They should have stopped filming that series before they even wrote the script for the first one. Four utterly appalling, overpriced and stupid films weren't enough? This is the same guy who directed Event Horizon, a dumb but otherwise terrifying horror movie. Resident Evil couldn't scare a squirrel off a golf course. Pass. Looks more like a tame rip-off of Hobo With A Shotgun, but I'd see it anyway. Trash movies when done right are great fun.
I read the entire Hunger Games trilogy in two days recently. They're supposed to be "young adult" novels, but I found them very engaging. TL;DR synopsis: Spoiler In Suzanne Collins’ riveting tale of life in North America after its destruction, a powerful Capitol emerges as residents of its twelve outlying Districts individually struggle to survive under its bleak rule. Living under the constant reminder that the Capitol obliterated District 13 when the people incited a rebellion decades before, 16-year old Katniss Everdeen quietly carves out a path of meager survival for herself, her younger sister, Prim, and their widowed mother under the Capitol’s strict regime. Each year, the Capitol assembles its Gamemakers to create an elaborate arena filled with deadly trigger points and calls upon one girl and one boy from each of the twelve Districts to play in its nationally televised Hunger Games. On the Day of Reaping when 24 children are selected to fight to the death, Katniss is whisked away from her daily quest for survival alongside her friend Gale, and thrust into the elaborate Capital as she is prepared for the Hunger Games. Trailer for the movie:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/bobcat-goldthwaits-god-bless-america-looks-hila" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.buzzfeed.com/abrams/bobcat-g ... looks-hila</a> I am so Goddamned excited for this. This looks brilliantly deviant.
I've always been a big fan of movies with superpowers. Definately going to see this next Saturday before Super Bowl Weekend Party begins.
Ive wrote this off as terrible since the commercials air on teen centered channels (MTV Adult Swim). But when I imagine having super powers these are the exact type of thing Im thinking of.
I think it has the potential to be pretty good, but I am wary of the found footage format. Especially since it doesn't look like they're strapped for cash with the special effects.
I think this looks like put-together MTV tripe. You can practically hear the denouement landing with a thud. What is with all these movies lately where people just seem to have "powers" where they basically just throw shit around with their mind for the sake of eye candy? It was bad enough last year having to endure Green Lantern battling the Intergalactic Space Turd. It's bad enough you can't go three months without yet another comic book movie (though to be fair there's at least two to see this year).
I remember watching this trailer thinking "Well, I guess this is the closest we're getting to a live-action Americanized version of Akira. I guess it'll have to do." That opinion really hasn't changed with every subsequent viewing.
Bingo! Plus, come on, 99% percent of this movie should have these hormone raging teens removing women from their clothing.
There isn't enough info from the trailers on Chronicle to make the connection, but didn't they make almost this same movie about 5 years ago?
This one makes me uncomfortable. Active duty Navy SEALS don't do anything without the say so of their superior officers, and appearing in a movie is the kind of thing that gets approved at the highest levels. Which means complete veto power over the script. This thing is 100% Uncle Sam approved, and with lines like "they're gonna hit us at home" and "imagine trained terrorists inside your country, pick a city they'll be there" the thing just reeks of propaganda.
I'd like to see BrianH weigh in on this. I'm pretty sure that not only would any on-screen tactics create a security issue, but showing operators' faces? Either these guys are NOT front-line operators, or the advertising is full of shit. I don't see the US government allowing a publicly broadcast motion picture to feature the faces of some of it's secret operatives who happen to hold security clearances. Something doesn't add up.
Absolutely. Plus, it has that formulatic, wife-cries-at-home tired horseshit right there in front of us. This is Rah-Rah crap from the looks of it, it may be decent entertainment but I'm going to call some serious Shenanigans on authenticity. Bourne-era cinematography with a shitty, We Were Soldiers-style script. Besides, there's only one documentary ever permitted about top secret US operatives... Spoiler
This, like the damn Chronicle trailer have just been pissing me off. When your selling point is "with REAL navy seals" it sounds like the movie is shit and they are hoping to sell shitty mindless action. Propaganda? Ha, you are giving the producers waaaay too much credit.
Avengers trailer [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bGt-saFvkNk[/youtube] (Edit: It looks like I can't embed it. So y'know, just follow the link if you want to.) I'm still trying to contain my inner-nerd and not get too excited about this movie. Reasons for getting excited: Marvel Studios has been getting better and better at making movies. While obviously not of the same quality as Nolan's Batman movies, Captain America and Thor were solid and entertaining flicks. Iron Man 2 sucked, but the quality of the first one kind of makes up for that. While it was sometimes grating as hell to see Nick Fury appear everywhere (or Cap's shield in Iron Man 2), it's also nice to see that they've been actively working towards this movie. Good actors. There's Robert Downey Jr, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo and Samuel L. Jackson. And, while not as talented, Evans and Hemsworth were good in their own roles. Joss Whedon has also showed he can handle ensemble casts. Both in television and in comics. So I think there will be no characters just 'hanging around'. Plus, he also writes some snappy dialog. Reasons for not getting excited: Superhero-movies with large casts invariably become a mess and implode. And this is a teram-movie, and they're going up against multiple enemies. Those things tend to be recipes for disaster. Whedon has never directed a big movie before. While Scarlett Johansson may be really nice to look at, she's basically the female acting-equivalent of Keanu Reeves. The movie premieres in May, but there still hasn't been an extended trailer. We have no idea what this movie is about and who will be the antagonist (besides Loki). Three months before it's in theaters, the only thing we know is that the Avengers will punch something. Maybe punch it really hard, if it's necessary to save the day.
Loki is the only villain. Him and his endless sea of stormtrooper stooge robots. Thank you, Joss Whedon. Ten years to make this move and you tablescrap the villain in five minutes. You fucking HACK. I'm not saying this won't be great popcorn fare, it probably will be. I also know there are a dozen more interesting and powerful villains in Marvel that you could have used than Loki, AGAIN. By the way, Captin America had possibly the most most awesome superhero outfit in movie history last summer, paying perfect homage to the original. The "updated" one makes him look like a gay Mexican wrestler. You agree with me.