I actually learned a great deal of French history trying to figure out what part of France's long miserable Revolution(s) this flick took place during.
I was bothered how Anakin became so much less homely between Ep 1 and Ep 2.
Are we talking inconsistencies in the OUT, or the SEs, which introduce a whole batch of problems?
darth_ender said:
I did elsewhere, and got the usual, "Oh yeah, well she's Force sensitive so it's no biggie."
The weirdest thing about that explanation is that Leia has no problem with having memories of a woman she knows she never met.
That would freak me out a little.
Anyone better with singing words than me can help.
Is Hugh Jackman a baritone, who tried to sing tenor in this movie? His speaking voice is so much deeper than his singing voice.
It seems to me there's a fundamentally different way we experience film vs a stage show. For example, the camera.
Russell Crowe's singing wasn't great, but because he could express he character in close-ups, like he was singing right at us from three feet away, it was far more acceptable than it would have been in a stage show, where he could never get away singing that softly.
Also, movies are experiences as a series of scenes, when a stage musical is a series of musical numbers. IIRC, in the stage Les Miz, the young students sing the rousing anthem "Red and Black" followed almost immediately by the rousing anthem "Angry Men."
On stage it's two big numbers.
On a screen it's one really really long scene.
On top of that, the film could stage a huge riot in the streets,that couldn't be staged, one that serves as a swell point to sing the "Angry Men" song, so splitting those numbers and moving "Angry Men" to the next day IMHO worked quite well.
corellian77 said:
1) why object to Jackson's depiction of Dwarves but not Elves? In both TH and LOTR novels, Elves are depicted as being a very whimsical, light-hearted people, but in the films they're portrayed as serious and somber. If one is to find fault with one race's portrayal, why not the other?
Seriously. They cut "Tra La La La Lee Down In The Valley" from the Hobbit. Screw Peter Jackson's beard!
So, the movie moved Anne Hathaway's song "I'm So Damn Sad, Dear God I'm Sad" from after she looses her job (which would make me sad) where it is in the stage musical, until...
SPOILERS ALERT
...after she becomes a bald toothless prostitute (which would make me sadder). Seems a solid dramatic choice.
Time for some SILMARILLION FANTASY CASTING!!!!
Obviously Benedict Cumberpatch as Young Sauron/Glorthaug/Annatar or whatever.
Phillip Quast as voice for Morgoth
Matt Berry as Feanor
I got a lot to say about this movie. But first, I have to admit I was a bit confused by the revolution. Did anyone understand this?
FanFiltration said:
California has lost a bit of it's Gold. Huell Howser the long time host of the PBS show "California's Gold" has passed away from natural causes. He was 67.
:( His visit to my home town aired twice daily on our local access station.
darth_ender said:
http://boards.theforce.net/threads/would-vader-have-kept-the-death-star-if-he-was-emperor.50004690/page-2
Just to give you an idea of how strict DarthBoba is. He locks a thread for reasons I can't even imagine. Also for your enjoyment, you can see Lord Tyrannus/Father Skywalker at work.
Seriously... what was wrong with that thread?
Weird.
TV's Frink said:
SilverWook said:
I was editing video tape in college in the late 80's
It always freaks me out when someone here is older than me. I went to college in the early 90's.
It's always nice to see an old feller like you keep learning.
I loved how every single homeless child in Amsterdam had it in them to be super-intelligent-commando-dictators.
Just to have something to contribute, I went and am now ignoring TheSessler.
It's not the review that gets me, or even the length (RLM's reviews are now longer than the movies), it's that they get them up 24 hours after the movie is released.
A 40 min rant is practically a thesis paper. How do you manage that with no prep time, no time to think or reflect, to make sure you're the first person online sh***ing on The Hobbit?
TV's Frink said:
I like YouTube. It allows me to share my video thoughts with others around the world, and them with me. Plus there's always a chance I'll get to see a naked woman before the video gets taken down. I give YouTube four streamdelays out of five videoblockedworldwides.
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Have I understood the thread title correctly?
Your response seems odd. I don't see how you could possible have misunderstood the thread title.
WOW! I do!
We have friends lists?
There are reviews of The Hobbit, that came out 1 week ago today, on youtube, that are 40 min long. Some of them are already days old, meaning within a day of seeing the movie these people were writing and editing their reviews.
1: Is it really possible to give THAT much in depth analysis to a film you just saw for the first time, even if you watch it twice in two days? Does lengthy film critique require time for reflection?
2: Do these people actually like movies, or just wait for something to review?
DuracellEnergizer said:
He glorifies everything that's wrong with Hollywood, so I can't help but dislike the guy.
Interesting comment for an artist who managed to control his destiny totally divorced from Hollywood. He has absolute control over his production, and answers to no one, which is pretty much the exact opposite of Hollywood.
The independent spirit is only appreciated when it makes what we like.
NeverarGreat said:
The Silver Coin
I really like "The Silver Coin."
It ties to commerce (the Trade Federation and what not) and has a hint of Biblical reckoning (Judas and his 30 pieces of silver).
The unknown killer strikes, and leaves a single silver coin in his victim's palm. With your permission I'm gonna use this one.
FanFiltration said:
OK that Sandy Hook map in DKR reference is getting much stranger...
I truly have no idea what is going on!
I will post this link only for people who might want to know why people might be looking into this type of thing. The link below will start the video at the section that refers to the map. I did this to by-pass the sections about the reference to Batman's grandfather creating "Skull and Bones" (a clip from the 60's TV show) and the multiple reports by ABC NEWS of there being two shooters at the School.
I've often thought realizing that one was taken in by a ridiculous hoax would encourage one to be a more critical thinker. Never cease to be amazed at how wrong I am.
TheBoost said some time ago:
A School Board in Virginia voted a couple weeks back to remove the first Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study In Scarlett" from the 6th grade reading list, because the book contains much that is anti-Mormon.
- Every single article I've found refers to the book as "banned." This is a lie. It is not in any way prohibited, not removed from the library, and in fact is still on the 8th grade reading list.
- Most articles make the dismissive claim that someone "decided" the book was "allegedly" offensive to Mormons. This is funny to me that anyone who defends literature doesn't even bother to read the book, which gives the Mormon's a supernatural-powered secret police that enforces child rape on pain of death. You can approve, disaprove, apoligize for, or explain away, but there's no denying that the novel is intentionally and clearly anti-Mormon.
I was thinking about this old discussion, because apparently Belgium courts decided that TinTin in the Congo is not racist, despite seeming pretty racist. Admittedly, I haven't read it. I wasn't aware courts made those decisions, but what do I know about Belgies.
What got me thinking was that "TinTin in the Congo" and "A Study In Scarlet" are both early works of what would later be highly respected series, and in both cases the authors later regretted the works later in their careers.
I'm not for banning anything, but I'm curious; do you think the changing opinions of the work's creators are relevant in any way in the discussions of that work's merits or flaws?
Warbler said:
And now I hear that the Westboro Baptist nuts want to protest there. What is wrong with society?
The WBC is not a church. They aren't even a cult. It's one dude, a sick twisted and media-saavy dude, and his extended family.
