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Posted by Crono on Sun Sep 12th at 10:24pm 2004

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I think if Nemesis was there to hunt Zombies it would have been a kagillion times better and the whole "Fight Him" thing at the end was f**kING RETARDED. But, yeah, overall I really liked it. There's unncanny resembalence to the game in most parts, even parts with Nemesis in them (Walking through walls). I also didn't like how they strayed away from Jill towards the end. But, overall, it was "good". As good as RE can be anyway.

The other thing is, people keep bitching how bad the movies are. What do you expect? Its based on a B-Story game, which, whether you admit it or not, is a rediculous series of games. Why would you even accept anything that's beautifully made? It wouldn't feel like the game at all. [addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Mon Sep 13th at 12:43am 2004

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The other thing is, people keep bitching how bad the movies are. What do you expect? Its based on a B-Story game, which, whether you admit it or not, is a rediculous series of games. Why would you even accept anything that's beautifully made? It wouldn't feel like the game at all.


The original was a pain to sit through for me, it managed to sink below my already low expectations. And by the sounds of it, the second doesn't seem to be any different as a movie. [addsig]



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Posted by Hugh on Mon Sep 13th at 6:29am 2004

Well, erm, this is late but oh well. I watched Frailty and Panic Room last night and The Butterfly Effect tonight... Frailty was weird in a weird way, Panic Room made women look technologically retarded (realistically, natch), and The Butterfly Effect was surprisingly good, and basically the only one I'd actually recommend to others.





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Posted by SumhObo on Mon Sep 13th at 8:23am 2004

Apparently I've already figured out the "twist" in Village, and I haven't even seen the movie. Nor do I intend to. Or, at least that's what one of my friends told me...



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Mon Sep 13th at 11:10am 2004

I enjoyed Frailty - though I do think it fell into the trap of the 'ooh wait...there's a twist' genre. Too many films since Sixth Sense are doing this now and it kinda spoils them a little. Was the same with Identity, which felt like the twist had been tacked on as a last minute thing. [addsig]



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Posted by Monqui on Mon Sep 13th at 5:14pm 2004

Identity works in my mind for the sole reason that the rainstorm isn't just tacked onto the movie like so many horror films seem to do. Most just say "OMGF TEH HORAR IS PEEKING HEAR LETS MAEK RANE AND LIGHTNGIN 2 MAEK IT SCUARY LOLLZ," but in Identity, it really seemed to fit the mood of the movie, and actually did have relevance to the plot/symbolism of the overall movie. So, points there.

And I really enjoyed Frailty, but like Adam said, it seemed *too* intentional instead of "something that just happens."

Another good movie that I just remembered was The Following. It's done by the same guy who did Memento, and it's quite a fun little trip. If you enjoyed Memento, you'll probably get a kick out of The Following (if you can even find a copy of it, that is). It uses a similar style of non-linear story-telling (although Memento could be construed as being linear, just backwards) that really works well. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 15th at 11:49am 2004

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It's done by the same guy who did Memento


and Insomnia and Batman Begins (which looks awesome, you people are morons! ) [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Wed Sep 15th at 11:56am 2004

Just got back from the shops with a clutch of DVDs to watch this week I got Cypher, The Warriors and Dead End. Let you know about them after i've seen 'em... [addsig]



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Posted by SumhObo on Thu Sep 16th at 7:35am 2004

Cypher is an awesome movie. Nice concept, plenty of storyline and twists. Keeps you guessing - you can see that the eventual outcome is possible from about midway, but there's plenty of other outcomes which would've been possible to write into the story just by changing the last 15 minutes.
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Having loved Memento, I think I might go find "The Following". Got any ideas what category it'd be under?




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Posted by Crono on Thu Sep 16th at 8:29am 2004

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Cypher is an awesome movie. Nice concept, plenty of storyline and twists. Keeps you guessing - you can see that the eventual outcome is possible from about midway, but there's plenty of other outcomes which would've been possible to write into the story just by changing the last 15 minutes.
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Having loved Memento, I think I might go find "The Following". Got any ideas what category it'd be under?


One catagory would be "buy only". I doubt you'll find it for rent. And I believe movie places, like morons, would place it under suspence, or the generic area of Drama.

Which Dead End? The one with Christopher Walken?
"The Kid is gown-na diay"

I love the campy doomsday device Martin Sheen has. [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Thu Sep 16th at 11:18am 2004

No, the more recent Dead End. Watched it last night, and while the ending spoils the whole film (i'd have preferred them all to have died and that be it...) the rest of the film is really good. Lots of tension and atmosphere and a little disturbing in places too!

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Posted by Crono on Thu Sep 16th at 8:13pm 2004

You mean the Dead End "movie" with Anthony Michael Hall ... that spawned a show on USA? Which is awesome. [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Thu Sep 16th at 9:14pm 2004

That's the 'Dead Zone'.

lol

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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Thu Sep 16th at 9:29pm 2004

I desperately want to see Shaun of the Dead; need to fill my quota of wacky English comedy for the year.
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Posted by $loth on Fri Sep 17th at 6:17am 2004

? posted by Campaignjunkie
I desperately want to see Shaun of the Dead; need to fill my quota of wacky English comedy for the year.

It's ok, that's all I'll say.

I saw mallrats yesturday, funny s**t, I PMSL when [spoiler]J+Silent bob were trying to take the pin out for the stage to collapse LOL.

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Posted by Crono on Fri Sep 17th at 8:00am 2004

Shaun of the dead looks great, everyone I've talked to who's seen it loved it.

By the way, Mallrats is okay SOMETIMES. By far the worst parts of the movie are with Jay and Bob ... God I hate Kevin Smith. [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Fri Sep 17th at 11:33am 2004

Anyone who enjoys Shaun Of The Dead should also try and get hold of the TV series 'Spaced' as its written/stars the same people.

EDIT: Oh, and it's brill!

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Posted by $loth on Sat Sep 18th at 6:35am 2004

? posted by Crono
By the way, Mallrats is okay SOMETIMES. By far the worst parts of the movie are with Jay and Bob ... God I hate Kevin Smith.

Thank god for my simple mind

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Posted by $loth on Sat Sep 18th at 7:03am 2004

Terminal= feel good funny movie, I liked it a lot. [addsig]



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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Sat Sep 18th at 8:05am 2004

Cellular
Seen more on a whim and boredom than actual interest. Co-stars Kim Basinger and William H. Macy have surprisingly fairly flat characters / performances. Takes itself far too seriously. Absurdity is present in every single scene, and you can't help but just laugh. "Action" is all very contrived, along with the "plot" as well. There's a really good music track hidden in this abomination of a film though.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The whole movie was shot in green-screen (or is it blue?) I believe, which lends it a kind of fake, old retro feel. The CG they use is nice though, very stylistic of pre-WW2 era art. Ultimately pretty good - not nearly enough screentime for Angelina Jolie though, I think. The trailer is also misleading in various ways, but then again, a lot of trailers generally are. It kind of fell a bit short of my expectations, but definately something worth watching I think. Writing, I felt, was generally pretty good.
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