AC1 2651 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The Hunger GamesHey, it's not half bad. Certainly much more interesting that other teen franchises. And involving too. To my surprise, it actually goes somewhere.Karol - who was expecting something much more genericMe too. In fact, it's what I've been saying for a long time now and still you expected 'Twillight'. The second one (Catching Fire) feels more generic somehow. More spectacle but more emptier too. It's entertaining, sure, but it almost (!) feels like watching an J.J. Abrams movie. Alex Link to post Share on other sites
The Big Man 7608 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Viva Las Vegas.Not thick on story but the King is in full form and Ann-Margret is very nice to look at. Dixon Hill 1 Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The Hunger GamesHey, it's not half bad. Certainly much more interesting that other teen franchises. And involving too. To my surprise, it actually goes somewhere.Karol - who was expecting something much more generic Me too. In fact, it's what I've been saying for a long time now and still you expected 'Twillight'. The second one (Catching Fire) feels more generic somehow. More spectacle but more emptier too. It's entertaining, sure, but it almost (!) feels like watching an J.J. Abrams movie. AlexIt's not something I'd watch again, though.I might see what the second one is like today.Karol Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 OK then, I've seen Catching Fire now. It's on par with the previous one - not better, not worse - seems like a logical continuation. I'm actually now interested in seeing the next one.Karol Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 5250 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Pirate! Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Pardon?Karol Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lee suspects you of illegally downloading a movie thats still playing in cinema's Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Nonsense!Karol Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Why else would he call you a pirate? Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Maybe it's his "rosebud". A key to his soul, an enigma.Karol Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lee doesnt have a soul. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19024 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Catching Fire is still playing in 7 different movie theaters within a half hour drive of my house. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Yep. Link to post Share on other sites
Koray Savas 1818 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You live near a lot of theaters. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Or he owns a Bugatti Veyron! Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19024 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You live near a lot of theaters.That is true. There is a second run theater I could literally walk to (it'd be a decent walk, but nothing I haven't done before) and then a National Amusements about a 5 minute drive away. Then there is one at Patriot Place in Foxborough about 10 minutes away, one in Lincoln about 15 minutes away, and one in the Providence Place Mall about 20 minutes away. Haven't been to any others. Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've got two 10 minute walk from here.Karol Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3233 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 You live near a lot of theaters. Half an hour? I'd guess I have about 30 theatres within that distance. Link to post Share on other sites
JoeinAR 1409 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Catching fire is likely showing at less that a 900 theatres nationwide Link to post Share on other sites
Falco 2392 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Is half an hour even a distance? Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 What is time, anyway?Karol Link to post Share on other sites
JoeinAR 1409 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Is half an hour even a distance?2 miles at a steady walk. Link to post Share on other sites
Sharkissimo 1969 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Depends if it's a straight line or not. Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 5250 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I've got two 10 minute walk from here.KarolThat explains the speed. My apologies for assuming yours was a fifteen minute car journey, like mine. Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3233 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Well if I walk, it's just 10 or so within 30 mins. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hoorn had 2 arthouse cinema's. But for me to see a movie usually means taking a train... Link to post Share on other sites
Naïve Old Fart 4903 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 To what town? Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Either Purmerend or Amsterdam usually.Hoorn should get a proper cinema this spring though. Link to post Share on other sites
Koray Savas 1818 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 You live near a lot of theaters.Half an hour? I'd guess I have about 30 theatres within that distance.That's way above average. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Atleast half of them are grubby sex cinema's! Link to post Share on other sites
publicist 3865 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 You live near a lot of theaters.Half an hour? I'd guess I have about 30 theatres within that distance.Yeah and they are fucking expensive. I paid like 16€ for GRAVITY, which would have been 11 in Berlin. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yikes! I paid 15 euro's for Gravity, but in IMAX 3D Link to post Share on other sites
crocodile 5012 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I've watched the Italian film The Great Beauty last night. Not sure if content-wise it is as clever as it would seem, but a stunning piece of filmmaking nonetheless. Absolutely gorgeously shot.Karol Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3233 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Half an hour? I'd guess I have about 30 theatres within that distance.That's way above average. The benefits of living in the capital. Only three of those show regular releases in their undubbed versions though (except for the occasional, semi-irregular original version screening in the multiplexes), so I generally have those to choose from. Yeah and they are fucking expensive. I paid like 16 for GRAVITY, which would have been 11 in Berlin. Haydn? They're ridiculously expensive, and their management is also seriously odd, to say the least. Still, they're one of the oldest cinemas in the country (even though the current management is doing its best to make you not notice that), and are equipped with all the latest technology. Their two smaller screens are ridiculous, but the main ones are fine, and the location is perfect, so it's usually my first choice. You probably could have seen Gravity for less than that at Artis, which is also very good (if you get one of the bigger screens). Afterwards I found out that they did do the occasional original version screening at IMAX, so I saw Gravity a second time there. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt C 374 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Ghost in the ShellConceptually, it's certainly reminiscent of Blade Runner of self-identity in a technology-advanced future, but it's more than that. The animation, while it still looks good, hasn't aged as well. The haunting chant is weirdly appropriate for the overarching themes of the film -- a wedding song sung by Japanese folk singers accompanying the primitive drum line. It's a good primer to get people interested in anime though. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wasnt this one of the inspirations of The Matrix? Link to post Share on other sites
Sharkissimo 1969 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Along with Neuromancer and Dark City. Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2651 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Along with Neuromancer and Dark City? Link to post Share on other sites
Sharkissimo 1969 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Along with Neuromancer and Dark City?Are you dumb, deaf and blind? Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 And Star Wars! Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2651 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Along with Neuromancer and Dark City? Are you dumb, deaf and blind?The Matrix isn't influenced by Dark City. Neuromancer (William Gibson), The Wachowski's, Ghost In A Shell and Dark City were influenced to some degree by Blade Runner though. Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3233 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The Matrix clearly owes a lot to Neuromancer. Nobody debated that Gibson's novel also (of course) had its share of influences. Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2651 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Gravity: Technically very, very impressive but that's about it. Emotionally and cerebrally, it felt like watching a Cameron movie. I expected more. 5/10Alex Sharkissimo 1 Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Did you watch it on a laptop? Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 5250 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Smart watch. Link to post Share on other sites
AC1 2651 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Did you watch it on a laptop?Did I forget to mention that the kid has become a downloader? Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 5250 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That pic you posted is the most overblown part in the whole movie btw. It made me cringe. Link to post Share on other sites
Sharkissimo 1969 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Think that's why he posted it. Link to post Share on other sites
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10237 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That pic you posted is the most overblown part in the whole movie btw. It made me cringe.Why? Link to post Share on other sites
Quintus 5250 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Visual symbolism for simpletons. Very heavy-handed stuff. I've mentioned my issues with those aspects of the movie on more than one occasion. Link to post Share on other sites
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