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I saw war of the worlds, and it was very nice http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif go and see it if you can.

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I liked that this Batman actually had a sense of humour and some people skills, which I wasn't sure I would.

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I haven't seen War of the Worlds yet but I will go see it for sure. I really liked the original book by H.G. Wells and the old 1950's movie as well. (The TV series wasn't that good.) I understand that this new movie is totally different and unrelated to the other shows. In general I like Spielberg's movies and this one should be a good one as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I was actually not all that impressed with War of the Worlds. Great visual effects, acting and characters are lackluster IMHO. Not sure if I'd spring for a CD once they come out.

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Took my son the other day to see Herbie Fully Loaded. For those who may have grown up watching Herbie movies, it was pretty good. I just wish they had Dean Jones and Suzanne Plushette (?) make an appearance. And I think Buddy Hackett died a couple of years ago. Overall, a good family movie that is actually worth taking the family to see.

I'm going to try seeing Batman and WOTW hopefully this weekend.

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Did the original Herbie blatantly defy the laws of physics and engineering (with a vengeance!) like can be seen in TV preview ads?

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The original Herbie swam accross about half an ocean, if I remember correctly, so yeah.

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I went to see Crash last week. I thought it was really, really good, but that might just be because I happen to live in Los Angeles, so I kinda "get" a lot of what happens in the movie. It basically follows several different characters of varying ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds, as their stories intertwine over a two day period in Los Angeles. There is a trailer and a clip of the movie over at http://www.apple.com/trailers.

I'm pretty sure it's a limited-release kind of movie, only showing in the bigger markets, plus it's been out for about a month and a half now I think, so it may be hard to find. But if you see it playing somewhere, I highly recommend you go see it. Caveat is, it's not a "go with the family" kind of movie, and I would say that you'd have to at least be in your late teens to get much of anything out of it; besides, there's brief nudity, violence, and racial overtones throughout.

--edit: Oops, it seems apple doesn't have the trailer any longer. It is still on the movie's site, http://www.crashfilm.com/, but I don't think the clip is anywhere now.

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Star Wars Episode III

Well I finally got to see Star Wars Ep. III...and damn was it ever good.

Have you ever gone to a theater, watched a movie, then when the movie ends you feel as though you are still in the world the movie created? Star Wars created this feeling for me this evening, and it is very rare for me to experience it.

The effects were nothing less than awe-inspiring, and the story was deep...and dark. Much darker than any of the other movies. Yet its very darkness makes it appealing in an age of sugar-coated movies where everything turns out well in the end. It's refreshing to say the least when a movie shows that the good guys don't always win, that people never "live happily ever after".

It was almost gut-wrenching to experience the betrayal by Skywalker, the slaughter of all those Jedi...the story was so immersive I found myself feeling as though I was there, watching the entire thing first hand, experiencing all the emotions to go along with it...a rare thing indeed.

As you can tell, I liked it. A lot.

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Well, I didn't want to go to it, but I took my son to see Shark-Boy. I hate 3d movies, mostly because I have a depth perception problem and it's hard to get those 3d glasses to fit over my regular glasses. After seeing Spy-Kids 3d, I wasn't too surprised at anything in this movie. If you're at that age range the movie was meant for, then it's probably pretty good. I caught myself falling asleep a couple of times. Not for me, but my son loved it, which is what really counts.