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Liam Neeson Confirmed To Play The Monster In A Monster Calls - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

They wanted Liam Neeson and now they’ve got him. Screen Daily reports Neeson is confirmed to play the titular tree monster in Juan Antonio Bayona’s adaptation of Patrick Ness’s beautiful and frightening and heartbreaking children’s book A Monster Calls.

The story is about a boy named Conor, who find his mother’s declining health and increasingly bullying from classmates overwhelming, retreating into a nightmarish fantasy world in his sleep in which the tree in his backyard comes to life as a monster and tells him strange stories. Felicity Jones has been cast as the mother, so we just need a boy for Conor and this will be well on its way.
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I cans buy tickets?
 
I attended the Godzilla premiere last night at Dolby Theater... it was impressive, the FX were outstanding. I'm not sure it absolutely needed to be in 3D, but it certainly didn't distract from the experience. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't, but I recommend seeing it - preferrably in IMAX so the monsters fit properly :grin:
 
jerseydevil said:
Japanese Fans Mock American Godzilla for Being Too Fat - /Film

To be fair, new Godzilla does have kankles...
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Yeah but the old Godzilla has saddle bags...
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Just look at those child birthing hips...
 
I dunno about "incredible." I think it should read: "Fan-Made Akira Trailer Looks Fan-Made."

I want this to be done...but I'm just not sure I want this to be done.
 
jerseydevil said:
Review: Beautiful and badass, Godzilla puts the awe back in awesome

Reviews starting to drizzle out, this is one of the more positive ones. Reading a few negative ones too that all seem to point to the same flaws(bad character motivations, tone being very different from what the trailers present) a little nervous that my expectations may be too high, as usual.
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As long as this is one iota better then the Matthew Brodrick POS it will exceed my expectations. Got my ticket for Friday eveing. Please be as good as Pacific Rim.
 
Quint reviews Gareth Edwards' GODZILLA! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

Speaking of, all the monsters in the movie are treated with care, not just the title character. The bad guys come across as sympathetic, just animals trying to stay alive, which is a touch I loved. If Godzilla is the homeowner that'd scoop up the spider and put it gently outside, the Mutos are the ones that whip out the can of Raid and lay down the law Apocalypse Now napalm style. Neither one considers humans a real threat, but the Mutos are annoyed with them and don't step with care, if you catch my drift.

They're just dickish enough for us to root for Godzilla, but sympathetic enough to give them a little extra flavor than just being the punching bags during the big fight scenes.

Godzilla gets a hell of a reintroduction here. I would say it's the best he's been treated by America thus far, but that's kind of a low bar, isn't it? The trailer for this Godzilla is better than the whole of the '98 film. I can see Edwards returning for a sequel that goes a bit Destroy All Monsters and if he does that I'm going to lose my **** a little bit. All I ask is they figure out their human characters a little more. I know it's kind of tradition for Godzilla's human characters to be exposition machines, but I think that's something you could stray from a bit and not p*ss off too many people.
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Ok, the aliens look like those suckafeesh you used to throw @ the walls and watch them roll down, but I am going just to see Cruise bite it over and over again. Can't wait for the home version complete w/drinking game.
 
The robot suits look kinda goofy but the premise is interesting. I've got nothing against Tom Cruise so to me it doesn't look bad at all :)

Minus points for being yet another sci fi trailer featuring the BWAAAAAAAMP sound though.
 
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