OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

Iansidious · #1 July 19th, 2004, 02:45 AM

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

). A good touching an inpiring film.

Kamog · #2 July 20th, 2004, 02:26 AM

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 ***

gregebowman · #3 July 21st, 2004, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kamog:
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 ***

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.

tesco samoa · #4 July 22nd, 2004, 05:05 AM

i just saw i robot.

i liked it as well.

Narrew · #5 July 23rd, 2004, 12:05 PM

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!

Randallw · #6 July 23rd, 2004, 12:17 PM

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.

chainmailgirl · #7 July 24th, 2004, 03:27 AM

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