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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 23:20:41 GMT
One of the most spectacularly average movies I've ever seen.
Is this just another Cold Mountain?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 10, 2017 0:53:01 GMT
I think it came out at just the right time, with its message of communication "communicating" (hey-o) with a lot of people. Don't get me wrong, it is well made and acted, I just didn't think it was as original as people made it out to be. It's essentially The Day The Earth Stood Still for linguists.
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Post by jesper on May 10, 2017 1:03:10 GMT
It has great score, great cinematography and manages to build spooky atmosphere and tension, it's a bit of a thinker as you're watching it. But ultimately I felt the movie suffered from being butchered with an infuriating ending which misses the whole point of the material its based on. And it's a little silly too. But a good 7/10 I'd say.
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Post by barkingbaphomet on May 10, 2017 1:47:10 GMT
i like that it was a serious Sci Fi premise without a lot of explosions and nonsense. i like explosions and nonsense just fine but it feels like it's hard to come across thoughtful Sci Fi anymore.
i didn't really love the movie though. it was average or maybe just above.
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Post by moviemouth on May 10, 2017 4:54:25 GMT
One of the most spectacularly average movies I've ever seen. Is this just another Cold Mountain? It's very interesting and extremely well made. The tension this movie creates is comparable to Alien (1979). Cold Mountain is also a good movie imo. |
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Post by kingkoopa on May 10, 2017 5:38:11 GMT
i like that it was a serious Sci Fi premise without a lot of explosions and nonsense. i like explosions and nonsense just fine but it feels like it's hard to come across thoughtful Sci Fi anymore. i didn't really love the movie though. it was average or maybe just above. I agree, though I did enjoy the movie for the most part. Sci-Fi can be a quiet, slow, unsettling and thought-provoking way to tell a story...but too often it's just spaceships blowing up. I liked the dissection of language and communication, but didn't really buy the military defector or the ending as a whole. It did the job sci-fi should, encouraging the viewer to actually think about what they're seeing rather than give in to the impulse to blow it up. For me, it was mostly a powerful and intriguing watch...until the ending. I think they might have screwed the pooch there. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 19:46:27 GMT
i like that it was a serious Sci Fi premise without a lot of explosions and nonsense. i like explosions and nonsense just fine but it feels like it's hard to come across thoughtful Sci Fi anymore. i didn't really love the movie though. it was average or maybe just above. Ex Machina was great sci-fi. Arrival was just a very unimaginative film. It did a great impression of being cerebral sci-fi without actually being cerebral in the slightest. Examine it more closely and you'll discover that the film is about nothing. Nothing. |
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Post by barkingbaphomet on May 10, 2017 22:38:57 GMT
i like that it was a serious Sci Fi premise without a lot of explosions and nonsense. i like explosions and nonsense just fine but it feels like it's hard to come across thoughtful Sci Fi anymore. i didn't really love the movie though. it was average or maybe just above. Ex Machina was great sci-fi. Arrival was just a very unimaginative film. It did a great impression of being cerebral sci-fi without actually being cerebral in the slightest. Examine it more closely and you'll discover that the film is about nothing. Nothing. did you quote the wrong person? i gave it less of an endorsement than literally everyone else in the thread. yes, Ex Machina was quite good. |
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