Mortal Engines, prod. Peter Jackson

[Crispy]

Adapted from some books I think. This looks totally ridiculous.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

I LOVE THOSE BOOKS!

(Not sure about screen adaptations...I haven't seen it but by all accounts "The Golden Compass" was shite)

 

[Jon-of-arc]

This looks... utterly mental. Cities drive about, pretty much, uh, eating each other? And with Jackson involved, there's bound to have been a few hundred million splashed out to depict this.

Any way, I'm.vaguely intrigued.

 

[Crispy]

They move too fast. That's what's bothering me. This is shot like a car chase, but any even vaguely realistic moving city would never go at much more than walking pace, with a turning radius measured in miles.

 

[DotCommunist]

they look like something out of 40k, but more steampunk. vast cathedral cities. Only on wheels. I thought I'd read one of these but then I might be confusing it with an alistair reynolds one (I think a novella-memory hazy) about actual godcities on wheels.

 

[Orang Utan]

The first book has one of the best openings I've ever read. I'm sure it will be lots of fun

 

[Orang Utan]

They move too fast. That's what's bothering me. This is shot like a car chase, but any even vaguely realistic moving city would never go at much more than walking pace, with a turning radius measured in miles.

it's made up though, so in that world cities can move fast.

 

[Crispy]

it's made up though, so in that world cities can move fast.

I get it, but still it bothers me. If it was animation I think I'd find it easier.

 

[Orang Utan]

I get it, but still it bothers me. If it was animation I think I'd find it easier.

do the dragons in Game Of Thrones bother you? Their wings don't look like they could support their bodies

 

[Crispy]

do the dragons in Game Of Thrones bother you? Their wings don't look like they could support their bodies

Magic! I don't know how that works.
Machines. I know how they work...

 

[Orang Utan]

Magic! I don't know how that works.
Machines. I know how they work...

what about magic machines?

 

[krtek a houby]

The first book has one of the best openings I've ever read. I'm sure it will be lots of fun

Its a great book, are the rest worth reading? (I got it for 50p at the time)

 

[Crispy]

what about magic machines?

Ya got me, ya got me

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Its a great book, are the rest worth reading? (I got it for 50p at the time)

I read all 4, tbh I can't remember too much about the story cos it was a while ago but I remember enjoying them although I remember finding the last one "A Darkling Plain" a bit disappointing.

 

[agricola]

Bumped because another trailer for this has just been released:



Lambeth is the bit that fires the grappling hooks, apparently. Penge the firey chasm that the smaller village is dragged into, screaming.

 

[PursuedByBears]

This looks great but I'm a bit disappointed that they dialled down Hester's facial disfigurement. Looks like she's got a cool scar in the trailer rather than a missing eye and nose as in the book. Hollywood needs a pretty girl as a main character I guess.

 

[krtek a houby]

I wonder is it some kind of metaphor for Brexit

 

[SpookyFrank]

They move too fast. That's what's bothering me. This is shot like a car chase, but any even vaguely realistic moving city would never go at much more than walking pace, with a turning radius measured in miles.

Scale also feels wrong to a point way beyond suspension of disbelief.

 

[MickiQ]

This looks great but I'm a bit disappointed that they dialled down Hester's facial disfigurement. Looks like she's got a cool scar in the trailer rather than a missing eye and nose as in the book. Hollywood needs a pretty girl as a main character I guess.

There's also the cost, if she had been down an eye and a nose, they would have to digitally edit every scene she was in to remove them, which would add a huge cost but not much to the plot, That's why Tyrion's facial injuries in the GoT TV show are less severe than they are in the book. Painting scars on with makeup is a lot easier and cheaper.
But you're still right, though the young adult audience that this kind of film is aimed at will expect a pretty lead rather than a disfigured one.

 

[ruffneck23]

watched this last night, its em , quite frankly mental , looks great visually but seems a bit all over the place narrative wise, interesting to read up thread there are 4 books, because that is how it felt, far too much being crammed into one movie.

it wasn't great but not all shit, didn't turn it off or fall asleep.

 

[PursuedByBears]

I'd forgotten about this, will see if I can find it on torrents.

 

[mwgdrwg]

I thought this was utter shit. Laughably bad.

 

[ruffneck23]

I'd forgotten about this, will see if I can find it on torrents.

that's where i found it ;-)

 

[ruffneck23]

I thought this was utter shit. Laughably bad.

I marked it up as it looked really nice

 

[T & P]

Bumped because another trailer for this has just been released:



Lambeth is the bit that fires the grappling hooks, apparently. Penge the firey chasm that the smaller village is dragged into, screaming.

I wish the stuff that is shown in the first minute of the trailer had not been shown. That's (presumably) the first half hour of the film spoiled for me, or at least a major part of the storyline. Didn't watch the rest of the trailer.

 

[mwgdrwg]

I wish the stuff that is shown in the first minute of the trailer had not been shown. That's (presumably) the first half hour of the film spoiled for me, or at least a major part of the storyline. Didn't watch the rest of the trailer.

Don't worry about it, the whole thing is shit with CBBC level acting/storytelling. Does look nice in parts but you'll get over that in 10 minutes.

 

[ruffneck23]

Don't worry about it, the whole thing is shit with CBBC level acting/storytelling. Does look nice in parts but you'll get over that in 10 minutes.

I do agree with most of that, theres certain bits in the story telling that have no back-ground and character we are meant to care about but really dont.


Also Nathan from Misfits , what the fuck are you doing in this with a dodgy posh english accent? its really fucking distracting