[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

Thanks for your reply! I read that just before leaving for the cinema.

So we saw The Avengers and enjoyed it a lot! I can understand how seeing the other movies would make things more familiar at once but it was a story on it's own and the kids got it too. Now we can watch the other movies afterwards, that could be nice as well.


Edward Norton did the Hulk? Weird choice.
I thought it was Eric Bana who did a Hulk movie.
Mark Ruffalo was perfect in my opinion! Really good for the Bruce Banner character. And the other guy.

We had some annoying kids too in the theatre. (Not ours! They watched silently in awe...)
Almost threw a Malthezer at them. After the break they were talking for 10 minutes, why not leave if you're not watching?? Some annoying adults too by the way, but I managed to focus on the movie.

What did you not like about the disagreement between the Avengers? Not well acted?
Because I liked that. It would be boring and suspicious if they all get along and trust eachother blindly?

Bregje, there were two previous HULK movies, Eric Banna played him in Ang Lee's version simply titled HULK and Edward Norton played him in THE INCREDIBLE HULK, Lee's version is an intelligent and more cerebral take and a bit underrated IMO, the Norton film is more of a comic book smash em up and is good fun, it's this film that ties in with the rest of the Marvel character films.

p.s. Ed Norton would have reprised his role in THE AVENGERS if he hadn't had a fall out with the Marvel producers.

Ah, didn't know that fact. But now that I think about it, unless he would've done some 'American History X' style power training for the part, he'd be the odd one out in 'The Avengers', physically speaking. I still liked how he portrayed the character though. Also for that reason I much prefer 'The Incredible Hulk'. The action is much more intense and in your face than in 'Hulk'.

Agree, the first one, which is plain awesome is still head and shoulders above the sequels but they're good films in their own way. With Revolutions I like the premise of having to fight for the survival of Zion, and that it's not The One doing most of the fighting, but actually the soldiers and inhabitants desperately and against all odds.

Besides all these movies rock on a good sound system. The sound of the Nebuchadnezzar flying by is still one of my favourite sound effects ever, you can feel it in your gut. The sound design for the first film in particular is jaw-dropping.

Indeed, I like the impending doom (à la Helm's Deep) kinda feel to it. The third film also has continuous awesome battle sequences with lotsa cool ideas, I especially like how the "squids" behave almost like lifeforms individually, but moves in a wave-like pattern when there are thousands.

Some of the acting failed, but otherwise I found the third movie a fantastic sci-fi flick.

Peter

Good casting wish choice!

Reeves is indeed one of the few aspects of the films I don't like, but at least he's tolerable here, as opposed to other films.

I think he's the definition of a terrible actor. He's better than Adam Sandler, but that's not saying much.

If those ratings were out of a hundred, I'd still find them a little generous for the second and third films.

My own ratings would be (out of ten) six, one and one.

I don't get you guys... and I'm glad I don't. I find lots to enjoy in these movies.

Peter

Same here. Some of the 'edge' of the first film becomes watered out somewhat, but they manage to expand upon the universe and keep me on the edge of my seat throughout.

The really impressive numbers are these:

THE HUNGER GAMES (as of May, 6th): $380,727,000

I'm about to watch that, Thor. Looks interesting.

Peter

I agree. I always had a soft spot for Nick Nolte as the deranged father. And Jennifer Connolly and Sam Elliot brought greater intelligence to their roles too than the equivalent roles in the later film. Only the Hulk poodles felt a bit silly...

That's more like it, I expect AVENGERS to go beyond that since it's been released in the States and HUNGER GAMES has been out for awhile now.

Enough with the AVENGERS talk already!

JS: ANOTHER EARH (2011)

Strange film. Like TAKE SHELTER, there's a sci premise of a second earth suddenly popping up on the sky, but it's really a commentary on separated lives; the teenage driver engaging in a relationship with a man who lost his wife and son in a car accident she caused (well, she's not a teenager once the relationship starts, of course, as it's then a few years later, after she's been released from prison). It's told in an arthouse style, but is fairly straightforward in terms of narrative.