Great Tony Stark vid just popped up on my flist: [link]
Which reminds me: do I need to watch Iron Man 2?
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
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Consuela - Jun 02, 2012 5:15:15 am PDT #20921 of 30000
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Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2012 5:33:45 am PDT #20922 of 30000
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do I need to watch Iron Man 2?
There are some individual scenes that are good, but they don’t add up to a whole great movie.
billytea - Jun 02, 2012 5:41:02 am PDT #20923 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We went into the city today, saw a very interesting exhibition on various media. They had a sequence of video clips from maybe two dozen movies, all featuring the Wilhelm scream. Really quite neat. (A whole bunch of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, and in the middle of it all, Beauty and the Beast and Toy Story.)
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2012 8:41:23 am PDT #20924 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, how gorgeous are these Avengers sculpts: [link] ?
(Depicts one of the final scenes of the movie)
I haven't seen one yet that wasn't amazing.
askye - Jun 02, 2012 8:43:35 am PDT #20925 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Watching Haywire with Will. So far this is dull and the problem is not the acting. I think my biggest problem is the pacing and the wired multiple flashback storytelling.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2012 8:52:47 am PDT #20926 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I feel that the first scene sapped any "whee! movie's starting!" momentum I might have had--it's a great fight scene, especially where a woman is involved.
I don't know if it was my Tatum issue or what, but I don't think it was doing anyone justice.
But the flashbacks didn't really bother me. In fact, I can't even remember them when I try and think about it.
One thing I will say for Carano above and beyond her obvious mad fighting skills--she runs really well. It's somehow bad-assed and efficient and gives me the sense that she could outlast her prey or her pursuers.
askye - Jun 02, 2012 9:13:38 am PDT #20927 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
The whole thing is in flashback with her telling some guy in a car. The guy who helped herin the cafe. I think the whole stule of the movie is too lowkey and quiet for me. It's barely holding my attemtion and I want more fight scenes.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2012 9:16:30 am PDT #20928 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ah, okay. Those were sufficiently narratively framed that I clearly didn't give it a second thought.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 02, 2012 9:16:56 am PDT #20929 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh! That reminded me of one issue I had during the Dublin chase scenes: how the hell did Kenneth get the manpower on hand to swarm that many people through all those buildings so fast? I mean, as far as the authorities knew they were looking for a single killer; they weren't mobilizing the military to repel an invasion force or Godzilla.
askye - Jun 02, 2012 9:42:25 am PDT #20930 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
And I feel cheated by the end. It felt low budget. I hope Gina Carano is given a chance to do amother movie. She's better than Steven Segal actor wise but his movies are more interesting