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He's more interested in getting his ego flattered, methinks :/

Just watched scream, 2 thumbs up! this is one of the better horror films, i quite like the stuff by wes craven, although i haven't seen his early releases.

pre 1990 films lacked realism, as in fake blood, it looked fake!

[edit] ahhhh no! leave the webcam alone!

I can highly recommend 'Highwaymen'. It's had bugger all publicity over here and the trailer makes it out as something that its not. I didn't have high hopes for it but I was genuinely surprised. Really good and a little different from the norm :smile:

Go see!

(OK...you'll probably all hate it but I thought it was cool)

whats that about?

I think he said in his lastest book, 'dude, wheres my country?'
that he doesn't care about the money, i think this proves it, btw, i
haven't read all the book, just the intro, but still, it was gd.

I thought his latest book was Stupid White Men.

Fahrenheit 9/11

$loth said:
I think he said in his lastest book, 'dude, wheres my country?' that he doesn't care about the money, i think this proves it, btw, i haven't read all the book, just the intro, but still, it was gd.

Dude, Where's My Country is the single worst compilation of English letters crudely arranged into semi-coherent 'jokes' and 'political satire' that any human being, living or otherwise, has ever or will ever bear witness to.

If you watched Moore's movies, and for some reason he's still coming off as sensible, credible, or retains a sliver of objectivity in his entire mindset, read Dude, Where's My Country, especially the chapter where he narrates as the voice of God, the part where he says France's perspective on Iraq is more credible because of their culture, or even his gut-wrenching attempts at humor. Humor, you ask? Perhaps that's a bit too generous. I quote: "Where's Osama Bin Laden? Well maybe he's... RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!!"

Michael Moore has turned himself into a bit of a joke recently..

if you want to investigate the evils of the world and dodgy policies by
Britain/America/Russia/France/etc you're much better reading high level
textbooks on the issues - infinitely more accurate and just as
interesting to read.

better still, it's worthwhile doing something about the bad people of
the world, rather than just listening to some fat guys spin on the
issue :smile:

"/2cents"

if you want to investigate the evils of the world and dodgy policies by Britain/America/Russia/France/etc you're much better reading high level textbooks on the issues - infinitely more accurate and just as interesting to read.

better still, it's worthwhile doing something about the bad people of the world, rather than just listening to some fat guys spin on the issue

Books like that are better, yes, but most people don't want to read them. They don't think they have time, and books are not as accessable as a film. The film does a good job of getting people who wouldn't otherwise have done so to think more about the issues. If they like, they can then go read a book as well.

And if it results in a different president or different government policy, then something has been done. Who cares if the book is drivel or the film is exagerated, the point is that it gets people to think about the issues. I think it is so narrow minded when people attack the style or content of Moore's 'work', as these things are somewhat irrelevant.

Read my post Jeff, it was just a pointer for people who take more than a passing interest in Moore, and..

<span style="font-style: italic;">Posted by Gwil</span><br style="font-style: italic;">

"/2cents"

just finished the SVCD version of spidey 2.. i must say, sequels usually suck poopoo, but.. this one is a marked improvement.. the ending was somewhat predictable, considering i was a spidey fan as a young'un , told my wife "if it follows true, the kid will be the green goblin before its over...."

guess what :biggrin:

definitely a must see for anyone into super hero movies :smile:

I would hate to have seen Spiderman 2 off an online rip before seeing it in the theater. Its a whole different thing.

Same here, I could just get it now, but i want to see it in the cinema first, its a whole different effect in the cinema. :biggrin: Going to see it this saturday!

told my wife "if it follows true, the kid will be the green goblin before its over...."

definitely a must see for anyone into super hero movies :smile:

Man, I was pissed when they showed that in the trailer ... don't talk about one of the most bad ass parts of the movie for the people who haven't seen it. :\

What about X2??? or Blade 2?? Batman Returns, Star Wars 2 and 3. Don't even try to say sequels suck, especially comic book sequels (mostly recent ones). :smile:

On another note, I just watched the Butterfly Effect, flat out predictable, it was ... good, I suppose. I didn't bother watching the theatrical version with its happy ending BS.

[SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN 2, highlight for ... words]

I've been talking with friends on how they should play out the next Spider-Man movie, goddammit, they introduced THREE potential villains!!! (Lizard, Symbiot, and 2^nd Green Goblin) That's so awesome. The symbiot could be good if done correctly, and it'd be really hard. The best method would be to NOT explain the symbiot's origin. It'd also be cool if they altered Harry's Green Goblin to make him the Hob Goblin, and just never go down the real hob goblin's alley, because its so ridiculously stupid.

Basically, I think the next movie should consist of an under themed symbiot story (with John Jammason), and a main story of The Hob Goblin/green goblin 2, and Eddie (who they actually mentioned in the first movie ... as a photographer for some reason) could be chasing Conners who has been heard to have relation to the alligators in the sewer rumors.
Throughout the movie they could show court scenes of a serial murderer "Cleadus Cassiday" being put on trial with the persecution being ran by Matt Murdock. drool
During some fight between Jammason and peter (he's pretty pissed for him taking MJ) Eddie, who is trying to get his job back at the Bugal tries to get a picture of Peter, since he has suspicion he's spider-man, gets covered with the symbiot, becomes a mild bad guy...

Mix in the movie ending with Eddie hunting down peter while he's fighting Harry, and somehow have harry save peter from Eddie, getting killed in the process ... something more thought out, but that should be the gist of it ... and that would kick so much ass.
Then they could do Lizard, and Not even touch carnage, even though he's amazingly awesome, it would be impossible to do right ... or with anything below an R rating (properly, mind you)

As for the second movie:

The only part that I had a problem with (even though its hilarious) is that Robbie from the Daily Bugle knows Peter is Spider-Man: "I heard SPIDER-MAN was there, PETER"

I wonder if Stan Lee's cameo in SM2 was suppose to be Gwen Stacie's father ... that'd be such an awesome little detail :smile:

I wonder who Stan will save in Spider-Man 3


Sorry, that looks like a lot of babbling, but, that would be amazing to see, thought out of course.
But I believe Raimi said he'd only do one more film to "bring the story to a close", So I'm not sure what they'll be doing, exactly.

But, Spider-Man 2 is defiantly an awesome movie ... I'm seeing it again next Sunday, my mom wants to see it and i have no problem seeing it again :smile:

I saw Anchorman this evening, wonderful piece of cinema. :smile: Will Ferrell + Ben Stiller + Luke Wilson + Fred Willard = laughs for the whole family.

Hugh said:
I saw Anchorman this evening, wonderful piece of cinema. :smile: Will Ferrell + Ben Stiller + Luke Wilson + Fred Willard = laughs for the whole family.

as hugh pokes another stick into orphs body upon passing

have i mentioned, that snarkpit has a whole plethora of opinions? its what makes it worth coming back to each day..

i can honestly say this.. ben stiller made at least one movie worth watching "Meet the parents"

his supporting cast were the real reasons, but at least he was in one..

/runs

You know if you love Jim Carry so much, Orph, you should know Ben Stiller directed Cable Guy. :razz:

sadly, i wish you had not said that crono, i hated cable guy, i wondered why he would have ever made the movie.. i still wonder why, but now i know why it was so bad :sad:

Does anyone know when Anchorman comes out in the UK? it looks so damned funny.

And I quite liked The Cable Guy. Not Carrey's best, but still.

I don't like Carrey and I really didn't like the Cable Guy. :smile: So at least that's something Carrey-related that me and Orph can agree on. And to hopefully remove at least some of the stick I just poked into you, it's not really that I think Ben Stiller himself is hilarious, it's just the way he delivers his lines that I enjoy.

And Kage, I read on one site that said the UK release was in June. Probably a messed up site but nonetheless strange.

When I was a kid, I thought the cable guy was funny ... mindless enternainment, I suppose.

Now, I find carrey utterly annoying in it.

Bruce Almighty was OK, luckily.

Dumb&Dumber is by far the best Jim Carrey movie.

I recently watched Van Helsing and Spiderman2 at the theatre. Both were good.

Has anyone seen the movie Pi?

I watched Pi two or three weeks ago, and it is probably the best movie I've seen all year.

Yeah, Pi was great. Did you see Requiem for a Dream? Its by the same director as Pi and is also a great movie.

Pi, is awesome. Cable Guy is pretty funny, actually. Dumb and Dumber is one of the only Jim Carrey movies I like.
Bruce Almighty was one of the biggest pieces of s**t I've ever seen!!! the only thing worse then it was Van Helsing!! They're so bad.

what about whats it called...the one with the animals, i haven't seen it in ages

Ace Ventura? s**t!!

Thats the one, haven't watched that in ages....

Pi!

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I was under the belief that Pi was practically infinite? If so I
presume that is just a snippet of it - but I dunno, maths/science are
BORRRRRRRRING :razz:

yes you are right thats Pi to 9999 decimal places

oddly enough, Pi isn't about the number Pi

But its actually really cool. Basically this guy finds a number through stocks and other mathematical situations that explains life (kind of like the permittivity constant, but interesting) and there are several groups after him for the number and such ... that's a really dumbed down synopsis though. But its good :smile: .

Watched school of rock yesturday, 2 thumbs up :biggrin:

Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

Pi's a good movie, but the ending's a bit of a headache.

ROFL That post was made so much better for the lack of smilies too :razz:

When did pi come out? Or is it not out in the uk?

'98

http://movies.go.com/movies/P/pi_1998/index.html

Leperous said:
Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

So humankind will never have a prayer of matching a bunch of random marks on a page which we essentially created? Sorry, but there are many things in the world I find to be much 'deeper'.

Cassius said:

Leperous said:
Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

Sorry, but there are many things in the world I find to be much 'deeper'.

Like the mind of cassius :rolleyes:

http://pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/memo/index.html

The world record for most digits of Pi memorized and recited was set at 42,195 digits by Hiroyuki Goto of Japan in February, 1995. It took him nine hours to recite.

Why the hell would anyone do that...such a waste of your life.

Biological Component said:
http://pi-world-ranking-list.com/lists/memo/index.html

The world record for most digits of Pi memorized and recited was set at 42,195 digits by Hiroyuki Goto of Japan in February, 1995. It took him nine hours to recite.

He must have suck a boring social life :razz:

Just by chance, today (22/7) happens to be Pi Approximation Day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_day

I dread to think that you took your time to look that up

Well the mathmatical existance of life (technically) is equal to 8.55x10^-12

$loth said:

Cassius said:

Leperous said:
Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

Sorry, but there are many things in the world I find to be much 'deeper'.

Like the mind of cassius :rolleyes:

Come now, I'm not that narcissistic.

Now Now, Cass. Narcissism isn't such a bad thing when you are right :wink:

It's like me; being better than everyone else tends to make people think I'm pretentious.

Technicaly, any arbitrary point can be considered to be the "center of the universe" so who's to tell you you aren't?

Cassius said:

$loth said:

Cassius said:

Leperous said:
Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

Sorry, but there are many things in the world I find to be much 'deeper'.

Like the mind of cassius :rolleyes:

Come now, I'm not that narcissistic.

Oh yes... Lep, how does pi differ from any other irrational number? Don't fully understand the explanation of "transcendental" numbers in that link. I knew that 'Pi' and 'e' are incredible numbers but I didn't know they were both part of such a select group. Being a scientist I run into 'e' allot, and I've always wondered about it and never really understood. Particularly the fact that

d/dx e^x = e^x

Has always amazed me. It seems very strange that the value of a function could continually be equal to the value of it's slope.

For you doubters out there I have to agree with him. There really is nothing deeper than this that I can imagine. I truly envy mathematicians the patients to learn enough about math to understand this stuff. I'm to impatient, I just want to know enough calc and diffeq to get the job done.

Ack! De-railment!

Recently purchased 12 monkeys and Platoon, both of which are still two of the best movies I've ever watched.

? posted by Leperous

Pi is transcendental, basically meaning you can't write its exact value down, either through decimals or fractions or with any kind of finite sum/formula. And it's not boring, it's depth/scope surpasses any human created art :razz: slaps

? posted by Tracer Bullet

For you doubters out there I have to agree with him. There really is
nothing deeper than this that I can imagine. I truly envy
mathematicians the patients to learn enough about math to understand
this stuff.

I totaly agree. I once tried to learn as many digits of PI as I
could, and when I reached 110 i stopped and ofcourse I forgot them
after a couple of days >_<. I guess I have to give it another try
sometimes