Favourite Films

[beejazz]

Not to mention the badass black-bubble trap.

[SA]

Hell yes!  That was simply inspired.

And Jak Jak's various transformations at the end of the film.  I cracked the hell up the first time I saw that.

[Wrexham3]

It's what "Fantastic Four" wishes it could be.

Yeah, I saw the Fantastic Four last week, and it was pretty forgettable to be honest (except for Ioan Gruffydd, but that's just naked patriotism on my part).  Of all the Superhero films I've seen, I really like 'Batman Begins' - the idea of an ancient secret society kicking down civilizations like anthills appealed to me.  I also like both Spiderman movies, because you get a real sense of his life.  However, do they stand up to Dan Poole's brilliant 'Green Goblin's Last Stand'?  I dont think so.  Apparently the guy was actually up there swinging on a rope from building to building.  I dont see Toby Maguire doing that.    

[Ishmayl-Retired]

Yeah, well in Green Goblin's Last Stand, they couldn't afford stunt doubles and specialized computer effects ;)  I agree about Batman Begins though; that's the best superhero movie out in recent years.

[SA]

Batman Begins was uber awesome.  Christian Bale is batman as I had envisioned him.

However, unlike Wrexham, I thought the whole secret organisation idea was gay.

Liberace gay.


Oh yeah...

Killer Condom.

That was an awesome movie; appendage-hungry latex, anyone?

[Wrexham3]

Oh yeah...

Killer Condom.

That was an awesome movie; appendage-hungry latex, anyone?

The concept of appendage hungry latex doesnt sound awesome at all.  In fact it sounds utterly terrifying...  x.

[SA]

Leave it to the germans to create one of the most disturbing and surreal genital-mutillation films of the twentieth century.

Actually, why would I expect the Germans to come up with that?  More like the Somalians...

Or, uh... the Abrahamic faiths.

[Elven Doritos]

However, unlike Wrexham, I thought the whole secret organisation idea was gay.

Liberace gay.

Ninjas are without sexual orientation.

That being said, Incredibles is good ol'-fashioned "four-color" (as it's known amongst comic fans, long explanation) fun-- but I don't think it's the exclusive source of good-natured superheroics nowadays. There are plenty of comics and TV series geared towards family-friendly fun, it's just that movies cost a lot more, and Disney sorta has the family-friendly movie niche covered.

[SA]

PIXAR, man, Pixar.

Sure, Pixar's a subsidiary of Disney, but it's not like Disney as a whole is really hauling ass for Pixar films beyond marketing and the like.  They've got the monopoly, yeah, but the key to monopolising is often a matter of having a dutiful housewife who not-so-secretly writes "your" novels for you.

Besides, Pixar hasn't actually DONE anything since being fully acquired by Disney.  I mean, it only happened this January.

Give those dudes their props man; they have served us well.

[Elven Doritos]

Sure, Pixar's a subsidiary of Disney...

And every single major Pixar motion picture has been produced and marketed by Disney.

And if you don't think that marketing and advertisement is a huge part of the equation, then I respectfully disagree.

[Change above to Disney/Pixar]

[SA]

Oh, of course it plays a HUGE part, but I'm saying that calling those movies Disney Works is like saying Steve Jackson wrote GURPS Powers of Bantam Books wrote Deadhouse gates.

Hell, even calling them Pixar productions is a stretch; Brad Bird and Michael Giacchino get that credit.  I mean, we don't give Newmarket Films credit for Memento.

And how many people know who distributed Lord of the Rings?

[Elven Doritos]

Oh, of course it plays a HUGE part, but I'm saying that calling those movies Disney Works is like saying Steve Jackson wrote GURPS Powers of Bantam Books wrote Deadhouse gates.

Hell, even calling them Pixar productions is a stretch; Brad Bird and Michael Giacchino get that credit.  I mean, we don't give Newmarket Films credit for Memento.

Meh. I made an idle statement, really, and I don't plan on deconstructing every film by writer, director, and besy boy grip when I can just use one or two words.

Yes, even if it's inaccurate.

[SA]

Alas, I am forever one for semantics.  I suppose I just like to know who writes, directs, composes the screenplay and directs the cinematography.  Couldn't give a damn about marketing, but it's always nice to know whose creative energy goes into a film.

And meh is such an ugly word...

Like pistachio.

[beejazz]

*Gasp*

How dare you tarnish the name of pistachio?

For shame!

[CYMRO]

And how many people know who distributed Lord of the Rings?

Ahh, but those movies suck, so who cares? ;)