Kevin Bacon Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The action in Avengers is waaaay better than Transformers, where for some reason we're zoomed in so close we don't even know what's going on half the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgenius90 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 promethusthe avengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Beasts of the Southern Wild.It's not offensively bad, but it is boring, and a BP nom is laughable. It got nominated due to token indie status and the white guilt factor over Katrina. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Beasts of the Southern Wild.It's not offensively bad, but it is boring, and a BP nom is laughable. It got nominated due to token indie status and the white guilt factor over Katrina.I agree.6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovex Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I agree with the bold part, the rest I don't...People like you feel the need to compare The Avengers to Transformers simply because the action looks similar. However, what you fail to realise is, the action in the Transformer movies was extraordinary, so if TA mimicked that action, along with a witty script then that's a good thing.Trouble is its a case of 'seen it.. next'.. The action in TA seemed really 'small'. TA was better than TF in a simply indescribably huge way, but that last battle scene. Copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovex Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 hahaAR and AVP trivialised the franchise. Prometheus is just plain ruining it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) The action in Avengers is waaaay better than Transformers, where for some reason we're zoomed in so close we don't even know what's going on half the time.That's a load of rubbish. The action in the transformer movies is about as clear as it gets at times. They are shot well and Bay is arguably one of the most talented directors out there for pulling off great action sequences. Edited January 19, 2013 by Jessie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 No Action alone is not makes a movie good...Action with some nice one liners and interesting characters makes it fun.Remember in Indiana Jones..Is it the action alone that was great...Or was the action mixed in with likeable characters and funny lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Beasts of the Southern Wild.It's not offensively bad, but it is boring, and a BP nom is laughable. It got nominated due to token indie status and the white guilt factor over Katrina.100% agreed. WTF was it nominated for BP? I am glad it did shitty at the box office. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahvinn87 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 AR and AVP trivialised the franchise. Prometheus is just plain ruining it.Huge Alien fan here and I couldn't disagree with you more. Prometheus is a far superior movie to both AVP's and AR. It's also better than Alien 3.Don't understand how you can say that Prometheus is 'ruining' the franchise unless your talking purely in terms of lore (and even then we can't make a judgement on that until we know the full story). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Don't understand how you can say that Prometheus is 'ruining' the franchise unless your talking purely in terms of lore (and even then we can't make a judgement on that until we know the full story).Don't forget Aliens completely contradicts Alien's lore, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I didn't love Moonrise Kingdom, but if they had to have a token hipster-indie movie, I would've much rather it be nominated than Beasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Don't understand how you can say that Prometheus is 'ruining' the franchise unless your talking purely in terms of lore (and even then we can't make a judgement on that until we know the full story).Prometheus completely ruined the mystery of Alien's Space Jockey and the mystery of the Alien itself. Edited January 23, 2013 by dashrendar44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 That's a load of rubbish. The action in the transformer movies is about as clear as it gets at times. They are shot well and Bay is arguably one of the most talented directors out there for pulling off great action sequences.Agreed. Michael Bay is the James Cameron of the action sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 I didn't love Moonrise Kingdom, but if they had to have a token hipster-indie movie, I would've much rather it be nominated than Beasts. So I just saw Moonrise Kingdom. I liked it but definitely thought it was overrated, as I do all of Wes Anderson movies. I like his quirkiness but he hasn't made a great movie yet in my opinion. On a side note, whatever happened to Jared Hess, the Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre director? Didn't you guys think he was going to be the next Wes Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Cloud Atlas and Lincoln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmav45 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How the hell is Beasts of the Southern Wild a "token hipster indie movie?"I guess I can understand how some wouldn't like it, because it's all about buying into the mindset of the film. I never once during my viewing thought the film had anything to do with white guilt over Katrina..........it was a look into a different world and ideology. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Agreed. Michael Bay is the James Cameron of the action sequence.Isn't James Cameron the James Cameron of the action sequence? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I never once during my viewing thought the film had anything to do with white guilt over Katrina..........it was a look into a different world and ideology.The film itself wasn't about white guilt, just maybe its Academy reception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
