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emdawgz1
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject: Iron Man II the E-dawg Review |
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So, completely unplanned, a buddy of mine suggests we go see Iron Man 2.
So i hop on Movie Tickets .com and away we go. We were late for the matinee, so we switch to the 5:30..
Get in Nice and early and get good seats... some snicky snax.... and whammo...
Previews...
Robin Hood... Looks ok
Prince of Persia... Looks good
The A-Team... much to my surprise..Looks like fun!
The movie...It was FUN! Visaually it was a knockout. Even though the digital projector was a kinda washed out. It was sharp and crisp. There was a lot ear candy as well. the surround sound was great and the low bass was really good. The story held up and other than Scarlett Johansen... the cast was fine
3 dawgz out of 5.
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Just curoius, who is playing in the A-team since some of those guys are dead? I'm assuming Mr.T plays himself?
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| Sparky015 wrote: | | Just curoius, who is playing in the A-team since some of those guys are dead? I'm assuming Mr.T plays himself? |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429493/
Liam Neeson ... Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith
Jessica Biel ... Capt. Charisa Sosa
Bradley Cooper ... Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
Sharlto Copley ... Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock
Patrick Wilson ... Lynch
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson ... Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus
Gerald McRaney ... General Morrison
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I'm trying very hard not to hate the whole idea of A-Team... Seems like yet another in a long strong of campy Hollywood remakes by people who seem to have run out of ideas for new movies. We'll see...
Back to Iron Man II... I've heard good things, and looking forward to it.
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emdawgz1
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| Sparky015 wrote: | | Just curoius, who is playing in the A-team since some of those guys are dead? I'm assuming Mr.T plays himself? |
Totally new
Liam Neeson
Bradley Cooper
Sharlto Copeley
and
Quentin "Rampage" Jackson of the UFC
http://www.ateam-movie.com/
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emdawgz1
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| ecrabb wrote: | I'm trying very hard not to hate the whole idea of A-Team... Seems like yet another in a long strong of campy Hollywood remakes by people who seem to have run out of ideas for new movies. We'll see...
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Actually i have ALWAYS hated the A-team. It was my younger brothers favorite. So i wanted to hate the movie... but the preview looked fun!
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DANGIT!!! Clarence beat me to it!!!
Doggone Clarence..... 
Havent Seen you around in a while!!!
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hmm, interesting. Not sure it willl be the same without Mr.T talking, but I will reserve judgement, as the previews do look fun. Sorry to hijack the thread!
So back to Iron Man 2, was it as good as the first? The TV previews don't show much.
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Been traveling a lot lately for work.
Took the wife and kids to see IM2 this weekend too. Not bad... about what I expected. I think Ivan was underplayed... Hammer was the real villain.
Garry Shandling looked horrible... like Tim Allen in "Santa Clause" wearing the fat suit.
The digital theater we were in had a crisp line down the center... left side was dimmer than the right side. I was hoping it would only be there in the previews, but it persisted throughout the feature. I was wondering if they use a blend/stitching of 2 dPJ's.
Our previews were different. JJ Abrams/ Spielberg's "Super 8".
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emdawgz1
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| Sparky015 wrote: |
So back to Iron Man 2, was it as good as the first? The TV previews don't show much. |
Well I havent seen the first one so i have no frame of reference....
The movie was good! I'm no fan of the Marvel movies. This one IMHO was the best Marvel movie i have seen up until now.
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| Clarence wrote: | | Our previews were different. JJ Abrams/ Spielberg's "Super 8". |
REALLY looking forward to this one. I'm a big JJ Abrams fan... Looks like JJ wrote and is directing, and Spielberg is putting up the bucks, so this could be a pretty kick-ass movie.
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I just saw Ironman 2 in town. I asked what size screen is it on, got a puzzled look from the kid, but within ear shot was the manager who says, they're all on big screens. 
I ask about format and got somewhere, oh we have it on digital on the harddisc in theater 7, or 35mm film in the others.
Good I'll have 2 tickets for the 35mm film then
He looked shocked that I didn't want the pride of the theater digital 
Anyway the flick was good, a bit slow with story at first but went on to be a good movie in general. I really liked the suit in this one the CG was really nice.
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| dturco wrote: | I just saw Ironman 2 in town. I asked what size screen is it on, got a puzzled look from the kid, but within ear shot was the manager who says, they're all on big screens.
I ask about format and got somewhere, oh we have it on digital on the harddisc in theater 7, or 35mm film in the others.
Good I'll have 2 tickets for the 35mm film then
He looked shocked that I didn't want the pride of the theater digital
Anyway the flick was good, a bit slow with story at first but went on to be a good movie in general. I really liked the suit in this one the CG was really nice. |
I think that was a completely mental decision.
35mm film is woeful compared to a new digital cinema projector.
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| Mark_A_W wrote: | | dturco wrote: | I just saw Ironman 2 in town. I asked what size screen is it on, got a puzzled look from the kid, but within ear shot was the manager who says, they're all on big screens.
I ask about format and got somewhere, oh we have it on digital on the harddisc in theater 7, or 35mm film in the others.
Good I'll have 2 tickets for the 35mm film then
He looked shocked that I didn't want the pride of the theater digital
Anyway the flick was good, a bit slow with story at first but went on to be a good movie in general. I really liked the suit in this one the CG was really nice. |
I think that was a completely mental decision.
35mm film is woeful compared to a new digital cinema projector. |
Smoking over there again?
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| Mark_A_W wrote: | | dturco wrote: | I just saw Ironman 2 in town. I asked what size screen is it on, got a puzzled look from the kid, but within ear shot was the manager who says, they're all on big screens.
I ask about format and got somewhere, oh we have it on digital on the harddisc in theater 7, or 35mm film in the others.
Good I'll have 2 tickets for the 35mm film then
He looked shocked that I didn't want the pride of the theater digital
Anyway the flick was good, a bit slow with story at first but went on to be a good movie in general. I really liked the suit in this one the CG was really nice. |
I think that was a completely mental decision.
35mm film is woeful compared to a new digital cinema projector. |
Well yes it was, but I saw Star Trek and District 9 on the Digital screen and thought it was blown out/ washed out but very detailed and sharp. I liked the PQ of Ironman today over what I saw with the other two. It wasn't as sharp but it was more pleasing to my old eyes.
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I saw Dragon (film) and Daybreakers (film) and they were both crap. Blurry, washed out, rubbish.
Avatar was SHARP. It had POP.
What is possible, is that down here, at the arse end of the world, our big cinema chain has just gone digital, whereas your cinemas were early adopters?
So I'm seeing state of the art, and you're seeing old tech?
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| Mark_A_W wrote: | I saw Dragon (film) and Daybreakers (film) and they were both crap. Blurry, washed out, rubbish.
Avatar was SHARP. It had POP.
What is possible, is that down here, at the arse end of the world, our big cinema chain has just gone digital, whereas you cinemas were early adopters?
So I'm seeing state of the art, and you're seeing old tech? |
That's a good question. the theater was built 7 years ago with presumably the best of it's day Digital PJ, and i assume it's still the same PJ. I'll ask next time about that, then buy the 35mm ticket anyway. 
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Just got out of seeing it. Everyone did really good, and it wasn't too much of a departure from the first. I liked the first one better, and this film seemed to lack in a few areas. The charm and spectacle was what made the first so enjoyable. The effects and each suit was really awesome. All in all it was okay, but often times felt too cluttered.
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Remember, they are laying the groundwork for a group of other films...
Avengers Initiative
Thor
IM3
Captain America
So there was a lot of housekeeping being done....
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