How bad was it?

I hated the first preview for it, and I don't think my opinion of the movie would be much better


Albeit the aesthetics of it looked gorgeous.

Actually, if you're a fan of the cartoon it's pretty good.
Here's the deal.
It's a live action version of a CARTOON.
The Wachowski's didn't give it the "hollywood" treatment ala "Transformers", it's a pretty faithful re-creation of the cartoon.

I mean for god's sake, his little brother's best friend is a chimp named "Chim-Chim".

So if you liked/loved the cartoon, you should like/love the movie.
If you've never even seen the cartoon, and are going to see the new movie from "the Matrix guys" do yourself a favor and DON'T.

Stymie said:

i loved it!

i know it's a flop, but i really think it's because not enough people "got" it.

it's a FAITHFUL live-action version of the cartoon in every stylistic way possible. that includes the painfully cheezy dialogue, but i thought it worked in this movie because it just felt campy and fun.

it's not a movie you have to take seriously. just sit back and enjoy the pretty colors for a couple of hours.

i'd be up for seeing this movie again. it's not a brilliant story and the acting isn't fantastic, but the whole thing is designed so beautifully, i never got tired of looking at this film. the set designs, the costumes, the special effects, EVERYTHING. it was just so pretty.

and i want the monkey that played chim-chim to get an oscar nomination because he had me cracking up every time he was on screen.

Anxiety said:

were there piranhas in it?

ZombieKitten said:

there were indeed piranhas in it.

Anxiety said:

ZombieKitten said:

i felt like the piranhas were stereotyped in the film, though. you never get to see the tender side of piranhas in movies and that's a shame.

Anxiety said:

My friend made those piranhas

ZombieKitten said:

seriously? they're very colorful piranhas, if perhaps a titch emotionally flat.

Anxiety said:

yup he also made the expressions for the monsters in Where The Wild Things Are

also flying Elvis suit in King of the Mountain Kate Bush vid

we were in CGI class together in college, he made himself a career out of it, I managed to make a cylindrical cat in a striped nightie jump across the screen.

Chris, you took me to see Code Name: The Cleaner and Drawing Restraint so fuck you. You can't be trusted.

Stymie said:

OTHER PEOPLE bring up "code name: the cleaner" to me. i will never live that down, will i?

I grew up with this cartoon...i'll take a shot at it...

Anxiety said:

Ricola.

Stymie said:

Ok i sooooo woulda fucked him up for that

IAintTheOne said:

I think the look on his face the last time I saw him when I droppeda bit of news on him was payback enough.

Stymie said:

i need to keep my mouth shut, but yes.

Anxiety said:

I dont know who looked more shocked: you or Derek.