have you actually seen it in 2d? i did the first time i watched it and it felt like something was missing the whole time. watched in 3d a few days later and it really did make a world of difference.
Huh. I haven't, actually. I'll probably watch it again soon on a non-3D medium, so I guess I'll see then. I can't imagine feeling like the 3D was "missing" for most of the movie, though. The opening sequence and the later shrapnel scenes were enhanced by it, but there's a lot more to the movie than the action scenes.
best stuff i saw: like someone in love upstream colors mud only god forgives prisoners (even though some of it was dopey) place beyond the pines meh stuff i saw: catching fire the world's end iron man 3 to the wonder bad stuff i saw: frances ha side effects the gatekeepers stuff i missed, but wanted to see: museum hours no gravity captain phillips machete kills 12 years a slave the immigrant spring breakers ain't them bodies saints don jon all is lost stuff i will try to see: smaugs american hustle the unknown known wolf on wall street
probably true. it's just that i was looking at pegg and saying why are you playing the goof and looking at frost and saying why are you playing the straight guy? i appreciate that they are trying to change it up but i just didn't buy it.
maybe "the whole time" was a slight exaggeration but it definitely wasn't just the action scenes. i think the scene with ryan's tears is probably the most glaring example, but there were plenty of other quiet moments that were clearly intended to be in 3d, such as the part where ryan is floating through the space station and various objects are floating through the frame. maybe if i didn't know the movie was shot in 3d it wouldn't have been distracting, but at times it really was. i imagine it will be less so on a small screen though.
The Wolverine Catching Fire Man of Steel Thor: The Dark World Monsters University This is the End The Conjuring Probably some others that I have forgotten Hobbit Part 2 will be on my list after next week
It actually wasn't. Which makes all the post-production hackjobs that rolled out in the wake of Avatar somehow much worse.
In no particular order of relevance, films I enjoyed immensely: Olympus Has Fallen This Is The End The World's End The Wolverine Fast & Furious 6 Pain & Gain The Iceman Pacific Rim 42 Red 2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Oldboy Homefront Bad Grandpa Thor: The Dark World The Hangover III The "meh"/disappointing category: Elysium Man of Steel The Identity Thief The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Oz the Great and Powerful World War Z Star Trek: Into Darkness Why the **** did I have any expectations for this turd?: The Internship Films that I'll have to drink massive amounts of liquor to forget that I saw them: Scary Movie V Only God Forgives
I would think you'd need massive amounts of liquor--or at least some other form of brain trauma--to forget any movie you saw this year.
In theory, if I were to concentrate hard enough, even when plastered beyond the buzzed stage, I think I could forget about those truly terrible pieces of cinematic garbage without sacrificing the good memories.
Top 10 (more or less release order) The Place Beyond The Pines The Way Way Back Pacific Rim The Conjuring Mud The World's End Pain and Gain Blue Jasmine Gravity 12 Years A Slave Honorable Mentions (in no particular order) Behind the Candelabra The Great Gatsby This Is the End 42 Don Jon Captain Phillips The Butler
1. Man of Steel - 11/10 2. Thor: The Dark World - 10/10 3. Star Trek: Into Darkness - 10/10 4. Pacific Rim - 9/10 5. World War Z - 9/10 6. 42 - 9/10 7. Olympus Has Fallen - 8/10 8. Iron Man 3 - 7/10 9. A Haunted House - 4/10 10. The Conjuring - 2/10 Still waiting to see The Desolation of Smaug.
I have hope that these subplots they've developed will help it support its otherwise undeserved runtime, unlike AUJ which was just thirty minutes too long thanks to needlessly long action/exposition sequences and a fifteen minute prologue.
