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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Feb 26, 2012 11:35:49 GMT 1
Shit, you actually got twenty good minutes first? The only good thing in this film was the sometimes funny dialogue, the dance off and me imaging that one chick from the horrible Rec re-make getting killed by the zombies again.
Speaking off, dont watch Quarantine if your a zombie fan. you'll be raging so hard to your screen like you wouldnt even know. Stick to Dawn of the Dead or the Walking dead series.
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Post by lieden on Mar 5, 2012 8:11:48 GMT 1
I watched the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre sometime last week. The book being one of my favourites, I try to catch up with film and TV series adaptations as they come along. I'm not sure why I do that: I end up disappointed every time. What I liked in this one was Mia Wasikowska's performance. She's got a lot more steel in her than other actresses in the role. I don't know why people making JE adaptations make her act and look like a doe-eyed fool. Wasikowska added weight to the role. Very beautiful cinematography altogether. The gothic feel was well played out. Other than that, I thought it was HUGELY disjointed. It's hard to cram the whole book in a 2-hour film, but jumping back and forth in the story surely didn't help much. Also, they didn't include one of my favourite dialogues from the early part of the story, when young Jane Eyre is being admonished by the preachy Mr. Brockelhurst:
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Mar 8, 2012 1:38:04 GMT 1
Shadow Raiders.
Imagine Mass Effect, but with a all alien cast from Planet Ice, Fire, Rock and Bone ( Reptillian dudes) working together under a Proto Shepard by the name of Graveheart ( I know, but bear with me) who gathers a alliance of the four races to fight off the extragalactic threat of the planet Beast which consumes entire planets.
Space Opera at it;s finest Character deaths Twists Revelations and space battles.
It;s like Mass Effect, except the ending doesnt suck...totally. The entire show is on Youtube, watch it NOOOAAA!
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 2, 2012 1:54:16 GMT 1
I just saw 'Total Recall' with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time.
Honestly - it was excellent. What a perfect action SF film. I'm a big fan of Total Recall now.
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And this is very funny a well. Only Arnold can deliver the line "I continuously used him as a human shield" in such a casual voice.
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Post by Battlechantress on Apr 2, 2012 4:11:26 GMT 1
Season 4.5 of "Eureka". I can see why it's headed into its last season now.
Oh well. At least the free hockey channel package is still up and running, just in time for the playoffs.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 5, 2012 2:22:17 GMT 1
I saw The Hunger Games today. Anyone seen this? Because I dont now what to make of it.
It was great in a lot of ways, but my big criticism is that there is very little closure. It feels like watching the first half of a really good movie.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Apr 5, 2012 2:25:30 GMT 1
Isn't it the first part of a trilogy?
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 5, 2012 2:48:47 GMT 1
Yeah it is, but I think you *really* feel that. It concludes its main plot (the games) but absolutely everything else is left in the open.
It just seems to suddenly 'stop', rather than end. No-one is really rewarded or punished (except for one guy who was never really important) and more questions are raised than answered.
I loved it, though. And the acting was really good, even by Lenny Kravitz.
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Post by Knightfall on Apr 5, 2012 3:17:47 GMT 1
I read the book late last year, but I haven't seen the movie (which I've heard good things about). It ended rather abruptly, as well, and I've been debating whether or not to continue onto Catching Fire. I have to get up on my soapbox every time The Hunger Games gets brought up, because it completely ripped off the concept from Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, which was one of my favorite books for a loooong time. Like, they're not even vaguely similar; they're almost completely similar. Gah! xD
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Post by lieden on Apr 5, 2012 8:37:31 GMT 1
I'm not going to watch The Hunger Games. For one thing, it's what Knight said: total rip-off from Battle Royale (I've seen the movie). Secondly, I read this by The Last Psychiatrist: thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/04/whats_wrong_with_the_hunger_ga_1.html It's a bit long, but I highly recommend it. Actually, almost everything this guy puts up is worth a read.
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Post by jklinders on Apr 5, 2012 10:30:59 GMT 1
I'm not going to watch The Hunger Games. For one thing, it's what Knight said: total rip-off from Battle Royale (I've seen the movie). Secondly, I read this by The Last Psychiatrist: thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/04/whats_wrong_with_the_hunger_ga_1.html It's a bit long, but I highly recommend it. Actually, almost everything this guy puts up is worth a read. He actually does make a few valid points that I missed. My issue was more with excessive and boring use of close up shots and shaky cam. Whoever thought shaky cam was a good idea needs to be beaten half to death with his own camera as an object lesson. There was a scene on the train where there was one shot of a vista and I was like "oh look, I can see something other than someone's face" then a second later it was gone. The other thing I couldn't ignore was how mind bogglingly stupid the idea of The Hunger Games was as intimidation. So you have have some peons that rebelled against you. Obviously the way to keep them cowed is to take 2 but only 2 of their kids every year to be killed on TV while simultaneously giving them all a reason to keep hating you and actually encourage them to train lifelong for killing. Yep, I see how absolutely nothing, nothing at all can go wrong here. Other than that the movie was fairly enjoyable to watch once. But I was mentally facepalming a little too much while watching it.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 5, 2012 12:28:19 GMT 1
Well these are all excellent points. I had some more criticisms myself, but now I feel bad for the movie. It's a good movie.
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Post by Lily Ariel Linders on Apr 5, 2012 23:31:19 GMT 1
I absolutely loved the movie The Hunger Games. I read the first book, have not yet had the chance to read the others... but will soon.
Having said that, I do agree with JKLinders that the close-up shots and shaky-cam and weird angles was wildly distracting... he actually noticed that wide shot on the train scene; I hadn't noticed it at all! I also have to agree with JKLinders on another thing - the whole "intimidation / control" thing - I can't comprehend how the Capitol would be silly enough to not know that the annual killing of two children from each district would foster hatred and rebellion - as evidenced by the scene after a rather heartbreaking death in the movie, where the fallen Tribute's whole District rioted when the giant screen showed the death. That was not in the book, but I heartily approved of it being in the movie as it showed that JK and I were not the only ones who thought that would happen.
I also thought that the (minor spoiler, trying to avert spoiling) scene near the end with the dogs was poorly done for the movie - if I recall correctly from the book, that scene was quite a bit more squicky regarding the physical attributes of the beasts... not sure if anyone else thought so...
Anyway, all in all, I rather loved the movie - aside from the relatively minor points raised - and would definately see it again if I could afford the money to spend on re-watching movies in the theater... lol.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Apr 10, 2012 15:02:44 GMT 1
The film Matilda was on Watch or GOLD or some other rubbish channel the other day.
I think seeing that film back in the day is what made me realise the genius of Produce/Director/Star/Narrator Danny De Vito.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Apr 10, 2012 15:11:40 GMT 1
Thank you for saying Gold sucks ass. Watch is bearible because of Doctor who.
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