NO SPAMMING ALLOWED!

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1. Toby says:

   Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 8:09 am

   I will wait for it on demand. I rented Jack Reacher the other night and really liked it. Well worth the time to watch.
   • Post Scripts says:

     Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 1:50 pm

     I think that’s a really good idea, at home you can kick back have a pop or a beer and some really cheap popcorn in the comfort of your own livingroom. If I had known how mediocre it was I would have saved myself $10 for a soda and one popcorn plus the price of the ticket and waited.
2. Chris says:

   Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 9:05 pm

   “Pitt didn’t look credible at all in his roll of as an investigator for the UN. He looked more like a barrista at Starbucks who has been sick recently”

   There’s a difference? [/attempt at a joke conservatives might enjoy]
   • Post Scripts says:

     Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 9:43 pm

     Thanks Chris…lol
3. Chris says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 11:32 am

   What did you all think of “Man of Steel?” I mostly liked it, but was disappointed in all the gratuitous destruction. Superman is supposed to at least try to save anyone, but he didn’t seem at all concerned with the crazy amount of collateral damage (some of it directly caused by him) during the fight scenes. Metropolis looks like the equivalent of 50 9/11s at the end, but then it cuts to a scene in the Daily Planet that contains more humor than the entire rest of the movie, and no one acts like their city was just demolished. I am getting really tired of the trend in movies to show as much CGI destruction as possible just because it looks “cool.” More attention to the human cost of such intense battles would be nice.
   • Post Scripts says:

     Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 11:40 am

     Chris good comments. You should be a movie critic. You are spot on, I felt exactly the same way.
4. Chris says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 11:53 am

   The above should say “Superman is supposed to at least try to save everyone,” not “anyone.”
5. Toby says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 3:46 pm

   WOW holy crap, Chris and I agree on something!!!! Hollywood needs to pull in the CGI and get back to actual movie making. I watched a good one on HBO (pains me to watch) called Trouble with the curve, really good baseball movie. It was at least as good as Money Ball.
6. Chris says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 4:22 pm

   Thanks, Jack, I’m glad you agree. I’ve always wanted to write for film and/or television, and Superman is my favorite superhero, so I was really looking forward to this movie. I felt like they did a lot right, especially with the characters of Martha Kent and Lois Lane, and Henry Cavill was perfect for Superman. But the third act brought the whole thing down. I would have preferred a lighter tone and more focus on the character’s optimism and old-fashioned perspective, like “Captain America” did so well.
7. Tina says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 7:31 pm

   Saw the film and was surprised it was as good as it was, zombies being what they are. In his defense Pitt was introduced as a retiree who reluctantly made the effort when called back into service. Since I’ve never been an investigator my perspective is a bit different from yours Jack but I’d find it difficult to criticize him as an investigator when he really didn’t investigate…he just took the advice of the younger expert they had on board who was killed in the early going and paid attention in the right moment.

   The script and production seem to have been done to showcase a star. Pitt may have just wanted the work because there isn’t any reason to believe it was written for him. The other players had only minor rolls and were relative unknowns.

   Here’s the deal. Zombies (and other creatures) are popular right now with the younger crowd so why not hire a younger, known, star for the starring part?

   Also saw man of steel and enjoyed it. I also agree with Chris but I think the writer/producers deliberately moved away from the idea that Superman can do super things without breaking a few things. That is the unreal quality of things done in the fifties that writers and Hollywood seem to want to avoid like the plague.

   I heard one Hollywood writer say that they had to gear the action scenes to the younger generation that is visually used to the pace of video games. If you don’t play those games the eye can’t keep up.

   My favorite at the moment are the Sherlock Holmes flicks. I really enjoy the visual effects and camera work.

   Trouble With the Curve was excellent. Eastwood scores again.
8. Chris says:

   Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 9:18 pm

   I agree with you, Tina, that the director was trying to make the film more realistic by showing the damage a real superhero fight would cause. But I think they went overboard, and could have at least shown Superman trying to reduce the damage. Instead, we see him fly Zod directly into a crowded gas station, even blowing up a car! I think if a director is going to play up the physical realism, the emotional realism has to accompany it as well.

   But the rest of the film was great. The casting was perfect, especially for Ma and Pa Kent. Certainly a step up from both the egregiously awful “Smallville” and the mediocre “Superman Returns.”
9. Tina says:

   Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 11:21 am

   John Podhoretz has a different take on World War Z. I think you’ll like it…if you’re conservative. Be sure to read all the way to the end.
   • Post Scripts says:

     Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 3:19 pm

     Thanks Tina and I did like the review, very witty.

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