Greg Sadly my local theater had to choose between Clash and Dragon this week, and Dragon may not make it here for a week or two more, but I hear good things about it from all who have seen it.
I took my kids to see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and I liked it more than they did! It was basically the story of my life, so that surely made it better for me than others. It was exactly like that TV show "Freaks and Geeks" so if you were a fan of that you would likely like this too. It had exactly what is missing from so many movies nowadays, a tight script and excellent kid actors who acted like actual kids. Bruce On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know if this particular horse has already been beaten, but I > avoided "Clash.." like the obvious cinematic plague it is and opted to spend > a very, very satisfying 90 minutes watching "How to Train Your Dragon". The > story is wonderful, the characters are hilarious, especially Toothless and > those teenage Vikings, and the 3D is stunning, especially the flying > sequences. (Ever had a flying dream? You'll be having deja vu when you see > this film.) Obviously, a great deal of thought went into the depth process > on this gem, because it's used beautifully to visually enhance the story > every step of the way. The message of the film is important as well....it's > much better to learn than to kill. Well, duh, but the point is driven home > in a very cool way. I saw the previews to "...Dragon" and was underwhelmed, > but a couple of glowing recommendations from people I trust...usually..made > me take the $30 gamble at the IMAX. I'm really happy I went, and my very, > very dubious spouse ("An animated 3D movie about dragons? On our one night > off together? Puh-LEEZE!") adored it as well. > As far as the upcoming deluge of inevitably crappy 3D movies...I can just > hear the Hollywood suits saying, "Well if it's in 3D, maybe they won't > notice that it's a turd! That's it!"...I paraphrase Los Bravos from their > 1964 hit "Black is Black"... > Crap is crap > I want my money back... > Greg Douglass > > Bruce Hershenson wrote: > >> I saw Clash of the Titans last night because my eldest son wanted to, and >> the movie itself blows (no big surprise there) but the 3D also blows. I >> could have been wearing some "X-Ray Specs" for all the difference the >> supposed 3D made. I took off the glasses on and off (I was really bored) and >> there was next to no difference watching with them or without them. >> >> 3-D should have many images that come off the screen and at the viewer, >> and this movie had zero such scenes. They better quit this conversion crap >> in a hurry, or 3D won't last as long as it did in 1953 and 1954. >> >> Bruce >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
