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.
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| Author: | justin [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | SKYLINE film |
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. |
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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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. |
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| Author: | DYBBUKIM [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Going this Friday, but Megamind is the winner so far this year for me. |
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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
DYBBUKIM wrote: Going this Friday, but Megamind is the winner so far this year for me. You liked Megamind better than Toy Story 3? |
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| Author: | DYBBUKIM [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Toystory should be retired after III. I am glad there was no Forest Gump 2 or 3. |
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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
DYBBUKIM wrote: Toystory should be retired after III. I am glad there was no Forest Gump 2 or 3. 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... |
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| Author: | justin [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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. |
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| Author: | ted kopper [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
skyline doesn't look that great imo |
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| Author: | shuzluva [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Mike Like Bike wrote: The one Pixar movie that should have been retired was Cars. I don't know why they made a sequel to that one... 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. |
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| Author: | AladdinSane [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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. |
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| Author: | Roger [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
I'll be seeing it because it has monstahs. Any preliminary reviews or are they not screening the film (always a bad sign)? |
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| Author: | Cralya [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:46 pm ] |
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I liked it the first time when it was called Independence Day. |
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| Author: | AladdinSane [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm ] |
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Roger wrote: 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. |
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| Author: | Nate [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
AladdinSane wrote: 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. 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. |
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| Author: | Kingboy D [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Cralya wrote: I liked it the first time when it was called Independence Day. Now THAT's funny! |
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| Author: | ted kopper [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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 |
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| Author: | animator [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
ted koppel wrote: 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 |
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| Author: | Prometheum5 [ Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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.
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| Author: | petitetoilonrouge [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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? |
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| Author: | justin [ Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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.
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| Author: | Dean [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
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. |
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| Author: | justin [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Come to think of it, I think Battle: Los Angeles is what I'm asking for. |
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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
So it seems like this is a movie you probably want to watch for free on Netflix or T.V. |
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| Author: | EBIII [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:50 pm ] |
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Dean wrote: 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? |
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| Author: | JoeMan [ Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SKYLINE film |
Speaking of giant monster movies, has anyone seen Death Kappa? |
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