 'Alientampon', by some German film company. I had the misfortune of watching the trailer. For something that dumb it looks better made than fucking Sharknado.

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#7258 QuickTidal

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 02:00 PM

Illuyankas, on 21 February 2015 - 01:20 PM, said:

I believe first-finders rights say that you must now watch it in full and report back.

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#7259 Jakovasaurus

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 05:25 PM

Hey guys, check it out! It's "Borderlands: The Movie". Sweet!

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Posted 21 February 2015 - 06:55 PM

Finally saw The Wind Rises, and fortunately it's another opportunity to use my patented Malazan board hashtag #WTHQT. It's not the best Ghibli by any means, as it's in some ways a fairly conventional biopic (however fictionalized), but it does the smart thing in focusing on a few periods instead of doing a sweeping birth-to-death story. Also it's unrelentingly romantic, and visually as gorgeous as anything Miyazaki has done.

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