Film Discussion

[unreon]

argh arrow spoiled the avatar movie for meeeee =(

Anyways, Lion King still remains my favourite movie of all time.

In other news, I always knew I hated The Phantom Menace, but I couldn't articulate all my reasons why. This video series reminded me why:

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (70 min long)

Don't be turned off by the voice, or the length of the videos. Take them one per day if you want. It's actually quite interesting on an educational level, and you become acclimatised to the voice after the first few minutes. Super, super hilarious to boot - by the end of the second video I garuantee you'll be hooked. If nothing else, watch part 6 because that one is amazing.

 

[TakFR]

Amazing movies I have seen over the holidays:

Inglorious Basterds
The Professional (Also called LEON)
Fight Club

All of which are definatly in my top 5 favorite movies ever =)

 

[Pete278]

i liked avater... even if the key points were predictable

i think the twist was the tree was more valuable than the ore

the various themes of enviromentalism and polictics involved that discuss the future of earth :X

Except that when you have a plot that bad, it doesn't really help your case. 'Guys, we can't knock the trees down, we have a mental memory link to them via weird tentacle things that shouldn't have evolved for any real reason!' Seriously, why would an animal evolve that? Especially since they wouldn't have all evolved them at once.

 

[Isorropia]

Except that when you have a plot that bad, it doesn't really help your case. 'Guys, we can't knock the trees down, we have a mental memory link to them via weird tentacle things that shouldn't have evolved for any real reason!' Seriously, why would an animal evolve that? Especially since they wouldn't have all evolved them at once.

That's not the plot, that's the setting. The plot is the story that unfolds throughout the film. In avatar, the plot is by no means bad, it's just a story that has been told many times before.

As for the setting: Do you require ALL scifi movies to subscribe to your idea of what is and isn't possible?

 

[EverAlert]

I need to see Avatar. Aside from Sherlock Holmes (already seen it, great film), it's the only other current film I'm really interested in seeing.

As for the setting: Do you require ALL scifi movies to subscribe to your idea of what is and isn't possible?

Haha, bar films based on history or other true stories, you can really pose this question about any film genre. (I'm by no means knocking your question, rather I'm making a point of how good a question it is. )

In other news, I always knew I hated The Phantom Menace, but I couldn't articulate all my reasons why. This video series reminded me why

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope has and always will be my favourite movie. Was ahead of it's time, and still entertains millions. <3

I actually watched the original trilogy recently, and I have to agree, they were far ahead of their time and amazing films. I'd probably put either The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi as my all-time favourite though (can't really decide, but I notably enjoyed them better than A New Hope), like most Star Wars fans haha.

As for the new trilogy, I can't really bring myself to dislike them, mostly because The Phantom Menace is what got me excited about Star Wars in the first place. I can't remember if I watched the original trilogy on VHS before or after The Phantom Menace, but watching that in the cinema is really the first defining Star Wars experience in my memory. From what I've watched so far, I can't really disagree with the review unreon linked, but again, The Phantom Menace is the first time I ever remember being excited about Star Wars so it's special to me and I still can't really dislike it despite it being comparatively terrible to the originals.

Ironically, in terms of books and other expanded universe stuff, I find myself more interested in the old republic/pre-NT stuff rather than the empire/new republic/post-OT stuff. Also notice how my favourite Star Wars' are the ones that Lucas didn't direct. lawl

Oh well.

 

[...Ellipsis...]

The Professional (Also called LEON)

Thankyou so much I have been looking for Leon for about a year, I didn't know it was also called the profesional, now I should be able to finally find it.

Some of my favorite movies. Hot Fuzz, so funny watched it more than 10 times, it never gets old british humour is the best. Apocalypse Now, Godfather Part 2, Dark .Knight, Princess Mononoke, Kill Bill

 

[TakFR]

It can't be found in Aus just so you know =(

Has to be ordered from another country

 

[SummonerAU]

I think the only really bad thing about the Phantom Menace movie is that it doesn't really fit into the rest of the series. All the others have giant armies and the like but Phantom Menace has a single planet that highly developed (Naboo that is). It just sticks certain things into the story so they COULD make the next two movies. I like Episode 1 more than Episode 3 just because of the world Episode 1 introduces. Without episode one, there wouldn't be amazing games like Knights of the Old Republic. I treat Episode 3 as filler for the series.

Of the original trilogy, I liked Empire Strikes Back the most but I think the best scene from the three was Death Star Trench Run in Episode IV.

Moving on from Star Wars...

Movies I liked and come to mind: A Clockwork Orange, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Indian Jones, V for Vendetta, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, Constantine, Blade Runner, Underworld, Pan's Labyrinth
Movies I liked and can't think of: Countless others

Speaking of V for Vendetta, normally when I've gone through the original source material and then watch a movie adaptation, I'll typically dislike it but this isn't the case for V for Vendetta. Maybe it's because I read the comic after seeing the movie.

 

[luke_atyeo]

I dont understand how you can watch and enjoy a movie with vin diesel in it...

 

[C~Dog]

I dont understand how you can watch and enjoy a movie with vin diesel in it...

It's easy, you just have to assume that it's a parody of a good movie.

 

[SummonerAU]

With my eyes


yeah.

 

[unreon]

...'we have a mental memory link to them via weird tentacle things that shouldn't have evolved for any real reason!' Seriously, why would an animal evolve that? Especially since they wouldn't have all evolved them at once.

There's no reason why you can't evolve those things. Symbiotic relationships evolve over and over all over the place. Digestion of cellulose, for example, is done by bovines by bacteria lining their stomach. Similar relationships occur many times over in herbivores. Also, convergent evolution doesn't have to evolve at the same time - look at shark and dolphin bodies, where the dolphins formed similar dorsal and ventral fins many millions of years after sharks.

As far as the rest of the movie goes, it's almost spot-on with its science. Especially with regards to the cosmology. Stuff like the main planet occupying 3/4 of the sky round the clock, how fast the planets are spinning, etcetc. The scences with bioilluminesence is particularly gorgeous.

But yeah, like Iso said it's been done many times before, especially feeling Disney-like.

If you guys haven't watched Zombieland, I highly recommend it. A great parody on zombie flicks, lots of humour, all-round good time that is a great watch with a group of friends.

 

[TakFR]

Go see Inception if people who haven't already seen it. It's soooo good, p.s if you have seen it and don't understand it you are obviously ******** =P

 

[undead_moose]

Yo dawg I heard you like dreaming so we put a dream in your dream so you can dream while you dream while you drive

 

[unreon]

I watched Inception on Saturday.

My mind.
Blown all over the walls.

DO NOT CLICKY IF YOU HAVE NOT SEENY: (simplifying and explaining the movie) www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19643/_1280109452.jpg

 

[Zero]

Go see Inception if people who haven't already seen it. It's soooo good, p.s if you have seen it and don't understand it you are obviously ******** =P

Doesn't this mean it's really really simple?

 

[undead_moose]

Will most likely see it again. Plot hole. What happened to that other corparation that was chasing Cobb they sort of just.... Stopped

 

[TakFR]

Spoliers man =P

Spoiler

Probably due to the fact that he was in the dream world for most of the movie, and afterwards the charges on him were dropped

 

[Hater]

Unreon that "description" of inception is actually wrong in a few places tbh i liked the movie but if the IQ of the general population of the world has recently dropped a few hundred points, I cannot understand a person's inability to grasp that storyline or it being "mindblowing"


LOL pretty funny

 

[Zero]

I think you left out a crucial word or acronym in that sentence.

 

[Hater]

thx ruby rereading made me lol

 

[TakFR]

if you want a entertaining review of the film (and a crack at the "average movie viewer" watch this =)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/1874-Inception

 

[luke_atyeo]

escape from new york.

best movie

 

[TakFR]

ah I still need to see it =(

I know i'm an embarrassment to any metal gear fan =(

DON'T LOOK AT ME *flees*

 

[...Ellipsis...]

If you want to listen to entertaining movie reviews listen to Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo on the BBC here is a link to the latest podcast although I would recommend listening to other older ones so you can gain an understanding to some of the running gags.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode

 

[unreon]

Filmspotting podcast.

 

[undead_moose]

Spoliers man =P

Spoiler

Probably due to the fact that he was in the dream world for most of the movie, and afterwards the charges on him were dropped

Spoilers.

Spoiler

"He was a merc for another company to get what ever the asian at the start knew and he failed. You cant just DROP failure. Unless your dekars mother when he was young"

 

[Dekar289]

i've watched hundreds of ebert/siskel/roeper lol

 

[Vermy]

Inception was brilliant. That is all. <3

 

[Bsrk_]

You know they're planning a remake of "Escape From New York"_ I don't see how it could be done without Kurt_ Also "The Crow" is being rewritten by Nick Cave_ I hope he gets John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) to direct it >_<

Inception is such a breath of fresh air this year_ I was starting to go insane with all the **** that's been riddling the cinemas so far_ "Scott Pilgrim vs The World" soon_!!

 

[Technodeath]

But Scott is played by that *** kid actor dude.

 

[...Ellipsis...]

Edgar Wright that is all you need to know.

 

[Dekar289]

Kick-***
kicked ***

 

[tedeth]

Kick-***
kicked ***

Yeah I watched that. That little girl was the lols.

 

[J-Birds]

<3 Hitgirl

 

[xXArrowXx]

last air bender, worst movie ever. 2%.

 

[undead_moose]

Turns out they were all aliens in the end

 

[Darkwing SykeDuk]

It was horrible, scripting/acting was probs the worst of it. Story was legit unlike DRAGONBALL EVOGAYTION.. but somehow they managed to **** it up.. how surprising.

 

[luke_atyeo]

You know they're planning a remake of "Escape From New York"_ I don't see how it could be done without Kurt

yeah they were planning a remake of new york in 2007, which got cancelled, but they've started it up again this year.

imo david hayter for pliskin.
and if they cast pliskin as christian bale I will kill someone

 

[Dekar289]

live-action/cgi yogi bear movie
justin timberlake as bobo
wtf lollol