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vertygo:
I loved the movie too, but it *is* yet another shaky cam movie, which I always think detracts from the story. Yes it's gritty, but when you get there late, and you have to sit in those neck breaking front seats.. the shaky cam really makes the nachos churn. ;)

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: vertygo on August 23, 2009, 01:57:33 am ---I loved the movie too, but it *is* yet another shaky cam movie, which I always think detracts from the story. Yes it's gritty, but when you get there late, and you have to sit in those neck breaking front seats.. the shaky cam really makes the nachos churn. ;)

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Except its not Blair Witch or Cloverfield type of shakey-cam, it's far more stable then those.  It's along the line of the show Cops, where its a professional camera crew, but they still have to run around a lot.  The first half of the movie is done like they're filming a documentary, so it works quite well in the movie.  The action sequences reminded me a lot of the action sequences in the movie Children of Men, which I also thought was extremely well done.

Mauzy:
Saw it this afternoon. Honestly I wasn't at all interested but my family wanted to go so I went (still had popcorn coupons from Inglourious Basterds yesterday  ;D). Didn't wnt to be a stick in the mud.



HOLY CRAP.
What an awesome movie.

The ONLY thing I found slightly off-putting was the whole "3 years" deal. A cheap yet effective way of setting up a sequel. Almost too obvious. I would love to see one, don't get me wrong. And, TBH, I think if they decide to not do a sequel the film won't suffer too much. I think it would still hold up as a cool movie with a great story as a one shot movie.

Also, the blood and gore aspect was comical in a good way. It takes a little of the shock value out of the movie to keep focus on the story and the peril of the plot. Gruesome without being gruesome I'd say.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Mauzy on August 23, 2009, 10:42:59 pm ---Saw it this afternoon. Honestly I wasn't at all interested but my family wanted to go so I went (still had popcorn coupons from Inglourious Basterds yesterday  ;D). Didn't wnt to be a stick in the mud.



HOLY CRAP.
What an awesome movie.

The ONLY thing I found slightly off-putting was the whole "3 years" deal. A cheap yet effective way of setting up a sequel. Almost too obvious. I would love to see one, don't get me wrong. And, TBH, I think if they decide to not do a sequel the film won't suffer too much. I think it would still hold up as a cool movie with a great story as a one shot movie.

Also, the blood and gore aspect was comical in a good way. It takes a little of the shock value out of the movie to keep focus on the story and the peril of the plot. Gruesome without being gruesome I'd say.

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Glad you liked it (",)

I think you are looking into the 3 year thing too much. 3 years is a realistically interminable amount of time for someone in Wiikes plight, is all.

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 02, 2009, 12:27:22 am --- Was kinda weird, I had seen the previews where the robot grabs the bazooka missile and dismissed those previews as some kind of Transformers tie in.  That scene is 5 minutes but guess they were trying to get into the autobot hype.

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I saw that preview, and it actually turned me off from seeing this movie.

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