I'm sure it'll be good for what it's aimed at. Visual entertainment. I don't think it's pretending to be a mentally stimulating movie. No doubt the conspiracy theorists will be chomping at the bit to see it and then come fuming that the director got it all wrong even though his 1st priority is to make entertainment and not pander to exceptionally boring horseshit conspiracy nonsense.
Personally i'd rather go and see this at the cinema than some cult movie with a deep plot because this is the kind of movie that is made to get the most out of the big screen experience...Full digital sound and large screen.
I've thought this movie was going to be pure shit, but I watched a preview yesterday when seeing Zombieland (which was surprisingly entertaining, start to finish) and the SFX is way the **** up there. Saw the scene where the plane is trying to escape a crumbling Los Angeles.
Might have to catch this one in the theaters.
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I may (big emphasis on the "may") see this, but strictly as a popcorn flick with no expectations whatsoever as a credible movie. It's just another Armageddon/Deep Impact re-hash.
Seriously for all the people *cough*Alphacenturai*cough* saying that visuals can't carry a movie is sort of stupid. When I go to see a comedy for instance, I go to laugh. I don't care how stupid the plot is or how bad the effects are... the point of the movie is to make me laugh. If it does that, then its worth my time. Same thing goes to action movies for the most part, except this time the focus is on the visuals. The only thing is a movie like 2012 has to take itself more seriously than a comedy, and so it does need a plot and better acting.... but thats almost a bonus.
I saw transformers two a few months back...... GOD AWFUL movie. It would probably get a 4/10 on a film scale, but a 10/10 on an entertainment scale. But I knew exactly what I was getting myself into and I was fine with it.
the point I'm trying to make is that not every movie has to be some incredibly compelling, emotional experience. sometimes its nice to sit back and just enjoy it.
it means that i can just sit, watch the movie and enjoy it without having to critique everything. a movie like this is never going to win oscars, but that's not the point of it, and i'm pretty sure the director knows that.
some movies, even if they aren't the most well made, can be fun to watch.
i assume you don't like 80s/early 90s action movies then?
I believe it was a stunt double, they had two porn star doubles for the graphic sexual aspects of the film. So don't be sad that you didn't see Dafoes.
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You do realise I can see that you said my name, right? You typed it. You didn't disguise it as an actual cough.
Anyway, I never said they can't carry a movie...for you. They can't for me. I'm not even saying that a movie needs Oscar worthy plot, I'm saying that if I'm going to dedicate an hour or more of my time and money to sitting in a room and watching a movie, it needs to have more than explosions and action or I'll regret watching it.
I feel like I've wasted time when I watch a movie on TV that I felt was shit, much less paying for it.
Look at 300. The plot was simplistic, the acting wasn't great, but I personally found it very enjoyable. The visuals carry it there, but in a totally different way.
The visuals were crafted, choreographed and carefully planned (The only time Zack Snyder has done it well, in my opinion) out so as to make it enjoyable. It's something someone has planned and worked out.
Precisely the same as in the likes of, as Jaden said, Hero.
In say...I don't know, typical action flicks, the "visuals" are usually just explosions. That's it.
this movie looks retarded. i disagree with everyone who says that making a movie visually stunning makes it entertaining. This isn't the case, in the least bit. From the clips I've seen, the world just randomly begins to fall apart. RETARDED. It's a [presumably] 2 hour movie about the world... breaking? And these main characters happen to witness ALL OF IT. Even though they took off in a plane at the beginning? Can't wait.
While I don't have any measure of high-hopes for this film, I think you're making it out to be a bit more simplistic than it will be.
Besides the "retarded" end of the world aspect, they'll be a love story, human bonding in the face of peril, probably some warming moment with a loved pet or animal and some measure of redemption for the human race.
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Oct 5th, 2009 09:02 PM
So don't be sad that you didn't see Dafoes.
