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Has any one seen master and commander yet? Or how about Missing?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The main problem as I see it is that T2 broke new ground. The T-1000 was cool, deadly and the effects looked really, really good and smooth (remember the T-1000 being crystallized and smashed only to reform? remember it melding with the chequered floor? remember the cool moves it made in combat by changing its shape?). T3 looks like a throwback by comparison, with bad acting, cheap-looking effects and the much-touted TX was simply unconvincing and weak-seeming.

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Yes, saw Master and Commander Last week. I really liked it but not sure it will appeal to everyone's tastes. It is a period that I am particularly interested and it was very well done IMO. The action scenes were excellent, but if you are expecting 24 hours of action you will be dissapointeed. Probably 2/3 of the movie is slower, though none the less enjoyable _if_ you are interested in that period of history. Crowe and the rest of the cast do a fine job.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The main problem as I see it is that T2 broke new ground. The T-1000 was cool, deadly and the effects looked really, really good and smooth (remember the T-1000 being crystallized and smashed only to reform? remember it melding with the chequered floor? remember the cool moves it made in combat by changing its shape?). T3 looks like a throwback by comparison, with bad acting, cheap-looking effects and the much-touted TX was simply unconvincing and weak-seeming. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The main problem with T3 is that James Cameron had nothing to do with the film. I think Gale Anne Hurd got the rights to the Terminator franchise after she divorced James Cameron. so therefore, the storyline was probably like nothing Cameron would have come up with. After T2, I would have like them to explore the future and see how John Conner became the legend that made Skynet want to kill him in the past. The movie itself was ok. I liked the Terminatrix, but if you read the T2 trilogy of books by S.M. Stirling, there was a much better villainess in those books (and a much better storyline, IMO). Hopefully, if another sequel is made, Cameron will have more of an influence in its production.

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Two more movies I saw lately were both child related. Saw Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Cat in the Hat. both were ok, and made me laugh, even as an adult. Of the two, though, Cat in the Hat was much better. To tell you the truth, I don't ever remember reading the book, so I don't know how faithful it was, but Mike Myers is still showing how versatile he is in his acting and the number of voices he can produce. Give it a try. It is pretty funny.

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I agree Master and Commander was a good movie.It had its holes in the story but a good one none the less.If you like to read I'm enjoying the novel and recommend it.I think I'll read the series.Its been a while since I seen a good movie in the theater.X-men 2 and Finding Nemo are the first ones I saw this year. The next one is Return of the King http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif SWEET!

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ROTK

*drools*

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Just wondering if anyone else saw Kill Bill. I thought it was pretty OK, some of the fight sequences were a little hard to believe (Uma out samauri-swords about 100 Japanese guys in a restaurant), but blood, gore, martial arts & hot women plus the standard Tarentino time-skip sequencing made it entertaining nonetheless.

[ December 03, 2003, 19:59: Message edited by: kalthalior ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Like most movies coming out this season, I'll probably only get to see them when they come out on DVD. The only movie I KNOW!!! I'm going to see when it comes out is Lord of teh Rings: The Return of the King. But I definitely will try to see Kill Bill. I've heard about the goree(?) sequences. It has made me curious, and I will try to go see it before it's too late.

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Cat In The Hat: very, very wacky movie. funny enough to sit through with your kids. they'll find it side-splittingly hilarious, no doubt. you'll love the delicious little tidbits of "grown-up stuff" that mr. myers throws your way. this one gets http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif