Crappie (2015)

Trevor · March 09, 2015, 02:12:23 AM

One film which I will not be seeing despite my love of South African made films - the oldest film industry in Africa and one of the oldest in the world next to England, France, Australia and India.

I actually walked out of District 9 when I realized what I was watching was nothing more than a thinly disguised anti-South African diatribe from a born South African who must have had a really crappy childhood here.

I am so sorry that you hate your birth country by putting our beautiful flag on the shoulder of a horrible looking reject robot: blecch

. And now you are going to tackle Alien too? Leave it alone, please!

Jack · March 09, 2015, 06:28:46 AM

The reviews seem to be pretty bad so I doubt you're missing much Trevor. I never saw District 9 either.

akiratubo · March 09, 2015, 07:25:40 AM

One of my favorite review sites put it thusly: "Do you think wiggers are funny? Then you'll love Chappie. Otherwise, see something else."

Trevor · March 09, 2015, 07:46:22 AM

Quote from: Jack on March 09, 2015, 06:28:46 AM
The reviews seem to be pretty bad so I doubt you're missing much Trevor. I never saw District 9 either.

What I can't stand is seeing my flag on Chappie's right shoulder: blecch.

Incidentally, "Chappies" is a brand of South African chewing gum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappies

claws · March 09, 2015, 09:56:06 AM

Quote from: Trevor on March 09, 2015, 07:46:22 AM

Incidentally, "Chappies" is a brand ofSouth African chewing gum.

In Germany, "Chappi" is a popular dog food.

FatFreddysCat · March 09, 2015, 10:12:24 AM

When I first saw the "Chappie" trailers, I thought it looked like a violent reboot of "Short Circuit."

JaseSF · March 09, 2015, 06:22:40 PM

Looks like a rip-off of Japanese anime to me....

Archivist · March 09, 2015, 07:49:37 PM

Two trailer exist. The first portrays the movie as a sensitive 'innocent AI learns about itself and human conflict' movie. The other is of a slamming action movie. I'm guessing the first is more accurate.

Does anyone think that Chappie's head looks like a Masamune Shirow Ghost in the Shell type of design?

JaseSF · March 10, 2015, 09:43:16 PM

Yes exactly...

Olivia Bauer · March 12, 2015, 08:44:53 AM

It looked painfully generic to me. Innocent robot AI in world of danger and hatred.
Big f**kin' whoop.

Zapranoth · March 13, 2015, 08:32:54 PM

So Chappie... was crappy?

WingedSerpent · March 14, 2015, 02:27:34 PM

I was on the fence about whether or not I was going to see this in theaters. Sounds like I could skip it.

Archivist · March 15, 2015, 07:46:40 PM

And thus another unseen movie dies by the hand of the Badmovies forum brethren, hahaha.

Zapranoth · March 16, 2015, 11:49:37 PM

'cause I'm Chappiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I'm Chappieeeeeeeeee Clap along, if you feel like happiness is the truth!

The Burgomaster · March 18, 2015, 03:03:35 PM

I thought it was another sequel to IRON EAGLE. Then I realized Louis Gossett, Jr. wasn't in the trailers. Plus, he spelled his name "Chappy."

Crappie (2015)

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