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  1. Richard WWW

    Bad movie theater experience tonight!

    I had two bad experiences that were due to the theater's inadequate staff/equipment. First was when I went to see Empire Strikes Back, the first week of its initial run in 1980. They had problems off and on from the very beginning of the film. Then, when Luke lands on Dagobah, the film broke...
  2. Richard WWW

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

    I'd like to see a Hobbit film, but Peter Jackson is not the definitive interpreter of Tolkien. Puh-lease! My understanding is that he's not interested in pursuing making the Hobbit, and to suggest that McKellan is the only person who can play Gandalf is fanboy-ish. Peter Jackson merely...
  3. Richard WWW

    Just watched "The Ninth Gate," this is why it's one of my favorites:

    I, too, hate a film with an unsatisfying ending. The ending of a film is sometimes called a 'pay off'. You've invested your time and energy in viewing a film, and the director and whole cast and crew have invested their creative energies into a film, and it's nice to receive something back...
  4. Richard WWW

    Guy Ritchie latest movie 'Swept Away' heading straight to video!

    Madonna wants to be a respected actress. She doesn't care for the craft of acting, or for finding a great story that will resonate with people. She just wants a role that will expose her to the masses, and they'll say "wow. isn't she great!" Until she gets serious about making a film that isn't...
  5. Richard WWW

    ***Official THE MATRIX Discussion Thread***

    Was the ending of 2001 really happy? I can't recall. But Star Wars and the Fifth Element weren't 'true' sci-fi movies. They were fantasies, with futuristic elements thrown in. I would say the same of Starship Troopers, though its case is a little more debateable. Getting back to the thread...
  6. Richard WWW

    *** Official "XXX" Discussion Thread

    So what's Diesel got on his plate now? xXx2, Hannibal (the general from Carthage...NOT the cannibal!), Chronicles of Riddick....MAN, that guy stays busy. I can't help but think I've forgotten two other projects he's signed on to...
  7. Richard WWW

    OK, make your 2002 box office predictions! Spiderman, AOTC, HPATCOS, TTT...

    Matt: 9 I lived in Lafayette for about a year and a half, starting a little over two years ago. I got sick of waiting for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to come to Lafayette (or Indianapolis, for that matter) so I took a couple friends up to Chicago to catch it. Those wretched Lafayette...
  8. Richard WWW

    Looks like it will be a Superman/Batman team up movie for 2004...

    Actually, I read a quote from Petersen that he grew up reading American comics. So that's encouraging to me. Also, Walker -- who's writing the script -- also has a Silver Surfer project in development, so it seems likely that he, too, is probably at least a little saavy about comic book...
  9. Richard WWW

    Okay - which will get the biggest box office - HP, LOTR or Monsters Inc?

    We also need to admit that LotR will likely pass the Lion King right back up, as it will likely see re-release.
  10. Richard WWW

    Spider-Man (2002)

    Michael: I think most people who realize that Spider-Man is based on a comic book will forgive the 'high school kid gets bit by super-spider and doesn't run to hospital.' What I had trouble with was the phony look of the cgi. And the script was not really what I would consider representative...
  11. Richard WWW

    Comedies you can watch over and over...

    The Pink Panther "Good Sharkey, Colonel God!" The Return of the Pink Panther
  12. Richard WWW

    Looks like it will be a Superman/Batman team up movie for 2004...

    todd s, that is exactly what I'm worried about. Movie execs, more often than not, have demonstrated total apathy regarding comic book characters. They seem to think, "Hey. Don't the kids all like comic books? Aren't the kids the ones who buy all the movie tickets? Why don't we make a...
  13. Richard WWW

    Just when I thought I had Memento figured out...

    Sure, his wife is gone, but when he's driving away after killing Teddy, does that little bit of memory elude him? And anyway, done what? The Tattoo say's "I've Done It" and Lenny realizes he's just accomplished something he considers important, but by the time he drives away, does he even...
  14. Richard WWW

    The Far Side of the World

    I don't think 'politically correct' is the probable reason that they're making the privateer French instead of American. A better term would be 'fiscally responsible', maybe.
  15. Richard WWW

    *** Official "ROAD TO PERDITION" Discussion Thread

    they could have had tobey maguire do the narration. Did that guy's voice EVER change?
  16. Richard WWW

    Aliens vs. Predator

    I liked Event Horizon (How can you not like a film with Laurence Fishburne??), and Resident Evil was all right for being a video game/horror movie. But Alien v. Predator? This is just another ruse to rob us of our cash by coming up with an interesting premise and then throwing as much mediocre...
  17. Richard WWW

    Who's the next Renee Zellwegger?

    with Witherspoon having made a hit out of legally blonde, I'm not sure it's fair to say she's coming out of nowhere anymore. She's already headlined a hundred million-grossing film.
  18. Richard WWW

    Gosford Park doesn't live up to its cover

    I, personally, will not be returning to this thread because some of the posts are too mean-spirited. For Pete's sake, why do people take others' disagreement over the worth of a movie to be personally insulting and bite back like that? There is a certain current of intellectual snobbery here...
  19. Richard WWW

    *** Official "REIGN OF FIRE" Discussion Thread

    Spoilers below...read at your own risk. I was relatively entertained by this film. I felt that McConaghey was a little hammy in his characterization, but that was okay, cuz he was still fun to watch. I was, however, disappointed. I felt the advertising for the film (poster and trailer)...
  20. Richard WWW

    *** Official Star Trek Films Discussion

    The thing that I found so lacking in the newer series as opposed to TOS was the fact that Kirk was the most impulsive, reckless person on the whole damn ship! Picard, Janeway, and Sisko are all parents for their crews, in my opinion. Kirk, on the other hand, was something of a scoundrel. He...
  21. Richard WWW

    Are movies too loud?

    It just seems kind of paradoxical to me, when you have this huge image in front of you, with explosions going off, and all you can hear is the guy behind you munching his popcorn. Personally, I'd like the sound louder for most of the movies I see. I lived in Lafayette IN for a year and a half...
  22. Richard WWW

    I do not like this as a movie; I do not think it will be groovy.

    I think this movie looks stupid. But then, I think most movies look stupid. But I still go to see one a week. What the hell is wrong with me?
  23. Richard WWW

    *** Official "HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION" Discussion Thread

    who's up for it this weekend? Not me. Maybe I'll catch it when it's two bucks, but I can't imagine at that point there won't be something else I'd rather see. Let's see....I guess it'll be at the cheap seats in about three weeks, right? :D
  24. Richard WWW

    Which is more realistic, Romper Stomper or American History X?

    I thought the deleted scenes from AMX belonged on the cutting room floor, too. But I loved the film. AMX is a more self-conscious film than RomperStomper, imo, and that makes the story a little neater, even if it's a little contrived. Romper Stomper is just (again, imo) shooting to show the...
  25. Richard WWW

    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

    Still, suggesting that a person dying and having his work taken over by another sounds pretty damn cynical, John. I'm not attacking you. I'm just pointing out that some people will be uncomfortable with the sentiment. But the real reason I'm posting is to suggest we all forget about the...
  26. Richard WWW

    Looks like it will be a Superman/Batman team up movie for 2004...

    I think the 'Superman vs. Batman' idea from the link posted above is moronic. How can you have Superman fight Batman? Superman is infinitely more powerful than Batman! This is just a cash-grabbing reaction to the box office success of Spiderman. WB finally decided to jump back on the superhero...
  27. Richard WWW

    Superman Vs. Batman??? Give me a break!!! Dumb WB!

    Sorry. My post belonged in an already existing thread, and did not take into account a post in that thread made while I was composing my own.
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