Patrick Sun
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Surprised no one has mentioned "The Happening" or "Lady in the Water" yet. Both horrific misfires by Shyamalan.
Originally Posted by Russell G
My reason for hating it is it doesn't make any sense! They're cars! They have no arms! How the hell do they maintain themselves?!?! It's "Maximum Overdrive" made more retarded! "Finding Nemo" works because despite being fish, they mostly behave as fish, and the toys of "Toy Story" behave like toys and the bugs of "A Bugs Life" behave like bugs, all in the worlds the movie created. The cars of "Cars" though don't have thumbs or arms, they can't function as anything other then cars, AND THEY DON'T BEHAVE LIKE CARS! They have houses? How? No arms means no building! The world would fall a part! How the hell did all those cars get into that car stadium?? You can't park cars on top of cars like that!! It's never acknowledged! CHRIST I HATE THIS MOVIE! And I'm clearly miserable and intolerant to certain things in movies!
Originally Posted by Paul D G
Sometimes you need to suspend belief - vampires are real, you can really cut off your hand, attach a machine gun to it and it'll fire at will, and cars can talk...
Originally Posted by Richard--W
Who is Jack Briggs?
I know you're sincere, Steve, but you overstate your case. AS a writer and a director and an intellect John Boorman is lights years ahead of ED Wood. There is no analogy between the two films. I understand the spirit in which Zardoz is made and meant to be taken, a kind of synthesis of a lot of fantasy sci-fi themes that were swirling around in the 1960s and 1970s. You had to be there, in the 1970s, perhaps, to see where John Boorman was coming from. Apart from all that, I also think it's a really good film on its terms
Originally Posted by Luisito34
I'm surprised that Superman Returns isn't well thought-of. I'm not into comic books so things like screwing with mythology and radical re-imaginings probably has something to do with it, but I was thoroughly entertained. I'd be curious to learn what exactly people didn't like about the film.