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Post by everso on Nov 16, 2009 22:43:26 GMT
Oh. My. God.
Mr. E. took me to see this last night. Man, it was the business. I am a sucker for disaster films and this was great. The story isn't difficult to follow, not many twists and turns, but that's not the point of the film. It's the special effects - they are something else. Now I was the first one to turn my nose up a bit at The War of the Worlds (the one with Tom Cruise). That was heavy on special effects but because it was a remake I got a bit sniffy and preferred the original. This one isn't a remake of anything, although it's a bit obvious at times and fairly predictable and it does seem to be a sort of patchwork quilt of other disaster films. Don't let that put you off though. Suspend belief for a couple of hours and go and see it. It's a real rip-roaring ride!
My one and only complaint is that it should have been in 3-D. I doubt I would have survived that though.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 26, 2009 19:18:39 GMT
The one thing that puts me off is the film's length. Two and a half hours seems to be the standard now for adult movies... but it seems a tad over-indulgent to me. Apart from the fact that my bum gets fidgety.
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Post by Patrick on Nov 26, 2009 19:21:12 GMT
The one thing that puts me off is the film's length. Two and a half hours seems to be the standard now for adult movies... but it seems a tad over-indulgent to me. Apart from the fact that my bum gets fidgety. ........and you don't get an interval and ice-cream anymore! They're currently knocking down our last cinema to sell ice-cream this week.  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Nov 26, 2009 19:23:01 GMT
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Post by everso on Nov 27, 2009 10:16:20 GMT
The one thing that puts me off is the film's length. Two and a half hours seems to be the standard now for adult movies... but it seems a tad over-indulgent to me. Apart from the fact that my bum gets fidgety. Housey, I'm the same, but it didn't seem that long to me. Yes, films are longer nowadays. I remember years ago you were lucky to get longer than 90 minutes. Mind you, you got two films in those days, plus the Pathe news (or 'Look at Life', depending on which cinema you were at) When Mr. E. and I used to go to the pictures, he used to ask me if I wanted a choc ice just at the point when the ice cream girl was walking down the aisle. I always said 'no', but once there was a long queue I usually changed my mind. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 27, 2009 12:22:33 GMT
I'll wait for the Special-Extended-Super-Duper-Directors Cut DVD. These films have rubbish scripts as a rule and highly implausable stories...but who didn't sit there and enjoy the planet getting battered in "The Day After Tomorrow" or "ID4"? The effects in this 2012 look very pleasing.  AH |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 27, 2009 17:14:54 GMT
I'll wait for the Special-Extended-Super-Duper-Directors Cut DVD. These films have rubbish scripts as a rule and highly implausable stories...but who didn't sit there and enjoy the planet getting battered in "The Day After Tomorrow" or "ID4"? The effects in this 2012 look very pleasing. AH A strong story line with plenty of twists and turns and sub-plots, interesting characters and a lively script are really what matters to me. Special effects are the icing on the cake. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 28, 2009 10:13:11 GMT
Housey, story lines and great characters really aren't part of the genre...I mean, the Earth is getting destroyed one way or another, there isn't an awful lot more you can add. I mean, watching the latest incarnation of "War of the Worlds", I wasn't expecting "deep human drama" or Oscar winning perfomances (and I didn't get any). What I did get was Martian Walkers making really scary noises and blowing the shit out of everything...and it was most satisfying. AH |
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Post by everso on Nov 28, 2009 17:39:22 GMT
Housey, story lines and great characters really aren't part of the genre...I mean, the Earth is getting destroyed one way or another, there isn't an awful lot more you can add. I mean, watching the latest incarnation of "War of the Worlds", I wasn't expecting "deep human drama" or Oscar winning perfomances (and I didn't get any). What I did get was Martian Walkers making really scary noises and blowing the shit out of everything...and it was most satisfying. AH  We are as one. |
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