Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
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The Clown Prince of Crime
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Nah...Luke was not Jesus. Neo, like Hopeman are Jesus like figures.
The most significant thing from those Luke scenes was Yoda as the mentor/master, but even that wasn't really new or original, but of course, SW is more popular.
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Even without the Matrix, Kill Bill still gets made. QT influences for that film came from his love for Asian cinema. I guarantee he knew who Yuen Wo Ping was well before the Matrix.
Blade 2 had better action and a couple of cool villains... But I loved the real world feel of the first film and there is no beating that opening rave scene. Blade 1 was the better story. If you could combined the story of Blade 1 with the action, direction. and villains of Blade 2 you would have a contender for best comic based movie
Going to watch it tonight.
I think the Matrix had it's moments and had it's influence. It just did not last IMO. Action films have gone away from all the Wire fu and super slow motion action scenes. Watching films today and you can't really see any Matrix fingerprints on films. Not Like Pulp Fiction and Braveheart still do. Hell even CW did the two small armies running at each other to brutally fight each other
Ok ok, **** the Matrix.
See for me Blade 1 had the better action with 2 being an ok attempt at repeating the 1st, but I need to rewatch 2 admittedly it has been awhile.
Prime example being: Blade catching his sunglasses in 1 > same scene in 2.
Plus those hot asian girls singing in 1.
"Lucas also wanted his version of the Christ story in Empire. Luke beheads Vader in an underground cave, only to find his own head inside Vader's black helmet--it is the equivalent of Jesus' tempation in the desert." --Skywalking The Life and Films of George Lucas, p. 211 (1983)
GasparZizou
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Yeah Luke kind of is a Jesus figure.
Comes with that hero archetype...
Comes with that hero archetype...
If it makes you feel any better Clown Prince I did think that Rey's "awakening" was kind of Matrix-y. I could just picture her looking at Kylo while being interrogated or after catching Luke's saber and seeing nothing but green code streaming through everything around her. 
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Ok ok, **** the Matrix.
See for me Blade 1 had the better action with 2 being an ok attempt at repeating the 1st, but I need to rewatch 2 admittedly it has been awhile.
Prime example being: Blade catching his sunglasses in 1 > same scene in 2.
Plus those hot asian girls singing in 1.
Don't forget the great quotes!
jye4ever
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Man toy Reed Richards stretches better than his movie versions.
jye4ever
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The Clown Prince of Crime
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If it makes you feel any better Clown Prince I did think that Rey's "awakening" was kind of Matrix-y. I could just picture her looking at Kylo while being interrogated or after catching Luke's saber and seeing nothing but green code streaming through everything around her.
That was very Matrixy
The Clown Prince of Crime
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I never saw Luke as a Christ like figure. The only Luke who is truly a Christ like figure is Luke Jackson, from Cool Hand Luke.
jye4ever
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Carrie Ann Moss blew young boys minds back then.
That was very Matrixy
She was even kind of laying on her side like Neo after he was shot.
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So did Bryan Singer
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Their minds, and something else.
Okay guys, enough about Keanu Reeves movies and Star Wars. Back to Civil War: Does anyone remember at the beginning of Speed when the elevator crashed to the bottom and the cable it was attached to pulled that giant mechanical crane thing down the shaft? The way the crane bounced back and forth as it went down always reminded me of the TIE Fighter that bounced off the walls of the Death Star interior in Return of the Jedi.
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No I don't remember that scene, is that before Johnny Utah goes undercover as a surfer after his dead wife's dog is killed by some Hydra guys who infiltrated Shield, just like Luke and Han infiltrated the empire by pretending to be Storm troopers?
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Speaking of Star Wars . . .
How come people criticize the the CGI clone troopers from a 11 year old movie but they don't criticize fake looking CGI Iron Man bodies with RDJ and Old man Don Cheatle's floating heads from a two week old movie?
I remember a common complaint in 2002 was Spider-Man and the Green Goblin looking cartoony and video game like during the fast paced flight action scenes as well, but have things really improved in 2016? Giant Man and Spider-Man in the airport scene didn't look very real to me and looked just as fake as the superheroes in action from 14 years ago.
How come people criticize the the CGI clone troopers from a 11 year old movie but they don't criticize fake looking CGI Iron Man bodies with RDJ and Old man Don Cheatle's floating heads from a two week old movie?
I remember a common complaint in 2002 was Spider-Man and the Green Goblin looking cartoony and video game like during the fast paced flight action scenes as well, but have things really improved in 2016? Giant Man and Spider-Man in the airport scene didn't look very real to me and looked just as fake as the superheroes in action from 14 years ago.
Some of the CGI in Apocalypse was shocking, early 2000s stuff.
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