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Posted 03 February 2008 - 01:10 PM

Watched AVP 2 yesterday. It was entertaining, if not all that good, and the ending was so incredibly dumb I wanted to cringe. They tried to be mysterious, and it just got really dumb.

Anyways, what is it with movies such as that and the aliens being incredibly uber at the beginig, but at the end they're about as dangerous as sheep?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:00 PM

Because they can't scale the threat the monsters are meant to present to the idiot human cast as they get more and more proficient at not dying horribly very well?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:07 PM

Morgoth;252852 said:

This most likely occurs because the director and producers blow most of the budget on making the Aliens look "wicked awesome" and then run out of money. Hasty tie ups to the plot take place...and in the end...you get an ending like "Signs" had.

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 03:06 PM

Caught 3:10 to Yuma on DVD yesterday... mighty impressive. Best western since Unforgiven? Perhaps.

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 03:51 PM

Saw Cloverfield over the weekend. Very impressed. Although, from the reactions of some members of the audience I saw it with, I suspect that it's a film that's going to divide opinions...

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 03:59 PM

stone monkey;253375 said:

Saw Cloverfield over the weekend. Very impressed. Although, from the reactions of some members of the audience I saw it with, I suspect that it's a film that's going to divide opinions...

I was visiting my dad earlier today, and saw in one of his paper's columns a writer talking about Cloverfield. I stopped reading when I saw the words, '9/11 porn'.

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 04:11 PM

I'd argue that there are a lot of people trying to read far too much into this movie. Especially as it's actually only a big dumb monster movie that happens to be shot from a really interesting perspective. The 9/11 inferences seem come from the way the film looks - and I suspect that's occurred because, due to the coverage of 9/11, the world at large knows what destruction on a very large scale really looks like.

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Posted 06 February 2008 - 10:54 PM

I just watched The Golden Compass. I don't know what to make of this film, is it a childrens book like Narnia, that is made after?

Generally I just didn't care about the story allthough I really did like the girl, good acting.

It had me doing anything else than watching the screen for 45 minutes. Then flying pirate gypsies appeared and I was intrigued. Then Sam Elliot appeared and I was actually paying attention and then came the best... The drunk warrior icebear working in a smithy!

The rest of the movie was unimportant, I just watched all the scenes with the Icebear. I swear, that idea should have had it's own movie spinnoff.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 04:58 AM

My thoughts on Rescue Dawn:

Holeee shit. Christian Bale is rapidly putting together a string of quality akin to Stevie Wonder in the '70s. I wouldn't be surprised if his career arc ends up resembling Jack Nicholson - only better.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:03 PM

amphibian;255145 said:

Bale has been one of the most underrated actors of this time period. He has consistenty been part of very good films, starting when he was a child actor. From Empire of the Sun or Newsies to American Pyscho(the book was better though), the Machinist, Equilibrium(a very underrated action movie), the Prestige, and Batmin Begins. I see Bale as a Brad Pitt type actor where he can act in any genre from drama to action.

I haven't seen 3:10 to Yuma or Rescue Dawn yet, but they are in my Netflix list.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 03:03 PM

Aptorian;255011 said:

you said it apt

when yorik punches the bear king guy's lower jaw off I almost shit myself. The movie just kind of approached cool at a few points before that, but never quite got there. As soon as the aforementioned happened, my entire opinion of the movie changed.

and agree that the bear stuff should be its own story

Is this a book series or something?

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 03:23 PM

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Is this a book series or something?

*choke splutter cough*

Yes! It is based on the first book of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Northern Lights (the Golden Compass in the US), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. They are childrens books but they are a class above Harry Potter and combine particle physics and religion in a very entertaining story. Fighting polar bears are the highlight but the trilogy involves parallel universes, gay angels, midgets in poisoned spurs riding dragonflies, zeppelin chases and harpies. Can't get more fantastical than that!!

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 03:38 PM

sweet. They are worth a read then?

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 09:18 PM

cerveza_fiesta;255426 said:

sweet. They are worth a read then?

His posts points to the fact they would be, especially if you enjoy Harry Potter.

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 12:36 AM

If you're refering to Mezla than it would be:

wolf_2099;255647 said:

Her post points to the fact they would be, especially if you enjoy Harry Potter.

If not then disregard this post.

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 01:11 AM

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Starting with Reign of Fire, he's put together a murderer's row of movies. The only ones I haven't seen (Harsh Times, The New World and The Machinist), I'm adding to my Netflix queue right now.

I think there's a difference between Bale and Pitt in that Pitt seems to retain his identity to a much greater degree than Bale does. I realize the Ocean's movies were kind of aimed at making a "Wouldn't it be cool to hang with a slightly stylized George Clooney and Brad Pitt", but other than (weirdly) Spy Games, his movies have pretty much been "Brad Pitt playing somebody". Bale WAS Patrick Bateman.

Bale's interviews on the commentary track for The Prestige seemed to reveal a very smart man (as Pitt is too), so I've high hopes for him in the future.

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 02:22 AM

Darkwatch;255736 said:

If you're refering to Mezla than it would be:

If not then disregard this post.

I was, my bad, sorry!

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 02:24 AM

amphibian;255758 said:

I think there's a difference between Bale and Pitt in that Pitt seems to retain his identity to a much greater degree than Bale does. I realize the Ocean's movies were kind of aimed at making a "Wouldn't it be cool to hang with a slightly stylized George Clooney and Brad Pitt", but other than (weirdly) Spy Games, his movies have pretty much been "Brad Pitt playing somebody".

"A River Runs Through It" is the only Brad Pitt movie I had any respect for him. Mr & Mrs Smith is his usual level of acting -- excrutiatingly bad.

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