The movie had to appeal both to ppl who didn't know the series and the fans. Given that, it's surprising that it works at all.

That dick from Castle is also much better in FF. Castle is horrible: bad acting, flat characters, foreseeable stories and worst of all, the authors didn't bring the funny.

Re jackie brown, believe it or not, but I like it more than any other of his movies. 

is easily the best film IMHO, although I probably love Pulp Fiction as much for entirely different reasons. 

FireFly was cancelled after one season for a lot of reasons, but it not being very good wasn't one of them. :) 

I got very bored and annoyed of castle and stopped watching.

serenity on its own is not a very good or special movie. it is nice if you are attached to the world and characters already.

firefly was great fun but it got old for me after 3 watches or so. I highly recommend it. 

Shit in this case meant generally disappointing and meh. Agree with nitin that Captain America and Iron Man were good and fun and nice, and I have no aversion to silly action whatsoever.

I also like Joss Whedon a lot, mainly for Firefly. It's a massive cliche to like Firefly on the internet so it pains me to say it though. Just fantastic characters. I would Serenity is pretty average as a standalone film, but watching it after the almost-series that was Firefly is a great experience... it ties up a lot of ends and is generally a satisfying watch.

Not sure what the problem with Avengers was for me, it was all just ok. Maybe too many protagonists? Loki as a kind of lame baddie? Whedon witty witticisms falling a bit flat? Perhaps seeing it in 3d detracted a bit, maybe it's because I'm not a big Avengers fan. I don't really know who Black Widow is. 

Liked it. I just like what happens at the end. Iron Man and The Hulk FTW. 

Pfft, no wonder it was a flop. Trying to compete against Avatar with this crap.... Good effects, but that's nothing special these days. Neither is dumb story, characters, acting, but one should think it's a good idea to aim at keeping it above the average level in blockbuster movies, not below. 

Good fun film, typical comic book blockbuster but a bit more fun because each of the heros had their own back story and style, and the humour in it was actually quite funny. The main disappointment was that the enemy alien things had no personality whatsoever and were utterly generic apart from the cool shark things, which was somewhat at odds with the heroes each having some sort of personality. 

not as good as Iron Man or Captain America but still pretty decent and on par with the Norton Hulk movie. And another standalone Marvel film I much preferred to The Avengers.

Loki was more interesting this time round too. 

MI:4, didnt like it as much as the third one because the start and end were a bit average and it also lacked Hoffman's memorable villain.

But that entire Dubai sequence of 40-50 min was brilliant and more thrilling than most recent action movies put together. 

The end. Super creepy. 

Watched it, think I enjoyed it, can remember very little about it at all... which must say something, right? 

Fairly good entertainment but obviously not as good as it should have been - it could have been great if the content had matched up to the style. It's all rather dark and dramatic and has pretty cool fantasy setting, but lacks depth and a strong background - the style reminded me a lot of BB / TDK, but while they had some sensible mythology to support and enhance it, this film doesn't, which is a pity because what is hinted on (especially Ravenna and her effect on the land) could be quite intriguing. 

watched only the first season so far, but was impressed. it avoided melodrama, and the one major death (no spoilers) was totally unexpected to me. noted a few actors from the wire kicking ass, and also there were a couple wire-ish moments (one was a serious ass-kicking in an empty house), but generally it's totally different, though still about a community and the interactions that go on between all the different elements. I hope David Simon makes a show every year for the next 50.

In addition to Wendell Pierce (who's awesome, though his character is written a bit too predictably comedic), the guy who played Pearson in the Wire (possibly the top star), Kim Dickens (loved her in Deadwood, also great in this) it also has John Goodman, who I've liked in every role I've seen him in. 

the only thing I havent cared so far is Annie and her boyfriend but looks like s2 might fix that. 

get on to Generation Kill too. 

John Carter
Deserved flop. Terrible rubbish. 3/10. 

Goin to the cinema :) 

Oh real Spirit? From animated classics Finding Nemo and Wall-E... that's a shame that particular directors' belly flopped on his first live action.

Does anyone watch Once Upon A Time? I quite like it. Robert Carlyle is such a good method actor, he needs more movie parts. 

I liked it. Many probably wont. Roll on the sequel. 

Ricky liked it! 

ambiguous 

 

Highly disjointed. A prequel should have had some answers to the origin of the said species, instead Prometheus goes for a half-assed attempt to tackle on genesis theories than does not come up with any meaningful explanation. The opening scenes promises an epic to return to thought-provoking and slow-moving sci-fi of the seventies (coupled with breathtaking visuals), but all hope dies as you witness the cringe-worthy dialogue and hollow, emotionless scenes played out by a terrible cast (save one).

Too many plot holes, illogical motives, laughable characterization. It doesn't add anything worthy to the saga and it doesn't do well as a standalone movie. Too many ideas stacked into two hours. My best bet is that it was butchered in the studio and a Director's Cut may do it justice. Alas, as it is in the case of Alien 3 and its Assembly Cut, the deleted scenes won't turn the movie into an epic as the script is badly-written to begin with (its like two parallel movies in one), but it may become more tolerable than the Theatrical version.

After seeing this, I don't have high hopes for the upcoming Blade Runner prequel which is also a brainchild of Ridley Scott. 

so I doubt theres another better cut out there.

Btw, for those into slow burn arthouse fare, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a must see.