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[BigOldSkool]

YouTube - Wat A twist

I guess I did good trading a can of Coors to a local bum at work for a bootleg he had aquired of the movie...

I got 1/3 of the way in when they implied trees were what was making people kill themselves and I tossed the DVD in the microwave...

[Helghast]

Well I saw it too, apart from liking some of his other movies, I didnt like this one.

Unfortunatly...

[Mstrtal]

Originally Posted by TheDude

'You are so much better than me.' Is that what you want to hear from everyone who watches TV or went to go watch a movie with a woman? I bet you're a vegetarian. Did you not learn anything from the Brothers Karamazov?

First off watch it with the attitude. Second go read the Bok,Oink,Mer,Chili...ERK Burger thread before you start accusing somebody of something as asinine as being a vegetarian. Text obviously does not convey tone well, or perhaps I should of added this smiley . My comment was tongue in cheek. While YES I do read an awful lot of books I also watch a ton of TV and a metric butt-ton of movies. In fact on our anniversary the Wife and I did go see Kong-Fu Panda so do Not make me raise my pinky. =P

[Harbinger[TG]]

Originally Posted by WilD

My wife insisted we had to go see this movie. I told her I would go (after some nagging) but told her she would admit afterwards it was crap and should never have been watched. Apparantly, I really can see the future.

You better get some lotto tickets.

[secretweaponevan]

Originally Posted by Jefe

A movie by M. Night Shalamalayleonmylan sucked?!

What a twist!

Como se dice, "Robot Chicken"?

I liked them all so far, but, "The Happening" sucked. Hard.

Perhaps Zooey Deschanel is a black hole of enjoyment.
This movie blew.
Tin Man was sucky.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy should have been a ton more enjoyable with Sam Rockwell as Zaphod, Allan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, and Mos Def as Ford Prefect. Zooey as Trillian was almost enough to make me blow chunks.

This chick needs acting lessons or an abduction.

[russc]

Originally Posted by Talfuchre

This is not directed at anyone in specific...

This thread makes me realize how far we as a nation have fallen. Should have seen ****ing Get Smart? Really? That would have been a good movie.

Let's be honest - we are amusing ourselves to death and are turning out absolutely worthless bull**** because we as a nation will (for the most part) watch ANYTHING. Anything that is not us working 58 hours a week that will take us out this excuse we call existence passes as entertainment.

Kung Fu Panda? Really?

There is nothing in the mainstream movie drivel that I would spend any money to see. The last movie that I saw that half way moved me was 'About Schmidt'. 'Into the Wild' was okay - but even these are not films they are movies. I haven't even seen a decent independent film in a while.

We cannot continue to devalue the arts, put our geniuses in gaming software, and think that we will advance. We may continue to GROW - but I don't think without a shift in thought - we will not continue to DEVELOP.

TF

Did you see No Country for Old Men?

On another note, am I the only one who got conned into watching Lady in the Water?

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by russc

On another note, am I the only one who got conned into watching Lady in the Water?

apparently you did, since it had such a long stay in the box office

there is a dearth in the movie industry. not only is the talent to make movies lacking, so are the people that make and authorize them to be made lacking. hell, Luke Wilson bringing in 10 million per picture??? he has the same range as a toaster, with the toaster being more useful. any movie that is being sold as the next big movie is either a remake, a sequel, or so over hyped, they hope to rack in the first weekend cash, cause it won't stay for more than 3 weeks in the theaters. hell, if it weren't for comic book movies, they would be a major loss of "summer type" blockbusters and the only reason why they do so good, is because they are the only movies that have a story, as well as a fan base to pay for it.

i rarely go see a movie in the theater anymore. not that i don't like it, or can't afford it, its just that nothing of interest is playing. the people making movies have forgotten what a good story is, how to tell/show a good story, and what makes a story good. Hollywood's theory about this is to throw loads of money at it with even better graphic F/Xs in the hope that people will not see the holes in the movie. case in point...

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: i loved the books, reread them as often as i can. i have the BBC series on VHS and even though i don't have a VCR hooked up to play, its still a keeper till i find a replacement DVD for it. now, i saw the movie in theater. i knew a bit of the story behind it as well as who was playing it. i was so disappointed with it. now, with Douglas' death, its hard to do the man justice, since he had a unique way of writing and seeing the world. to me, somehow the story just got thrown for some tangent, when the book itself was a tangent. i didn't realize that Disney(who i feel is the "Evil Empire", but that's another story) made the movie. which is why there is a love story, when there was none in the book. why the story went from being an adventurous tale to farce of the characters as well as the story.

so the story is well loved by many. its interesting and has a fan base, but why did Disney muck it all up? because people can't leave well enough alone. if they don't understand it, they change things to suit them till the change is so far away from the original story, that its something separate and worse than what was there before. there will always be changes in the translation of a comic to the screen, a novel to a 2 hour movie, so there is some deviation, but not when it only resembles the original in name only.

i can't tell you what makes a good movie. the only thing i can do is look for the little gems and watch and read every review that you can find. some know what they are talking about, but mostly if it bombs with all the reviewers like, Evan Almighty, then you can save your money. or just watch the Independant Film channel and stay home.

[Talfuchre]

RussC,

Good point - but to my points from before - you will have to admit these are 1 in 1000 in the movie industry. No Country for Old Men was a book adaptation - still not original in cinema. Made a better book than a movie.

The Dude,

I am not on a high horse - but if you think Kung Fu Panda is art - I think you are crazy. It certainly is a MOVIE and entertaining - but quality? Something that will stand the test of time? Something people will talk about 15 minutes from now?

Besides, thinking that people who didn't address you, and don't know you are saying they are better than you seems to be your inferiority complex not my high horse.

I am simply saying America spends BILLIONS on crap movies and very little on art. We are amusing ourselves into oblivion. We only seem to want to grow - not develop.

TF

[secretweaponevan]

As an aside, loosely translated:
Muse means "to think".
Amuse means "not to think".

[Mr.Blue]

Its the summer movie crap shute. I'm waiting for something good like a movie by the coen brothers, or if he hasn't gone completly insane something good by Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof was horrible). What happened to the style of classic films like the "Graduate" or "One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest" where it wasn't about special effects or thrills, it was about strong storytelling,strong dialogue, and relationships between characters. I'm 16 years old and I absolutely hate my generation. You saw my avatar.