Note that both this movie and the last X-Men movie have Quicksilver in them with different actors. I doubt they'll ever cross over the X-Men and Marvel Universe series.
The fact that James Spader is doing the voice of Ultron makes me so goddamn happy. He's just so hammy to have the voice of a villain.
Christian Bale to portray Steve Jobs in new biopic I feel like every audition for the role of Steve Jobs must be like, "got a beard? You'll do."
"Whiplash" Is this out yet? Anyone seen it? Saw a blurb on Time Warner Cable - Sundance award winner, a tough love mentor/mentee film "ode to jazz."
I don't know how much more outrageous they could possibly make this franchise. Since now it is a major tent pole film they will damn sure try. Maybe they're bring back Paul Walker's charred corpse to star, I mean it is the only way they could make it more off the wall.
As weird as it sounds, I actually like where the franchise has gotten to. It started off trying to be too realistic, but once they've taken the gloves off and said, "fuck it, let's just go nuts", threw plot/character development out the window, it's a lot of fun. It's like a car-nut's version of Jame Bond... really, really outrageous, but good entertainment.
And this is exactly the point. They are fulfilling a niche that no one else is trying to touch. They got a formula and they're going to run with it. I really don't give a fuck what they do. All I want to ask is "How the fuck are they going to top fighting a tank on a highway and then having Vin Diesel drive a car out of the front of a C-130 on a runway that NEVER ends? Answer: CARACHUTE OUT OF A FUCKING C-130 and hijack a bus that has 3 Machine Guns coming out the side! OH YOU WANT MORE? WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE ROCK A FUCKING MINI-GUN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. Apparently for Paul Walker, they used one of his brothers as a body double that looks really like him, used a lot of old footage, and a ton of CGI. I applaud the effort. This movie is going to be great.
Completely agree. The original movies were too focused on racing and obsessing over Japanese import cars. But the last couple films have pivoted to general action movies that push the stunts and set pieces further than any other movies being made. It also helps that they're basically the only blockbuster films left doing exhilarating practical stunt work with minimal CGI. Also, in their own quiet way, these films are breaking down major barriers in Hollywood. It's the by far the most multi-racial cast of actors in any blockbuster franchise with multiple black, hispanic and asian characters all in the main crew. Plus a bunch of ass kicking female heroes and villains that often upstage the men. It makes for a really refreshing take on the action blockbuster. Mobyduk Yep, it's exceptional. Although, it's not so much a "tough love mentor/mentee film" as it is a subversion of that genre. It takes what we would expect from a film in that genre and flips it on its head. About to write a review in the review thread.
I know everything since the first one was "shit". I don't give a quarter fuck. This is going to be fucking awesome, because....dinosaurs. Not just any dinosaurs, but a motherfucking raptor posse. This made my day.
Holy shit. That looks like they're doing it right. Chris Pratt earned himself a fuckton of Hollywood capital with Guardians, I really hope his choice to do this movie means it's going to be quality.
I'm always curious as to how much Spielberg has to do with movies these days, other than throwing an EP credit onto it to get his name attached. Not saying he doesn't do a fuck-ton of work on the movies, but I'm curious as to what his day-to-day work on that movie would entail. And yeah, it looks really promising, and is bound to be exactly what it is meant to be... a big-splash summer blockbuster.
With Spielberg you never know. As an EP usually your are the ATM machine of the movie and not on set often, but Spielberg pulls himself out of the spotlight of the lot of the work he does-- it's not like he needs the kudos. A lot of people don't know Spielberg directed Poltergeist. He "wasn't allowed" because Universal didn't want a second film of his pulling money away from E.T. Which was out at the same time. So using a loophole he brought Tobe Hooper in as a second unit director and then fully credited him as the film's director. I think Spielberg was very on hand for this, because I think the entire film crew would WANT him consulting the production. Why wouldn't they?
So the first one doesn't show you much, the second(international) seems to show you that luke goes into hiding after ep 6 the empire come back and finds him some time later.