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From Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online perfect storm Main Entry: perfect storm Function: noun : a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors From Wikipedia: The phrase perfect storm originates from the 1997 book The Perfect...

I have to agree with Will_B on this point - I very much respected the film and everyone involved in it's creation but I too was somewhat expecting to see some Batman elements pop up in a Batman movie. For us comic readers on the forum, to me TDK felt like a fill-in arc written by a hotshot...

Actually I have to agree with 'ol Charlie on this one - for better or for worse we'll never know what TDK would have done at the BO under "normal" circumstances. ANY numbers thrown around to that effect are simply pure speculation. Heath's tragic death made all traditional tracking impossible...

Uh, I really hate to be the one to say it to my fellow HTF-ers here but (here it goes.) Why So Serious? Just because you see a thread's been updated doesn't mean you need to read it if you didn't like what you read there the last time. I thought this forum was a place open to all film...

Please move this thread if it is in the wrong forum. Hi All, I'm looking for some help from my fellow HTF-ers in the Vancouver, BC region. I recently moved to White Rock from Montreal and am looking for advice on where to go shopping for dvd's in the area. Montreal had at least 2 very...

That seems to be the Miramax option with long (4+ hour) movies depending on how 'cool' you are: Martin Scorsese, one of America's most respected directors has to significantly cut Gangs of New York to get it under a 3 hour window for distribution, probably damaging his film in the process...

Thanks Scott, I figured as much. Looks like I'll be buying the gf a new machine for HER b-day! Dave

long story short - my gf bought Halo for her son for his b-day and her proccessor is a little slower than is required. Can the game be run at all, albiet slow and choppy maybe or will it just not run on a below spec machine? Any info would be helpful as she and I are on seperate coasts and I...

Geez Ricardo, I'm not a great fan of collectables talk as well but after soooo many pages of movie talk these guys have to mix it up a little bit! :D Now, having said that my change of topic question for the panel is this: what do you think the chances are of getting a multi-disc epic...

I second you Sean. I've always mentally added a years' passage of time to account for Gandalf's excursions and to stick to the timeline as outlined in both the book and the movie. Dave

Huh. But what about that scene in the EE of TTT where M&P run into that wacky Eric Idle in the Bazzar on the edge of Fangorn and they buy back the daggers as he teaches them how to haggle? Where's my No-Prize? 'Nuff said. Dave

Actually Galadriel mentions that the daggers she gives Merry and Pippin are of the Noldorin (sp?) - High Elves - and that they have already seen service in war suggesting that there may be more to them than meet the eye. Not word for word from the original text I'll grant you but in the same...

From cnn.com - "Return of the King" did not set records for best domestic opening weekend, but it put up the highest numbers ever for a worldwide debut. The film added $121 million in 28 other countries since Wednesday for a global total of $246.1 million, surpassing the $202.8 million...

Thanks for the review Ruben amd welcome to AICN! Lol, best review I've heard yet. Way to go Troy. Hmmmm, as for myself I'm really torn between saying which I liked more - ROTK or FOTR. I think for myself ROTK was the best CINEMA EXPERIENCE of the 3 but that FOTR is a better movie. If that...

So about this Return of the King thingy? Shall we say $125 million by Sunday (it will pass $100 million on Saturday) and $400 million domestic when all is said and done. I know it's a bit high on the final domestic but it is the holidays and I'm in a generous mood. Dave p.s. BTW, I also...