Movie News, Reviews, & Reactions 2010

[Wolverine]

Green Lantern posters:
In Brightest Day
In Blackest Night
No Evil Shall
Escape My Sight

[Mister Andersen]

Predators International Red Band trailer (contains minor spoilers)

You know, not that red bandy.

Just came back from seeing the film. I think it was a worthy successor to the franchise (certainly it put the AVP film franchise in the dust where it belongs). Yes there were some overly recognisable story beats from the 1st movie -- and amusingly enough from Aliens -- but I think they were by and large forgivable (except the "kill me" one; nothing that unsubtly stolen is forgivable). The twist concerning the Predators themselves was interesting.

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It's amusing to put it down to a gender rather than species difference, and you picture the one tied to the totem as the ex of the lead "wolf" predator.  Or perhaps the "fuck'em and kill'em" approach of some spiders is in operation here, which would an appealing inhuman quality.

[Sletchman]

Predators International Red Band trailer (contains minor spoilers)

You know, not that red bandy.

Just came back from seeing the film. I think it was a worthy successor to the franchise (certainly it put the AVP film franchise in the dust where it belongs). Yes there were some overly recognisable story beats from the 1st movie -- and amusingly enough from Aliens -- but I think they were by and large forgivable (except the "kill me" one; nothing that unsubtly stolen is forgivable). The twist concerning the Predators themselves was interesting.

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It's amusing to put it down to a gender rather than species difference, and you picture the one tied to the totem as the ex of the lead "wolf" predator.  Or perhaps the "fuck'em and kill'em" approach of some spiders is in operation here, which would an appealing inhuman quality.

I enjoyed it myself, and am willing to forgive the "kill me" stealing.  My only real annoyance is:

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You don't actually see Cuchillo [Danny Trejo] get killed - in fact the people I went with asked half way through the movie "Dude, what happened to the mexican dude anyways?".

Which isn't much of a gripe anyway.  I would have liked some of the creatures to get some more screen time too, just because they were pretty cool.  I also digged most of the references to Predator, and would watch a sequel, as long as it isn't too contrived.

[Mister Andersen]

I'll bet you anything the first death scene shows up aspart of the special edition/director's cut.

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because getting them off the preserve is going to be an exercise in rinsing and repeating this film. In a lot of ways Predators should have been the lead in to the first AvP film, which would have started with Royce, Isabelle and whomever we feel like introducing as survivors of the parachute drop from the end of this film aboard a captured pred ship ending up in the middle of a blooding hunt. Of course, you could also use that set up for a purely Predator based film, but it would have been cool.

[Sletchman]

Definately, on both points.  I know a sequels been effectively announced, I just hope it isn't a direct sequel [though film producers do have a history of bring my worst fears to the screen].

[ThunderMonkey]

Definately, on both points.  I know a sequels been effectively announced, I just hope it isn't a direct sequel [though film producers do have a history of bring my worst fears to the screen].

I think I recall Rodriguez saying something to the effect that it won't be a direct sequel. He also added "I think people would like to see me do 'Sin City 2' first."

[Dhampire]

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You don't actually see Cuchillo [Danny Trejo] get killed - in fact the people I went with asked half way through the movie "Dude, what happened to the mexican dude anyways?".

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I really would have liked to see more screentime with Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne.  That was my main disappointment.  Other than that, decent movie.  Better than the AVPs, but that's not saying a whole lot.

[Mister Andersen]

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The one thing I'd change would be Topher Grace's character. As it is, it's very very clear from the scene with the flower onwards that he's another monster just waiting for his opportunity to strike; if they'd had him provide medical support, I think they could have defused that by making it look like the Predators were providing themself with a very different challenge.

[Dhampire]

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The one thing I'd change would be Topher Grace's character. As it is, it's very very clear from the scene with the flower onwards that he's another monster just waiting for his opportunity to strike; if they'd had him provide medical support, I think they could have defused that by making it look like the Predators were providing themself with a very different challenge.

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That's very true.  I was able to call the poison use as the end-game betrayal when he used his knife to collect some.

[Sletchman]

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The one thing I'd change would be Topher Grace's character. As it is, it's very very clear from the scene with the flower onwards that he's another monster just waiting for his opportunity to strike; if they'd had him provide medical support, I think they could have defused that by making it look like the Predators were providing themself with a very different challenge.

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That's very true.  I was able to call the poison use as the end-game betrayal when he used his knife to collect some.

Excellent point Mr A, and I said that out loud to the group I was with Dhampire.

[Sletchman]

I saw Inception earlier today, and if you haven't seen it yet what's your excuse?  Seriously, go see it now.  Drop what you are doing, and go.  It's ok, I'll wait...  I had extremely high expectations, and wasn't let down in the slightest.

[Sletchman]

Anyone else super stoked that Guillermo Del Toro's next film is At the Mountains of Madness?  I'm also interested that it has James Cameron as producer, because the man can do special effects and has a borderline endless budget.  I just hope Del Toro can make the film as he wants - he's mentioned before that he wants it to be a gritty R rated horror film, a true adaptation of Lovecraft's work.

[Nepenthe]

Anyone else super stoked that Guillermo Del Toro's next film is At the Mountains of Madness?  I'm also interested that it has James Cameron as producer, because the man can do special effects and has a borderline endless budget.  I just hope Del Toro can make the film as he wants - he's mentioned before that he wants it to be a gritty R rated horror film, a true adaptation of Lovecraft's work.

I'm stoked if it is.

[ahzad]

Anyone else super stoked that Guillermo Del Toro's next film is At the Mountains of Madness?  I'm also interested that it has James Cameron as producer, because the man can do special effects and has a borderline endless budget.  I just hope Del Toro can make the film as he wants - he's mentioned before that he wants it to be a gritty R rated horror film, a true adaptation of Lovecraft's work.

I definitely am very stoked for this I would like to see a good big budget HPL fillm.

[ahzad]

I'm liking the look and feel of Thor.

http://io9.com/5599251/check-out-the-full-thor-trailer-and-get-hammered