Dragonlord's 2015 Movie Guide

[Towelie by TKO]

Glad Chappie did poorly, I didn't want it to be a huge hit and have other movie studios go, "You know what this movie needs? A couple white rappers playing themselves in scenes where they wear their own merchandise and listen to their own music, because Chappie had over an hour of that and people paid for it!"

 

[CreativeTomato]

I am now losing faith in this idiot getting his hands on the 'Alien' franchise.

With no shortage of South African in-jokes that only they would understand and Die Antwoord!

:shudder:

 

[Tomie]

Chappie was bad. Really, really bad.

District 9 was one of my favorite movies of all time. One thing I really loved about it was how it got the audience despise Vickus right from the very start. They make him an annoying, pencil pushing beaurocratic weasel who is wholly unlikable. But throughout the movie, Sharlto Copley and Niel Blompkamp were able to manipulate the audience into turning their feelings towards Vickus around completely. I went from despising him, to sympathizing with him, to pitying him, to outright cheering for him.

In Chappie, Blompkamp again used his skills to make me despise almost all of the Characters... but he never redeemed them. Die Antwood are as insufferable as their songs that litter the soundtrack. Hugh Jackman's character is paper thin. He might as well have had "I'm the antagonist because reasons" written on his fucking forehead and it would have been more subtle than the things he did in the film to make sure the audience would know he was the bad guy. Sigourney Weaver? Terrible. Patel? Forgettable. Copley actually did a great job as Chappie, but the end result was a character so annoying, I wanted his battery to run out.

3/10

That's pretty much my opinion on the movie as well. On top of that, the South African gangster lingo and act was a bit too much for me to handle. Couldn't take Ninja's personality/niche seriously. As I said in the "rate the last movie you saw" thread, only a rental.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

Chappie was not that bad. Wasnt great but if you give that movie a 3/10 stars then you went in there with such high expectations, and they must of been shit on.

I will rate the movie a 7/10

It was pretty much the definition A MOVIE, average and just there. Chappie-5 looked great as did the other bots. Had plenty of goofiness mostly involving Jacked Man who was a few steps away from being Bennett from Commando which would have been a large improvement. The music was awful. Worth a watch on TV.

Except for Short Circuit 2. Johnny 5 might not have been a baby, but it's the same premise.

Johnny-5 was a much better babyface in peril during his gang assault. 22:00 for Johnny vs Man.

Then the ending. I won't even spoiler warning this one, I'll just come out and say it. It's a painfully literal use of Deus Ex Machina.

Actually it was a use of Ex Machina.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

This is the worst piece of shit movie I have ever sat through in my entire life.


Not one part of this movie made sense. not a single Fn scene.


This movie makes Snow Dogs look like the Godfather.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

This is the worst piece of shit movie I have ever sat through in my entire life.


Not one part of this movie made sense. not a single Fn scene.


This movie makes Snow Dogs look like the Godfather.

You're talking about Chappie, right?

 

[Satur9]

Best thing about Chappie was the incredible trailer for Mad Max. Other than that, I got some laughs from how bad everyone sounds in the movie. "Why you steal daddy's car?" made me almost spit out my drink! I though his voice for Chappie was pretty funny. Horrible movie, nevertheless.

 

[Towelie by TKO]

Best thing about Chappie was the incredible trailer for Mad Max. Other than that, I got some laughs from how bad everyone sounds in the movie. "Why you steal daddy's car?" made me almost spit out my drink! I though his voice for Chappie was pretty funny. Horrible movie, nevertheless.

Ya, "Chappie wants an internet!" got a laugh from me, but like I said before, the robot-sounds-funny gag wore thin real quick. Especially after they try to manufacture sympathy while Jackman was sawing his arm off (which he had to do because reasons) by having him squeal "Chappie has feels! Chappie has feels!" ugh that was irritating. No, Chappie, you're a robot, you don't have pain receptors, why are you squealing in pain?

 

[senri]

So is the guy who made Chappie going to be the new M Night Shamayolaydsagouh?

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

You're talking about Chappie, right?

Yes sir...

 

[pinkybrief]

I love die antwoord and yolandi

but Chappie

sucks balls.

Such terrible acting on everyone.

You just want to roll your eyes every time that Deon Wilson character has screen time.

 

[threelions]

I agree with all the negative things people say about this film yet I still enjoyed watching it.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

CINDERELLA

Release Date: Mar. 13 (Wide Release)

Genre: Fantasy Family Adventure

Director: Kenneth Branagh (Thor, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit)

Cast: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera, Stellan Skarsg

 

[forrestcries]

I'm surprised Cinderella and Run All night are getting even remotely positive reviews. The trailers made them both like pretty fuckin weak

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Box Office Report:

CINDERELLA Tops Friday With a Bewitching $23 Million

Fueled by females of all ages, Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella topped the Friday box office with $23 million from 3,845 theaters for a possible $70 million-plus debut, putting it just ahead of fellow Disney blockbuster Maleficent. Sweetening the pot, Disney is playing its new Frozen Fever short in front of Cinderella.

The live-action fairy tale earned an A CinemaScore from Friday's audience (those over the age of 39 gave it an A+ CinemaScore). Females eager to see the retelling of the classic princess tale made up 77 percent of ticket buyers, while 56 percent of the audience was under the age of 25, including a hearty 44 percent under the age of 18.

The weekend's other new offering, Liam Neeson's Run All Night, doesn't look it will live happily ever after. The Warner Bros. movie grossed $3.9 million Friday for a projected debut just north of $11 million, Neeson's worst showing since he became a leading older action star (The Next Three Days launched to $6.5 million in 2012, but he only had a supporting role).


Box Office: Kenneth Branagh's 'Cinderella' Tops Friday With a Bewitching $23 Million

 

[CoolB]

I'm surprised Cinderella and Run All night are getting even remotely positive reviews. The trailers made them both like pretty fuckin weak

No offence meant but do you think any little girls that have seen that trailer are thinking it was pretty fucking weak? Lets be honest here, they all probably peed themselves a little bit from excitement. My little girl, wife and mother are all excited to go see it.

 

[forrestcries]

No offence meant but do you think any little girls that have seen that trailer are thinking it was pretty fucking weak? Lets be honest here, they all probably peed themselves a little bit from excitement. My little girl, wife and mother are all excited to go see it.

I'm talking about critic's reviews, not girls who haven't mastered their bladders yet

 

[chokeyou]

when does it follows get released nation wide?

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

When you watch chappie you are literally foaming at the mouth waiting for the horrible lead actors from that garbage South African band to die.

The only reason I didn't leave the movie so I could see if these two would get the dirt nap.

Two of the worst people I have ever seen in my life

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Critics' Review for IT FOLLOWS

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% Approval Rating (76 out of 80 critics like it)

Consensus: Smart, original, and above all terrifying, It Follows is the rare modern horror film that works on multiple levels -- and leaves a lingering sting.

Entertainment Weekly - A-
You might want to buckle up. Because the opening sequence of the new horror film It Follows is a honey. The first five minutes of It Follows should uncock a lot of skeptical horror-fanboy eyebrows. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, It Follows sets us up for all of the tired teen-body-count-flick tropes, and then spends the next hour and a half subverting them with wit, style, and an almost suffocating sense of dread. It Follows is a dizzyingly tense and creepy workout.


Empire Magazine - 4/5
A first-rate horror movie, It Follows adds a new monster to the pantheon expect pranksters to imitate the Follower for cheap shocks soon — and has a refreshing, unpretentious sense that a meaningful subtext doesn’t undercut spookiness. The set-up is a quandary which encourages the audience to think through the contrived trap set by the curse and ponder the practicalities (and ethics) of possible ways out, and which are then played out in a number of clever, surprising ways.


New York Daily News - 3/5
Sometimes the best compliment you can give a movie is to ask, “How come no one thought of this before?” That’s the case with this teen slasher with one killer hook: This time the bogeyman is, literally, sex. Most of the film — which is set in a 1980s-ish world complete with a John Carpenter-like synthesizer score — is a mix of scheming and wry sexual politics. The climax, ironically enough, is unsatisfying. But there are enough clever, genuinely nightmarish notes to help viewers get busy — with post-film debates.


Rolling Stone - 3/4
Name a good recent horror movie. After The Babadook, you're stuck, right? It Follows ends the drought. Writer-director David Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American Sleepover) has clearly studied up on John Carpenter, especially Halloween. But Mitchell has his own twisted gift for letting atmosphere help define character. It Follows creeps you out big-time in that cool way that freezes the blood.