Movies 2014. So far so good.

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Movies 2014. So far so good.

Post by Yaya » Sat May 24, 2014 10:08 pm

Saw X-Men today and loved it. Thought it was one of the better superhero movies I've seen, and certainly my fav of the X-Men movies. Excellent music. Hollywood should take a page out of Christopher Nolan's book and understand the power of music in elevating a film from good to great. Think the music in this was superb.

So yeah, a lot of good movies so far.

Really enjoyed Captain America:Winter Soldier, Godzilla, and the Lego Movie.

So yeah, good year so far. Still anticipating the final Hobbit movie more than any other and Nolan's Interstellar.
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Post by Professor Smooth » Sat May 24, 2014 10:50 pm

I wish I could go back in time to like 1998 and tell my 16 year-old self that in 2014, the big movies were going to be:

Captain America 2
Transformers 4
X-Men 7
Spider-Man 5
Godzilla 30(!)
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Post by Computron » Sun May 25, 2014 2:58 pm

X-Men was quite well done. James McAvoy in particular really knocked it out of the park.

This truly is a great year for movies.

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Post by Yaya » Sun May 25, 2014 3:31 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:I wish I could go back in time to like 1998 and tell my 16 year-old self that in 2014, the big movies were going to be:

Captain America 2
Transformers 4
X-Men 7
Spider-Man 5
Godzilla 30(!)

You'd never believe...you.
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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:46 pm

Edge of Tomorrow's quite decent in a Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day kinda way.

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Post by Computron » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:10 pm

Brendocon wrote:Edge of Tomorrow's quite decent in a Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day kinda way.
It's getting some rather nice buzz and I am thinking of seeing it Friday. Been awhile since ive seen so many movies in the theater but the pickings recently have been quite good.

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Post by Bumblebot » Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:13 am

Brendocon wrote:Edge of Tomorrow's quite decent in a Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day kinda way.
Is this film the reason they closed off part of one of the busiest shopping centres in London last year just so he could jump out of a military helicopter from about an inch off the ground? Or was that for some other pointless publicity thing?

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Post by Brendocon » Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:47 am

Yeah, sounds right.

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Post by Hound » Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:38 pm

I enjoyed Maleficent :)
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Post by Computron » Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:06 pm

Edge of Tomorrow was really well done. Brisk pace, solid writing, Cruise and Blunt work really well together and Bill Paxton's supporting role was just perfect.

Emily Blunt really pulls off the super soldier routine well. Much more in line with a character like Mako Mori, Trinity or Faith rather than eye candy.

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Post by Shanti418 » Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:34 pm

Yaya wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:I wish I could go back in time to like 1998 and tell my 16 year-old self that in 2014, the big movies were going to be:

Captain America 2
Transformers 4
X-Men 7
Spider-Man 5
Godzilla 30(!)

You'd never believe...you.
Similar situation happened to me when I went to go see Godzilla with my Dad for Father's Day. He's been a 'Zilla fan since the 60s. Then during the previews they showed a TF4 trailer and he's like "Son, did you ever think thirty years ago you'd be sitting here watching a trailer for Transformers 4?" I grimaced. Then they showed a trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - which he also loves from back in the day - and I was like, "Dad, did you ever think 50 years ago you'd be sitting here watching a trailer for a Planet of the Apes movies?" He laughed. I think I'm getting the short end of the stick here. At least THIS is only a parody:
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Post by Yaya » Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:07 am

Shanti418 wrote:
Yaya wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:I wish I could go back in time to like 1998 and tell my 16 year-old self that in 2014, the big movies were going to be:

Captain America 2
Transformers 4
X-Men 7
Spider-Man 5
Godzilla 30(!)

You'd never believe...you.
Similar situation happened to me when I went to go see Godzilla with my Dad for Father's Day. He's been a 'Zilla fan since the 60s. Then during the previews they showed a TF4 trailer and he's like "Son, did you ever think thirty years ago you'd be sitting here watching a trailer for Transformers 4?" I grimaced. Then they showed a trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - which he also loves from back in the day - and I was like, "Dad, did you ever think 50 years ago you'd be sitting here watching a trailer for a Planet of the Apes movies?" He laughed. I think I'm getting the short end of the stick here. At least THIS is only a parody:

:up:
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