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Post by boojam on Dec 21, 2016 21:37:23 GMT
Every now and then a movie review gets a Bark-Laugh from me, this from the NY Times today:
"The schlock-cinema connoisseur Michael Weldon once described a particularly logy Roger Corman picture as “70 minutes of ‘Huh?!’” The new sci-fi film “Assassin’s Creed,” based on the popular video game series, is 70 plus 46 minutes of “Huh?”
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Post by boojam on Dec 22, 2016 10:42:05 GMT
Also in that NY Times Review:
"For an ostensible action movie, the cast spends an awful lot of time standing around and looking lost. I can only guess that they were following their director’s lead."
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Post by kingeomer on Dec 22, 2016 12:58:36 GMT
Wow. I heard the reviews were savage for this one.
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Post by boojam on Dec 27, 2016 1:44:14 GMT
Fassbender is in ALIEN: COVENANT coming up next year.
I swear I don't know what gets into Scott, Prometheus wore out the Alien prequel concept, not looking forward to this one.
I do go for Scott's production design , he found a good story with The Martian , after a lot of bad story telling.
He did produce the Blade Runner sequel , also next year, have to see how that one goes.
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Post by DaveyJoe on Dec 27, 2016 2:12:01 GMT
I don't understand why it seems to be both a period piece but also set in present day. Is that how the games are? Seems unnecessarily convoluted.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2016 5:43:39 GMT
I don't understand why it seems to be both a period piece but also set in present day. Is that how the games are? Seems unnecessarily convoluted. I've only played the game once but I'm pretty sure it is the same. |
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Post by Basil on Dec 27, 2016 10:03:19 GMT
I don't understand why it seems to be both a period piece but also set in present day. Is that how the games are? Seems unnecessarily convoluted. In Assassin's Creed your character is reliving the memories of his ancestors by using a device called the Animus. So basically the in-game explanation is that you are literally playing a video game version of past events. |
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Post by DaveyJoe on Dec 27, 2016 17:17:36 GMT
I don't understand why it seems to be both a period piece but also set in present day. Is that how the games are? Seems unnecessarily convoluted. In Assassin's Creed your character is reliving the memories of his ancestors by using a device called the Animus. So basically the in-game explanation is that you are literally playing a video game version of past events. Way to disconnect the viewer/player from the story. A Roman assassin isn't interesting enough? |
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