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#585934
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Dark Knight Rises - Now that we know the cast
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darth_ender said:

Warbler said:

darth_ender said:-we may finally have a trilogy that did not disappoint the majority on most levels.  

ehem . . .

 

 ROTJ didn't disappoint me at all, but I think that most fans, especially those of the era, found it inferior to the first two films.  I love it as is, but I acknowledge it has its shortcomings.  TDKR on the other hand promises to surpass the previous two, at least if initial reviews are anything to be believed.  I hope they're right.

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#585463
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Film Certificates.
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Bingowings said:

My first time it looked like that but with just Star Wars.

This is how it looked when I saw the double and triple bills though.

Back then people still smoked on the left and right aisles so you would get these two pillars of smoke which caught the projector light and swayed and swarmed like an unnamable alien miasma (masked the smell of the hot dogs though).

Why?

Why Hot Dogs with a film?

It's insanity!

Choc Ices I can get my head around, even crusader nuts but Hot Dogs?

Hot Dogs I'm fine with, because it's a quiet food source. Popcorn, on the other hand, is the real offender for me. You're trying to watch a film and it's a very dramatic moment and the all of a sudden you hear 'scrunch scrunch' rustle rustle 'scrunch scrunch scrunch!'

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#585436
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Film Certificates.
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When I saw Pirates: in an adventure with scientists they showed the one of the early 1940s film classification cards at the beginning. I instantly recoginised it due to it appearing before every film in my Ealing  studios collection (plus I had watched Whiskey Galore for the billionth time before seeing Pirates, and that had the same card.)

 

It made me think about the type of logo 'gag' filmmakers have for the studio vanity plates when they make films set in a certain era. e.g. When a filmmaker uses an old version of a logo relative to the year it's set.

 

Concerning Star Wars, when they showed the Original Unaltered film print at the Senator theater the print had a BBFC card, but bear in mind that it has the title 'A New Hope' attached to it so it's probably from the 1981 retitled version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OEctWVF4J_w#t=175s

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#585411
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Last movie seen
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

Bleeeeuuuugh, this is film is incredibly naff. The only good things that come out of this are Jolie's 'assets', Daniel Craig's career, and the fact that it stars Arnold J Rimmer.

1 out of five balls

Rope (1948)

Fantastic, truly one of Hitchcock's best.

Four out of Five balls

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#584513
Topic
To prove a point. Please give me as many reasons and character comparisons as to why Star Wars is better than Star Trek.
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Gregatron said:

....

Music:

TREK: Many TOS episodes have fantastic, powerful, and highly memorable scores created by great composers ("The Cage", "The Naked Time", "Amok Time", "The Doomsday Machine", etc.).

WARS: Williams' score reignited the popularity of orchestral scores in film, and the original movie's score has often been considered the best movie score of all time.

Winner: WARS

WHAT!!1111!!!2!!!!1!!!!!ONE!!!?!!!!!

D:<

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

;)

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#584112
Topic
The Movies You Would Like To See Made (Not SW)
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Bump!

 

Robocop: Rebooted

 

A sequel to the original first two films (not the third, screw that film, bleeeeugh) Robocop, after being frozen in ice, or a fridge or whatever wakes up 70 years in the future. In New Detroit, dozens of brand new Robocops run the city. Faster, Darker, gritter, shinier, sexier and, apparently, cooler than the original. The story would sort of be a physical representation of the argument for Original films vs Reboots, with the Original Robocop winning in the end, 'cos he's awesome. It would show both sides of the argument and try to be fair. The new Robocops represent the side of reboots, whilst the Original Robocop represents... err...the originals... The vast amount of New Robocops could represent the over-saturation of Reboots now. There could also be a point where they try and 'remake' Robocop.

 

Also, on a completely different note... there should be another Don Bluth film out.

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#583964
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Last movie seen
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I had very low expectations for this film, based on the title, and I was actually pleasantly surprised. It's not a perfect movie by any means, but it is a fun ride. It has a lot of goofy moments and it does feel overly long, and the 3D isn't all that great.

I did like that the film took itself seriously instead of a goofy tongue-in cheek lame-o movie. It does get rather schlocky in parts, but overall it's rather solid.

 

4 out of 10 silver balls