Kaylee ,'Shindig'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Son is so stupid it hurts, and seems to vary between "I'm no hero! I'm a kid!" to "I want to save Da Universe!". Often in the same scene.
Some of the lines are dire.
"All it does is play chess" "So did Einstein"
Heh. I do think it has a lot going for it, though.
True enough, that. So far, he hasn't quite exceeded the bounds of Dumb Teen Moves. So far.
I think he bugs me because he seems so much less savvy and street smart than he did in T2, when he was 3-5 years (depending on how old you think John was in T2 and now) younger. When he left the house and went to see his ex-almost-stepfather, I thought, "Oh John. Are you gonna be THAT guy now?"
I don't like that guy. That guy doesn't grow up to be the leader of a resistance to anything except maybe hard work.
I'd disagree that it's laughably bad in places. Occasionally clunky, but not laughably bad. The characters are, for the most part, very well realized, the acting is good, and the dialogue is solid, if not exceptional/quotable.
I'm with Plei, Kevin. I'm really liking it so far. We've been discussing it in Boxed Set, if you want to take a look.
I'm also with tiggy in not thinking T3 was THAT bad. It wasn't particularly memorable, but it was a nice chase movie with robots and explosions.
And Claire Daines.
it was a nice chase movie with robots and explosions
Spiderman (don't remember which one) had that kind of stuff and it had lines like "I've always been standing in your doorway" which I'm still rolling my eyes over. I'm fine presuming T3 is not for me.
And Claire Daines.
Also true.
Spiderman (don't remember which one) had that kind of stuff and it had lines like "I've always been standing in your doorway" which I'm still rolling my eyes over.
I also didn't think Spidey 3 was as abominable as purported (although some particular scenes were indeed quite WTF), but it definitely wasn't as good as the first two.
You know, I actually told somebody Spidey 3 was pretty good. Then I saw this Youtube: [link] . I nearly cried. (Bonus: VIOLETS DAD!)
aurelia,
fwiw, I disliked T3 more than Spidey 3 - and I didn't like Spidey 3. P-C and Tiggy seemed to like T3, so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I didn't think there was any reason for me to see that movie except that it was on AMC. Clearly I'm a crank about it. :-)
I didn't see Spidey 3 and based on that clip, I'm really not interested. I think since Spidey 2 and Fantastic Four 1 (there's some time I'll never get back) I've avoided summer blockbusters that don't involve pirates in eyeliner.
Julie Christie gave a nice shout-out to the writers at the SAGs.