Anyone going to catch SKYLINE in the theaters? It looks decent. Didn't think much of it when I saw hotels plastered with promo images at SDCC this year, but thinking of checking it out on the big screen.
I watched a couple reels of skyline, I work at a motion picture film lab, and it wasn't that great... I'd say you'd be wasting your money. Wait for it on netflix.
Haha Forest Gump sequels? Toy Story 3 was the best one IMO. The one Pixar movie that should have been retired was Cars. I don't know why they made a sequel to that one...
That Cars 2 teaser is dumb as hell. The Cars toy line is what made the movie seem successful. Back to Skyline, is it as dumb as Cloverfield? I just don't want to be left clueless as to what just thrashed the earth and kidnapped humans.
They made it for my soon to be 3 son, who is obsessed with cars, trucks and sh1t that beeps when it backs up. Our refrigerator door was open too long yesterday, and the sensor on it started beeping. He yelled "look, the bullsidor [bulldozer]!" about 20 times. Skyline looks meh. I'm not interested in shelling out for it. My girls went to see Megamind this weekend and LOVED it. I'm gonna have to check it out.
Skyline is from the brothers who brought the world the atrocity Alien vs Predator: Requiem. So while it's pretty looking I'm not holding my breath for anything special.
I'll be seeing it because it has monstahs. Any preliminary reviews or are they not screening the film (always a bad sign)?
There were no NY press screenings that I know of so I assume it was a full blackout on press screenings.
Yikes. AVP: Requiem was fucking terrible. This is going to be a pass for me then. I'll just wait to stream it on Netflix.
I forget the whole story, but i heard it somewhere.... but Cars 2 is being made because one of the creators for the first Cars movie died. Cars was like his baby, and he had all sorts of ideas for it, and a sequel. So the guys at Pixar took upon themselves to get the sequel made in his honor
Going off on a tangent...Joe Ranft, kinda a sad story for a talented guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ranft
Looks worth a cheap (or free) view... but probably not anything stand-out. The trailer with the Emergency Broadcast System tone is surprisingly evocative to me, though... I'm a bit of a paranoid person, so that tone always gets me jumpy.
Did anyone actually end up watching it? I'm looking for a good 5$-Tuesday movie, not to have my mind blown, but to be favourably impressed by special effects while not angered by the stupidity of the scenario. I really liked Cloverfield and even 2012 in that style... Didn't like Avatar, but found it was worth watching for the effects. Is Skyline for me?
K, so I watched it at midnight opening night. It was decent. I wish it were more military-based - not the stupid group of random people trying to survive. When the military (pretty much guided missiles and 3 snipers.. I think some random aircraft came in at the end) did appear in the movie, it was pretty dope. Sucks for that one chick that got SMASHED.
About 30 minutes into Skyline I was thinking "okay, so this sucks much harder than I expected, and what's with trying too hard to emulate the yuppie hipster opening scenes of Cloverfield?" About 60 minutes into Skylne I stopped being serious and realized that the movie is American Kaiju. Giant monsters, really bad acting, a "plot" that nobody cares about. Even something about the cinematography seems to quote the old Tohoscope look and feel. About 90 minutes into Skyline was thinking "okay, so this sucks much harder than I expected." Approach with low expectations and a sense of camp, and you'll probably enjoy the movie.
Thats how I felt, it just got worse and worse. The end was so bad it was actually the best part of the whole movie! If that makes sense?
