28 Days Later

Ginkasa · 06-29-2003, 04:23 AM

I heard 28 Days Later was horrible...

*HULK SPOILERS*

And I thought the Hulk was just plain bad. It takes like an hour for the movie to even show the Hulk and then its one of those teasing in the shadows type things. The stuff in between the Hulk scenes were boring and uninteresting. I couldn't decide if Bruce's dad actually loved him, hated him, was proud of his "creation", or was always wanting to use him for his powers.

Jennifer Connely's character (I have never met a girl named Betty...) was just the typical love interest trying to protect the monster. How many times has the whole "girl falls in love with monster and has to stop daddy from killing it" thing been done?

Nor could I figure out where that other guy was coming from... The young guy... The one who wants to use the Hulk's DNA or whatever to make super soldiers. Maybe I missed something, but he just showed up out of nowhere suddenly antagonizng the heroes. Its said he has some past history with Bruce and Betty but it never expands on it. I just felt he was there to be the annoying comic relief villain.

And how many times had the super soldier thing been done as well?

And there were some inconsistencies as well. General Ross (correct?) is trying to interrogate Bruce to find out where his father is. He thinks that Bruce might be planning something with his father. This is complete stupidity. Bruce, who has never shown any sort of hostility towards anybody, does not seem to be the person to plan anything with anybody much less his father who he hasn't met since he was like three.

Not only that, but its revealed that Bruce's dad killed his mom in front of Bruce. General Ross knows this happened is completely surprised that Bruce was unable to remember this. How could he suspect that Bruce would be protecting his father if he knew his mother was killed in front of him? If I remembered my mom being stabbed by my father (not to mention because she was stopping him from stabbing me) I certainly wouldn't protect my father. I would help get him into custody.

And the ending sucks. Maybe I'm just stupid (or had just lost interest and wasn't paying attention) but I had no clue why they put Bruce and his dad on some electric floor and allowed them to talk while planning to electrocute them if they did anything. I didn't get that at all.

And the ending battle is the worst I've ever seen. I didn't understand that either.

In its credit, most of the scenes with Hulk were pretty cool. The CG was awesome IMO (except for one scene where the Hulk picks up Betty) but the action was good. There just wasn't enough of it.

Anyway...

I'm done

*shrugs and walks away*

Canyarion · 06-29-2003, 08:19 AM

So how's Bruce Almighty?

Joeiss · 06-29-2003, 12:24 PM

I liked Bruce Allmighty. It wasn't hillarious, but I had a good laugh.

One Winged Angel · 06-29-2003, 03:08 PM

Go see Finding Nemo instead. Great movie

DeathsHand · 06-29-2003, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ginkasa

I heard 28 Days Later was horrible...

Well the reviews are pretty good (check out www.rottentomatoes.com), although the couple of reviews from this area I saw said it was bad (2 out of 4 stars, then another said visually it does some nice things, but it's brought down by a 'horrible' script)

When we got to the theater there was a group of 6 or so people that my friend knew... They all said the movie was pretty bad... But we both liked it... *shrug*

I've heard from just about everybody else that Bruce Almighty blew chunks, but a couple people from GT have said it's good... A lot of people say The Hulk sucks ass (one radio reviewer guy said it was the worst movie he's ever seen), but my friend and his dad (and some other people coming out of the theater) thought it was pretty good...

See how opinions work?

Ginkasa · 06-29-2003, 11:10 PM

I thought Bruce Almighty was hilarious. Funniest new comedy I've seen in a while.

*shrugs and walks away*

NWO_STEVIE_NWO · 06-29-2003, 11:23 PM

Ugh.. this movie sucked major ass...

manasecret · 06-29-2003, 11:27 PM

Oh god.

The Hulk

.

I "saw" the Hulk drunk, and I don't remember a thing about it. Which is probably due to me being bored as hell and leaving five times during the movie. Y'know, popcorn, which I over-salted to taste like burning, bathroom, then going to the arcade for about 20 minutes, bathroom again, etc.

They just keep talking in the beginning is all I remember. That and something about the Hulk being sad.

My friend was sober and saw the whole thing, and said it was terrible. So I'm glad I didn't miss much.

fingersman · 07-01-2003, 12:09 AM

Movie.com showed that the majority of reviews were either good or mixed......oh well a review is still a personal opinion, I still think I'm going to watch it.

DeathsHand · 07-01-2003, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by fingersman

Movie.com showed that the majority of reviews were either good or mixed......oh well a review is still a personal opinion, I still think I'm going to watch it.

You shouldn't see it just cuz I said it's good... I bet you won't like it

I dunno though, my friend's who've seen it liked it... my friend and his dad, and another friend of mine and her mom (her mom says she wants to get it when it comes out on DVD

)... And me... yep... *shrug*

fingersman · 07-01-2003, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DeathsHand

You shouldn't see it just cuz I said it's good... I bet you won't like it

I dunno though, my friend's who've seen it liked it... my friend and his dad, and another friend of mine and her mom (her mom says she wants to get it when it comes out on DVD

)... And me... yep... *shrug*

Thx I won't see it since you liked it DH!!! You really helped me decide.

bobcat · 07-01-2003, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by manasecret

Oh god.

The Hulk

.

I "saw" the Hulk drunk, and I don't remember a thing about it. Which is probably due to me being bored as hell and leaving five times during the movie. Y'know, popcorn, which I over-salted to taste like burning, bathroom, then going to the arcade for about 20 minutes, bathroom again, etc.

They just keep talking in the beginning is all I remember. That and something about the Hulk being sad.

My friend was sober and saw the whole thing, and said it was terrible. So I'm glad I didn't miss much.

lol

I remember watching LOTR drunk. I had 3 glasses of red wine (as you can drink in the upper class cinemas. It was awesome

manasecret · 07-01-2003, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bobcat

lol

I remember watching LOTR drunk. I had 3 glasses of red wine (as you can drink in the upper class cinemas. It was awesome

Nice.

I had some friends who saw the LOTR The Two Towers drunk, and they said it was fun when it got to the action. But they also said they couldn't remember any of the story because they couldn't concentrate. So they didn't know if they liked it or not, haha.

By the way, the legal drinking age over there is 21, right?

Lord Germano · 07-04-2003, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by manasecret

By the way, the legal drinking age over there is 21, right?

Nope, 18