Movies

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What was wrong with the last Spiderman actor?

I mean, Tobey Maguire was Tobey Maguire, so that was a problem in and of itself, but Andrew Garfield wasn't terrible.

[Toddv1997]

I think they don't want ASM to be associated with the MCU so having the same actor would be bad.

[Exeres]

It's a different Spider-Man, like X-Men's Peter Maximoff and the Avengers' Pietro Maximoff are different people.

[Blitz Walrus]

This is also the second hard reboot to the Spider Man movie franchise in recent memory. Also, the second time it was rebooted while plans for a Sinister Six movie were in the works.

[Exeres]

Finally went to go see Dinosaur Park 2: Park Harder. Lot of problems, but overall I enjoyed it.

The whole clash of the titans finale was very blatant fanservice, but I am okay being serviced like that. And I liked the REALITY ENSUES moment when the raptors go off script.

[Sloth]

I honestly didn't like Jurassic World that much

Then again the only Jurassic park movie I liked was the first one. I'm not huge on monster movies to begin with.

[Exeres]

It is annoying how the film formula can't seem to move past the thing where everything only goes to shit because people make impossibly stupid decisions.

1) Vicious prehistoric monsters do not make for useful military applications, seriously what the fuck were you thinking.

2) Are you telling me there wasn't a single goddamn person on the entire island more qualified to fly that helicopter?

3) It might have ended up working, but there were SO MANY WAYS that releasing the T. rex could have gone horribly wrong. I know the idea was that with the Indominus loose things couldn't get worse but STILL.

4) How hard would it be to positively confirm that Frankenstein's dinosaur is actually loose before ENTERING ITS HOME?

Despite all of the above, I loved it, which just goes to show that whenever dinosaurs are involved, I will suffer plot holes large enough to drive a planet through. More annoying, however, were the blatant "HERE'S WHERE THE 3-D BECOMES RELEVANT" scenes.

I've also heard people bitching about the product placement, but I'm willing to chalk that up to meta-satire. That is, the park is simply full of corporate logos because the park is sponsored, not the film. I don't have a solid source to cite, but I read that most of the product placement was done without official funding.

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I also read that the sponsors were scripted in and contacted later. I mean, you go to ANY theme park in the real world and they have sponsors. I don't understand the people who complain about product placement in movies. Wow, it emulates reality and this upsets you? You drink Coke and eat McDonalds. If you find that jarring in films, imagine how horrendously jarring and obvious it would be to see the characters drink Wow Cola while they eat their Tribun Mac Attack Super Burger from Mac King (everyone's favorite fast food restaurant, of course).

Real life has real products. Movies have real products. Why does this bother people? I can understand if the character suddenly looks into the camera and says "Drink Jack Daniels - it's my preferred way to unwind after a long day of dino wrangling!" before suddenly going back to attempting to seduce the park director. But no movie does that, because it would be suicide.

[Exeres]

I can understand if the character suddenly looks into the camera and says "Drink Jack Daniels - it's my preferred way to unwind after a long day of dino wrangling!" before suddenly going back to attempting to seduce the park director.

Tangent off of this, I remember seeing an episode of Rizzoli & Isles a few years ago with like three characters in the kitchen drinking Dr Pepper and spending a not-insignificant amount of time talking about how delicious and refreshing it was. THAT was ridiculous.

I think the main thing in Jurassic World was all the major vehicles being Mercedes (except the Jeep of course, and really, one of those 20-year-old SUVs being ready to go after a fresh battery and fuel change is one hell of an advertisement), but Mercedes has always supplied vehicles to the series, haven't they? They're practically a character now.

[Toddv1997]

I remember these Youtube guys that got sponsored by pepsi or something and filled their room with just TONS of Pepsi products. E.G. Shirts, Posters, Fridges, rugs, ETC.

[Lordy]

So I ended up getting persuaded to watch Ted 2 with a couple friends. I only barely (or should that be 'bearly'?) remember the first one, but I found I didn't need too much specific information anyway. Considering the cinema was incredibly empty (is this what watching films late on weekdays is like?) I still felt like it was pretty solid. The plot was a little bear-bones, but it followed on naturally from the questions that would relate to the eponymous bear's existence - though at times it felt a little preachy. The humour was pretty good as well, with the improv night scene, Jurassic Park reference and Liam Neeson's cameo being the clear highlights, though there were a couple 'other' jokes I found myself detached from.

Overall, I'd say it was pretty good. Don't go in expecting a masterpiece, but I enjoyed it.

[Toddv1997]

Saw inside out with family today. Had the same thoughts as Marc.

[Lordy]

Finally saw Jurassic World: Forget the Last Two Movies. I loved it, despite its noteworthy flaws (half the people made me want to punch them when they were first introduced, I'm glad they got mostly better) and the stupidity-driven plot.

My favourite bits:
The old park (and it not completely eclipsing the rest of the film, though I did wish it saw a little more screentime)

The velociraptors turning on the strike team

and

the overly-fanservicy finale, despite being driven mostly by the flagship T. Rex and Velociraptors, still being finished off by a surprise attack from the mosasaur

And as expected, the soundtrack was top notch (though I was slightly annoyed by the way the iconic JP theme was at a faster tempo in the introduction). I almost wanted to stay to listen to it through the credits.

[Galaxy Man]

saw inside out

aaaaaactually really good. i didn't expect it to be really good, but it was.

[Toddv1997]

Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justice will set up the Justice League movie. ~Entertainment Weekly.

I thought it was common sense?