◥◣▃▂▁▁ OFFICIAL - UPCOMING MOVIES THREAD - TRAILERS AND DISCUSSION▁▁▂▃◢◤
So as you could imagine, I got trapped in that part of Youtube that just has movie trailers and an hour later I figured there should be a thread because I didn't know 1/10th of the films that were coming out.
This one in particular I have been waiting several years for. I learned about Jordan Belfort because he became a speaker and sales trainer and was funny as hell. The assumption here is that this film will win every award under the sun.
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Léa Seydoux, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and introducing Tony Revolori.
Anyone catch Bourdain in Detroit? I'm going to watch it tonight.
Sorry, that Robo re-boot looks fucking awful.
Yes, awful. It's one of those things that should have been left alone, and that should have been buried after Robocop 2. I just keep running into trailers I didn't know were out. I'm really behind.
That being said, here is another one I ran into, it looks pretentious and hideous all wrapped up in a hand roll. I hope Aaron Paul made 8 figures for doing this, and got it up front:
This Calvin & Hobbes one looks like shit. Who the fuck would watch this crap?
Just kidding, it's gonna be the tits & I now have a reason to live. Somebody please find this & post it at the earliest oppurtunity so we can all see it. TIA.
11-11-2013, 10:48 PM
Gordman
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Sorry, that Robo re-boot looks fucking awful.
Yes, awful. It's one of those things that should have been left alone, and that should have been buried after Robocop 2. I just keep running into trailers I didn't know were out. I'm really behind.
That being said, here is another one I ran into, it looks pretentious and hideous all wrapped up in a hand roll. I hope Aaron Paul made 8 figures for doing this, and got it up front:
At my first glance, this movie looks like garbage - which it probably really is. I hope the hell that Aaron Paul considers this as just a little bump in the road and just moves on to more great things. I honestly think that Aaron is a good actor that is only going to get even better and I truly wish him the best - hopefully he doesn't ruin his chances by signing up for garbage flicks.
Watching that reminds me of Vin Diesel- and im just sitting here hoping that Aaron doesn't turn into another Vin Diesel. Years ago I honestly had such high hopes for Diesel - I thought he was going to move on to some really good movies....until he started doing that fast and furious shit.
11-11-2013, 11:16 PM
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reminds me of Vin Diesel- and im just sitting here hoping that Aaron doesn't turn into another Vin Diesel. Years ago I honestly had such high hopes for Diesel - I thought he was going to move on to some really good movies.
LMAO
11-11-2013, 11:28 PM
4Dragons
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Yes, awful. It's one of those things that should have been left alone, and that should have been buried after Robocop 2. I just keep running into trailers I didn't know were out. I'm really behind.
That being said, here is another one I ran into, it looks pretentious and hideous all wrapped up in a hand roll. I hope Aaron Paul made 8 figures for doing this, and got it up front:
At my first glance, this movie looks like garbage - which it probably really is. I hope the hell that Aaron Paul considers this as just a little bump in the road and just moves on to more great things. I honestly think that Aaron is a good actor that is only going to get even better and I truly wish him the best - hopefully he doesn't ruin his chances by signing up for garbage flicks.
Watching that reminds me of Vin Diesel- and im just sitting here hoping that Aaron doesn't turn into another Vin Diesel. Years ago I honestly had such high hopes for Diesel - I thought he was going to move on to some really good movies....until he started doing that fast and furious shit.
This is what is referred to as a 'paycheck movie'. It's what you do when you dutifully suffered in a 5 year contract for wages beneath your actual pay-scale. Demand for the kid is high and he knows it. You are never more in demand than just before your next project gets released.
I should have known that Hollywood was lame enough to make a sequel to 300, but I hadn't really considered it. The rest of that invasion in pretty boring. Xerxes goes back to Persia, and the remains of his army gets slaughtered in a not-very-exciting battle.
I liked 300, because it's an amazing true story. But I absolutely hated that they made Xerxes into this gigantic dude with ridiculous piercings and a speedo. This is what he actually looked like-
I should have known that Hollywood was lame enough to make a sequel to 300, but I hadn't really considered it. The rest of that invasion in pretty boring. Xerxes goes back to Persia, and the remains of his army gets slaughtered in a not-very-exciting battle.
I liked 300, because it's an amazing true story. But I absolutely hated that they made Xerxes into this gigantic dude with ridiculous piercings and a speedo. This is what he actually looked like-
He was the Persian King that married Esther the Jew who saved her people from annihilation then after xerxes died their son became the king of persia and allowed the jews to return to Israel and rebuild King Solomon's Temple, Esther is still revered to this day her tomb is located in Shushan re-named Hamadan
He was the Persian King that married Esther the Jew who saved her people from annihilation then after xerxes died their son became the king of persia and allowed the jews to return to Israel and rebuild King Solomon's Temple, Esther is still revered to this day her tomb is located in Shushan re-named Hamadan
No. That's actually a folk story told by Bronze Age goat herders.
11-13-2013, 08:44 AM
Baron Von Strucker
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He was the Persian King that married Esther the Jew who saved her people from annihilation then after xerxes died their son became the king of persia and allowed the jews to return to Israel and rebuild King Solomon's Temple, Esther is still revered to this day her tomb is located in Shushan re-named Hamadan
No. That's actually a folk story told by Bronze Age goat herders.
And the Xerxes that was portrayed in the 300 was based on Frank Millers comic book, not history. In which case, they did a fantastic job of sticking to the intellectual property, err.. folk story told by silicon age bards.
11-13-2013, 05:57 PM
Krypt
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He was the Persian King that married Esther the Jew who saved her people from annihilation then after xerxes died their son became the king of persia and allowed the jews to return to Israel and rebuild King Solomon's Temple, Esther is still revered to this day her tomb is located in Shushan re-named Hamadan
No. That's actually a folk story told by Bronze Age goat herders.
Cyrus the Great is the Persian king that rollo is referring to I believe.
I wasn't denying that the king of Persia existed. I was saying that the story part didn't happen.
From your page-
"This Babylonian document has been interpreted as referring to the return to their homelands of several displaced cultural groups, one of which could have been the Jews"
"The historical nature of this decree has been challenged. Professor Lester L Grabbe argues that there was no decree but that there was a policy that allowed exiles to return to their homelands and rebuild their temples. He also argues that the archaeology suggests that the return was a "trickle" taking place over perhaps decades, resulting in a maximum population of perhaps 30,000."
11-13-2013, 11:04 PM
DirtyB
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No. That's actually a folk story told by Bronze Age goat herders.
And the Xerxes that was portrayed in the 300 was based on Frank Millers comic book, not history. In which case, they did a fantastic job of sticking to the intellectual property, err.. folk story told by silicon age bards.
The Battle of Thermopylae actually happened, so it's not a folk story. The comic and the movie fuck up a few important things. But overall the true story is amazing and they got the gist of it.
11-14-2013, 12:14 AM
4Dragons
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And the Xerxes that was portrayed in the 300 was based on Frank Millers comic book, not history. In which case, they did a fantastic job of sticking to the intellectual property, err.. folk story told by silicon age bards.
The Battle of Thermopylae actually happened, so it's not a folk story. The comic and the movie fuck up a few important things. But overall the true story is amazing and they got the gist of it.
Don't worry Darius, i'm not a Thermopylae denier. The comic book is the folk story I was referring to, not the actual history. I just can't believe I had to outline it for you. I suppose it's possible that you just didn't know that it was taken from that comic. And yeah, even as an outline, they got what is known of the event pretty well down.
11-14-2013, 09:59 AM
Krypt
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And the Xerxes that was portrayed in the 300 was based on Frank Millers comic book, not history. In which case, they did a fantastic job of sticking to the intellectual property, err.. folk story told by silicon age bards.
The Battle of Thermopylae actually happened, so it's not a folk story. The comic and the movie fuck up a few important things. But overall the true story is amazing and they got the gist of it.
you seem to buy into the idea that the Battle of Themopylae was indeed historically accurate, when in fact it was probably a GROSS exaggeration of the actual event. History is written by the winners and the ancient greek historians are known for their embellishment since it obviously defies common sense that 300 spartans could fend off 5 MILLION persians (according to the ancient greeks, obviously bs).
11-14-2013, 10:09 AM
DirtyB
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The Battle of Thermopylae actually happened, so it's not a folk story. The comic and the movie fuck up a few important things. But overall the true story is amazing and they got the gist of it.
you seem to buy into the idea that the Battle of Themopylae was indeed historically accurate, when in fact it was probably a GROSS exaggeration of the actual event. History is written by the winners and the ancient greek historians are known for their embellishment since it obviously defies common sense that 300 spartans could fend off 5 MILLION persians (according to the ancient greeks, obviously bs).
The real story is that 1,200 Greeks fought against around 125,000 men and held them off long enough to cover their army's retreat. That's pretty astonishing. People embellish the details to make the story more entertaining.
One of Xerxes's emissaries was actually thrown into a giant pit. But that happened in Athens.
