Doc Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I get the feeling people wanted to see a WIll Smith movie instead. "After Earth" would beg to differ.
Just Jack Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Full article - http://www.buzzfeed.com/jordanzakarin/man-of-steel-destruction-death-analysis
DC Tom Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Full article - http://www.buzzfeed....-death-analysis That makes me want to go see it.
shrader Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 That makes me want to go see it. I think it's that 190,000 confirmed dead number that really has me curious (not that I was going to skip this movie anyway).
Joe Miner Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I think it's that 190,000 confirmed dead number that really has me curious (not that I was going to skip this movie anyway). Is that including an estimation of the population of Krypton?
shrader Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Is that including an estimation of the population of Krypton? It say "damages estimated to Metropolis" right at the top.
Doc Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Saw "Man of Steel" last night and was thinking about how devastated Metropolis was by the end. But I liked it a lot, more than most recent movies. Sure there was some silly stuff and the plot could have been tightened-up a bit, but otherwise a real good film.
4merper4mer Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Finally, Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx star in "White House Down". While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. Also starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Richard Jenkins & James Woods. Is Maggie Gyllenhall playing an attractive woman again? It is amazing how she consistently gets type cast in that role. It is as if Wallace Shawn was always cast as an inner city black youth. I don't know how she does it.
dayman Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Saw Superman recently. I think a good amount of people will like it. I didn't like it at all. In fact, it was terrible.
Just Jack Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy star in the buddy comedy, "The Heat". Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner -- or a friend for that matter. 6/28 "The Heat": http://www.theheatmovie.com/ Saw this tonight at a sneak preview, definitely a good comedy. I did not think it was appropriate for young kids like the 7 year old I saw in the audience though.
Doc Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Saw this tonight at a sneak preview, definitely a good comedy. I did not think it was appropriate for young kids like the 7 year old I saw in the audience though. I saw "Ted" on a Friday in downtown Hartford and there were many kids under 10 there with their "parents." Sad.
Just Jack Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 I saw "Ted" on a Friday in downtown Hartford and there were many kids under 10 there with their "parents." Sad. The local independent music store does that also, movies are either PG-13 or R... http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/06/flicks_crick_sound_garden_syracuse_movies.html
bbb Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 Watching the NBA Finals, I'm wondering if there are any movies this summer that are not apocalyptic?
Fezmid Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I saw "Ted" on a Friday in downtown Hartford and there were many kids under 10 there with their "parents." Sad. I saw Freddy vs. Jason years ago -- and there were a bunch of 5-6 year old kids in the theater. Great parenting.
DC Tom Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 I saw Freddy vs. Jason years ago -- and there were a bunch of 5-6 year old kids in the theater. Great parenting. When I saw the Simpsons Movie, there was a large group taking up the whole row behind us. Two adults, and the rest kids under the age of 6. I'm sorry, the Simpsons was not a movie suitable for six year olds. (The best part is that one of the adults spent the entirety of the first half of the movie talking on the phone. Loudly. When my wife asked her to stop, she yelled at my wife "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" I almost punched the B word. We got our money back for that showing.)
Cugalabanza Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 When I saw the Simpsons Movie, there was a large group taking up the whole row behind us. Two adults, and the rest kids under the age of 6. I'm sorry, the Simpsons was not a movie suitable for six year olds. (The best part is that one of the adults spent the entirety of the first half of the movie talking on the phone. Loudly. When my wife asked her to stop, she yelled at my wife "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" I almost punched the B word. We got our money back for that showing.) Wow, I admire your restraint.
Fezmid Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 We got our money back for that showing.) Freddy vs. Jason was the first and only time I've asked for my money back at the theater. The kids were talking, running around, crying, etc. I told the manager that kids shouldn't be allowed in, and he claimed his hands are tied because the parents brought them in.
Mark Vader Posted June 21, 2013 Author Posted June 21, 2013 When I saw the Simpsons Movie, there was a large group taking up the whole row behind us. Two adults, and the rest kids under the age of 6. I'm sorry, the Simpsons was not a movie suitable for six year olds. (The best part is that one of the adults spent the entirety of the first half of the movie talking on the phone. Loudly. When my wife asked her to stop, she yelled at my wife "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" I almost punched the B word. We got our money back for that showing.) What a jerk. I don't know how you and your wife restrained yourselves. Freddy vs. Jason was the first and only time I've asked for my money back at the theater. The kids were talking, running around, crying, etc. I told the manager that kids shouldn't be allowed in, and he claimed his hands are tied because the parents brought them in. Unfortunately the manager cannot prevent kids from seeing a movie if they are brought in with their parents. The manager should have told the parents to leave if they couldn't control their kids.
Mark Vader Posted June 23, 2013 Author Posted June 23, 2013 Watching the NBA Finals, I'm wondering if there are any movies this summer that are not apocalyptic?
Fan in Chicago Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Saw two movies this past weekend: - Man of Steel: Quite good especially compared to the last iteration. Cavill, Shannon and Crowe are all very good. I just wish they had tamed down the violence and destruction in the last half hour. Frankly, it took away the intensity of the climax. - World War Z: Surprisingly entertaining movie. I went in not expecting much and came away impressed.
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