Comments on: 3 Hopes and 3 Fears for the Movies of 2013

By: MilRuko

MilRuko — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:02:59 +0000

I’ve always felt dark and gritty was the wrong way to go for Superman cinema. I’d love to see them set Superman in the 1930s, give it a lot of bright color and “gee whiz, aw shucks” kind of sentiment. Make it about optimism and wonder, and not about Superman as the conflicted God.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:43:30 +0000

@ Davey J – I completely agree. If I remember correctly it drops the literal found footage style very early on – the first time they show the alien inside his trailer I think. Granted it’s been a long time since I saw it but that always stuck with me. It’s like how Modern Family uses the “documentary” style when it’s convenient but more times than I can count you get a straight reverse shot from one camera to see that camera wasn’t there at all. People need to call it what it is – shot with shaky handheld camera using quick zooms to give a more realistic impression, but documentary/found footage this are not. How could Blomkamp get it so wrong when paranormal activity (like or hate it) nails the style perfectly?

By: Korky

Korky — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:52:30 +0000

I wonder if they still will call the enemies on Ender’s Game “Buggers”. How blatantly homophobic can you get without people boycotting you? I guess we will find out.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:30:12 +0000

Wait….. so District 9 loses points for devolving into “a relatively dumb action-packed finale” and yet you’re a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean?

¿Qué?

By: Paul Tassi

Paul Tassi — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:18:15 +0000

I really thought Drag Me to Hell was underwhelming too.

By: Todd X

Todd X — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:57:27 +0000

I am gonna co-sign with Piratey on Drag me to Hell. That was a fun movie. Thoroughly, enjoyable.

Superman is never going to be good. I think of that movie Angus distills exactly what is missing from the character. If you have seen it you know what I am talking about, if you have not, just look it up at IMDB.

Lone Ranger and Ender’s Game are on my list of hoping to not disappoint.

By: Oddjob

Oddjob — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:06:01 +0000

I’m not hopeful for Man of Steel. Superman has always been my least favourite superhero, but I guess if anyone could prove me wrong it’s probably Christopher Nolan.

Pacific Rim looks like a dumb/cheesy Godzilla movie in todays technology so not having high hopes for that one either.

Really looking forward to The Lone Ranger though.

By: Piratey

Piratey — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:11:08 +0000

Drag me to Hell was underwhelming? Absurd. Do you even Sam Rami bro? That WAS a Sam Rami movie, through and through, and it was fantastic.

By: JakeC

JakeC — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:43:06 +0000

@hookerproblems I’m curious as to what makes you think card is a terrible person (other than his views on gay marriage)?

By: David R

David R — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:28:21 +0000

@Davey

I know what you mean. For me the “social satire” stuff is enough to distinguish it from more typical blockbuster fare — trite as its message is, a movie like Clash of the Titans doesn’t even get THAT far — but it’s often held up as insightful in a way that it simply isn’t.

The found footage thing is used a lot at the opening of the movie, and then progressively less and less throughout. Which, I thought worked really nicely. It sold the effect without making the narrative a slave to it.

But regardless of (or perhaps because of) its pretensions, District 9 was at least something different from the norm at the time. The novelty factor won’t be enough to save Elysium if it has similar problems.