L. Marcus Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? No I haven't' date=' but the general consensus is "not very good."[/quote']Aw, Cruddup. I liked the book . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Aw' date=' Cruddup. I liked the book . . .[/quote'] Well, for starters, they shifted the character from being British to American, and then apparently dumped all the Welsh mythology along the way. I presume keeping him British would have made him seem to much like Harry Potter, despite pre-dating Mr. Potter by about 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I think fits the bill, there. Sure, lose all the background material, do that. That'll make the sequels fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Mist and then Gamera: Defender of the Universe. How was The Mist? People who saw it and remember th eoriginal story were disgusted with it for several reasons, with the biggest being the fact that the father kills his friends, and then his son, to spare them from death at the fangs of the mist monsters after escaping the beseiged supermarket store -- only to then discover that the Army was not only beating the mist back, they had already saved the supermarket. So he was driving away from safety. I have to admit, it sounds like it blows major chunks if true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? How was The Mist? People who saw it and remember th eoriginal story were disgusted with it for several reasons' date=' with the biggest being the fact that the father kills his friends, and then his son, to spare them from death at the fangs of the mist monsters after escaping the beseiged supermarket store -- only to then discover that the Army was not only beating the mist back, they had already saved the supermarket. So he was driving [i']away[/i] from safety. I have to admit, it sounds like it blows major chunks if true. Well, that's the way it goes. But the Army is going too the market, not away. I liked it anyway, because I wasn't expecting the ending. I was thinking the Army (see in trailers) would simply find an empty truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Just saw Hitman last night. A pretty decent action flick...nothing outstanding, but good solid performances by Timmothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott and Olga "I'm the smoking gun of Russian Hawtness" Kurylenko (sorry, she reminds me of this Greek girl I've had a crush on forever, only with the extra long leg optional upgrade). My friend liked it better than Beowulf, in any event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Beowulf was okay. It could have been far worse, and at least they linked all the parts together logically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Well' date=' that's the way it goes. But the Army is going [u']too[/u] the market, not away. I liked it anyway, because I wasn't expecting the ending. I was thinking the Army (see in trailers) would simply find an empty truck. Okay, but I still despise those "O. Henry" type endings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Okay' date=' but I still despise those "O. Henry" type endings.[/quote'] Well, the original story doesn't really have an ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copeab Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? This week, rewatched: Ginger Snaps Cemetary Man Watched new: The Evil Mind The Most Dangerous Game In the middle of rewatching: Innocent Blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? . . . Has anyone seen The Dark Is Rising? yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? "Idiocracy" on Cable. It was supposed to be a Comedy, but it disturbed me a great deal. I was up all night afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? I just saw my favorite Harry Potter movie being rerun recently... "Troll" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccared50 Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Alice in Wonderland... followed by Beauty and the Beast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Transformers. I liked it. It was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Transformers. I liked it. It was fun. Me too. Big, dumb and full of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Me too. Big' date=' dumb and full of fun.[/quote'] I never watched the cartoon, so this was mostly new to me. And I laughed and found it rather cool. I might even buy the DVD, if I see it discounted somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Me too. Big' date=' dumb and full of fun.[/quote'] Me too. I also liked the teenage comedy and the war subplot. The robots were good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Truly the Transformers movie was "more than meets the eye" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Hell, I consider the "left cheek! left cheek!" moment one of the funniest bits I've seen in a movie in months...not sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dholcrist Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Me too. I also liked the teenage comedy and the war subplot. The robots were good too. Exactly why I really disliked the movie. The robots were good too. It just annoys me to no end that the "Transformers" movie wasn't about the Transformers. It was about everyone and their mothers except the Transformers. It was about some nerdy hacker who liked to comically play DDR and added nothing to the movie. It was about some Australian researcher chick that didn't do much of anything. It was about some bizarre federal agents that didn't do much but talk about how "criminals are hot" and get urinated on by childhood heroes. And what's with the awkward 10 minute masturbation conversation? Was that really necessary? While I got used to their designs, and actually enjoyed the Transformers themselves (when they were on screen, that is), watching them do stuff was one of the more frustrating things I've had to do while watching movie. I'd bet that very few could watch the movie and actually tell you what was going on when more than one robot was on screen at a time. The fights were just random angles swinging around and an occasional rocket flying off. I won't even address the product-placement-bots. Sorry for the rant, but while I was a little too young to actually have seen the original Transformers in its first run, I did grow up with the repeats, and most especially, the Movie. I've seen all manner of terrible, terrible incarnations of some of my favorite characters over the years, but this gives them all a run for their money. Damn Michael Bay for making a Transformers movie that could have had so much more greatness in it. It's like the X-Men 3 movie. Not a terrible movie in its own right, but the worst movie simply because it took an incredible story and put it on film, barring others from making a good version for a very long time. /end rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Thew Banquet -- a an Ancient China version of Hamlet (it took me about 1/2 the movie to figure it out). Beautiful sets, costumes, locations, and cinematography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Death Proof -- It was... okay. The final chase is good, but boy, QT sure loves the word f*** and all its variants. Planet Terror had far more action and was far more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Death Proof -- It was... okay. The final chase is good' date=' but boy, QT sure loves the word f*** and all its variants. [i']Planet Terror[/i] had far more action and was far more fun. Planet Terror was a much, much better movie, especially when comparing the extended cuts of the two films. Death proof had about 40 minutes of good, entertaining film mixed in with a mass of really dull dialog and fetish scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Planet Terror was a much, much better movie, especially when comparing the extended cuts of the two films. Death proof had about 40 minutes of good, entertaining film mixed in with a mass of really dull dialog and fetish scenes. Exactly!!! I was wondering about all the extended dialog that seemed to do nothing but show that QT can write good dialog, but it honestly meant nothing to the greater scheme of the movie. It really needed (IMO) more Stuntman Mike sequences -- even if it was only him getting his car in position or some such. Although I will admit, the killing half-way through took me by surprise, since I'd been trying to decide which one was going to be the "hero" and do Mike in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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