April 26, 2010

BPDP 24: Summer Movie Preview 2010

"If you can't see the person on the other side of the glory hole, it still counts as heterosexual, right?"

8 comments:

Wreck Roar said...

Nice to have JD and Vichus on the same show so they can diss eachother live.

Dennis Qaid is indeed the weak link of GI Joe. Hate him. Everyone else I liked or was serviceable.

Duke - Don't mind him.
Ripcord(Marlon Waynes) - Played his role good. Liked him ever since Requiem.
Scarlett - Hot.
Snake Eyes - Mask is lame but he's cool.
Heavy Duty - Mr. Echo from Lost is good in my book.
Breaker - tolerable because he speaks French.

Baroness(Sienna Miller) - 2nd best character of the movie. So fucking fit.
Storm Shadow(Lee Byung-Hun) - The Best in the movie. Awesome even with the lackluster ninja costume. Loved this actor in "A Bittersweet Life" and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" where he's 1000x more badass. I hope he comes back for the sequel.
Zartan - nice fun little role
Destro - Good enough.
Cobra Commander - Joseph Gordon Levitt hamming it up is alright by me.

I predict 45 million on opening weekend for Prince of Persia. I hope I'm wrong and it hits big, so we can have more legitimate videogame adaptations. I hate the argument that videogame movies suck because they don't translate well. That's bullshit. The reason they suck is because they got crap directors/writers and the budget is too low. POP is the first videogame movie where studios are actually taking it seriously.

Knight & Day is gonna get crushed by Twilight.

You're right Tim; Piranha 3D was in production before Avatar. Aja(The Hills Have Eyes) is helming so it could be good. Then agian, he directed Mirrors.

Predators is directed by Nimrod Antel but is based off a script Rodriguez wrote a long time ago. To be fair, he's producing and his name is plastered everywhere on the marketing.

Salt (The Bourne Femininity) does look promising.

The final trailer for Last Airbender is cool. It's good to have Shyamalan direct someone else's screenplay. Hope it turns out good.

IM2 trailer is the same way I felt about Superman Returns trailer. If this is all they have for the movie then meh.

Spoilers

According to Comic Vine, the post credits stinger features Thor & Cap.

Thoom said...

I predict 45 million on opening weekend for Prince of Persia. I hope I'm wrong and it hits big, so we can have more legitimate videogame adaptations.

What? 45 million on opening doesn't qualify as "hits big"? Especially for franchise for that is only known by a minority of movie fans (i.e. gamers and fans of the comic) I think Vichus is much closer with his 15 million dollar quote. I say 20 million at the most on opening weekend.


IM2 trailer is the same way I felt about Superman Returns trailer. If this is all they have for the movie then meh.

Iron Man and AC/DC? How can that not be a win?

Wreck Roar said...

Considering the budget and the marketing, 45m is relatively low. Man, you guys are really lowballing the movie. Sex & City will win the weekend but I don't see PoP bombing that bad. But we'll see.

Not a fan of AC/DC at all. Don't like Scarlett either. Iffy on the Whiplash adaptation. And the robot battle seems like traveled road. I really hope they're saving some cool stuff for the movie.

Wreck Roar said...

SPOILERS FOR IRON MAN 2


Comic Vine was wrong. The post credits stinger features only Thor's hammer.

Thoom said...

I take what I said before back. Prince of Persia may make 45 mil in the first weekend because of the summertime movie crowds.

Wreck Roar said...

The new better trailer for Piranha

Looks like good cheesy fun.

Thoom said...

You're right Tim; Piranha 3D was in production before Avatar.

Piranha 3D was in production 15 years ago?

Word Pronunciation of the Day:
At one point Vichus Smith talks about the "suway-toe incest" aspect of the movie "Splice". What he was trying so desperately to say was 'pseudo-incest'. "Psuedo" is pronounced 'sue-dough',Vichus, not 'sue-way-toe'. Suwaeto? Sounds like a country in Africa.

Wreck Roar said...

Oh, what I meant was that it didn't jump on the 3d band wagon because of Avatar's success like other movies. On the episode someone said Piranha was just cashing in with 3d but you defended the movie by suspecting that it, like My Bloody Valentine 3d, was in production before Avatar released.

Word Pronunciation of the Day:
At one point Vichus Smith talks about the "suway-toe incest" aspect of the movie "Splice". What he was trying so desperately to say was 'pseudo-incest'. "Psuedo" is pronounced 'sue-dough',Vichus, not 'sue-way-toe'. Suwaeto? Sounds like a country in Africa.


Payback time.