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[Giant ambush beetle]

I watched Mad Max Fury Road. It was marvelous. Only downside was the 3D effects, I think I'll never watch a film in 3D again. The effects always make me feel strange and tired. 

[Sifr]

Kong is viewed as only a brute monster. He is given these sacrifices out of fear. Everyone on Skull Island either loathes or fears him. The sacrifices scream and try to run. He has been forced into this role of a monster, even when deep down he isn't. His kind either died off or was hunted and killed by the inhabitants or other creatures. He has no one. He's lonely.

 

The behind the scenes features on the DVD confirm this, that the various ape skeletons littering the ground around where Kong lives, were meant to indicate that the giant ape population on that island had died out, either from infighting or being picked off from the various other predators? This left Kong as the last member of his species alive... so part of why he keeps Ann around is because he's extremely lonely?

 

The TL;DR explanation for why Kong is the last of his kind... and why there are dinosaurs on that island;

 

Spoiler

Skull Island is an extreme volcanic hotspot, so it was able to remain temperate when global temperatures dropped during the K-T Extinction 65 million years ago, allowing dinosaurs to thrive and survive there, as well as other megafauna to evolve to compete with these dinosaurs, such as Kong's race.

 

Humans eventually came onto the island, founding a civilisation there and worshipping Kong's race as Gods. They lived at the centre of the island, protected from the various other creatures by a giant stone wall around the perimeter.

 

Unfortunately, the volcanic nature of the island proved to be it's undoing as earthquakes began to cause the landmass to shrink, allowing the creatures to breach the Wall and kill off most of the native civilisation, with the survivors eventually forced to flee to the other side of the wall to survive, where they now eke out a miserable existence living amongst the catacombs.

 

The landmass shrinking also caused the creatures that had previous been seperated by a large island to now be moved into a smaller area, leading to them competing for territory and food. Most of the prey species were wiped out as a result of this, until the predators were all that was left (not counting the insect population in the various trenches). Among these causalities were Kong's species, leaving him as the last of the Great Apes left on the island.

 

About five years after the end of the movie, the entire island was hit by another earthquake that sunk it under the sea.

 

Yeah, I watched the DVD extras and the History of Skull Island mockumentary, which to be honest, was sometimes more interesting than the actual movie... because, let's face it, the stuff on the island was the best part of the movie?

 

What really bugged me the most about King Kong... was where the heck did Jimmy go?

 

He's a secondary character throughout the entire film, they build up his character throughout the first two thirds and he even sees his mentor killed in front of him... but then he just vanishes completely after they leave Skull Island?

 

I've not seen a movie waste Jamie Bell so much since Jumper, where he was way more interesting and likeable than the main protagonist?

[mybudgee]

I watched Mad Max Fury Road. It was marvelous. Only downside was the 3D effects, I think I'll never watch a film in 3D again. The effects always make me feel strange and tired. 

3D is the biggest P.O.S. gimmick since the Kinect

 

   

[Olivia Wilde]

West Side Story

 

Watched it on blu-ray and it still shines today

 

the brief version is it's a musical adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with street gangs in 1950's New York instead of two houses in 15th Century Verona.

 

The dance sequences are amazing (Jerome Robbins' only credit as a film director)

 

Robert Wise directs everything else and is just as good

[Sifr]

 

Oh that movie was awful on so many levels, I watched that last night and I still can't find anything to like about it?

 

They butchered pretty much all the characters and their motivations, the cult made absolutely no sense, they gender-swapped the main character for no reason, then added Sean Bean into the film because the studio wanted a male lead, which they would have had if they'd not changed the gender?

 

Really, Sean Bean should have been the main character, when you think about it, instead of someone who's scenes can be removed from the film and have it lose actually nothing? Actually, taking him out makes it better since the film would take place entirely in the alternate dimensions, allowing the film to maintain it's suspense and pacing a lot better... instead of keep cutting back to him in the normal Silent Hill, doing nothing that's in any way relevant to the film whatsoever?

 

Sure, he was the lead in the sequel, but that film was a mess as well, contradicting so much from the previous film, was it supposed to be in the same continuity or not?

[Rawgrim]

Mad Max 2

The Warriors

Stone Cold

Chappie

[mybudgee]

The Warriors

Me also

 

[Celtic Latino]

Mad Max (the new one). It was my first MM film, really liked it. Had a Fallout vibe to it. 

[Obadiah]

Poltergeist (1982)


Good movie. The animation and puppet effects don't hold up too well, but that damn tree in the lightning still manages to be suitably creepy. Compared to the newer version the story is definitely stronger, but dated since it hinges on the static displayed on televisions after the network broadcast signoff - does anyone even remember that now? Here, more time is spent establishing the family (and dog) dynamic. The ghosts at first seem playful, and elicit a sense of wonder in the pot-smoking parents, before the crazy supernatural antics start to happen.

But, good grief, the product placements! Star Wars (toys, posters, tee-shirts), Holiday Inn, Cheetos, Capt. America comic books...

[mybudgee]

The Poltergiest remake is excessive and ridiculous 

[Sifr]

Does the remake have more than one house that's being haunted, or address why only one specific single home was getting affected, rather than the entire neighbourhood which was also built on the cemetery? Because as much as the original was awesome, they never did explain that plothole?

[TheJester000]

I watched Whiplash a few nights ago and it was phenomenal. If you are into jazz, drumming, or just music in general this is a "must see" movie.

[Obadiah]

I watched Whiplash a few nights ago and it was phenomenal. If you are into jazz, drumming, or just music in general this is a "must see" movie.

Great movie. Not sure I'll watch it twice because I don't find abuse entertaining. Bought soundtrack almost immediately.

[animedreamer]

 

So many things are strange even after they explained them.

 

1.) How did Splinter learn to even read?

 

2.) How did he pick up a Japanese accent while living in a nYc Sewer?

 

3.) Where'd he get the weapons from?

 

4.) How'd he learn and teach them Kanji?

[mybudgee]

Does the remake have more than one house that's being haunted, or address why only one specific single home was getting affected, rather than the entire neighbourhood which was also built on the cemetery? Because as much as the original was awesome, they never did explain that plothole?

The native Americans must've hated Craig T. Nelson

[TheClonesLegacy]

 

So many things are strange even after they explained them.

 

1.) How did Splinter learn to even read?

 

2.) How did he peak up a Japanese accent while living in a nYc Sewer?

 

3.) Where'd he get the weapons from?

 

4.) How'd he learn and teach them Kanji?

I'm literally about done with this movie myself.

And I asked those exact questions.

 

Couldn't he just have been Sacks' Rat and learned from watching him train with obviously-added-in-reshoots Shredder?

It's not exact, but it's close to the comics origin.

 

 

Also how Donnie got the tech to make all of his gear. I know he has a 300 IQ, so it's not out of his wheelhouse, but where'd he get it?

 

Otherwise, meh. It's at least short.

[CoM Solaufein]

Mad Max Fury Road, probably the best of movie of the year. We'll have to see how the new Star Wars movie turns out.

[Obadiah]

Does the remake have more than one house that's being haunted, or address why only one specific single home was getting affected, rather than the entire neighbourhood which was also built on the cemetery? Because as much as the original was awesome, they never did explain that plothole?

It does sort of.

Spoiler

The ghosts are attracted to the little girl because she has some psychic abilities. I guess this is a fairly rare occurrence, and no one else in the development has this ability.

In the original, the mother actually talks about the strange happenings that happen to women, including her, in her family.

[Obadiah]

Tomorrowland



Its the story of a teenage girl, Casey, recruited with Tomorrowland veteran, Frank, to save the world! From the reviews, and the attendance at the theatre I was at, it seems this movie is going to bomb hard, which is a shame because Nix, played by Hugh Laurie, gives a fantastic speech near the climax on how we as a people have accepted the inevitable annihilation of the planet because its been packaged and fed to us as entertainment, and because fixing it requires real work.

However, George Clooney's character, Frank, and a female 12 year old looking robot, Athena played by Raffey Cassidy, also gaze longingly into each others eyes about a love not realized, because apparently he's had feelings for it since he was a kid in the 60's, Athena hasn't aged, and I guess Frank never found another girlfriend. When did Disney movies develop this level of weird? *Flashes back to Jessica in Who Framed Roger Rabbit* Oh, right.

[Voxr]

I liked Roger Rabbit.

[jeromefiefdom]

 

Well, Im sobbing

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

 

So many things are strange even after they explained them.

 

1.) How did Splinter learn to even read?

 

2.) How did he pick up a Japanese accent while living in a nYc Sewer?

 

3.) Where'd he get the weapons from?

 

4.) How'd he learn and teach them Kanji?

 

I thought Master Splinter was a Karate master touched by radioactive junk, then go to sewers and then found 4 radio-activated Turtles ...

Does this movie change this important plot?

[Vortex13]

 

Just finished watching this one.

 

It was alright right up until the end when Matthew McConaughey's character went into the black hole, and everything went all meta and introduced a bootstrap paradox.

 

TARS and CASE were awesome though.