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June Movie Thread

» POSTED BY : Strike & Co.

OPINIONS: 4 PEOPLE APPROVED

» TOPIC CREATED : 6/9/2008 1:58:22 PM

Well, didn't see anything this past weekend, but there *are* several movies coming out the rest of this month.

First up: "The Happening".
Not quite sure what I'm gonna think of it, as it seems to be about an epidemic of suicides... Ew. Some of them could be pretty gory, too. v_v
And then there's what looks like a bunch of bodies floating around, which just confuses me. :: shrugs :: We'll see how it works out.
OTOH, they talk about all the honeybees disappearing--bonus points for that! ^_^

I may watch "Signs" (one of the few Shyamalan movies I haven't seen yet) on Thursday as a warmup, but no promises ;)

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» POSTED BY : tgbob

OPINIONS: 3 PEOPLE APPROVED, WHILE 3 PEOPLE DISAPPROVED

» REPLIED ON : 6/9/2008 6:08:52 PM

Other than The Happening, here are the movies I want to see this month:

1) The Incredible Hulk - superhero movie. 'nuff said.

2) Kung-Fu Panda - This is replacing Zohan on my list. I'm just starting to enjoy the previews, sad to say. Plus, it got an all-around good reception by critics.

3) Get Smart - I want to see this one more and more!

4) WALL-E - Pixar. 'nuff said.

Possible movie to see, if I have nothing else better to do or see? Wanted.

Silly Emo...

» POSTED BY : Strike & Co.

OPINIONS: 4 PEOPLE APPROVED, WHILE 2 PEOPLE DISAPPROVED

» REPLIED ON : 6/17/2008 11:20:03 AM

OK, we went to see the Hulk, and while I admit I was kinda tired and haven't seen the first movie in ages...

I largely agree with Mr. Clevenger on this one:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=080617
(plus you get a free sprite comic! What more can you want?)

Well, other than /I/ liked the panels-thing in the first movie. Won't say I'd like to see it often, but it helped keep my interest.

The latest movie... Liv Tyler is good at crying, but I already knew that. I think it woulda been a better movie without the Hulk, actually. And weren't there supposed to be tanks somewhere? he only did the "rip vehicle in half and dual-weild the halves" at the end of the movie.
Well, ok, he kinda did it with the sculpture at the college, so maybe I misinterpreted the trailers.

Anyway, I should probably rewatch both movies back-to-back before I give a real solid opinion, but
at this point I think the first movie did a better job, even if parts of it were also worse.
"Solidly mediocre" is not better than "Awesome + suck", IMO.

Hulk gets a 5.5 from me; it's about as bad as the trailers implied. The jeep-mounted sonic cannon were a nice touch, though.

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