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Saw chronicles of Riddick.. Acceptable movie for Arnold's sucessor.. The story was basically Conan in space (Tis true, the storyline was like taken out of any Conan story)..
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#325 Guest_Duiker_*
Posted 03 April 2005 - 07:04 AM
quote:Originally posted by Fool:
I saw A Very Long Enchantment.
How on EARTH can you combine gruesome pictures of WWI with a soppy love story and humor so sweet it'll give you toothache?!? FFS! I mean, i didnt think amelie was anything special but this movie really blew to an inordinate extent.
I though this movie really cool to an inordinate extent. Great acting, great scenes of war (pretty much gives any war-movie the finger in the aesthetisc and reality department) and a nice plot too. What more to ask for? Oh, yes, great cinematography for atmosphere and great directing too keep you on-the-edge? Jeunet did it all. Bravo!
And besides that, supreme kudoo's to these French weirdo's for "combining gruesome pictures of WWI with a love story and humor so sweet it'll give you toothache", which is - if nothing else - at least something new, fresh and possibly postmodern. Which is more than you can say about the stuff from Hollywood these days.
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Posted 01 September 2004 - 11:51 AM
Anyone seen the Trailer for Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse yet.
It looks they are sticking to a stronger link with the game and that BADa$$ dude is in it too. SFX look amazing but the story? Bah i don't care about that. . . when I have nice flashing light image thingies and big loud noises going on in a cinema
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It looks they are sticking to a stronger link with the game and that BADa$$ dude is in it too. SFX look amazing but the story? Bah i don't care about that. . . when I have nice flashing light image thingies and big loud noises going on in a cinema
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Posted 22 March 2005 - 07:13 AM
quote:Originally posted by Fool:
Well, i saw the Machinist.
Its... uhm... atmospheric?
I heard that if you like things like Fight Club, then you'll like The Machinist. I would like Fight Club more if Helana BumfaceCarter whatsername wasn't in it.
The 1st rule of Fight Club is?
Burn rubber =/= warp speed
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Posted 17 January 2005 - 03:28 PM
"AMERICA, F.UCK YEAH! HERE TO SAVE THE MOTHERF.UCKING DAY!"
I saw that movie when I was half cut off cheap beer. Bloody funny.
I saw "Shaun of the Dead" and "The Butterfly Effect" recently. "Butterfly" was actually better than I expected to be. "Shaun" was just weird but amusing.
I saw that movie when I was half cut off cheap beer. Bloody funny.
I saw "Shaun of the Dead" and "The Butterfly Effect" recently. "Butterfly" was actually better than I expected to be. "Shaun" was just weird but amusing.
#329 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 03 September 2004 - 03:16 AM
OK Mappo. So if they make a movie out of the Terry Goodkind series and it is really faithful to the books, I have to like it?
What more could someone want from a comic?
Just about anything. Todd McFarland's Spawn, Mask, Lone Wolf & Cub, and Blade are my favorite comic book based movies. I guess I would start with those comics.
What more could someone want from a comic?
Just about anything. Todd McFarland's Spawn, Mask, Lone Wolf & Cub, and Blade are my favorite comic book based movies. I guess I would start with those comics.
#331 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 27 August 2004 - 07:49 PM
Almost forgot, I loved True Romance which Tarrantino wrote, but imagine how much better it would have been if he directed?
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Posted 16 June 2004 - 02:22 PM
Best western...Unforgiven...no, The Good, the bad and the Mappo...no, wait, The Wild Bunch...no wait... tough question.
Shrek 2 - AWESOME!
Princess Fiona: "Shrek?"
Puss In Boots: "For you, I could be."
Shrek 2 - AWESOME!
Princess Fiona: "Shrek?"
Puss In Boots: "For you, I could be."
Victory is mine!
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 09:51 AM
My lady friend wants to drag me to Bridget Jones. Oh nooooo! 
#334 Guest_D\'Yamba_*
Posted 03 September 2004 - 05:10 AM
im just sick of what i call "godzilla syndrome"
ppl go see a film about a huge monster famed for tearing up citys, then bitch and whine "it was just a bloody monster rippin up a rity! what the hells the point in that?" dont complain if it does what it says on the tin.. and if you are led to beleive its something its not, dont blame the film, blame the people who raised your expectations.
to a certain degree I agree with you, however it was my impression that with some of these movies although you can excuse some of the weak storylines with the 'godzilla defense/syndrome' it shouldn't excuse shoddy directing/acting/script. In fact I would go so far as to say that if the script/directing/acting were up to scratch no one would go around moaning about the thin plotline.
Just my tuppen'orth
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ppl go see a film about a huge monster famed for tearing up citys, then bitch and whine "it was just a bloody monster rippin up a rity! what the hells the point in that?" dont complain if it does what it says on the tin.. and if you are led to beleive its something its not, dont blame the film, blame the people who raised your expectations.
to a certain degree I agree with you, however it was my impression that with some of these movies although you can excuse some of the weak storylines with the 'godzilla defense/syndrome' it shouldn't excuse shoddy directing/acting/script. In fact I would go so far as to say that if the script/directing/acting were up to scratch no one would go around moaning about the thin plotline.
Just my tuppen'orth
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#336 Guest_Sorknes_*
Posted 09 February 2005 - 05:11 PM
Just watched Donnie Darko. Simply because I'd never seen it.
#337 Guest_LooseCannon_*
Posted 18 June 2004 - 04:50 PM
@Rallick - Yah, it probably doesn't have the best performances and it is kinda cheesy as it was made in the 50s but I like it for sentimental reasons. Haven't seen it in 5 years or so. But everytime I hear "That'll be the day" I just lose it. The Duke is the pioneer of the one-liner 
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#338 Guest__*
Posted 04 October 2004 - 02:16 PM
(Apply Marduk's sarcastic font ---> )But you went to see Matrix 2 expecting it to be more than a extended SFX show?
(Sigh) Americans. . .
(Sigh) Americans. . .
#339 Guest_fortrip_*
Posted 25 September 2004 - 11:42 AM
just watched the star wars cartoon, (made into a feature legth movie) and general grevious (half alien half robot, jedi assasin) actually looks pretty cool.
#340 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 03 September 2004 - 01:09 PM
How come everytime someone criticizes a movie like Hellboy or Aliens Vs. Predator, someone says something like, "its a freakin movie just have fun, thats the point," or "If I wanna watch a movie with good storyline/plot and stuff i'll often rent it so i get to see it again and when I am in the mood for something more "intellectual"."
That completely polarizes everything to make a counterargument easier. And besides it's like, "No sh##."
I like plenty of non-intellectual movies: Rambo, Blade, Volcano High, Lone Wolf and Cub (I imagine this is much better than Shogun Assassins which was reedited by someone in Roger Corman's group), Speed, Superman, (the first)Terminator, The Dirty Dozen, Raiders of the Lost Ark, countless B comedies, and so on.
When I see a movie like Hellboy I'm not looking for 8 1/2 and I would probably be p-ed off if that's what I got. What I do like want is some of these things: suspense, cool heroism, gritty violence, believable characters (in terms of motivation not in whether they could actually exist, desires, flashy camera angles, interesting camera shots, calculated and intricate fight moves, exciting plot twists (hardly intellectual) and all sorts of other things. Hellboy didn't cut it for me. My heroic voyeurism will have to wait till the next Blade movie.
Also, an interesting or fun plot is not the exclusive domain of intellectual movies, and doesn't necessarily make a movie intellectual. I haven't really thought about it but intellectual movies are probably defined by the subtext.
Finally, I don't think I should avoid criticizing stuff because it does what it accomplishes. Under that logic I would have to quit making fun of Olsten Twin movies, Brittany Spears songs, Sword of Truth novels, In Sync videos, and so forth.
Anyway, I saw Barcelona and I really liked it. I didn't want to because I imagine a lot of people think it is boring, but I couldn't help myself.
Vanilla Sky was totally not what I expected. I have to track down the original now. I think it's called Abras Los Ojos.
That completely polarizes everything to make a counterargument easier. And besides it's like, "No sh##."
I like plenty of non-intellectual movies: Rambo, Blade, Volcano High, Lone Wolf and Cub (I imagine this is much better than Shogun Assassins which was reedited by someone in Roger Corman's group), Speed, Superman, (the first)Terminator, The Dirty Dozen, Raiders of the Lost Ark, countless B comedies, and so on.
When I see a movie like Hellboy I'm not looking for 8 1/2 and I would probably be p-ed off if that's what I got. What I do like want is some of these things: suspense, cool heroism, gritty violence, believable characters (in terms of motivation not in whether they could actually exist, desires, flashy camera angles, interesting camera shots, calculated and intricate fight moves, exciting plot twists (hardly intellectual) and all sorts of other things. Hellboy didn't cut it for me. My heroic voyeurism will have to wait till the next Blade movie.
Also, an interesting or fun plot is not the exclusive domain of intellectual movies, and doesn't necessarily make a movie intellectual. I haven't really thought about it but intellectual movies are probably defined by the subtext.
Finally, I don't think I should avoid criticizing stuff because it does what it accomplishes. Under that logic I would have to quit making fun of Olsten Twin movies, Brittany Spears songs, Sword of Truth novels, In Sync videos, and so forth.
Anyway, I saw Barcelona and I really liked it. I didn't want to because I imagine a lot of people think it is boring, but I couldn't help myself.
Vanilla Sky was totally not what I expected. I have to track down the original now. I think it's called Abras Los Ojos.
