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Unread postby Panda Tar » 04 Mar 2009, 12:37

What were you expecting of that movie?
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Unread postby Kalah » 04 Mar 2009, 12:43

The same thing as Australia and The assassination of Jesse James by zzzzzz... They're too long-winded.
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Unread postby Angelspit » 04 Mar 2009, 16:00

Watched the special edition of The Abyss (in three sittings!). I wasn't sure what to expect from that movie. There is a great atmosphere, decent acting, some very interesting underwater shots, but the typical Disney music of Cameron's movie was distracting and didn't fit the mood at all, and the ending was rather cheesy. A bit disappointed.
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 04 Mar 2009, 21:56

Angelspit wrote:Watched the special edition of The Abyss (in three sittings!). I wasn't sure what to expect from that movie. There is a great atmosphere, decent acting, some very interesting underwater shots, but the typical Disney music of Cameron's movie was distracting and didn't fit the mood at all, and the ending was rather cheesy. A bit disappointed.
But still a pretty good movie. I saw it last year. Being quite old (already) I had pretty low expectations, but I ended up liking it quite a lot (so much that I didn't mind, and almost didn't feel, that it was stretched for more than 2 and a half hours IIRC).

Now I gotta go and rent some of the movies parcaleste mentioned... :)
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Unread postby Veldrynus » 04 Mar 2009, 22:12

I dare you people to watch this film, without skipping any parts of it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6807585942
Veldryn 15:15 And Vel found a dirty old jawbone of a walrus and put forth his hand, and took it, and in his unholy rage, he slew thirty four thousand men and children therewith.
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Unread postby Panda Tar » 05 Mar 2009, 11:28

Zamolxis wrote:
Angelspit wrote:Watched the special edition of The Abyss (in three sittings!). I wasn't sure what to expect from that movie. There is a great atmosphere, decent acting, some very interesting underwater shots, but the typical Disney music of Cameron's movie was distracting and didn't fit the mood at all, and the ending was rather cheesy. A bit disappointed.
But still a pretty good movie. I saw it last year. Being quite old (already) I had pretty low expectations, but I ended up liking it quite a lot (so much that I didn't mind, and almost didn't feel, that it was stretched for more than 2 and a half hours IIRC).

Now I gotta go and rent some of the movies parcaleste mentioned... :)
What's new with that special edition? I watched that movie back in 92 or 93 me thinks and found it rather nice. Although the ending was a bit...hum...
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Unread postby Borsuc » 05 Mar 2009, 15:57

parcaleste wrote:And finally last night we watched the British 1990 classic "the Witches". This movie just kicks all of the Harry Potters and "Lord of the Rings" laclusters in their arses goodbye (not to mention Rowan Atkinson's participation in it :D ).[/i]
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LotR -- not even close. I mean even the "settings" and atmosphere are different, and in a bad way for The Witches (as I'm not a fan of that kind of magic). Plus it ain't that great overall as realization (strangely imdb somewhat agrees with me :| rare occurence).
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Unread postby Angelspit » 05 Mar 2009, 16:46

Panda Tar wrote:What's new with that special edition?
It's even longer than the theatrical edition, but I can't say what they added, but I felt that some scenes were a bit too long or pointless.
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Unread postby Caradoc » 06 Mar 2009, 06:01

No one here talking about Watchmen? I'm going to first showing on Friday.
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Unread postby darknessfood » 06 Mar 2009, 14:19

Friends of mine saw it. They weren't happy though...
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Unread postby PhoenixReborn » 06 Mar 2009, 14:28

I'll see Watchmen. Just read the comic.
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Unread postby Vlaad II » 07 Mar 2009, 02:50

I've seen it today and thought it was OK.
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Unread postby Zamolxis » 07 Mar 2009, 09:59

Veldrynus wrote:I dare you people to watch this film, without skipping any parts of it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6807585942
Just curious... is this the kind of stuff you are usually watching? :p
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Unread postby Kalah » 07 Mar 2009, 19:57

Just watching Batman on Blu-ray. The original, you know. Better Batman than Bale, not as good a villain as Ledger.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 08 Mar 2009, 20:50

Veldrynus wrote:I dare you people to watch this film, without skipping any parts of it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6807585942
How about skipping all of it after the first 2 seconds?!
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Unread postby Ethric » 15 Mar 2009, 21:26

Watching Airplane II: The Sequel. It's not the same without Leslie Nielsen acting and Abrahams and the Zuckers behind the wheels, but still amusing.

Good old Lloyd Bridges :)
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Unread postby Veldrynus » 15 Mar 2009, 23:32

Zamolxis wrote:
Veldrynus wrote:I dare you people to watch this film, without skipping any parts of it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 6807585942
Just curious... is this the kind of stuff you are usually watching? :p
This is stuff I have to watch and like. :P

I had a heated argument with one of my teachers, after I dared to say that films like this are empty, self-serving, pseudo intellectual junk.
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Unread postby Panda Tar » 16 Mar 2009, 11:22

Heated arguments are always helpful. Specially on cold days.
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Unread postby Kalah » 16 Mar 2009, 16:46

Just started watching The Blue Planet. It is a serious piece of work; a true marvel, indeed a work of genius.
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Unread postby Ethric » 16 Mar 2009, 17:36

...so it's one of them boring movies?
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