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Video Contributor Posts: 207 Joined: 31 Dec 2008     | |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 78 Joined: 11 Aug 2009     | is the teabag thing realy of any value? do we really have any use of it or is it just the highpoint since the rest of the movie sucks? anyway, great review as always bob |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 724 Joined: 21 Jan 2009     | Huh so it's just another generic action movie. I might rent it just to check it out. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3292 Joined: 10 Mar 2009     | Just as I suspected, it sucks. Good review. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 79 Joined: 11 Jan 2009     | I might go see it now i thought it was going to be a propaganda film. but the silent hill movie good? |
SUSPENDED  Posts: 2294 Joined: 18 Aug 2009    | Bob... did you just reference "Blood: The Last Vampire" in that review? ...And you haven't reviewed "Ponyo" yet because...? User was suspended for: Escape to the Movies: Halo Legends. (30 days) |
On the Record  Posts: 5683 Joined: 22 Feb 2009    | Huh. This thing still looks pretty good. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 10 Dec 2008     | I would say Gerard did a pretty awesome job in Rock 'n' Rolla, so for me that's even better than 300. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 600 Joined: 25 Apr 2008  | I almost want to see it just to see the teabagging moment. I bet it'll be worth a chuckle or two. |
Muckraker  Posts: 329 Joined: 19 Mar 2009   | I figured It'd have an interesting premise but still be just another action movie. |
Muckraker  Posts: 268 Joined: 12 Aug 2009   | netflix maybe. i could listen to him say "Sparta!!!!" all day. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2798 Joined: 9 Jan 2007     | Sounds remarkably like the remake of Deathrace, minus Jason Statham. So, good enough for watching on cable, but not good enough for the theater. Good to know. Oh, and sorry, but Silent Hill sucked, too. Some marvelous eye candy in it, but overall, it was just straight shite. |
Paperboy  Posts: 19 Joined: 30 May 2008   |
hell with Ponyo, i wanna see him rip into Tyler Perry's ass next week. seriously Moviebob, you've expressed your total hatred for Perry before, but i want the full story. you're clearly capable of filling a segment with nothing but beating the hell out of the "loathsome hack" in question, and i think we'd all like to hear it. don't just leave us with the tease from last week, we wanna see blood. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2893 Joined: 28 May 2008     | Well, I'm disappointed that this turned out to be a bad film, but I am relieved to hear that MovieBob actually likes the Crank movies; that made my day :) |
SUSPENDED Posts: 2294 Joined: 18 Aug 2009 |
We're all aware of Tyler Perry's lack of talent, let's see Moviebob's thoughts on Miyazaki's latest (unless there's a new one out in Japan I don't know about) creation. User was suspended for: Escape to the Movies: Halo Legends. (30 days) |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 532 Joined: 5 Jun 2009  | Funnily enough, when I first saw the commercials my first thought was, "That looks like an updated Running Man." Yeah, I'll be skipping it, especially if it holds little promise of being any better than that pile of bile that they spewed out just to give Schwarzenegger another role. I still need to go see Inglorious Basterds anyway. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 110 Joined: 14 Jan 2009  |
I was going to pop in to say just that, except 300 is better in my opinion. Gerard Butler is actually becoming one of my favorite actors. Although I think he probably needs to start slowing down and pick the movies he does more carefully, definitely avoid another "Gamer" type movie. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 628 Joined: 15 Jan 2009    | Why the hell would I skip a Running Man remake? Especailly if made by the duo that created the Crank series? If you liked the crank series and didn't care about the gaping holes in that story, you going to love this one. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2489 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    | I really look forward to these reviews now, good job man. |
BANNED  Posts: 11268 Joined: 3 Jan 2009 | Was hoping for this to be good, but I geuss not. I'll check this out on DVD. User was banned for: Why do Many Girls take Pictures of Themselves?. (Permanent) |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 69 Joined: 19 Aug 2009  | As far as crappy-knockoff-movies-of-crappy-knockoff-video-games are concerned, I think a passing mention of Hitman wouldn't've have hurt; that one pretty much epitomizes this whole syndrome: take a good movie, make a middling videogame, and turn it into a truly awful film adaptation. They won't be able to make good movies based on video games until video games start having good, not-stolen storylines. |
Muckraker  Posts: 339 Joined: 17 Apr 2009    | You spelt parallel wrong. Sorry, just felt I had to nitpick about something. I do wonder if Gerard "That guy from 300" Butler will ever be able to shake off what that film did... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1538 Joined: 10 Feb 2009   | I thought The Hitman movie was pretty good. It lacked killing people with a poison filled syringe while dressed as a giant chicken scene but otherwise they did a decent job. |
SUSPENDED Posts: 2294 Joined: 18 Aug 2009 |
User was suspended for: Escape to the Movies: Halo Legends. (30 days) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1573 Joined: 6 Oct 2008  | Gotta say, I liked the concept of Gamer, but at least it's not one of those stupid games with an anti-gamer message or one of those god-awful hellspawn movie tie-in of a video game like the Mortal Kombat movies or Street Fighter. This coming from a guy who enjoyed the Super Mario Bros. movie. EDIT: TYLER PERRY MUST DIE!! |
Muckraker  Posts: 283 Joined: 10 Dec 2008   | Hm. Gamer has a good concept but pretty much filled with action scenes. Personally, I like Grandma's Boy. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 11781 Joined: 13 Feb 2008   | Sorority Row next week Bob? :) As for the movie...I really want to believe you...but Michael C Hall? How can Dexter be all bad? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1818 Joined: 18 Nov 2008   | I was kinda hoping Michael C.Hall would save this film with his awesome acting... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1487 Joined: 13 Aug 2008    | Ok, deviating from the point some-what, but am I the only one who thinks it'd be totally worth paying money to see Will Smith play Link in a Legend of Zelda movie? (Of course I'm also one of those guys that saw the "joe loves crappy movies" comic about Captain America and seriously thinks that Will Smith would also be hilarious in that role too.) disclaimer: Not real movies mind, maybe just joke movies, like Snakes on a Plane. |
Video Contributor Posts: 207 Joined: 31 Dec 2008 |
Because time and space are finite, basically ;) All kidding aside, I did really like "Ponyo." Miyazaki is always in rare form when he's on the "movie that probably makes more sense to a six-year-old" kick; though I do think that the attempt to hold to the rough narrative-structure of Andersen's "Little Mermaid" stifles him a bit in the third act. I will say that the "ocean storm" sequence is easily an instant career-highlight for him, and that Ponyo herself is just about the most 'real' seeming child character - animated or otherwise - I can remember seeing recently. On the technical side, the fact that the characters, especially Ponyo when she's a "fish," seem to have so much physical WEIGHT to them is really startling in hand-drawn animation - the amount of patience that must go into that blows my mind. I should preface by saying I saw the English version, and would offer in that specific regard only that Liam Neeson was either miscast or not properly-appraised of his character prior to recording, and his distinctive brogue calls undue attention to the english-speaking-actors-casually-pronouncing-Japanese-nouns issue that isn't as much of a problem for everyone else. |
BANNED  Posts: 771 Joined: 8 Jul 2008   | O wow! i movie where video games merge with real life! we havent seen that a million times already. User was banned for: Disney, you're an asshole. (Permanent) |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 7 Joined: 4 Sep 2009 | MovieBob: Watch movie AVALON from year 2001 and from director Oshii. Truth will be there... |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 67 Joined: 11 Dec 2008  | nuts... I was hoping this would be good. |
Muckraker Posts: 226 Joined: 29 Jul 2008   | Yeah...I saw that this was going to suck from a mile away. I knew that it was going to blow when I first saw the trailer in theaters months ago. Great review as always bob. Oh and as for a good video game to movie idea Hollywood, what part of "Sonic Satam: The Movie" don't you understand, watch the DVD box set, it writes itself. Heck hire Ben Hurst to write the screenplay and get the cast of the show on board. |
Paperboy  Posts: 32 Joined: 28 Jul 2009  | whos was the first "Link" that he showed? |
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