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Vic I want to have your babies.

MFS62 wrote: Michael Hiltzik (The person who wrote that, for those of you who didn't click on the link) writes like someone who can see the negative side of anything. He must have had a miserable childhood, never letting his imagination run free or allowing any fun into his life. I don't know anything about him, but that seems like the description of someone who wouldn't like this movie. Not that it was the greatest thing ever, but I don't get this review. The movie was a really good time, as the other 99% of reviews indicate.

Edgy MD wrote: With the Han analog from this film, Poe Dameron, all you know about him is that he's a hotshot pilot. And that we have to learn through a quick force-feeding, when he's called the resistance's "best pilot" in the crawl, and him boasting "I can fly anything" as he kicks into action. Bam, I’m supposed to care about this guy? He's the fifth most important character in the story, so no, you're not supposed to overly care about him. The story was busy developing the other characters. And it developed them well. And calling him a Han analog is a silly, gross oversimplification.

Added a poll. It's getting pretty much universal acclaim. I really liked it. I'm pretty sure it was better than Jedi but still too early to tell for sure. Might be up there with the first movie, but probably not going to beat Empire for me.

Edgy MD wrote: Freddy kinda dug his own grave though. He had a chance to show some heart during Daniel's fight at the beach and then at soccer tryouts. His crew gave him this "That guy's a loser, just leave him there to bleed" attitude, and Freddy turned away with them. Peer pressure. Still, one might expect an official closing of that circle, either through a reconciliation or a "You weren't THERE for me, Freddy!" outburst from Daniel. Freddy was there rubbing Daniel san's head and high fiving him after the tourney. Bandwagoners

TransMonk wrote: I'm trying really hard not to get excited about this...but come on! [youtube]ngElkyQ6Rhs[/youtube] You're not the only one I have a hard-on too. The posts starting with the Twitter and ending with Juan Samuel form a thread of comic genius.

What Vic said

I really liked this. I went at the end of it's theater run because of all the "underrated, no-one-is-going-to-see-this great action movie" hype it was getting. I hadn't seen a single commercial for it until said hype was popping up.

Vic Sage wrote: Tom Cruise film fest -- 14 weeks of Cruise control! *patiently waiting for filmography

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What a complete load of overrated shit he's been a part of. That's oddly harsh.

Vic, please go see this and write a review. This is the first movie that I wanted to get Ebert's take on since he died. 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, if that means anything. Here's a good review, but it's spoilerific. Go in fresh and read this after. http://grantland.com/features/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-review/. If you read this or another review before you see the movie, you'll think the movie sounds ridiculous and dopey. Plus even knowing the setup for the plot is a bit of a spoiler. Going in knowing nothing is ideal.

This was really good.

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Edgy MD wrote: Ha! I joke! (This doesn't bode well for parody invitational this year.) Nah I'm just a moron.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, the name is in the title and everything. I meant I was surprised when I first heard Smaug would be in the second movie. I thought he would first make an appearance in the last movie. Yes, when I realized his name in the title I figured he would be in the movie.