Chappie

[mexichrist83]

Is anyone going to see this? I'm going to check it out tonight. I haven't seen any of the director's other work besides "District 9" which I really like. I've only seen a trailer for the movie and while there are derivatives of "Short Circuit" and "Robocop" (look at that big robot and tell me that it doesn't look like ED209) I am looking forward to seeing what is done with it. Also, I'm personally not a fan of Die Antwoord at all so I'm hoping their acting is better than their music. Hopefully they're not in the movie too much.

[Bam]

District 9 is my favorite movie and I love robots, so I'm pretty excited to see it. But I'm still trying not to get too hyped, as I wasn't a fan of Elysium.

[mexichrist83]

Welp, I saw this last night and while it wasn't horrible it wasn't good either (if that makes any sense haha). There is a lot that works with it. It raises some good questions, is very funny at times, has some genuine heart to it and it is a well shot and good looking movie. The acting is good too including Yolandi of Die Antwoord. She actually comes off as genuinely sweet considering that her character is a not so smart criminal and she is really cute with her interactions with Chappie.

My problem with the movie is that it is annoyingly unsubtle in every way possible and kind of head scratching dumb at times. It also can feel inconsistent. It feels like it's not sure which characters it wants to spend time with. It either wants to spend time with Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman's characters or Chappie and Die Antwoord but it can't find a way to balance it out properly.

Another personal annoyance was how this movie really wants to pander to the fact that Die Antwoord are in the movie. They are major characters in the movie but that's not enough. It's like the movie is constantly saying to the audience "Hey. Do you know Die Antwoord? They're in this movie, you know. In case them being in most of the movie wasn't enough of a reminder we won't even make them characters in this world. They'll just be playing themselves. We won't even change their names. Here's a bunch of their music too. Not enough? Ok. We'll throw in an awkward and unnecessary close up shot of one of them wearing a Die Antwoord shirt with the logo so big it basically takes up the whole screen. DIE ANTWOORD, MOTHERFU*KERS!"
Thanks, movie. I got it.

[turtlefanforever]

I love district 9, but because of this movie he is pushing the sequel off further. He says it's not the right time because they're too close together. I'd rather have district 10 than this flick

[senpai]

District 9 is my favorite movie

You're a good woman, Bam.

And yeah, I hardly ever watch television so I just found out about this movie a few days ago. I wanna see it for sure :D

[Candy Kappa]

The trailer sucked me in, so I'm pretty interested in this movie.

[mexichrist83]

Bumping the thread just in case anyone misses the thread I made in the General Toy forum and might find this interesting.

Chappie 12" figures:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=51443