(04-16-2013 09:53 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(04-16-2013 08:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Anyone here post on blu-ray.com?

Honestly, can't say I have heard of it.

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collect...p?u=245694

Link is to my collection(might as well show off a little, right?) but the site is great for reviews, heads ups on deals and has a massive forum.

(04-16-2013 10:01 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-16-2013 09:53 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(04-16-2013 08:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Anyone here post on blu-ray.com?

Honestly, can't say I have heard of it.

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collect...p?u=245694

Link is to my collection(might as well show off a little, right?) but the site is great for reviews, heads ups on deals and has a massive forum.

Hmmm. I might take a look, I am nearing 800 dvds and 300 or so BRs.

I saw Iron Man 3 today.

In its own right it is good. However 1 and 2 have an edge over it IMO. Also, I don't think they played the Extremis "virus" or 'The Mandarin" "correctly." Basing this off the "Ironman: Extremis" animated series I watched on Netflix prior to the movie coming out.

I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I liked Oblivion a lot.

I loved Iron Man 3. Not as good as the first, but miles better than the second. I wasn't invested in the Mandarin or the original Extremis storyline, so I went in cold and had a blast.

(04-16-2013 10:01 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-16-2013 09:53 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(04-16-2013 08:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  Anyone here post on blu-ray.com?

Honestly, can't say I have heard of it.

http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collect...p?u=245694

Link is to my collection(might as well show off a little, right?) but the site is great for reviews, heads ups on deals and has a massive forum.

Outstanding collection. You have several of my favorite movies on there. I need to start a profile over there. I'm a movie junkie. When we ditched cable I started hard on buying movies and watching almost anything on Netflix.

the lady and i watched 50/50 the other day. true story, i think the dude wrote it. joseph gorden levitt's character has rare back cancer. seth rogans his buddy. it's not all doom and gloom. they got medicinal weed. we both liked it. and anna kendrick is a fox

(05-06-2013 02:18 PM)Lush Wrote:  and anna kendrick is a fox

This.

(05-06-2013 07:13 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(05-06-2013 02:18 PM)Lush Wrote:  and anna kendrick is a fox

This.

Agreed.

(05-06-2013 07:20 PM)BlazerJoe Wrote:  

(05-06-2013 07:13 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(05-06-2013 02:18 PM)Lush Wrote:  and anna kendrick is a fox

This.

Agreed.

She was hilarious in Up in the Air.

(05-05-2013 09:44 PM)BlazerJoe Wrote:  I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I liked Oblivion a lot.

I really liked Oblivion as well. I was actually kind of surprised that I enjoyed as much as I did.

Star Trek: Into Darkness / theater
--An interesting remix of "Wrath of Kahn." I won't get into any spoilers but I found myself liking each way they played out arguably the same story.

I have to sa JJ is 2 for 2 on NEW Star Trek movies for me.

Loved Star Trek Into Darkness...loved it, loved it, loved it! Definitely plan on seeing it again.

Really enjoyed 42; it was a bit schmaltzy, but it was an entertaining movie.

Magnum P.I. S1 / Net Flix
--10 episodes in and what I find kind of funny is that the theme music at the start of the series dips in and out of the theme I most remember.

Star Trek (original) S1 / Net Flix
--It was up on Net Flix and decided to watch it. I like the first class. Looked like they really tried to make it a multiracail/gender affair. I believe the version NF is showing is the BR remastered episodes because they look super clear for 60s tv.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn / NF
--Cool movie and I liked how Kahn was played.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
--The whole Genesis thing and what not made it kind of interesting.

Star Trek: Nemesis / NF
--It started out very slow and boring but once they met up with the "Nemesis" I kind of liked it. FWIW, I don't overly feel that STtNG cast but...

Star Trek / BR
--IDK, I just really liked the energy of this new cast. I liked seeing the back story of Spock portrayed--kind of gave you a better view of how he was the way he was. I think Pile did a great job with doing Kirk too.

The Town / BR
--Great action drama in the 'hoods of the Boston outskirts. I think Ben Affleck did a great job with the movie.

The Avengers / BR
--One of the best pulled off action cast ensembles that I can remember. Great humor too.

Django Unchained / BR
--Just another cool tale from Qunetin Tarantino.

The Fast and the Furious / BR
--Just kind of a cool car movie wrapped in a crime caper.

2 Fast 2 Furious / BR
--Odd that the BR doesn't offer the option to play the intro then the movie liked the dvd did. It does have that 10m featurette but as a selectable scene to play. I liked the focus on the racing but I felt the drug smuggler plot and the bridge jump were a little too much.

The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift / BR
--I liked the movie, a kind of return to the roots of the street racing culture, but in a different country this time.

Fast and Furious / BR
--Kind of a cool way to return to the cast of the first movie. I think it had the best mix of street racing culture with crime drama of the series.

Fast Five / BR
--Kind of gets out of the car racing stuff and more into straight crime caper with hooked up cars. I did like the idea of the all star cast returning.

Ninja Assasin / BR
--just a real kick ass ninja movie.

GI Joe/ Theater
--Better than the first movie in terms of being less scifi and more action. not sure about the casting changes for some of the characters. Not sure how I felt about them killing off Duke.

The Great Gatsby/ Theater
--Cool period movie. Not sure about some of the Jay Z tracks appearing in the movie. I could tell they really tried to drive the 3D even though I didn't watch the 3D version.

Star Trek: Into Darkness/ Theater
--Once some stuff got revealed I was torn between how much I liked II versus this movie. That said, I liked the way they reversed some of the elements yet the story dynamics were just as interesting.

************

WOW, finally caught up on the stuff I have been watching over the last three weeks or so.

Fast 6 / Theater
--As a straight up action movie it delivers in spades. The telling of how Letty made it back was interesting and not too out of bounds for what was shown in 4 or the end of 5. The humor was great. I was glad the plane scene at the end, made more sense when shown. The tie in from Tokyo Drift events to what will go down in #7 is quite interesting.

(05-05-2013 09:44 PM)BlazerJoe Wrote:  I can't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I liked Oblivion a lot.

I loved Iron Man 3. Not as good as the first, but miles better than the second. I wasn't invested in the Mandarin or the original Extremis storyline, so I went in cold and had a blast.

I just got back from seeing IM3. I hated it. Seeing Stark run around w/ just a gun in his hand, in not one, but two scenes was lame. The snarky arrogant Stark dialogue was forced and uninteresting. Especially after several idiot moves by Stark. Turning Pepper into an action hero was absurd. Quick and easy change back was even worse.

Yes, they made the theme clear: Stark is Iron Man, he's the focus. But a movie about Stark w/o his invention is nothing.

What worked: AIM. Decent villains (although really just another super soldier, and not much different from Wolverine). The Mandarin twist worked, but was disappointing to me. Mandarin is important in that he serves as a mystical foil to Stark's technology. Making this just another tech vs tech (as in #2) was an opportunity missed.

I give it 4/10, and wished I'd seen Star Trek instead.

Saw Star Trek today. Absolutely loved it. Pine and Quinto are perfect in their roles.

(05-26-2013 04:35 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  I just got back from seeing IM3. I hated it. Seeing Stark run around w/ just a gun in his hand, in not one, but two scenes was lame. The snarky arrogant Stark dialogue was forced and uninteresting. Especially after several idiot moves by Stark. Turning Pepper into an action hero was absurd. Quick and easy change back was even worse.

Yes, they made the theme clear: Stark is Iron Man, he's the focus. But a movie about Stark w/o his invention is nothing.

What worked: AIM. Decent villains (although really just another super soldier, and not much different from Wolverine). The Mandarin twist worked, but was disappointing to me. Mandarin is important in that he serves as a mystical foil to Stark's technology. Making this just another tech vs tech (as in #2) was an opportunity missed.

I give it 4/10, and wished I'd seen Star Trek instead.

On the dialogue comment:
Since this was post-Avengers I guess the dialogue that was great in 1 and 2 didn't fit because of him dealing with what he saw in the Avengers. That said, yeah, it needed work. It didn't seem as witty and fresh as it did in 1 and 2.

Pepper:
With her move up in importance in Stark's life I could see here fighting to save Stark in that way but I do agree that it felt odd. I could see Stark building a suit to protect her.

Villains comment:
Did you read the Extremis comic OR watch the Extremis animated series? The angle of Extremis and what it is, what it does, and why it is a threat to Iron Man as is was done better in that IMO. Also, what Stark had to do in terms of using a version of Extremis on himself to beat the other Extremis enhanced person was more interesting. That said, I thought _____ did a good job of playing his role. I was disappointed with the twist on the Mandarin seeing as what they tried to start with the 10 Rings in 1 and what the Mandarin actually is/does.

Ranking them on scales of 1-10:
1: 8/10, near about perfect mix of humor and action.

2: 7/10, more interesting villain tie in to Stark's story than 1 and better action. While not a bad overall sequel, it wasn't quite as solid all the way around as 1.

3: 6/10. I liked the movie and the ideas put forth in it, but I was spoiled by an animated Extremis storyline I saw first and thought the way that played out was a better execution than what I got in the movie. Definitely the weakest of the three in the series.

(05-26-2013 06:03 PM)BucFyre Wrote:  Saw Star Trek today. Absolutely loved it. Pine and Quinto are perfect in their roles.

Agreed. Now I loved Shattner and Nemoy's chemistry but these guys are definitely more aggressive with each other but its showing each other why they need the other. I find their character dynamics more interesting in these newer movies than I did in the original series.

(05-26-2013 10:05 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(05-26-2013 04:35 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  I just got back from seeing IM3. I hated it. Seeing Stark run around w/ just a gun in his hand, in not one, but two scenes was lame. The snarky arrogant Stark dialogue was forced and uninteresting. Especially after several idiot moves by Stark. Turning Pepper into an action hero was absurd. Quick and easy change back was even worse.

Yes, they made the theme clear: Stark is Iron Man, he's the focus. But a movie about Stark w/o his invention is nothing.

What worked: AIM. Decent villains (although really just another super soldier, and not much different from Wolverine). The Mandarin twist worked, but was disappointing to me. Mandarin is important in that he serves as a mystical foil to Stark's technology. Making this just another tech vs tech (as in #2) was an opportunity missed.

I give it 4/10, and wished I'd seen Star Trek instead.

On the dialogue comment:
Since this was post-Avengers I guess the dialogue that was great in 1 and 2 didn't fit because of him dealing with what he saw in the Avengers. That said, yeah, it needed work. It didn't seem as witty and fresh as it did in 1 and 2.

Pepper:
With her move up in importance in Stark's life I could see here fighting to save Stark in that way but I do agree that it felt odd. I could see Stark building a suit to protect her.

Villains comment:
Did you read the Extremis comic OR watch the Extremis animated series? The angle of Extremis and what it is, what it does, and why it is a threat to Iron Man as is was done better in that IMO. Also, what Stark had to do in terms of using a version of Extremis on himself to beat the other Extremis enhanced person was more interesting. That said, I thought _____ did a good job of playing his role.

No, I'm completely new to the Extremis storyline. So I had no bias, and I thought it was interesting and well played. But, while it was interesting, it still had these issues:

Just another super soldier
Not much different than Wolverine
Tech vs Tech
The problem was easily fixed by Stark, using physics equations for a biochem issue.

Quote:I was disappointed with the twist on the Mandarin seeing as what they tried to start with the 10 Rings in 1 and what the Mandarin actually is/does.

I understand that.

Quote:Ranking them on scales of 1-10:
1: 8/10, near about perfect mix of humor and action.

Funny b/c much of the humor was Kingsley's role as Mandarin. And Stark as action hero w/ Home Depot weapons and playing a Chris Tucker roll w/ Rhodes was horrible. Yes there was humor and action, both were really poor IMO.

Quote:2: 7/10, more interesting villain tie in to Stark's story than 1 and better action.

Yes, decent here.

Quote:3: 6/10. I liked the movie and the ideas put forth in it, but I was spoiled by an animated Extremis storyline I saw first and thought the way that played out was a better execution than what I got in the movie. Definitely the weakest of the three in the series.

I came in ignorant of that, so it didn't bother me.

@ Torch

Basically, the main villain in 1 was a super soldier, Obidiah took Stark's crude plans as known to him and built a beefed up version. His catch 22 is he hadn't trouble shot his own design. Now the middle eastern guy wasn't a super soldier type but he basically would have bought or stolen whatever was needed to defeat Stark.

Technically, the villain in 2 could be argued as a super soldier too, granted he his tie in to Stark and his dad gave him better motivation than some. He basically modified the arc reactor power into some electrified whips to attack in a different way.

As far as 3 goes:
http://www.amazon.com/Extremis-Part-HD/d...n+extremis

The story I saw prior. Ok so basically, in a nut shell, the female doctor was using nano machines somewhat in the way shown in the movie. Her idea got modified for humans but in their testing of use, most died, the one guy that survived was basically became that "fire breather" guy in the movie. He fought Iron Man and whupped him pretty good. The female doctor seeks Iron Man out because of their past relationship and kind of plays him. Basically, Iron Man takes here nano machine extremis idea, reprograms it, and basically now Iron Man can call out a nano machine suit anytime he wants from a hole on his body for them to come back out. He needed the agility that kind of set up offered to take the guy down.