OT: Matrix - Page 3

narf poit chez BOOM · #21 March 26th, 2004, 03:09 AM

The highlander movies aren't worth watching. Watch the two series, if they come out in your area.

gregebowman · #22 March 26th, 2004, 03:22 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
The highlander movies aren't worth watching. Watch the two series, if they come out in your area.

Your statement is true, except for the first movie. That is still an excellant movie; I just wished the studios had treated the sequels with more respect, instead of just throwing them out there. The series was good also. Wish I had the money to buy the dvd sets.

Yef · #23 March 26th, 2004, 03:51 PM

How bad does a movie needs to be to get into the Worst Ever group?
I would say that the disappointment factor should be the rule to judge by. Movies that we expect to be awesome but we come out of the theater extremely disappointed. If so, than my list of "Worst ever" would be:

1- Return of the King. I still can't get over that greeny stuff winning the battle of Pelennor fields. The battle was won in the book by the sacrify of the humans in Middle Earth, and it was won at the price of heavy cassualties. Peter Jackson completely missed Tolkien's message of the Price of Victory, which Tolkiens got from his experiences during WW1.

2- Matrix 2 & 3. I don't think they were totally bad, but they added several layers of confussion to the main history, as outlined in the 1st movie, and thus they were a big disappoinment.

3- Terminator 3. Another good 'Ahnold movie. I really hoped Arnold would play a negative character, like in the original. Just like in T2, the Terminator arrives to the present by walking into a bar, and kills a wooping.....ZERO humans. The only cool thing about T3 was the nukes at the end. That was......awesome? I would say terrifying.

gregebowman · #24 March 26th, 2004, 04:45 PM

The only problem with T3 was that James Cameron had nothing to do with the movie, as Gale Anne Hurd won the rights to the Terminator franchise after their divorce. Also, I don't know why they didn't get Eddie Furlong to play John Conner again. Worst movie, no. Disappointing compared to the other 2, yes. I'd rather have them go to the future and show John leading the revolution that let the humans win.

Cheeze · #25 March 26th, 2004, 05:10 PM

You have to view the Last Highlander (and the series) as an alternate story. There's no continuity between the first three and that one. Make that the first two...I've Banned Highlander 2 from my memory. If I could cut the brain cells that contain that time from my brain...

I feel almost the same about the Matrix trilogy. First one is outstanding, the following two lack in a big way. Except that it's clear a Dragonball Z movie is entirely possible to make in a live action format. And Hugo Weaving is too much fun to watch.

I liked T3's way of the bringing the story back to the beginning. I never bought T2's ending as making the world safe.

narf poit chez BOOM · #26 March 27th, 2004, 01:41 AM

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Originally posted by Yef:

1- Return of the King. I still can't get over that greeny stuff winning the battle of Pelennor fields. The battle was won in the book by the sacrify of the humans in Middle Earth, and it was won at the price of heavy cassualties. Peter Jackson completely missed Tolkien's message of the Price of Victory, which Tolkiens got from his experiences during WW1.

I think you mean TTT. I don't think there where any Ents in ROTK.

Join the FAAA!

narf poit chez BOOM · #27 March 27th, 2004, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
The highlander movies aren't worth watching. Watch the two series, if they come out in your area.

Your statement is true, except for the first movie. That is still an excellant movie; I just wished the studios had treated the sequels with more respect, instead of just throwing them out there. The series was good also. Wish I had the money to buy the dvd sets.

yeah, forgot the first movie was good. Well, not exactly a cinimatic masterpeice, but good.

Whoops. Wake up, Narf.

[ March 26, 2004, 23:48: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

General Woundwort · #28 March 27th, 2004, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Originally posted by Yef:

1- Return of the King. I still can't get over that greeny stuff winning the battle of Pelennor fields. The battle was won in the book by the sacrify of the humans in Middle Earth, and it was won at the price of heavy cassualties. Peter Jackson completely missed Tolkien's message of the Price of Victory, which Tolkiens got from his experiences during WW1.

I think you mean TTT. I don't think there where any Ents in ROTK.

Join the FAAA!

I think he meant the Army of the Dead in ROTK, not the Ents in TTT.

EDIT - And what the heck is the FAAA? I'm pretty sure you don't mean the Flight Attendants Association of Australia, no matter what Google says.

[ March 27, 2004, 00:09: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #29 March 27th, 2004, 02:20 AM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:
EDIT - And what the heck is the FAAA? I'm pretty sure you don't mean the Flight Attendants Association of Australia, no matter what Google says.

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FAAA - Forumers Against All Acronyms. Currently me and Alneyan.

*I hope I got his name right.

Kamog · #30 March 27th, 2004, 02:30 AM

I liked Terminator 2 the best out of the three Terminator movies. It had the best action and the special effects with the T-1000 were outstanding at the time the movie came out.