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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 2nd at 4:25am 2004

Actually, that movie is more or less a Charlie Kaufman concoction, Spike Jones just adds to the mix. I mean, Kaufman is a wonderful screenwriter, but he comes up with some funky ideas: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation for examples. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:42am 2004

? posted by Crono
Orph, are you watching the theatrical cuts? I don't even consider those cuts of the film anymore, the extended editions are leaps and bounds.

crono, i don't think they could add enough movie to make the trilogy truly great, i'm sorry, but LOTR just wasn't classic movie material.. good? you bet, but not great.. it'll never be up there with other trilogies such as the first 3 star wars (4,5 and 6), or the god father.

there are much better authors than tolkien to have made a movie out of their books..

people..please don't turn this into some novella about how the ring movies and god father are not the same.. i just had a hard time coming up with some great trilogies at 12:45 am

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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:47am 2004

Erm, The Godfather trillogy isn't that good, its way over rated.

The amount of footage isn't what is important, its the way its cut. Seriously, you can make over 20 different movies from one movie depending on how you cut it.

The Extended Editions blow away the theatrical versions, I'm probably unrating them in all honesty.

By the way, the new cuts of Star Wars are so much better as a whole then the original cuts. But they are actually greatly different. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:51am 2004

? posted by Crono
Erm, The Godfather trillogy isn't that good, its way over rated.


By the way, the new cuts of Star Wars are so much better as a whole then the original cuts. But they are actually greatly different.

i am old, i may see the godfather slightly askew, remember.. i saw it when it was released, and at that time, it was the scariest movie i ever saw.. i had nightmares for a very long time.. something about watching them at the drive in theater i guess .*shrugs*

and as to the starwars flicks, how many freakin times can they resell them for christ sakes.. this is #3 ain't it?

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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:54am 2004

Yeah ... first time on DVD though.

And I don't think ANYONE considers the '97 cuts official.

But, seriously, the dvd version is really well done, pretty much all the changes he made (as blasphomus as some geeks might say) were incredibly good decisions.

Now if he would just re-edit Phantom Menace and just replace anakin with another kid actor.

Also, Godfather ... SCARY?? Are you scared easily or something? I had an idea your stance on those trillogies 'greatness' was related to nostalgia or something as such. [addsig]



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Posted by Cassius on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:56am 2004

A New Hope is just a good movie; it doesn't spend much time explaining the minutia of the world it introduces the audience to - the downfall of most science fiction - but rather ends up using the fantasy element solely for the purpose of allowing the characters to do things that a realistic setting would never allow.

The rest of Star Wars sucks.





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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Oct 2nd at 5:57am 2004

if they edit out the bad portions of 1 and 2, i am afraid they would be left.. with a 3 foot pile of tape at their feet and some previews of another truly great movie only on the tape..

if part 3 doesn't do something spectacular, the movie will go down as the worse prequel in history to follow a legendary concept as 4,5 and 6

[edit] on that note, /me goes back to bed.. just wait guys, your turn is coming, after a certain age, you can no longer sleep all night straight through.. if its not your bladder waking you up, its a cramp or some other equally vile muscle spasm.. nite/nite[/edit]

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Posted by Cash Car Star on Tue Oct 5th at 7:27am 2004

If you guys are scraping for cool trilogies, how about the El Mariachi series?



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Posted by Crono on Tue Oct 5th at 8:05am 2004

Who's scrapping for trilogies?

Some more (NOTE: Most of these trilogies have 1 bad movie in them, otherwise they're awesome):
Evil Dead (Sad as it is, EVERYONE who worked on it considers in the second movie that the first movie still happened ... I know it doesn't make sense)
The Matrix
Indiana Jones
Back to the Future (I despise the 3rd movie though)
Robocop (3 sucked balls)
Terminator (3 has NO GOOD story arcs)
The Man With No Name Trilogy (Sort of a trilogy, sort of not)
Hannibal Lector Trilogy (Again, they ruined Hannibal. a.k.a 3rd movie)
And I'm fairly sure Blade: Trinity will rock (completing the Blade trilogy).

On a complete side note, does anyone else think ?Saw? looks awesome ... in a twisted sort of way? [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Oct 5th at 9:39am 2004

? posted by Crono
The Man With No Name Trilogy (Sort of a trilogy, sort of not)

"my name is nobody, trinity is my name and they call me trinity"

man with no name

hey, you weren't serious were you?

[EDIT] even in another language this sequence is still hilarious [/edit]

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Posted by $loth on Sat Oct 9th at 6:09pm 2004

I watched wimbledon yesturday it's a great film, me and my GF loved it. oh you can nearly see my house in that film, if you go up the road, along one and up another one lol. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 9th at 8:16pm 2004

? quote:

"my name is nobody, trinity is my name and they call me trinity"

man with no name

hey, you weren't serious were you?

[EDIT] even in another language this sequence is still hilarious [/edit]


Yes, I was serious: A Fist Full of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.


Also, I'm going tonight to see a showing of "Team America: World Police", should be a nice Puppet Satire. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sun Oct 10th at 10:13am 2004

So, I saw Team America tonight. I don't think I've ever laughed so much at any movie as I did for this. Oh man. You don't have to see it, in fact I don't suggest it, since most people will think it's a waste of time, but if you're into good satiric comedies mixed with lots of parodies, this is for you.

America, f**k yeah. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 16th at 7:07am 2004

Yeah, well, my point was the only ones in that series that were anything close to good were 1 and 2. 3 blew ass. 4 was ... BLAM! *blows brains out*

The one thing I consistently hated in all of them was Gene Hackman being Lex Luther. I mean, yeah, Hackman is great, but, Lex isn't a curly haired assclown. He's a well calculating business man.

Orph, my "bad" list could put you in the hospital for a month under mental disorder. It's much easier to list the good ones, it's a far shorter list.

By the way, The Butterfly Effect sucks donkey nuts. It has three things going against it: Ashton Kutchor <- s**tty person/actor, s**tty plot <- s**tty person main character, Bulls**t theory. Why is it, if he effects things when he goes back the only people effected are the people he directly knows, which are the same people every time. Prying on the Chaos theory wasn't a smart move in that aspect, because the very name of the movie is the concept that if you change one thing EVERYTHING else changes, I mean s**t, that's like the tag line for the movie. And that never happens. EVER. They made it out such that there was 1 and only course of action, with minor diverted paths every once in awhile.

But, that's my opinion ... on the facts.
Not to mention Ethan Suplee is the coolest guy in the movie ... yet his role sucks larva sacks.

Goddammit, I hate that movie.

By the way, I bought ?Jurassic Park? (ONE) and ?The Ring? today. Go Best Buy Bargain Bin! [addsig]



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Posted by Rumple on Sat Oct 16th at 7:53am 2004

I saw Robin Hood: Men in Tights the other day on tv, I forgot how hillarious that movie is. Great stuff!
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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Oct 16th at 7:58am 2004

? quoting Crono
Go Best Buy Bargain Bin!

*wipes tear of joy*

yeah, my first copy of HL came from one..

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Posted by Crono on Sat Oct 16th at 9:12am 2004

Yeah, bargain bins sure are great, unless there's a better version that's the same price ...

I still want to see what all the extra mumbo jumbo on the Memento "collectors" DVD is.

Also, when I was at Best Buy today, I noticed, it would be cheaper to buy each Alien movie individually (2004 editions), then to buy the Quadrillogy ... by 3 dollars. The only thing the Quadrillogy has that those don't is a disc about the Quadrillogy, but I think that the trade off is good, since buying them seperatly won't result in opening a 5 foot dvd case to get to the last disc. (MAJOR design flaw). [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Oct 18th at 3:39am 2004

just re-watched "Clan of the cave bear" now that i am old enough to appreciate the movie, i actually liked it.. the first time was not as enjoyable. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Mon Oct 18th at 3:42am 2004

I saw Casablanca a couple weeks ago as a movies assignment.

It was good, but, why in God's name did people call it a musical??

Oh ... and ... Saw is gonig to be so awesome, yet I know no one here cares [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Oct 18th at 3:48am 2004

never was a bogey fan, but when he teamed up with hepburn in "African Queen" i will watch that movie every time i can

definitely 5 star stuff

[addsig]




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