OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

Renegade 13 · #1 July 2nd, 2005, 04:23 AM

Star Wars Episode III

Well I finally got to see Star Wars Ep. III...and damn was it ever good.

Have you ever gone to a theater, watched a movie, then when the movie ends you feel as though you are still in the world the movie created? Star Wars created this feeling for me this evening, and it is very rare for me to experience it.

The effects were nothing less than awe-inspiring, and the story was deep...and dark. Much darker than any of the other movies. Yet its very darkness makes it appealing in an age of sugar-coated movies where everything turns out well in the end. It's refreshing to say the least when a movie shows that the good guys don't always win, that people never "live happily ever after".

It was almost gut-wrenching to experience the betrayal by Skywalker, the slaughter of all those Jedi...the story was so immersive I found myself feeling as though I was there, watching the entire thing first hand, experiencing all the emotions to go along with it...a rare thing indeed.

As you can tell, I liked it. A lot.

gregebowman · #2 July 2nd, 2005, 08:00 PM

Well, I didn't want to go to it, but I took my son to see Shark-Boy. I hate 3d movies, mostly because I have a depth perception problem and it's hard to get those 3d glasses to fit over my regular glasses. After seeing Spy-Kids 3d, I wasn't too surprised at anything in this movie. If you're at that age range the movie was meant for, then it's probably pretty good. I caught myself falling asleep a couple of times. Not for me, but my son loved it, which is what really counts.

Atrocities · #3 July 6th, 2005, 01:14 PM

My nephews are begging me to take them to see this movie, Shark-boy. I would much rather take them to go see "Watching The Grass Grow" - than suffor through yet another abysmal child geared 3d movie. OMGNFWINH - Oh My God, No F'ing Way In Hell!

To bad about EP III (Star Wars) It was a really good movie that simply was not epic enough. When all is boiled down, there isn't enough to keep people coming back for more.

The movie has grossed over $360,000,000 million US and close to a billion world wide, with only about $975,000 in sales last week so its on the fast track to the DVD market.

Star Wars was a revalation in the movie industry. Since then most movies, say for Titanic, have not been as "must see" as Star Wars and I honestly don't think there ever will be again. Sure ET and a few others were great movies, but nothing on the scale of Star Wars as far as uniqueness and glass roof shattering presense.

ROTS - albeit a great moive, simply is the end of an era that could have been a lot more exciting in its journey than in its execution. To many people were turned off by EP I and II to trust the revies of EP III.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 July 6th, 2005, 03:11 PM

Well, no, we're probably not going to have that same feeling again. We're used to stunning visuals, great plot twists and good story. Even if what we get is normally not that good, there's still movie's like Spiderman 1&2, which are two of the highest-grossing movie's of all time. Plus LoTR, Batman Begins was good, plenty of good movie's that are worth seeing and can amaze you.

But none of them have the same impact, because we know these movie's can be made. Star Wars was a new thing when it was made.

You know what I say? So what. I. Don't. Care. If a book is good, I'll re-read it. If a movie is good, I'll see it again. And in the end, I'm happy I saw or read something that was good, even if it's not that new.

Renegade 13 · #5 September 10th, 2005, 10:58 PM

War of the Worlds

EaX · #6 September 11th, 2005, 02:44 AM

I've just saw The Cube 2, it was ok, a bit odd movie.

El_Phil · #7 September 11th, 2005, 01:24 PM

What?! Cube rated a remake?

Please tell me it was a straight to video special, or hidden away in a bizzare 'art house' cinema.

EaX · #8 September 12th, 2005, 01:23 AM

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El_Phil said:
What?! Cube rated a remake?

Please tell me it was a straight to video special, or hidden away in a bizzare 'art house' cinema.

Eh, i don't know i have not seen the first one, anyways its about 8 people who suddenly appear on a room with doors on each side which leads to other rooms exactly the same, where the laws of physic & time, don't appear to apply some of the rooms are bobby trapped so you can imagine, is this the movie you're talking about? if yes then yes they made a remake. hiddden? nooooo, it was on blockbuster

El_Phil · #9 September 12th, 2005, 06:24 AM

I'll be honest there were at least two movies about groups of people being trapped in a serires of rooms were no real laws applied. One was cube, one was something else.

When I posted I thought it was Cube that was the awful one, as a remake appeared it must have been the other one that was awful. Whoops.

Atrocities · #10 September 12th, 2005, 06:59 AM

xXx State of the Union... OMG this movie was so bad that they had to redefine the term bad just to fit how bad this movie was. Thank God Vinnie waved off on this "D" movie with an A budge. WTF was Sam Jackson thinking?????

Rent this movie only if your out for a laugh and an "I told ya so."

EDIT: I have a whole list of things that I want to say about this movie but I don't want to get billed as a racist so I will just keep my mouth shut...... But what a bad bad bad, uber horrible movie this was. It was just down right cheaply produced, low budge, poorly written trash of a movie!