Summer Movie Open Thread

[RickZarber]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Fucking darkest timeline.

Real life was the Twilight Zone all along.

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Well, it's written by the guy who did all of those "Humorous updates of classic literature" books

To be fair, he only actually "wrote" the first one. The rest are his fault simply by proxy of success.

Anyways I am happy MIB3 seems to be getting fairly positive reviews. I really hated the second one and was skeptical about another go-round.

[Betty Elms]

The one minute forty second trailer for The Master is the best thing that's going to be in theaters this summer.

[TDK]

Hahaha oh my god. I enjoyed the Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter book (surprisingly good), but did not have high hopes for the movie. This looks amazing.

[Magus]

Originally Posted by Betty Elms

The one minute forty second trailer for The Master is the best thing that's going to be in theaters this summer.

Are you allowed to make anti-Scientology movies in Hollywood? You'd think the distributors would be afraid of being sued from here to the moon.

[Lumenskir]

Welp, MiB3 was pretty much what I expected: B in the theater and a B- while thinking about it on the drive home*. Maybe worth a matinee price showing, probably better as something to watch on HBO on a lazy night in the future while you spend the present reading up on the much more interesting behind-the-scenes drama.**

*This movie is a real case study of the dangers of reading a "How to Screenwrite!" book and then applying all of the lessons without thinking. You can practically see "All characters have to have personal arcs!" and "Audiences like foreshadowed payoffs!" flashing on the screen towards the end.

**Seriously, I would pay $20 to have the director and original screenwriter put into a screening room drunk and record a commentary about what they really thought about Will Smith.

The one minute forty second trailer for The Master is the best thing that's going to be in theaters this summer.

I'm excited based on who is involved in making it, but that teaser has a horrible case of "Next Week on Mad Men"-itis.

Are you allowed to make anti-Scientology movies in Hollywood? You'd think the distributors would be afraid of being sued from here to the moon.

Bowfinger got away with it.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Betty Elms

The one minute forty second trailer for The Master is the best thing that's going to be in theaters this summer.

The film also comes out in the summer though? Are we saying the trailer will be better than the film?

[Lumenskir]

Opening Today!

Piranha 3DD - I sort of liked the first Pirahna 3D, even though it probably took a little longer to get to the fireworks factory than was necessary, because there was a sort of gleeful delight in how trashy it was, but everything I've read about the new one makes it sound like it was made by people who are only familiar with the concept of trashy fun as interpreted by spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations.

Snow White & The Huntsman - I like how the TV trailers for this have basically become "Awesome Battles! Gritty Thor! Bitchin' Monsters!! PREPOSTERONE!!! Snow White & THE HUNTSMAN, JUNE 1!!!!"

Also, I normally blanch at the sort of mouth breathery "Hurr hurr, she's hawt", but when your plot is based on Snow White being more beautiful than the Queen, don't fuck your narrative by assigning Charlize Theron to the wrong role.

Ugh, this week is pretty bad, I'm just gonna watch Alien again in preparation for Prometheus.*

*And if you international fucks who get to see it early spoil one god damn thing...