Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

Watched Steven Chow's CJ7...

Chow becomes Speilberg...this is Chinese E.T...

Great SFX...

The child star was terrific...

But, I don't think I can recommend it...It just didn't do much for me...

Saw Iron Man this weekend .... it was fairly good and better than most of the Marvel trash films that have come out this past decade. The buildup to the suit creation was welcomed ... but the excessive "mushy" scenes with Gwyneth Paltrow was not. :bleh:

Spidey 2 is still the best Marvel film in recent years, IMO. Blade II up there as well. :mrgreen:

adub2adub wrote:Saw Iron Man this weekend .... it was fairly good and better than most of the Marvel trash films that have come out this past decade. The buildup to the suit creation was welcomed ... but the excessive "mushy" scenes with Gwyneth Paltrow was not. :bleh:

Yeah, the development of the armor was way cool geek stuff... :thumbsup:

And the Pepper Potts scenes were just fluff: no chemistry, no sizzle.

Spidey 2 is still the best Marvel film in recent years, IMO.

I agree...

Batman Begins is the best DC film. :victory:

Marvel turns 'Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut
Sunday May 4 1:45 PM ET

"Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office.

The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The film also scored overseas with $96.7 million in 57 countries where it began opening Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $201 million.

The movie, distributed by Paramount, is the first release by Marvel Studios, which has begun financing its own productions after such studio-backed hits as the "Spider-Man," "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" flicks.

bmwracer wrote:Marvel turns 'Iron Man' into gold with $100M-plus debut
Sunday May 4 1:45 PM ET

"Iron Man" was pure gold at the box office.

The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million during its opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a nonsequel, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The film also scored overseas with $96.7 million in 57 countries where it began opening Wednesday, putting its worldwide total at $201 million.

The movie, distributed by Paramount, is the first release by Marvel Studios, which has begun financing its own productions after such studio-backed hits as the "Spider-Man," "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" flicks.

Sugoi! Now, if only they'd done X-Men right, I'd be a happy camper.

Wynter wrote:Sugoi! Now, if only they'd done X-Men right, I'd be a happy camper.

My theory is that "team" superhero movies don't cut it... Too many vying for screen time and it just makes it a superhero smorgasbord... :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
My theory is that "team" superhero movies don't cut it... Too many vying for screen time and it just makes it a superhero smorgasbord... :beaten:

oh, I'm so sad.. I thought Xmen 1 and 2 were really great. And I thought something less of Spiderman 2.. though it was soo much better than 3. 3 was a real disappointment.

Batman Begins was also exceptional. Can't wait for Dark Knight!

phlargo wrote:3 was a real disappointment.

Opposite effect: too many bad guys vying for screen time. :beaten:

BTw, there were a lot of previews, all but one worth seeing: Indiana Jones (Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood is back! :woot: ) :victory:

The others: Narnia, The Happening, a lunkhead Adam Sandler movie, a lunkhead Will Ferrell movie, others.... :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
My theory is that "team" superhero movies don't cut it... Too many vying for screen time and it just makes it a superhero smorgasbord... :beaten:

Smorgasbord!! LOL! That's exactly what the X-films turned out to be.

phlargo wrote:

oh, I'm so sad.. I thought Xmen 1 and 2 were really great.

EW! No way, man. They butchered my X-Men. I had to cleanse myself after watching those smorgasbord flicks by re-reading Uncanny X-Men and X-Men comics from issue #350. :shakehead:

Batman Begins was also exceptional. Can't wait for Dark Knight!

Here I complete agree with you! Tho I think Batman Returns was the best. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Opposite effect: too many bad guys vying for screen time. :beaten:

BTw, there were a lot of previews, all but one worth seeing: Indiana Jones (Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood is back! :woot: ) :victory:

The others: Narnia, The Happening, a lunkhead Adam Sandler movie, a lunkhead Will Ferrell movie, others.... :bleh:

I'll watching Narnia, but I prolly won't see it in the theatre. I'm not that die-hard. Indiana Jones I'll definitely see. Yum, Mr. Ford... :drooling:

Wynter wrote:Indiana Jones I'll definitely see. Yum, Mr. Ford... :drooling:

Yup... Another day off for me. :mrgreen: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup... Another day off for me. :mrgreen: :victory:

I think it's awesome that you take days off just to go watch a movie. :rofl:

I'd do that, too, except our theatre is right by the school. I'd get caught by kids on their way out for lunch. :doh:

Wynter wrote:

I'll watching Narnia, but I prolly won't see it in the theatre. I'm not that die-hard. Indiana Jones I'll definitely see. Yum, Mr. Ford... :drooling:

Ahh... as far as Xmen go.. I done never read no comic books.

phlargo wrote:

Ahh... as far as Xmen go.. I done never read no comic books.

FOR SHAME!

But at least that explains why you liked the movies. :beaten: ;)

Wynter wrote:I think it's awesome that you take days off just to go watch a movie. :rofl:

I'd do that, too, except our theatre is right by the school. I'd get caught by kids on their way out for lunch. :doh:

Don't you guys have early matinees?

I went to the 10AM show for Iron Man... :mrgreen:

phlargo wrote:I done never read no comic books.

Your attorney's English skills are readily apparent here. :beaten: :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
Don't you guys have early matinees?

I went to the 10AM show for Iron Man... :mrgreen:

We do, but I think they start at noon. We have two lunch periods at our school. One is 10:58 to 12:15, and 12:15 to 1:30.

just saw Iron Man. finally... and yup, went in line at 13.00 and got the tickets for 3 hours later. front row! :bleh:

nice action and effects, Gwenyth was a waste though. And didn't quite like a couple of things like

Spoiler — click to reveal

how Obidiah is a total genius since he knew right away how to control the iron suit but Stark had to make himself look like a total idiot in front of the robot. And how the building blew up and glass shatered everywhere but Pepper hasn't a single scratch

but those are minor stuff anyway. still, nice summer action movie

bmwracer wrote:
I agree...

Batman Begins is the best DC film. :victory:

Because Dark Knight hasn't come out yet. :mrgreen:

monta wrote:just saw Iron Man. finally... and yup, went in line at 13.00 and got the tickets for 3 hours later. front row! :bleh:

nice action and effects, Gwenyth was a waste though.

I thought the same, yet when I watched Ebert & Roeper at the Movies, the two critics liked the Stark-Potts banter... Go figure.

And didn't quite like a couple of things like

Spoiler — click to reveal

how Obidiah is a total genius since he knew right away how to control the iron suit but Stark had to make himself look like a total idiot in front of the robot. And how the building blew up and glass shatered everywhere but Pepper hasn't a single scratch

but those are minor stuff anyway. still, nice summer action movie

Good observation... No superhero movie is without it's oddities and quirks. :)

bmwracer wrote:
I thought the same, yet when I watched Ebert & Roeper at the Movies, the two critics liked the Stark-Potts banter... Go figure.

They were just enchanted with Gwyneth's freckles and orange hair..... :nut:

Plus, the big fella wasn't there to review. He is still recovering from illness/surgery, me thinks.

Get well Ebert! :fingerscrossed: