Movie plans

[ffutures]

Plan for tomorrow - get out early, vote, then catch the early showing of X-Men Days of Future Past. Let's see how many ways that can go wrong...

Meanwhile rozk pointed me at another forthcoming film, Lucy, which looks like it's going to be a lot of fun, coming in August.

Anything else I should be looking out for, apart from Guardians of the Galaxy?

Comments

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

We're aiming to see Days of Future Past next Tuesday; we have guests the next few days. We've seen a preview of Lucy, which looked kind of interesting, and our friend rhinogirl has spoken favorably of it. So our short list is a lot like yours.

[johnreiher.livejournal.com]

Of course the premise that we only use X% of our brain is BS. But it looks like a fun film anyway.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

You'd think someone bright enough to write an action-movie screenplay could manage to get the point across without invoking the debunked 10-percent canard. Guess not.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

That's weird. 65 years I've lived in this world and that particular nonsense has passed me by completely (either because I never heard/read it or, more likely, that when I did I dismissed it as plain nonsense and forgot about it immediately.

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

Screenwriters, like comics writers, are not likely to have much real scientific education, and they're vulnerable to scientific urban legends. And the "10% of the brain" one has been around for quite a while; Heinlein referred to the "silent areas of the brain" in his 1940s story "Lost Legacy" (anthologized in Assignment in Eternity). If a science fiction writer who was regarded as a standard setter for scientific accuracy could get that one wrong, it's not entirely surprising that screenwriters don't know about it.

I try not to let such things interfere with my enjoyment, but I can't claim unmixed success.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know it's crap but it's such a fun idea it tends to get recycled a lot.

Someone really ought to come up with a better rationale for this sort of thing!

[liliaeth]

I love the idea of a female led action movie. But I have to say that I agree with the people who've been complaining about how this one is basically yet another white hero killing a bunch of poc. And that the gender of the 'hero' doesn't make that much of a difference on that score.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen that - only heard about this last night. But given the cast and director I'll probably give it a chance.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Just another superhero movie...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the director and cast is very interesting.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

Interesting, I see Pilou Asbæk is rumoured to be in it according to IMDb, Kasper from Borgen.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.

'Interesting' is probably a good word for Luc Besson. He's written and/or directed some good films and some awful ones. (I'm very fond of 'Adele Blanc-Sec' but that is plainly surreal fantasy and based on a comic book.) Judging by the trailer it may be one of those films that annoy me exceedingly.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

Yes, I enjoyed Adele Blanc-Sec. Hadn't made the connection it was the same director.