Box office roundup

[SurfD]

I'm psyched about Beowulf

Is it just me, or did 2/3 of the scenes in that trailer look like badly textured cg?  For a few shots i almost swore I was watching EQ 2 or something.

[Engels]

Some of it was clunky, ya. In particular the action animations looked a little stiff.

[Trippy]

I'm psyched about Beowulf

Is it just me, or did 2/3 of the scenes in that trailer look like badly textured cg?  For a few shots i almost swore I was watching EQ 2 or something.

It's all CG as in like The Polar Express (also done by Zemeckis).

[Rasix]

I'm psyched about Beowulf

Hate that animation style.  The main reason I've never watched Polar Express is that it just looks creepy. Too close to realistic, but where they fail, it just makes it all look  wrong.

[Venkman]

I am suddenly far less excited by that movie. I hated Polar Express both because it lacked any substantial point and the wooden animation. The trailer seems to have the same characteristics of the latter, and that'll ruin it for me no matter how strong the plot is.

[Engels]

I will love it if they faithfully render Jolie's boobs. Heck, even if its unfaithfully rendered. Naked, wet Jolie crawling out of a pool with a demon's tail. You just can't beat that with a stick.

[Velorath]

Watched Sunshine last night.  It had its flaws, which I won't really go into because I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but for the most part it was a very enjoyable movie for me.  Good characters, good special effects, but might be a little slow paced for those going in expecting an action movie.

[Lantyssa]

I will love it if they faithfully render Jolie's boobs. Heck, even if its unfaithfully rendered. Naked, wet Jolie crawling out of a pool with a demon's tail. You just can't beat that with a stick.

I would have much prefered a different actress, but if a movie can make me stomache Jolie, it has to have something in its favor.

[Ironwood]

What ?


What kind of Deviant are you ?

[Engels]

What kind of Deviant are you ?

A heterosexual woman? I hear the interweb is adrift with them.

[Merusk]

What kind of Deviant are you ?

A heterosexual woman? I hear the interweb is adrift with them.

You lose. Lant's not one of the above.

[Ironwood]

What kind of Deviant are you ?

A heterosexual woman? I hear the interweb is adrift with them.

Not f13...

[Engels]

What kind of Deviant are you ?

A heterosexual woman? I hear the interweb is adrift with them.

You lose. Lant's not one of the above.

Well, she's the only one I've seen that can rush to Signe's defense without a dozen males telling you Signe is her own woman and doesn't need defending :P Can't blame a guy for assuming!

[Selby]

I will love it if they faithfully render Jolie's boobs. Heck, even if its unfaithfully rendered. Naked, wet Jolie crawling out of a pool with a demon's tail. You just can't beat that with a stick.

This alone is reason enough for me not to go see it (any movie with her in it actually).  Combine it with that bizarre\creepy animation and you've got a sure dud in my book.

[Merusk]

Well, she's the only one I've seen that can rush to Signe's defense without a dozen males telling you Signe is her own woman and doesn't need defending :P Can't blame a guy for assuming!

Er.. by "not one" i meant a singular was wrong, not "not a one."

Damn kings english.

[Engels]

Well, she's the only one I've seen that can rush to Signe's defense without a dozen males telling you Signe is her own woman and doesn't need defending :P Can't blame a guy for assuming!

Er.. by "not one" i meant a singular was wrong, not "not a one."

Damn kings english.

I'm confused. Lant is several women?

[Jeff Kelly]

I can recommend the Simpson's movie. It has a few lengths in the middle but is a very enjoyable movie nevertheless

[Velorath]

Well, she's the only one I've seen that can rush to Signe's defense without a dozen males telling you Signe is her own woman and doesn't need defending :P Can't blame a guy for assuming!

Er.. by "not one" i meant a singular was wrong, not "not a one."

Damn kings english.

I'm confused. Lant is several women?

She's one a them women what likes women.

[Ironwood]

We could say more, but you get the idea.

[schild]

If I see tits that fall into the uncanny valley, I'm going to be pissed.

[Engels]

If I see tits that fall into the uncanny valley, I'm going to be pissed.

And with that, I will gingerly back away from the subject, since although my morning breast exam has yet again turned out to be negative, I've considered investing in a blind cane due to recent falls.

[Lantyssa]

I'm confused. Lant is several women?

Shhhhh.  I don't think my shrink should know about that.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Well, since the Beowulf story's been around for a few dozen centuries now, one would think the movie has a point to it and they can't screw it up too badly.  There's a lot of big names associated with it - Anthony Hopkins as Hrothgar, Jolie, Ray Winstone as Beowulf, Crispin Glover as Grendel, and Neil Gaiman is one of the screenplay writers.

But that whole uncanny valley thing... that'll make it hard to want to see on the big screen.

[Abagadro]

I can't decide what I think about Sunshine. There was definitely a stretch that was just terrible, but lots of it was very good.

[MrHat]

I'm psyched about Beowulf

Hate that animation style.  The main reason I've never watched Polar Express is that it just looks creepy. Too close to realistic, but where they fail, it just makes it all look  wrong.

I'm not sure what their point is in doing it that way.  Maybe so that if everything looks shitty, then the special effects/cgi dragon will look more real since everything looks less real?

Also - I'm fucking sick of reused soundtracks.  I've heard the song behind that one like 3-5 times already in different movies.

[Ironwood]

I'm confused. Lant is several women?

Shhhhh.  I don't think my shrink should know about that.

Yeah, he's got enough to deal with.

[Riggswolfe]

Sunshine was ok but the last 20 minutes was wrong. It reminded me of Event Horizon, awesome start, then veers off at the end. (And no guys, Sunshine isn't a horror movie like Event Horizon, but that's part of the problem with the ending.)

The movie was schizophrenic and didn't know whether to be 2001/The Core or Event Horizon and that to me was its biggest problem.

[Riggswolfe]

Looks pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be the generic horror/sci-fi or something "deep and introspective."

It tries to be both and fails IMO.

[bhodi]

It was event horizon reskinned, and I have never been more pissed at studios for bringing us regurgitated hollywood trash again instead of the innovative sci-fi movie it started out as. The movie could have been SO MUCH BETTER but instead they decided to disolve it all into a psychokiller thing at the end. It had a great start and fairly interesting characters with very human personalities and that's all thrown away for a chase scene. Fuck you, hollywood.

Edit: maybe it was fox searchlight? Fuck you then, holywood wannabeers.

[DraconianOne]

It was event horizon reskinned, and I have never been more pissed at studios for bringing us regurgitated hollywood trash again instead of the innovative sci-fi movie it started out as. The movie could have been SO MUCH BETTER but instead they decided to disolve it all into a psychokiller thing at the end. It had a great start and fairly interesting characters with very human personalities and that's all thrown away for a chase scene. Fuck you, hollywood.

Edit: maybe it was fox searchlight? Fuck you then, holywood wannabeers.

Blaming the studios?  Despite the fact that it was penned by the same hack who ripped off every zombie movie going to bring us 28 Days Later?  I thought Sunshine was enjoyable and was well shot and acted but you could go through half a dozen other films or more and edit scenes from them together and end up with Sunshine, just like you could with 28 Days.

[MrHat]

Sunshine isn't playing within 30 miles of 21009, so I took my peeps to The Simpsons movie instead.  We all enjoyed ourselves well past the $9 admission.  Except my wife - she was jonesing to finish the last third of Harry Potter.

[bhodi]

Blaming the studios?  Despite the fact that it was penned by the same hack who ripped off every zombie movie going to bring us 28 Days Later?  I thought Sunshine was enjoyable and was well shot and acted but you could go through half a dozen other films or more and edit scenes from them together and end up with Sunshine, just like you could with 28 Days.

Fuck him too then; my dreams for a decent hard sci-fi movie this year were dashed. I'm pretty sure the genre is dead now.

[WayAbvPar]

Saw The Simpsons last night. Laughed many times. Can't say it was any different than a long episode, but that is just fine. The preview for the new Mr. Bean, however, made me weep. Seeing Rowan Atkinson prance around like a brain damaged monkey to entertain retards is a slap in the face to one of the funniest shows ever made. RAGE.

[Merusk]

Saw The Simpsons last night. Laughed many times. Can't say it was any different than a long episode, but that is just fine. The preview for the new Mr. Bean, however, made me weep. Seeing Rowan Atkinson prance around like a brain damaged monkey to entertain retards is a slap in the face to one of the funniest shows ever made. RAGE.

Black Adder was good, but I wouldn't put it THAT high.

Related TAN:  There's times I can't see anything but the Prince when I see Hugh Lorrie.  Makes House very interesting indeed.

[Oban]

Black Adder =! Mr. Bean