[LUconn]

I saw UP! yesterday in 3-D. Pixar continues is streak of awesome movies. The first 15 minutes or so of the movie are incredibly sad but they somewhat do it in a way that is not totally obvious to kids. There were some other "dark" jokes that had me thinking "this is a kid's movie?" But all in all this movie is hilarious and the kids did love it. The 3d is pretty cool. Nothing ever pops out at your or anything, they just use it to give the picture depth. I'd save your money and go for the 2d version if that's available.

[El Scorcho]

I saw UP! yesterday in 3-D. Pixar continues is streak of awesome movies. The first 15 minutes or so of the movie are incredibly sad but they somewhat do it in a way that is not totally obvious to kids. There were some other "dark" jokes that had me thinking "this is a kid's movie?" But all in all this movie is hilarious and the kids did love it. The 3d is pretty cool. Nothing ever pops out at your or anything, they just use it to give the picture depth. I'd save your money and go for the 2d version if that's available.

Now you're talking. The Pixar movies are my favorites. I was really excited for the Toy Story 3 teaser on YouTube this week.

[flamesfilmguy]

Saw Night at the Museum II in IMAX two nights ago.... It was ten times better than the first one. and Amy adams is now my new favorite actress. I'm just sayin...

[ALUmnus]

So, HMO, how was it? Give us all a review!

[pbow]

The Hangover might be one of the funniest movies i've ever seen...zach galifinakis is just ridiculously funny in it, and the story is very interesting.

[adam42381]

The Hangover might be one of the funniest movies i've ever seen...zach galifinakis is just ridiculously funny in it, and the story is very interesting.

That was a very funny movie. I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

[Rocketfan]

Who plans on seeing Transformers this week?

[ALUmnus]

I think if I took a large magnet and ran it through a metal scrapyard, it would come out looking like one of these transformers. They look really stupid.

[LUconn]

As much as I liked the first one, I really think this one is not going to be good. I have no confidence in Michael Bay, Even Stevens, or Megan Fox to be able to pull that off again.

[RubberMallet]

i'm not sure it the story will be better but i expect they learned from the first one and make the fight sequences more visually appealing...everything get lost in the 1st one.

[ALUmnus]

She did not like Transformers 2:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives ... ers_2.html

[RubberMallet]

She did not like Transformers 2:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives ... ers_2.html

i rest my case in regards to the point i made about listening to peoples opinions about movies...

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/movies/

Ctrl+F "blart" and read her review..

by they way, didn't you post another review of hers?...was it watchmen?

[blwall1416]

Please read my sig...

[ALUmnus]

I haven't seen it, just thought it was a different perspective. Anyway, I thought they've pretty much ruined the Transformers idea, much like they did with Batman until the last two rescued it. The robots look dumb, the fighting is dumb, and the stories are weak. I will say this, however......the desert scene in the first one was incredible, especially with the airborne canon taking out the scorpion-bot.

[RagingTireFire]

Roger Ebert savages Transformers 2

[RubberMallet]

I haven't seen it, just thought it was a different perspective. Anyway, I thought they've pretty much ruined the Transformers idea, much like they did with Batman until the last two rescued it. The robots look dumb, the fighting is dumb, and the stories are weak. I will say this, however......the desert scene in the first one was incredible, especially with the airborne canon taking out the scorpion-bot.

the AC-130 is an awesome plane...saw a demonstration at an airshow...

[Rocketfan]

Roger Ebert savages Transformers 2

Wow.....leave it to Michael Bay to ruin what could have been....ahh well guess ill wait for the dollar theater.

[RagingTireFire]

leave it to Michael Bay to ruin what could have been

That's. What. He. Does.

Michael Bay is to movies what Meatloaf is to music.

[adam42381]

I really didn't like the first Transformers so I won't be seeing this one.

[RubberMallet]

*puts on nerd hat*

assuming that "revenge of the fallen" is in regards to the transformer known as The Fallen, and they go into the backstory a little bit, I'll be satisfied. I'm also assuming we'll be introduced at that point to the Matix of Leadership as well and hopefully we will se some of the other 13 original primes….

*takes off nerd hat*

[Kolzilla41]

*puts on nerd hat*

assuming that "revenge of the fallen" is in regards to the transformer known as The Fallen, and they go into the backstory a little bit, I'll be satisfied. I'm also assuming we'll be introduced at that point to the Matix of Leadership as well and hopefully we will se some of the other 13 original primes….

*takes off nerd hat*

Can I get a non-nerd translation?

[ALUmnus]

*puts on nerd hat*

assuming that "revenge of the fallen" is in regards to the transformer known as The Fallen, and they go into the backstory a little bit, I'll be satisfied. I'm also assuming we'll be introduced at that point to the Matix of Leadership as well and hopefully we will se some of the other 13 original primes….

*takes off nerd hat*

Does your nerd hat involve you tying your hair back into a pony tail?

[RubberMallet]

*puts on nerd hat*

assuming that "revenge of the fallen" is in regards to the transformer known as The Fallen, and they go into the backstory a little bit, I'll be satisfied. I'm also assuming we'll be introduced at that point to the Matix of Leadership as well and hopefully we will se some of the other 13 original primes….

*takes off nerd hat*

Does your nerd hat involve you tying your hair back into a pony tail?

its all gone....first 80 degree day put a stop to that nonsense...

[ALUmnus]

Okay, here's another one for Transformers:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies ... mers2.html

First, and most troubling, it means that a franchise born out of a children's toy line and cartoon now features elements that have no business in entertainment aimed at children or young teens—hyper-sexualized women, over-the-top violence, crude comedy, etc. The appeal of Revenge of the Fallen is obvious: super cool robots fighting for human existence. Fine. Why then—other than to pull in larger audiences—do you need multiple comedic shots of dogs humping? And how is Hasbro okay with this?


Optimus Prime as himselfI cannot list all of the objectionable, offensive, and stupid stuff tucked into this movie under the guise of humor or sex appeal. Many audiences say that Bay films are just big dumb fun blockbusters meant to be enjoyed with the brain off and not analyzed. I disagree. I'm all for movies with which you can just have a good time if 1) they don't insult my intelligence or faith and 2) they don't add obstacles to my enjoyment like crude humor, shameless sexualization, and offensive stereotypes. All of those are here in spades. This is not a harmless movie to check your brain out of and have fun. It could have been that (there are fun moments), but Bay made the choice to make this film something else.

Secondly, Revenge of the Fallen suffers genre-identity confusion. Pick a genre popular with American audiences, and it's probably shoved into this movie. Revenge is part stoner comedy, part American Pie sex romp, part disaster film, part war film, part alien invasion movie, part National Treasure adventure mystery, and sadly, only part Transformers. There are also several scenes borrowed from well-known movies.

Thirdly, it means that the script feels more compiled than written. Of course, the plot is thin and is only a means to lead to lots of robot rumbling. That's fine. But it feels as if this is a movie version of plywood—just random pieces of popular myth, thematic fodder, and common narrative haphazardly pressed together here and there.

I have yet to read a good review for this movie.

[adam42381]

Public Enemies comes out next week. Anybody else looking forward to this one?