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Old 01-19-2014, 08:14 PM   #41
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Chicken Little - The jokes are blatant, pop culture refrences, some of which don't even make sense, the characters are either too unlikable or too bland. And the movie is really mean spirited.
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Old 01-19-2014, 08:39 PM   #42
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Her name is Angel, not a codename like Warren. Angel Salvadore.

Her backstory is completely changed from the comics from abused teen runaway to stripper but it is the film version of her, not to mention she should be in a modern day setting as she joins Xavier's Institute after Wolverine saves her from the U-Men.

What was cool with Angel (and Beak) was that they weren't pretty supermodel looking or heroic muscley like the average X-Man, but was among the rather unfortunate mutants as she had to digest her food like a fly and had fly wings. Beak, a fellow student she got romantically involved with and gad children with had chicken features.

She did after M-Day become pretty like the rest on Marvel's superheroes, and is now a member of the New Warriors as Tempest.
Which is precisely my point- she was misused, misplaced in the time-line, and served little purpose in the movie. At least Darwin had something of a heroic (albeit short) part, though he was another one that was out of place. She did almost nothing- except to side with Magneto in the end. And yes, I'm aware of who she is, and that it was her real name. (Though I had originally never heard of her and thought it WAS Pixie renamed. I had to look her up in my Marvel Encyclopeida.) And her wings looked more dragonfly-like than straight fly. Again, she was too close to Pixie in appearance and powers- all she was missing was the pink hair and dust! They would have done better to go with someone less obscure and confusing. Sharing the "name" (code or otherwise) of one X-Man, and the appearance/powers of another was both pointless and over-complicated. I would have preferred they used Psylocke, Dazzler, Domino, or one of the Proudstar brothers. Or possibly Sunfire, Magick- well anyone else would have been better.
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Old 01-19-2014, 09:10 PM   #43
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If this scene makes you laugh, then watch Cold Fusion:
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Old 01-20-2014, 01:46 AM   #44
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Which is precisely my point- she was misused, misplaced in the time-line, and served little purpose in the movie. At least Darwin had something of a heroic (albeit short) part, though he was another one that was out of place. She did almost nothing- except to side with Magneto in the end. And yes, I'm aware of who she is, and that it was her real name. (Though I had originally never heard of her and thought it WAS Pixie renamed. I had to look her up in my Marvel Encyclopeida.) And her wings looked more dragonfly-like than straight fly. Again, she was too close to Pixie in appearance and powers- all she was missing was the pink hair and dust! They would have done better to go with someone less obscure and confusing. Sharing the "name" (code or otherwise) of one X-Man, and the appearance/powers of another was both pointless and over-complicated. I would have preferred they used Psylocke, Dazzler, Domino, or one of the Proudstar brothers. Or possibly Sunfire, Magick- well anyone else would have been better.
To be fair, most of the X-Men characters have been misused or misrepresented. After X-Men 2: the F*ck-up and what they did with Stryker and Nightcrawler, I'm not holding my breath that they can properly handle characters true to their original counterpart with a very very few exceptions.
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Old 01-20-2014, 06:16 AM   #45
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"The Royal Tenenbaums". I saw that one with my mother. It was supposed to be a comedy, and though the theater was full, nobody laughed once during the movie. It wasn't funny, just creepy. I guess it's funny if you enjoy incest or dogs being crushed in car accidents.
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Old 01-20-2014, 07:08 AM   #46
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Well since no one else has brought it up, Battlefield Earth : A dreadful cinematic experience with a Boring and convoluted story. It's Close to the worst sci-fi movie I've ever seen. It was so bad that the writer publicly apologized for it, check it out:
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Old 01-20-2014, 07:21 AM   #47
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Chicken Little - The jokes are blatant, pop culture refrences, some of which don't even make sense, the characters are either too unlikable or too bland. And the movie is really mean spirited.

Oh god, that reminds me of another bad Disney movie that came around at that time.

Home on the Range: Animation is below average, jokes are unfunny, characters are uninteresting and bare bones of the tropes they embody, villain is weak in motive, and the songs, well, I thought Will the Sun Ever Shine Again? was good. If only because it was the only one not sung by any of the characters.

And to think this movie would've mark the end of Disney's traditional animation. Fortunately, that didn't happen for long with Enchanted (what little there was) and Princess and the Frog.
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Old 01-20-2014, 07:29 AM   #48
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Speaking of Disney, my friends and I like to add the quickening at the end of direct to dvd sequels, it actually kinda fits :

Cinderella 2: The Quickening
Bambi 2: The Quickening
Cars 2: The Quickening
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Speaking of Disney, my friends and I like to add the quickening at the end of direct to dvd sequels, it actually kinda fits :

Cinderella 2: The Quickening
Wow. I bet even Rob Paulson couldn't save that trash.
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RoboCop 3 It's poorly written, and it turned a gritty action movie into a Saturday morning cartoon.
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Troll 2 is amazingly bad.
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It seems my choice in boyfriends leads to me seeing terrible films. Apparently I like guys who like indie, B, or troma films. I want all those hours of my life back.... Most recent monstrosity was Manborg.
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Chicken Little - The jokes are blatant, pop culture refrences, some of which don't even make sense, the characters are either too unlikable or too bland. And the movie is really mean spirited.
Disney was really bad in that period of time. (2000-2007)
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Disney was really bad in that period of time. (2000-2007)

With the exception of Lilo and Stitch.

I still enjoy it and it was really their only well-received animated film during that time.
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Disney was really bad in that period of time. (2000-2007)
Except for Cars, The Incredibles, Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl, Monsters Inc. , Etc.
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Except for Cars, The Incredibles, Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl, Monsters Inc. , Etc.
Cars , The Incredibles, And Monsters Inc. were all Pixar.

I was referring to Disney animation. Hand drawn Disney pretty much died there. (I don't mind CGI movies, but I also like hand drawn)
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Cars , The Incredibles, And Monsters Inc. were all Pixar.

I was referring to Disney animation. Hand drawn Disney pretty much died there. (I don't mind CGI movies, but I also like hand drawn)
How about Treasure Planet?
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How about Treasure Planet?
Treasure planet was okay. But it didn't do that good at the box office. So Disney thought that people didn't like hand drawn stuff anymore and started making CGI movies in 2004.
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After Earth Say what you will about Battlefield Earth, at least THAT movie can be considered unintentionally funny, this however is joyless, slow paced, and boring.
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