Re: Vacuum of Good Movies
Posted by Jinx on
Sun Dec 24th 2006 at 1:19pm
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The lack of LoTR or Harry Potter in December, and nothing to take their place, is killing me. I was considering seeing Eragon, but the reviews and word of mouth are so atrocious I don't want to waste the time.
What the hell happened to the film industry? I remember things being better quality when I was a kid, and actually enjoying going to the movies regularly. Now 95% of it is utter crap, and I go the the theater maybe once ever two months. I'm considering seeing Casino Royale for the third time, because seeing it again would be better than seeing anything else available.
Re: Vacuum of Good Movies
Posted by Jinx on
Sun Dec 24th 2006 at 1:38pm
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Speaking of Rupees, where's our Zelda movie?!
Re: Vacuum of Good Movies
Posted by Crono on
Sun Dec 24th 2006 at 10:13pm
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2006-12-24 10:13pm
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Good Movies that came/comes out this month:
Deja Vu: Geeky Time Travel Movie with guns and violence. Tony Scott has also abandoned his shaky cam habits seen in Domino and Man on Fire.
The Fountain: Questions Life, Death, and the existence of the human soul. And Hugh Jackman is great in it. Though ... he's about the only person in it in a manner of speaking.
Apocalypto: A beautiful chase movie from a seemingly anti-semitic
Children of Men: Comes out tomorrow, but looks fantastic, the not so distant future and "our" (It's london in the book and film, I think) poor government forces our species into extinction. It's directed by Alfonso Cuar?n (Directed Prisoner of Azkaban).
Blood Diamond: Edward Zwick (Glory, Last Samurai, Seige) directed with a Leonardo DeCaprio "Departed" level of performance, there's no losing out with this one. However, I hear it's incredibly violent and could be rather depressing
Pan's Labyrinth: Guiermo Del Toro's last in the "in essence" horror Trillogy. He is one of the best directors around, in my opinion, he knows, hands down, how to construct a film that makes you want to see movies (Blade 2, Hellboy, Chronos, The Devil's Backbone, etc)
The Good Shepard: Stellar performances all around, though it is a bit of a paranoia movie and you'll probably feel like crap at the end.
The epic ones are Apocalypto and Pan's Labyrinth. The only problem is, PL is in limited release. :sad:
Personally, I'd rather they never make another Nintendo property into a live action movie ... do you remember Mario Bros.!?
Blame it on Microsoft, God does.