Pompeii (2014) 2D/3D-May 20th

[Chaotic]

http://videoeta.com/movie/146284/pompeii/

I loved this. Day 1 for me.

[Leonidas King]

I may just check this out for the love of Emily Browning.

[Jobla]

I've seen POMPEII, 300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE, and NOAH so far this year. I'd say of those three that NOAH is the best, but POMPEII is the most fun.

[Member-222782]

I wanted to check out POMPEII but I'm burned out on "300" wannabes. Movies that are more about the money shots than the story I try to avoid whenever possible. I was always fascinated by the Pompeii story, though, so maybe I'll set aside my disdain for eye-candy-for-the-sake-of-eye-candy films and blind buy this on Blu-ray. I love disaster movies and I heard it's more of a disaster movie anyway so maybe this will push me into it more easily

[Dalsk]

I liked the movie but I need to properly see it again at home, mainly because the version I've seen was way too dark and made the 3D almost nonexistent and some scenes hard to follow.

[oldgame]

I'll only watch Pink Floyd at Pompeii

[bowlingbilly10]

I really wanted to see this but my theater only had it for two weeks and right when I was about to see it, it left. Blind buy for me.

[JMDiaz718]

Saw this in 3D, on the RPX giant screen at Regal. It was a very entertaining movie. Pretty good acting and cinematography. The 3D was good, a lot of it for depth, though some good pop out ones. Excellent visual effects.

To another post, it was NOT a 300 wannabe.

[Chaotic]

Pre-orders

2D
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/Pom...=ATVPDKIKX0DER



3D
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/Pom...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[Cabby]

Jon Snow vs. The Volcano

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by Cabby

Jon Snow vs. The Volcano

FWIW I saw this and did not care for it at all, even on a 4K screen in 3D.

Bill

[steev210]

I missed this in the theater but given my love of disaster movies this will be a day one purchase blind buy

[SethRex]

I like the bottom part of the cover, they should stretch it for the whole cover and let that be it.

[VagueSimplicity]

Originally Posted by SethRex

I like the bottom part of the cover, they should stretch it for the whole cover and let that be it.

Right, when they do they splitscreen on the cover with the actors faces on top, it just makes the movie feel like a cheap made-for-TV production (not akin to Game of Thrones, lol), especially the way their faces are lit when they are contrasted to that background. The overall composition looks too busy. It would look more cinematic with just the bottom.

This isn't day one for me, but I will eventually get the 3D blu-ray just cause I love Kit Harington and Emily Browning and the Pompeii story is a fascinating one. I actually planned on seeing this in theaters, but like bowlingbilly10 my theater only played it for 2 weeks.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by VagueSimplicity

Right, when they do they splitscreen on the cover with the actors faces on top, it just makes the movie feel like a cheap made-for-TV production (not akin to Game of Thrones, lol), especially the way their faces are lit when they are contrasted to that background. The overall composition looks too busy. It would look more cinematic with just the bottom.

This isn't day one for me, but I will eventually get the 3D blu-ray just cause I love Kit Harington and Emily Browning and the Pompeii story is a fascinating one. I actually planned on seeing this in theaters, but like bowlingbilly10 my theater only played it for 2 weeks.

Except Game of Thrones isn't "cheap". It's actually incredibly expensive to make.

I had no interest in this film the second I saw Paul W.S. Anderson directed it.

[Xen11]

Originally Posted by VagueSimplicity

Right, when they do they splitscreen on the cover with the actors faces on top, it just makes the movie feel like a cheap made-for-TV production (not akin to Game of Thrones, lol), especially the way their faces are lit when they are contrasted to that background. The overall composition looks too busy. It would look more cinematic with just the bottom.

This isn't day one for me, but I will eventually get the 3D blu-ray just cause I love Kit Harington and Emily Browning and the Pompeii story is a fascinating one. I actually planned on seeing this in theaters, but like bowlingbilly10 my theater only played it for 2 weeks.

Pompeii is absolutely atrocious. It's akin to a made-for-TV Syfy creature-feature film, but worse. I usually enjoy most films and defend them. This film I refuse to defend and am obliged to warn.
I saw it the last day (of the 2nd week) it was in theaters. I then knew why it was gone so fast: because it made very little money and its so very horrible.

If you are intelligent, I implore you to see this for free through alternate means before you even consider buying this or spending any money.

I am also an Emily Browning fan and a Kiefer Sutherland fan. They could not save this film. Kiefer was the only sort of bright spot because he was a very good villain, but it doesn't matter because nothing gels to anything entertaining.

I usually really enjoy and love Paul W.S. Anderson's films. Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Resident Evil, and Resident Evil: Retribution (extremely attracting despite the lack of substance). Though, I absolutely hated his Resident Evil: Afterlife. I think I hate Pompeii even more. I find his films really enjoyable or really bad.

If I had missed this in theaters, I would have bought this blind when it became real cheap, but now I know that I've already wasted $7.50 on this abomination... no more.

Though everyone has different tastes and I am in the extreme minority because I rarely hate films. When I do hate films, they are usually defended by people. I've seen a lot of people defend this and I find it absolutely baffling. But I guess that goes with the world I find myself in where the majority are almost always psychotic and choose their own destruction because they are sheep.

You have been warned.

And that's all I have to say about that.

[Member-222782]

Thanks for the warning. There's a good reason why films that come and go without much notice are failures - look at Hercules. Who remembers that? Some films you can just tell they're bad without setting foot in the theater.

[Tony208]

my god that is terrible artwork

[Starked]

Originally Posted by Tony208

my god that is terrible artwork

That's Sony save station artwork

[Tony208]

Its not that bad

No blind buy, but worth a rental