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lol, well can you blame them. I don't think anywoman could resist those baby blue tights :biggrin: .

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lol, well can you blame them. I don't think anywoman could resist those baby blue tights :biggrin: .

murders half his street

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Crono said:
Did you even watch a trailer for it?

Oh and, according to Adam West: all three "Cat Women" "rumaged around in [his] utlity belt" as he put it.

No, sadly I had not seen it bud. :sad:

I would have thought that someone here would have commented on the wonderful job he did though.. /me looks back through posts and I do not see one reference to him. Am I the only Liam Neeson fan here?

and.. I always thought Catwoman was a nice looking Puss. :dodgy:

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No, Liam Neeson is awesome. He's always awesome though, his praise is not needed, since he always gives a good or amazing performance. Him and Daniel Day Lewis are my favorite parts of Gangs of New York. He was the only really good thing in Kingdom of Heaven too.

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team america world police.

i had high expectations but was a bit disappointed. most of the humour had already been worked out in southpark episodes. they went very far sometimes, like how gary has to prove his commitment to the team for re-entering. i had a few smiles here and there though. the end speech is good too:)

overall average i would say. some southpark episodes have better humour.

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I didn't like team america, by the bit about aid's I was bored.

I thought it was hillarious on many different levels....and...in a way, it had different humour from South Park. The whole thing was just a farce on big-time big-budget movies/actors/producers, and in that, it succeeded (in my view).

Anyway...

I saw Star Wars III last night....it was pretty cool. It starts off nice and '70s-esque cheesie fighting/one-liners (which is just fine), but the movie has a great underlying plot and everything fits together pretty well. Great flick. Loved it.

I have been watching this Into the West mini-series and I must say that I am truly impressed. Not only is it well written, but it is chock full of guest appearances.. I have seen several big name stars throughout the first three parts..

Tragically, its going exactly as I suspected, since its based on historical events.. The Native Americans are taking it up the butt..

Anywho's, if you get the chance, watch this.

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Saw "Land of the Dead" the other day. I don't suggest doing the same. Although, if you know what to expect, it'd probably be worth your time (for a cheap showtime). There are some theaters around here that have "Twilight" showtimes, which are signifigantly cheaper. It's probably the best "of the dead" Romero movie. (sadly)

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Last night I watched National Treasure and Spinal Tap. I like NT, but found it really predictable.

I love Spinal Tap. "But this one goes to eleven." :biggrin: Awesome.

Saw War of the Worlds last night. I think everyone involved in it has fully redeemed themselves for crap projects they've done in the (relativly) recent past. (David Koepp, however, has many strikes against his record, not that they're bad, but they'd be better without him. The difference between Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 is proof).

But, "War" is done very well. I strongly suggest seeing it in theaters, a nice theater at that. I doubt I would have had the same experience in a lower rate theater, since the sound has many low tones that are there really to shake things. The first time the "tipods" (that's what they're called) came out of the ground, I could feel it, which really added to the film, to be honest.

Because, in general, nothing really happens in the book or film (and as far as I can tell, the film is pretty close, far better then the 50s version, even though that was alright for the time)

The other thing I noticed after the first 20 minutes or so of the movie. I have full confidence in a hl2 based movie. FULL. I can see Mark Laidlaw, and the art designers, drew a lot from Wells' book.

When the movie was over, I was talking with my friend and I was like, "You, know if they did make a movie based on hl2. It'd be like that, but with fighting back".
It's gotten my hopes up.

That should be another reason to see it, besides the awesome.

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I saw Assault on Precinct 13 the other day and I thought it was
laughably bad. I don't know why, but the acting just seemed very
off. Like it wasn't quite an A grade movie. Almost like a
soap opera feel. The action was briefly entertaining but my
friends and I spent most of the time making fun of the acting and the
movie itself.

I wouldn't recommend it.

I saw last time on TV an extremely intriguing scene: two naked women making push-ups in front of some masked armed men. The one who stops first gets shot in the head, the other is left free... After a lot of googling I discovered that this movie is called "Bridget", but I can't find it here in the stores (The only Bridgets they have are Bridget Jones). I'd however recommend this movie, for people who appreciate this kind of things. :smile:

I went to see the hitchikers guide to the galaxy at the cinema and then i read the book and watched the tv series its well great.

War of the Worlds is a great movie. At least until you get to the
ending. What a horribly anticlimatic piece of crap that was.

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War of the Worlds is a great movie. At least until you get to the
ending. What a horribly anticlimatic piece of crap that was.

At least they didn't change it just oxygen like the 50s version. (it happens in the book too)

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I thought War of the Worlds was alright. I mean, there was
nothing wrong with it that I could really think of, but for some reason
I just wasn't drawn into the story... I didn't really care... I didn't
need/want to keep watching. I guess I didn't feel invested in the
characters or their lives, or captivated by the story in general.
I think it may be because the invading alien thing has been beaten to
death already.

As for the ending, it wasn't much of a surprise, since it wasn't exactly an original story or anything :biggrin:

As for the ending, it wasn't much of a surprise, since it wasn't exactly an original story or anything :biggrin:

You'd think they'd handle it better though, it all ends way too
quickly. After 2 hours of intense sequence after intence sequence, it
all just stops. It's as if the writers brainstormed everything that had
happened on a piece of paper, then couldn't figure out what to do with
them afterwards so they just threw the ending on. It just wasn't
handled well, imo.

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Went to see War of the Worlds not expecting much, just another generic
action blockbuster thing, after seeing the trailers. But it was
actually quite compelling, with some decent acting, the daughter i
thought did a great job. Pity about the ending...

The bassy droning the aliens did was excellent too, a great choice of sound effect imo

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well considering the book was written in the end of the 19th century and had the same ending i would have to say that it was incredibly original. :rolleyes:

well considering the book was written in the end of the 19th century and had the same ending i would have to say that it was incredibly original. :rolleyes:

Not to mention, the book is the inspiration for many alien invasion stories throughout liteturature and film.

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No no no, I'm not saying that the ending was trite or overdone.
I'm saying the ending shouldn't have been a surprise since the War of
the Worlds story has been around since 1898, when H.G. Wells first
published it... not to mention Orson Welles' famous 1938 broadcast, or
the 1953 movie. When I said "since it wasn't exactly an original
story or anything" I meant it shouldn't have come as a surprise to most
of us since we all know the story. I guess I should have said
"since it wasn't exactly a new story or anything." Bad word
choice, but I'm not an idiot.

Actually, a lot of people have no idea how War of the Worlds ends, at least that's what I can summize from experience. All they know about it is that aliens invade earth. So, I suppose, if you didn't see it coming (or already knew) it'd seem like a bad ending. I think it panned out very well. There were things they changed, for obvious reasons. Such as, they never actually said the aliens came from Mars (which would make a lot more of the story make sense) and the reason they took that out in the new film is simply because it's based in current time, we've gone to Mars, it'd be retarded to explain that.

It also would have been much worse if they tried to explain the aliens or much of anything else. This is about the best adaptation there could be of the book, I think (with in reason, of course).

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Additionally, the ending isn't really that abrupt when you consider the
fact that it is consistent with the manner in which they opened the
movie -- with a Morgan Freeman voiceover.

Besides I don't really see where else they could have gone with the ending, or how they could have taken it further.

Saw recently:

Unleashed (again) .........great flick
Star Wars III: ROTS .......cool flick
Mr. & Mrs. Smith ........boring flick
The Jacket .........Decent flick with many MANY plot-holes
Family Guy Season 1 ........funny (animated) show
Chappelles Show Season 1 .........funny sketch comedy (Dave's a funny dude)
Cinderella Man .........Good flick but a little over-the-top

I thought Star Wars III was 2hours of my life I'll never get back and rue the day I lost them forever

Mr. & Mr.s Smith was good, I really enjoyed it actually.

Family Guy, best stuff ever.

I know I'm alone in this, but I would only go see War of the Worlds if it were an 1890's London period piece.

I work at AMC, so I see most of he movies before they even come out,
untill recently when I was here for the screenings, but I have to say,
I loved War of the Worlds, its the kind of plot I've wanted to see in a
movie, but true I hated the ending. I'd have rather liked it Wes
Craven style with the Alien invasion not dying , but still alive to
fight. Anyway, I've not seen mny movies latly because my motto is, "Go
to the screenings, or don't go at all." Why go to a packed movie,
when you can lounge out in a almost empty theatre. I'll be
catching up on my movies this thursday when I work till 4:00 pm and the
screenings only start at 9:00 pm, its a waste of gas for me to leave
and go back.

Boy, do I make my posts over extended!

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I saw War of the Worlds today, and while the first half of the movie
lived up to the hype, and was genuinely scary and suspensful, I felt
the second half lacked. As soon as they were bottled up in the basement
with Tim Robbins the pace of the movie dropped dramatically, and they
didn't seem to be able to get any of it back. From that point on it was
pretty standard alien invader killing fair.

I think I'd like to see an alien invasion film where humanity doesn't
win by some fluke, where we get wiped out. Sure it would be depressing,
but who would see it coming? The audience would be hanging out right
till the end for that one desperate act that turns the tide, only to
find it never comes.

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Planet of the Apes comes to mind.

The newer planet of the apes kinda sucked. I really didn't like
it that much. But I watched the old ones, and man they're awesome.

The Tim Burton version is so bad. Even though they did such a good job on the actual apes. The old version is good ... to a point.

Three gets on my nurves. Four is pretty cool. Five should have never been made really. I think two is my favorite. Way to go Charlton, you blew up the world.

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Kage_Prototype said:
War of the Worlds is a great movie. At least until you get to the ending. What a horribly anticlimatic piece of crap that was.

Consider listening to the original radio broadcast.. Tis a sad event when you consider the history along with the event.. Many people died that night I was told.. In spite of the multiple disclaimers that it was only a radio program..

Saw Miss Congeniality 2 and The Pacifier last week.. Don't waste the time renting them.. At least not till they are out of the "new" section at the vidstores. :sad:

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Warning: Spoilers of War of the Worlds in this post.

I thought War of the Worlds was a good movie (saw it today). I didn't
think the ending made much sense either but it did follow the original
ending which is what people should complaining about. A million years
of planning and the aliens forgot to bring along their Children's
Tylenol. The way the people died in the movie was a bit disturbing.
They were disingrated and also made into furtilizer. I felt bad for
them. I don't understand how that dumbass kid Robby survived. The movie
would've been better if they kept him and the grandparents along with
the mom and Tim dead, instead of having them magically survive the
whole ordial. All I have left to say is that Tom Cruise was a lucky
sucker in that movie. I counted several instances in which he should've
died but just barely survived. The Tripods reminded me of giant
Striders.

The planning aspect was new to the movie, sort of made the ending a little less feasible... But oh well, decent enough. I did really enjoy the movie overall, quality action, plenty of distressing moral ambiguity, and definitely darker than I'd have ever expected from Spielberg.

The Tripods reminded me of giant Striders.

/me goes into a corner and quietly cries.

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More War of the Worlds spoilers...

I saw it last night and thought it was entertaining, but nothing hugely
special. It was one of those films with TOO many close calls for the
lead character - about half way through it I was wishing I'd counted
them from the start, as it must have been WELL into double figures.
Other things also just went a bit TOO much their way; such as the plane
crash destroying everything around...except their car, and Tim Robbin's
character shutting up his basement after only letting in them. Oh and
of course the strange tendency for Tom Cruise and family to ALWAYS be
at the front of any sort of group or barrier.

So yeah I guess it was just a bit too contrived for my liking in places. Good, but not a classic.

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Question for the War of the world already seen people:

So, did the new movie follow the old movie, or the radio broadcast most?

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One last question before I turn in for the night. How can there be a spoiler for a movie that has at least one other video version and one radio broadcast?

I mean seriously, this is like saying "Spoiler" about the Titanic, or the Challenger, or Pearl Harbour. :rolleyes:

Please clarify how the term "fits" this movie please.

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Not really though - War of the Worlds is something that is known by
many, but not all. Giving away storyline things, even though they have
been covered by other media in the past, is still going to be
"spoiling" it for certain people. One of the guys I went to the cinema
with didn't know how the story ended, and I'm sure he wasn't the only
one. I haven't read it, seen any old film adaptions, nor heard the
radio broadcast (though I have heard about them and knew some things),
so I can't really say which is shares the most similarity to.

Oh and this isn't really the War of the Worlds you will be familiar
with - it follows a family trying to survive the ordeal, and that is
all.

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I saw the original film years ago. The aliens looked somewhat similar
but in the original they only showed a hand. The rest were machines.

The original film wasn't close to the book either.

Actually, if you thought about it. If you studied another planet and there was some thing on it that harmed you (which you wouldn't know about) it could be easily overlooked, we've done similar things in the past. (For God's sake, we made unit assumptions knowing full well the partner company used the opposite)

Also, don't take what characters say in movies to be literal. Think about Tim Robbins' character, what the f**k does that guy know? The only thing that is even hinted at in the entire scheme is that at some point, before we had complete massive civilizations EVERYWHERE, machines were buried in the ground.
Not to mention they never go into what actually happens outside the US, they just hint at how bad it could be.

Well, to be honest, none of the adaptations of War of the Worlds will be the ones you're familiar with if you read the book. They're all modernized, because otherwise the impact would be lost.

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Saw Human Nature the other day, same Director of Eternal Sunshine. Very good movie with fantastic characters.

Something I really liked was the message of the film wasn't compromised even though it made the ending suck. Though I thoght the ending was great, my friends were dissapointed. Great acting, story, message, and neat film overall.

Has anyone seen the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory yet?
I've got the option of seeing War of the Worlds, Charlie and the CF, or
the Wedding Crashers. Suggestions?

i would have to say war of the worlds, french toast, it was a great movie but that funny little song for Charlie and the CF in the trailers really draws me to seeing it...

Yeah, I'm really tempted to see it, because Johnny Depp is a great actor.

I'm also really badly wanting to see the Wedding Crashers, because when
you've got Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in a movie, it has to be
good. The only thing that could make it better is Ben Stiller.

I've sort of lost interest in seeing War of the Worlds though, too many bad things said about it so far.

now that i think about it, i would actually say see all three because Wedding Crashers and Chaerlie look really good and War of the Worlds was a good film.

what were the bad things said about it?

Look on this forum, it's taken a lot of flak about the ending.

Oh well, I'll see them all eventually :smile:

Human Nature was also written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malcovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine, The 3)

I'd suggest War of the Worlds right now. I refuse to see "Charlie", I'm getting really sick of Tim Burton adaptations, especially of books. (And Yes, the new movie is an adaptation of the books, not a remake of the other movie) I've just been overall disappointed by his films in the last half decade (I'll make it sound as epic as I have to!)

I don't see how Wedding Crashers comes into the picture, since, it's not going to be funnier on a large screen with great sound. I'd suggest seeing something in which it will create an experience that you wont be able to re-create years later in your own home. WotW, is a prime example. But, whatever.

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Crono said:
Human Nature was also written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malcovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine, The 3)

I don't see how Wedding Crashers comes into the picture, since, it's not going to be funnier on a large screen with great sound. I'd suggest seeing something in which it will create an experience that you wont be able to re-create years later in your own home. WotW, is a prime example. But, whatever.

I knew that! just didn't remeber it at the time. I hear the director also did the white stripe lego video.

good point on the theader thing too.

has any one seen the french film "Irreversable"? now that was one provocative film. the story and the message was really good but there some over the top secnes like a rape part that lasted a little too long to get a message across as well as the camera zooming in on a guys head as he gets beat over the head with a fire extinguisher.

i also say another french film in a modern art gallery in oso: "Get Rid of Yourself". it seemed to have no message as it ju,ped from scenes of a riot to a guy talking about how he wanted to fight the police to some american woman talking alot of weird philosopical stuff.

weird films ive see in the past few days.