luckygodzilla
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Care to elaborate for those of us who haven't seen it?Did you see the Director's Cut? Completely by accident.
Care to elaborate for those of us who haven't seen it?Did you see the Director's Cut? Completely by accident.
The director's cut basically proves the director had no real understanding of why Donnie Darko worked in the first place. It overexplains everything and what it explains is hilariously silly.Care to elaborate for those of us who haven't seen it?
I went in expecting to be disappointed and horribly frustrated with the movie, the reviews made it sound like it leaned more towards juvenile and stupid antics. I was however, pleasantly surprised, very much so.
The script has some really contrived and convenient plot-points that felt forced in the grand scheme of moving any plot along. But, the emotional core of the movie was substantial enough for it to feel unique and interesting. I really enjoyed seeing the language and structure of the scenes evolve with Chappie himself. The movie starts out very slow and aimless, but as Chappie grows, it becomes more intense and more precise in what all scenes are trying to convey.
The big part I really enjoyed, is that the movie dares to be unique and odd. Nothing is held back, Die Antwoord are in full effect and the soundtrack jumps back and forth. The movie could've been incredibly annoying and juvenile, but it allows the weirdness to flourish and convey what the movie is trying to tell, rather than holding it back to be used as visual gimmicks.
Only part I didn't like was Hugh Jackman's character, which was only written as the antagonist with nothing else added. Much like the plot-points, he too is horribly practical and contrived. Nothing he does or says makes any sense in the universe the movie has built, he's just conveniently evil and shortsighted.
I also actually really liked Ninja, I thought he felt natural in the role. During some scenes, I was thinking "I'm pretty sure he did this scene a lot of times just to get the facial expression right".
I can totally understand if people aren't sold on it, but I can definitely see this becoming a cult-movie. I also saw it with a friend who loved it to heaven and back. She couldn't stop gushing when we were walking home.
Care to elaborate for those of us who haven't seen it?
Editors on that movie must have been working overtime to get the film to turn out the way it did because the DC is a damn mess in comparison.The director's cut basically proves the director had no real understanding of why Donnie Darko worked in the first place. It overexplains everything and what it explains is hilariously silly.
Still #1 movie on the box office this weekend, budget is $49MCHAPPiE opened with an estimated $13.3M this weekend
Chappie has now surpassed Speed Racer (39%) and is fast approaching Miami Vice (47%).
Saw this last night with my girl. It was decent....until it took a nosedive towards the end. Fuckin WOW. I probably have missed something butWhy didn't Chappie rush Deon to a hospital or something? Nevermind the whole bullshit about the extraction and transferring of human consciouness (and the fact that you could fit a human brain into a thumbdrive) but when Chappie kept on blabbering frantically about it AND Deon didn't seem to mind....i don't know. I felt that it would have been a much better ending had it been about an ethical dilemma...Deon protesting NOT to be transferred into a robot body and then struggling to grasp the reality once his conciousness has been transferred.
How is the Life Aquatic considered bad? The fuck is this.
I'll still see this movie, I love that gritty, dirty look to it.
Elysium was such a bummer that i'll wait for this to come home before checking it out.
Friend of mine said this was like watching a movie about robot Jar-Jar Binks who kills people.
He thinks Dev Patel's character should have died in the beginning to prevent Chappie from existing.
Eh, opinions. I haven't seen it yet, but he loved District 9 and liked Elysium, so he was a bit predisposed to liking Chappie. Thought it was far worse than Elysium.
How is the Life Aquatic considered bad? The fuck is this.
This movie was suppose to be a comedy though. So... WTF?
Oh look the result everyone would have expected
Movie reviewers don't watch each film they review 3 times.How is the Life Aquatic considered bad? The fuck is this.