I'm not sure what effects from the trailer, but the claw CGI was terrible. More than one instance could have had prosthetics, and it probably would have been cheaper and looked better.
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Ailleann - May 03, 2009 3:12:13 pm PDT #1028 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
DavidS - May 03, 2009 4:33:34 pm PDT #1029 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For people who weren't reading comics in the 80s it's worth noting that Wolverine was the character of the decade. And everybody who was 14 in 1985 now has disposable income.
(Other characters of the decade, in descending order: Ororo, Batman, Daredevil, Elektra, Kitty Pryde (see: Whedon, Joss), Reuben Flagg (see: Chabon, Michael), Nexus, Rom Space Knight, Zot (see: McCloud, Scott) and Hopey (L&R).
Also a factor in the box office: Hugh Jackman's ass. (I defer to Matt on this point.)
§ ita § - May 03, 2009 5:49:02 pm PDT #1030 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just watched Let The Right One In and I didn't like it. I was distracted throughout by the impracticality of the whole thing--I don't get how she or her first companion have any clue how to make what they're doing sustainable over time. I didn't like her. Did like Oskar, though.
Lee - May 03, 2009 5:54:24 pm PDT #1031 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I couldn't finish it.
§ ita § - May 03, 2009 5:56:31 pm PDT #1032 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Company! I hadn't read a single non-positive word about it.
Lee - May 03, 2009 5:58:21 pm PDT #1033 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It bored me.
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2009 5:58:55 pm PDT #1034 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ita, I was kind of meh on it as well, but I feel like it deserves an I Was Tired pass, at the very least. It was incredibly slow, regardless.
§ ita § - May 03, 2009 6:06:25 pm PDT #1035 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I feel shallow asking for a conflict--you know painting myself as a hick movie watcher, but given that I watched the whole thing mainly as a) an exercise in discipline and b) verification it would end like I guessed, maybe I wasn't up to the sheer glory (or whatever) of the film.
DavidS - May 03, 2009 6:12:46 pm PDT #1036 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
you know painting myself as a hick movie watcher
"I like it when they blow stuff up!" - John Candy doing the Farm Report and Movie Review on SCTV
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2009 6:14:40 pm PDT #1037 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
verification it would end like I guessed
That swimming pool scene was pretty awesome.