Movies

Also, I just saw Ender's Game, and I thought it was great! An awesome deconstruction of the typical sci-fi plot of "protagonist commits genocide against seemingly unintelligent alien bug race and has no psychological scars".

I can't believe we have to wait till 2017 for War of the Planet of the Apes. Planet of the Apes is one of my favourite movie franchises ever. I think I've seen nearly every film (though, the sequels to the original weren't always memorable), and an episode of the short lived show. I've yet to read the original book though. The newer films are all grade A works of art, though, and I can hardly wait for the next film. But obviously in my heart of hearts I don't want it to arrive too soon and be rushed.

... On the other side of the spectrum, Sony are legitimately making a movie all about Emojis, aptly called the Emoji Movie. *plants my face into the table repeatedly*

Okay, okay, okay. It might not be awful. But the idea just sounds so... Odd and transparent. "Emojis are pretty popular with the kids, let's make an entire feature length animated film about them," is probably what the Sony execs said. Emojis aren't characters, and even if they were, they'd be pretty one note. So I have no idea how this idea will work. It will apparently take place entirely within a smartphone, so it's similar to Wreck-It Ralph in a way.

I'm not a fan of emojis in the slightest. Simple emoticons were alright, and could convey a person's feelings easily, but emojis don't always look like the emoticons you're trying to use.

Also, what happened to giving films decent titles? All we get now is X: The Movie, The Y Movie, or just simply the title of the original work without anything added to it. What's that all about? I get that the executives probably think that it gives films based on other properties more marquee value, but after so long it just seems sloppy and unoriginal. I personally prefer the titles that have the main character's name and then their adventure, like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, etc.. Even if the film isn't that good, give it a title like that and I'll probably appreciate it a little bit more.

Also, someone told me that the fifth Indiana Jones movie is going to be called Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men. I think that's a bit of BS or miscommunication.

I liked both Superman vs. Batman and Civil War, though I completely disliked Captain America and Bucky.

No, there will never be enough BvS hate. Never.

Zootopia and The Nice Guys were an easy rating of 10/10 (for different reasons, of course).

I'll elaborate if you guys want. I realize I'm pretty behind on the Zootopia train.

Civil War was a good film. The airport fight scene was great but way overrated by critics. Avengers and Winter Soldier are still far superior. I love the way they adapted Civil War because up until the end I agreed with both men. However after that final battle I was completely on Tony's side. I honestly am afraid though Marvel is putting out too many films and is going to make the film audience very tired when Avengers Infinity War comes out. Hopefully not. Me and some friends are already planning to see X-Men Apocalypse and then hang out afterwards. That one looks good but is getting mixed reviews. The reviews though are very hard to judge. I once again will be seeing it myself to judge whether or not Singer ended this trilogy on a good note.

By the way Disney is going to make a shit load of money by the time this year ends. They still have other big films set to release. Holy Shit.