The Expendables, i actually thought it was a very good action movie. Doesnt make any sense but its worth watching.
Murry Sparkles said:
The Expendables, i actually thought it was a very good action movie. Doesnt make any sense but its worth watching.
I loved it cuz it was a live action "R" rated GI Joe Cartoon.
No Baroness?
You know, I didn't think the Keanu version was all that bad when I saw it. It started out promisingly enough - I was comparing it to the '78 Body Snatchers remake in my head.
Then Gort started killing people, and turned into some murderous nanoswarm or some bullshit, and the ending - the best part about the original - made no fucking sense at all.
So, yeah, CS was right. Avoid the Keanu version at all costs.
ChainsawAsh said:
Avoid the Keanu version at all costs.
This
I was planning to watch Blade Runner - The Final Cut, but instead ended up watching Efter brylluppet [After the Wedding]. It was quite good - Mads Mikkelsen by the numbers...
Good acting and a good story.
captainsolo said:
The Day the Earth Stood Still. ...
avoid the Keanu version at all costs.
A friend of mine at work accidentally rented The Day the Earth Stopped from redbox when attempting to get the Keanu version. They paid a dollar for it, so they figured they might as well watch it.
When they returned it and got The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, they found they actually enjoyed the knockoff more.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
^True Story.
We watched A-Team recently, which I quite enjoyed. I never really watched the TV show, so no comparisons or nostalgia to help or hinder.
And I just saw Predators. Pretty good. I thought it was going somewhere in the 2nd half it didn't go. The ending (last third) was a little 'meh' to me, but on the whole I enjoyed it.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
Same here. I loved that they never even gave the characters names.xhonzi said:
And I just saw Predators. Pretty good. I thought it was going somewhere in the 2nd half it didn't go. The ending (last third) was a little 'meh' to me, but on the whole I enjoyed it.
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I watched Beetlejuice last night for the first time since I was twelve; I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.
doubleofive said:
Same here. I loved that they never even gave the characters names.xhonzi said:
And I just saw Predators. Pretty good. I thought it was going somewhere in the 2nd half it didn't go. The ending (last third) was a little 'meh' to me, but on the whole I enjoyed it.
I was surprised to see all of the characters had names on IMDB.
I guess they're "saving it for the sequel" when it comes to the foreshadowing I thought I ws picking up on.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I watched Beetlejuice last night for the first time since I was twelve; I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.
:-(
DuracellEnergizer said:
I watched Beetlejuice last night for the first time since I was twelve; I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.
Blasphemy!
say Blasphemy 3 times and just see what happens.
re: predators - i distinctly recall at least a few of the characters introducing themselves - the big guy was Nikolai - the nutter was Noland et al.
re: the day the earth stopped - isn't that by the company that makes heaps of low budget knock-offs like transmorphers and unoffical sequels like titanic 2 and war of the worlds 2?
if it's 'so bad it's good' i might have to chech it out.
Johnny Ringo said:
re: the day the earth stopped - isn't that by the company that makes heaps of low budget knock-offs like transmorphers and unoffical sequels like titanic 2 and war of the worlds 2?
if it's 'so bad it's good' i might have to chech it out.
That company ("the Asylum") is not so bad it's good. It's just bad. I've seen a few of their films.
The one exception is "Sherlock Holmes." That's actually not half bad (if a bit cheap and cheesy), and has Sherlock fighting ROBOT DINOSAURS!
Yeah, The Asylum did a great job of staying close to Sir Conan Doyle's original vision. ;-)
That company ("the Asylum") is not so bad it's good. It's just bad.
and yet you keep on coming back for more
Yeah, The Asylum did a great job of staying close to Sir Conan Doyle's original vision. ;-)
eh, if it's fun, i can dig it. Pride and Prejudice comes with zombies now and Abraham Lincoln was apparently a vampire hunter...
^ Twas a joke.
Yes. I know - I too referenced works that veered way off course.
ChainsawAsh said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
I watched Beetlejuice last night for the first time since I was twelve; I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now.
Blasphemy!
I never really liked it. I do like Keaton and Baldwin. I wish Burton would make something interesting again though.
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
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I liked it.
Yeah, he hasn't done anything worthwhile since Big Fish.
he needs to go off and make interesting things again instead of wasting his time with inferior remakes of classic films!
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner.
Just finished watching "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the movie, on YouTube. Well, I skipped many, many parts, the whole thing is like a huge collection of music videos. Needless to say, I can see why it's rarely mentioned. It's an odd film, some of the covers are good but the rest really don't work for me; most interesting parts of this movie, for me, were George Burns (yes, even the "Fixing a Hole" cover), Earth Wind & Fire, and Billy Preston.
Speaking of Billy Preston, here's something that I noticed, as a Star Wars fan: when he's shooting lasers out of his hands, the sound is unmistakably that of a lightsaber being turned on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jim4lQnHK-0
and earlier in the film, towards the beginning, I've heard the sound of Luke's speeder a couple of times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqaEbi8NmRM
the same sound is used with the machinery in Mr Mustard's van, along with a couple of sounds from the Millennium Falcon
what in blue blazes??
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I swear, this film gets better each time I watch it.