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Every once in a while you come acrossed a movie that you know is just going to be a good movie from the first frame. Movies like the Lord of The Rings, The fellowship of the Ring, Shawshank Redemptions, Silence of the Lambs, The Lion King, Star Wars, and so on.

If you have not seen Seabiscuit yet, I recommend it. Now its not the greatest movie ever, nor is it the best I have seen, but it is by far on of the most heart inspiring movies that I have seen. I wish my sister were alive to have seen this movie. A well done movie that is both enjoyable to watch as any I have seen in many years.

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seabiscut was nowhere near as depressing as the true story was. the jockey ended up as a shoe shining drunk, and i think the horse went to the glue factory. the real tale was a true tear jerker.

I liked the LotR movies alot, but the book was alot better. they most people will complain about things they left out, which is not so bad for me. things are bound to be missing, and the extended edditions fixed alot of the problems i had with them. what i dont like, are the parts they hammed up and spend to long playing out. too many long homoerotic scenes, too many long slow-motion scenes of frodo being injured (in every movie - which was okay, because he was sort of a ***** in the books too).

ah well.. it would be boring if it was a perfect world. the previews for that wierd rocket-man style 1930s sci-fi movie look REALLY COOL, and the trailers for hellboy and the sequel to pitch black (the original was poop) look entertaining, too.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Unfortunately, Atrocities, I read the book after I watched the movie, and I became very, very disappointed in the movie. I know there's some give and take in "historical" movies when it comes to the truth, but they really butchered all of the facts when they made this movie. And I can't believe the author had anything to do with the movie, but her name was in the credits. I know the movie was inspirational, and I felt good about it up to the point when I picked up the book. I'm just so bummed about it I'm not even thinking about buying the dvd.

And Puke, according to the book, Seabiscuit had a heart attack when he was about 14, which is about half the lifespan of a horse according to the book. Also, what rocketman type trailer have you seen? Sounds interesting, but I haven't seen anything like that. The only trailer I've seen that's got me stroked is the one for Troy. Can't wait to see that movie.

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The horse died in 1947 and was buried on the Howard ranch in an undisclosed location. I don't know about the rider Red, but the story was more about the horse in my opinion than anything else. In his career Seabiscuit won over $400k in prize money and was ranked 25th for the century. That is not a bad accomplishment for the way the horse was raised. Our of 83 starts he wond 33 of them and just as many seconds.

I guess you have to be a horse lover to appreciate the animal and the spirit thay posess. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know about that Puke, everyone I know who saw the movie thought it was a great movie. In fact you are the first person in over two years to say its poop. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif But hey, everyone has their tastes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I did not know that they were making a sequal. I don't know about sequals as they usually really muck up the pooch.

EDIT: Sorry Guys, wrong name.

[ December 31, 2003, 00:42: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">wasn't me. *points Atrocities head at Puke* you want to talk to him.

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Sorry guys. Fixed

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know about that Puke, everyone I know who saw the movie thought it was a great movie. In fact you are the first person in over two years to say its poop. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif But hey, everyone has their tastes. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I did not know that they were making a sequal. I don't know about sequals as they usually really muck up the pooch.

EDIT: Sorry Guys, wrong name. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">First of all, I'm probably the only one who still hasn't seen Pitch Black. I want to, especially now that Vin Diesel is such a big star, but just haven't gotten around to getting the dvd. I haven't heard anything about a sequel, and it probably wouldn't star Diesel, as he's probably making the sequel to XXX right now.

As far as sequels go, I'm with Atrocities. Most of them shouldn't have been made, or they should have gotten the original writer to do the script. I think the most disappointed sequel I've seen was Highlander 2. Talking about atrocities (sorry, Atrocities, but it's the only fitting word I can think of to describe that expreience). The only sequels I can think of that surpassed the original was Empire Strikes Back and Star Trek II.

[ December 31, 2003, 15:35: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

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no I think Vin is in it - I hear the reason they couldn't get him for 2fast2furious (god, that looked bad) was that he was making this. it wasnt called Pitch Black 2, but had a different name. Looked more action and less horror, like Aliens 2 to Alien. Looked really cool, and even some alien sculpture stuff that looked alot like Giger's work.

The rocketman sytle movie (filmed all graney and technocolor) was Sky Captain and the Armies of the Future, or something like that. This guy in a WWII era fighter plane fighting swarms of ornithopters and giant robots that are attacking a sprawling new-york / metropolis type city. Looked very cool.

and yes, Troy looks like it will be a bLast.

Anyone seen Master and Commander? Any opinions?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, Empire Strikes Back is my favorite out of the original 3 Star Wars movies.
And Wrath of Khan is definitely the best Star Trek movie.

I also like Terminator 2 better than the first movie.
Shanghai Knights was better than Shanghai Noon.