Why am I not surprised?HawaiianStallion said:I dont think Sin City or Unleashed were second rate action flicks, and would like to say Good Night and Good Luck was pretty bad in my opinion....
Did I accidentally walk into the shit movie thread? This title is certainly confusing.Boondock Saints...
Equilibrium...
Waking Life...
Bruce Almighty...
We can always blame the steroids.Walter said:Did I accidentally walk into the shit movie thread? This title is certainly confusing.
Maiku said:As far as the LotR comparrison Lewis and Tolkein were both English proffessors at Oxford and spent alot of time looking at each others work as I understand it. Not surprising if there are a few similarities.
Finally, someone with the balls to mention REAL films!Denial said:Solaris (Soderbergh) - One of my favorite movies. You probably won't like it. Personally, I prefer the Soderbergh version, as Tarkovsky's version is too vested in "Sci Fi" jargon and other distractions from the main theme of the movie. Soderbergh's version is a little bit too short and perhaps a little bit pared down, but pretty much everything in it is essential. It reminds me of a Hollywoodized version of Tarkovsky's Stalker (which is Tarkovsky's own attempt to rectify the problems of his version of Solaris).
It really didn't.Oldboy was interesting, but I'm not sure it lived up to its hype.
CnC said:you mean Batman?
whats with people breaking up words today
rené said:Why am I not surprised?
Walter said:My pick is definitely Independance Day.
rené said:Finally, someone with the balls to mention REAL films!
I liked Soderbergh's Solaris, but still prefer Tarkovsky's. It was the first Tarkovsky that I'd seen at the time, and perhaps I should revisit it now, having since seen all but Nostahlgia. I agree that there were scenes that could have been cut down (like that 5 minute flight through Future-City-Tokyo).
It's still a beautiful film, though, and, as I understand it, Tarkovsky's counter-point to Kubrick's 2001.
Proj2501 said:I thought Old Boy was fuckin insane...if u haven't seen it yet...watch it!
from what I understand, Lem actually hated Tarkovsky's film.Denial said:Tarkovsky is clearly more faithful to Lem's book
Yeah, I've been waiting to see that for a good while now.Also, regarding Boondock Saints, you may be interested in reading a bit about its creator: http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/002261.html
"DAMN that movie was GOOD!" When was the last time you said that?
I agree absolutely.CnC said:Just now. Just came back from "King Kong". That movie, for the most part, was amazing to watch. There were a few too many trademark Peter "circular pan" Jackson moments and the beginning was dragging, but despite my being in what has to be the most annoying theatre-going crowd in history (including a "captain obvious" right behind me) I'd say this was a very good movie. Even captain obvious ("dinosaur!", being one of the things she actually said) couldn't drag me out of this movie long enough to give me enough time to punch her in the jaw.
The T-Rex fight (something I was expecting to be just a re-hash of the old movie) was incredible. And the bugs, well, you might have nightmares. Great stuff.
I recommend everyone seeing it in a few weeks when the crowds have died down.
rené said:I agree absolutely.
There are movies I see that return me to a sense of wonder I thought lost. Not only with the world surrounding, but with film as well.
Yeah, Stalker is one of my favorites of his. I've got the two Criterion Tarkovskys, I'm holding out for better versions of the films out there now.Stiler said:If you like Tarkovsky you MUST see Stalker, one of my favorite films of his, I still need to get Nostahlgia on dvd.