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Posted by Crono on Fri Feb 10th at 9:42pm 2006

No it isn't. You're wrong. However, Requiem for a Dream is far better made film. And Jared Leto rocks. Disfiguring himself in almost every movie he's in.


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Feb 10th at 9:56pm 2006

Yeah Jared Leto just looks good in the movie. I mean, you just want to keep looking at him when he's on screen. It's one of those things you either have or you don't.

Also, I was really surprised by how good of a job Marlon Wayans did in the movie. I thought he was just a WB icon.




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Posted by Spartan on Sat Feb 11th at 4:20pm 2006

I saw serenity the other night. It was a fun movie to watch. There were definatly some cool parts in it.




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Posted by ReNo on Sat Feb 11th at 5:03pm 2006

Watched Kingdom of Heaven last night, and while it wasn't anything wonderful, it was enjoyable. Orlando Bloom isn't the best of actors, lets face it, but he did an ok job as Balian and managed to look the part better than I would perhaps have expected. His voice just doesn't really work for that sort of role in my opinion, but it was bearable. At times the film just seemed really wierd and inexplicable - for example, the whole fact that this Blacksmith somehow turns out to be a good strategist for battle without any sort of training or experience, or seemingly turning his inherited wasteland into a wonderfully irrigated farm in the matter of what, days? As much as I like these "epic" films with massive battles and what have you they are getting a bit generic when it comes to the combat scenes, and there was little done here to stand out. Another rather odd thing was the focus on only one or two characters - these sorts of films normally have a set of characters who get a lot of screen time, but in this most of the other characters got only a few lines before they were killed off unceremoniously. It lead to the battles having little tension in them, as you didn't really have any cool characters to worry about.

Anyways, ok film, but nothing special.



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 11th at 6:43pm 2006

? quoting ReNo

Anyways, ok film, but nothing special.

I watched it 3 times already and look forward to doing so again.

One must not watch the movie with preconceptions of "HOW" something was supposed to be, or worse, what "is" supposed to be.

Like any movie involving a religious base, one must view it as a fantasy type setting, even if it is based on some factual events. Time for example. Time has NEVER been a constant in any biblical rendition. Why would time be any different in this movie? So what if he created a garden in days. Its no less impossible than believing in God.

As for leadership abilities. I was in the Army. I had no preceding training and took to it like a duck to water. I have a natural flair for getting people to do as I wish. Thats not boasting, its history. If one had the time to look into my military background, they would note my rise to power. I became a squad leader and a Sargent in less than 4 years.

Leaders are born. Leaders are sometimes made, but born is preferable.

I am agnostic and I loved the movie... Go figure.





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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 11th at 11:14pm 2006

Just finished DOOM.

If you watch it with no other expectations than its a sci-fi horror movie, you won't be disappointed. It really was a good watch.

If you cannot view it without thinking about the game, you'll prolly dislike it cause it only superficially resembles the game.

For a movie, I'd rate it a 7/10
For a DOOM movie, only a 5/10

I suggest you watch it as a movie unto itself.

/opinion





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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 12th at 2:21am 2006

Just finished "Just Like Heaven"

5 Stars. Excellent.





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Feb 12th at 3:24am 2006

Watched The Rock today after not seeing it in a long time. I still like it, because it's so entertaining.

I'm about to pop in Man on Fire. I'll let you guys know how it is.




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Posted by Crono on Sun Feb 12th at 5:38am 2006

I hear they're gearing up to release (as in, in talks about doing this) an extended version of Kingdom of Heaven. Like most Scott movies, the theatrical cut pales in comparison to the full cut he intended (except Blade Runner ... I wish they released the theatrical cut on DVD ... or at all) Anyway, if it's about as much of an improvement as the extended cut of Gladiator was over the theatrical it might slam that movie into the "Very Good" territory, instead of "Alright". Where is currently resides with myself ... and many other people.

I just hope it doesn't take six years :


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Feb 12th at 6:15am 2006

Man on Fire was really good. Very very engrossing and satisfying to watch. The radical film style can be a little unsettling, but the story is awesome... especially if you violence is a guilty-pleasure of yours.

Best movie I've seen in months.




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Posted by Hugh on Sun Feb 12th at 7:49am 2006

Yeah, Man On Fire's a really violent keeper. Doesn't show much of it if I recall correctly, but that's probably a good thing. :P

Watched The Transporter 2 last night, good times. I like Jason Statham and ass kicking. Probably the coolest scene in the movie was a deleted one, unfortunately... him throwing a pipe through a guy. I laughed.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Mon Feb 13th at 1:35am 2006

Just watched The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. I thought it was pretty boring for the most part. It's a movie from another era, so the slow pacing is understandable, but still... it dragged on too long. Clint Eastwood was awesome, but I really feel like they could have compressed the film into 10 minutes of all the cool scenes instead of making it so long.




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Posted by Crono on Mon Feb 13th at 7:47am 2006

It's Sergio Leone. You either have a taste for him or you don't. If you think that's long ... watch Once Upon a Time in America.

People would generally agree, though, that while "America" and "West" are his best movies. His "masterpieces". Once Upon a Time in the West is pretty much the first movie he made that was actually a work of "art", so to speak. Everything else before it was portraying his admiration of other film makers (styles of which he adapted to himself.)

If you don't like Leone, then you probably wont like Kurisawa. Which is a shame. Even though their films were made at least 20 years ago, they are still wonderful.


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Mon Feb 13th at 1:27pm 2006

Yeah, I watched Rashomon by Kurosawa last spring, and while I liked parts of it (mostly the ethical and contemporary implications of the film's ideas) on the whole the pacing was too slow.

I guess I'm more of a fan of sleeker and more efficient filmmaking. Which is not to say I don't like older movies, because there are some that I really like.




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 14th at 9:50pm 2006

? quoting Crono
It's Sergio Leone. You either have a taste for him or you don't. If you think that's long ... watch Once Upon a Time in America.

People would generally agree, though, that while "America" and "West" are his best movies. His "masterpieces". Once Upon a Time in the West is pretty much the first movie he made that was actually a work of "art", so to speak. Everything else before it was portraying his admiration of other film makers (styles of which he adapted to himself.)

If you don't like Leone, then you probably wont like Kurisawa. Which is a shame. Even though their films were made at least 20 years ago, they are still wonderful.

Sergio films are definitely a "taste" theme. You either like them or loath them. I have never met anyone who is on the middle ground.

The once upon a time in the west movie is awesome if you can get past the draginess of the movie. It could easily have been reduced by an hour with no loss of the spirit of the intent. However, I like it as is and would have missed that hour. Just that stupid harmonica. It needed broken for sure. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_lol.gif">





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Feb 15th at 3:43am 2006

I watched The Narrow Margin (1952) tonight, and damn was it good. Definitely the best B-Movie I've ever seen. It's only 70 minutes long and the pacing is so much better than The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Feb 15th at 9:33pm 2006

Watched Zathura , was a passable imitation of Jumanji.



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Posted by Crono on Wed Feb 15th at 9:52pm 2006

You do know they're both based off books written by Chris Van Allsburg and that the books take place in the same universe, right?


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Posted by French Toast on Wed Feb 15th at 11:19pm 2006

Yeah, but it's still exactly the same story.




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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Feb 16th at 12:19am 2006

? quoting French Toast
Yeah, but it's still exactly the same story.

Except, the first one was done way better.

And, yeah Master Crono. I was aware.

This movie was good, but not as good.





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