Everything Jesse said x 400. The title makes me laugh every time I hear it and when I've seen the trailer, my response is: WTF is this movie about? It looks ridiculous and stupid.
It may not be actually, but the trailers are terrible.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
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le nubian - Jan 02, 2012 10:09:31 am PST #17315 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Connie Neil - Jan 02, 2012 10:17:47 am PST #17316 of 30000
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Is there a character called John Carter in ER? I never watched it. There are lots of people who see "John Carter" and think Dejah Thoris first.
I liked all the Aliens movies, and killing off Newt was a daring place to go. Original Ripley's death was very fitting in a old saga-type of way.
Polter-Cow - Jan 02, 2012 10:21:36 am PST #17317 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So, John Carter is directed by the guy who made Wall-E and Toy Story 3, and co-written by Michael Chabon.
... and yet I still expect it to be a great big stinker.
I didn't know it was co-written by Michael Chabon, but yeah. I want it to be good! But it doesn't actually look good, and I LIKE THOSE KINDS OF MOVIES. But the trailer just seems so blah and cliché. Can't aliens ever fight for themselves? Why is it always one human who has to save them for them?
Original Ripley's death was very fitting in a old saga-type of way.
It's stuck with me.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2012 10:24:14 am PST #17318 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is there a character called John Carter in ER?
Yeah, Noah Wyle, one of the main characters for most of the many seasons.
DavidS - Jan 02, 2012 10:31:26 am PST #17319 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But the trailer just seems so blah and cliché. Can't aliens ever fight for themselves? Why is it always one human who has to save them for them?
Well, because all the cliche's started with this story. The original came out in 1911.
SuziQ - Jan 02, 2012 11:31:54 am PST #17320 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Watching Misery with CJ. I thought I remembered how messed up the story is, but I really didn't remember the extent.
Consuela - Jan 02, 2012 2:01:42 pm PST #17321 of 30000
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Well, because all the cliche's started with this story. The original came out in 1911.
Eh, I'd say that for "What These People Need Is a Honky" you could go back to James Fenimore Cooper. But A Princess of Mars is certainly one of the classic iterations of it.
Although as I pointed out to Nutty in chat earlier today, Superman actually works in that format, too, except ordinary Earthlings are the people who need help from the overpowered alien who adopts local ways. IOW, Superman is A Princess of Mars from the POV of the Martians...
Jesse - Jan 02, 2012 3:31:29 pm PST #17322 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, I just watched Warrior, and even though as I was watching it was thinking it wasn't maybe objectively good, what with every ridiculous movie thing they could throw into one story, I'm still catching my breath, and the credits are almost over.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2012 3:53:38 pm PST #17323 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm so glad someone else saw it. I was fucking shameless, but I understand that I wasn't crying at the precise spots where it was expected (although I sure covered those too). Every fight of the big tournament had me sobbing like a child. Bell to bell.
every ridiculous movie thing they could throw into one story
They kinda did, didn't they? But I thought most of the performances were very sincere, even though you knew with a fair amount of certainty how some things had to go in order to make the movie have a point, never mind live up to the trailers.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2012 3:56:35 pm PST #17324 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, the performances made it. There were a couple of forks I could have imagined, but no.