Annihilation - thought provoking sci-fi in the same vain as Arrival and Interstellar, although there is more action than those films. I hated those films though and enjoyed Annihilation.
I wanted to enjoy Annihilation. It looks good. It has the appearance of smart sci-fi. I went to see it on opening weekend. It pretty much turns into a pretentious horror movie as it goes on, though, and has nothing of substance to say. The Shimmer was an interesting visual metaphor for cancer, but that's about all I've got with regard to that movie.
But then, I absolutely adored Arrival and, against my better judgment, really enjoyed the hammy Interstellar.
There was about 20 - 30 mins when there were horror elements, but the rest of the of the film not so much.
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@KALofKRYPTON That’s actually quite a few cross over actors. A lot of those movies I haven’t heard of. But I should have remembered Halle Berry though!
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James Marsden - Xmen and Superman Returns
Idris Elba - Thor and The Losers
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -Thor 2 and Suicide Squad
Michael Fassbender - Jonah Hex and Xmen First Class etc.
Djimon Hounsou - Guardians of the Galaxy and Constantine
Tommy Lee Jones - Batman Forever and Captain America
J.K Simmons - Spiderman 1-3 and Justice League
Angela Basset - Green Lantern and Black Panther
Taika Waititi - Green Lantern and Thor Ragnarok
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You probably have heard of them - I didn't use the titles in some:
Hally Berry was Catwoman and Storm (X-MEN)
Michael Keaton was Batman and Vulture (BATMAN/SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING)
Zoe Saldana was in The Losers and Guardians
Josh Brolin was Jonah Hex and is Thanos and coming up as Cable in Deadpool (JONAH HEX & MCU & DEADPOOL)
Larry Fishburne was Perry White and the Silver Surfer (MAN OF STEEL/BVS/JL & FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER)
Natalie Portman was in V for Vendetta and Thor.
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@WanderingBullet Because Blade Trinity is the one of the worst movie sequels ever committed to film.
Casting Reynolds and Biel to sideline Snipes, casting Dominic Purcell as Dracula, casting Triple H and Parker Posey, the story, the tone, whole Nightstalkers pitch. It all makes for a hideously desperate feeling film. When Snipes actually gets screen time, he's great as ever. The rest of the film is pretty shoddy.
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@WanderingBullet Batman & Robin has the great benefit of being unintentionally, absolutely hilarious!
I mean, talk about franchise killer - but it's still entertaining, rather than just stroke-inducing!
Trinity sits right alongside RoboCop 3.
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@KALofKRYPTON@RogerRoger lol, I guess I’m pretty bad about actually paying attention to the names of the supporting characters in movies. I’ve watched BvS and MoS several times and never paid attention to learn Perry White’s name. I just think of him as the Daily Planet boss guy. 😂 And Morpheus. (I hear it in my head when I see him — “Free..your mind”)
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@Star-Lord I've watched and bought most of the Studio Ghibli's films but not the latter two you've mentioned. I think it's because the artstyle/animation for both films didn't appeal to me. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is actually pretty good.
Annihilation - thought provoking sci-fi in the same vain as Arrival and Interstellar, although there is more action than those films. I hated those films though and enjoyed Annihilation.
I wanted to enjoy Annihilation. It looks good. It has the appearance of smart sci-fi. I went to see it on opening weekend. It pretty much turns into a pretentious horror movie as it goes on, though, and has nothing of substance to say. The Shimmer was an interesting visual metaphor for cancer, but that's about all I've got with regard to that movie.
But then, I absolutely adored Arrival and, against my better judgment, really enjoyed the hammy Interstellar.
There was about 20 - 30 mins when there were horror elements, but the rest of the of the film not so much.
The entire film is structured like a slasher, where the cast is picked off one by one until the final survivor learns the "truth" of what has been killing them.
Not to mention all of the weird body horror stuff in this movie caused by The Shimmer.
@RogerRoger I do adore '89 - but have always lamented that Alec Baldwin wasn't given the lead role. Keaton does a grand job though.
Returns is the true master -class of production design. The refinement of the cowl and the art deco style suit in combination with the '89 Batmobile are the high points of Batman on film for me. Walken steals as always; Pfeiffer and DeVito are perfect, and while the whole thing feels like a rewrite might help it along - it remains the most watchable of all Batman films I think.
I find Forever to be a bit of a closet fetish for most people. It's actually a pretty good film - the 'sell more toys' sonar costume mentality is a shame, but it is again dripping with a style that's hard not to like.
Batman & Robin, is what it is. Mostly a shame, but Schumacher made what he set out to. He gets a lot of stick for it, but most people bashing him forget that he's probably made more films that they love than hate (like making A Time To KIll between Forever and B&R!!).
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@RogerRoger Jon Peters never missed an opportunity for merch sales!
I was a little 'too old' for toys at that point, but I came very close to buying the Forever Batwing on several occasions!
Hate the Sonar suit. It's exceptionally ugly. The Forever 'Panther' suit is nice though. The costuming for the series as it was peaked with Robins' Nightwing Style suit from B&R for me.
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@RogerRoger couldn't disagree more. I agree that Barman & Robin is a funny spectacle, just in the most tragic of ways.
I really like the Robin suits from B&R and Forever. The first Clooney suit is too bland, even with the blue tint. The emblem design is just over worked - like the frost suits and every vehicle in the whole film.
The Batmobile is dire; ugly garish and way too big... and single seated...
Same goes for the Red Bird, utterly awful and impractical design work.
As ridiculous as the '89 and even the Forever Batmobiles were before it, they managed to inspire at least sense of utility along with the fantastical and aggressive designs. The B&R never gets beyond 'long car with some lights on it'.
All that said. It was an important film in many ways.
Of not for B&R - I actually doubt very much the MCU would exist in the form it does today.
Warner got a bloody nose and following on from other 90s commercial box office failures like The Rocketeer, The Shadow and The Phantom - not being able to make a fast few hundred million and mild critical success on a Batman film sent them running for other properties to exploit.
The Warner fear had well and truly set in, so plans on Superman Lives died a horrible death.
Sony no doubt would not have been able to get their hands on Spider-Man with such ease nor Fox been so keen to lend total creative control for the X-MEN over to Singer of they really expected it to fly so very well.
WB continued to put out outstanding DC animated projects and seemed content enough with that for a while.
Singer's X-MEN, as far removed from colourful spandex as possible while still feeling so very respectful happened.
Raimi lent his unique, perfectly pitched talent to Spider-Man; and it seemed - so long as you stayed a little grounded, a little dark, and respected your source material - comic movies were big business again!
Imagine if Batman & Robin had done good business and was critically praised. Warner would've just carried right on running the gravy train. Clooney hated making the film so probably would've jumped ship either way. So Batman would become the James Bond of Superhero parts while other studios had no impetus to compete.
So I guess what I'm saying is - we're lucky Batman & Robin is crap.
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Annihilation - thought provoking sci-fi in the same vain as Arrival and Interstellar, although there is more action than those films. I hated those films though and enjoyed Annihilation.
I wanted to enjoy Annihilation. It looks good. It has the appearance of smart sci-fi. I went to see it on opening weekend. It pretty much turns into a pretentious horror movie as it goes on, though, and has nothing of substance to say. The Shimmer was an interesting visual metaphor for cancer, but that's about all I've got with regard to that movie.
But then, I absolutely adored Arrival and, against my better judgment, really enjoyed the hammy Interstellar.
There was about 20 - 30 mins when there were horror elements, but the rest of the of the film not so much.
The entire film is structured like a slasher, where the cast is picked off one by one until the final survivor learns the "truth" of what has been killing them.
Not to mention all of the weird body horror stuff in this movie caused by The Shimmer.
There is only a section of the film that is like that though? And there is a perfectly valid reason why it is like that. All the reviews I've watched and people I've spoken too, no one has mentioned that the whole film structured like that. Which I find strange. Fair enough you didn't like the film, but it sounds like you picked on one part of the movies and decided the whole film is like it. Which I can't accept sorry as that is a bit misleading.
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