i mean there is a five minute "tense action" sequence that consists of nicolas cage stripping paint from a door while screaming at a lady "just wait, i have to finish this then we'll go to the caves!"
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
loool
― 20 HOOS poppin steens on kawasakis (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
schef you have CONVINCED me to see this in the theater - i have an interview tomorrow morning and afterwards i am gonna peep a matinee of this fuckin thing
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
it is really worth it for the airplane sequence alone. i feel talking about it more is spoilering things!
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
well you've provided enough bait for me to walk into the awesome trap of seeing this movie
― elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
OK Ally has made this film sound kind of batshit awesome.
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I went ahead and read the plot on Wikipedia and it clearly IS batshit awesome.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
omg i have to see this now
― i stole a metal dude's t-shirt in richmond just to watch him cry (latebloomer), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG I just read it too... what.. the... hell...
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The film is set in Boston, and to represent the city, filmmakers used Australian locations such as Geelong Ring Road, Melbourne Museum, Mount Macedon, and Collins Street.[1] Filming also took place at Camberwell High School, which was converted into William Dawes Elementary, set in Boston circa 1958
LOLOL thats why they used melbourne BECAUSE ITS LIKE THE 50s HERE MAYBE WHY NOT.
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.echo.ucla.edu/Volume5-Issue2/chapman-media/pi-film.jpg^^ also this guys.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
this is nowhere near as lolworthy as "the happening" - it's mostly just awful.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 March 2009 03:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Waht! Pi is great you guys.
― one art, please (Trayce), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
If it's Stealth-level batshit awesome, I will go see it. Convince me!
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
how can anyone not want to see this film based on the wiki plot? and also that EE thing, i thought you were joking at first
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this looks pretty hilarious
― 20 HOOS poppin steens on kawasakis (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
it is hilarious - dont want to spoil the ending but the last shot is such next-level wtf its worth it almost for that alone
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
gukbe, we gotta go see this when it comes out! (it isn't out yet is it?)
― lo (cozwn), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 12:59 (fifteen years ago) link
** probable spoiler alert **
lol at generic 'this is a different planet to earth' movie making = more than one moon!
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I read that spoiler and now I want to see this movie.
(Haven't been to the movie theater since 2007.)
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
haha the last shot! i think one of my companions actually yelled "OH COME ON" at that point. i was hoping his son would have superpowers on the new planet due to the yellow rays of the new sun.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
okay, first, did u guys know matinees are 8 bucks now? wtf
anyway, this was ridic but not really 'happening'-level wtfiness - s1ockster was right on about feeling like it was funded by a church group. didnt realize it was directed by the dark city shithead until the credits were rollin.
really the best part is when he googles 9/11. also free complimentary bunnies w/ur apocalypse
also i noticed in the opening credits that it was written by Stiles White - i assume this isn't a real name, but is instead a reference to Stylez G White http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylez_White
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
o yah the bunnies!
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
alex asked me this yesterday..."i have a question for you...why did they get bunnies when the world ended?" and i was like a) we saw that movie like whatnow, 3 days ago? b) who knows dude, dr manhattan works in mysterious ways
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
or teen wolf
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c30/explodingkinetoscope/tw_dicknose.jpg
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
lol i was just amazed the kid wasnt named noah
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
did u guys know matinees are 8 bucks now?
All too well.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
they had all the animals of earth they just let the kids hold the bunnies cause kids like bunnies
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
noah's ark, duh
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 March 2009 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i got that shitbird
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
From what I've read of the plot, the ending reeks awfully of a Rapture/Jehovas Witness kind of utopia idea which is a bit ew.
― one art, please (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I now have 2 reasons to see this:
# 1 Ben Mendelson (sorry, longstanding crush, am unable to resist)# 2 Geelong Ring Road!
I eagerly await its television premiere.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
you know, for just a few scheckles you can rent it on amazon in a couple months -- just a heads up
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
that's how i introduced myself to a little movie called THE HAPPENING
VegGrrl: haha in the trailer, I swear you can see the Bolte Bridge pylons in the shot with the plane crashing! It made me laugh.
― one art, please (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 02:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Also I agree on the Ben Mendleson love.
hahaha. Bolte Bridge! $10 Victoria Gov somehow shoehorns it into tourism promotion. Come to Victoria! We have roads! And bridges! See: America likes them so much they put them in a movie!
I'm sure we'll get a promo copy at work soon enough... I see a drinking game in my future...
But honestly: Nic Cage needs to get rid of the hair plugs and the crappy movies and go back to being a weirdo. What was the last truly enjoyable, Nic Cage is kind of unbalanced, movie he's been in?
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 02:58 (fifteen years ago) link
raising arizona
― eman, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
it's been too long, Nic. time to come home
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
the thing is he is STILL a weirdo, pop culture just caught up with him
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean the dude is covered in ghost rider tattoos and named his son after superman -- i don't know what you all expect of him but i expect things like ghost rider and knowing and face off.
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait, he named his son Superman?
― one art, please (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/04/204816.php
― he sounded italian enough to give me something (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
YEah thats what I suspected it'd be... hahahah ohhhh sheet.
― one art, please (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Be cooler if it was Brando that did that instead of Cage
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
so i watched this, it's pretty bad but some of the effects are impressive. and yes, highly suspicious ending (including **SPOILER** the subtle white light 'winged' alien beings).
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link
this is a movie i can hang with being spoiled tbh
― Stop relegating Hull you miserable gits! (country matters), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ok then, light non-specific spoilers
saw this last night. it's not a 'highly suspicious ending', you might as well call this 'Left Behind Part 5: The Wall of Fire' and the main reason I stayed to watch the credits was to check to see if Peter and Paul LaLonde were creative consultants.
the earliest scenes set up Cage's 'loss of faith' as the central reason for his depression, the reconciliation with his preacher father is the redemption, the final apocalpyse is transcribed directly from Revelations and the final shots of the paradise planet are a cross between the illustrations of children playing with tigers in fields of wheat & rolling valleys you can find in any Jehovah's Witness literature and 70's science-fiction space art.
the only leap you have to make is that angels are actually extraterrestrials, which will leave behind some of the devout, but... not many when the rest of it is done as faithfully & reverently as this
I didn't think it was as non-stop packed as Ally did, and Cage is pretty reigned in actually. but each of the disaster scenes are top notch spectacle, and the final 15 minutes are, well they're religious
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
also, I know Beethoven is Beethoven, but any inclusion of the 7th allegretto in a science fiction movie officially constitutes a direct reference to Zardoz, especially when used to soundtrack THE END OF THE WORLD
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link