Comments on: Open Discussion – Jun 10, 2009

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:50:18 +0000

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By: Phil G

Phil G — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:28 +0000

Hangover just came out of nowhere for me. I still need to go see it.

So much for Will Ferrell. Will he ever come back from that disaster of a movie? :p

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:27:16 +0000

There are some dance movies I do like (the one with the girl who wanted to be a ballerina but then her mother died trying to get to her performance was pretty good) but most of them I think are pretty bad. Then there are some where the dancing of the movie is good but the rest is utter crap, like You Got Served. The first Step Up was OK, but the second was not good for me, and I’m not inclined to see this 3D one.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:11:46 +0000

I’d sooner castrate myself with a rusty butter knife than ever sit through a dance movie. They’re that bad.

By: Jago

Jago — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:15:23 +0000

Now i don’t know how people in here feel about dance movies but i like them… Not so much the story to tell you the truth but for the dancing and how they present it on film. I myself have had dance as a big background in my life… The point to all of this is i just heard of ” Step Up 3D”… And i think its going to be very cool.

By: Hoonz

Hoonz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:33:53 +0000

Terminator wasnt disappointing, im pretty sure it just didnt have the WOW factor that we all wanted, it didnt blow us away with a vast landscape of war going on or whatever we expected to see… it was just alright.

I def agree that Wolverine is by far the worst movie this summer. I couldnt have been more let down. There were sooo many mistakes in that film it was so hard to watch. Storyline spread themselves too thin, no blood on the decapitation at the end, never have i known wolverine’s claws to stop lasers, they dropped the ball on Gambit yet again… it was just a mess all over.
And yes i fear for GI Joe as well… and i grew up on GI JOE (just to give u an idea of my age) and im already going in with an open mind, but im prepared for the worst. Who knows it could be like the first Transformers with amazing effects and what-not, but have the lame story line, i can deal with that…

Mike Bay, tho, had better live up to his word on this next film. He might be one of the best action directors ive seen. I hope its good.

This Disctrict 9 movie… its getting more interesting the more i see it. But, im still leaning towards Transformers 2, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, and Public Enemies to dominate. As for a Surprise… who knows, GI Joe might do it… 9 might do it (the Tim Burton one)…

@John ‘Kahless’
Hangover is the best comedy. i couldnt agree more. i havent laughed that hard since… i dunno… Anchorman? It was awesome, i cant wait to go see it again.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:56:02 +0000

Yea, but the problem is look at all the Treks of the past and see how well they did. This Trek was a surprise. May not of been a huge one we all expected it to do well, but it’s doing beyond what most people thought.

By: cantizzle

cantizzle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:49:33 +0000

i don’t know i can say trek is a surprise with all the loyal followers and the special effects to draw in casual summer movie goers

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:43:58 +0000

I rarely do this, but I agree with 790 lets all now hug our loved ones and wait for the apocalypse to end.

By: 790

790 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:59 +0000

GI Joe does look horribly lame.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:18:43 +0000

John “Kahless” Taylor

We are talking disappointing in box office not in quality. Wolverine is making just barely under what was expected of it for the most part it’s on par. Terminator is far bellow expectations. Now if we go with quality your right for sure.

I will say when all is said and done I think GI Joe will be the worst film of the summer even worse than Transformers.

By: steven the git

steven the git — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:11:25 +0000

John Woo’s new movie, Red Cliff, has caught my eye. Not sure when that comes out in the US, or if it has been already, but only now seeing ads for it in the UK.

Am interested in seeing Sherlock Holmes as still not sure what to make of it. My hopes have gone up after the trailer.

By: cantizzle

cantizzle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:15:07 +0000

my guess is G.I. Joe won’t be crackin into best. maybe closer to disappointing, and not because of Marlon Wayans

By: John "Kahless" Taylor

John "Kahless" Taylor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:06:27 +0000

I wouldn’t say T4 is the most disappointing, I would say Wolverine.

For me, Trek is the best film out so far. Up the best animated and The Hangover the best comedy. But we are only at June, so who knows.

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:02:15 +0000

@Andy

There was a flood of traffic due to the Whiplash post so I “locked” down the site so it wouldn’t crash.

Vic

By: Evie

Evie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:53:00 +0000

@Charlie: yeah, Shannon does look crazy enough lol.

If you have to pick ‘a’ movie to see if you haven’t seen any yet, it would be Star Trek. A close second is Up. (although I haven’t seen The Hangover yet).

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:43:25 +0000

Here is a new discussion item, so i was watching Revolutionary Road last night, and seeing Michael Shannon in it made me think that in the future he might make a good replacement Joker in the batman franchise, i think he could do a pretty good job of filling in for Heath, and bringing the same darkness to the role that he did.

so what do you think?

By: Andy S

Andy S — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:16:23 +0000

Was anyone else having a funky time posting last night? I would post something, it would disappear and when I would go to let Vic know, it would be back again! I also noticed at one time last night, an edit feature for the posts, but now it is gone. Playing with the site last night, Vic?

By: Hoonz

Hoonz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:32:29 +0000

Id had to say that Terminator wasnt a complete failure… i just think it didnt live up to the hype. Im a lil worried as well with Avatar for that matter.

Id have to disagree with it being a “SUPRISE” for me… but the two best movies out right now are The Hangover and Star Trek. I guess Trek is a lil bit of a suprise cuz im from a younger generation that never got into it. but i am glad on how they brought it back with a new beginning for me, cuz i thoroughly enjoyed it!

Im looking forward to Transformers 2, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Where the Wild Things Are and Public Enemies. I have a really good feeling that they will all dominate!

GIJOE im a little worried about… not a huge Marlon Wayans fan, and the director is from the Mummy- series and Van Helsing, correct? and i wasnt too impressed with those.

By: piratedan

piratedan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:30:03 +0000

I am really surprised that this summer I must officially be an “old guy”. There’s nothing going on this summer outside of HP6 that I can give a ratatouie about. Maybe something else will get me excited but so far, I have a whole lotta of “eh” going on. Maybe I need to expand my horizons some more but at this point I am more excited about new episodes from Leverage and Eureka than I am about the upcoming films.