Kinda bummed that after Pacific Rim last week he didn't get around to reviewing The Heat, another original-attempt-at-a-tired-genre movie that's largely being ignored. Instead it's Just Another Bruce Willis Action Sequel.
Escape to the Movies: Red 2
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I would have expected Moviebob to be all over The Butler, wonder why he doesn't seem to excited about?
Also, I really hope all of you are right about Pacific Rim. I'm going to see it tomorrow, and I really don't want to get disappointed.
Also, I really hope all of you are right about Pacific Rim. I'm going to see it tomorrow, and I really don't want to get disappointed.
Hey Bob! Great review as always, can't wait to get a copy of your book, really wish I lived close enough to get it signed. I've also been looking into Mario game history lately, and intend to do some sort of series, so I hope your book's contents will be helpful, if not lots of fun to read. Good luck next week!
The first RED was pretty damn forgettable, even for me...and I don't usually forget films! Your problem with the second one being forgettable as you're watching it was the same problem I had with the first, so I'm not going to be seeing this.
As for Man of Steel...I loved it, but probably because I actually liked the grim tone of it all. Probably because I hate Superman (something about having all those powers just annoys me, call me childish), but I dunno.
This summer's line-up of films isn't great, but it does have some gems such as Pacific Rim (seeing Sunday), The World's End (seeing Wednesday), Kick Ass 2 (seeing it when my housemate comes back to uni), Monsters University (probably not gonna see as I don't have the time)...it's not chock-a-block with viewable films, but it's got a couple of good ones! Surely that's enough?
As for Man of Steel...I loved it, but probably because I actually liked the grim tone of it all. Probably because I hate Superman (something about having all those powers just annoys me, call me childish), but I dunno.
This summer's line-up of films isn't great, but it does have some gems such as Pacific Rim (seeing Sunday), The World's End (seeing Wednesday), Kick Ass 2 (seeing it when my housemate comes back to uni), Monsters University (probably not gonna see as I don't have the time)...it's not chock-a-block with viewable films, but it's got a couple of good ones! Surely that's enough?
Look guy, I don't wanna get into some internet slap fight but I tend to agree with people like me. Bob's taste tend to be similar to mine but we differ on alot of stuff. Zodiac, Drag Me to Hell and Predators were all films I remember him liking yet I hated the crap out of them (granted I havn't seen Drag me to Hell all the way through), the arguments he made in his videos were strong but I still thought they were crap.The Dubya said:
Its just the way you said 'Don't confuse a Caesar salad with a bowl of puffy Cheetos', I know there are people more qualified to judge but Art and Science tend to butt heads in terms of oppinion, salad is proven to be good for you, movies effect different people in different ways.
I know it's nitpicking, sorry, i'm not trying to get aggressive.
Personally I thought Man of Steel was meh at most.
I would love a real DBZ made life and not that POS that was launched, but the problem here is that MoS should be a Superman movie, and it should aspire to be more than punching the villain in the face. Actually, even in DBZ, Goku always convinced the bad guys to go *away* from any nearby city to avoid waton destruction.Retrograde said:
I wonder if MovieBob would encourage going to see RED 2 just so Hollywood knows that it was preferred over the other shit that was out? Though I guess he'd prefer everyone went to see Pacific Rim over Grown ups 2 if we're doing that.
P.S. Anyone else noticed the cover to his book features the SMB 3 from super mario all stars which is different to the original SMB 3?
P.S. Anyone else noticed the cover to his book features the SMB 3 from super mario all stars which is different to the original SMB 3?
I have watched your star trek into darkness review 5 times and still don't get your point, probably my favorite film of the decade so far. Then again I must be odd as I cannot remember the plot of any iron man or the captain america film and fell asleep midway through the avengers.
You know things are looking bad this summer when you get a reviewer saying "WOO-HOO! MEDIOCRITY!!!" All in all, that's about what I expected to hear out of this review considering the duds that Bob has been reviewing lately.
I'm hoping he does this RIPD - which is an unfixable acronym if you ask me...shouldn't it be RIPPD since they're...apparently ghost cops? But "Rest In Peace Police Department" makes about as much sense as Rest In Peace Department - that's been all over the internet with it's ads (hey, it's a hell of a lot better than those annoying The Sub ads so I'll gladly take it). I'm wondering if it'll turn out as lame as it seems it will.
I'm hoping he does this RIPD - which is an unfixable acronym if you ask me...shouldn't it be RIPPD since they're...apparently ghost cops? But "Rest In Peace Police Department" makes about as much sense as Rest In Peace Department - that's been all over the internet with it's ads (hey, it's a hell of a lot better than those annoying The Sub ads so I'll gladly take it). I'm wondering if it'll turn out as lame as it seems it will.
I'm still looking forward to seeing this movie. I think Bob has been hyper critical of movies this year. Most of the ones that he has found to complain about I have actually liked. I have no problem with Man of Steel for instance, I thought it was excellent. And as far as this movie is concerned, I am with him in a lot of ways. The first film was extremely good during, but the after is largely a mystery. I can't tell you the order of events and I can only tell you pieces of the overarching plot, but it was still extremely enjoyable during. I'm not even old, but it was good. People have two selves, so to speak. Kahneman and Tverski wrote of this in their works. There is the remembering self and experiencing self. Some things are only good for one of these two. For instance, we'll use climbing Mt. Everest as an example. The experiencing self will not enjoy that particular adventure. It's well documented that it's a completely miserable experience. That is something for the remembering self. The remembering self looks back at an event and sums up the general feelings of the act itself. So, in remembering, climbing Mt. Everest is a once in a lifetime experience and an accomplishment that is worth respect and admiration. I feel like the film RED and probably RED 2 is one for the experiencing self. It is largely a mystery for the remembering self, but the experiencing self eats it up.
You know, looking at the Iron Man 3 and Pacific Rim posters right next to each other, does anyone else think they look like they're all in the same scene? Even the skies look like they match up.
The original superman movies:
-Are blatantly sexist! Lois gets a Pulitzer for what? Being a woman superman likes? It's never explained, and is instead lazy exposition, but even better, it's exposition superman will use to do stupid stuff. How stupid? The original superman(and the only good one by my account) has superman fly around the world to reverse time to save Lois from an earthquake. He saves NOBODY ELSE in that time! We watch a gas station blow up, we watch cars hit water, and where as Superman gets to the scene and saves who he can, he only goes BACK IN TIME FOR THE GIRL! It gets steadily worse every film after that, even including Superman Returns which tried hard to pander!
-Has superman erase Lois's Mind with a KISS!
-Superman still kills Zod. He kils Zod, Zod's girlfriend, and a retarded gentlemen. Superman uses Texas Justice!
-Has Lex Luthor scheme up a Land Trade by sinking part of america! -_-
-In Superman Returns, superman has still erased Lois's mind, but Lois is still total down with her baby obviously being superman's even though she can't recall them ever doing the nasty! She's in fact happy they did it even though SHE CLEARLY CAN'T RECALL IT!!!!!!
The new Superman is not perfect, it's far from it. It's symbolic, expositional, and showy. It's still the best Superman that has hit film...sorry.
-Are blatantly sexist! Lois gets a Pulitzer for what? Being a woman superman likes? It's never explained, and is instead lazy exposition, but even better, it's exposition superman will use to do stupid stuff. How stupid? The original superman(and the only good one by my account) has superman fly around the world to reverse time to save Lois from an earthquake. He saves NOBODY ELSE in that time! We watch a gas station blow up, we watch cars hit water, and where as Superman gets to the scene and saves who he can, he only goes BACK IN TIME FOR THE GIRL! It gets steadily worse every film after that, even including Superman Returns which tried hard to pander!
-Has superman erase Lois's Mind with a KISS!
-Superman still kills Zod. He kils Zod, Zod's girlfriend, and a retarded gentlemen. Superman uses Texas Justice!
-Has Lex Luthor scheme up a Land Trade by sinking part of america! -_-
-In Superman Returns, superman has still erased Lois's mind, but Lois is still total down with her baby obviously being superman's even though she can't recall them ever doing the nasty! She's in fact happy they did it even though SHE CLEARLY CAN'T RECALL IT!!!!!!
The new Superman is not perfect, it's far from it. It's symbolic, expositional, and showy. It's still the best Superman that has hit film...sorry.