07-19-2013, 12:13 AM
I recommend Pacific Rim. Really, really good. Giant robots vs giant monsters. I had a few fairly minor quibbles ("You had that?? Why didn't you use it 30 minutes ago!" / "I'm pretty sure that's not how nuclear reactors work.") but the plot was reasonable enough, the effects were awesome and the fight scenes were surprisingly good. Actually enjoyed the story too.
I pretty much hated all the Transformers fight scenes -- it was just metal on metal in a big mess and you couldn't tell wtf was going on. Pacific Rim's fight scenes are a little slower paced and it's generally clearer what's happening between robot and monster. Overall I'd say it's worth seeing in a theater.
Also saw World War Z. Meh. Save it for DVD in my opinion. It's not bad but there's really nothing special about it. Zombie movie with some zombie movie plot going on and, I dunno, it just didn't do much for me on any level: acting, story, effects. Some neat scenes but not nearly enough. There were a few times where everyone laughed and I'm not entirely sure that was intended by the movie at that time. The zombies were more silly than scary for some of the movie so not only does the movie have nothing to do with the book but they really missed the sense of "oh shit we're all fucked" that the book delivered.
The new Star Trek movie was okay. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd known, going into it, that it was a remake of Wrath of Khan. Really, though, I just wish they'd come up with something new. I have no idea what possessed them to revisit Wrath of Khan. Like the setting of Star Trek is so limited that we have to recycle specific ideas now?
I pretty much hated all the Transformers fight scenes -- it was just metal on metal in a big mess and you couldn't tell wtf was going on. Pacific Rim's fight scenes are a little slower paced and it's generally clearer what's happening between robot and monster. Overall I'd say it's worth seeing in a theater.
Also saw World War Z. Meh. Save it for DVD in my opinion. It's not bad but there's really nothing special about it. Zombie movie with some zombie movie plot going on and, I dunno, it just didn't do much for me on any level: acting, story, effects. Some neat scenes but not nearly enough. There were a few times where everyone laughed and I'm not entirely sure that was intended by the movie at that time. The zombies were more silly than scary for some of the movie so not only does the movie have nothing to do with the book but they really missed the sense of "oh shit we're all fucked" that the book delivered.
The new Star Trek movie was okay. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I'd known, going into it, that it was a remake of Wrath of Khan. Really, though, I just wish they'd come up with something new. I have no idea what possessed them to revisit Wrath of Khan. Like the setting of Star Trek is so limited that we have to recycle specific ideas now?