Remarkableriots Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I'm shocked that nobody else here has talked about this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Could be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I was sold when I saw the trailer in the theaters back October, but not sure I know anyone else who wants to see it so may be going to see that one by myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I’ve been looking forward to this for months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 something different at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I find this trailer insufferable. It just looks so, uh, saccharine? Cloying? Excessively hip and quirky/quaint? I don't know the right words, but it looks like it's trying way too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 23 hours ago, ort said: I find this trailer insufferable. It just looks so, uh, saccharine? Cloying? Excessively hip and quirky/quaint? I don't know the right words, but it looks like it's trying way too hard. Well, it's written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, so it actually should be really good, the guy has directed: -I Wanna Hold Your Hand -Used Cars -Romancing the Stone -Back to the Future trilogy -Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -Death Becomes Her -Forrest Gump -Contact -What Lies Beneath -Cast Away -Polar Express -Beowulf -A Christmas Carol -Flight -The Walk -Allied So depending on how you feel about all of those movies, you'll probably know how to feel about this one, more or less. He does have a few not so great movies in there but mostly very good movies in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheLeon Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Whenever I see this movie advertised, it just makes me want to seek out the documentary from several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I don't know, the entire premise kind of skeeves me out. Dude copes with the bad things that have happened to him by creating a world of art around him. Ok, seems fine. Dude inserts himself into the little fantasy world full of dolls he's created. Getting a little weird now, but still alright. Dude fills his fantasy world with all the hot women in his life who constantly support him and think he's the greatest. That's... really kind of creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Apparently the film is terrible and easily the worst of Zemeckis' career. Damn. So there you go - everything you see that's cloying and terrible in the trailer is in the actual film as well, apparently. A shame - Zemeckis is usually pretty reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Only 39 reviews so far, but it's sitting at 25% on RT. The impressions I've seen from the critics I follow have been really harsh. Based on the trailers it's easy to see what Zemeckis was going for, but by most accounts it seems like he missed the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Yeah the trailer for the documentary looks amazing. The movie looks like it’s trying to gloss over all the horribleness and weirdness in his life and give it a Hollywood gloss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 hours ago, Mercury33 said: Yeah the trailer for the documentary looks amazing. The movie looks like it’s trying to gloss over all the horribleness and weirdness in his life and give it a Hollywood gloss. I tracked it down on Kanopy, a site I only heard of recently. It lets you watch movies (mostly indies, docs, and older classics) for free with a library card. Anyway, I recommend it. While I was watching, I kept thinking "I actually want to see Steve Carell star in a movie about this guy, but a quiet, weird character study, not this CGI romp" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: Apparently the film is terrible and easily the worst of Zemeckis' career. Damn. So there you go - everything you see that's cloying and terrible in the trailer is in the actual film as well, apparently. A shame - Zemeckis is usually pretty reliable. For once your list of stats fails. This movie didn't look too great from the trailers but the cast made it look promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I was definitely hopeful for this one but that's a shame. I've kind of gotten the sense though that Zemeckis has slowly lost his touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: For once your list of stats fails. This movie didn't look too great from the trailers but the cast made it look promising. True, but even critics are surprised and saying it's his worst ever. It's hard to predict that kind of artistic failure. 9 hours ago, Reputator said: I was definitely hopeful for this one but that's a shame. I've kind of gotten the sense though that Zemeckis has slowly lost his touch. Really? His last three movies were Flight, The Walk, and Allied, which I thought were all really good, and certainly better than his immediately previous to that foray into CG motion-capture films with The Polar Express, Beowulf (which I kind of love, personally), and A Christmas Carol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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