movies

[tlombard]

I saw Bad Moms last night (limited selection when the girl was available) and it was actually pretty funny. Kathryn Hahn is an absolute riot and she's the best part of the movie as far as I'm concerned.

[docellis]

If you want to watch a high energy - keep running - keep working out movie at the gym, Hardcore Henry is a good choice.

[go birds]

[wart57]

On our recent drive to San Diego and back, I listened to this movie - the Girls watched it - about 10 times.

It is a really well done kids movie.



I can't wait to actually see it.

[wart57]

I am getting a little more stoked about this movie....

I see go birds beat me to the punch....

[AdmiralKird]

the scuttlebutt i've heard is that after the [expletive] storm of BvS the studio freaked out. the director wanted a "darker" interpretation while the studio wanted the funny pop music friendly version you see in trailers. so they came to some sort of agreement and what we have is what we'll see on the screen but the two sides do not mesh well together so its just a big hot mess.

also being pg13 may not help. i mean, these are murderers and such. but hey, need that teen money.

The movie is really dark, like, it looks underlit.

The studio got the movie they wanted out of it to draw in to the largest possible audience, having a little something for everyone. It wasn't meant to be a movie, it was meant to empty seats in a theater. It could have been a good movie, but it would have sold less, because the target audience would have shrunk. I'm guessing they discovered a lot of people simply hated the original cut because it was dull-ish, despite being probably a solid movie. The end result is a movie that is as much damaged goods as the characters it holds.

And Rogue One looks fantastic.

* No overly cutesy droid.
* A plot that appears to make sense already.
* First movie since Return of the Jedi to not feature a confusing Jedi dynamic.
* Doesn't rely on Lightsabers (yet).
* Doesn't feel like a "product."

It looks like a grim, yet fun space adventure-heist in a world we all know featuring what feels like an Empire Strikes Back tone with a touch of Halo: Reach.

[wart57]

[AdmiralKird]

Because Superman wasn't dark enough.

[wart57]

Because Superman wasn't dark enough.

It is part of the Death and rebirth of Superman comic series.



http://screenrant.com/superman-man-of-s ... -versions/

from the above article..

The 1990s were an interesting time for Superman, as storylines and style choices divided fans like never before – not least of which was the “Death of Superman” arc – considered by some to be one of the best ever written, while being decried as an abomination by others. Ushering in the “Reign of the Supermen,” Superman’s death brought the unforgettable (for different reasons) costumes of Superboy, Steel, Cyborg Superman and the Eradicator.

But it was Superman’s return from the grave that had the most impact. “The Return of Superman” had the superhero emerging into the world with shoulder-length hair, and a jet-black bodysuit sporting a chromed logo. Superman had gone metal.

Eventually Kal-El returned to his flashier outfit, but this black suit would remain influential, playing a large role in more than one attempted reboot of the hero on film.

[33anda3rd]

It looks like a grim, yet fun space adventure-heist in a world we all know featuring what feels like an Empire Strikes Back tone with a touch of Halo: Reach.

And really, that's all we need, right? We all loved Ep 7 because Ep 7 gave us everything we were missing from the last few--the Falcon, characters we love, Stormtroopers, a Vader-like dude, Chewy and Han squawking like an old married couple, lightsabers, an X-Wing blowing up a Death Star, a showdown between father/son on a long plank over a big pit of darkness. It was a fun adventure that had all the stuff we loved from the Star Wars of our youth. If they keep making fun space adventures the series will be a rousing success.