Mostly harmless. Don't expect any particularly intelligent and groundbreaking statements about the Internet's influence on our lives. The product placement is pretty obnoxious at times and the story isn't very impressive, but it could have been worse. At least it doesn't feature Patrick Stewart as a talking turd.

A—a contemporary blockbuster reference? From Teague Chrystie, on this forum, from that movie, localized entirely within this subthread?!

Right? I'm almost proud of myself.

(Somebody on YouTube kept playing that clip over and over in their analysis of something else, and it eventually buried deeply into my psyche as a platonic ideal of terrible writing. I get distracted by it appropos of nothing.)

The 70s really were just the goddamn best, weren't they?

Also, me when this movie has better, more empathetic representation of

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Just saw Joe Cornish's latest flick, after eight years of silence!

As a followup to Attack the Block, it's kind of meh. As an adventure film intended for kids it's quite a bit of harmless fun, and definitely deserves better than the terrible marketing it was given and the box office wasteland it's currently experiencing. The visual effects are quite impressive for a budget of only $50 million as well—I assumed it was closer to $100 million. The years have done nothing to diminish Cornish's ability to wring every penny out of his budget.

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Watched this one a couple of months ago but I'm posting about it now because I just realized I forgot to do so.

This would make a great double feature with Short Term 12—it's sort of the twisted mirror-universe version of that film. The halfway house it takes place in is a gay reeducation camp, and the adults, rather than the paragons of kindness present in ST12, are either absolute monsters or well-meaning shells (John Gallagher, who's in ST12, plays one of the latter). It's heartbreaking, but the monumental sense of empathy the film has for the kids forced to live through this is incredibly uplifting. Moretz is really damn good—she seems to be successfully transitioning from "really good child performer" to a serious actress and I couldn't be happier for her.

It's not a sequel, I think by followup he meant it in the same sense that Hot Fuzz was a followup to Shaun of the Dead - the director's next movie with maybe some similar themes.

It's watchable. The story itself is nothing to write home about, but the chemistry between the characters (especially Carol and Fury) pleasantly reminds me of silly '90s action/adventure movies (Twister, Demolition Man etc.). Sam Jackson has finally had the opportunity to show Nick Fury's fun side.

And another joins the club.  Welcome!

I didn't get around to Wages of Fear until very recently myself - it has that typical older-movie first act that seems to go on forever before the story really "starts", but that's just how they used to make 'em.  Once they get on the road, it's just about as good as Sorcerer - and just about as cynical, which feels really unusual in a movie that age.

"Americans?  Here?"
"Wherever there's oil, there's Americans."

And yes to Scheider's 70s body of work - which I would contend lasted into the mid-80s with Blue Thunder and 2010.  Most people seem at least aware that 2001 had a sequel (and I think a quite good one, just much more conventional), but Blue Thunder seems oddly forgotten these days.   

But it was huge at the time, and if you think Sorceror was nuts with the truck stunts in the jungle, check out Blue Thunder for some really nutty helicopter stunts over (and in) Los Angeles.

There ya go. Not all of it holds up, but there's good stuff in there.   

Anyone who was in LA in 1982 might remember the several months when squadrons of helicopters were in the air all day and night, randomly orbiting the city.  I certainly do.  That was the Blue Thunder shoot, back in the days when you just had to shoot that stuff for real.

That does happen, but they use a regular helicopter for that.

*snortlaugh*

I'm sorry to everyone.