Saw Captain America tonight. A1. Close to Iron Man as the best Marvel movie I've seen (haven't seen Thor). I liked it that they didn't go down the nice-guy-gets-power-mad route. Good villain, good support from Tommy Lee Jones, Toby Jones (who, when you think about it, actually looks like a comic book character) and others. A little gee-whiz, but that fit the character well.
I agree and I read that the director said something about the Nazis being too scary to make a comic book movie with them in it?
That is who CAP battled. They made it look like it was the 40's but in a parallel universe type of way.
I read how these guys he fought with were The Invaders. The Invaders I remember were Sub Mariner, The Original Human Torch (Lab experiment) ...Union Jack. I had the first 15 issue sof that when it came out in the late 70's.
I think there's some reluctance to use the Nazis in a 'comic book' way these days. Spielberg's even said that he regrets the way he used them in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Says it takes away from the seriousness of the evil they committed.
Saw "Cowboys & Aliens". Really enjoyed it. The perfect blend of western, alien invasion sci-fi, and redemption story. Just the right blend of story, "campy-ness", special effects, action and humor. Really enjoyed the cast, and Harrison Ford seemed to enjoy the role. Plus, how do you not like a film with James Bond and Han Solo in it?
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the excellent, excellent 2010 cannes grand prix winner, "of gods and men", historical drama of trappist monks in the mountains of algeria taken captive by islamic fundamentalists. beautifully made. thought and spirit provoking. did i mention it was excellent?
teach tolerance.
Saw "Cowboys and Aliens" last night. Loved it.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Cowboys and Aliens is either going to be supremely awesome or a complete disaster. There is never any in-between with this kind of movie. And I so hope it falls in the supremely awesome category when I go see it.
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
2 thumbs up for me as well. A solid 8.5-9 on a scale of 1-10. Even tho' I'm not much of a western fan, IMHO it could have stood alone w/o the aliens. There were a few jump up scary scenes for me... and it is not for the kiddies to see (aliens are pretty ugly). Of course, as Chip will note, I'd pay to see Daniel Craig in almost anything... he (& his bod) did not disappoint!
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"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops." - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran
Captain America. I really enjoyed it until the last 2 minutes. I won't ruin it for those who haven't seen it, but for those have, I feel the movie could have ended 2 minutes earlier than it did. I get why they did it how they did it, I just didn't like it.
I saw "Cowboys and Aliens" last night and enjoyed it.
Hall Pass.... its pretty funny. 8/10
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