What movie surprised you the most, for good or bad ?
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Sleepy, I agree with you 100% on the negativity surrounding John Carter.
SGG
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John Carter - wasn't even aware of the flick, and wasn't expecting much from it...but the neighbor's wife kept laughing at her husband for watching it like 15 times!! so I did a quick itunes rental one night...and I'm guilty of owning the DVD now with I think about 4 viewings on it
Hey Oldguy. Yes it's strange isn't it that John Carter was much maligned upon release... But the negativity towards that film began long before. It was like; because it cost so much to make the 'critics' out there had already decided it must fail and all the build up was thus inclined. Very strange. I felt sorry for Andrew Stanton, because the look and design of that film was overshadowed by mindless resentment.
It's good flick. In time I think it's brilliance will prevail. As with so many of the greats out there.
°...Well here I am.°
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Something that you need to understand about how I view movies is that the entire package is judged, not just the acting, or the cinematography, nor the special effects. Everything is part of the whole and has to be considered. In the case of Gravity, I have acknowledged the mastery of the look, the production design, the "you are there" quality of the way the story is told. And Bullock's performance is one of her best.
If you're talking about a science fiction film, such as Star Trek, Star Wars or Serenity, then a few liberties with the laws of physics and logic are allowed. However, when the story is presented in very near future terms with current technologies then I think they owe it to the audience to be as accurate as possible. I don't think they were in Gravity, and that is my only complaint.
As for John Carter, I enjoyed it too, and even have it on Blu-Ray, but it's not anything I take seriously. I can enjoy some things without having to think of them as great.
Ender's Game was entertaining but I'll probably not care to see it again.
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Thanks Second, for posting that article from Badassdigest. It was awesome.
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Interesting to read the comments about Prometheus. HBO must have a fetish for this movie because it's always on at least one of their channels. I've seen it several times, yet very little of it makes any sense to me.
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So many were anticipating so much from this movie, and I agree, it made very little sense. Not in the '2001' sort, but in a more basic way. It just wasn't that good.
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Quote:Prometheus DVD answers all questions? No. Any? Only if you're drunk and don't care about making sense.
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So many were anticipating so much from this movie, and I agree, it made very little sense. Not in the '2001' sort, but in a more basic way. It just wasn't that good.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Gee, that makes Bob and Doug McKenzie look like frelling Mensa members.
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Surprisingly good.
Hero - with Chevy Chase, Geena Davis.
Galaxy Quest - and I had high expectations before. Ended up seeing 5 times in theater because each time I went to the cinema, nothing else showing looked like it would hold a candle.
Transformers.
Inception - even with Leonardo in it.
The Professional.
Little Princess - Liesel Matthews was amazing.
The Last Mimzy.
Pan's Labyrinth.
Star Trek 09.
Super 8.
Against All Odds. The first time I realized that not everybody sees the foreshadowing as well as I did.
UHF. Fell out of my theater seat 4-6 times, and while crawling back in saw that most of the others were folded over as well. Gut was sore for a week.
Freaked. Also fell out of my theater seat a few times. Not consistent, but some of those gags killed me.
Mom & Dad Saved the World. Jon Lovitz as King kills me. Dwier Brown as Prince, son of Eric idle, played stupid almost as well as Bill Pullman in Ruthless people.
The Secret in Their Eyes - 2009. I had no right or expectation for this to be so good.
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Suspect Zero. Has awesome bonus material - the demonstration the director requested, to understand the subject matter.
The Man Who Knew Too Little. Template for Galaxy Quest a few years later.
Lost City of Children. Great use of color and mood in cinematography.
Dangerous Beauty. Richness and color in cinematography.
Zathura. Maybe simple, but enjoyable. "At least they only eat meat" "Kid, we are meat"
Bridges of Madison County. Assumed Clint would come thru, but surprised Meryl pulled it off - first time since Silkwood. She said she was shocked at which takes Clint edited into the cut.
12 Monkeys. Although I expected good, it was better.
Mulholland Falls. Cast was amazing. First time I saw Bruce Dern cast as and honorable guy - LAPD Chief.
Michael.
Pulp Fiction.
Black Hawk Down.
Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
First Blood.
Lethal Weapon.
Disappointingly bad.
Event Horizon. How does Rose Byrne pick these?
All Clooney films - Gravity was even worse than I feared it would be. I had hoped the director of Little Princess could make this work, but alas.
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Don't have much time so I will just say the first one to pop into my mind other than the obvious. Love the topic by the way.
THE DEER HUNTER
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Hey JSF,
I'm really liking your list, plus I'm a little jealous because you listed some movies i plum forgot about:
The Professional - Natalie Portman was a revelation in this movie, she commanded the screen with such presence I thought she was an adult in a child's body. I bought the long version, which has a scene considered risque: she climbs into bed with Jean Reno. It was not at all graphic or risque but it did have them share a bed (fully clothed I might add) tastefully done, which drove the storyline of two desperately lonely people seeking love and understanding.
Little Princess - Alfonso Cuaron directed this movie and it was a marvelous touch to include the story within a story. Great imagination.
The Last Mimzy - is the epitome of the topic of this thread. I really liked this movie
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Del Toro's near masterpiece; a fantasy-horror fable with a soul. I saw it in the theater and loved it.
Good choices, I may have to turn in my film lovers decoder ring.
SGG
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Surprisingly good.
Hero - with Chevy Chase, Geena Davis.
Galaxy Quest - and I had high expectations before. Ended up seeing 5 times in theater because each time I went to the cinema, nothing else showing looked like it would hold a candle.
Transformers.
Inception - even with Leonardo in it.
The Professional.
Little Princess - Liesel Matthews was amazing.
The Last Mimzy.
Pan's Labyrinth.
Star Trek 09.
Super 8.
Against All Odds. The first time I realized that not everybody sees the foreshadowing as well as I did.
UHF. Fell out of my theater seat 4-6 times, and while crawling back in saw that most of the others were folded over as well. Gut was sore for a week.
Freaked. Also fell out of my theater seat a few times. Not consistent, but some of those gags killed me.
Mom & Dad Saved the World. Jon Lovitz as King kills me. Dwier Brown as Prince, son of Eric idle, played stupid almost as well as Bill Pullman in Ruthless people.
The Secret in Their Eyes - 2009. I had no right or expectation for this to be so good.
Disappointingly bad.
Event Horizon. How does Rose Byrne pick these?
All Clooney films - Gravity was even worse than I feared it would be.
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Originally posted by MIKER:
Don't have much time so I will just say the first one to pop into my mind other than the obvious. Love the topic by the way.
THE DEER HUNTER
Good or bad?
I'll give a another nod to Galaxy Quest.
I actually avoided it at first as I wasn't a big Tim Allen fan.
I eventually watched it for some reason or other and thoroughly enjoyed it!
It's one of my favorites nowadays.
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