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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 08:12:41 am

Title: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 08:12:41 am
Just finished watching this and I thought to myself "holy ****", I would have believed it if I didn't know better. I felt it was well done.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: The E on March 02, 2010, 08:15:23 am
Personally, I thought the part about how we're all crystal dragon jesus in purgatory was a bit overdone. On the other hand, PUPPIES!

Note: Providing a link to something explaining what you are on about helps immensely.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 08:51:01 am
 This. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220198/) I recommend it.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2010, 10:09:17 am
RottenTomatoes average: 18%.

Think it's best avoided, folks.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Mongoose on March 02, 2010, 01:50:31 pm
Yeah, the commercials looked pretty friggin' awful.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 05:43:29 pm
It wasn't that bad guys.......
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2010, 05:44:48 pm
I shouldn't have been so dismissive, and I'm glad you liked it.

But I do generally trust critics.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Herra Tohtori on March 02, 2010, 05:46:48 pm
Based on IMDB reviews, it divides opinions sharply, and the part that absolutely dislikes it is larger than the part that absolutely likes it.

Based on just that I can't really say whether I would like or dislike it, but it'd be a risk investment and I'd rather save my money for something that a. I hear mainly good things of, and b. is about something I give a damn about.

Never been a fan of alien abduction conspiracy drama genre.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 05:59:09 pm
I shouldn't have been so dismissive, and I'm glad you liked it.

But I do generally trust critics.

I did until critics of my then local newspaper gave Star Wars Episode 1 an "A-". Rotten tomatoes gives it a "62%". Looking at Avatar which except for the special effects really was not a good movie at all, yet they gave it an "82%". Critics being trustworthy? Not always.


EDIT: Just for the hell of it I also looked up Return of the Jedi, which really was a bad movie and they gave it "75%". Give me a break.

Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2010, 06:06:07 pm
No, those are just critics disagreeing with your opinions. (Your local critic is a sample size of 1.)

I have found the opinions of critics to match up well with mine, and in general, I consider the consensus of multiple critics to be a good guide to filmmaking.

You're free to enjoy what you like, of course, and to disagree with critics however you please.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 06:12:06 pm
You're seriously defending star wars episode 1? :wtf: Despite the horrible acting, bad dialog, andbad writing?
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Herra Tohtori on March 02, 2010, 06:13:27 pm
Non sequitur...
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Scotty on March 02, 2010, 06:14:21 pm
You're seriously defending star wars episode 1? :wtf: Despite the horrible acting, bad dialog, andbad writing?
No, those are just critics disagreeing with your opinions.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2010, 06:17:43 pm
You're seriously defending star wars episode 1? :wtf: Despite the horrible acting, bad dialog, andbad writing?

We see you trollin'.

You're not going to get a flamewar out of this. I know you understood my post perfectly well.  :)
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 02, 2010, 06:19:07 pm
A movie about Alaska?

Well at least...uh **** it, (INSERT SARAH PALIN/EXXON VALDEZ/POLAR BEAR/ESKIMO JOKE HERE SEMI-RELATED TO THE MOVIE)
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Angelus on March 02, 2010, 06:21:09 pm
You're seriously defending star wars episode 1? :wtf: Despite the horrible acting, bad dialog, andbad writing?


Well, what saves episode 1 is Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson, and maybe the fact that after episode 6 you can pretty much expect anything.
And if anything else fails, there is still Natalie Portman.  :P
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 02, 2010, 06:22:52 pm
Premature request for thread split.

Also, Liam Neeson was a disappointment in Episode I...not him as an actor, but because he was given such a terrible character to play.  Natalie Portman does redeem part of the movie though.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 06:49:39 pm
You're seriously defending star wars episode 1? :wtf: Despite the horrible acting, bad dialog, andbad writing?

We see you trollin'.

You're not going to get a flamewar out of this. I know you understood my post perfectly well.  :)


I wasn't trolling, I was simply questioning their sanity (and yours for that matter). :P
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Scotty on March 02, 2010, 06:53:08 pm
I thought random and useless/enraging questioning/remarks was the definition of trolling.  Oh well, guess you learn something new everyday.

Honestly, I thought this film looked stupid.  Had the feeling that the trailers had every interesting part of the film already covered.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Ford Prefect on March 02, 2010, 07:04:25 pm
I saw the preview in theaters while blazed out of my skull, and it scared the living **** out of me. Then I saw the same preview again the next day while sober, and I had an epiphany about how fundamentally the film industry is structured around marijuana use.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 02, 2010, 07:56:11 pm
Fact: Ford is baked 1,439 of the 1,440 minutes in a day.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Mongoose on March 02, 2010, 08:00:56 pm
EDIT: Just for the hell of it I also looked up Return of the Jedi, which really was a bad movie and they gave it "75%". Give me a break.
See, this right here invalidates much of your opinion on critical accuracy. :p

The real travesty at work is that the abomination known as Episode III somehow has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than ROTJ.  The world's gone mad, I tell you...
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Ford Prefect on March 02, 2010, 08:24:44 pm
Fact: Ford is baked 1,439 of the 1,440 minutes in a day.
Only during the warm weather!
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: Kosh on March 02, 2010, 10:46:34 pm
EDIT: Just for the hell of it I also looked up Return of the Jedi, which really was a bad movie and they gave it "75%". Give me a break.
See, this right here invalidates much of your opinion on critical accuracy. :p

The real travesty at work is that the abomination known as Episode III somehow has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than ROTJ.  The world's gone mad, I tell you...

Like I said, critics dont know what they are talking about. :p All of the prequels sucked, just some much more than others.
Title: Re: "The Fourth Kind"
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 02, 2010, 11:45:08 pm
I wasn't trolling, I was simply questioning their sanity (and yours for that matter). :P

Look, you wanna question sanity, our local film critic panned the Lord of the Rings movies.

Now we can talk.