Rewatched the first one recently, and then this one for the first time. I liked this a lot better! I think it's the pacing. The original was very slow going. This felt like a more straight-forward adventure flick.
Like Armoreska said, the plot is familiar (from a comic strip run about Grandma Van Pelt visiting and Lucy burying the blanket). What makes this special is Linus' ranting at the end and Pig Pen emerging as the hero.
This was... odd. Doesn't fit in with DC continuity at all. Jimmy Olsen from the other movies is the only crossover character. The effects are pretty good for the time, as a B-movie. Supergirl is really charming at least.
Mostly, I was wondering if there was any real "plan" for the DC movies - seemed like they got lucky in 1978 with the first and then were just winging it afterwards.
I liked seeing the '50s circus a lot. Was confused by the attitudes toward marriage. They seemed to be willing to get married almost arbitrarily - is that accurate for the period? Seems ridiculous.
Not really a documentary - mostly just Sonic Youth playing live and goofing off with a camera. A few Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. songs, one Babes in Toyland song.
I really liked the visuals in this one. Wish more movies did this sort of thing routinely, instead of it being a rare "now we're doing an homage to video games, how clever" situation.
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Movie comment on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Disappointing; the best thing about it is the title.Movie comment on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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This is a "game movie", put together from cutscenes and gameplay to show the story. The one I watched is from SIMA Games, but there are others.Movie comment on The Nutcracker
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Good, except for the ridiculous stunt-casting of Macaulay Culkin. Takes me right out of it every time his goofy face shows up.Movie comment on Conan the Destroyer
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Rewatched the first one recently, and then this one for the first time. I liked this a lot better! I think it's the pacing. The original was very slow going. This felt like a more straight-forward adventure flick.Movie comment on Brother Bear
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Story is really good. Music is awful though.Movie comment on Batman Ninja
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The Joker's annoyingness is at 200% in this one. Otherwise, pretty cool.Movie comment on The Shape of Water
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Ugh. Interesting setting and details, but paper-thin plot. A chore to finish.Movie comment on Kingsman: The Golden Circle
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Drags on and on. Constant "f*ck"s felt like it was pandering to edgy teens.Movie comment on Our Brand Is Crisis
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The year for this one is "0"?Movie comment on Shingeki no kyojin
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So this is "Attack on Titan, Part 1" - yes? There's not an "a.k.a." in the entry, and those are really hard to search for here anyways.Movie comment on Chappie
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The CEO and Moose guy characters are so dumb, they blow the whole movie for me. Straight-to-video '80s action movie cliche dumb.Movie comment on Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown
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Like Armoreska said, the plot is familiar (from a comic strip run about Grandma Van Pelt visiting and Lucy burying the blanket). What makes this special is Linus' ranting at the end and Pig Pen emerging as the hero.Movie comment on The Invincible Iron Man
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Has some really cool visuals towards the end.Movie comment on Di Renjie: Shen du long wang
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The English title is "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon". I don't know how to suggest adding this to the database, so there ya go.Movie comment on Metallica Through the Never
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The musical performance was really good. I could've done without the side-drama with the gofer kid; that seemed pretty pointless.Movie comment on Popeye
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They did good characterizations, but it's just not funny.Movie comment on Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
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Good stuff! I haven't seen any of the Batman Beyond TV show yet, but it sounds like a good premise and I like what I saw here.Movie comment on Supergirl
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This was... odd. Doesn't fit in with DC continuity at all. Jimmy Olsen from the other movies is the only crossover character. The effects are pretty good for the time, as a B-movie. Supergirl is really charming at least.Mostly, I was wondering if there was any real "plan" for the DC movies - seemed like they got lucky in 1978 with the first and then were just winging it afterwards.
Movie comment on Condorman
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Not bad. Like a James Bond movie for kids.Movie comment on Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
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I liked it a lot, but the love-dovey chasing-around stuff in the middle drags on too much.Movie comment on Star Trek Into Darkness
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Surprised by how much I loved this, and thought it was much better than the previous one. They need to get this back on TV where it belongs, stat!Movie comment on The Greatest Show on Earth
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I liked seeing the '50s circus a lot. Was confused by the attitudes toward marriage. They seemed to be willing to get married almost arbitrarily - is that accurate for the period? Seems ridiculous.Movie comment on 1991: The Year Punk Broke
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Not really a documentary - mostly just Sonic Youth playing live and goofing off with a camera. A few Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. songs, one Babes in Toyland song.Movie comment on Arthur Christmas
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Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It's funny, but also has a lot of moving father-son stuff.Animation looks great and is very detailed too.
Movie comment on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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I really liked the visuals in this one. Wish more movies did this sort of thing routinely, instead of it being a rare "now we're doing an homage to video games, how clever" situation.Showing items 1 – 25 of 32