Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

[rhitwick]

I'm not a regular reader of either Thor or Captain america.

For both of these movies I only knew they are some superheroes (I knew much about Thor from Greek mythology and was surprised how can a comic book be made on him!)

Both these movies disappointed me. (I liked Green Lantern!)

For me superhero movies are for fun, superb and mindboggling action and special effects.

Both these movies told a nice story without any spark. Though Thor had certain amount of action thrown here and there...Captain america actually started after interval!

I guess these are nothing but Prologue for Avengers movie. The new heroes had to be introduced and thus a new movie for both of them.

I, who is not a fanboy for both these characters, found these movies boring.

 

[rhitwick]

Sam, ther are movies and then there are movies.

Not all movies that have good VFX is bad at character development and story.
Did u watch Captain America? (no, u havenot. I just noticed ur earlier post)

Watch it. It takes too much time for character development and then the climax fight scene is too short.
A powerful enemy like Hydra...I expected some good resistance........a waste.

 

[ssb1551]

sam9s - you have hit the nail on the head man!!..you made an extremely good point "character development and script"!! I'm with you on 2012 - a horrible movie!! Guess Hollywood audience have evolved but over here Salman Khan's no-brainer movies are being hits!!..The movie -Captain America The First Avenger- captured the essence of why Cap became who he was/is & what drives him. For me that was the highest point of the movie not the action sequences/CGI. Its good to see movies based on the comics/graphic novels 'cause since I was 8 when I got my first copy of Spiderman I had always wanted to watch all these comics heroes on the big screen. But the director shouldn't take away anything from the story 'cause scripts are what makes movies not VFX.

Since I'm undergoing ABAP training these days, after a long day in the office I wanna watch a movie which titilates my mind or touches/moves my heart(of course not including family sops) & not some mindless action movies.

 

[Anish]

okay
also check American Beauty, another Spacey classic and you will repeat "skip the climax" again

But pretty predictable... Suggest me some movies similar to usual suspects (Mystery/thriller) and not horror.

 

[rhitwick]

^Shutter Island
^The Others
^Sixth Sense

 

[ssb1551]

But pretty predictable... Suggest me some movies similar to usual suspects (Mystery/thriller) and not horror.

Oldboy(Kor)
Se7en
The Machinist
Confessions(Jap)
High and Low - by one of the greatest directors World Cinema has seen & ever gonna see, AKIRA KUROSAWA!!

Another one of Kurosawa & my all time favorite in Thriller/Suspense category - RASHOMON. It was way ahead of its time!!

If you are into old classics then one gem from Hollywood - Chinatown, Nicholson's show all the way!!
Thats all I can remember now.Oh and don't forget all the ones by Alfred Hitchcock, The Maestro of Thriller/Suspense.

 

[Anish]

@rhitwick: I still love Shutter Island (saw sixth sense too). Gonna try The others

@ssb1151: Thanks for the list. Gotta try them.

 

[quan chi]

OMG... I can't believe some people found Captain America NOT boring.. It was such a BS movie.

Going by your username i can very well understand your taste.

Lol just kidding mate dont take it seriously.


Anyways for me Thor was just another average movie with lots and lots and lots of glittering auroras.(i wish to visit a planetorium)
Mostly cheesy dialogues.Average story.Nothing else.CA was far better i would say.


Alright enough debate on these! lets be on topic.

 

[v.Na5h]

^^ the movie was well made...

but the character / comic itself is BS and stupid

 

[ssb1551]

Going by your username i can very well understand your taste.

Lol just kidding mate dont take it seriously.

@ quan chi - I gotta say you a daawg man ...hope he doesn't take it personally!!

Anyways for me Thor was just another average movie with lots and lots and lots of glittering auroras.(i wish to visit a planetorium)
Mostly cheesy dialogues.Average story.Nothing else.CA was far better i would say.

I'm with you on this one. Cap was better than Thor!!not taking anything away from Thor, it was a good movie but Cap was better!!

^^ the movie was well made...

but the character / comic itself is BS and stupid

Which movie & comics are ya talking about??

 

[RCuber]

My colleagues are going gaga about Real Steal .. will be catching that movie tomorrow.

 

[v.Na5h]

Which movie & comics are ya talking about??

Captain America

 

[abhidev]

only the first half of Captain America was good....the second half was full of pathetic action scenes with the almighty villain Hydra...total waste. Also the end was not good....he just crashes the aircraft and wakes up after 70yrs just so that he can appear in the next 'Avengers' movie.

 

[quan chi]

^^ Gunda also offered a lot than expected.

Please dont insult the cult movies like these comparing with some subtle hollywood one.The mentioned one and loha are epic.
Loha was way ahead of its time the director has showed grenade spraying sub machine guns.You shoot bullets and it just explodes like a bomb!(now where have you seen that) Not even in any james bond movie this advance technology has been shown.Its a fact that the hollowood directors should learn something from these films.

About captain america again yes the movie really turned out to be a decent one which was not expected.The climax was not that good but still it was quite entertaining.

 

[ssb1551]

only the first half of Captain America was good....the second half was full of pathetic action scenes with the almighty villain Hydra...total waste. Also the end was not good....he just crashes the aircraft and wakes up after 70yrs just so that he can appear in the next 'Avengers' movie.

Atleast they got the suspended animation part right, thats the part true to the comics & thats what all the true comic fans would like to see & remember almost all the Americans are avid comic readers as the priority audience is an average American. Jhonny Storm a.k.a Human Torch accidently finds Cap's body & revives him. Later Cap leads the Avengers against Skrull. I don't think Skrull will be featured in the movie Avengers but thats how the story goes.

Other than that all the parts in the climax action sequences were wrong/modified by the script-writer. Hydra was headed by Madame Hydra & when Cap went into suspended animation he was up against Baron Zemo not Red Skull.

 

[ssb1551]

^^hehe....yup..like I've already stated I became hooked on to DC & Marvel since I was 8 when I was gifted my 1st Spiderman issue..But I only like the old issues from the original creators not the new ones!!

 

[Vyom]

Atleast they got the suspended animation part right, thats the part true to the comics & thats what all the true comic fans would like to see ...

Sorry for the off-topic, but...
I tried to google and wiki about, "suspended animation", with unsatisfied answers. Can you elaborate on this term.
Is it related to movie techniques like, Stop Motion Animation or Time Lapse?

PS: Havn't watched Captain America. But I hope you can explain.

 

[ssb1551]

Cap was in suspended animation as in he was frozen in the ice..you can call it a deep sleep or whatever you like.

 

[rhitwick]

Isn't it called cryogenics?

 

[pratik385]

In Bruges

Well I went in to this movie without knowing anything about it, so I had no idea what was it all about. It starts of pretty slow, and at some point of time you just wonder where the movie is heading as all you have are two supposedly hitmen wandering around Bruges doing nothing ...... but the second half makes it complete and infact makes you realize the importance of the slow first half.
The plot is pretty bollywoodish, two hit-mans one experienced and one new are hiding in Bruges per the order. The new one makes a mistake and the older one is ordered to eliminate the new one.
The presentation is totally wacky and weird with dark humor written all over the movie. The lines are witty and funny. The chemistry between the two hitmans is what makes most of the first half watchable, and also lays the foundation for the second where we start caring for the characters. Baring couple of occasions which were pretty stupid all situations were believable. Ending was surprising, not the one you might expect ....... I'd give 6.5/10 for this one

Oh man, i liked that movie, its quite funny
but yeah its bollywoodish
but atleast its better than Hitman

^^hehe....yup..like I've already stated I became hooked on to DC & Marvel since I was 8 when I was gifted my 1st Spiderman issue..But I only like the old issues from the original creators not the new ones!!

Isn't it called cryogenics?

Guys I'm going home for diwali, so will have broadband
so any latest movies to download
can you make a list ?

I ve
Thor
Midnight in paris
Rio
Horrible bosses
Rango
Paul
Source code
Fast 5 (watched in theater)
Harry Poter (watched in theater)
POC (watched in theater)
Sucked punch
x-men first class (watched in theater)
Transformers 3 (watched in theater)