Mainly it was just boring. I wasn't expecting boring.
No! Oh, I'm disappointed. I was planning on it being my Dumb But Fun movie of the summer.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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Consuela - Jul 26, 2011 6:07:44 am PDT #15691 of 30000
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le nubian - Jul 26, 2011 6:08:51 am PDT #15692 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh Jessica, I Loved "The Prestige." It was the other magic movie with Jessica Biel that was just so bad. I was disappointed for weeks.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 6:14:35 am PDT #15693 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm with le nubian. Loved The Prestige. Didn't think much of The Illusionist.
Advance reviews of Cowboys and Aliens have been generally positive.
So, apparently, the creator came up with the name first and tried to sell the film rights, even before the comic book was written
Wow, damn.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2011 6:15:30 am PDT #15694 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I loved The Prestige too. So maybe I will like this.
Amy - Jul 26, 2011 6:17:43 am PDT #15695 of 30000
Because books.
I loved The Prestige, too, although I think a lot of it was the costume/set porn. And, you know, Hugh Jackman.
I didn't mind The Illusionist but I never rewatched it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 6:23:15 am PDT #15696 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I expect this movie to have cowboys, aliens, and Olivia Wilde being hot and occasionally naked.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2011 6:31:45 am PDT #15697 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I now expect it to have Cowboys, Aliens, and Indians (in the guise of Adam beach), so I'm all over it. I just need to see Daniel Craig in person to get ready for the movie.
Burrell - Jul 26, 2011 6:52:19 am PDT #15698 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I found The Prestige disappointing too. Actually, I found it alienating, all of the main characters were sociopaths as far as I was concerned. But then there was the beautiful sets, as Amy notes, and bonus Hugh Jackman and David Bowie(!!!), so it was definitely worth seeing.
Hayden - Jul 26, 2011 6:53:13 am PDT #15699 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I agree with Burrell on The Prestige.
Jessica - Jul 26, 2011 7:03:47 am PDT #15700 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hugh Jackman and David Bowie(!!!)
See, this was my feeling going into it (plus Christian Bale), so when the movie turned out NOT to be Ziggy Stardust helping Wolverine fight Batman...yeah.
I'm not saying my disappointment was reasonable, but the movie in my head was SO MUCH BETTER than what wound up onscreen. (Plus, since I called the twist about ten minutes in,I kept expecting another, COOLER twist at the end, and there wasn't any.)