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But than we would not get to see the guy break dance.
And that in my opionin is the least of the movies troubles
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#43 Guest_The First Sword_*
Posted 14 July 2004 - 07:23 AM
Saw Spiderman2 last week...highly entertaining for the most part, but with enough annoying pieces to piss me off (some spoliers):
- Peter Parker getting pushed around and acting like a dweeb so much. Why does his spidey sense not warn him that someone's about to bump into him and knock his books out of his hand? It's not like a switch that turns on and off
- How does he lose his powers and become "normal", only to get them back again later? We're not talking about performance anxiety here...he "is" Spiderman and possesses those gifts and skills permanently (or should, IMO). If he loses his powers, they should be gone for good
- Doc Octupus was very cool...excellent job on the arms. But he's just human! How can he fall 10 stories and land on a train and not be killed? His arms didn't even seem to absorb all of the impact. This happens a number of times. As well, he takes numerous full-force punches to the face from Spiderman...this should have killed him or at least reduced his face to a bloody mess. But Auntie May's umbrella does more damage
- At the end, when everything metal within 10 miles or so is being pulled into the fusion ball, Doc Oc's metal arms aren't even pulled towards the source. I can see them being strong enough to resist the magnetic pull, but to just hang limply around him when steel girders are flying by was a little unrealistic. Maybe they're made of a non-conducting metal?
- And yeah, too much cheese
Nit picky, I know, but I like realism in movies, even those based on comics
- Peter Parker getting pushed around and acting like a dweeb so much. Why does his spidey sense not warn him that someone's about to bump into him and knock his books out of his hand? It's not like a switch that turns on and off
- How does he lose his powers and become "normal", only to get them back again later? We're not talking about performance anxiety here...he "is" Spiderman and possesses those gifts and skills permanently (or should, IMO). If he loses his powers, they should be gone for good
- Doc Octupus was very cool...excellent job on the arms. But he's just human! How can he fall 10 stories and land on a train and not be killed? His arms didn't even seem to absorb all of the impact. This happens a number of times. As well, he takes numerous full-force punches to the face from Spiderman...this should have killed him or at least reduced his face to a bloody mess. But Auntie May's umbrella does more damage
- At the end, when everything metal within 10 miles or so is being pulled into the fusion ball, Doc Oc's metal arms aren't even pulled towards the source. I can see them being strong enough to resist the magnetic pull, but to just hang limply around him when steel girders are flying by was a little unrealistic. Maybe they're made of a non-conducting metal?
- And yeah, too much cheese
Nit picky, I know, but I like realism in movies, even those based on comics
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Posted 09 January 2005 - 04:17 AM
Nah, i havent read the iliad or homer. but as far as im concerned, it can be a good film even if it doesnt fit in with that, i enjoyed it and that's what counts
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 07:42 AM
Saw AvP. Not as good as it could have been, but mildly entertaining. Apparently the director, Paul Anderson, is very disatisfied with the released version and hopes to put out a director's cut DVD.
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Posted 21 January 2005 - 08:45 AM
Team America was hilarious. The best bit was Intelligence..... "Intelligence was bad", "Bad Intelligence!" (or something like that). And the main theme was brilliant... "SLAVERY!, INERNET!, STARBUCKS!, PORNO!, BOOKS!"
I also liked the big cats
I also liked the big cats
#47 Guest_Fool_*
Posted 06 October 2004 - 02:01 AM
Watched Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.
They shoulda called it: "this is what happens when 3 average guys sell 90 million records."
Was pretty funny, though.
And i just KNEW that: "my lifestyle determines my deathstyle" was by hammet. Lars and james might be a bit soft in the head, but they wouldnt come up with something this awful.
They shoulda called it: "this is what happens when 3 average guys sell 90 million records."
Was pretty funny, though.
And i just KNEW that: "my lifestyle determines my deathstyle" was by hammet. Lars and james might be a bit soft in the head, but they wouldnt come up with something this awful.
#48 Guest__*
Posted 07 July 2004 - 05:39 AM
Originally posted by ceda:-
Surely you mean "less leather"
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And yeah I hope King Arthur is cool and does justice to the Cartoon one
. Though for some reason that I reall, really cannot fathom I liked First Knight ALOT! I don't undertsand why I liked it so much. . . Someone help me out. . . 
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and when is underworld 2 out.... i wanna see kate in more leather
Surely you mean "less leather"
. . . And yeah I hope King Arthur is cool and does justice to the Cartoon one
. Though for some reason that I reall, really cannot fathom I liked First Knight ALOT! I don't undertsand why I liked it so much. . . Someone help me out. . .
#49 Guest_LooseCannon_*
Posted 14 July 2004 - 04:28 PM
Just saw the Butterfly Effect. Not sure at the moment if I liked it or not. Really reminded me of Donnie Darko in a lot of ways but not as good.
#50 Guest_D\'Yamba_*
Posted 27 August 2004 - 04:10 AM
If you like movies, give King Arthur a wide berth, dodgy editing, crap script and a laughable storyline.
good to see that people on here like The Bourne Supremacy. It's one of 3/4 that I want to see this weekend.
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good to see that people on here like The Bourne Supremacy. It's one of 3/4 that I want to see this weekend.
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Posted 02 October 2004 - 05:53 AM
whats hero about?
Fool While agree Punisher was nothing special and a stupid movie I did find it entertaining enough to watch.
So if anyones knows these movies good or bad
Hero
collateral
AvP
blade three
Fool While agree Punisher was nothing special and a stupid movie I did find it entertaining enough to watch.
So if anyones knows these movies good or bad
Hero
collateral
AvP
blade three
#52 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 14 July 2004 - 09:47 AM
Molly, Danny Kaye is hillarious. 
Loosecannon, there are so many better comedies than Young Frankenstein: Howard Hawk's classic-Bringing up Baby, Steve Savage Holland's Better Off Dead, Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Affraid to Ask, Robert Altman's Mash, The Marx Brother's Duck Soup, any early Eddie Murphy movie and Pedro Almodovar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for starters.
Some of Christopher Guest's satires (This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) work much better
than Brook's parodies and when it comes to my favorite parody I like the Toxic Avenger. Also Brooks has nothing on the guys from Monty Python or the Zucker Brothers (Airplane, Naked Gun...)
Most of Brook's movies are a collection of obvious Vaudeville type jokes (puns etc..) The Producers is different. It is built around an original premise and is mostly character and situational humor. The puns in Brooks other movies can grow tired. Besides, History of the World Part I is Brook's best parody.
Loosecannon, there are so many better comedies than Young Frankenstein: Howard Hawk's classic-Bringing up Baby, Steve Savage Holland's Better Off Dead, Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Affraid to Ask, Robert Altman's Mash, The Marx Brother's Duck Soup, any early Eddie Murphy movie and Pedro Almodovar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for starters.
Some of Christopher Guest's satires (This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) work much better
than Brook's parodies and when it comes to my favorite parody I like the Toxic Avenger. Also Brooks has nothing on the guys from Monty Python or the Zucker Brothers (Airplane, Naked Gun...)
Most of Brook's movies are a collection of obvious Vaudeville type jokes (puns etc..) The Producers is different. It is built around an original premise and is mostly character and situational humor. The puns in Brooks other movies can grow tired. Besides, History of the World Part I is Brook's best parody.
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Posted 13 July 2004 - 03:05 PM
watched spidey 2 and king arthur
spidey 2...not too bad... the cheesey part is definitely the worst part..otherwise as good as the first one
king arthur.... not much story but plenty of eye candy in the later half in the form of keira.... felt bad in the first half as various well muscled male makes me wanna go to the gym 
spidey 2...not too bad... the cheesey part is definitely the worst part..otherwise as good as the first one
king arthur.... not much story but plenty of eye candy in the later half in the form of keira.
... felt bad in the first half as various well muscled male makes me wanna go to the gym
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Posted 10 June 2004 - 10:56 AM
Going to see "Day After Tomorrow" in a bout an hour. Hope SFX are as good as they seem 
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#55 Guest_Dark Daze_*
Posted 27 August 2004 - 05:09 PM
Uh oh. It depends on how much you like CGI and flying. The stories aren't as much fun as Castle in the Sky but the animation is often a lot more exciting because you really get the sense of speed.
If you don't like Last Exile rent Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (2nd in a live action sword fighting series.) It will more than make up for it.
Personally, after I see an abstract anime called Angel's Egg and a 4 disk OVA set of Rurouni Kenshin, I'm not renting anymore anime till something new comes out. Although, I'm still curious what the animated Star Wars series was like...
If you don't like Last Exile rent Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (2nd in a live action sword fighting series.) It will more than make up for it.
Personally, after I see an abstract anime called Angel's Egg and a 4 disk OVA set of Rurouni Kenshin, I'm not renting anymore anime till something new comes out. Although, I'm still curious what the animated Star Wars series was like...
#56 Guest_Falco_*
Posted 26 January 2005 - 10:34 PM
Watched 'LA Confidential', which was an awesome adaption of Ellroy's novel. If you wanna see film noir being creditably in the modern era, this film is for you- very, very good, and perfectly cast to boot with Russell Crowe in his breakout Hollywood role and Kevin Spacey especially surprising me. Check it out.
Also saw '21 Grams', which I thought was rather wet and overhyped, as in nowhere near as good as it was supposed to be. In the opening third of the film, the constant cutaways to different scenes nearly gave me a headache while the whole film came across as trying to have 'meaning', which basically meant it felt shallow to me, like it was trying too hard. I infinitely preferred Sean Penn's other release at the time, 'Mystic River'.
Also saw '21 Grams', which I thought was rather wet and overhyped, as in nowhere near as good as it was supposed to be. In the opening third of the film, the constant cutaways to different scenes nearly gave me a headache while the whole film came across as trying to have 'meaning', which basically meant it felt shallow to me, like it was trying too hard. I infinitely preferred Sean Penn's other release at the time, 'Mystic River'.
#57 Guest_Mappo-trell_*
Posted 02 September 2004 - 07:54 AM
nekkid milla?? id buy that for a dollar
im off to the preview screening of hellboy tonight.... was it worth the wait? was it worth not dloading and watching when piss drunk with mates?? was all of that stolen from rodeo? u betcha! and Ive been tabbing RE : apocalipse for ages.. looks better than the last effort.. tho i did kinda like that as well...
im off to the preview screening of hellboy tonight.... was it worth the wait? was it worth not dloading and watching when piss drunk with mates?? was all of that stolen from rodeo? u betcha! and Ive been tabbing RE : apocalipse for ages.. looks better than the last effort.. tho i did kinda like that as well...
#58 Guest_Elvithrarith_*
Posted 24 January 2005 - 04:22 PM
i saw 'the american president' with micheal douglas and co. i love that film! but martin sheen makes a far better president imo...
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Posted 22 August 2004 - 06:16 PM
I finally caught the remake of "The Manchurian Candidate." Solid film but the original is far superior. I would give the new one 7/10 and the original 9/10.
Also watched "Army of Darkness" on TV last night, again. I love that movie.
Anyone hear about the rumours of a "Freddy vs Jason vs Ash" movie? I think it would be terribly bad yet hugely amusing.
Also watched "Army of Darkness" on TV last night, again. I love that movie.
Anyone hear about the rumours of a "Freddy vs Jason vs Ash" movie? I think it would be terribly bad yet hugely amusing.
