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The Dark Knight of Steel Returns
Pacific Rim |OT| Apocalypse Never
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The Dark Knight of Steel Returns
No, he's talking about the Singer directed one, where Batman creeps on boy Robin.
"It's morphine time!"
Give this man a medal.
He's just preemptively lobbing venom at a future film adaptation of Miller's book.
Discotheque
Banned
lmao that's the craziest "nothing" sentence ever. it's so neutral
What the hell is this supposed to mean?
http://badassdigest.com/2013/07/07/the-badass-interview-pacific-rim-screenwriter-travis-beacham/
pretty good interview, liked this bit:
So great.
pretty good interview, liked this bit:
So great.
Dragoon En Regalia
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The Digest's new magazine for the Alamo Drafthouse is full of interesting stuff, like an article on North Korean kaiju films.
I think that it means that it's a summerflick which takes itself too seriously. But honestly they just feel like fancy words that makes the reviewer think he's smart for using them,
shira
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What we have here is an entirely earnest film, a love letter to giant monster movies and mecha anime, with every effort made to please the audience. We get the lavish set pieces expected of the typical summer comic blockbuster with the memorable visual design of del Toro's other films, in a successful pairing that the Hellboy series never quite managed to slam dunk.
The quirk hits at the right moments to break up the action, without dragging on or undermining the tone: socially awkward scientists scheming, but no 30 minute Transformers hacker interlude. It knows when to engage and when to reload. Emotional bonds are presented matter-of-factly and not exploited in a slow motion instrumental crescendo or silent staring contest, because no one has time for that: Godzilla needs to be punched in the face right fucking now or the world ends.
The characters are as earnest as del Toro's overall vision for the project. This isn't the platform for nuanced portrayals, but for big things in larger than life packages, heroes standing tall when it matters and overcoming or dying in the attempt, without apology or regret.
It wastes no time, no 90 minutes of Krypton and Kansas and brooding or high school and breaking basketball backboards. This is the equivalent of Fast Pacific Rim Five: Shit Just Got Real, where the origin movie is long gone and all that matters now is a rousing spectacle, just without that origin movie ever having existed. It doesn't pull any punches or feel like a carefully planned attempt at creating a franchise by spreading out the potential narrative and amounting to a "this is just the beginning, and you already need to start getting hyped for two years from now." Pacific Rim's the full load being blown in your face all in one shot and not worrying about the consequences.
The quirk hits at the right moments to break up the action, without dragging on or undermining the tone: socially awkward scientists scheming, but no 30 minute Transformers hacker interlude. It knows when to engage and when to reload. Emotional bonds are presented matter-of-factly and not exploited in a slow motion instrumental crescendo or silent staring contest, because no one has time for that: Godzilla needs to be punched in the face right fucking now or the world ends.
The characters are as earnest as del Toro's overall vision for the project. This isn't the platform for nuanced portrayals, but for big things in larger than life packages, heroes standing tall when it matters and overcoming or dying in the attempt, without apology or regret.
It wastes no time, no 90 minutes of Krypton and Kansas and brooding or high school and breaking basketball backboards. This is the equivalent of Fast Pacific Rim Five: Shit Just Got Real, where the origin movie is long gone and all that matters now is a rousing spectacle, just without that origin movie ever having existed. It doesn't pull any punches or feel like a carefully planned attempt at creating a franchise by spreading out the potential narrative and amounting to a "this is just the beginning, and you already need to start getting hyped for two years from now." Pacific Rim's the full load being blown in your face all in one shot and not worrying about the consequences.
Dragoon En Regalia
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78% on RT, counting 3/5 reviews as fresh (that being just above the F/R divide). Percentage looks like it's increasing, avg. score at 7 or so.
In short: listen to EviLore.
In short: listen to EviLore.
Messofanego
Banned
These should be in OP under Impressions.
Nice to hear that the execution is perfection. No origin story or sequel cliffhangers is actually kind of rare these days. Also, mentioning Fast Five, oh hell yes one lean tight action movie.
Ready to slice and dice!
Great stuff. Looking forward to it.
Okay my hype is reaching dangerous levels. Hearing that there is no time wasted is so amazing. I've always hated it when you have a movie like this and there are scenes that are blatantly filler to just add time to the film without needing to have expensive special effects. Or stuff in an origin story that really doesn't need to be explained and could very easily be taken as read.
Figured as much. Same bullshit people tried with MoS. God forbid someone take the fantastical seriously and dare to treat it with the sincerity and heft it deserves.
Well holy shit, that's a kind of praise you read rarely these days
Also I wish my English was half as good as Evilore's
TacticalFox88
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Since when was the last time Evil motherfucking Lore reviewed a film AND gave it praise?
Jables Swan
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No. They don't say "my bad" at any point either.
It has box office bomb written all over it then.
Messofanego
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"At first, watching Pacific Rim feels like rediscovering a favourite childhood cartoon but del Toro has flooded the project with such affection and artistry that, rather than smiling nostalgically, you find yourself enchanted all over again."
Nice to know it has an identity of its own. So many people are talking that this brings their childhood wonder of seeing something like Jurassic Park for the first time, I hope I get those feels too.
fuck yes
Thought it would be odd with a limited release, seen loads of ads in different theaters and it's on loads of buses and billboards too. Even saw an advert during the Formula 1 Practise on Saturday morning.
Messofanego
Banned
How far are you from an IMAX?
Huh, didn't expect a DMC4 reference in here.
Nice writeup Evilore. I have not been to a cinema in years but I really would like to see this and Only God Forgives.
Nearest is about 30mins away from me, but if I was going to see it at the Imax it would be at the Waterloo which is about an hour away.
Depending on who I go with will depend on whether they can be arsed to go that far though.
Not sure if I want to see it in 3D TBH, never done anything for me before and I need to see superman again because I saw it at the Waterloo in 3D.
donkey show
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Johnlenham
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I was hoping they would have a thursday showing this week as it smy gf birthday on friday and she is not keen atall to see it haha.
Now this line is what sold me 100%. Can't effing wait, have to wait till the 20th to watch it though!
Messofanego
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You know, there are still tickets available for Friday at Waterloo IMAX
I'm going for the 6pm showing, quite some tickets left. Just got my friend to book some for that time.- Status