OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately - Page 23

David E. Gervais · #**221** January 6th, 2004, 12:42 AM

Well, it's now the day after tomorrow, but the shock and awe factor of the movie forced me to spend time recouping.

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.

Cheers!

Growltigger · #**222** January 7th, 2004, 10:37 AM

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

Atrocities · #**223** January 7th, 2004, 11:28 AM

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

that's in the hobbit.
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. 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.

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.

But audio books are good. Very good.

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

Atrocities · #**224** June 12th, 2004, 02:30 PM

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.

Captain Kwok · #**225** June 12th, 2004, 04:18 PM

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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.

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.

narf poit chez BOOM · #**226** June 15th, 2004, 10:38 PM

Uh-oh.

All these old threads...

One of them might start saying 'BRAINS!'

Maybe that should be 'WORDS!'

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

gregebowman · #**227** June 16th, 2004, 06:31 PM

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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.

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.

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.

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gregebowman · #**228** June 16th, 2004, 09:21 PM

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.

tesco samoa · #**229** June 16th, 2004, 09:54 PM

i would keep that to yourself

Ragnarok · #**230** June 16th, 2004, 09:56 PM

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I don't know if I should admit this or not, but I went and saw Garfield this weekend.

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.