That's what sells movies these days or at least that's what the studios think - that's what I hated about the butchery Peter Jackson did on the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - not that the books lack for fight scenes but Jackson (who is definitely not a REAL Jackson) had to put a lot of unnecessary violence in them just to put butts in seats.
________________________________ From: Steve Sundur <steve.sun...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Brand Blasts Syrian War Disinformation I thought the concept had potential, but shortly after it began, that took a back seat to all car chases, and and low orbit chases, and non stop explosions. I can't even recall much about it at this point. I've kind of erased it from my memory. ________________________________ From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Brand Blasts Syrian War Disinformation Well that review will get audiences to the theaters although time is running out for a theater view. Probably the DVD/Bluray release is only a few months away. Sony doesn't waste any time. Not everyone understands science fiction. I've written before about how few movie reviewers "get" horror and science fiction films. Of course "Elysium" is no Bourne Identity because the latter is based off books. But there are a lot of people bashing "Elysium" because they don't like it's message. The message is about now and the 99% vs the 1%. Elysium is a orbiting community where in the future the 1% have moved. Obviously a metaphor of a "gated community". Alex Jones bashed the film as being "anti-white" thats because Los Angeles in the future is mostly Hispanic. But geez, California was part of Mexico before it became a state. A Latino ghetto (Damon plays a Latino) sells the poverty element better than a "white ghetto" would have. Neill Blomkamp's prior film was "District 9" which was about apartheid. On 08/31/2013 10:27 PM, Steve Sundur wrote: >Do not, I repeat, do not, see this silly film (Elysium) which has a few >minutes of an interesting plot at the start but then descends into about an >hour and a half of the usual shoot 'em crap. It was a chore to stay through >the whole thing. If I knew my wife was as bored as I was, I certainly would >have suggested we leave. > >Tonight we saw "In a World", which I would recommend. (comedy) Also, >recently, "A Hijacking", another big recommend. (suspense) >