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VayneAuthority
United States8983 Posts
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VayneAuthority
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
On July 19 2017 21:57 VayneAuthority wrote: It was The Grand Budapest Hotel in spiderman form basically. I don't know how else to describe it. No one is ever felt to be in any real danger and the conflict isn't very serious or tolling, they just made a light fluff comedic spiderman, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'd still say the green goblin one is better but this was better then the garfield movies by far I'm going to see it today. But I think that what you describe as a problem (no real danger, light comedy) is actually what Spiderman is all about. He's a local (as in - not nationwide/worldwide acting) hero who mostly stops people from robbing banks, mugging others and most of his antagonists are pretty much common criminals with some high-end gear. I'm actually glad that for once they didn't go for some citywide destruction or a plot to end the world - especially that it's supposed to be the early stages of Spiderman, when he's just a kid and learning the superhero ropes. Will review it some more after I've seen it, but the premise looks like exactly what Spiderman needed (definitely not another origin story). | ||
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VayneAuthority
United States8983 Posts
On July 20 2017 01:41 Manit0u wrote: I'm going to see it today. But I think that what you describe as a problem (no real danger, light comedy) is actually what Spiderman is all about. He's a local (as in - not nationwide/worldwide acting) hero who mostly stops people from robbing banks, mugging others and most of his antagonists are pretty much common criminals with some high-end gear. I'm actually glad that for once they didn't go for some citywide destruction or a plot to end the world - especially that it's supposed to be the early stages of Spiderman, when he's just a kid and learning the superhero ropes. Will review it some more after I've seen it, but the premise looks like exactly what Spiderman needed (definitely not another origin story). then you will enjoy it a lot. Due to it being from marvel it stays very true to the comics, its definitely a movie directed towards the hardcore spiderman fans with an attempt to reel in the average moviegoer with comedy. Like i said, not necessarily a problem just people will go in with different expectations after the last 2 renditions which are super serious. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
On July 20 2017 01:54 VayneAuthority wrote: then you will enjoy it a lot. Due to it being from marvel it stays very true to the comics, its definitely a movie directed towards the hardcore spiderman fans with an attempt to reel in the average moviegoer with comedy. Like i said, not necessarily a problem just people will go in with different expectations after the last 2 renditions which are super serious. I did like it a lot. I think the general story was very Spidermany (not the greatest fan of Spiderman, but I can roll with it) and they got it just right. My wife also enjoyed it thoroughly and she's not a big fan of comics or movies based on them. Some of the stronger points of the movie:
The weaker points would mostly be stuff related to my personal tastes and nitpicking so I won't even mention it (with exception of some Spidey CGI which just looked bad). Overall a very enjoyable flick that managed to retain the MCU movie quality while still bringing in some freshness with it. I can definitely recommend it. | ||
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Artesimo
Germany571 Posts
Not bad, not good but okay. Didn’t regret watching it, but wouldn’t have missed much if I didn’t. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.impawards.com/2017/posters/dunkirk_ver9.jpg) Dunkirk A fine movie. Music, visual and sound effects are great (and those usually make or break a war movie). The atmosphere is really deep, Nolan managed to capture fear, anxiety and anticipation quite brilliantly. It's also cut in a rather peculiar way but it works for it. I really liked how it was made to speak more through picture than words (there's very little dialogue in this) and characters were no less engaging because of that. I can definitely recommend this movie. If you want a bit longer review (that I agree with 100%): | ||
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Pik
Germany176 Posts
Watched it with my mother, who had no historic background. She was totally lost after 30 minutes. Also the annoying "music" which is supposed to keep the tension up through the film sounds cool in the trailer but man, after 80 minutes..... My biggest problem with the movie is, that it doesn't really show the scale of what happened in that week. 6/10 ok movie to watch,i guess but I had hoped for much more. | ||
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NoS-Craig
Australia3130 Posts
The movie is based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking in 2009. It's about a ship that gets Hijacked but pirates in the Indian Ocean. I really enjoyed this movie and I'm a big fan of Tom Hanks as well. Definitely worth a watch if you have the time. | ||
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
On July 29 2017 04:19 Pik wrote: While I'm usually a big fan of those timeline jump cuts in movies, I must say I got quickly annoyed with it in Dunkirk. Watched it with my mother, who had no historic background. She was totally lost after 30 minutes. I didn't find the jumps too bad here. It did get a bit confusing timeline-wise, but nothing crazy. Also the annoying "music" which is supposed to keep the tension up through the film sounds cool in the trailer but man, after 80 minutes..... Good lord was that painful. They really should have let the down time be more down time. Obviously they were going for that payoff moment, but it was just too long and too painful. My biggest problem with the movie is, that it doesn't really show the scale of what happened in that week. 6/10 ok movie to watch,i guess but I had hoped for much more. Yeah, it's a feature film, not a documentary, though. | ||
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darthfoley
United States8004 Posts
I could write forever about how cool certain things were. + Show Spoiler + le pauvre Gibson  | ||
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Pik
Germany176 Posts
On July 30 2017 09:32 WarSame wrote: Yeah, it's a feature film, not a documentary, though. Sure, but it was like seeing the opening scene of Private Ryan in the Normandy with only 20 men. In Dunkirk the biggest shot is like 200 men standing on a pier and 10 small boats coming in (vs 400k troops and 800 ships), just doesn't do it justice imo. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9832 Posts
On July 20 2017 01:54 VayneAuthority wrote: then you will enjoy it a lot. Due to it being from marvel it stays very true to the comics, its definitely a movie directed towards the hardcore spiderman fans with an attempt to reel in the average moviegoer with comedy. Like i said, not necessarily a problem just people will go in with different expectations after the last 2 renditions which are super serious. I don't think comedy is an attempt to reel people in here. Authentic Spiderman is funny, its just that the previous movies were inauthentic. | ||
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
On July 31 2017 04:51 Pik wrote: Sure, but it was like seeing the opening scene of Private Ryan in the Normandy with only 20 men. In Dunkirk the biggest shot is like 200 men standing on a pier and 10 small boats coming in (vs 400k troops and 800 ships), just doesn't do it justice imo. Ah, got you. I thought you meant more in terms of the troops movements and such. It did surprise me that there were so few people on the beaches with 300k getting evacuated. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
![[image loading]](http://cdn3-www.superherohype.com/assets/uploads/gallery/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes/apesposter.jpg) War For The Planet Of The Apes Meh. Totally boring and forgettable movie. Absolutely nothing interesting happens in it. Skip if you can. | ||
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Six.Strings
48 Posts
> 2017 > people still watching films with no black transgender lead Check your privileges, alt right scum. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
On July 31 2017 12:32 WarSame wrote: Ah, got you. I thought you meant more in terms of the troops movements and such. It did surprise me that there were so few people on the beaches with 300k getting evacuated. Well, they only showed part of the entire beach in the movie (the mole). Would be hard to show 400k people without any CGI involved (and this movie was all real practical effects, real vehicles, real people). | ||
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polgas
Canada1771 Posts
Get Out - Good as a thriller, but the reveal has been telegraphed during the first encounter with the family. Still fun to watch though. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17727 Posts
![[image loading]](http://cdn.movieweb.com/img.site/PH2LnxM5ywrj58_1_l.jpg) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword I'm not sure if Guy Ritchie is the right guy to shoot medieval fantasy movies. If it was made by Uwe Boll it would be amazing though (it definitely feels like it, reminded me a lot about Dungeon Siege). Not good. Not bad. Sometimes entertaining. Sometimes dumb beyond dumb. 5/10 | ||
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brian
United States9639 Posts
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