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Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

Old 06-05-14, 02:41 PM
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

I loved Looper. I was going to wait for this to hit DVD, but you guys are making it sound pretty good.
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

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I loved Looper. I was going to wait for this to hit DVD, but you guys are making it sound pretty good.
DVD? For a new film?

BD or get the fuck out, man.
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DVD? For a new film?

BD or get the fuck out, man.
I'm poor so I just have the DVD service with Netflix. If I'm interested in a film I'll get the DVD, and by the way the PS3 upscaler is amazing and new DVD releases always look great on my TV. If I enjoy the film I'll buy it on BluRay when I see it on sale.
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I just got back from Edge of Tomorrow and it was fucking spectacular! As much as I enjoyed DOFP Edge was a much better film overall. Edge is a combination of Saving Private Ryan/Starship Troopers/Groundhog Day/The Matrix.

The main actors were great and the supporting cast was awesome, too. Good to see Kick Gurry in something. I always liked him - he was awesome in Garage Days. Anyways, I highly recommend Edge of Tomorrow.
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All the praise this movie is receiving is well deserved. This movie is crazy good and Tom Cruise is as well. Fuck the haters.
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Going to see it at 10:30am.
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by RocShemp
You have me conflicted since Looper is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
ONE OF THE WORST YOU'VE EVER SEEN?!?!*Jules slaps Rocshemp*
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Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I just got back from Edge of Tomorrow and it was fucking spectacular! As much as I enjoyed DOFP Edge was a much better film overall. Edge is a combination of Saving Private Ryan/Starship Troopers/Groundhog Day/The Matrix.

The main actors were great and the supporting cast was awesome, too. Good to see Kick Gurry in something. I always liked him - he was awesome in Garage Days. Anyways, I highly recommend Edge of Tomorrow.
I was also getting a Starship Troopers vibe too, and not just because of the aliens.
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Originally Posted by Lara Means
All the praise this movie is receiving is well deserved. This movie is crazy good and Tom Cruise is as well. Fuck the haters.
I would say its this year's Dredd: a movie no one asked for and no one wanted to see that ended up being really fun.
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I hope this does alright.
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the positive reviews have me sold on this. that and emily blunt w/ that giant broad sword.
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by RocShemp
You have me conflicted since Looper is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
I wish Looper was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Unfortunately I've seen done real shit.
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by The Bus
I would say its this year's Dredd: a movie no one asked for and no one wanted to see that ended up being really fun.
Except Dredd failed financially when it was out. One would hope this wouldn't cuz of the much bigger budget.
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Originally Posted by The Bus
I was also getting a Starship Troopers vibe too, and not just because of the aliens.
For me, the Starship Troopers vibe wasn't even about the aliens (the aliens reminded me of the machines in The Matrix, actually) but of the bootcamp/preparing to fight/propaganda vibe.
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Originally Posted by Lara Means
All the praise this movie is receiving is well deserved. This movie is crazy good and Tom Cruise is as well. Fuck the haters.
What haters? I thought this was universally loved thus far.

Originally Posted by Jules Winfield
ONE OF THE WORST YOU'VE EVER SEEN?!?!*Jules slaps Rocshemp*
Like I said, it has a solid (if shaky in terms of its "science") initial premise and great first half. Then it ditches all that for some boring bullshit with the kid and has a predictable and quite stupid ending.

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And though I get it's a time travel movie, once it's so fucking boring by the halfway point, this becomes very hard to ignore. Yet for movies like The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, I'm willing to ignore it since they were both so consistently entertaining.

Originally Posted by Solid Snake
I wish Looper was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Unfortunately I've seen done real shit.
Oh, I've seen shittier movies but Looper goes so off the rails after such a promising first half that the shit parts (the whole second half) stand out more.

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
the positive reviews have me sold on this. that and emily blunt w/ that giant broad sword.
This.
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Originally Posted by RocShemp
What haters? I thought this was universally loved thus far.
I think he's talking about the "Tom Cruise Haters" that will bash any movie he's in regardless how good it is.
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One of the biggest laughs Edge Of Tomorrow got at my screening was when
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Tom Cruise tries to get underneath the passing truck while doing push ups and gets run over. Bill Paxton responds with, "Boy, what were you thinking" before Cruise wakes up again.



I also liked when Cruise is being strapped in to his mech armor and says to Kick Gurry that he's never done this before and Kick responds with,
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"I've never been with two girls at the same time before but if I was I'd find a way to make it work."


There many comedic flourishes throughout the film that never bog it down. They're definitely needed and they work.
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I liked this review snippet I read:
In many ways, this movie feels like a video game, and as anyone who has ever picked up a controller will tell you, the dude who has an infinite-lives cheat-code will eventually win the game.
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I felt Looper got more entertaining as it went along, but it did wind up in a tremendously stupid place. Still not worst movie ever material.
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Ok, enough of the Looper bullshit. Take it to the Looper thread, guys.
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re: Edge of Tomorrow - Live, Die, Repeat (Liman, 2014) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by RocShemp
Oh, I've seen shittier movies...
So, it's not the worst movie you've ever seen? Yeah, I know you said one of the worst but I just have to let out a big fucking sigh when Looper is considered one of the worst movies anyone's ever seen. I expect to hear that kind of shit from someone who doesn't frequent a movie forum.
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Originally Posted by Jules Winfield
So, it's not the worst movie you've ever seen?
I said it was "one" of the worst movies I've ever seen. Gotta work on that reading comprehension, Jules.
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I said it was "one" of the worst movies I've ever seen. Gotta work on that reading comprehension, Jules.
Gotta work on getting some better taste, Roc!
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$1.8m late night showings compared to $8.1 for Fault in Our Stars.

That said, Fault was $25 per person and had a Q&A session broadcast to something like 650 theaters.
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Originally Posted by Jules Winfield
Gotta work on getting some better taste, Roc!
Naw. I'm fine only liking some of the things you like and disliking some of the rest.

The problem with Looper is the same problem with Alex Cross. One aspect is so good that it makes the bad parts even worse. In the case of Looper it was the promise of a cat & mouse between Willis and Gordon-Levitt with time travel thrown in. That's fun and energetic. The rest is boring and lethargic and the first half being so good actually makes the second half worse. In the case of Alex Cross, Matthew Fox is so damned good as the bad guy that any scene that doesn't feature him is even worse than how bad it already was.

This is that weird case of the good being so good that anything bad sticks out all the worse.

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