OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

[Atrocities]

My nephews are begging me to take them to see this movie, Shark-boy. I would much rather take them to go see "Watching The Grass Grow" - than suffor through yet another abysmal child geared 3d movie. OMGNFWINH - Oh My God, No F'ing Way In Hell!

To bad about EP III (Star Wars) It was a really good movie that simply was not epic enough. When all is boiled down, there isn't enough to keep people coming back for more. The movie has grossed over $360,000,000 million US and close to a billion world wide, with only about $975,000 in sales last week so its on the fast track to the DVD market.

Star Wars was a revalation in the movie industry. Since then most movies, say for Titanic, have not been as "must see" as Star Wars and I honestly don't think there ever will be again. Sure ET and a few others were great movies, but nothing on the scale of Star Wars as far as uniqueness and glass roof shattering presense.

ROTS - albeit a great moive, simply is the end of an era that could have been a lot more exciting in its journey than in its execution. To many people were turned off by EP I and II to trust the revies of EP III.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, no, we're probably not going to have that same feeling again. We're used to stunning visuals, great plot twists and good story. Even if what we get is normally not that good, there's still movie's like Spiderman 1&2, which are two of the highest-grossing movie's of all time. Plus LoTR, Batman Begins was good, plenty of good movie's that are worth seeing and can amaze you.

But none of them have the same impact, because we know these movie's can be made. Star Wars was a new thing when it was made.

You know what I say? So what. I. Don't. Care. If a book is good, I'll re-read it. If a movie is good, I'll see it again. And in the end, I'm happy I saw or read something that was good, even if it's not that new.

[Renegade 13]

I don't know about you AT, but I think the great movies are timeless. I can watch a movie series like Star Wars endlessly without getting bored of it (except maybe for Ep I...).

Basically, all the new, revolutionary ideas have already been thought of, done, and beaten to death a dozen times. Perhaps one day there will be another truely revolutionary movie or movie series created. We can only wait for that day, and hope it does indeed come.

[Atrocities]

Well I went and seen War of The Worlds. Man what a distrubing movie that was. Very well done, Tom Cruise was really good in the movie despite all of the hidden political and advertising nonsense.

Is it me, or did those aliens look a lot like the ones from Independance day? Also I think I have seen those tri-Pods before....HALF LIFE 2.

Still its a good movie, not good for young kids though.

And yes, Renegade 13, some movies are timeless, and Star Wars is one of them.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Half-Life 2 got those tripods from WoTW. As did the Justice League cartoon and probably dozens of others I either forgot about or never knew about.

[Atrocities]

The thing about this WoTW's movie is that is does an effective job of pulling you into the point of view of an ordinary person faced with extordinary circomstances. Tom Cruise pulled it off very nicely. There are scenes in the movie that just make your skin crawl. It was a good movie, one that I would love to see expanded upon. You know, from the leaders point of view perhaps.

[gregebowman]

Still haven't seen WOTW yet, but hopefully I will before it gets on dvd. I was bummed when I found out the movie was a present day affair. I'd really love to see a version made in 1898, when you have horse-drawn artillery taking pot-shots at the martian machines. If there is one book that can be said that changed my life, it was H.G. Well's book. After I read it when I was around 10, I became hooked on sci-fi forever. Too bad I didn't know about The Hobbit, or the Harry Potter books weren't out then. It took me a few more years to discover fantasy.

Anyway, took my son and nephew to see Fantastic Four. Great movie. I didn't read the comic when I was a kid. I was more partial to Batman and Superman back then, but I more into reading & collecting the war comics. But I enjoyed this movie. I was just disappointed when Doom finally spoke through his mask. I always imagined a deep, resonating voice coming through. Instead, it was just the actor's normal voice. Bummer. Also, the guy who wrote it lives in the Tampa area, and he's been getting some press in the local papers. Seems like he wanted to have Galacticus as the main villain, but the studio heads and the bean counters thought it would cost too much. But he said that if he's given the chance to write the sequel, he'll make Galacticus the villain again. That would be great, since they've been talking about doing a Silver Surfer movie for years. That would be a great introduction for the character if it's ever done.

[Kamog]

I saw Fantastic Four last night. It's a fun and entertaining movie and I liked it. I never heard of the comic before, so I have no idea if the movie is based on the story from the comic or not, but it was good. I don't care if the whole premise of the movie is unrealistic (five people go up to a space station and they're exposed to radiation from a cosmic storm. Their DNA is altered and they all develop different super powers. One guy turns evil and becomes the super villain and the other four team up to stop the bad guy.) Hey, comics don't have to be realistic, it's a fun movie, OK? Also, Susan Storm (Jessica Alba) is cute!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I think there is a period WoTW movie being made. There was something about it on the forum, anyway.

[gregebowman]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
I think there is a period WoTW movie being made. There was something about it on the forum, anyway.

I don't know the details, but there was going to be a WOTW movie made during the time of 9/11. For whatever reasons, the movie was pulled out of production. I don't know if this was the movie that Spielberg made, or if someone else was doing this. If anyone knows anymore, please enlighten us.