10 days to Jurassic World

[simple_gifts]

Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I plan on seeing this opening weekend. Probably wont be as good at Mad Max though.

I want to see Mad Max in theaters, but no one is interested but me!

Should be easy to find a seat then.

I repel @ feeling compelled to watch subsequent "franchise" type movies, Star Wars part X included.

It becomes more about cashing in, than showing any genuine creativity; Additionally it seems 90% of movies made today are about beating the moviegoer over the head with sensory overload. I work in IT; I already have a job that does that.

 

[dlundblad]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
I repel @ feeling compelled to watch subsequent "franchise" type movies, Star Wars part X included.

It becomes more about cashing in, than showing any genuine creativity;


For the video gamers out there, Call of Duty has fallen into this category long ago. Halo is becoming that way too IMO. Don't play like I used to and when I do, I prefer racing.. Go figure.

Many people have this feeling towards Pirates of the Caribbean, but I genuinely enjoy every movie each time I watch it.

 

[Benzadmiral]

I've been to see JW, and loved it. Yes, we got big action scenes; yes, one major dinosaur and some smaller ones get loose. (I loved Pratt's character, racing into the darkness with his raptor pack leading the way.) But it was great for once to have a solid male lead character who handles things without apology or waffling around; a smart female character who comes to realize both her limitations and her strengths (which are different from those of the male lead). She has the sense, when things get really bad, to yell for his help, and to back him up without getting in his way.

Y'know, the way movies used to portray men and women.

Some clown on the 'Net proclaimed the movie was "sexist." Piffle. The moment I saw that quote, I determined to go see it, because our Politically Cowed media would never say a movie was sexist against men; so, I thought, the film probably would show men in a good light. And it did -- by example, without lecturing, and with solid entertainment along the way.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
I was excited for this movie until I tried to watch Guardians of the Galaxy and realized I simply could not tolerate that Chris Pratt guy.

I'll probably just skip Jurassic World, now.

Brace yourself, then. IMDb has him in the cast of the new Magnificent Seven, scheduled for 2017. The site doesn't say what role he plays, but he's listed first. Perhaps his character will be the analogue to Steve McQueen's? ("We deal in lead, friend.")