review: THE ISLAND

[fezident]

<p>This was a good summer movie.&nbsp; Not exactly the most original plot (it echoes MATRIX and LOGANS RUN in many many ways) but, it did succeed at balancing the plot and the over-the-top action.</p><p>This is Michael Bays first &quot;real&quot; movie.&nbsp; It doesn't have any of the shmaltz of the other ones. </p><p>And once again....the actual LOOK of the movie is 2nd to none.&nbsp; The gloss...the sets...the lighting... the constantly moving cameras... the low angles...the super slo-mo...the smash cut editing.... everything really had that Michael Bay sheen.</p><p>In other words, it's entirely possible to HATE all his other movies, yet...enjoy this one. No shmaltz. No silly sentimentality. </p>

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"Jam out with your clam out"

[torker]

<p>This thread needs a little Scarlett Johansson:</p><p><img height="293" src="http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images362196_Empire_ScarlettJohansson.jpg" width="438" border="0" /></p>

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[i][center]That guy's a fuckin' asshole. Anybody who talks to that asshole is a fuckin' asshole.[center][i]

[eldangerosso]

<p>&nbsp;</p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font><p>This thread needs a little Scarlett Johansson:</p><p><img width="438" height="293" border="0" src="http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images362196_Empire_ScarlettJohansson.jpg" /></p>

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<em /><em>That guy's a fuckin' asshole. Anybody who talks to that asshole is a fuckin' asshole.</em><em><em /></em><em><em><br />&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;<br />
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Oops. Dart in your neck.

[HBox]

<a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/" target="_blank">This movie was an INCREDIBLE BOMB, making only 12 million it's first weekend.</a><br />


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[Doctor Manhattan]

<p><font color="#990000" size="2">Looks like it his <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=michaelbay.htm" target="_blank">lowest opening ever</a>. Maybe people are just sick of his crappy films, finally. And this one cost 122 Million Dollars to make.</font></p>

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[tbonesteak]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>This was a good summer movie.&nbsp; Not exactly the most original plot (it echoes MATRIX and LOGANS RUN in many many ways) but, it did succeed at balancing the plot and the over-the-top action.</p><p>This is Michael Bays first &quot;real&quot; movie.&nbsp; It doesn't have any of the shmaltz of the other ones. </p><p>And once again....the actual LOOK of the movie is 2nd to none.&nbsp; The gloss...the sets...the lighting... the constantly moving cameras... the low angles...the super slo-mo...the smash cut editing.... everything really had that Michael Bay sheen.</p><p>In other words, it's entirely possible to HATE all his other movies, yet...enjoy this one. No shmaltz. No silly sentimentality. </p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/tucker71/fezident.jpg" border="0" /> &quot;Jam out with your clam out&quot; <p>I couldn't agree more.&nbsp; A little thin, but a great summer movie.&nbsp; It was an interesting plot that was executed very masterfully.&nbsp; In particular, I was impressed by how they handled the interaction between the Ewan McGregor clones, which often comes across as silly or just not believable in these kinds of movies.&nbsp; They didn't go overboard with it and it came across very natural.</p><p>The only thing that really bothered me was that all the cars were from 2005.&nbsp; The police cars were modified Chrysler 300s, the special ops cars were Dodge Magnums, and I noticed a few others like the Honda Element, the Nissan Murano, and some randon GMC and Chevy SUVs.&nbsp; It's a small point, but it distracted me from the movie at times.</p>

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[Tall_James]

I guess he should have thrown another power ballad by Aerosmith into the damn thing.

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