-
Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules.
-
Congrats to the winners of the 2023 Smog Awards!
Media itt: movie/film discussion - Beware Spoilers
- Thread starter Jebus McAzn
- Start date
Catching Fire was a significant improvement to the first film
Just got to see Pacific Rim. Really liked it. It was kind of post-apocalyptic in way. Well worth the watch.
What made it so particularly terrible? I thought part 2 finished up the actual story of the book. Haven't seen it yet but I'm planning to.
I've been sitting here for 20 minutes trying to tell you exactly how wrong you are without spoiling the "ending."
Last edited:
TheValkyries
proudly reppin' 2 superbowl wins since DEFLATEGATE
Saw American Hustle and greatly enjoyed it. The acting was absolutely fantastic, but the story and plot dragged it down imo.
They kept playing it like "WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN NEXT TO MAKE THINGS GO MORE WRONG???" and then nothing really that bad would happen. They had a few moments where the tension was palpable when it was just the threat of the mob and the feds on top of them simultaneously after the Robert De Niro scene where Bale and Adams talk about how they have Bradley Cooper digging them a deeper grave and how they need to get a way out. Then that tension evaporated by outing them to the mob and promptly having literally nothing happen beyond getting vaguely scuffed up. The only real consequences in that movie were for the Mayor, and Bradley Cooper.
And another thing: Amy Adams's character arc with Bradley Cooper was confusing as all hell. None of her decisions really made any clear sense to me after she said she'd go out of her way to get close to Bradley Cooper's character in order to gain leverage with him later. She does so, under the guise of Edith and basically does exactly what she wanted but then suddenly backs out of it and reveals who she really is because... why exactly? Because things got 'too real' I guess? That's not the only response to that situation though, and in doing so she sabotaged her original plan of getting close to have leverage. That doesn't matter though because that whole little plan was never spoken of ever again. It just existed and died. Then there was the whole she was hurt by Bale's character and was getting back at him through being close to Cooper and then she dropped that and instantly went back to loving Bale and it was just... She never really had any clearly defined motives in my mind during that whole escapade.
Hopefully someone smarter than I can assuage my gripes over the plot though, because I'd hate to keep ragging on a movie entirely because of "Durrr, I didn't 'get' it".
And another thing: Amy Adams's character arc with Bradley Cooper was confusing as all hell. None of her decisions really made any clear sense to me after she said she'd go out of her way to get close to Bradley Cooper's character in order to gain leverage with him later. She does so, under the guise of Edith and basically does exactly what she wanted but then suddenly backs out of it and reveals who she really is because... why exactly? Because things got 'too real' I guess? That's not the only response to that situation though, and in doing so she sabotaged her original plan of getting close to have leverage. That doesn't matter though because that whole little plan was never spoken of ever again. It just existed and died. Then there was the whole she was hurt by Bale's character and was getting back at him through being close to Cooper and then she dropped that and instantly went back to loving Bale and it was just... She never really had any clearly defined motives in my mind during that whole escapade.
Hopefully someone smarter than I can assuage my gripes over the plot though, because I'd hate to keep ragging on a movie entirely because of "Durrr, I didn't 'get' it".
I'm really only going to take one thing out of seeing Desolation of Smaug, and that's HOLY FUCK THE CLIFFS OF LOGIC
Crux
Banned deucer.
Mack the Knife can you explain the plot please?
Also Smaug was kind of dumb. People hyped him up like the Gollum scene from the first movie, but a few key changes from the book and a bunch of running into things made him look stupid.
TheValkyries
proudly reppin' 2 superbowl wins since DEFLATEGATE
No he can't watch it, it's rated R.
Yeah wow that was retarded. To use somebody else's words, this feels like a big-budget fanfic
Did I miss the Frozen hype train
TheValkyries
proudly reppin' 2 superbowl wins since DEFLATEGATE
Saw it a few days back. I too will be boarding the hype train.
before american hustle i always wondered what amy adams's sideboob would look like
i'll never wonder again
Definitely Mission Impossible 3. What is rabbits foot?????