Welcome to New Movie Hot Seat where each Saturday we will review new films that’s opened in theaters this week. We will have a live debate discussing the pros and cons of one of the newly released films, then vote if it’s worth the money. Also, each week we will put up a poll for consumers to vote on, which film we will put in the hot seat and debate next.
Last week our viewers selected Fast Five and Hoodwinked Too! For the New Movie Hot Seat debate this Saturday, April 30th 2011 @ 3pE/8pUTC please join us.
See what film we will debate next week. Please vote.
The film in the HOT SEAT is THOR. Please join us on 5/7/2011.
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Open Book
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Yay! Someone picked Thor! It was a tie for Thor and SB. 🙂
Alright, i admit it: I haven’t seen either film. 😦
LOL! That’s o.k. u don’t have to see the films to participate in the discussion.
Welcome everyone to the debate today. Please feel free to jump in if u have any Q or answers.
I will be moderating today and asking Q but u can ask Q as well.
First Q: What film did u see and describe the audience at the theater where you saw the film.
Which one did you see, OB?
Hi LB!
Hi Paris!!! 🙂
Hi LB!
And a belated Hi to you OB! And hi to all those popping in! 🙂
Hello to all!
I went to see Fast 5 today. It was the 2pm showing. I was surprised to see it atleast a third full as it was released 9 days ago. It was mostly teenages about mid to late teens. Quite a few young couples in their early twenties and about 3 adults.
How did the audience respond to the film?
They liked it. Alot of chatter, oows, ahhs and jumping during the action parts. Ofcorse there was laughter at the parts that were meant to be funny.
Well I will start out I saw Hoodwinked Too and the audience was non existent. There were only three people in the theater including myself. All were adults two females and one male. We all look like we came alone. LOL!!
What time did you go? I’m assuming if it was during the day it’s because kids are in school.
What time of the day did you go?
jinx!
LOL
I went in the afternoon around 2:30 yesterday.
LOL.
It felt so odd. I thought these all must be film critics because what on earth would they be doing here in the afternoon. Seeing a film like this without any children. LOL!!
I bet the Saturday crowd will be different!
Although it’s pretty where I am and everyone is out.
The weekend traffic is horrible.
Yes! I’m sure kids will be attracted to it but there’s not enough going on to keep a children’s interest.
What’s the basic story about? Little Red teams up with the wolf and they have an adventure?
Ok, I’m running to the grocery store but I will be RIGHT BACK!!!
O.k. well be here.
As far as storyline went, what did you think of the film? Did it flow or was it slow in places?
Well it really was terrible. One person I think walked out in the middle of it.
U did not care enough about the characters to want to cheer for them. I kept looking at my phone.
I’m sure they didn’t invest to much time into it because the film is geared toward children and children don’t care about investing in people or having something worthwile. Film makers forget about the parents that have to BRING THE CHILDREN TO THE THEATER. So children’s film, IMO should have some investment.
SO TRUE! ITA…. This film was not funny, clever or unpredictable. Which is what u need to keep a child interested and parents willing to tolerate sitting through it.
The one thing i hate the most about kids films these days is they are filled with sexual jokes that are geared toward adults but goes over the kids head. I’m not a parent but i don’t want to have to explain what things mean when they ask. (If they are to young to understand it)
I agree with all of you. And why do jokes always have to be sexual? Argh.
I’m sure men make these movies and that’s all they think about. LOL
Did you stay through the entire film?
Fast 5 was slow and confusing at the beginning. That maybe because I’ve only seen the first one. It picked up once the action got going then seemed to stop and start toward the end. That may have been due to the theatre being noisy so it was hard to be completely obsorbed into the film.
I’ve seen all of them in the franchise, (multiple times). So I’m looking forward to seeing Fast Five tonight.
I hope you have better fellow viewers than I did! 🙂
I have only seen one of them. I was interested in seeing it but it looks too cheesy. Fast 5 reminds of the SNL skit about tough guys who don’t turn around and look at explosions. Let me see if I can find it.
Yeah, you have to remember the age of the male member of my household. Its on whenever it’s on TV!
Its all about the cars anyway. There is no focus on the plot.
hahaha! I remember that and don’t forget Will Farrell makes a comment about that as well in The Other Guys. 🙂
Fast 5 didn’t interest me because I’m not a huge fan of the franchise. I think there is more action than dialogue and storyline.
LOL. Thats really bad then. I’ve just changed my pick of film.
No! U can’t do that. U have to suffer like me. LOL!!
LOL ok i will. I’ll probably be the only person in the theater.
Open Book,
Did you go to the regular or 3d version?
No! Thank Goodness! It would have been horrible in 3-D.
LOL I just checked my local theater and they only have one showtime for the regular version. 11:30 in the morning to be exact.
There’s a show in 15min for FF right near where I am.
O.k. I will see u later if u are trying to catch it.
Actually I got the red 10% read on the battery.
I am going to try and get home to plug in and then head to the 5p show.
Have a great time!
o.k. see u Lurker enjoy!!
AND?
No seriously, I would choose something else. Hmm! What would that be????
WFE? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
That would make it 4X for me. Rob sounds like Brad Pitt. At least to me he does. Did anyone else notice that?
Yes! But he has a nicer voice than BP!
true. 🙂
I’m sorry Brad Who???? 🙂
LOL. Pitt. We all remember him from the Pre-Rob days. 🙂
Oh I KNOW who you are talking about! Since Rob, he’s fallen off my radar. haha!
Since he has god knows how many kids and just want to seem to keep himself up. He’s fallen off mine.
Dude, I’m apparently not pulling my WFE weight. I’ve only seen it twice. I just have to figure out when, when, when!!!!
I noticed more and more each time I went like for example, they had horrible lighting above the door in the hotel scene. Also Reese had bruises the first time Rob went to the state-car
I would love to be hired to watch for consistency. That would be a blast imo!
LOL. Actually seeing the same film over and over again gets boring.
haha! Yeah, but I’m weird, remember?
Another inconsistency i missed. When Rob and August are talking about Silver Star. Rob says ” I didn’t want to say anything in front of Mrs. Rosenbluth.” He never was told August’s last name. How did he know it?
YES! Good catch!
Thanks.
Ozzie-
What did u think about the dialogue in the film?
It was ok. There were quite a few funny parts. A bit of cliched lines here and there but it wasn’t that bad.
Ozzie-
Did Fast 5 remind u of the SNL skit I posted below. Did the film have any resemblance to the video?
Umm, sort of. The main cheesy parts were the conversations about families. Families stick together, ect.
Here’s the SNL Skit in celebration of Fast 5. LOL!
That is just…I FREAKIN’ LOVE IT!!! And Neil Diamond!!! And JJ Abrams on keyboard!!! hahahahaha!!!! 🙂 I’m dying over here!!!
I was thinking of something else and this far exceeds my expectations!
*STANDING O*
I know I LOVE THIS SKIT!! It just is sooooo true! Will Ferrel is so great in this one holding a cocktail. Like Come On!! It’s a Classic Cheese festival.
So OB, what star rating would you give Hoodwinked Too! ?
Ozzie what would your star rating be for Fast 5?
Three. Could of been a four if I could of properly watched it.
Hmmm…I’ll have to watch it on DVD. I’m sure the hubs would go for it.
On a scale of 1 to 5 I would say a 1-It’s not worth the money to see in theaters. Do u know they had a bout four writers writing for this film?
Say whuuu? For reals? Wow. That’s just…REALLY???
Yes! I was shocked as well. This film really suffered from an uninteresting plot, annoying fairy tale characters, and unoriginal jokes.
Those 4 people were not using their brains.
Just looked them up. Not much on the resume.
Ozzie-
What did you think of the climax of the film? Did it work well or was it too confusing and quick?
I’ll try my hardest here to not put up to many spoilers!
As soon as the heist at the end began, I knew they had switched it somehow. It was good because of a line “you have 10 seconds” was said and you assume its the time when the police catch up but it wasn’t. The switch also wasn’t my first guess but my second so that was a mild surprise!
The only problem with the end is when you see the characters go their seperate ways. I’d of liked to seen more of each as it tends to show a bit but then stops and switches to the next without finishing it off. My biggest complaint with the ending was of the main characters sub-plots. With brian and Mia, I didn’t care at all and with Dominic it’s confusing how he hooked up with the girl at the end.
Once again though this could be because I’ve never seen the last three and the people in the theatre were very distracting, making it hard to get into and follow along.
Did it seems like they just threw the ending together?
A little bit. With a tiny bit more added on to each character’s happy ever after scene would make it feel more complete.
I hate rushed endings. I’m too lazy to scroll up, but what was the age of those predominantly in your theater? And was it mostly dudes?
Would u see this film again in theaters?
I would like to go and see it again but only because I was disturbed so much by what was happening around me. Had I been able to watch it in peace and quiet, I probably would of liked it more, understand what was happeing and felt more for the characters. Unfortunately it didn’t happen and I nearly walked out not because of the movie but because my patience was wearing thin.
Open Book,
what would you consider a great animation for children that adults loved as well?
I love all the Shrek movies, Monsters Inc., and The Incredibles. *one kid shy of dressing up for Halloween*
My all time favorite is Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Monster’s Inc. and ANTZ.
In terms of what’s out now? Rio is good.
haha! Great minds! Yes, Finding Nemo was great. Now, what is it about the humor that made these so much better????
Well one they all had a plot. LOL!!
Seriously? I would say they really developed the characters individual motives and reasons for existing.
That makes sense. Plus, I think great laughs come from situations or statements that most of us have at one point did, thought or said. I can’t remember dialogue from any of these films, but I know that the humor wasn’t sexual and it was FUNNY!
TRUE-Well Said LB!
*done, not did* (Come on former first grade teacher!!)
Disney is good at plots.
I think Pixar is really good with them and Dreamworks.
Yes, yes they do.
Yes, films by disney, pixar and dreamworks are usually of high quality. My favourites are finding nemo, monsters inc and the shrek films.
Now I want to go watch them! Pick one for me girls!
Ladies, I’m going to go. Have a good night!
Good night Paris! 🙂
Goodnight Paris!
Well everyone this is the end of our debate. Please check back later we will have others reviewing the two films Fast 5 and Hoodwinked, so u can get different perspectives.
Thank u for joining us and don’t forget to vote for next week’s film we put in The Hot Seat.
Take Care!
Ok, night all!
Ozzie-
Would u recommend seeing Fast 5 and would u see it again?
I would recomend seeing Fast 5 at the cinema. It’s good to see all the stunts on a big screen with a great sound system. I would only see it the once though and then wait for it to come out on DVD.
Thanks Ozzie!
Great review!
Take Care and Have a Nice Weekend.
Thanks so much ladies! I’m looking forward to next week’s film.
Goodnight LB!
It was fun as always!