The trailer made it look like a note-for-note ripoff of The Iron Giant.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
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Tom Scola - Dec 27, 2018 11:21:32 am PST #1840 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 27, 2018 11:53:58 am PST #1841 of 3463
"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
Admittedly, that's a formula for a big improvement over the previous Transformers movies.
Kalshane - Dec 27, 2018 12:19:21 pm PST #1842 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, we both like The Iron Giant, so if this movie is even half as good I'd call it a win.
I actually thought the original Bayformers movie was okay (not great or even good, but not terrible) but my understanding is the sequels repeatedly amp up the elements I hated about the first one.
Connie Neil - Dec 27, 2018 12:21:36 pm PST #1843 of 3463
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I liked the third Transformers movie, where the girl reveals the skill she learned as an inadvertent evil minion and eggs the old villain into reclaiming his evil and kicking the butt of the baddie-come-lately. I like when tropes get tweaked.
Jesse - Dec 27, 2018 2:23:47 pm PST #1844 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The Favourite: LOVED IT. All the stuff Lanthimos gets away with under the shiny period film trappings! With inventive camerawork and tricky tonal balance between comedy and drama and gorgeous clothes and sharp, witty, nasty dialog and amazing performances in every single role, MY GOSH. I know they're pushing Olivia Colman for a Best Actress nom but it's really a three-header, with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz being just as brilliant (Stone joins a rare company of American actors who can pull off a believable British accent.) Def. up there as one of my top ten films of the year.
I am so interested in this reaction (which I think a lot of people had), because I just saw it and thought it was fine? It probably didn't help that basically no one else in the theater got it. Behind me was I'm going to guess a mother and two grown daughters (or daughter+friend) who agreed afterward that they probably should have seen Marwen....
Anyway, the performances and look were all amazing, for sure, but it didn't take me.
Kalshane - Dec 30, 2018 1:41:36 pm PST #1845 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The boy and I really enjoyed Bumblebee. The first 15 minutes alone were fantastic for someone who grew up with the classic Transformers in the 80s.
I definitely can see some of the Iron Giant parallels but I think it did enough different and Hailee Steinfeld's performance helps carry the film.
Kalshane - Dec 31, 2018 5:13:03 am PST #1846 of 3463
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
After my initial chuckle of recognition I had to do some quick mental math to confirm that the "The Touch" Easter Egg was chronologically possible for Bumblebee's setting date.
Jessica - Jan 01, 2019 5:24:13 am PST #1847 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anyway, the performances and look were all amazing, for sure, but it didn't take me.
We watched it over the weekend, and my sister's comment at the end was "Um, they forgot to end the movie." But the costumes are FABULOUS, and I did think all three actresses were very good.
Scrappy - Jan 03, 2019 11:10:15 am PST #1848 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just saw Spiderman and LOVED IT SO MUCH.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2019 11:16:34 am PST #1849 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Just saw Spiderman and LOVED IT SO MUCH.
We saw it New Year's Day, and all I could say for like half an hour after it ended was "AAAAAAAAA THAT WAS SO GOOD!!!!" over and over.
I'm usually decent at identifying voice actors, but I thought Noir Spider-Man was Ben Browder. D'oh! (I knew going in that John Mulaney was Spider-Ham. He was PERFECT.)
And also, I don't care what anyone else says, Noir Spider-Man's alias HAS to be "Peter Darker." t rim shot