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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) -vs- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
We’ve know it’s coming all year — a super heavyweight championship — and now it’s finally here in the beat-down heat of summer.
Fresh off the super-fan orgy at San Diego Comic-Con, we have the Sony 3D reboot of The Amazing Spider-Man against the third and final installment of Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises (July 20).
It’s Ali and Frazier. Well, technically, it’s DC and Marvel and Sony and Warner Bros. Oh, and Batman and Spider-Man.
These two awesome franchises — both successful with critics and hugely so at the box office — mean to fight it out in the cool, air-conditioned movie palaces of our globally warmed summer. Continue reading
Posted in Action, Adventure, Blockbuster, Book Adaptation, Crime, Major Star Vehicle, Sci-Fi, SummerSmack
Tagged Andrew Garfield, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Denis Leary, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, high school, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kirsten Dunst, Liam Neeson, Marion Cotillard, Marti Sheen, Marvel Comics, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Peter Parker, Rhys Ifans, sequel, Spider, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Student, superhero, Tobey Maguire, Tom Hardy, villain, Web, Willem Dafoe
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) -vs- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
You have to hand it to French science fiction writer Jules Verne. More than a century after his death, he not only continues to be a best-selling author, his books still provide ripe material for movie adaptations. 2008′s Journey to the Center of the Earth was a more or less straightforward adaptation of Verne’s adventure story aimed at kids, and while its similarly targeted sequel, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, drifts a little from its origins, much of Verne’s content is used in the movie. Essentially, both are old-fashioned, earnest, quest movies spiced up a bit with contemporary references for the target audience, with 3D added to give the kids some funky eye candy. Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, based on novel, Brendan Fraser, cave, center, Duane Johnson, island, Jules Verne, Kristin Davis, lost world, Michael Caine, scientist, sea, sequel, series, Seth Meyers, Vanessa Hudgens, volcano, waterfall
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