Front Row Crew Forum

Churba

Li_Akahi said:
In a world where Brave exists, you are all wrong.

That thing with the horse still bothers me. The way she's riding in the trailers, it's a wonder she's able to walk afterward.

Li_Akahi

Churba said:

Li_Akahi said:
In a world where Brave exists, you are all wrong.
That thing with the horse still bothers me. The way she's riding in the trailers, it's a wonder she's able to walk afterward.

Considering the fact that it's a world where will-o-wisps and demon bears exist, I really don't think that her being able to ride a giant horse is that much of a problem.

P_TOG

chaosof99 said:
The big question is: Does it have J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson?

I'm not sure if this film will even have JJJ.

Also, Chronicle was really really good, wow.

Geo

Li_Akahi said:

chaosof99 said:
The big question is: Does it have J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson?
J. Jonah Jameson isn't in the movie at all, his character is being replaced by Captain Stacy (played by Dennis Leary). I'm curious to see if they just bring J.K. Simmons back as JJ just because of his perfect casting

I highly highly doubt it. I'm willing to bet that he wouldn't want to do the same character for a reboot series after doing it for 3 movies...

WindUpBird

Fuck, Dennis Leary instead of JK Simmons and no J. Jonah?

This movie is looking worse all the time. We need a Beyonder movie.

Greg

I will accept no JK JJJ since we're getting Captain Leary.

Nukerjsr

I think Leary as Cpt. Stacy is great casting. If anyone's going to play a bitter old man of authority, it's him.

But if we are going to bring in J. Jonah Jameson again in this new film, just get JK Simmons again. Everyone loved him.

Li_Akahi

WindUpBird said:
Fuck, Dennis Leary instead of JK Simmons and no J. Jonah?

This movie is looking worse all the time. We need a Beyonder movie.

Understand that they are going for a much younger Peter Parker than the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films did. In those he started out as a senior, so him actually going out into the world looking for a job was a much more pressing idea. If the Amazing Spider-Man spawns sequels, that's when we'll see J. Jonah come in along with Mary Jane and possibly the death of Gwen Stacy at the hands of the Green Goblin.

Also, Dennis Leary is awesome and I really feel like he can do a great job as the lawful foil to Spider-Man.

Jason

Also, Denis Leary only has one n.

TRIVIA-ED.

Apreche

Jason said:
Also, Denis Leary only has one n.

TRIVIA-ED.

Your mom has zero ns?

Jason

Apreche said:

Jason said:
Also, Denis Leary only has one n.

TRIVIA-ED.
Your mom has zero ns?

That is empirically true.

Axel

I'm not excited for the new Spider-Man, because the trailer makes it look like Dr. Connors himself is evil, and becomes the Lizard because he's evil, and had something to do with Peter Parker's parents. Both of those things are dumb and I don't want to see it.

Li_Akahi

Hot Tub Time Machine is a very entertaining movie.

Sail

Li_Akahi said:
Hot Tub Time Machine is a very entertaining movie.

great white buffalo

DevilUknow

Drive is my pick for Best "Head Stomped into Shepard's Pie Filling" of 2011.

Sonic

Re-watched Bicentennial Man while reading the shooting script. Nicholas Kazan apprently wanted the movie to have A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TONE. In the screen play, Andrew is 100x stupider and it focuses more on political maneuvering than his actual development as a character. There are so many scenes removed or altered. "Sir" gets divorced and embittered by the mid way point.

Yes, the movie is still one of my favorites. If it was produced faithful to the screenplay, it would NOT be.

Li_Akahi

DevilUknow said:
Drive is my pick for Best "Head Stomped into Shepard's Pie Filling" of 2011.

KapitänTim

WindUpBird said:

P_TOG said:
Lockout is going to be the best movie of 2012 and I believe that 100%.
Not if Hobo With A Shotgun 2: Hobo Shootaloo comes out first.

Wrong. The FP will be the best movie of 2012.
http://youtu.be/Zm3p0aNrOQA

P_TOG

I really liked Crank.

I really, really liked Crank 2.

DevilUknow

KapitänTim said:
Wrong. The FP will be the best movie of 2012.
http://youtu.be/Zm3p0aNrOQA

You've just made my day.

MATATAT

Saw Chronicle last night. It was pretty good but the entire time it made me think of Akira.

Luke Burrage

Juliane and I watched The Artist last night. We thought it was fun. It's a pity we watched Singing In The Rain a few months ago, or else we might have thought it was amazing like the hype would have us believe.

Also we both talked all the way through it. It's like watching a subtitled movie, where you don't have to shut up to understand the words, but with very few subtitles, so we could talk even more.

Apreche

MATATAT said:
Saw Chronicle last night. It was pretty good but the entire time it made me think of Akira.

Chase dragged me out to see Chronicle. Cinematography was good, acting was decent, plot was fail. I can't deal with characters doing dumb shit! If they had the plot go in a more Bokurano direction it could have been amazing.

I also whispered TETSUO! to Chase right near the end. But then there was an Evangelion Lance of Longinus thrown in there as well.

Lastly, it's the year 2012. Token black guys. Seriously. WTF.

Geo

They are teenagers. Most teenagers (usually ones with angst) commonly do dumb shit without thinking of the consequences. Where is the problem here? When put in the perspective of the characters being teenagers with raging hormones, I'd argue that it is better writing than if a character (especially those who are teenagers) did everything right all the time. Otherwise, it would be really boring. However I do sympathize with your gripe on the tokenism present.

P_TOG

Say what you will about Mr. Token, but I did like the fact that his character being black meant nothing. You could have casted a white guy and it wouldn't have felt any different.

KapitänTim

Max Landis wrote the screenplay.

WindUpBird

P_TOG said:
Say what you will about Mr. Token, but I did like the fact that his character being black meant nothing. You could have casted a white guy and it wouldn't have felt any different.

KapitänTim said:
Max Landis wrote the screenplay.

I suspect that the first quote has a LOT to do with the second.

Kate Monster

We just watched Agora, and I have to say that it was outstanding.

When it came out, our local Atheist group went to see it together followed by discussion of the film. Now, I regret not making time to join them.

Li_Akahi

Watched 12 Angry Men last night. I had seen the show, but god damn was that movie amazing. The acting was easily some of the best I have ever seen.

Apreche

Li_Akahi said:
Watched 12 Angry Men last night. I had seen the show, but god damn was that movie amazing. The acting was easily some of the best I have ever seen.

Eeeeyup.

Li_Akahi

Apreche said:

Li_Akahi said:
Watched 12 Angry Men last night. I had seen the show, but god damn was that movie amazing. The acting was easily some of the best I have ever seen.
Eeeeyup.

Best part was when the racist guy went on his tirade and the business man told him very quietly to sit down and not say anything else.

Geo

In preparation for the Nicolas Cage podcast both I and Li_Akahi will do soon, I watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Needless to say...its Nicolas Cage Does Wizard Shit.

TheWhaleShark

Oh god, that movie is such trash. Awesomely entertaining trash. Also, one of the antagonists' names sounds like "whore bath," which makes me laugh every time.

Kate Monster

Li_Akahi said:
Watched 12 Angry Men last night. I had seen the show, but god damn was that movie amazing. The acting was easily some of the best I have ever seen.

12 Angry Men, Inherit the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird are three of my all-time favorite movies.

Geo

TheWhaleShark said:
Oh god, that movie is such trash. Awesomely entertaining trash. Also, one of the antagonists' names sounds like "whore bath," which makes me laugh every time.

Yes...yes...I am well aware...which is why it will make such good material on the podcast for both of us.

Kate Monster said:

Li_Akahi said:
Watched 12 Angry Men last night. I had seen the show, but god damn was that movie amazing. The acting was easily some of the best I have ever seen.

12 Angry Men, Inherit the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird are three of my all-time favorite movies.

You win.

Greg

I watched this at the local Sci Fi marathon last night. The best part was either in the third musical number when suddenly they were in Peru, or in the finale when all the androids turned into a ball and a snake and a giant robot and stuff.

Li_Akahi

TheWhaleShark said:
Oh god, that movie is such trash. Awesomely entertaining trash. Also, one of the antagonists' names sounds like "whore bath," which makes me laugh every time.

I don't think it's trash, I just think it's extremely average. It's not really good or bad, it's basically just fluff. The film does some pretty awesome world building and it is pretty consistent within it's internal logic, the CG is pretty good, and the Cage's performance is surprisingly subdued (especially considering his role).

Li_Akahi

Hugo is the best film I have seen that was released in 2011 (I still haven't seen The Artist yet), and I honestly believe that it is one of the best films of all time. Like Drive, it's one of those movies that the trailer does not actually tell you what the story is actually about. The story of Hugo himself is just a framing device for expressing the sheer magic of filmmaking in the early days of cinema. It's a movie that everyone NEEDS to see.

Jason

Reese Witherspoon keeps getting better looking. I almost wouldn't mind seeing her new spy/romace flick.

Li_Akahi

Jason said:
Reese Witherspoon keeps getting better looking. I almost wouldn't mind seeing her new spy/romace flick.

I've hard that Chris Pine and Tom Hardy have better chemistry together than either of them have with Reese Witherspoon'd character. Take that as you will.

Jason

Paging Dr. Freud.

Rym

Watched Inception again with Emily, who had never seen it.

It's a damn solid heist movie with fantastic acting and gorgeous environments. I had completely forgotten my favorite line in the whole movie:

"I really wanted to see what would happen in there."

highdefinition

Rym said:
Watched Inception again with Emily, who had never seen it.

It's a damn solid heist movie with fantastic acting and gorgeous environments. I had completely forgotten my favorite line in the whole movie:

"I really wanted to see what would happen in there."

relevant follow up to watching Inception