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| ChrissyFos wrote: | | You, Me & Dupree and Talledaga Nights are recent movies I saw that were both pretty funny. I was a little surprised that I even liked Talledaga Nights, since I'm not big on Will Ferrell. |
Yeah, he usually makes a pretty poor lead. He's much better as a supporting actor, like in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back! 
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| Moloth wrote: | | SvZurich wrote: | Superman Returns (twice, one regular and once in IMAX 3D).
I think that is the only movie I have gone out to see this year. |
ooh, yeah! Superman was really good, too. I walked out of the theater saying, "They did it right! holy crap, they actually did everything right!" |
My sentiments exactly. My only complaint was that most of the flying looked cheap and fake, but then again they always have, so it was sort of nostalgic for me. I could not believe what a perfect "Lex Luther" Kevin Spacey played.
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Overall, I agree with Moloth - They actually did everything right!
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I also thought the DaVinci code was pretty good. It was like a big treasure hunt.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr_C wrote: | | I also thought the DaVinci code was pretty good. It was like a big treasure hunt. |
Really? I rented that movie and ended up falling asleep. I thought the acting was cheesy, the subtitles were annoying and the plot seemed way too forced. It's like they went out of the way to force feed every detail, instead of leaving some things for the viewer to figure out on their own. Edit: The book was way better, imo.
I thought V for Vendetta was awesome. |
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| ChrissyFos wrote: | | Mr_C wrote: | | I also thought the DaVinci code was pretty good. It was like a big treasure hunt. |
Really? I rented that movie and ended up falling asleep. I thought the acting was cheesy, the subtitles were annoying and the plot seemed way too forced. It's like they went out of the way to force feed every detail, instead of leaving some things for the viewer to figure out on their own. Edit: The book was way better, imo.
I thought V for Vendetta was awesome. |
Perhaps your opinion is slightly skewed because you were tired?
It wasn't just a wonderful movie (and yes, the book was better), but I didn't notice that the things you did. In fact, my complaint was that it needed MORE subtitles because some of the actors had very rich accents and I couldn't understand a damn thing they were saying at times.
I also liked the production. It had sort of a Batman meets Indiana Jones type of feel to it. |
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The DaVinci Code was trite. I've seen worse novel adaptations, but this is pretty up there. Full disclosure: I didn't care for the book much either, but I thought it might make a decent film. Boy was I wrong.
The best movie I've seen this year was Brick, hands down. It was too clever for it's own good, but the script was dazzling (and reminiscent of Sam Spade and noir in general), the acting was phenomenal, the humor was subtle but effective. It was just...cool...
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I'm not a good movie critic, I like most movies I see. Most reviewers hated DaVinci Code, but I enjoyed it. I never read the book. Of course the idea of a guy who's bleeding to death to write out Fibonacci sequences is pretty silly. Still, I overall enjoyed it.
I enjoyed Superman, though, in my view, it was good, but not great. I guess I just find the character *TOO* powerful, he might as well be God. He can do essentially anything easily. Unless he gets a little Kryptonite, then he's shit. But even then, 30 seconds after the Kryptonite is gone, he's God again. So, I enjoyed it okay, but not fantastically.
I saw Jackass #2. Its got some really gross scenes, but, there's some funny shit.
Pirates of the Carribean seemed to drag in places, but, there were parts I really enjoyed. I like the swordfight on the waterwheel. I think they could have cut out 30 minutes and been a better movie.
I very much enjoyed King Kong.
The new Bond kicked butt, I thought that was the best Bond in years. V for Vendetta was pretty good. 40 Year Old Virgin was great. Loved it.
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Moloth, my only complaint on Superman was the costume. I thought EVERYTHING else was done RIGHT! 
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| SvZurich wrote: | | Moloth, my only complaint on Superman was the costume. I thought EVERYTHING else was done RIGHT! |
i didn't have a problem with the costume... it never jumped out at me as being incorrect or wrong. it didn't distract me.
i think that the biggest complaint i had about Superman was that Supes didn't have that much dialog... he just didn't SAY much.
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| caseagainstfaith wrote: |
I enjoyed Superman, though, in my view, it was good, but not great. I guess I just find the character *TOO* powerful, he might as well be God. He can do essentially anything easily. Unless he gets a little Kryptonite, then he's shit. But even then, 30 seconds after the Kryptonite is gone, he's God again. So, I enjoyed it okay, but not fantastically.
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I always thought the same thing about Superman (in general, I haven't seen the new movie). It's probably the reason why people generally like Batman better. Even our superheroes need human failings.
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Pirates of the Carribean seemed to drag in places, but, there were parts I really enjoyed. I like the swordfight on the waterwheel. I think they could have cut out 30 minutes and been a better movie.
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Now I remember, that was the last movie I saw in the theater. I enjoyed it, but the problem with this movie is that it wasn't a complete movie. This movie doesn't work independently of the 3rd movie, and it didn't even pretend to have an ending. At the end of the day, there was no real positive or negative net result. Even the LotR series had some sort of intermediate outcomes at the end of the first two. The waterwheel swordfight was pretty cool, and Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow is consistently one of the best and funniest characters in recent years.
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| caseagainstfaith wrote: |
I enjoyed Superman, though, in my view, it was good, but not great. I guess I just find the character *TOO* powerful, he might as well be God. He can do essentially anything easily. Unless he gets a little Kryptonite, then he's shit. But even then, 30 seconds after the Kryptonite is gone, he's God again. So, I enjoyed it okay, but not fantastically. |
From the time that I was a kid, that was always the appeal of Superman- That he could practically lift the whole planet if he needed to. What is hysterical IMO, is when he lifts a boat the size of the Titanic but picks it up by a single cross-beam or something. As if that little piece of metal could support the entire ship! I guess that's the comic book aspect, though. You have to defy the laws of physics a few times to make it work. For example, he can travel many light years away and come back to earth 5 years later, but both he and everybody on earth have only aged 5 years. Einstein would shit if he saw this movie. I also laughed when he was in space and his cape was waving from all the "air". |
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When John Byrne rebooted Supes in 1986, he added in that Supes has a bio-electric forcefield that supports anything he wears (normal clothes becoming super tough) or lifts (tankers). That was his mcguffin to physics.
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Superman was okay, but Batman Begins rocked...and Christian Bale is just  . I am probably a little biased, because Batman has always been my favorite comic book hero. All the others seemed too out there, but Batman's abilities seemed much more believable and realistic. My mom still has all of the Batman figurines, all of his cars, all of the Robins and all of the bad guys that I played with when I was younger. |
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| SvZurich wrote: | | When John Byrne rebooted Supes in 1986, he added in that Supes has a bio-electric forcefield that supports anything he wears (normal clothes becoming super tough) or lifts (tankers). That was his mcguffin to physics. |
Sweet! Now I can reconcile how he didn't impale Lois Lane when he was hunched over her in that oh-so-super way... |
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| ChrissyFos wrote: | | Superman was okay, but Batman Begins rocked...and Christian Bale is just . I am probably a little biased, because Batman has always been my favorite comic book hero. All the others seemed too out there, but Batman's abilities seemed much more believable and realistic. My mom still has all of the Batman figurines, all of his cars, all of the Robins and all of the bad guys that I played with when I was younger. |
i totally have a non-sexual crush on Christian Bale from American Psycho.
THAT is what i want be. 
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