Comments on: Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: May 4, 2008

By: steven the git

steven the git — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:23:00 +0000

I loved the Descent and so a sequel should appeal, but not in this case, for one reason.
(SPOILER FOR FIRST MOVIE)
There were no survivors and she didn’t get out!

What the hell is that about? Did these people not watch the movie? There was a dream sequence of her escaping but the movie ended on her being alone in the dark hallucinating, which was a great ending.
If this sequel goes against the first I’ll not be watching. Sounds like a sequel for the money.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:09:05 +0000

I liked the vault sequence from the first MI.
I also liked the vatican sequence from MI III.Both of those sequences reminded me of the series.
I also like Phllip Seymour Hoffman as the villain .
I thought the movie moved at a very brisk pace,
I credit Abrams for that .
And the film was certainly resolved ,
Hunt was happily married and he had his choice of career opportunities both inside and outside the agency .

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:55:11 +0000

You know Vic, I’m a huge fan of Mission Impossible too!!!

I mean the old 60s series… They were simply awesome, I still watch them now and I am amazed at just how cool they made those stories. Sure not all of them were THAT cool, but most of them were. The 80s version or was it the 90s version, wasn’t that good…

You know, people talk about fanfare that makes their hairs stand up on their backs (hairy people only I guess) , well the Mission Impossible Theme is so awesome that when I first heard it in the Major Motion Picture M:I, I was actually cheering with the rest of the people!!!! IT was THAT powerful!!!

Now I also have to be very honest here, M:I 2 was horrible… it ruined the story for me. Ethan Hunt wasn’t the same character for me anymore. The hair was also a huge distraction.

Then I saw the third installment… and OH MY LORD!!! I was SOOOO angry! I remember everything about the first episode, heck I even remember part two pretty good. But the third one I can’t remember at all.. except that it had no real ending… or resolution or meaning for that matter.

So I am not happy to say that J.J. A messed that one up for me. The only good thing about that movie was the score…

For me Bourne works much better… feels like a M.I. movie sometimes… granted I’ve still not seed the third one…

But, I’m nostalgic and I love M:I, so if they can bring in a new crew and do it all over again I’m going to be very happy…

Just not super young, pretty people, please… make them unique but at the same time worth investing 2 hours in.

By: Surma

Surma — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:10:23 +0000

Also don’t forget Iron Man made over $100 Mil in the box office opening weekend.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:45:32 +0000

Remember how we talked about sequels and remakes? I mentioned Gremlins (Yeah I know what was I thinking?)

Well, I guess the Gremlins Vibe is out… check what I just found!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/apr/30/dragons.den.gremlins.bt

How can you not WANT one of those!?!?!?!

And I loved IRON MAN by the way… Can’t wait to see the sequel!

By: rob

rob — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:47:30 +0000

I liked the first mummy alot, the second one I didn’t care much for.

Descent was really solid, I am disappointed it didn’t make its way to theatres around here, I had to rent it.

I’d like to see Tom Cruise not as a lead but as ONE of the leads in a trilogy of epics, I think it would be awesome to have several stars and not have him as the go-to guy but a support character…like some future war flick or something.

I’m going to see Iron man tonight. I’d love to see a sequel where, Terrence Howard is not a terrible character and not have terrible dialogue and becomes iron man for a while, then given the War Machine suit. Then the 3rd in the trilogy can have both fighting together.