Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

[rajatGod512]

Pacific Rim 7.5/10 - Bit Disappointing , Not what I expected it to be . Good Action Sequences but the last one was a bit of a let-down , plus I didn't liked that every action scene was at night . It Started out very strongly but then it was just random , Story was meh , Acting was okayish , Idris Elba did a good job. The 3D in the first 10 minutes was good but that ended very quickly . All in all I would say not the best of this summer but still good .

Plus , I agree with icebags on everything he said and I was on the fifth row from top but the closeness of camera in action scenes still irritated me.

P.S. How many of you saw that funny scene in the Credits ?

So, the Summer so far -
Iron Man 3 7.5/10
Star Trek Into Darkness 9/10
Fast and Furious 6 8/10
Man of Steel 9/10
Pacific Rim 7.5/10

Nothing Left on my list for this Summer now , what about you guys ?

 

[rhitwick]

I saw the post credit scene. Seen unintentionally though. The queue was very long at exit and till it was my turn to exit the scene started

 

[rajatGod512]

I saw the post credit scene. Seen unintentionally though. The queue was very long at exit and till it was my turn to exit the scene started

Were there many people ? In my showing there was just about 50 peoples.

Spoiler

"Where is my goddamn shoe!"

 

[RCuber]

^^ My local cinema keeps cutting off the end credits.. missed it.. can you tell me what happened post credit?

 

[rajatGod512]

^^ My local cinema keeps cutting off the end credits.. missed it.. can you tell me what happened post credit?

Spoiler

After the main credits, there is a short scene of Hannibal Chau slicing open the body of the kaiju that swallowed him, popping his head out, and exclaiming "Where is my goddamn shoe!"

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

Pacific Rim - 9/10.

Just loved it. Was geeking out the whole time. There actually is a pretty decent story to back one of the BEST fighting scenes in a movie. The kaijus were terrific! Idris Elba was amazing. Hunnam brought the swag-ness from SOA.

3D = THE BEST I've ever seen. (= SFX.)

Now can't wait for Godzilla.

Nothing Left on my list for this Summer now , what about you guys ?

Elysium.

 

[rajatGod512]

Pacific Rim - 9/10.

Just loved it. Was geeking out the whole time. There actually is a pretty decent story to back one of the BEST fighting scenes in a movie. The kaijus were terrific! Idris Elba was amazing. Hunnam brought the swag-ness from SOA.

3D = THE BEST I've ever seen. (= SFX.)

Now can't wait for Godzilla.



Elysium.

I think Action was choreography could have been better , In my theater 3D was pretty much non-existent after the first prologue ended . Vfx were one of the best that much I agree. Not Sure about Godzilla (I went for Robots not monsters )

Elysium isn't practically Summer .

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

I think Action was choreography could have been better , In my theater 3D was pretty much non-existent after the first prologue ended . Vfx were one of the best that much I agree. Not Sure about Godzilla (I went for Robots not monsters )

Elysium isn't practically Summer .

Holy crap, I meant The Wolverine. And yeah, I saw it in IMAX 3D. I perfectly got the movie I wanted, all the nerdgasms, awesome designed monsters, swagger, best robots. I know story was cliched, but it wasn't bad. I don't know what people expected from this, it's not like Forrest Gump or Citizen Kane-like, robots vs. monsters and it excels well ahead of awesome. And also, the monsters don't just come outta nowhere, there was a reason behind that too.

Sadly, no Pacific Rim 2 as it opens underwhelmingly @ $38 mil. *www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/birds/cute-blue-bird-crying-smiley-emoticon.gif

 

[rajatGod512]

Sadly, no Pacific Rim 2 as it opens underwhelmingly @ $38 mil.

Are many Americans mad or what ? Grown Ups 2 made more than Pacific Rim ! May the great world of mouth help it . I think the China - Japan will be its one of the biggest markets. (I am hoping Rise of the planet of Apes kind of nos. 160-180 US ,300-330 Foreign)
Mos is also having a tough time getting to that 300 mark .

 

[whitestar_999]

anyone who has seen even one old classic gundam series or evangelion series won't be impressed by pacific rim's story.frankly speaking such kind of movies should be left for japanese to make(preferably in anime form) & hollywood should focus on making more movies like inception,dark knight etc.

 

[icebags]

Nothing Left on my list for this Summer now , what about you guys ?

RED2 on 20/07/2013,
Wolverine on 27/03/2013,
2 Guns on 03/08/2013 [if gets a release],
Elysium on 10/08/2013,
Percy Jackson on 11/08/2013,
Kick Ass 2 on 17/08/2013,
The World's End on 25/08/2013,
Gateway / Closed circuit [need to choose yet which one to see] on 31/08/2013,
Riddick on 07/08/2013 .....

oh wait, summer is already over. give me back my 2013 summer days.

 

[CommanderShawnzer]

Pacific Rim 7.5/10 - Bit Disappointing , Not what I expected it to be . Good Action Sequences but the last one was a bit of a let-down , plus I didn't liked that every action scene was at night . It Started out very strongly but then it was just random , Story was meh , Acting was okayish , Idris Elba did a good job. The 3D in the first 10 minutes was good but that ended very quickly . All in all I would say not the best of this summer but still good .

Plus , I agree with icebags on everything he said and I was on the fifth row from top but the closeness of camera in action scenes still irritated me.

P.S. How many of you saw that funny scene in the Credits ?

So, the Summer so far -
Iron Man 3 7.5/10
Star Trek Into Darkness 9/10
Fast and Furious 6 8/10
Man of Steel 9/10
Pacific Rim 7.5/10

Nothing Left on my list for this Summer now , what about you guys ?

There's a lot left in my "Summer Download list"

 

[rhitwick]

Are many Americans mad or what ? Grown Ups 2 made more than Pacific Rim ! May the great world of mouth help it . I think the China - Japan will be its one of the biggest markets. (I am hoping Rise of the planet of Apes kind of nos. 160-180 US ,300-330 Foreign)
Mos is also having a tough time getting to that 300 mark .

This just proves people all over are same. Here in India "Kayaa kool hai hum" had a sequel and made more money...

b/w, check this out,
BBC - Culture - How the global box office is changing Hollywood

US film critic Matt Singer has noted: “With China, Iron Man 3 had extra scenes and extra characters who were barely in – or not in at all – the American version. If you saw the film at a movie theatre in China you had this extra subplot that involved Chinese characters.”

 

[SaiyanGoku]

may be u're right, i dont remember.

but to compare with, transformer franchisee has some story and characters. this film lacks both. i really want to see a pacific rim sequence, but i am afraid, only showing giant robots will not hook up people to it.

Transformers movies triology was BAAAAAADDD compared to the Transformers anime triology. the movies had US marines fighting against the Decepticons ( I was like WTF??? this never happened in the anime). And minicons, who played a crucial part (making Optimus Prime alive again) in Transformers: Armada were missing from the first movie.

Transformers has a concept of powerlink where 2 or more transformers (Autobots, Minicons or Decepticons) link together and form a more powerful being. the 2nd movie showed it where Jetfire was a previous Decepticon (again crap plot in movie, Jetfire is an Autobot in anime).

They failed to show the actual Transformers part and were consistent on showing sam witwicky's life.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

anyone who has seen even one old classic gundam series or evangelion series won't be impressed by pacific rim's story.frankly speaking such kind of movies should be left for japanese to make(preferably in anime form) & hollywood should focus on making more movies like inception,dark knight etc.

Sadly, I have to agree. Few western studios are getting stories involving mecha right. Sure, I'm not saying they all have to be human-shaped or anything, but come on, give us something impressive, like Transformers (Generation 1) or Star Wars (it had it's share of mechs).

Right now Japanese studios are almost always blowing western studios out of the water.

Transformers movies triology was BAAAAAADDD compared to the Transformers anime triology. the movies had US marines fighting against the Decepticons ( I was like WTF??? this never happened in the anime). And minicons, who played a crucial part (making Optimus Prime alive again) in Transformers: Armada were missing from the first movie.

Transformers has a concept of powerlink where 2 or more transformers (Autobots, Minicons or Decepticons) link together and form a more powerful being. the 2nd movie showed it where Jetfire was a previous Decepticon (again crap plot in movie, Jetfire is an Autobot in anime).

They failed to show the actual Transformers part and were consistent on showing sam witwicky's life.

Are you talking about the Armada/ Energon/ Cybertron trilogy? Because the Witwicky family exists in the franchise before even the anime trilogy was created, right from the franchise inception in Generation 1. And yes, Jetfire has been a Decepticon previously in the franchise too (Starscream was a good friend at one point of time).

All Michael Bay did was revisit the franchise's roots. Yes, it's true the story was more Sam Witwicky than mecha, and not as good as the animated shows, but perhaps you're not aware of his reasoning to choose those themes.

A little bit of trivia: Jetfire's design originally was actually influenced from the VF-1S Super Valkyrie of the Macross franchise

A little more trivia: The GI Joe and Transformers universe actually intersects (non-canon but official).

 

[Flash]

Wolverine on 27/03/2013

It's yet to be released.. You mean 27/07/2013?

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

anyone who has seen even one old classic gundam series or evangelion series won't be impressed by pacific rim's story.frankly speaking such kind of movies should be left for japanese to make(preferably in anime form) & hollywood should focus on making more movies like inception,dark knight etc.

I've watched Neon Genesis Evangelion. And also read some comics of it too. I was a mecha fan, loved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and still am. I like all kinds of monsters, Godzilla, King Kong, Mothra, and also Mechagodzilla which isn't a monster, but a mech. And this movie's story stays true to the anime mechas. The Angels (from Evangelion) have kinda same origin story.

And no, I like more of this genre with awesome actors and awesome VFX. I want more of Pacific Rim. I want a sequel. And also del Toro's Justice League Dark. Hope WB gives a chance for him.

 

[rhitwick]

In my childhood I was a fan of this series Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (TV Series 1994

Very similar to Power Rangers concept but I was unaware of Power Rangers till "Pogo" happened.

 

[ajayritik]

Guys as a kid way back in 90's I remember my friends discussing about a movie on the main character who was a cannibal. The character who would kill and eat people. Any idea what movie would this be? It's either late 80's or early 90's.

 

[rhitwick]

^Red Dragon (pt 1)
Silence of the lambs (pt 2)
Hannibal (pt 3)
Hannibal rising (pt 4)
Hannibal (TV show - 2013)