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[maxcriden]

8/10 update:

Holding steady at 87% with 50+ reviews!

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With just ten reviews, but not a bad way to start off.

More than anything, this is a slice-of-life tale, whisper-thin but still full of feeling and a generous sense of place. With the world's most adorable dragon at the center of it all.

Pete's Dragon has an emotional sensitivity, aesthetic clarity, and all-around sense of fun that creates what feels like an unearned miracle in the current summer tentpole season.

Music to my ears, right here:

Pete's Dragon is a better Super 8.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/petes_dragon_2016/

Trailer thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233795&highlight=pete+s

 

[zeemumu]

IT'S MONEY MONEY MONEY BY THE POUND!!!

 

[Kolx]

Saw the part of the movie they were showing at Disney World and it looked great so no surprise there.

 

[Rogan]

This looks good.

 

[Akahige]

So along with Stranger Things we are getting two better Super 8's this year.

And it's somehow a better friendly giant fucker movie than what Spielberg made.

 

[firehawk12]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I didn't know this was coming out so soon.

 

[maxcriden]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

IKR

 

[Messofanego]

Why would I want a comparison to a bad movie? Compare it to How To Train Your Dragon, if anything.

 

[Elitist1945]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

Honestly didn't know a lot of people disliked Super 8. Thought it was a nice film.

 

[Alric]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

The only thing I remember about Super 8 is the train sequence which made 0 sense.

 

[Weetrick]

I have no desire to see this, but I felt the same about The Jungle Book...until I saw it. Loved that movie. Disney is on a roll.

 

[littlebigman]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

Shut up, I liked that movie....

Spoiler

when I was 14

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Watching the original actually gives you physical pain from how cringeworthy it is.

 

[LionPride]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

It's not bad, it's just not that good.

 

[| Praxis |]

Watching the original actually gives you physical pain from how cringeworthy it is.

it reminds me of my grandmother. She would bake an apple in the oven for me (like the dragon does in the film) then we'd sit down and watch it. I don't have many memories of her left, but that one stands out.

 

[Nudull]

Karl Urban stays winning?

 

[Ross61]

Disney really running shit this year.

 

[Einchy]

Too soon to really know what the final score will be but I'm surprised it's so high right now, the trailer looked pretty crappy, thought for sure this would be a huge dud.

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

Get me off this world cus Super 8 was great.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I expect good things from Beauty and the Beast.

 

[Nappuccino]

Too soon to really know what the final score will be but I'm surprised it's so high right now, the trailer looked pretty crappy, thought for sure this would be a huge dud.


Get me off this world cus Super 8 was great.

For about 40 minutes

 

[| Praxis |]

Get me off this world cus Super 8 was great.

It really wasn't. Miserable attempt to appeal to your nostalgia that never really went anywhere interesting.

Stranger Things actually pulled it off amazingly and highlighted the failures of Super 8 even more.

 

[Meffer]

I watched the original movie a lot when I was a kid and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Meffer]

Too soon to really know what the final score will be but I'm surprised it's so high right now, the trailer looked pretty crappy, thought for sure this would be a huge dud.


Get me off this world cus Super 8 was great.

I didn't really like Super 8. It got really violent and the ending was polarizing from what the alien was doing throughout. I'm suppose to sympathize with that thing?

 

[msdstc]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

God it was awful.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Music to my ears, right here:

Except it's not a musical like the original so I'm kind of annoyed at it from square one. I understand why it's not, but, still disappointing. Some of the songs in the first are great.

 

[maxcriden]

Except it's not a musical like the original so I'm kind of annoyed at it from square one. I understand why it's not, but, still disappointing. Some of the songs in the first are great.

The original is a musical?! How did I not know or remember that....

 

[Timbuktu]

The trailer felt a lot like The Iron Giant. Hope it's that quality, a lot of the themes and story beats would be similar it seems.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Karl Urban stays winning?

Dude's fucking awesome no matter the role.

That last trailer was actually good. This seems like it could deliver.

 

[Skatterd]

Jungle Book was fucking wonderful so I believe it.

 

[Baroquemantic]

I'm just glad I live in a world where people realize that Super 8 is bad. lol

I'm just glad I don't have bad taste like you!

I thought Super 8 was pretty good.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

The original is a musical?! How did I not know or remember that....

Oh Yes. Not surprising when you consider it stars Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney

 

[ratcliffja]

The best part of the original was the songs. It's bizarre that they kept the songs in Jungle Book, which was an adaptation from a book that didn't really need the songs, but removed them from here.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

The trailer felt a lot like The Iron Giant. Hope it's that quality, a lot of the themes and story beats would be similar it seems.

Came here to post this.

I finally just watched the trailer
Quality of the movie was unexpected.

Looks genuinely good!

 

[Messofanego]

I thought Super 8 was pretty good.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

1) Screw you all, Super 8 was great.
2) Man, I'm glad to see good reception for this, since it looked like another Spielberg-inspired family adventure film and I want more of that, and I was worried it might not be so hot.
3) ... it's definitely not going to make bank either way though. :\ It might be moderately successful in its own right, but it sure as hell ain't pulling in Jungle Book money, sadly.

 

[kurahador]

Super 8? Pffftt...measure it against Stranger Things.

Who knew this would likely ends up being better rated than Spielberg's BFG.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Watching the original actually gives you physical pain from how cringeworthy it is.

It's awful but I have great memories of the film as a drug trip without the drugs

 

[T.O.P]

Super 8 was fuckin awful

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Pretty happy to see the solid reviews rolling it, hopefully it holds.

 

[maxcriden]

Holding steady at 87% with 50+ reviews!

 

[Einchy]

Holding steady at 87% with 50+ reviews!

Disney sold their souls to the devil, it's just not possible to release so many good films back to back.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Suicide Squad better start sweatin this weekend.

 

[Mixolydian]

The trailer left me kind of lukewarm to the movie, but I'm very glad to hear this is starting off well. I am going to see this, and really want it to be good.

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

Sucks I have to wait til October to see this... (Doesn't open in the Netherlands til October 5th for some random reason...)

 

[georly]

Disney sold their souls to the devil, it's just not possible to release so many good films back to back.

Yup. They clearly have really smart people at the top, ensuring everything works before going out the door.

 

[Absoludacrous]

I saw it a couple days ago, it was pretty enjoyable. Hits all the major kid's movie tropes, but it at least did them well. Probably doesn't stand out enough on its own to be remembered the way the original was though.

 

[brian577]

Looks cheesy as hell, nowhere near as dark as the original.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Suicide Squad better start sweatin this weekend.

I doubt there is much of an audience overlap between the two.

 

[Discotheque]

Disney sold their souls to the devil, it's just not possible to release so many good films back to back.

Jungle Book sucked