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[Doom_Dude]

So what DVD's have you guys purchased lately?

OR what movies have ya'll watched lately?

AND what films do you want to see?

FURTHERMORE what movie(s) do you think they should make?

I recently bought on DVD...

James Bond 007: Goldeneye
Underworld
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Battlestar Galactica (Season One)

I watched recently...

The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black and thought it was pretty good for that kind of sci-fi show.

Looking forward to watching:

300
Casino Royale

Wish they would do a good adaptation of Terry Brook's The Sword of Shannara

[rustyslacker]

I haven't bought anything recently.

Most recently, I've watched "Idiocracy". What a brilliant movie. Some of the humor was stupid, but the overall point was potent and well-executed.

And they should make a good movie of "The Restaurant At The End of the Universe".

[xbolt]

Well, I watched The Fugitive on Sunday, and last month I went to see Eragon.

I'd like to see an Eldest movie.

[Big_al]

I get most of my movies from Amazon rentals at the moment, here's what I got this year.

14 Feb 2007 27 Feb 2007 The Break Up
8 Feb 2007 14 Feb 2007 Revolver
25 Jan 2007 26 Feb 2007 Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties
25 Jan 2007 8 Feb 2007 Jeremy Clarkson - The Good The Bad The Ugly
25 Jan 2007 14 Feb 2007 Crank
11 Jan 2007 17 Jan 2007 Saw 2
8 Jan 2007 17 Jan 2007 Ultraviolet
3 Jan 2007 11 Jan 2007 Miami Vice (Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx)
3 Jan 2007 17 Jan 2007 Chicken Little
2 Jan 2007 8 Jan 2007 The Fog

[Dutch Devil]

Last movie I bought was Pirates of the Carrabean: Dead mans chest, I got Battlestar Galactica as well on the box it says that it is the complete serie with 24 episodes I thought there were more than 24.

I really enjoyed Chronicles of Riddick I found it to be better than Pitch Black, dunno about Casino Royale yet I prefer the Roger Moore James Bonds.

[Aliotroph?]

If you ha all the released episodes of BSG you should have at least 33. The first season had 13 and the second had 20. The third is shaping up for 20 as well and this doesn't count the miniseries they used for the pilot, which is as long as four episodes. I have season one on DVD.

Last few movies I saw were Saw III, Ghost Rider, and Departed.

Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black were good. I haven't seen any sci-fi in a while.

[Doom_Dude]

The season one DVD set of Battlestar Galatica I bought includes the 3+ hour miniseries on the first DVD. I see in the store they have Season 2.0 and 2.5.... not sure wtf is going on with that. Looks like they split the season in order to get more money. :/

I also bought that Ultraviolet movie Big_al mentioned. Haven't watched it yet. I buy a lot of DVD's at blockbuster that are previously viewed and are far cheaper than buying new and there's no problems with returning anything that is scratched or whatever. Haven't had to return anything yet and they don't seem to package anything that got any marks or damage on it.

How was that Ghost Rider film Aliotroph?

Also keeping an eye out for
House Of Flying Daggers
A Scanner Darkly
Beowulf and Grendel (hope it doesn't suck) heh

Also I picked up The Sentinel today for cheap.

[Aliotroph?]

Hmm, I need to see A Scanner Darkly.

Ghost Rider was better than I expected, especially considering it starred Nicholas Cage, who usually comes off as a creepy ass.

As for Battlestar, season two was filmed and aired with something like a five-month hiatus in the middle. The first bunch of DVDs came out before the second half of the season had been on TV yet.

All the DVDs I get are gifts. Though, if they ever release Exo Squad on DVD I'll buy it the second I see it. :D

[Dutch Devil]

I still have to see Saw III ive heard its the most gory one of the three, I think I will see Beowulf and Grendel as well at first I thought you ment Beowulf with Cristopher Lambert (Highlander) :p thats was an weird movie but kinda cool.

[Aliotroph?]

Saw III was pretty gory. If you're easily grossed out then don't watch it on a full stomach. :D

[Falci]

I saw Beowulf and Grendel... it's interesting... but lacks a bit of killing. I watched Lambert's version too... and it's more of a B movie than the new one.

I'm starving to buy Blade Runner... but I think that holding me back is doing a lot good for my pockets.

[Dutch Devil]

Blade Runner is one of the best science fiction movies ever made the music from Vangelis is awsome, ive seen it many times and still can enjoy it.

And of course Harrison Ford is an great actor.

[Aliotroph?]

I recall hearing there was supposed to be a special edition of Blade Runner in the theatres in December but I never saw it. A couple of friends and I wanted to go see it. The original theatrical version is pretty different from the director's cut.

[Doom_Dude]

Blade Runner special edition sounds good to me. I bought the directors cut awhile ago. I have a big stack of stuff I have to watch some time.

There was a Beowulf film with the Highlander? :p

As for Battlestar, season two was filmed and aired with something like a five-month hiatus in the middle. The first bunch of DVDs came out before the second half of the season had been on TV yet.Oooh ok thanks for the explanation Alio?

[ace]

Movies I've viewed recently:

The Runaway Jury (suspense thriller)--great cast and acting, great plot and great topic.

Solaris (sci-fi/drama)--Everything up to the last segment of the movie builds this sci-fi up great, but that last segment kills it for me; the movie simply refused to go into detail about its plot.

Pan's Labyrinth (drama/war/fantasy)--Absolutely brilliant in every way imaginable. It's subtitled though, if you're not into that. Also really gory.

The Number 23 (psychological thriller)--Just saw this one (obviously :p). An unsuspected role for Jim Carrey to take on, but it's hardly noticeable that he's a comedian after roughly the first 30 minutes or so. Very nice plot, very good flick.

Casino Royale (action)--Probably the best Bond film I've seen yet. I look forward to seeing the next movies the new Bond actor is to do; despite he does not look like a Bond he certainly perfects the character.

Blood Diamond (war/action)--Good story, important topic, but occasionally over-acted on DeCaprio's behalf (which isn't surprising).

The Good German (war/drama)--Long, uninteresting, doesn't really go anywhere important with the plot--just plain boring.

The Pursuit of Happyness (drama)--A very nice, light-hearted movie. Very good acting and characters.

Children of Men (sci-fi/doom prophecy :p)--Gripping, dark, brutal, gritty and scary as hell for a movie that has nothing to do with the genre of horror. Excellent movie.

Stranger than Fiction (comedy/drama)--Nice movie, had a few nice laughs and moments that were quite suspenseful.

Deja Vu (action)--Good action flick, but it's slightly over-plotted. I still liked it though.

The Fountain (drama)--Very slow-paced, like the Good German--but worse was the fact that the plot was just outright confusing. I don't know what the critics who raved about it were smoking.



Movies in gold I highly recommend you see--they are very excellent films that I doubt will disappoint. Movies in green I recommend to a lesser extent--they are very good, but not necessarily in the same league as the gold ones. The plain ones I don't feel too much one way or another about--a 3-star review, if you will. The red ones I did not like at all and will not touch again--not even with a 47-yard pole. :p

That's it for me. I've probably seen more like 30 movies in the past 2-3 months, but I can't remember, nor do I wish to describe, each and every one of them. And I'm TIRED. Bed now.

[Doom_Dude]

I hated that Solaris movie. Talk about boring with a stupid ending. I didn't find it interesting at all..... :p I would rather re-watch the DooM movie than go through seeing that again.

[rustyslacker]

I would rather re-watch the DooM movie than go through seeing that again.
And that's saying something! :p

[Aliotroph?]

I heard the Russian original of Solaris from the 70s was better. Haven't gone there yet though.

If you wanna see a bad sci-fi movie go find a copy of Soylent Green. Talk about taking a potentially neat idea, well-known actors, and a decent budget and then throwing it all down the toilet! Ugh!

[Majuub]

I saw Wolf Creek recently, which is based on the backpacker murders in the Northern Territory, Australia.

A Night at the Museum was pretty funny.

My uncle gave me the Doctor Who Season 1(2005) Boxset that comes in the shape of the TARDIS, a coupla weeks ago because he bought the more streamlined version (2 DVD cases thick).
I know the real reason is because hes just an awsome uncle :p

He also gave me a copy of the 3 hour extended version of Dune.

[Falci]

I'm willing to see Infernal Affairs... the movie that inspired that movie... with DeCaprio and Matt DAmon... forgot the name.

[Pieter Enis]

I recently saw "The Departed", thought it was a movie about two guys who lose their own personality while acting undercover, one as a gangster pretending to be a cop, the other doing the flipside of that.
I never noticed any one of the two 'losing' their personality.
I can't really tell if it really was that good. It's good if you want to see a movie with a lot of ... action in it. Be it verbal or non-verbal. That would be the most fitting way to describe it.
In the end it ends just like Shakespeare's tragedies.
It being directed by Martin Scorcese made me think it was going to be really good, but it wasn't as original as Clockwork Orange, for instance.
Worth seeing if you're out of ideas for good movies, that's what I'd advise you.

Haven't seen any other movies as of late, except on TV, but those came out a long time ago.
I'd very much like to see Blade Runner, what with all the good reviews I've been noticing it's getting.
Same goes for Doctor Who.

I finally got to see Mortal Kombat in it's whole, still think it's an 'entertaining' movie, in a Disney kind of way. (I'm comparing to something like "Angels", forgot the name but it had that in it. Just Fast Forward near the end of the movie and watch them all flap their wings to 'cheer on their team'. That kind of "Disney Entertainment")

I haven't seen any good movies lately, but I'll name a few I saw just to freak people out:
-Dark Crystal (Just plain kickass puppet action.)
-Gulliver's Adventures (The one where he tells about the Houynm's and the floating island I found to be the most interesting one)
-The Neverending Story (Only saw the part with the giant Porpoise in the swamp and the boy riding a Unicorn or something to get back on time)
-Flying High (I d'no, just pure fun and entertainment if you manage to quit thinking for the duration of the movie :p)
- The 4 Monty Python movies (Grail, Brian, Jabberwocky and Life)
- The whole series of Laurel and Hardy (-sigh- need I say more?)
- Charlie Chaplin's movies (Well we don't have them here, but they're great fun)
- The 3 series of Tommy Coopers' magical tricks (I think it was him. You know, the great guy with the fez)
By the way, my parents taped those movies when they were broadcast on TV long ago.
And like many tapes here state in the end:
Tha-tha-that's all folks!

[Falci]

That's it! The Departed.
I liked the story, but found the ending to be quite stupid in my opinion.

I just hope Infernal Affairs is a better story with a better ending.

[Majuub]

My wife and I rented Click and Snakes on a Plane last night

[Doom_Dude]

I just watched that Tokyo Drift film. Not a great movie but it's mostly about the cars and it's interesting enough for that kind of show.

[Dutch Devil]

Ive seen the previous two of The fast and the furious, I would like to see it I just wait a while until the dvd gets cheaper I never rent movies because most of the time the rental dvd's are damaged or very dirty because some people don't use them properly or don't care if it gets damaged because its not their stuff, ive had this numerous times that the dvd just freezes halfway in the movie.

[nihil_rat]

saw III good movie awesome 300 looks ineresting fav movie of all time Equilibrium it's like the 1984 of movies even though there was a 1984 movie the book was better. and being the doom forums i have to say the "DOOM" movie was a disapointment cause it did not follow the storyline at all it was just a mockery and com'n the rock? pfft

[Falci]

Just watched the Sentinel. Nice movie.

Ah.. I read about Infernal Affairs. It seens it has an even worse ending... ahw!

Todey I'm heading to the movies. Gonna watch Ghost Rider. :D

[Aliotroph?]

You couldn't make a good DooM movie that followed the original story. They definitely could have done some real Hell though, and improved it a lot.

300 looks fun, as long as it doesn't turn into another Troy.

[General Greivous]

I saw the Reno 911 movie a few days ago. I don't know why I expected it to be any good, in retrospect, but a friend of mine was in town. Should have opted for Ghost Rider instead :P Anyway I plan to see 300, and probably the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie just for shits and giggles.

Last month a friend got me to see Rocky Balboa with him. I'm actually surprised I find myself saying it was a decent movie (but that's me, and I'm just a bit crazy).

[Falci]

I loved Rocky 6.

Just watched Ghost Rider. Fantastic. Also bought Highlander and Blade Runner.

There goes my salary...

[Doom_Dude]

I watched The Sentinel the other night. Good film... mmmm Eva Longoria. ;)

[Pieter Enis]

Catherine Zeta-Jones it much prettier :p
Speaking of her, there's a movie with her and that old fart from The Rock (which is also a good movie ... sort of)
Any James Bond will do too, I saw Moonraker about a year ago. On BBC 1 or 2 (think it was 2) they have some fun shit playing there *flip*

[Doom_Dude]

Hehe you called her 'it'. :p

[Dutch Devil]

Speaking of her, there's a movie with her and that old fart from The Rock (which is also a good movie ... sort of)
Entrapment and the old fart would be Sean Connery :p seen it as well not bad but no movie I would like to see for the second time.

[jetflock]

you guys would love Old Boy.

[Phoebus]

Speaking of old farts, she's married to one (Michael Douglas). Just imagining her waking up to that old wrinkled arse every morning kinda kills Z-J's attractiveness for all time.Catherine Zeta-Jones it much prettier :p

[FATAL]

The Rock (which is also a good movie ... sort of)
Haha, The Rock is a campy movie. I kinda liked it at some parts of it, I must admit. Sometimes even I must slip from my standard of watching only highly artistic movies. :p

[jetflock]

Speaking of old farts, she's married to one (Michael Douglas). Just imagining her waking up to that old wrinkled arse every morning kinda kills Z-J's attractiveness for all time.
yeah dude....remember fatal attraction? one of THE yuckiest sex scenes of all time.

[rustyslacker]

I'm actually surprised I find myself saying it was a decent movie (but that's me, and I'm just a bit crazy).
When he started training for his fight, it was a pretty good movie. But before that, it was slow and mediocre.

Anybody here actually seen 300 yet? It looks so awesome.

[stphrz]

Last weekend I bought a few movies for the first time in months.

I got The Departed, Serenity, and The Prestige.

I had one of the best movie nights in a long time. Serenity was the one that really surprised me. I had no idea it was so good. Now I'm going to have to hunt down the Firefly series dvds.

Posting in a Doom_Dude thread! *wave* Hiya man!

Now where's my favorite smiley? Oh! Here it is. *dark*

[Doom_Dude]

Hey it's Stphrz. :D Hello.

Serenity is indeed a cool movie. The series is good too but I haven't watched all of the episodes yet. So far I think the movie is better.

[stphrz]

I had a look around earlier today but I couldn't find the series episodes. All the video stores wanted a hefty deposit to order it for me but I couldn't get any kind of reassurance from them that it wouldn't take a long for them to get it in, So screw it. I think I'll just order it from amazon or something. The prices they quoted me were outrageous too.

Damned hick town. *burn*

Well it's good to see you are still here. I've been away for a long time. It's terrific the site is doing so well too. The forums seem lively enough. Lots of new faces. Lots going on. I see you're still editing. :) From what I've seen Vilecore 2 is looking sweet.*shades*

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Hey Stphrz! :) Good to see another olde timer around here. Last time I saw you, you had just released your level for NDCP.

[stphrz]

Hiya! Yeah, I've been busy with work, real life and all that. Good to see some of the regulars from back then are still here. :)

[FreeLanZer]

Pan's Labyrinth
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
The Mantis Parable
Daft Punk Interstella 5555

*
Gold: Really really good movie
Green: A good movie

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Hiya! Yeah, I've been busy with work, real life and all that.
I know the feeling. I'm sure we all do. I myself, spent about 18 months un-employed after quitting the military before getting another job just before christmas last year. But shit happens, right? Got a better job now and I absolutely love it.

Freelanzer, have they actually made a Final Fantasty VII film? When did this happen? This is the first I've heard of it. :D

[Osiris's_Legacy]

There's actually two movies. Advent Children comes before Dirge Of Cerebrus I think.

[Doom_Dude]

Thanks Stphrz. I lucked out on buying the Firefly series. I got it for $28 in a Walmart of all places when it's been selling elsewhere for $40+

What about that Final Fantasy Spirits Within film. I never did get to watch it.

Anouther movie I want to see is that Flyboys film.

[stphrz]

I haven't seen either one of those movies yet. The previews I've seen look good though. I did notice that Advent Children was on sale at my local dvd store but it was some sort of special edition box set thingie selling for lotsa bucks so I passed on it.

[FreeLanZer]

Freelanzer, have they actually made a Final Fantasty VII film? When did this happen? This is the first I've heard of it.
Yes they actually made one, and when I say they I mean Square Enix the creators of the series of course.. The other FF movie was a cheap knock-off and has nothing to do with FF in any way.

What about that Final Fantasy Spirits Within film. I never did get to watch it.
Final Fantasy the Spirits Within has nothing to do with the Final Fantasy series what so ever. It was made like the Doom movie was made, the name drew attention. So again like the Doom movie, if you want to see a FF movie DO NOT watch The Spirits Within.. Watch Advent Children insteed. Though if you would like to just watch a good animated movie you can watch either of them.

Anyway, I can't wait to see the previews of the Kingdom Hearts movie they are making very discreet, there have recently been let out bits of information though.
I also look forward for the new Indiana Jones movie in 2008.

[[compactSprue]]

I saw Norbit yesterday.

Like I said, it was kinda crappy but it was kinda good.

[Nomad]

Final Fantasy the Spirits Within has nothing to do with the Final Fantasy series what so ever. It was made like the Doom movie was made, the name drew attention. So again like the Doom movie, if you want to see a FF movie DO NOT watch The Spirits Within.. Watch Advent Children insteed. Though if you would like to just watch a good animated movie you can watch either of them.

I don't care what anyone says. Even though Spirits Within didn't have much to do with the games, it was a good movie. :P

[Aliotroph?]

Was it as "good" as Advent Children? That movie sucked. :p

[General Greivous]

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.

Anyway, I saw The Fifth Element on TV today. One of my all-time fav movies. I was happy.

[Phoebus]

Amen to that!
BTW, here's my little quickie review of 300 (http://forums.raven-games.com/showthread.php?p=257654#post257654), which I just saw at the IMAX today. Hint: I liked it! :DOpinions are like assholes, everyone has one.

[Aliotroph?]

The Fifth Element was cool. :D

[General Greivous]

Amen to that!
BTW, here's my little quickie review of 300 (http://forums.raven-games.com/showthread.php?p=257654#post257654), which I just saw at the IMAX today. Hint: I liked it! :D

Upon reading your review it sounds excellent :D I thought it looked promising as well, I'll have to see it this week for myself.

[Dutch Devil]

Ive seen Torgue dunno if I spelled it right the one with ice thea and all the motorcycles what an pile of shit, some of the music in the movie was ok though.

[Doom_Dude]

I don't care what anyone says. Even though Spirits Within didn't have much to do with the games, it was a good movie. :P I've never played any of the FF games so I'm good to go for watching Spirits Within.

Amen to that!
BTW, here's my little quickie review of 300 (http://forums.raven-games.com/showthread.php?p=257654#post257654), which I just saw at the IMAX today. Hint: I liked it! :DCoooool...... I can't wait to see this one myself. :D

Ive seen Torgue dunno if I spelled it right the one with ice thea and all the motorcycles what an pile of shit, some of the music in the movie was ok though.I spotted the DVD for that for $7... which is dirt cheap and I avoided it. Doesn't sound too good by your mini review. ;)

[Pieter Enis]

The Fifth Element was sexy *dark*
Shouldn't it be Torque?
Seems like just another ripoff from The Fast and the Furious, which was an entertaining enough movie (only saw part, as I tend to have happening to me ... why would that be?)
especially with the ending :p

stphrz is too old for me, but here's an imaginary cake for you!
*hands one over*

[Falci]

Just bought the Sniper DVD. I wasn't planning it, but it was so cheap I couldn't resist. And I love the Sniper movie series. God help me find the other 2 with such a nice price.

"One shot. One kill."

[jester]

Just got back from watching Ghost Rider. Crap. Although his woman is a goddess, to put it mildly.

Recently I've seen Hot Fuzz, which was crap, Outlaw, which was crap, and the Illusionist, which was, you've guessed it, crap. I'm starting to go off films.

[Falci]

Just watched Shooter.

I love sniper movies! Bang! Headshot! :D

[Dutch Devil]

Watched "Behind Enemy Lines" yesterday with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman, its the best movie ive seen with Owen Wilson so far normally I can't find the guy funny in any other movie at all, good movie I liked it though the ending felt an bit over the top it is supposed to be based on an actual story and I found it an bit too Hollywood-ish you know an narrow escape from the bad guys and stuff, I wonder if it really happened like this for real I have my doubts.

[Doom_Dude]

I watched Ultraviolet with Mila Jovovich. Not bad.... some of the city shots looked really fake and computer generated, especially at the start. Some of the stuff during the last part of the film made it worth the watch.

[Dutch Devil]

That bad computer genrated crap was in Torque as well god it looked awful some bike chase at the end in an very fake looking city even Stevie Wonder could see the difference between real and fake.

A Sound Of Thunder was an pretty fake looking movie as well the whole city looked so computer generated it didn't took long for me to notice that they were standing in front of an blue screen the background looked so out of place.

[g6672D]

Life of Brian! That's absolutely hilarious! :D One of the best $20 I ever spent.

[Falci]

Just bought Highlander II: Renegade Version (AKA Director's Cut) and Highlander The Final Dimension (AKA Highlander 3).

I did it because they where both cheap. In fact, the two of them together cost me less than the original.

[xbolt]

I just watched Cars again. We've been watching it every Friday since Christmas, and we still haven't gotten tired of it.

[Boingo the Clown]

I've been watching movies bought from Giant Tiger's bargain bin.

Planet of the Apes wasn't as bad as I was led to believe.

Terminator 3 wasn't all that bad either.

[Pieter Enis]

Festen, some weird Swedish movie about an embarrasing party. You'll have to look up the rest as I didn't see it but my friend said it pwnd

[Dutch Devil]

Watched "Full Metal Jacket" a few days ago ive seen it for so many times and I really love that movie probably my favourite Vietnam movie no wait I think I liked "Platoon" better.

[Phoebus]

Watched "Full Metal Jacket" a few days ago ive seen it for so many times and I really love that movie probably my favourite Vietnam movie no wait I think I liked "Platoon" better.Nah, it's not better, although it's good. Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/) may be considered better than Full Metal Jacket, depending on if you're a Kubrick fan (and I'm partial to both). Oliver Stone... not a fan.

[Nemesis]

I watched Silent Hill last weekend. Having never played the Silent Hill games, I didn't know what to expect. Overall, I found it a pretty good flick.

I also watched Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes. Unlike most direct-to-DVD releases I've seen in the past, this one actually does a good job with staying close to the original Pumpkinhead movies. Also, Doug Bradley did a good job of playing that evil doctor.

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave. I had expected this to be corny and cheesy, as it's predecessors were, and yeah, it was just that. Kinda lame, but since I wasn't expecting much from it in the first place, I wasn't too disappointed.

Eddie Murphy: Delirious. I really wish he'd go back to stand-up. After seeing this and Raw, I find him less funny now as an actor. He's really good at stand-up, I think, moreso than he ever has been in the movies. He really should give stand-up another go. ):

[jester]

I thought the best Vietnam film was Hamburger Hill. It shows both sides, whereas most just focus on how America was so wrong to be there etc.

Oh and Falci, I bought Sniper recently, too. "They're all suicide missions!!!". I like the scenery in that film.. the jungle looks brilliant.

Silent Hill was cool, too. Great atmosphere.

[Phoebus]

On the same topic, another good one I would highly recommend is The Deer Hunter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077416/).
The russian roulette scene, with Robert DeNiro and Christopher Walken, is one of the most powerful I've ever seen.

[Rellik_jmd]

The other day I rented both the "Black Christmas" films.

The new one was terrible, pretty much without any redeeming qualities of any kind. What a waste.

The original from 1974 is FANTASTIC, and not just because it's even older than I am. It's based on a great idea, well for the time, remember this is basically the first "Slasher" film ever created. It's got a good cast of believable characters unlike the new one. It's got some fantastic POV shots for the killer as he moves around, really really good stuff. And while I can be a tough person to chill, the phone calls from Billy sent a shiver or two up my spine. If you're looking for a good scary movie this is one I highly recommend. Definitely a movie from a time when they still knew how to make good movies.

[xbolt]

I just watched a movie I haven't seen in a while: National Treasure. I love that movie.

[Pieter Enis]

I'll remember Hamburger Hill, my friend (the one who told me about Festen) likes original films.

[Raptor Jesus]

I just finished watching Battle Royale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale
)

Great movie and I suggest it to anyone who likes violence :D

[FATAL]

I just watched the movie Stalker, which I have recently bought on dvd. The movie is very deep and I liked it all the way through.

It was a kind of movie, which I doubt Hollywood is able to produce. That being said, I can only fear for the worst, as Hollywood has its own Stalker movie in the making. *chuck*

[Nomad]

What language is it in? I'd like to check it out.

[Erpster]

Just received two DVDs of The Who, "The Kids are Alright" and "Live at the Isle Of Wight". Awesome stuff if you like them and/or 70's rock.

[FATAL]

What language is it in? I'd like to check it out.
It's in Russian, but I'm not sure you'd like it, as it may get boring easily. I think I'm just exceedingly patient when it comes to movies, so I don't mind the slow-pacedness at all. But try it if you wish. Reading the novel beforehand may help you understand things a lot better, though, as even after reading the novel, many things didn't open to me in the movie. The novel and the movie tell different stories, so there's not much overlapping at all, not counting the overall theme. They don't spoil each other very much at all.

[jester]

Battle Royal's class. I'll seriously have to check out some of the other films mentioned in this thread.

I also bought The Breakfast Club in Tesco for 2 pounds 84 pence recently. It's bloody good!

[Falci]

just watched Wild Hogs... funny as hell! :D

Also, almost bought a Predator box. And Robocop and Die Hard 1... all of them damn cheap. :)

[Dutch Devil]

Predator rules :p simply the best movie Arnie starred in imo, Robocop and Die Hard 1 are good as well but I liked Die Hard 2 better, for me that was the best one out of the three.

Ive seen Cobra the other day on tv with Silvester Stallone apart from that one I haven't watched many movies lately.

[Raptor Jesus]

I just got Battle Royale 2 today <3. I play on watching it tommorow though as I'm going to by girlfriends house for the day xP

[blood imp]

Lets see, lately I've seen... Lots of movies. The ones in colors were especially good.

Trois Couleurs: Bleu (4/29/07) - Wonderful! It's making me look foreward to seeing Trois Couleurs: Rouge and Trzy Kolory: Biały.

Escape from NY (4/28/07) - An okay movie for its time (although I've seen better), but the 80s music... Horrible!

The Excorsist (4/27/07) - Beautiful! Although not the scariest movie ever made, its a brilliant horror.

Das Boot (3/23/07) - I thought it was good. I was surprised to find that I was liking the Nazi crew of U-96. Mostly because the movies about them, and you see what they had to live through.

Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (3/14/07) - Well, this movie's brilliant. It has some of the stupid yet hilarious humor that comes in most Jack Black movies, plus the plot was just funny.


Babel (3/01/07) - This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen (don't ask why). I just found it addictive to watch.

Flags of our Fathers (2/08/07) - A good movie. Although not the best one I've seen, if you know what I mean (in case you don't, its not what I though it would be).

Little Miss Sunshine (1/24/07) - Once again, brilliant! Like Babel, it's just amazing.

I've also watched on HBO recently, The Band of Brothers. I think this is an excellent WWII movie (along with Finding Private Ryan).

Now... Movies that I want to see... Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End (I enjoy the Pirates movies, they're some of the best action movies ever). Also Blades of Glory and Hot Fuzz (I enjoy pointless, humorous, and violent movies).

[Pieter Enis]

Finding Private Ryan).
I really hope you meant to say "Saving Private Ryan" *uhh*

[Nomad]

Or Shaving Ryan's Privates

[Raptor Jesus]

I refuse to get that intimate with Ryan xP

[Falci]

Just seen Smokin' Aces. Heh... reminds me of Snatch.

You know... chaotic and extremely fast.

Oh... and I bought the predator box. :)

[blood imp]

I really hope you meant to say "Saving Private Ryan" *uhh*

Oh yeah... whoops! My mistake. To tell you the truth, I was thinking about it, but in the end I went with Finding, not Saving. So yes, I did mean Saving Private Ryan.
By the way, to keep on topic, I want to see Blood Diamond.

[Raptor Jesus]

We will be watching Flags of our Fathers in my WWII History class next week <3.

[Pieter Enis]

"Cidade de dios"
Or ... City of Gods :p
Could be translated, but the spanish-sounding title is the original one. Nice movie.
Same goes for ... lemme think:
"Y tu mama tambien" and "La mala educacion"
Strange movies and they should be taken lightly.
They're entertaining, to say the very least.*thumbs*

[blood imp]

We will be watching Flags of our Fathers in my WWII History class next week <3.

Hope you enjoy it.

Also, Spiderman 3 looks bad to me. I don't want to see it. 2 was boring enough, but 3... looking at the commercials, I could see how the computers were put to place, which is not a good sign (anybody seen the ending of Sabertooth?). But then again, you shouldn't judge a book by its special effects. Although still, too commercial (anybody seen Star Wars 2?).

[Doom_Dude]

Only movie I watched lately was the new Casino Royale film. It was better than I expected but that one part on the ship annoyed me. heh.

[edit ]Speaking of movies. Uwe Boll is set to butcher up some Far Cry.... http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46879 :/

[Big_al]

I watched Children of Men (http://imdb.com/title/tt0206634/) good film if a bit depressing view of the near future.

[Falci]

It's Cidade de Deus, not Dios. It's Portuguese, not Spanish. ;)

Recently I've watched Commando, Bullit, Spiderman 3 and bought the Robocop Special Edition DVD.

I've spent more than half the film trying to remember from where I knew the actor that plays Leon... until I remembered Red Alert 2. :P

[Big_al]

How many people still got to the cinema or do we all watch movies on DVD or downloads now?

[Falci]

I do go to the movies every once in a while. (Bah... I go there very oftenly).

[Dutch Devil]

I don't go anymore I buy or rent my dvd's I don't download movies, I'm always getting irritated of people sitting next to me in the cinema laughing weird or they smell of can't fucking turn off their cell phone during the movie.

[sevencreature]

do we all watch movies on DVD or downloads now?
DVDs are dead for quite some time. Distributors are generally offering them almost for free on the streets *grin* I think it is amost cheaper to buy dvd movie than to download&burn. That said, it is in fact faster to just download movie, watch it and delete after that... Well, weird times we are living in I guess.

[Wa59]

The most recent movie i've seen was "Whisky Romeo Zulu", it's an Argentine movie about some corruption on Lapa (Some kind of airliner).

Class A movie.

[Falci]

I've watched "Casshern" and "Enemy at the Gates" last weekend.

And bought The Transporter and Transporter 2 DVDs. Gosh! We need number 3!

[Doom_Dude]

I buy my movies on DVD, most of which are previously watched from Blockbuster because they're cheap. I go to the cinema very rarely.

[Nomad]

I saw a few movies this last week while at my dad's.

Watched Eragon last wednesday. Wasn't anything special. Typical dragons and magic shit with the same storyline.

Spiderman 3 last Thursday. It was pretty good. Only disappointing part was that it didn't follow the comics and cartoon's story, but that's not such a bad thing since I already would have known what happened.

Watched The Pink Panther (the new one, with Steve Martin) last Saturday. Meh.

Batman Begins on sunday--Ace movie. I need to see it on a bigger screen with better sound now.

Constantine also on Sunday. Not too bad, I guess.

And I started watching V for Vendetta monday morning, but we had to cut it short to catch our flights out of Salt Lake, so my dad let me take it home. I'll watch it later.

[Doom_Dude]

I'll buy Eragon when I see it for cheap. :p

I also watched that Pink Panther film with Steve Martin.... and agree with Nomad. It's meh, I don't like Steve Martin very much anyways, he's so dry and boring.

[blood imp]

Well, last moday I've fullfilled one of my movie-dreams, and successfully completed watching Blood Diamond. I give it 10 out of 5. It is one of the best movies I've ever seen! I wish I've gone to the theatre when it was still there, because it must have looked amazing! On my television screen it looked awesome, so imagine the big screen...

As for Eragon, I've seen it, and I must say, if somebody has not read the book, and did not know anybody who has read the book, this movie would almost make sure they didn't read it. The movie was horrible. It was, like Nomad said, nothing special. Not only that, but it was missing so much content! I give it a... I don't know. Something bad in any case.

Let's see... what other movies have I watched that have been mentioned here (because I really don't watch that much)? Well, I've seen V for Vendetta, and I found it good. Strangely, one of my friends says he did not understand it. Also seen Casino Royale. That was near-brilliant. Good action, some intellect, near-brilliant.

Last weekend I've watched Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan for the second time. I know it's not special, yet I find it so. It's a not-so-bad movie if you ask me.

But lately, the best movie I've seen has got to be Blood Diamond. Brilliant, awesome, whatever. It's a masterpiece.

[Pieter Enis]

Seen Curse of the Golden Flower lately. It's a not-so-bad movie. In the end you get a "Lord of the Rings eat your heart out" feeling but you have to sit through an hour of quite dull and predictable events.
I mean, it's interesting when you're seeing the movie, but it loses the magic afterwards.
There are sudden duels that spice things up though.

About Spiderman 3: There was too much crying. And the reactions of the protagonists were ... off. I mean: Would you kiss another girl when your girlfriend is watching? I wouldn't.
And then they throw some thick, slimy emotions in that ruin the pace of the action.
But I'm glad Venom made his guest appearance. I love that KISS-esque guy.
Yet it's true, the comic is not being followed.
I want Morbius!

[Falci]

Just watched Ronin. A good cop movie. But I was expecting something really badass.

And what was in that case? Of course... it was Quake III plans (remember it's a 97 movie)!

So much killing for a sneak peek... :P

[Dutch Devil]

Ok I've seen Slither yesterday its one of those movies you see once and never have to see again, I didn't fully enjoyed that movie.

And watched The Village and that one was more enjoyable to watch, the ending was very weird and made go wtf.

[Doom_Dude]

I watched Fly Boys last night and enjoyed it.

[jadeanderson]

Watched Star Trek - The Motion Picture (Director's Edition) and loved every ploddingly awkward second of it.

[Falci]

Bought AVP. It's a fun movie... but not the best ever made.

Also, I've watched Hard Boiled (or... like in the original title: Hot Handed God of Cops).

I didn't find it half as fantastic as I was expecting, even though the body count is reasonably good. It's an interesting movie for the fact it uses a lot of elements and effects that are standard today in action movies. Also, they all feel very primitive in the screen, which is kind of nice.

At least it made me feel like playing Max Payne again. :P

[Dutch Devil]

Bought AVP. It's a fun movie... but not the best ever made.
I found it to be an quite horrible movie the story is even more stupid than the story in the doom movie, I felt like I was just kicked in the nuts as an Predator/Alien fan what were they thinking when they made this movie.

Apart from Underworld I haven't seen much movies this week, Underworld was average it reminded me too much to Van Helsing and the Blade movies.

[Doom_Dude]

I think they never should of combined alien with predator in the first place.

[Dutch Devil]

They allready did combine the alien and the predator in "Predator 2" well sort of at the end of the movie the fight inside the predator ship there was an display case with an bunch of skulls in it and one of them looks alot like an alien skull but I could be wrong.

I think I agree with you there Doom_Dude, I guess I was right I found this on the internet.

At the end of the movie, a Xenomorph skull can be seen in the Predator's trophy collection. In retrospect this could have appeared to be a hint for the upcoming spinoff, Alien vs. Predator, but the movie had been made fourteen years prior to AvP. Many people including the writers of Predator 2 believed that Stan Winston indeed put the Alien head in the Predators' skull collection to intentionally connect the two franchises, both owned by 20th Century Fox. However, the first appearance of the mixed franchises, the first comic of Aliens vs. Predator, was released by Dark Horse Comics in November 1989, a year before Predator 2 was released.

[Doom_Dude]

Now that you mention that, I remember the comic and the part with the skull at the end of predator 2, which was a film I watched once and never viewed again.

[Pieter Enis]

That bad eh? :p

[Falci]

Just watched From Dusk Till Dawn. Hell of a lot fun! :D

[Doom_Dude]

That bad eh? :p At the time it didn't seem the same without The Govenator. :/

I watched Elektra with Jennifer Garner. It was better than I expected but I think there should have been at least a bit more fighting. Least it wasn't long and boring.

[rustyslacker]

I watched Smokin' Aces yesterday. Highly entertaining. It was important to pay attention, though, because there were lots of characters doing stuff at the same time. Lots of shooting and cool twists.

Also I've been watching some House episodes on DVD [DBD] but those aren't really movies. Still pretty good.

[blood imp]

Yesterday I watched Spies Like Us. Hilarious! I couldn't get enough of it. That's some good entertainment right there. Also, I just finished watching Goldfinger, the third 007 movie. Of course they have some highly improbable stuff in there, but it was good nontheless. Better than many movies coming out today, actually.

[Dutch Devil]

I've been watching Malcolm X long long movie over three hours, but it was an interesting movie and I've seen White Noise surpisingly good I have to say pretty creepy.

[sLydE]

the last movie I watched was Shrek The Third. Pretty dull.

[blood imp]

I think I'm going to watch the Matrix trilogy soon. I can't believe I still havn't watched it.

[FATAL]

The first one was the best one in my opinion. The second and third introduced some nasty plot holes, which I didn't like at all. It's almost like the same dude who wrote Doom 3's story was on it.

[Doom_Dude]

I just read that they plan on making a movie based on The Sims. O_o

[Falci]

Heh... coicidentaly I was imagining what I would consider a better plot to the sequels today. If I have the time, later I write it down and post it.

[Pieter Enis]

I don't get the whole "Matrix has an intense plot twist to it and a deep philosophy that boggles your mind"
When I saw the movie all I figured was: Yes, so what if we were actually trapped in this dreamworld? Wow etc.
But the philosophy ended there.
And the plot twist of Neo being The One and fighting Agent Smith, well I didn't see that one coming -.-

[Raptor Jesus]

Matrix is hardly philosophical. At least I didn't think so. Very boring series. The first was good. That's it. It should have stopped there.

Matrix is hardly philosophical. At least I didn't think so. Very boring series. The first was good. That's it. It should have stopped there.

[sLydE]

dddddouble ppppppost

haha, sorry. I just watched "The Phantom of the Opera" (the new one). It was a decent rendition of one of my favorite musicals of all time...

please don't laugh at me :P

[Pieter Enis]

If you want to feel masculine, you should watch Westside Story *drunk*

About the double post thingy, most likely his connection screwed that one up. Or he clicked once too many.

The Matrix didn't have to end after part I, the rest of the series were nice to watch, but what with the whole "philosophic" smell around it, given by critics, it was a letdown ... err ... disappointment :D
But the whole 'playing with people's minds through a program' idea was neat.
And after he'd died, well, it was a nice change to the "Bad guys die, Good guys rise from the water after having swum over 3 miles escaping an exploding oil tanker with a dry-cleaned suit". For me it was :p
Spoiler schmoiler.

[blood imp]

I might watch Pan's Labyrinth today. It looks pretty good, actually (if you're me).

[Doom_Dude]

The Matrix Trilogy was fun to watch. Obviously the first one was the best. It's pretty hard to make a 2nd and 3rd film that is as good as the first one.

I watched xXx State of the Union last night. It was fun to watch, had some ridiculous parts and definitely wasn't as good as the first one with Vin Diesel.

I bought Eragon on DVD for cheap. Gonna watch that soon.... heh

[Nomad]

Not a movie, but I'm way hooked on Jericho. I'm so depressed that it got canceled. Either way, it is an EXCELLENT show.

[Falci]

I belive that the Matrix 2 and 3 movies would have been better if the had stuck with what the first movie stabilished.

Neo being a god into the Matrix and going to tell everyone the truth. Things like Agent Smith coming back as an Anti Neo, both powers limiting each other's forcing them to fight for supremacy. Neo winning on the fact he's a human therefore he has the imagination Agent Smith can't have. "It doesn't matter if you're a limited machine with illimited powers. I'll always be an illimited machine with illimited powers."

Also... instead of releasing the humans, the end would reveal that Neo's objective is to give humans the freedom of choice between real and thorn life or the comodity of the Matrix. And disably the cybernetic guards.

The third could be about Humans trying to find the robot city and seen what has happened to it. Neo has a wild guess. At the end, after a great walk through a phantom city inhabited by a colosus guard (and a fight with it!) they find out: The robots have sealed themselves into their own Matrix, which exists in a "parallel reality" to the humans one. With a planet so ripped and thorn, there was nothing left to live for there. Their matrix is also different in a sense that it's composed of huge central tower that rises above the clouds for sunlight energy and is also fed by some dozens of fusion reactors. The existence of the parallel matrix is Neo's wild guess.

[Pieter Enis]

Their matrix is also different in a sense that it's composed of huge central tower that rises above the clouds for sunlight energy and is also fed by some dozens of fusion reactors. The existence of the parallel matrix is Neo's wild guess.

Power was what the humans were held in the Matrix for in the first place *drunk*

Just a question, what would the second part be about?
But I agree, and remember having read it somewhere: Somewhere between movie 1 and 2 Neo 'forgets' all the neat powers he has.
Or movie 2 & 3, whatever.
I just think they should've made Neo a real God in the Matrix, not just a guy who can fly and do the stuff the other dislodged ones could do.

[Falci]

Actually... I'd like to think of the Matrix of a self sustained enviroment. In other words, it generates powers only to sustain itself. Or you think that all that computing power is cheap to maintain?! :P

[Nomad]

I wasn't going to get in on this, but the movies already explained that the humans are kept as literal living batteries for the machines. That was the point of the Matrix, to keep the humans busy in their own minds so they couldn't resist.

[Doom_Dude]

What Nomad said.

[Pieter Enis]

Either way, what other use would there be for the Matrix? Keeping people unaware of the real world and the damage they'd done to it?
And what after the sun 'd explode?
If it were like you said Falci, it would have been an extremely short-sighted solution of the in-movie leadership

[Falci]

I wasn't going to get in on this, but the movies already explained that the humans are kept as literal living batteries for the machines. That was the point of the Matrix, to keep the humans busy in their own minds so they couldn't resist.

I know... but, that's what the humans know. What the machines actualy think of it?

Anyway, I like to think as: Keep the humans out of the way, so that they won't keep waging war, interfeering. But this ain't Skynet, so the machines don't actualy have to terminate mankind.

So... the humans are batteries... to power their own virtual lives.

And if you think of it, by the end of the third movie, the humans will be released. If they're the machines entire power source... how will they keep functioning if they release the humans?

It's like saying: "Here, you won! Keep the world and we will shutdown."

But I'm not saying that my vision is perfect... it just pleases me more. :D

[FATAL]

SPOILARSE:

I think that only those, who did not accept Matrix (something like 1% of the population) were allowed to leave.

However, there are many things that simply do not match. How is it possible that any humans could possibly escape the farm? Shouldn't there be those drones take care of anything that they see unfit? How could these humans, who have spent their entire lives doing nothing suddenly start some movement?

How come that the machines have six times allowed the humans to start up their little colony? I never got this thing in the second movie. It made no sense to me.

[Doom_Dude]

I was under the assumption that the machines weren't 'all knowing' and thus didn't know about the human colony or it's location.

[rustyslacker]

I watched Shaun of the Dead today. It's still awesome.

[Doom_Dude]

I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest earlier and thought it was pretty snazzy.

[Raptor Jesus]

How could these humans, who have spent their entire lives doing nothing suddenly start some movement?

Easily explained. When you die in the matrix, you die in real life. Remember when Neo fell off the building during training in the first one? When he was pulled out, he was still hurt in the real word. Common sense would say the same would work in the other way. Activity in the matrix strengthens you in the real world.

[Nomad]

Easily explained. When you die in the matrix, you die in real life. Remember when Neo fell off the building during training in the first one? When he was pulled out, he was still hurt in the real word. Common sense would say the same would work in the other way. Activity in the matrix strengthens you in the real world.

But not by a lot. Don't forget that they had to rebuild Neo's muscular structure after they took him out.

[Raptor Jesus]

Dumb! He felt the full pain didn't he? He should have all of his energy :(. Wouldn't the robots want the humans to be more fit? Methinks they could get more energy that way.

[FATAL]

I was under the assumption that the machines weren't 'all knowing' and thus didn't know about the human colony or it's location.
But at regular intervals, they always LET some humans escape the matrix. So the architect says.

[Pieter Enis]

But at regular intervals, they always LET some humans escape the matrix. So the architect says.
I'm thinking the robots see it as some sort of sport.
But that would be silly, because they'd need all the battery power they can get.

Maybe it was because the last One chose those people to be free?
Wouldn't make sense either since when the One would die (of old age or whatnot) there'd be no reason for the robots not to hunt down the humans.

[Doom_Dude]

I watched War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise...... it was just him running around with his kids. O_o The best parts were the machines. Otherwise.... meh.

[xbolt]

I just watched my new Eragon DVD, with all its snazzy bonus features.

I will never understand why they cut Katrina from the movie. It was short enough already...

[blood imp]

War of the Worlds... O_o The best parts were the machines...
I love that deep moan sound they make when they wake up :D
In the end I still haven't watched Pan's Labyrinth, although Friday night I watched Clockwork Orange. I love the way they talk, especially Alex.

[Doom_Dude]

I still haven't watched Eragon. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow night.

[blood imp]

YAY! I finally watched Pan's Labyrinth yesterday at night. It was beautiful. Although, I'm not sure if the girl was imagining the whole thing, on crack, or was she the real princess thinger. In any case, it was nice. Looked a bit like art.

[Doom_Dude]

I need to get Pan's Labyrith on DVD and I want 300 to come out on DVD as well, which is supposedly going to be released July 31.

I still didn't get to watch Eragon because of some other stuff.

[blood imp]

Looks like you're not having the best luck with watching Eragon.

Yeah, 300 is another movie on my list.

[Doom_Dude]

Yeap I gotta get the DVD in the machine and just watch the damned thing.

By the way, has anybody seen Pathfinder with Karl Urban? I seem to have not noticed this film before and some reviews say it stinks and others say it's worth checking out, even if it's full of holes. One thing I was thinking.... how the hell does he learn to use a sword while growing up with teh native Americans. Heh. If it has some good fighting in it, then I want to watch it anyways.

[Pieter Enis]

I recently saw both Hellboy and Troy on tv, they were on at the same time, yet I don't have the feeling I missed anything :p

[Doom_Dude]

I think id just watch Hellboy in that case. :p

[Nomad]

One thing I was thinking.... how the hell does he learn to use a sword while growing up with teh native Americans.

He's a viking.

[Doom_Dude]

Yeah that explains it all.

[Pieter Enis]

Vikings should use either hammers, battleaxes or magic powers granted to them for sacrificing babies in the name of their preferred deity!

[blood imp]

I recently saw both Hellboy and Troy on tv, they were on at the same time, yet I don't have the feeling I missed anything :p
I enjoyed both, although Hellboy's probably better.

[Doom_Dude]

I finally watched Eragon and thought it was pretty good and had a good time watching it. If anything it should have been a bit longer and the bit where the dragon grew up was a bit rushed...heh. I never read the book so I didn't notice anything missing tho. :p Now the big question is, will they make the 2nd part?

[blood imp]

You're lucky you didn't read the book first. You would have, er... disliked the movie. For me a lot was missing. After it, I don't want to see the second movie, but I'll go anyway, just to see if they improved. It's kind of like telling people not to do something, just to encourage them to do it :D

[Falci]

I bought the original Star Wars Trilogy yesterday. Was a bit expensive, but at least I got all 3 original movies in the original form and the latest edited form.

And adding Young Anakin to the end of E6 was really silly. I mean, it would have made sense adding him AND obi wan younger... but just him? Seens out of purpose. Seeing both older and then, morphing into younger version would be nice too.

[FATAL]

That's George Lucas for you. The funny thing is that the best Star Wars wasn't even directed by him and that the three worst were.

[Doom_Dude]

IMHO the prequels didn't need to me made. We already knew what happened. I think it would've been more interesting to see a completely different trilogy of Star Wars films. Like a side story set during the Clone Wars or some shit with all new characters and stuff. Oh well....

Meanwhile I watched Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. :D

[Nomad]

Meanwhile I watched Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. :D

I watched it a couple nights ago on the Sci-Fi channel. May not have much to do with the series, but it's still a pretty good movie.

[rustyslacker]

I watched Gladiator yesterday. Pretty good. A little weird how the emperor kept trying to bang his sister, but she was pretty sexy.

[Jethro]

I'm about to watch pan's labyrinth. In like 15 minutes. Just killing time till then.
*Takes out BFG*
*aims it at time*
*Shoots bfg that shoots cacodemons that shoot shotguns that shoot bees that shoot pistols that shoot more bees that shoot...*
*laugh*

[blood imp]

Today I watched The Naked Gun. Hahaha! BRILLIANT!
Also, I've recently viewed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. It's a good eye-opener. I dislike those that think of Global Warming as non-existent, while the evidence is all here.

[Pieter Enis]

Today I watched The Naked Gun. Hahaha! BRILLIANT!
Also, I've recently viewed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. It's a good eye-opener. I dislike those that think of Global Warming as non-existent, while the evidence is all here.
Did you know Africa has experienced it's first days of frost?

[Dutch Devil]

I never enjoyed watching the three new star wars movies I found it the to be one big dissapointment, the old ones are just the best science fiction movies ever made I've seen them for many times now.

[Falci]

Some years ago, while talking about a ton of new SW games EGM interviewed the president of lucas arts... and he stated that he had already wacthed E4 more than 60 times.... now that's how you get a proper job in Lucas Arts! :D

[blood imp]

Did you know Africa has experienced it's first days of frost?
No, I didn't. Although that doesn't really affect anything.

Oh yes, and I admit it, The Halo Movie is on my waiting list.

[Pieter Enis]

I'm not quite sure if it did freeze over there, but if it did, I'd call it a possibility that the heat center is shifting.
I'm thinking that the earth's inner core is turning and the magnetism that pulls most of the sun's beams towards the equator is now moving North. I don't know if that's even possible, but meh.

There's no movie I'd like to see, seems like we had a little flood and now it stopped. At least it did over here.

[Doom_Dude]

Does this mean we have to send a team in a corkscrew ship into The Core (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/) to relieve the Earth of the pressure of the magnetism? :p

[Raptor Jesus]

I liked The Core except for the crazy computer kid with the huge nose XD. I wish I could hack phones using a gum wrapper :(

[Nomad]

I liked The Core except for the crazy computer kid with the huge nose XD.

DJ Qualls is in pretty much everything.

[blood imp]

The Core was a pretty good movie. Yeah, it was good.

[Raptor Jesus]

I still don't understand why the birds were falling from the sky (that did happen right?). Just because the magnetic field is messed up, doesn't mean they can't see or feel gravity.

[Nomad]

I thought that movie sucked.

[Dutch Devil]

I've seen The Descent and 16 Blocks both very good, you gotta see the The Descent its an creepy and gory movie.

[Doom_Dude]

I watched Night at the Museum and it wasn't that great. Meh.

[Nomad]

I watched Army of Darkness last night, and again this afternoon. I love that movie so much. :D

[blood imp]

I watched Army of Darkness last night, and again this afternoon. I love that movie so much. :D
That would be the one with "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!", right? I love that movie!!!

[Nomad]

Now listen up, you primitive screwheads! This... Is my BOOMSTICK!! The 12 gauge, double-barreled Remington--S-mart's top of the line! You can find this in the sporting good's department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids Michigan! Retails for about $109.95. It's got a Walnut stock, Cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right--Shop smart, Shop S-Mart. YOU GOT THAT!?!?!?

[blood imp]

Ah, that brings back so many good memories...

[Dutch Devil]

I think almost every doomer is well known with Evil Dead 1/2 and Army of Darkness I've still got to see Evil Dead 2 or did I still have to see part 1 I know I've missed one of those two.

I've see the one where they are in an cabin in the woods can't remember which part that was. It must be part 2 I think, Army of Darkness was part 3 and I can still remember the guy being sucked into an wormhole thing in part 2 and end up in an medieval time in part 3.

[Nomad]

I think almost every doomer is well known with Evil Dead 1/2 and Army of Darkness I've still got to see Evil Dead 2 or did I still have to see part 1 I know I've missed one of those two.

I've see the one where they are in an cabin in the woods can't remember which part that was. It must be part 2 I think, Army of Darkness was part 3 and I can still remember the guy being sucked into an wormhole thing in part 2 and end up in an medieval time in part 3.

Both part 1 and part 2 are a cabin in the woods. Part 2 kind of retells the beginning of part 1, and continues from there.

There is supposedly a Remake of the first Evil Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434020/) that is apparently scheduled for release next year. Though it lacks a director, and a script. I don't know why Raimi doesn't just direct it...

[Dutch Devil]

Maybe he is busy with Spiderman 4 I think its an bad idea to let some other director do it, I think I would have enjoyed Terminator 3 alot better if it was directed by Cameron same for Jurassic Park 3 if it was done by Spielberg.

[Raptor Jesus]

Is there seriously a Spiderman 4 coming out? ARRRG!

[blood imp]

No please! Not Spiderman 4!

[Nomad]

I guess I'm the only person that doesn't mind. :P

[Nomad]

I watched Equilibrium again last night. :D

[blood imp]

Yesterday I watched Ocean's 13. Hilarious and clever. I love the Ocean's Trilogy. It gives me quite a laugh.

Really sorry about the double post, but if I had edited the previous one, nobody would have noticed.

Well, I've watched Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End a few minutes ago. Really splendid. The Pirates movies are some of the best action/adventures EVAH! The only dissapointment was the Calypso bit. Including Calypso was fine, but still...
Anyway, 19 out of 20!

[Doom_Dude]

What double post? :p

At World's End sound good there Blood Imp. I haven't seen it yet.. I really enjoyed the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

[Kelthan]

World's End was a very entertaining movie. I saw it a week ago. Apart from the glaring incorrectness of how they portrayed the piratical 'legal' system (( In actuality, Pirate Ships were pure direct democracies. PotC portrays them as dictatorial states. )) .

[xbolt]

Pirates! Pirates! Pirates!

So yeah, I just got back from seeing Pirates 3. It wasn't as good as the first two, but I liked it. I loved the bit with the crabs. (I know, a very strange thing to like *wacky* )

[blood imp]

Actually, the crabs were some of the best things in the movie. They're so cute! :D

[Dutch Devil]

I've seen Borat very amuzing :p and Deja Vu despite my friends dvd player giving problems when watching that one it was an nice movie.

[blood imp]

Recently I've watched Pulp Fiction. A very good mix of action (not much, though), drama, and comedy. It is first-rate!

[Bladerunner]

Yes, I think the "Pirates" series has been as successful financially as the "Star Wars" movies series; fiction vs. comedy.

[Pieter Enis]

I found Pirates 3 to be turn-off at the end when all that lady does is fly up in the sky and create a maelstrom.
Why can't she send up 50 Krakens or so?
Ah well, 't was neat otherwise.

[Kristian]

Yes, I think the "Pirates" series has been as successful financially as the "Star Wars" movies series; fiction vs. comedy.
According to Wikipedia, the "Star Wars" series has a gross revenue of over $4.5 billion, whereas the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise has "only" grossed a bit more than $2 billion. Of course, these figures are always a rough estimate at best, so who knows?

[Nomad]

Consider how long Pirates has been out, though. It has earned a little less than half in about a four or five year period with just three movies, as opposed to a near 30 year period with six major movies, and god knows how many spinoffs.

[Kristian]

True, but there are many things unclear here (which neither of the Wikipedia articles answered). For example: have the "Star Wars" figures been adjusted for inflation? Are estimates from third world countries (where films, at least historically, have been known to run at local cinemas without compensation to the distributor or production company) included? If not, this would obviously further benefit the "Star Wars" series.

I agree that the POTC series has done remarkably well (beyond Walt Disney Pictures' wildest dreams, I'm sure).

BTW, from the description in the Wikipedia articles, I'm pretty sure the "Star Wars" figures only includes the 6 movies and not any spin-offs, series, PC and console games, toys, etc. As for POTC, the revenue estimate is much more hazily described (and could include such things as e.g. toys and games). If I wasn't so lazy, I guess I could get some reliable figures.

[blood imp]

You people and your figures :P

Anyway, yesterday I watched two consecutive movies (on a roll, aren't I?);

The first, The Ninth Gate, is about a book collector/seller(?) who is asked by a collector to verify the authenticity of a book that is supposed to contain rituals on how to summon the devil. Of course, after some wierd crap, the book actually works, but Satan isn't shown, instead, the guy (played by Johnny Depp (Teh Pirate!)) is shown walking into a tower with some very bright light in the background, and then the screen fades.

The second film, Lake Placid, is about a group of cops and a paleantologist (I don't care how it's spelled right now) who are investigating a creature in a lake. They are soon joined by some Hector dude, who is a mythologist, and believes that crocidiles are actually gods or something. The creature, of course, is a giant crocidile. It is later revealed it grew so big because a psychotic old lady was feeding her cows to it. In fact, she even let it have her husband! Anyhoo, they catch the croc. However, at the end, the lady is shown feeding three baby crocs :D

That's all for now.

[Dutch Devil]

Saw Die Hard 4.0 friday meh enough action but I liked all the other parts better though part two would be the best of all of them.

[Jethro]

I'm going to watch the transformers movie, heard it was good. I'm not paying to go into a theater, though. ;)

[Kristian]

Saw Die Hard 4.0 friday meh enough action but I liked all the other parts better though part two would be the best of all of them.
I agree, it was a decent action film, just mindless entertainment, with some surprisingly good performances -- for example by Justin Long -- and I can recommend it to the die hard (pardon the pun) fans of the series, but the other three films in the series are clearly better, with the first one being the absolute best, IMHO.

Interestingly, it's called "Die Hard 4.0" in Europe, but "Live Free or Die Hard" elsewhere.

[Dutch Devil]

The first Die Hard gets second place with me, there were an couple of things that bugged me with part 4 like when McLane flies an helicopter and the part with the jet fighter that scene was way over the top imo, but it still was an pretty good movie lots of action you will never get bored and its an must see for the Die Hard fans like myself.

Yippie Ka Yeah Mother******

[Falci]

I'm eager to see Die Hard 4.0 (it's called like this here too).

I've just watched Rise of the Silver Surfer. I think Galactus was pretty meh. The rest is kinda fun... but nothing wonderful.

I'm about to watch Ocean's 13 and eventualy Rattatoule. Just hope they're worth it.

[Doom_Dude]

I want to see that Transformers movie. I haven't watched anything in a long time... been doing mapping a lot. heh.

[Kristian]

"Transformers" was IMHO an okay film. Most of the action sequences were spectacularly filmed (as usual, nowadays) and the film (fortunately) clearly didn't take itself too seriously -- no details to avoid spoilers, but it involves e.g. a top-top-secret government agent, and someone attempting to pass off as the world's greatest signal analysist, being shamelessly overplayed.

Many of the plot elements felt a little made up "on the fly" and some just didn't make any sense. It also took too long for the plot to develop IMHO, making the film slightly overlong.

I'd still probably recommend it to any open-minded Transformers fan looking for a couple of hours of mindless action, laughs, and -- in a way -- nostalgia.

[blood imp]

The one thing I hate about the entire Transformers series (although I've only watched the cartoon 1-2 times, long ago) is the transformers' names. Megatron, Optimus Prime, and... that's all I can think of right now. Anway, they're so... how to put this... childish(?).
Anyway, going on to movies...
Yes, I've seen Transformers. It was a bit cheesey, but overall a good movie. There was a bit of humour, so I got some laughs. Also some action, mostly at the end, though. But yeah, it's worth a view.
Apart from Transformers, I've also seen Shawn of the Dead. Pretty damn funny. There was an excellent seen when Shawn is walking to a shop to buy some Coca-Cola, and does not notice anything, while there is blood, zombies, and dead bodies everywhere. Not that much action, but still good.
That's all for now.

[Nomad]

The one thing I hate about the entire Transformers series (although I've only watched the cartoon 1-2 times, long ago) is the transformers' names. Megatron, Optimus Prime, and... that's all I can think of right now. Anway, they're so... how to put this... childish(?).

That couldn't be because IT WAS A FUCKING CARTOON?

[blood imp]

I know it was a cartoon. But still...

[Falci]

Because it was a cartoon for kids. If it were aimed at other audience, we'd probably have a lot of better things. Not only names.

[Dutch Devil]

Cartoons they show these days suck imo I liked the ones I saw in my childhood like Transformers, X-men, Spiderman etc.

I watched Ghost Rider and The Prestige the first was below average and the second very good I really liked that one despite the fact that I was an bit drunk when watching it.

[Pieter Enis]

The Siver Surfer FTW!

I agree with Mr Devil there, cartoons these days are mutated manga more than anything else.

[blood imp]

Lol@Mutated Manga

[Giftmacher]

For movies I've seen lately...

Erm... Transformers...

For movies I WANT to see...

The American Mcgee's Alice movie, whenever THAT'S going to be done. Most likely never. *cry*

There was a bit of humour, so I got some laughs.

There was, but some of it ("Sam's happy time...") felt like it was there just because everybody's doing the whole "hey, lets put adult jokes in a youngster movie so more people will like it" thing right now.

What I mean is that putting jokes like that in a movie that is based on a children's toy franchise seems a little cliche. Almost every kid movie now has adult jokes in it. It just gets old.

Although the Transformers movie WAS PG-13, so it's technically not a kid's movie.

[blood imp]

What I mean is that putting jokes like that in a movie that is based on a children's toy franchise seems a little cliche.
I thought about it, and you're right. It is a bit... DISTURBING... But funny (the prospect of it, not always the jokes). And those jokes weren't adult!

[rustyslacker]

Last movies I saw were "Shooter" [excellent but a little too Bourne-ish] and "Live Free or Die Hard" [pretty entertaining but cliche].

[blood imp]

So anyhoo...
I've seen Harry Potter 5. The movie flied by so fast... and they missed so many things that are quite emphasized in the books. I give it a 3/5.
I'm pretty sure that's it...
NO! WAIT! I've also seen Apacolyspo (Is that how you spell it?). A good movie. Also showed people getting slaughtered for God. Go figure.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

I watched my taped copy of Aliens twice last week. I ordered a pizza the second time too. :p I really ought to get the DVD boxed set but this one does fine for now. I've had it for about 3 years now.

By the way Blood Imp, it's Apocalypto. Now I think a film called Apocalyspo would be funny to see. :D

[Dutch Devil]

Aliens is an great movie I like Bill Paxton as the flipped marine, one of the best movies I've seen in my life I've seen it for god knows how many times.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

Yeah, Hudson is a bit of an ass isn't he? For all his talk, when the shit hit the fan, he lost it completely. But I think it's an awesome movie!
<----Avatar update time. :p

[blood imp]

By the way Blood Imp, it's Apocalypto. Now I think a film called Apocalyspo would be funny to see. :D
I knew I was close... That also explains why I couldn't find anything when I searched it up...

[ace]

So anyhoo...
I've seen Harry Potter 5. The movie flied by so fast... and they missed so many things that are quite emphasized in the books. I give it a 3/5.

I dunno. They did take out some major side plots, but I think it was much better with keeping true to the book than the fourth movie did. I still liked the fourth after I had seen it, but I just felt more disappointed with that one than any of the others I've yet seen, because the amount of detail they stripped from the plot was ridiculous.

Plus, while one of the subplots was completely ignored sadly, the others were, while obviously minimalized, still worked in (or at the very least implied) one way or another, if not the way it was originally written. There were even small scenes I had forgotten about entirely but recognized immediately during the film, something I did not find true about the fourth.

Besides, no matter how much I loved reading through 800+ pages of the fifth book, I'd be damned if I had the stamina to sit threw a movie that covered all those events. And of course, getting all that detail is what you read the books for anyway. :p



But on the topic at hand. Yeesh, I have seen so many movies since I last posted in here I wouldn't be able to name them all. It has to have been at least a hundred, if not more. I need to get outside more. :D

So I'll just post about the movie I just got done watching. Just watched K-Pax. It's an interesting flick about a guy who claims to be from another planet (K-Pax of course), and the psychiatrists/doctors/astronomers who try to figure out what his story really is--after all, he couldn't really be an alien, right? ;)

It's pretty good overall. The whole thing was pretty open for interpretation, which could be considered a good or a bad thing (depending on whether you prefer to get the big picture or to be left wondering), though it does seem to leave room for the viewer to assume there were plot holes if they don't consider some of those details as part of the whole mystery of it.

I liked it though, so either way I give my recommendation for it.

Also forgot to mention, it has really cool music too. Might have to look into the soundtrack for it.

[ReX]

And now for something completely different:
1. Amadeus <1984 movie about Mozart & Salieri>
2. Immortal Beloved <1996 movie about Beethoven>
3. The Venture Bros. Season One
4. American Dad Season One
5. Star Trek Deep Space 9: Seasons one through Seven

In the movie theater:
1. Harry Potter 5
2. Oceans Thirteen
3. Pirates of the Caribbean 3
4. Spiderman 3

[Raptor Jesus]

Just watched the new Harry Potter movie. So much was left out that it wasn't too great :(

[Kristian]

What I mean is that putting jokes like that in a movie that is based on a children's toy franchise seems a little cliche.
I assume the target audience for the film are people who grew up watching the cartoon and playing with the toys in the 80s and who are now (young) adults. Based on that assumption, I see no problem with those kind of jokes.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

My cute recommended I go and see Good Will Hunting. Any of you guys seen it before? I'm told it's a good film.

[Nomad]

Yes. It is a good movie. It's a Kevin Smith/View Askew film anyway, so it's bound to be good. :P

[Ninja_of_DooM]

I'll have to look it up then. I probably won't find it at the cinemas now.

One movie I've always wanted to watch is The Shining. I've never gotten round to it yet. :p

[blood imp]

I dunno. They did take out some major side plots, but I think it was much better with keeping true to the book than the fourth movie did. I still liked the fourth after I had seen it, but I just felt more disappointed with that one than any of the others I've yet seen, because the amount of detail they stripped from the plot was ridiculous.

Plus, while one of the subplots was completely ignored sadly, the others were, while obviously minimalized, still worked in (or at the very least implied) one way or another, if not the way it was originally written. There were even small scenes I had forgotten about entirely but recognized immediately during the film, something I did not find true about the fourth.

Besides, no matter how much I loved reading through 800+ pages of the fifth book, I'd be damned if I had the stamina to sit threw a movie that covered all those events. And of course, getting all that detail is what you read the books for anyway. :p

...

The whole thing was pretty open for interpretation, which could be considered a good or a bad thing (depending on whether you prefer to get the big picture or to be left wondering)
Once again, Ace, you show your talent for writing abnormally long replies to simple topics such as movies.
Anyway, going back to what you've typed, I think the most altered movie was the third, Prisoner of Azkaban. There were so many unnecessary changes, it blew my mind away (yet I am still here) once I read the book. The movie itself was pretty enjoyable, but the changes were quite unexpected. But I'm not complaining.
And yes, if they show every little detail of the book in the movie, certain chapters could have lasted an hour by themselves. Although I daresay I didn't see that many major changes in the fourth as simple left-outs. But there were a lot of those in the fifth as well.

And I must say I do like the prospect of figuring it out for myself in movies, it gives you a sort of "think for yourself" view, but I also find it quite a bit annoying. I hate having things hidden from me.

Finally, I have not seen any movies as of late... That I can remember. I haven't been watching to many TV programs, either, although I have stopped viewing television a while ago, except on rare occasions when I find a program that interests me, usually having something to do with science and technology... All I've really been doing lately is visiting the forums and reading the Harry Potter novels, as I have an urgency to finish before this Friday...

[ReX]

I'll have to look it up then. I probably won't find it at the cinemas now.

One movie I've always wanted to watch is The Shining. I've never gotten round to it yet. :p
Good Will Hunting is an old movie, and your only chance of seeing it is on video/DVD.

The Shining is an excellent movie that both showcases Jack Nicholson's talents and provides a creepy movie experience. [Incidentally, there was a terrific mod for Duke 3D based on the Overlook hotel in the movie.]

[Giftmacher]

I assume the target audience for the film are people who grew up watching the cartoon and playing with the toys in the 80s and who are now (young) adults. Based on that assumption, I see no problem with those kind of jokes.

No problem with using those jokes, I guess it's just that jokes like that are overused in general, and while still funny, while you're laughing you're also thinking god, how many times has this been done before?

[blood imp]

In the movie itself or movies in general (the jokes, I mean)?
The Shining is the one with redruM, isn't it? I've been wanting to see it for a while, too...

[Giftmacher]

In the movie itself or movies in general (the jokes, I mean)?


Movies in general.

[ace]

Once again, Ace, you show your talent for writing abnormally long replies to simple topics such as movies.

Yeah. I do that a lot. D;

Anyway, going back to what you've typed, I think the most altered movie was the third, Prisoner of Azkaban. There were so many unnecessary changes, it blew my mind away (yet I am still here) once I read the book. The movie itself was pretty enjoyable, but the changes were quite unexpected. But I'm not complaining.
And yes, if they show every little detail of the book in the movie, certain chapters could have lasted an hour by themselves. Although I daresay I didn't see that many major changes in the fourth as simple left-outs. But there were a lot of those in the fifth as well.

You know, I had heard it was the worst at that, but I don't honestly remember the third book so well. May have to reread sometime (and I'd spot the differences pretty easily after seeing the third movie on TV numerous times).

Also, they left out quite a bit from the fourth, I think now about the same as the fifth (I thought more but it seems more is coming back to me that they left out from the fifth so I'd say they're close). Each had large subplots dropped (two each actually, I think), and each also had few smaller but not time-consuming details changed/removed, which I personally find pointless under any circumstance.

But I'd call them about even (then again, my memory of the fifth is a bit fuzzier than the fourth for some reason) I think.



As for the original topic (what was it, again? :p). Hm. Still haven't seen anything since K-Pax. I can certainly say I'd like to see several movies. Die Hard, Simpsons, and Bourne Ultimatum, to name a few. I think there's another I want to see but I can't remember, heh.

Does anyone else think that the Simpsons movie looks literally impossible to fit into one movie plot? Seriously, it looks like they've got absolutely every kind of plot development and genre fit in just looking at the previews, and it seems almost as if they're just a whole bunch of different episodes (which I hope turns out not to be the case because that's what I watch TV for).

[blood imp]

Yeah, the simpsons movie does look rather intresting. Hilarious, actually. And I must agree with you, Ace, they show so many different things it's hard to think how they fit it all into one movie. I hope it's good. I cracked up so much at the Spider-pig thing at the end of the trailer.

Going back to Harry Potter, I'm still pretty sure the fifth had more things left out, but I'm not to sure, as I remember the fifth book (having finished it yesterday) and movie better than the fourth.