there's a LOT to love about "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem"; there are a few changes to the original lore, which make sense for this generation of kids and kids media, and given what they can (and I hope they will) do to further things in future sequels; they've gone right back to the beginning, much like "The Batman" did recently -- so yes, left wanting more, but they've suggested more could be coming; I love how they gave New York a genuine sense of place that feels "real" even though it's animated, and I particularly liked how they wrote the crime culture: there are big "kingpins", and there are the small-time "crooks", real people who don't super want to be doing what they're doing but are exploited by the bosses and trapped by poverty and discrimination; in this way, the movie paints a world much like a teen-friendly Hell's Kitchen of Marvel's "Daredevil", which is SO appropriate, given that the original comic, its characters and its world-building, was a love letter to, and a parody of, Daredevil itself
also fuck the haters, love what they did with April, taking her back to her roots
8/10
Love this review. I'm dying to see it and this has me even more excited! Hopefully this weekend...
tommy wrote:Just heading over to my parents house for our week movie night.
My dad chose The 39 Steps for this weeks movie. I think this will probably be the oldest movie I've seen.
does pop pop always choose the movie?
No, my Mom and Dad both pick movies.
Here's the full list so far
High Noon
Force 10 from Navarone
The Bridge at Remagen
The Magnificent Seven
The Long Good Friday
Mona Lisa
The Eagle has Landed
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Great Escape
Where Eagles Dare
Hombre
Zulu
High Noon was one of the best. The Long Good Friday, Pelham, Hombre and Mona Lisa were excellent as well. The rest were all good too, but those were the standouts.
there's a LOT to love about "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem"; there are a few changes to the original lore, which make sense for this generation of kids and kids media, and given what they can (and I hope they will) do to further things in future sequels; they've gone right back to the beginning, much like "The Batman" did recently -- so yes, left wanting more, but they've suggested more could be coming; I love how they gave New York a genuine sense of place that feels "real" even though it's animated, and I particularly liked how they wrote the crime culture: there are big "kingpins", and there are the small-time "crooks", real people who don't super want to be doing what they're doing but are exploited by the bosses and trapped by poverty and discrimination; in this way, the movie paints a world much like a teen-friendly Hell's Kitchen of Marvel's "Daredevil", which is SO appropriate, given that the original comic, its characters and its world-building, was a love letter to, and a parody of, Daredevil itself
also fuck the haters, love what they did with April, taking her back to her roots
8/10
Love this review. I'm dying to see it and this has me even more excited! Hopefully this weekend...
there's a LOT to love about "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem"; there are a few changes to the original lore, which make sense for this generation of kids and kids media, and given what they can (and I hope they will) do to further things in future sequels; they've gone right back to the beginning, much like "The Batman" did recently -- so yes, left wanting more, but they've suggested more could be coming; I love how they gave New York a genuine sense of place that feels "real" even though it's animated, and I particularly liked how they wrote the crime culture: there are big "kingpins", and there are the small-time "crooks", real people who don't super want to be doing what they're doing but are exploited by the bosses and trapped by poverty and discrimination; in this way, the movie paints a world much like a teen-friendly Hell's Kitchen of Marvel's "Daredevil", which is SO appropriate, given that the original comic, its characters and its world-building, was a love letter to, and a parody of, Daredevil itself
also fuck the haters, love what they did with April, taking her back to her roots
8/10
Love this review. I'm dying to see it and this has me even more excited! Hopefully this weekend...
Babylon. Eh it was ok, but really started to lose me as it dragged on. Three fucking hours to tell this bare bones, silly story?! I couldn't imagine sitting in a theater hearing Robbie screech at me for three hours. That scene with the sound guys was torture. The various minority characters seem added only to appease the modern diversity gods. All are wasted.
But I actually liked the overall coked out vibe of it. It looks very pretty and is well acted, and the critics are idiots for disliking it for the reasons that they did. It's all fake, tawdry bullshit, but it was interesting... but not for three hours!
C+
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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there's a LOT to love about "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem"; there are a few changes to the original lore, which make sense for this generation of kids and kids media, and given what they can (and I hope they will) do to further things in future sequels; they've gone right back to the beginning, much like "The Batman" did recently -- so yes, left wanting more, but they've suggested more could be coming; I love how they gave New York a genuine sense of place that feels "real" even though it's animated, and I particularly liked how they wrote the crime culture: there are big "kingpins", and there are the small-time "crooks", real people who don't super want to be doing what they're doing but are exploited by the bosses and trapped by poverty and discrimination; in this way, the movie paints a world much like a teen-friendly Hell's Kitchen of Marvel's "Daredevil", which is SO appropriate, given that the original comic, its characters and its world-building, was a love letter to, and a parody of, Daredevil itself
also fuck the haters, love what they did with April, taking her back to her roots
8/10
Love this review. I'm dying to see it and this has me even more excited! Hopefully this weekend...
Taking my nephews to see this tonight and we are HYPED
BurtReynolds wrote:Babylon. Eh it was ok, but really started to lose me as it dragged on. Three fucking hours to tell this bare bones, silly story?! I couldn't imagine sitting in a theater hearing Robbie screech at me for three hours. That scene with the sound guys was torture. The various minority characters seem added only to appease the modern diversity gods. All are wasted.
But I actually liked the overall coked out vibe of it. It looks very pretty and is well acted, and the critics are idiots for disliking it for the reasons that they did. It's all fake, tawdry bullshit, but it was interesting... but not for three hours!
C+
That was the best scene in the movie!
I do agree that it dragged on too long and loses steam towards the end.
