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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. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I have to disagree on those two statements. I still think T1 was the best of the films. It had a solid story, and Cameron didn't need to have a huge special effects budget to tell the tale. I think T2 went way overboard in the special effects to the detrement of the storyline. Also, Shanghai Knights, although funny, didnt' really tickle my funny bone like Shanghai Noon did.

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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. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I have to disagree on those two statements. I still think T1 was the best of the films. It had a solid story, and Cameron didn't need to have a huge special effects budget to tell the tale. I think T2 went way overboard in the special effects to the detrement of the storyline. Also, Shanghai Knights, although funny, didnt' really tickle my funny bone like Shanghai Noon did. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sequels: I really liked Aliens. Still looks good after all of these years, especially in the widescreen director's cut. Agree that T1 was a better story.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think the new Vin D. movie your talking about is not Pitch Black 2, as I have never heard of this movie, but rather some movie called the Cronicals of *** I foreget what.

And yes, it did look very interesting.

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I stand corrected.

Pitch Black 2: The Chronicles of Riddick

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My Xmas gift pack arrived today and it contained some 40 DVD's (God bless the family). Included in it was "Bride of Frankenstien" (the first sequel to be better than the original) and "Bride of Reanimater" (Geof Coombs... what a ham! Gotta love him) and the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (Damn them all, go back to the comic!).

Now if only they'd sent me some popcorn!

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Narratio, have you always lived in Thailand or are you just there on work?

What is it like there? Good food, nice scenery, lots to do?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I saw the trailer recently, but I don't remember there being the title as Pitch Black 2. All that was of the title was The Chronicles of Riddick. Now, I still haven't seen Pitch Black, so if there was some sort of visual reference to that movie, I missed it. Still, it looked it would be a great movie.

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S.W.A.T. Someone should have swatted this movie when it came out. What a complete waste of two hours of my life. I should sue the producers of this movie for my used up time.

No decernable plot, no purpose, just lame arsed hacked together crap.

I am to young to remember much about the TV series, but what I do recall, is a guy on top of a huge holding tank with a rifle not that that means much.

This movie is simply not good.

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thing is, even if they make a bad movie, people will still go see it because the bad reviews havn't had time to get out yet.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the tv show. I think I was around 13-14 years old. Haven't seen the movie, though. Sounds like I might want to wait until it comes on HBO. It's a good thing I waited for National Security. Saw that over the holidays, and I'm glad I didn't spend any money to see it or buy the dvd. Talk about a waste of my time.

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Ya it is a good "free" movie to watch. Save your money and watch it on TV. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I'm going to see LotR:RotK today. Yeah! I'm sure I won't be dissapointed.

I'll let you all know what I think tomorow.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well? Today is now tomorow.

I just saw this movie and it was good. However anyone who doesn't think the Last 15 minutes sucks and is totally useless obviously read the book. (at least that is what I assume) I'm assuming that maybe in the book these scenes had a bit more to them and maybe meant something. The way they were in the movie is was just a bunch of useless crap.

Without giving anything away I'll just say that once you discover the fate of Frodo the movie is over. who cares what happens after that.

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yeah, i cant stand those darn book reading people who ruin my movie going experience. they either complain because a perfectly good movie ruined their favorite book, or they get all high and mighty about some lousy movie is all great and meaningfull because off odd references to important parts that were never shown.

I mean, if it wasnt good enough to be in the film, how good can it be? Progress man, progress. Now that we have moving pictures, we should burn the libraries so these holier-than-thou pricks wont ruin our time at the theatre with their incesant *****ing.

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Umm... there are a lot of things that are great in a book, but do not translate well to the movie screen at all. And then there are a lot of things that are good in a movie, but don't translate well to a book.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I read the book Stargate before I ever knew it was being made into a movie. The movie was slightly differant than that book, better in many ways, but had far less depth than the book had. Still, I enjoyed the book and the movie.

I read the book Sphere long before I ever saw the movie. The book was brillant, the movie sucked *** horribly. Too short, missed many keep points, and generally was a lack luster production trying to skim through to the big bucks because of the all star cast who had no fricking clue about the hack job the movie was doing to the book. Even the writer Micheal Criton felt unsatisfied by the way the producer and director chose to make his film. They took good point out of the book, but failed to back them up with the other key points. The movie was way to short, and could have been better.
However, after seeing the movie again recently I must say that it was an enjoyable short movie.

I learned my lesson not to read the books before seeing the movies. My bad.

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Ok I have to know.

How does the book end? Screw the movie, I want to know the real ending.

Secondly, doesn't frodo fight a dragon toward the end and not a spider???

No I will not read the books. I am to poor to buy them, and my eye sight has already deteriorated to the point that I am typing this without being able to read it.

Modderator Note:
Puke, although I found your comments funny and understood the nature for which they were intended, others might not. Please becareful. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ January 05, 2004, 08:41: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">that's in the hobbit.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">ouch. how do you read the Posts?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">that's in the hobbit.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And it's not Frodo, it's Bilbo. And he doesn't really fight the dragon, the men of the lake town do... Oh never mind. Read the book. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Audio books are good I hear. But I sympathize with your condition. I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost my eyesight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[ January 05, 2004, 17:13: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hence, that's why all of Stephen King movies suck, because the characterization and the tension just don't translate well into movies, especially when you get some hack screenwriter who puts his interpretation into what he thinks would be a better movie.

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Well, it's now the day after tomorrow, but the shock and awe factor of the movie forced me to spend time recouping. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Very good movie, a bit long at 3 hours and 15 minutes but very good indeed. I think the Two Towers is the high point of the trilogy. I now will wait for the three films to come to DVD in a full set with lots of behind the scenes stuff.

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Dunno how factually correct this is, but I was told that the extended DVD of Return of the King would be 6 hours long.

Hope it is. Great movie but for a Tolkienista like myself, a lot was missed out that I would like to have seen.

I have seen the extended Two Towers, and IMHO, it is a much better movie, that fills up a lot of gaps and just "watches" better

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">that's in the hobbit.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And it's not Frodo, it's Bilbo. And he doesn't really fight the dragon, the men of the lake town do... Oh never mind. Read the book. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Audio books are good I hear. But I sympathize with your condition. I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost my eyesight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I have glasses that help me read, but most of the time my vission is rather blurry. I used to spend a lot more time on the PC than I do now.

Its not that I don't want to read the books Geo, its that I know once I start my mind will cloud up and a head acke will come. Think of it like this, You have to read a 1000 page book about soil composission while sufforing from the worst hang over of your life.

I used to love to read, but any more its become problematic for me.

Hell I used to love to write, but even that seems to elude my interest now. And from the lack of story Posts I can see other have the same alament when it comes to writing as of late. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif But audio books are good. Very good.

And thanks for the info on the dragon thing. I was rather confused.

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SPOILER DO NOT READ>

Riddic - What can I say but WOW. Pure Science Fiction mixed in with a lot of interesting but not very developed religious under tones.

I think if they would have had another half hour the moview could have become far more than what it is.

Great costumes, action, acting, and interest. Worth the price of admittion = yes and no. See it on the big screen but see it on the cheap.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I wouldn't say that. There have been a handful of Stephen King novels/stories that have made great movies like Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, and the Shining.

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Uh-oh.

All these old threads...

One of them might start saying 'BRAINS!' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Maybe that should be 'WORDS!'

[ June 16, 2004, 01:33: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I wouldn't say that. There have been a handful of Stephen King novels/stories that have made great movies like Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, and the Shining. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The Shining? I hope you mean the mini-series, and not that p.o.s. movie that Kubrick came up with. That wasn't Stephen King. But as far as the rest of your list, you're right. The best adaptation of one of his stories was The Langoliers. That almost went word by word, and it still was a good show.

[ June 16, 2004, 20:18: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

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I don't know if I should admit this or not, but I went and saw Garfield this weekend. It was a lot better than I expected it to be. Not exactly an Oscar winner, but at least it wasn't like the old cartoon that came out in the 80's. If you have kids, go take them to this movie.

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i would keep that to yourself http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I saw this Last weekend. The only reason I think it is good is because I grew up to Garfield. If you do not like Garfield the cartoon and do not understand the way the show was, you will absolutely hate this movie. It is not great but still good if you're a fan. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I saw this Last weekend. The only reason I think it is good is because I grew up to Garfield. If you do not like Garfield the cartoon and do not understand the way the show was, you will absolutely hate this movie. It is not great but still good if you're a fan. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I was already in my 20's when Garfield the cartoon came out, so I didn't really form an attachment to that show. I thought it was kind of juvenile, as it was probably meant to be anyway. In the past couple of years, I've seen it again, and it didn't change my opinion of the cartoon any. I'll stick to the comics. I'm just glad the movie was much better than the cartoon.

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Today, my family made a Last minute choice to see a movie. All voted for I, Robot. To be honest I didn't want to see it. I did see that a Disney documentary called "America's Heart and Soul" was playing in the art house. A very nice documentary about different people of different background's. Many people are interviewed. Country farmer's, an aspiring rock band, all the way to a blind mountain climber who conquered Mt.Everest. And the touching story of a disabled man who's father pushes his wheel chair in a marathon. In the end BIG THUMBS UP! I think the film is playing in 98 cities right now but if you can see it take your family. Because I was the only soul in the room(I didn't do anything that bad all alone http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ). A good touching an inpiring film.

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I saw "I, Robot" couple of nights ago. It was pretty good.

*** WARNING: SPOILER !! ****
I thought that the story would have been much more interesting if Will Smith turned out to be a robot. When his arm gets injured, we're all thinking , wow, he's a robot! He's a human-looking robot with emotions, isn't that a interesting twist in the story? So in my mind I'm coming up with theories, like: is he an advanced prototype built secretly by the scientist who died? Is he a robot from the future? But nah, he's not really a robot. By the way, those were cool-looking cars from 2035...
*** End of Spoiler ***

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That story's already been done. It's called Blade Runner. Spoiler alert for those who don't know. In an interview a couple of years ago, Ridley (it was Ridley, right?) Scott admitted that Decker was a replicant. The book didn't have him as one, but Scott made him one.

Also, although I posted this in another post, I thought Spiderman 2 suprassed The Empire Strikes Back as the ultimate example of a great sequel. Some complain about the special effects, but as far as the storyline goes, it was superb. Too bad Sam Raimi wasn't asked to direct the Star Wars prequels. They might have been more interesting and enjoyable to watch.

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i just saw i robot.

i liked it as well.

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Was hott here in the Pacific Northwest so I went to see I-Robot, and being a real Sci-fi fan (book reading mainly) I was prepared to be disappointed (especially since I did not get the matinee price).

Well, I'll be damned, it was well written ect, true NOT the same as the book I-Robot, and I do miss R. Daniel, but as someone said, it was a good Robot movie that Asamov COULD have written.

Was nice to be pleasantly surprised!

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I also have just seen I, Robot. Entertaining enough. I can't remember ever reading the books but I once saw a summary of the world history so knew how the 3 laws end up. Practically knew from the beginning what would happen. A case of meeting a new character and instantly guessing the whole plot. ALso I disagreed with the detectives reason for hating robots.The cause seemed entirely logical to me.

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Evening all,

Signs: There were lengthy periods of no dialog which were just creepy. I thought the interesting thing is that Signs is not about aliens invading the Earth, it's about why things are the way they are.

Return of the King: I love it, but this movie is loooooonnnnngggg. I watched an hour, went to the grocery store for an hour while it was still playing, came home and watched for another hour and a half. :-)

Anyone ever seen Hysterical? Old comedy/horror spoof. The name says it all.

-Cal

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Didn't see it in the theaters, but recently bought and watched the dvd of Butterfly Effect. Great movie. And what a suprise ending. If you haven't see it, I encourage you to do so.

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'So I married an axe murderer' is a classic, in my opinion. Note: Not horror, despite the title.

I like the coffee cup opening scene, for some reason. Adds something to the movie. Not sure what.

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I saw Unbreakable on TV recently...
a lot better than I was expecting beforehand. Maybe I'm just cynical about TV.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I thought that was a good movie when I saw it back in the theatres. Wasn't that supposed to be the first of 3 movies? It ended in such a way to lead to a second part...

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In the real world, Mr glass isn't going to break out of prison and bug the hero...

And the FBI would just track him down if he did... he'd be pretty high on the wanted list, after all.

I thought the ending was pretty solid.

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I liked Unbreakable. It was the best of the 3 movies so far IMO (Sixth Sense and Signs being the other 2). As much as I want to see his upcoming The Village, I'll probably only see it when it comes out on dvd. I hope to see some movies over the Labor Day weekend; that's when my wife goes to a family reunion in another part of the state. I usually stay behind so I can work my part-time job. If she goes this year, then I plan on seeing quite a few movies. I just hope some of the ones I want to see are still around by then.

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Don't know if they've already been posted but my two best movies I've seen recently would be Phone Booth and Runaway Jury. Not mainstream but definitely worth the rental IMO.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Seen Phone Booth. I thought it was pretty good. Fortunately, my cell-phone bill doesn't have an itemized list of calls made, so if I were contemplating about getting some extra on the side, I wouldn't have to go to a phone booth.

As far as Runaway Jury, haven't seen it yet. Loved teh book. I wander how much different the two are. Will probably wait until I see it on HBO to see it.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I never read the book but the movie is just plain awesome. The twists in it were done perfectly IMHO. I highly recommend this movie to all.

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A couple good movies I've seen recently: Pearl Harbor, and Payback. Payback is a little older (1999), and has quite a bit of violence and language, but the plot and humor was really good I thought. Everybody knows already what Pearl Harbor is about.

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I saw Hero.

A good sword-fighting action movie set in ancient China, in a similar style to movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Iron Monkey. Jet Li is an expert swordsman, with superhuman speed and accuracy. Some great gravity-defying fight scenes. Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi are in it too.

This movie is not out in theaters here in Canada yet. I watched the Chinese DVD with English subtitles.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">As an amateur historian, and from some comments made by the director, I had a big problem with Pearl Harbor. Sure, the special effects were great, but some basic facts they overlooked or just plain ignored just to make what they thought would be a great movie. IMO, it wasn't. First of all, the director (can't remember his name right now) said in an interview that if people wanted to see the facts in the movie, they should go see Tora! Tora! Tora! That movie is my all time favorite movie for sentimenal reasons, and I found that remark disparaging. Second of all, why make a Pearl Harbor movie if aren't going to include the facts? Basically, Pearl Harbor was a movie about a love triangle. The war scenes were just the background for the drama between the 3 actors. So why would they care about the facts? I think the most galling thing in the movie was when Roosevelt asked something about survivors in the Arizona. He was told they could hear tapping from trapped sailors. The only problem with that was that no one survived below decks when the Arizona blew. The scene was meant to be about the Oklahoma, but obviously no one knew or cared to correct it. But being from Oklahoma, I cringe everytime I see that scene. There are other misrepresentation of the facts, like no pilots in Pearl Harbor at the time flew in the Doolittle Raid, but it was obvious no one cared too much for the facts in this movie. I finally saw the director's cut, and it wasn't much better. I'll take the director's words to heart. If I want to see a movie about Pearl Harbor, I'll stick to Tora! Tora! Tora!