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Teapot
Does he even go here
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26th May, 2006 at 14:00:21 -
Has anyone one else here seen this yet?
WARNING: VERY FEW SPOILERS FOLLOW
I saw it today, and it's quite dissapointing. There are two main criticisms I have with the film:
1. Lack of character development. For some unexplained reason the writers choose to kill off a bunch of established characters in order to introduce some very two dimensional ones. Juggernaught is just a set of not-very-witty responses, and don't get me started on thos three hip street-mutants. A bunch of characters are just added to fill the ranks of the 'bad guys', which leads me on to my second issue:
2. Over simplification of themes. This film, unlike the first two, has no message or purpose to it. Whilst the first two managed to nicely tie in the film's themes with the plot and characterisations, this one takes an interesting idea and turns it into a cartoony good guys V bad guys story. One may argue that superhero films should have the cartoonish simplicity, but after the impressive first two it came as a bit of a let-down.
There were also a few niggly problems I had with it. Adding to the cartoonish feel was the pointless danger room scene in the beginning, which was so devoid of any purpose that its inclusion was simply mind boggling. This new director hasn't quite found his feet either, with a lot of the actors seeming confused and often coming off as cheesy. The choice of shots also led to a certain lack of involvement in the film, an over-reliance on mid and wide shots and single or steady camera movements. There were just some points where I thought "A hand-held camera would have really worked here" (specifically, the confrontation with the psychotic gene in the house, it should have been a lot creepier).
It certainly wasn't bad, and I would recommend it to any fans. It was a thoroughly enjoyable watch but I felt that these criticisms were valid and needed to be made.
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axel
Crazy?
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26th May, 2006 at 14:34:58 -
I've seen the first two ones. They were shit. Yay!
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Retired Kliker Lazarus
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26th May, 2006 at 15:45:41 -
Tis' true. I hate Super Hero movies.
Fine Garbage since 2003.
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-Paying off a massive amount of debt in college loans.
-Working in television.
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Radix
hot for teacher
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26th May, 2006 at 16:05:26 -
I like superhero films, if they're well done (like Hellboy, Hulk or Batman Begins for example), but I thought the first two sucked balls. I only saw the second one because I had premiere tickets. I won't pay money for the third, although my friends tell me it's better.
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Pete Nattress
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26th May, 2006 at 21:44:29 -
I loved Batman Begins. Spiderman I can take or leave. The new Superman looks like a big dangling turd. I haven't watched any of the X-men films but I will one day. That is all.
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Broomie
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26th May, 2006 at 22:46:52 -
Vinnie Jones' daughter is in my class.
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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26th May, 2006 at 23:11:37 -
Loadsa people downed Hulk, but I rather liked it. I also have Hellboy, tis a more fun hero film. Dare Devil is plain crap.
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Teapot
Does he even go here
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27th May, 2006 at 01:21:01 -
Hulk was rubbish. Hellboy was good and Batman Begins was brilliant.
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Ski
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27th May, 2006 at 01:24:18 -
Hulk was ok IMO. They were daring, and tried to present it in a comic book style, which made it different from the others, thats all.
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vortex2
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27th May, 2006 at 03:52:13 -
I liked Sin City  .
A bit of insanity with every bite!
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Del Duio
Born in a Bowling Alley
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27th May, 2006 at 03:59:25 -
My favorites so far are the first 2 Superman movies, Batman Begins, X2 (I liked it), Spiderman 2, and even the Incredibles believe it or not.
This looks to be okay, me and my wife are seeing it tomorrow night. The real movie I want to see is the new Superman. Hopefully it won't be a big dangling turd!
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Teapot
Does he even go here
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27th May, 2006 at 04:15:27 -
Incredibles was excellent. Fanatstic even. Mainly because it was a rip-off of my favourite graphic novel, Watchmen.
I didn't find Hulk daring, I thought it was a bog standard action movie that attempted poorly to blur the lines between comic book and film. I just thought the end result was a poor film.
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Radix
hot for teacher
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27th May, 2006 at 06:49:22 -
You're wrong though.
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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27th May, 2006 at 08:17:10 -
The incredibles is boring. I bought it, watched it once and left it in my cupboard, and I adore Pixar usually... It may be down to our animation tutor playing chunks of the film in slow motion, hours on end so we can watch lip sync perhaps ¬_¬
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Teapot
Does he even go here
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27th May, 2006 at 10:13:01 -
The Incredibles was excellent, aside from the boring family message, it said a lot about mediocrity in modern life that would go right over the heads of Disney's usual target audience.
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