Comments on: On the big screen: 2012

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:20:02 +0000

I usually do adjust my expectations to explosions and effects, so I’m not sure why this one left a strange taste in my mouth. Perhaps John Cusack is no match for Jake Gyllenhaal! It’s not as though I won’t see any more BDMs, in fact this one had me worried that Emmerich won’t have anywhere to go with his next disaster, so we’ve started plotting it out for him. It involves a shipload of pre-fabricated houses and a tsunami…

ETA – I had exactly that reaction in Lantana, which is why I was utterly sympathetic to the person who did it in No Country…. No such warm feelings for the person who greeted the end of that movie (NC…) with a loud “huh?”.

By: reality raver

reality raver — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:48:58 +0000

Oh God that’s right about the Glen Robbins gaffaw in Lantana, I shamefully was one of them. Just had to prove I had seen Lantana before I mention all the crap films I have seen.

I think your expectations are too high for these type of flicks. I think if you get a few laughs and some special effects you have got your ticket value.
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By: Injera

Injera — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:00:44 +0000

It will all be revealed once you get your hands on those bubble gum cards!

Saw Kubrick’s odyssey a few years ago at the lovely old Astor in St Kilda. I don’t remember much about it (long films at the Astor are never a good idea – the building is gracious, the seats are unforgiving) but at least now I can laugh at the 2001 references that make their way into so many other films/TV shows/books/essays…

By: sourkraut

sourkraut — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:54:27 +0000

Have not seen the movie so can’t comment on it.
The worst BDM I saw was 2001 minutes of space idiocy. The ending was certainly a “plot surprise”. I still haven’t figured it out even after reading the book (but have not collected the bubble gum cards yet) Most interseting thing about it is when I ask some of my literary type arty mates to exxplain it to me they hem and haw and laugh at me and tell me “its so obvious”……and then walk away.