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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Who saw da Lego Movie?
2014 Feb 15, 23:57:30
Amateur review incoming:
The majority of the film was alright at best. It's a standard adventure story that we've heard a million times, the comedy was mostly sub-par and the characters were mostly bland and fairly uninteresting. It was entertaining to see Batman portrayed as a stereotypical 2edgy teen, but that's about it.
The visuals were a ton of fun, the set designs were all immensely creative and were definitely the strong point of the film up until the final act.
The final act is what took the movie from being 'O.K' to being fantastic. It's hard to say much without spoiling the reveal, so I'll just say that they took an extremely mature route with how they handled this climax. It would have been so easy for them to rehash the same tired tropes you see in any kid's adventure movie. But the message they get across is powerful and there more for adults than for kids.
This film is easy to recommend for kids because they'll get a kick out of the silly comedy as well as the visuals and they get a heartwarming ending to top it off.
It's not often that I can recommend a kids film to an older audience that wasn't made by Pixar or Dreamworks, but that's because most kids films are uninspired and pander to whatever will make money. The Lego movie is worth it for adults for the final act alone because, no matter how old you are, you're bound to take something from it.
The majority of the film was alright at best. It's a standard adventure story that we've heard a million times, the comedy was mostly sub-par and the characters were mostly bland and fairly uninteresting. It was entertaining to see Batman portrayed as a stereotypical 2edgy teen, but that's about it.
The visuals were a ton of fun, the set designs were all immensely creative and were definitely the strong point of the film up until the final act.
The final act is what took the movie from being 'O.K' to being fantastic. It's hard to say much without spoiling the reveal, so I'll just say that they took an extremely mature route with how they handled this climax. It would have been so easy for them to rehash the same tired tropes you see in any kid's adventure movie. But the message they get across is powerful and there more for adults than for kids.
This film is easy to recommend for kids because they'll get a kick out of the silly comedy as well as the visuals and they get a heartwarming ending to top it off.
It's not often that I can recommend a kids film to an older audience that wasn't made by Pixar or Dreamworks, but that's because most kids films are uninspired and pander to whatever will make money. The Lego movie is worth it for adults for the final act alone because, no matter how old you are, you're bound to take something from it.
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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Re: Princess Celestia Staute in DC!!
2014 Feb 12, 20:24:54Quote from: Pipkin on 2014 Jan 28, 23:55:58
I'm putting this as bluntly as I can.
This is stupid. In fact, any petitions like this is stupid......the money that it would take for something like this(trust me, it's alot) could be used for better and more productive things....
What, are you saying that you don't think that spending tax dollars on a golden cartoon horse effigy is the most effective fiscal decision a Government could make?
It's not like we need money or anything.
muh economy
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Things you just now realized.
2014 Jan 23, 17:46:02
Donkey Kong 64 is a pretty bad game.
Yet I still go back to it it like once every year....
Yet I still go back to it it like once every year....
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MLP: FiM SD Archive / Re: Possibly another Equestria Girls movie?
2014 Jan 22, 23:39:54Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2014 Jan 22, 19:01:12
Here's a thought: How about we make a REAL MLP movie that ACTUALLY ties into the show and builds upon the story, instead of just making another alternate-universe sideshow that the actually show just pretends never happened.
Call me crazy....
Why waste time telling a comprehensive story when you can promote your Monster High rip off toys with a shoddy, phoned-in movie?
Spoiler: show
It worked for them once, so there's no need to take a risk and change the formula.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: if you could go to any planet/star where would you go?
2013 Dec 16, 00:01:26
Bajor.
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Look at this beauty.
2013 Dec 13, 16:29:39Quote from: AnyaSmash on 2013 Dec 12, 01:48:07Quote from: Sea Foam on 2013 Dec 11, 17:16:48
Looks positivelySpoiler: show
+1
*tips fedora*
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Off-Topic Archive / Re: Look at this beauty.
2013 Dec 11, 17:16:48
Looks positively
Spoiler: show
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2013 Dec 06, 01:24:51
Trying to convince my fellow M:tG playing friend why fetch lands are the bomb-diggedy.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2013 Dec 05, 13:36:13Quote from: Yellowpikmin476 on 2013 Dec 05, 11:01:36
What's Common Core?
From my five minute Googleing, I think it's the Government's way of improving national test scores. Because test scores are apparently the most important thing about school, teachers are being forced to teach a pre-planned lesson syllabus to bring up scores. In turn, kids learn to hate school more than they already do, and learn even less than they previously would because all we seem to care about is the national average of test scores.
Effectively, education is being nationalized; every student across the country will be learning the exact same thing, regardless of expectations, and the expectations of common core standards seem pretty pathetic.
At least, this is what I got from my Goolgeing.
At any rate, I'm glad I'm in college.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2013 Nov 28, 14:01:08Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2013 Nov 28, 00:10:05
Now, as I'm sure all of you know, the United States uses the Fahrenheit scale, while the rest of the world uses the Celsius scale. Most Americans have at least rudimentary understanding of the Celsius scale, but apparently not this girl, when reading that Colombia has a typical climate of 20-30 degrees, she assumed that was Fahrenheit temperatures...really. For those not familiar with the Fahrenheit scale, 20-30 degrees Fahrenheit is below freezing.
So, in her infinite wisdom, Colombia girl glues two pictures of a frozen, snowy tundra to her poster board with the phrase "Mucho Frio!" in big black letters over the Colombian flag....really. Even if you are completely ignorant of the Celsius scale, anyone with even the slightest grasp of reality knows there is nothing 'mucho frio' about a country that's almost right on the equator.
Oh God, that's funny.
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2013 Nov 15, 08:58:34Quote from: Yellowpikmin476 on 2013 Nov 15, 00:49:12Quote from: Julius on 2013 Nov 14, 22:30:36A Burn Heal? I don't get it...Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2013 Nov 14, 20:58:36
"I'll have you know I have an IQ of 141, so my opinion is obviously a lot more intellectually valid than yours."
-High School Dropout.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States
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Off-Topic / Re: Dumb things that annoy you
2013 Nov 15, 00:17:49Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2013 Nov 14, 20:58:36
I really, really hate free online IQ tests. First of all they are highly inaccurate and always give stupidly inflated scores. There's no way 20 questions with no time limit can give you an accurate result. When I was 16 I took a REAL IQ test in psychology class. Since then I've scored significantly higher on all of the online tests I've taken. For those who believe these inflated results all it serves to do is inflate their ego.
I've always considered it a safe bet to knock 20 off of any publicly stated IQ. If you notice in any forum thread about IQs EVERYONE claims IQs of 120+. Bullspit. Where is the other 89.5 percent of humanity? Can they not find the internet?
Really, all these inaccurate IQ tests serve to do is create snobs who think their fake IQ gives them some intellectual high-ground.
"I'll have you know I have an IQ of 141, so my opinion is obviously a lot more intellectually valid than yours."
-High School Dropout.
If an IQ test doesn't ask for your age, that's the best way to know it's worthless. A person's IQ stays relatively stagnant throughout their lifetime as the test itself doesn't test a person's knowledge, but their capacity for retaining knowledge.
That being said, IQ tests are generally flawed and worthless regardless, even if they are legitimate.
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MLP: FiM SD Archive / Re: How would the community feel about all the mane 6 becoming alicorns?
2013 Nov 11, 13:59:54Quote from: WolvesAndDragons on 2013 Nov 11, 13:42:52
Don't you think it would be a little.....repeated?
Repetitive, yes. But as long as the show brings in a profit for Hasbro, I can't imagine them letting it go until the well runs dry.
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Video Games Archive / Re: Super Mario (Main Mario Topic) [New Japanese Commercials/Footage]
2013 Nov 08, 13:47:32
I wish I could still get excited over new video games. 