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Comment on The Fountain (2007) by Cloud Atlas (2012) | Various Varieties of Things

Cloud Atlas (2012) | Various Varieties of Things — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:42:57 +0000

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Comment on The Avengers (Avengers Assemble) spoiler-free review by Iron Man (2008) « Various Varieties of Things

Iron Man (2008) « Various Varieties of Things — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:36:36 +0000

[...] I’ve never read it, but the most famous Iron Man comics storyline is Demon In A Bottle, which tackles Stark’s alcoholism. The Marvel Studios movies haven’t adapted this on-screen yet, and it doesn’t sound like they will do any time soon. This makes a nice change from the way Fox approached X-Men 3 and Sony approached Spider-Man 3: rushing to hit the most famous comics storylines and characters as soon as possible, then getting greedy and cramming too many of them into one movie. Having said that, we do get several sequel-setups: Rhodey’s “Next time, baby” line is a little too cheesy for me, the Ten Rings hints are OK, and as for that post-credits epilogue… I can’t remember if it had been spoiled for me in advance of seeing the movie back in 2008, but I remember thinking that although it was a fun tease, it was something that almost certainly would never come to pass. It’s really quite wonderful to think that the thing set up in that cameo not only happened at all, but actually matched my very high expectations! [...]

Comment on Iron Man 2 (2010) by Iron Man (2008) « Various Varieties of Things

Iron Man (2008) « Various Varieties of Things — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:36:29 +0000

[...] Pepper Potts. Terrence Howard makes a much better Col. Rhodes than Don Cheadle did in the sequel; it’s much more believeable that he’d be Tony Stark’s [...]

Comment on Skyfall (2012) by Ridley

Ridley — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:43:55 +0000

The buddy I saw Skyfall with said that he was expecting Q’s face to be on the bottom of the cup…

Loved the title sequence, the Shanghai fight, M plot and Silva’s debut but I can’t love the film overall. It takes the series back to its pre-Craig roots too much for me. Ideally shenanigans such as quipping after a leap to safety off the back of a Komodo dragon is just for the anniversary and Logan’s solo run will stay with the Bond who’d rather kick you in the face.

Surprised Skyfall gave me the Craig-era Trevelyanesque former agent villain I was hoping for one day. Now I just need one that’s on Bond’s level in a direct fight.

Comment on The Dark Knight Rises (2012) by From IMAX to Giant Screen Fake IMAX at Birmingham’s Thinktank Millenium Point (UPDATE: Cineworld’s new Digital IMAX screen) « Various Varieties of Things

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:58:25 +0000

[...] from its old true 15perf/70mm IMAX capabilities, since that change was made I had seen M:I-4 and The Dark Knight Rises there, so I know that it’s definitely much better than a standard multiplex auditorium. In [...]

Comment on Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) by From IMAX to Giant Screen Fake IMAX at Birmingham’s Thinktank Millenium Point (UPDATE: Cineworld’s new Digital IMAX screen) « Various Varieties of Things

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:58:21 +0000

[...] backwards from its old true 15perf/70mm IMAX capabilities, since that change was made I had seen M:I-4 and The Dark Knight Rises there, so I know that it’s definitely much better than a standard [...]

Comment on Skyfall (2012) by From IMAX to Giant Screen Fake IMAX at Birmingham’s Thinktank Millenium Point (UPDATE: Cineworld’s new Digital IMAX screen) « Various Varieties of Things

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:58:17 +0000

[...] IMAX/”Liemax”) screen, in time for the release of the new James Bond film. However, I went to see Skyfall at the Millennium Point Giant Screen Cinema, for two [...]

Comment on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) by Star Trek The Motion Picture

Star Trek The Motion Picture — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:22:49 +0000

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Comment on Drunken Master (1978) by Drunken Master II/Legend of Drunken Master (1994) « Various Varieties of Things

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:30:20 +0000

[...] Master and with its predecessor’s DVD blurb, for some reason). But before watching it, I went and rewatched the first Drunken Master. In that review, I described how the movie’s main appeal was its off-balance drunken boxing, [...]

Comment on From IMAX to Giant Screen Fake IMAX at Birmingham’s Thinktank Millenium Point (UPDATE: Cineworld’s new Digital IMAX screen) by Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:54:56 +0000

Just got home from the Dark knight rises and could not agree more. The giant screen was a huge disappointment compared to my IMAX experience of the dark knight. I am rather annoyed as I specifically made an effort to see it at this “Fake IMAX” which I will now be boycotting and writing a disgruntled letter to.

Comment on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) by vinnieh

vinnieh — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:41:59 +0000

Great post, I have always felt that this one is severely underrated

Comment on The Avengers (Avengers Assemble) spoiler-free review by The Dark Knight Rises « Various Varieties of Things

The Dark Knight Rises « Various Varieties of Things — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:33:34 +0000

[...] this year, I was concerned that The Avengers would not live up to expectations. When that was as brilliant as it was… oh, it was such a relief! I was buzzing about that film for days! Compared to that, my hype [...]

Comment on Blade (1998) by Blade (1998) | Vampire Occult Society

Blade (1998) | Vampire Occult Society — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:40:20 +0000

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Comment on From IMAX to Giant Screen Fake IMAX at Birmingham’s Thinktank Millenium Point (UPDATE: Cineworld’s new Digital IMAX screen) by James

James — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:38:25 +0000

Wish I would have seen this earlier. Having visited the Giant Screen this weekend and not realising it wasn’t Imax anymore. I’d previously seen a couple of films when it was Imax including Tron:Legacy and the Dark Knight, so was really looking forward to the 60-70 minutes of Imax in the Dark Knight Rises.

However, the Giant Screen this weekend showing the Dark Knight Rises just felt wrong, it looked like they had clipped the wide screen sections off so it was just a large square projection, so I actually got a worse experience than going to my regular (and local) wide screen cinema.

Thoroughly disappointed with this, and the lack of clarity and wont be going again. I take on board the comments about needing to make profits, but if no one is going to come for the Imax draw (or once they realise its not Imax like myself) then why will people choose to go and travel distances for this cinema. I’ve traveled from Nottingham to Birmingham a number of times, and paid the premium for the Imax, but wont be doing again for the Big Screen.

Comment on Disney’s Hercules (1997) by kenneth

kenneth — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:46:45 +0000

Why does every Disney fan I encounter diss the late-90′s and then rave about the “brilliance” of the Emperor’s New Groove?

To me, nothing screams more direct-to-video as the Emperor’s New Groove (except for maybe Chicken Little or the latest Winnie the Pooh.)