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the Robocopper AD 2013

razgriz21 at 06:23 PM Sep 15

It looks like ass.

25 years later and the original already owns this. Haven't they learned from Total Recall?!

YoshioKun13 at 06:58 PM Sep 15

@LelekPL - Right, I was referring solely to the aesthetics of Rob Bottin's work. It's just about the perfect 'look' you can imagine for the character. Practicality in mobility was obviously not their priority, so now yes thanks to things like IRON MAN it's gotta be redone to satiate today's audience. After all, that's who these movies are being made for now.

By taking that approach, all that great mime work and coaching Weller did to perform in the suit is instantly undermined and thrown by the wayside. Thanks to, ironically enough - technology.

Len Wisemen may deserve a fucking medal after the results of this Paul Verhoeven sci-fi classic are out.

Cochise at 09:35 PM Sep 15

Looks fine, don't get the big hooplah at all. Stoked that it's NOT reminiscent of the suit from the original movie.

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Cochise at 07:16 PM Sep 14

it only took the Sopranos three episodes to do it.

LelekPL at 07:24 PM Sep 14

yeah, it did happen a couple of times - Planet Terror, I Spit..., etc, but my point was that it pops into my head every single time when they torture someone and DON'T do it in movies. They would save a lot of time cutting straight to the chase.

Terminal_83 at 09:00 PM Sep 14

I Spit On Your Grave.

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LelekPL at 06:42 PM Sep 14

That's not a huge bummer, I'm content with the theatrical cut. The extended cut would just be a matter of curiosity for me... that and the fact that Scott makes killer extended cuts. But all in all I really enjoyed what I saw. Much like the also rumored extended cut of Dark Knight Rises, for me, it would only be a matter of knowing what was left out and maaaybe enjoying a slightly better version.

Cochise at 06:58 PM Sep 14

^ agreed. I don't need it to be crazy important scenes or anything, I'm happy with just little things that add to other aspects of the movie, that's what I want. Just more of everything, not something drastically different haha.

Terminal_83 at 09:19 PM Sep 14

I hope not. I'd hate to be stuck with a copy to review and have to gauge my eyes out in boredom.

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My quick movie round-up

Watched a couple of movies recently:
Expendables 2 - I'm extremely mixed. Everything that I liked about it, started to rub me the wrong way by the end (mainly the humor, by the time Norris showed up my forehead was attached to my palms). Also, some of the actors were great (Arnold, Lundgren), others not really (Stallone, Willis), the jokes were mostly really bad, actions scenes were poorly cut, but what they did in them was still pretty amazing. My favorite part were the two roundhouse kicks by Van Damme and the line he delivers after that was truly badass. All in all, I'd give it a 7/10 for nostalgia's sake.

6 Bullets - this one was a surprise. The first DTV action flick that I liked since Blood and Bone (now why wasn't there a sequel to that movie yet?). And probably for the first time in those movies Van Damme doesn't seem bored. I really didn't like his character in Expendables, there was no reason why we should be afraid of him or for Sly's character, because there was zero build up to what Vilain can do. Here, I liked both the character and the performance. And the guy is still in great shape. The actions scenes are well done, fights are mostly very good, the story is interesting and even though it is low-budgety at times it's a worthwhile movie, maybe even more than the Expendables. 7/10

The Tall Man - I was surprised by how much I liked this movie. It was a surprise how little did I know about it. I think if the reveal had been done later on in the movie, then we might have had a modern classic on our hands, but the switch of tone works pretty good as well and the moral question at the end is pretty intruging, even though the hardship wasn't as fleshed out in the movie, thus making the answer to those questions rather obvious. But still - 7,5/10

Men in Black 3 - I haven't gained anything from this movie. It's definitely better than part 2, it has interesting alien designs and some nice old-school prostetics effects in there as well, but in terms of story and its execution, it's really not that interesting. Not a bad way to spend 1 and a half hour but if you won't see this movie, you're not really missing out on anything special. 6/10

Snow White and the Huntsman - you could probably copy and paste everything what I wrote about MIB3. Adding that it's a story that had been done to death already and some of the scenes in this one were hilarious...ly bad. The motivational speech? Yeah, right honey. 5/10

V/H/S - hmm like most anthology films, this one has some good shorts and some not so good. I'd prefer them being at least somewhat tied up together by the end, but that was not the case, sadly. The acting is mostly average to really bad in all of them, but the ideas are interesting and innovative. I especially liked the forrest killer idea. All in all there were some good and, what's more important, various different scares. But like I said none of them really lifts the flick from a good Tales from the Crypt episode. 7/10 again.

And quickly - The Bachelorette - bad, almost horrible. Not funny, not moving, not difficult, not new and not interesting. 3/10... tops

Grave Encounters - it was okay, I guess, terrible acting, terrible direction and terrible effects, but some scares were effective and I liked the perpetual night idea and the no escape and desperation scenario. My other problem with that one though, and with many modern horrors, is that they give away the ending at the beginning. Don't tell me the people died, I want to root for them, I want them to be okay, then you can kill them or not, but make me guessing and interested. 5/10

Mood: Chillin'

Golden Schmoes 2012 so far

1) BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Cabin in the Woods
The Avengers
Prometheus
21 Jump Street

Winner - The Dark Knight Rises

2) WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
Battleship
Piranha 3DD
This Means War
Bachelorette
Rampart

Winner - Battleship

3) BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:
Chris Nolan – TDKR
Joss Whedon – The Avengers
Ridley Scott – Prometheus
Joe Carnahan – The Grey
Josh Trank - Chronicle

Winner - Chris Nolan

4) BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers
The Grey
The Cabin in the Woods
21 Jump Street

Winner - The Dark Knight Rises

5) MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
The Hunger Games
Safe House

Winner - The Hunger Games

6) MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
John Carter
Coriolanus
The Grey
The Woman in Black
Bernie

Winner - Bernie

7) TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
Prometheus
Cabin in the Woods
Detention
21 Jump Street
Project X

Winner - Detention

8) BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR:
21 Jump Street
Avengers
Bernie
Cabin in the Woods
Goon

Winner - 21 Jump Street

9) BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
Prometheus
Cabin in the Woods
Detention
The Woman in Black

Winner - The Cabin in the Woods

10) BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR

11) BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR:
Prometheus
Avengers

Winner - Prometheus

12) BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR:
The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
Avengers
Battleship
John Carter

Winner - Prometheus

13) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR:
Lockout
American Reunion
Haywire
Safe House
Piranha 3DD

Winner - Piranha 3DD

14) BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR:
Cabin in the Woods
Avengers
21 Jump Street
The Grey
6 Bullets

Winner - 21 Jump Street

15) BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR:
Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises
Cillian Murphy - Red Lights
Ralph Fiennes – Coriolanus
Mel Gibson – Get the Gringo
Liam Neeson – The Grey

Winner - Ralph Fiennes

16) BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR:
Noomi Rapace – Prometheus
Leticia Dolera - [REC]3

17) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Tom Hardy – The Dark Knight Rises
Michael Fassbender – Prometheus
Michael EKlund - The Divide
Gerard Butler – Coriolanus
Matthew McConaughey - Bernie

Winner - Tom Hardy

18) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Scarlett Johanson – Avengers
Shirley Maclaine – Bernie
Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises
Charlize Theron - Snow White and the Huntsman
Rosanna Arquette - The Divide

Winner - Anne Hathaway

19) BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:
Fran Kranz – Cabin in the Woods
Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street
Dave Franco – 21 Jump Street
Iko Uwais – The Raid

Winner - Iko Uwais

20) FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR:
Christian Bale
Robert Downey Jr
Tom Hardy
Louis CK
Kelly Brook

Winner - Christian Bale

21) COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR:
Batman – The Dark Knight Rises
Bane – The Dark Knight Rises
Hulk – Avengers
Iron Man – Avengers
Marty – Cabin in the Woods

Winner - Batman

22) BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE:
The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
The Raid: Redemption

Winner - The Dark Knight Rises

23) FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR:

24) BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR:

25) BEST DVD OF THE YEAR:

26) BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR:
The Dark Knight Rises – Batman in the sewers
The Dark Knight Rises – Batman’s return
Avengers – the Climax
Avengers – Thor vs Iron Man vs Captain America
The Raid – Iko vs a number of guys in the hall

Winner - Batman in the sewers

27) MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN A MOVIE:
The Dark Knight Rises – The Ending montage
The Dark Knight Rises – Bane vs Batman
Avengers – Hulk vs Loki
Cabin in the Woods – Elevators Open
21 Jump Street – The 5 Phases

Winner - this one's too hard ;)

28) BEST T&A OF THE YEAR:
Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises
Anna Hutchinson – Cabin in the Woods
Rebecca De Mornay – American Reunion
Lynn Collins – John Carter
Ali Cobrin – American Reunion

Winner - Ali Cobrin

29) BEST LINE OF THE YEAR:
The Dark Knight Rises – “then you will have my permission to die” x2
The Dark Knight Rises – “ You think darkness is your ally…”
The Dark Knight Rises – “Do you feel in charge?”
21 Jump Street – “Bio-diesel, dog”
Avengers – “Puny God”

Winner - “then you will have my permission to die” x2

Mood: Sad

OldKingClancy at 01:26 PM Aug 29

Hell fuckin yes to Ali winning Best T&A. I'm gonna be pushing the shit outta that. Don't know if DKR will win Best pic, it stands a good chance but with that, Avengers, Prometheus and possibly Hobbit later in the year this year is wide open.

LelekPL at 01:42 PM Aug 29

Naturally those aren't my predictions, I haven't watched enough movies this year (only 31). They're just films I'd like to win thus far.

But the run for the winner of best movie should be a pretty large geek battle this year. I think Prometheus is out of the race, but TDKR, Avengers and Hobbit all have a good chance. I think Avengers will take the cake though.

WalkAway at 06:32 PM Aug 25

I thought Detention was good, but not as much as everyone hyped it up to be.

Cronos at 08:46 PM Aug 25

I had been thinking everyone had lost their minds praising Detention, until I just realized it's a different Detention (2011) to the one I've seen (2010), which was utterly painful to sit through. Will have to give it a shot.

LelekPL at 03:13 AM Aug 26

@WalkAway I also didn't find it that great. It was a little annoying... but still kinda interesting

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LelekPL at 05:02 PM Aug 05

that would be... something else :D

Cochise at 05:07 PM Aug 05

true true Nite Owl, and I did draw a connection between the stereotypical Bond villain and Bane (and not just the voice). I would've liked that to not have been that case though, to see a more evolved villain (but hey at least we'll see that in the Expendables 2) and personally would've much preferred having Batman's huge recovery and rise be built up and built up and then have it all come crashing down and have it all for nothing as they destroy Gotham just before he can reach the city, I think that would've been amazing, a very cool, ballsy and truly surprising and effective twist that not only would have amplified the movie, but also the villains themselves. But, it is what it is.

Terminal_83 at 10:41 PM Aug 05

Nite Owl pegged it. I fail to see how it's an actual plot hole.

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