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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: adwight on November 26, 2004, 01:47:08 pm
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Anyone seen this movie yet? I just got back and I really enjoyed this movie. It is very entertaining, with a good plot and decent acting. Go see this movie, it's well worth the 7 bucks.
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I might as well. It looked a little...bad....when I saw the previews, but maybe i'll give it a shot.
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It sucked, big time. Stupid, boring, a rip off of all the other good adventure movies, and definately very cliched and kiddiesh.
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I thought it was stupid as hell, but reasonably entertaining.
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this is the movie about a guy looking for an egyptian ubber treasure hidden by george washington... right?
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No, not at all.
That's possibly why it sucked so much. It was predictable, cliche and way-over disneyfied. To be honest though, I wasn't expecting much going into it. I'm just sad that I didn't see Alexander instead.
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In my opinion, decent movie if you don't think. If you think, the suspension of disbelief is ruined, and you start thinking "Why the hell did the city of New York not find a giant vault underneath Trinity Church while building a subway or something?"
But again, not bad. Beats some things I've seen. Should have just waited to see it on TV though....
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Yeah, I guess you could say it was okay, but in a rental sort of way, not so much theatre.
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im waiting fot the aviator and oceans 12.
its sad whats happening to the movie industry. it looks like im gonna have to do what i did with my music and get it from international sources. so il stop watching american made movies and watch foreng ones instead, at least untill tarantino puts out his next movie (i think hes doing a wwii era war movie, cant wait to see his take on nazis).
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I like Nic Cage as an actor, but yeah, I'm not expecting too much of it. Might still watch it, I'll be curious and bored in the holiday period before I go to Malaysia. ;)
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it sucked. badly.
one of the few movies that people actually "booed" at the end.
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
No, not at all.
That's possibly why it sucked so much. It was predictable, cliche and way-over disneyfied. To be honest though, I wasn't expecting much going into it. I'm just sad that I didn't see Alexander instead.
Alexander hasn't got great reviews either from either the critics or people who have seen it.
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Alexander looks way, way to Hollywoodized.
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Wow, a treasure map at the back of the Declaration if Independence. Our founding fathers must have a lot of time on their hands with Britain and all.
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Read reviews and decided not to see it. So shoot me.
Disney seems to be churning out B-movies nowadays...
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Originally posted by Nuke
im waiting fot the aviator and oceans 12.
its sad whats happening to the movie industry. it looks like im gonna have to do what i did with my music and get it from international sources. so il stop watching american made movies and watch foreng ones instead, at least untill tarantino puts out his next movie (i think hes doing a wwii era war movie, cant wait to see his take on nazis).
I'm sorry, but any way you cut it, I think America still makes the best movies. Have you ever seen Sholin Soccer? :D You can't judge an entire industry based on bad movies made by a couple bad studios (such as Disney).
My favorite part was when Nick Cage was climbing up a ladder, and a guy 20 feet standing still and aiming with a silenced pistol couldn't hit him, yet managed to hit a one-inch wide pole 3 inches away from him.
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My history teacher wants to see it just so she can see history butchered so badly and get really pissed about it. Haven't seen it myself though...
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You know, it almost seems like a strange combination between a parody of conspiracy theorists and your standard action movie, combined with the Disney requirement for a happy ending.
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
You know, it almost seems like a strange combination between a parody of conspiracy theorists and your standard action movie, combined with the Disney requirement for a happy ending.
The mere thought of such a combination strikes fear into my heart.
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Originally posted by Darkon
Alexander hasn't got great reviews either from either the critics or people who have seen it.
Of course not. Troy taught me that Hollywood doesn't ever follow history, or even other stories correctly, but at least it's still Alexander the Great, and it can't be worse than National Treasure.
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I'm personally waiting for PotC 2.
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I'm sorry, but any way you cut it, I think America still makes the best movies.
I agree, but in all fairness, this is only because America makes by far the most movies.
And even then, some of my favorite movies have been foreign films.
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Best movie I've seen in theatres in the past year wasn't even in English... (As a note, it was Hero)
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Mine was Terminal.
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Garden State for me.
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
I agree, but in all fairness, this is only because America makes by far the most movies.
And even then, some of my favorite movies have been foreign films.
I thought the Indians made as many, if not a lot more movies than American studios?
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If you want a truly excellent movie out now, try The Incredibles. Lots of fun, no matter how old you are. :D
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^^ Agrees. Best super hero movie ever made :D Sad part is, it's better than all of the Hollywood super hero blockbusters combined :)
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Yes I loved that movie, but I like almost any movie I see. I guess im just a sucker for movies. I think the only one I saw recently that I didn't like was Chronicles of Riddick.
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I liked National Treasure. I doubt it's as good as the Incredibles (haven't seen it), but it was damn fun. Sure, it butchered history (what movie of this type doesn't?), and it was filled with cliched characters and plot devices, but who the hell cares? Grab a bag of popcorn and a big soda and sit back and enjoy it already.
And just remember, there are worse movies out there, much worse.
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That's entertainment. It's perfectly acceptable for it to be mindnumbing.
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I thought the Indians made as many, if not a lot more movies than American studios?
Yeah, India makes a lot of movies, (a lot of good ones, I might add. Monsoon Wedding was great.) But they still don't have the same financial resources as Hollywood, so they can't make the wide variety of films that we can in America. You wouldn't see much in the way of science fiction coming out of India.
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yeah, but no one said that America makes the highest budget films in the world, because no one would argue with that ;)
I just thougth that India made as many, if not more (granted, pretty low-budget ones for the most part, but still a lot of movies)
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Uh, I doubt they've made more, considering Baliwood is relatively new.
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Originally posted by adwight
Yes I loved that movie, but I like almost any movie I see. I guess im just a sucker for movies. I think the only one I saw recently that I didn't like was Chronicles of Riddick.
Riddick had me groaning in the first five minutes. Now Pitch Black was a good cheesy monster movie, but Riddick? It fell apart with the whole evil-undead robot army thing and the mystical magical fairy lady thing, meaning it fell apart almost instantly as a movie.
They couldn't even pull it off with style, like Warhammer 40k which is so definately over-the-top that it's fun.