Escape to the Movies: Surrogates
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I'm honestly not surprised in the slightest that a movie with Bruce Willis was good, I mean from the few, short clips that you showed I could some-what see what was going on through his silent performance alone.
So I might just give this one a look-in...
But on another note, dear God, please find a new way to compress your videos!
It's painful to look at sometimes, I realise the spectacle isn't what we're here for when it comes to a review, But when you go off on a wordy rant and use on-screen dialogue to sort the problem, the least we could hope for is being able to read it.
Also, never heard of Ponyo before, but it looks like something I'd enjoy, So I'm definately looking into it.
So I might just give this one a look-in...
But on another note, dear God, please find a new way to compress your videos!
It's painful to look at sometimes, I realise the spectacle isn't what we're here for when it comes to a review, But when you go off on a wordy rant and use on-screen dialogue to sort the problem, the least we could hope for is being able to read it.
Also, never heard of Ponyo before, but it looks like something I'd enjoy, So I'm definately looking into it.
Maybe I'm just overstretching the similarities but did this remind you of Dot Hack?MovieBob said:
I mean I REALLY want to see it (I'm a fan of Willis) but I thought to myself "This reminds me of Dot Hack."
Doesn't count. He was actually looking for a bathroom and the other actors started talking to him. He naturally began responding in a character because his brain is constantly forming doppleganger personas to help him deal with the chore that is acting like a pathetic non-willis human.sanzo said:
No really that's what I read anyways.
It's not a disturbing trend. It's people who have taken his advice in the past, seen a film and liked it.dantheman931 said:
Once a person gets one too many suggestions from him and see's things they didn't like they stop listening.
Believe it or not some people in this world like the same things. It is almost how companies can produce millions of copies of something and not go bankrupt.
I'm porbably going to be shot for this, but I thought Ponyo sucked really badly. It had no crisis at all and is basically just all super happy-go-lucky and like we-are-the-world. It definitely didn't have any emotional rollercoasters like in the other movies (like Totoro or Spirited Away or Grave of the Fireflies). It was just happy little kid movie. Basically it was fish turn to girl. girl likes boy, girl marry boy through parents' arrangement. Pretty lame. The whole climatic part where ponyo has to choose (I won't spoil it) was completely and utterly anticlimatic. It was basically just "oh ok."
But I want to watch Surrogate now. And I can't believe I missed Moon. HOLY F*** I just saw the trailer, and I'm dying to watch it.
But I want to watch Surrogate now. And I can't believe I missed Moon. HOLY F*** I just saw the trailer, and I'm dying to watch it.
Grr, stupid UK, have to wait until next year for Ponyo to be released in cinemas here and even then it won't be the subtitled version.
Sorry really don't want to kick of a subs vs dubs bloodbath, I just have a severe dislike for anything dubbed no matter the medium or the original language and cannot seem to reconcile my desire to watch Ponyo on the big screen with my equally strong desire to never watch the dub.
Sorry really don't want to kick of a subs vs dubs bloodbath, I just have a severe dislike for anything dubbed no matter the medium or the original language and cannot seem to reconcile my desire to watch Ponyo on the big screen with my equally strong desire to never watch the dub.
Gft.CmRet said:
Bad actors: Christian Bale, Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Cage...funny thing is they get to play cool parts all the time and they suck balls at them. They also should play robots.
Back on topicland, an indie movie came out a while ago...it's called "Teeth". Look it up NOW. have not seen your Jennifer's Body review, but I saw the trailer...Megan Fox remains on my crap actor list.
Surrogates can also be compared to any part of the Ghost In the Shell IP. Or the good Matrix film.
Ponyo? Looks to be from Ghibli...Disney will be upping the weird for no good reason. If no one has noticed, the Miyazaki films have gotten really aimless.
It looked fine to me. Here's what it said, if you're actually wondering:
Here's some fun movie-vocabulary:
"As-You-Know,-Bob"
It refers to scifi dialogue scenes where people tell each other stuff they both already know as a way to tell the audience how the made-up science "works."
Also, another up-thumb for mentioning Ginger Snaps.
Here's some fun movie-vocabulary:
"As-You-Know,-Bob"
It refers to scifi dialogue scenes where people tell each other stuff they both already know as a way to tell the audience how the made-up science "works."
Also, another up-thumb for mentioning Ginger Snaps.
That's why you have to listen carefully.Endocrom said:
Just a thought about the idea for this. My understanding is that it was lifted by a writer from David Brin's 'Kiln People' when his studio at the time lost the rights for that book. (Brin wrote 'The Postman', but don't blame him, he hated the movie too. 'Kiln People' is a great read)
Also, thanks for pumping up Ginger Snaps. This is one of those movies I try like hell to get everyone to see. I didn't care much for the next couple. 3 was especially painful, but what the hell. The first one is fantastic.
Also, thanks for pumping up Ginger Snaps. This is one of those movies I try like hell to get everyone to see. I didn't care much for the next couple. 3 was especially painful, but what the hell. The first one is fantastic.
Bob recommended 'Ginger Snaps'? God bless you Bob, I love that film and I regard it as one of the most underrated low-budget horror films of all time. It's one of those films that I always tell people about whenever I'm in film-buff mode. The sequel was alright, I liked the direction they took with it and I though Emily Perkin's performance was nothing short of excellent. The prequel however was a load of unnecessary nonsense. You should all go and watch 'Ginger Snaps' and then check out 'Ginger Snaps Back', but for the love of God don't bother with 'The Beginning'.
As for Surrogates, I'm not really bothered about it, I might check it out if I have nothing better to do but that's looking unlikely.
As for Surrogates, I'm not really bothered about it, I might check it out if I have nothing better to do but that's looking unlikely.
I think I'll go and see this movie, just to give it some support for exploring new and refreshing concepts. I don't think I've looked forward to a year in the movie industry as much as this one. Even if all these movies might not be masterpieces, I still praise them for daring to step upon new ground. We need more things like that! Though it's a shame money and expensive budget costs has to push down creative minds.
I've never been very much interested in Japanese animation pictures. I cannot find much depth, characters which you can take seriously or even a understandable story. Also alot of it seems to be way to immature for my taste. But maybe that's my own fault? I tend to sub-conciously regard it as TV-shows I saw as I was little. I've never really understood what has made all these animated movies so praised by critics. I guess we all have our own views to look at things. No offense meant to anyone, the genre just hasn't caught my interest despite my occasional attempts.
I've never been very much interested in Japanese animation pictures. I cannot find much depth, characters which you can take seriously or even a understandable story. Also alot of it seems to be way to immature for my taste. But maybe that's my own fault? I tend to sub-conciously regard it as TV-shows I saw as I was little. I've never really understood what has made all these animated movies so praised by critics. I guess we all have our own views to look at things. No offense meant to anyone, the genre just hasn't caught my interest despite my occasional attempts.
