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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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?
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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...
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...
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...