A Monster Calls | Limited Release: December 23; Wide Release: January 16 (1,500 theaters) | Based on the Book

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Damn, these reactions are getting me very excited. A lot of "masterpiece" talk being thrown around.

[Goffe]

 

[TalismanRing]

9 minutes ago, Goffe said:

 

 

Very odd to compare a film to Pan's Labyrinth as a negative...

[RichWS]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Very odd to compare a film to Pan's Labyrinth as a negative...

 

 

Why? That flick is wildly overrated. 

[CoolioD1]

the trailer for this really makes it look like a solid chunk of shit. i also hated the impossible so i guess it's just like that and depends on how susceptible you are to obvious weepies.

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, RichWS said:

 

Why? That flick is wildly overrated. 

 

Impossible. It's not directed by Nolan, Fincher, PTA, the Coens or Wes Anderson. 

 

Pans Labyrinth is a brilliant movie.

[Eric Duncan]

6 minutes ago, RichWS said:

 

Why? That flick is wildly overrated. 

 

[Sam]

5 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Impossible. It's not directed by Nolan, Fincher, PTA, the Coens or Wes Anderson. 

 

Pans Labyrinth is a brilliant movie.

 

del Toro though. I really like the movie, but he is one of the directors with a vocal dedicated fanbase who tend to overrate him. Exhibit A: Pacific Rim. 

[TalismanRing]

Just now, Sam said:

 

del Toro though. I really like the movie, but he is one of the directors with a vocal dedicated fanbase who tend to overrate him. Exhibit A: Pacific Rim. 

 

 

Pan Labyrinth was a critical darling though well beyond any dedicated fan base - a low budget foreign language dark fantasy/fairy tale set in WW II and without huge ass robots, vampires or Hellboys (though I love the Hellboys).

[CoolioD1]

i liked pan's labyrinth but i'm just bitter as hell del toro's pretty similar, infinitely superior Devil's Backbone didn't get that same kinda love.

[Sam]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

 

Pan Labyrinth was a critical darling though well beyond any dedicated fan base - a low budget foreign language dark fantasy/fairy tale set in WW II and without huge ass robots, vampires or Hellboys (though I love the Hellboys).

 

I gotcha. And I agree.

 

I was just referring to the part you said that it's impossible for it to be overrated since it's not directed by the others you mentioned.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

i liked pan's labyrinth but i'm just bitter as hell del toro's pretty similar, infinitely superior Devil's Backbone didn't get that same kinda love.

Liked him before he was cool, huh?

[The Futurist]

James Cameron fell in love with Del Toro before lots people of BOT were even born.

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

Liked him before he was cool, huh?

he was already pretty cool by then. cronos and mimic are cool movies.

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

James Cameron fell in love with Del Toro before lots people of BOT were even born.

?????

 

WTF?

[TalismanRing]

6 minutes ago, cannastop said:

?????

 

WTF?

 

Don't look for reason, it's The Futurist's world where everything circles back to Cameron, VFX or JLaw. 

[Sam]

If JLaw get cast in a Cameron movie....then RIP, Futurist. 

 

I'll pray for you.

[filmlover]

Felicity Jones is getting a lot of praise for this. Would be cool if she could sneak into the race for Nomination #2 around the same time Rogue One will heavily boost her profile.

[marveldcfox]

Toby Kebbell is in this. Glad he is getting live action roles after so many debacles. He is best when used as a supporting actor and great as lead motion captures role. Boxoffice though....let's see how this fares. I have faith that today's audience has matured taste and intelligent enough to support such movies.

[marveldcfox]

I told you all that this is going to be an amazing film back when i posted the trailer and hardly anyone responded because everyone was busy sucking the beard's similar looking movie that released in the summer. That was a steaming pile of shit and I could smell it when I saw that trailer.