The Movie Thread

[graigdavis]

Last movie I saw was War Of The Worlds.

I wish I had those 2 hours of my life back. The story line may have been captivating back in the 50's when it was written, but it sure isnt now. I wont ruin the ending for anyone thats going to see it but I will say that you will be asking for your money back when you realize how it ends.

There were a few things that bothered me. All electronic things stoped working. No cars, cell phones, nada. Yet they show some guy video taping the whole thing happening!

I was waiting for the movie to pick up the pace the whole time. Great effects and sound. Just a weak story line.

I will back up Anchorman! What a great movie! I had to buy it. I have watched it more times than Ill admit to. Although I am a huge sucker for dumb funny movies.

(I have Tomy Boy and Dumb & Dumber memorized from start to finish)

Has anyone seen Batman?

 

[voodoocat]

I will back up Anchorman! What a great movie! I had to buy it. I have watched it more times than Ill admit to. Although I am a huge sucker for dumb funny movies.

Just saw that movie this weekend. It was terrific!

 

[Mitica100]

Just watched another one, Saint and Soldiers.What a great war movie, made for under 1 mil. dollars. One of the best war movies, very well done and the characters were exceptionally well developed.

I might just buy this puppy...

 

[LizM]

Well, I saw Madagascar and thought it was pretty good but I wouldn't recommend it for kids. Too much bad language. I also wanna know why Alex didn't just eat the Mufasa for Pete's sake?

Oh, I did find a review of a movie not yet released and it has confirmed many of my worst fears about it. The film is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Once again, they have deviated from the books but this time I'm afraid it will really KILL the story. They completely cut out Dobby and several other characters. And we can't even blame it on the studio this time. They actually wanted to make two films but the director of Azkaban convinced the new director he could condense things into one film and so the studio said ok. Anyway, the review is on www.mugglenet.com.

 

[fadingaway1986]

Ok. So mine isn't a movie, but I absolutely love it. (its a series... but you can get it on DVD)

Kingdom Hospital (by Stephen King) - A very twisted tale of a hospital which stands on the ground of a mill fire which claimed the lives of many children in 1869. One of the victims from the fire, Mary, communicates with patients in the new hospital.

This was a very twisted series, but it has some very funny aspects, such as talking animals (a dog with an accent), a headless patient running through the halls, and doctors who stop whilst operating on the patient and break into song and dance (this patient also sat up and sang, whilst he had blood pouring from his eyes).

This movie is Stephen King's version of Lars Von Trier's "The Kingdom" (Riget) (1994).

 

[mygrain]

This movie is Stephen King's version of Lars Von Trier's "The Kingdom" (Riget) (1994).

von trier's version is ofcourse so much better. you know he started out as a porn director. lol. Obviously much better than that genre of film he moved on to better things. Have you seen his "The Idiots"...a literal freak bus ride. His Dogme 95 stuff is brilliant IMO. Hell he is one of our most daring directors of this generation- out side of cronenberg and amenabar. Never afraid to throw somehting nasty in people's face.

Last night I watched a Russian film called "the return"...is was great!!! two young boys meeting their father for the first time and then go ona fishing trip that turns really ugly. sublimely filmed & very mesmerizing. if you are a fan of good cinema you should try to get your hands on it.

 

[fadingaway1986]

I haven't seen Lars Von Trier's version, so I will have to take your word for it

 

[mygrain]

MIllion Dollar baby? Anyone? anyone?
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SPOILERS!!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE ENDING!! IF NOT THEN TAKE THIS AS A WARNING FOR FUTURE RENTING!!

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This movie blew chunks all over my living room. I dont understand why they had to turn this into some mushy crybaby tale of misery. It started off freakin awesome! everyone was doing a great job including Swank even though her accent was pretty lame. There was plenty of misery already in the film with her family and eastwoods family issue and freeman's history with boxing...why i ask did they have to turn it into some terry schivo film? I mean didn't we get enough of this crap while it was current news? I just wanted a cool boxing flick with everyone some what redemption worthy by the end but it just ended soooooo sappy. I almost got up many times to leave the room but the Samurai champloo rerun was about to come on cartoon network so i kept my rear in place so my girlfirend who hates SC wouldn't take control of the remote. Oscar worthy, I think not- but i always have a tendency to think the oscars are full of crap unless Peter jackson is involved. I give this film two birdies becuase i wasted time and more money on junk. I just wish Eastwood would make one more western before he goes the way of the *fill in blank*(dodo bird, buffalo, matt dowdey, etc...)

 

[Big Mike]

Oh, I did find a review of a movie not yet released and it has confirmed many of my worst fears about it. The film is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Once again, they have deviated from the books but this time I'm afraid it will really KILL the story. They completely cut out Dobby and several other characters. And we can't even blame it on the studio this time. They actually wanted to make two films but the director of Azkaban convinced the new director he could condense things into one film and so the studio said ok. Anyway, the review is on www.mugglenet.com.

You can see that it will get harder and harder to adapt each book into a movie. They will never fully capture the magic of the books but as long as they come close, I'm usually OK with it. I really liked what the new director did with Azkaban but my fiancé (big HP fan) did not like it much at all...becuase it deviated from the book as much as it did.

I'm trying to remember how much of a part Dobby had in Goblet, not much that I can think of, off the top of my head. His part in Phoenix is much bigger.

I'm a Huge fan of all things Lord of the Rings. I have been reading the books about once a year for the last 10 years, and many of The Professor's other works as well. As good as the movies were, the deviated heavily from the books. It's hard to swallow that sometimes but I've learned to look at the movies with a different light...as their own works...and not compare them to the books all the time.

 

[LizM]

The only reason I liked LOTR is I hadn't read the books. I don't mind deviations at times but with HP I've been concerned about the loss of plot explainations for a while now. I always have to explain "why" on a dozen things to my husband (who hasn't read the book) after each movie. Its just getting to the point that they are good movies - but you have to consider them parrallel to HP because they really aren't even adaptations anymore. Oh well, life goes on and they keep making money...of course, each HP movie is making less and less (you'd think they'd get the hint by now).

 

[Big Mike]

Well, less and less is still 10 or 20 times what most movies are making so I don't see them stopping soon. At least they seem to be good entertaining cinima...so many movies these days are just so horrible.

 

[mygrain]

Personally i think the HP stuff is getting better and better. Ive never been a huge fan of C. Columbus as a director...Alfonso Cuarón is a much better director and he carried the story almost exactly how i imagined the story when I was reading it. Newell (directing HP:GOF) is alo a great director...very moody movies. I personally can't wait to see it. BTW I'm pretty sure all of the books have been signed into movie contracts so we will have years and years of HP to come.

Anybody seen Charlie and TCF yet? I like Burton some of the time, actually most of the time..planet of the apes sucked bad though. I will probably see it this weekend at some point.

 

[LizM]

BTW I'm pretty sure all of the books have been signed into movie contracts so we will have years and years of HP to come.

Yup, they are already in production/planning. I want the movies, just don't like how they've adapted them. But that always happens I guess. If they've cut out the ferret scene I will revolt for sure though!!!!

 

[Nikon Fan]

Batman Begins Loved it! Someone brought me a copy from Thailand, and even though the quality wasn't great, I still thought it was awesome! Lots of action, and great acting IMO. If you loved the other Batman films (I know I did) then you will not be disappointed with this.


As for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , I'm with you Mygrain...I'd love to hear if anyone has seen this yet and what they think. The first one is actually my favorite movie from childhood...used to watch it at least once a week...but the new one looks like a pile of crap from the previews. I typically enjoy Burton's films as well...and Johnny Depp, but he kind of scares me from the clips I've seen of this one...

 

[Nikon Fan]

For those interested in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory here's a link to Ebert's review...the comparison between Wonka and MJ is funny and freaky at the same time...not sure if I want to see this at all after reading this:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050714/REVIEWS/50628001