-Godzilla (1998) - Wow, its been that long already?
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Popularity aside, could have spent less time short cutting scenes.
-Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - A decent movie but it could have been better written.
What the he- oh wait! Only CONSERVATIVES liked that movie. What am I thinking...
It should have been a piece about PTSD, but it was a pseudo-rambo movie that the only real accurate part, was when the main character's squad came to relieve him and they started to quip about it smelling like TRIBBLE. Even the first scene was made up.
Well... in that movie's defense... it took place in that building in the city, and it was basically a self contained city block type thing.
it was boring. Judge Dredd showed much more. I always thought if they made another or remade the original they could make a fantastic landscape with todays technology. The self contained city block, was mainly just shots of concrete walls.
it was boring. Judge Dredd showed much more. I always thought if they made another or remade the original they could make a fantastic landscape with todays technology. The self contained city block, was mainly just shots of concrete walls.
Boring is a matter of opinion, so you are just as "right" as someone who says it was exciting. However, that point aside, the story of this movie was focused on one building, so that is the reason most of the movie took place in that one building, rather than showing more of the city. That is not an opinion, it is simply a fact.
Boring is a matter of opinion, so you are just as "right" as someone who says it was exciting. However, that point aside, the story of this movie was focused on one building, so that is the reason most of the movie took place in that one building, rather than showing more of the city. That is not an opinion, it is simply a fact.
Yes and they should have scraped the story. It did not do Judge Dredd (comic and original movie) any justice. The fact that people keep asserting that the story took place in one building doesn't matter one bit.
This thread is mostly opinion. How about bring up something new instead of parroting other peoples comments.
How about bring up something new instead of parroting other peoples comments.
The funny thing is, you are not the first person to say something like that to someone else. Meaning? You are not saying new, and are only parroting other people's comments.
The funny thing is, you are not the first person to say something like that to someone else. Meaning? You are not saying new, and are only parroting other people's comments.
Yes every word in the dictionary has been said before. However its a fact that it wasn't said in this thread before.
OK, great. Now that we're done with that sillyness, and despite understanding why we didn't, I do agree it would have been nice to see more of MC1.
I just dont understand why you have to swoop in and be Captain Obvious. I guess I should have written a novel so everyone everywhere could know everything that I already do about the movie.
BTW because of the stinky script, there will be no Dredd 2. There will be no possibly of seeing mega city one. So yea, the script should have been scraped and that's where they got it completely wrong.
The novel was a contemplation of the nature of duty, honor, and courage, and how those can be tested.
The movie (which to be fair started as something totally different, until someone noticed the similarities between their script and Heinlein's novel) took a big steaming dump on all of the above, then wiped with the laws of physics and the size of the galaxy. (Launching an asteroid strike from the far side of the galaxy? Really??) .
^^This!^^ So much this!! I read the original book in about 2 and a half hours. I loved it. Then I went to the movie and was so totally let down...They missed the whole point! On top of that, they did absolutely nothing with the sooo cooool suits of battle armor they wore.
Also... I'll say The Dark Knight Rises. It wasn't terrible, but I still feel it missed the mark for what it *could* have been... and I love Christopher Nolan movies.
I agree, it wasn't terrible....but after "The Dark Knight"? To me (not a comic book reader, never have been) it was a very disappointing follow up to one of my favorite movies from the super hero genre. "The Dark Knight" was an amazing movie IMO and "The Dark Knight Rises" was just an ok movie
I just dont understand why you have to swoop in and be Captain Obvious. I guess I should have written a novel so everyone everywhere could know everything that I already do about the movie.
BTW because of the stinky script, there will be no Dredd 2. There will be no possibly of seeing mega city one. So yea, the script should have been scraped and that's where they got it completely wrong.
Just so we're clear, even though I agreed with you in my last post, you still want to argue?
I'm not arguing. I just don't understand why you wish to waste time in this manner.
You are the one that is keeping the "waste of time" going. 2 posts ago I agreed with you that it would have been nice to see more of MC1. Yet, you essentially ignored that, and wanted to go back to the "waste of time" discussion. That's on you, not me.
You are the one that is keeping the "waste of time" going. 2 posts ago I agreed with you that it would have been nice to see more of MC1. Yet, you essentially ignored that, and wanted to go back to the "waste of time" discussion. That's on you, not me.
You keep talking, you could walk away whenever you want. You may have agreed, but you also pushed home that the script does in fact take place in a building.
You keep talking, you could walk away whenever you want.
Sure I could. But you are the one complaining about a "waste of time", not me. I post on forums for entertainment, and you are entertaining. But if you feel like your time is being wasted, then like you just said, you can "walk away". I hope you won't though, for the reason I just mentioned.
Sure I could. But you are the one complaining about a "waste of time", not me. I post on forums for entertainment, and you are entertaining. But if you feel like your time is being wasted, then like you just said, you can "walk away". I hope you won't though, for the reason I just mentioned.
you do realized i was talking about your time. not mine.
I never said "waste of time" like you pointed out in another post.
It's not a perfect movie, but I did enjoy it more than the last 2. I also went in with lower expectations, so I was pleasantly surprised. Hope you enjoy
Dark Knight Rises. Holy Craptastic Cinema, Batman. That film feel so short in a big way. The misinterprtation of Bane, the flimsy 99% storyline, the "Not-so-catlike" Catwoman, the god awful attempt to shoehorn in Robin by making him literally named Robin, the shoddy ending with Bruce just ditching Gotham by pretending to be dead only to show up in Italy in the open with NO disguise and somehow no one recognized him and the terrible Talia Ah Ghul reveal that had no real impact on the film at all.
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It's not a perfect movie, but I did enjoy it more than the last 2. I also went in with lower expectations, so I was pleasantly surprised. Hope you enjoy
Just got home from watching it. It was spectacular, well worth the 9bucks... But could've been better.
I have my own personal headcanon on the 98 Godzilla, especially since Zilla was accepted as a seperate Kaiju into the Toho Pantheon of Godzilla monsters.
Misidentification.
Think about it. The fisherman who identified the Kaiju as Godzilla ONLY saw the dorsal plates. Never actually saw the whole Kaiju. How many Kaiju have dorsal plates? Counting Zilla... Two. So he identified it as Godzilla because that was the only Kaiju known to have dorsal plates at the time.
And to explain how "easy" it was to kill Zilla... note WHERE the missiles hit when Zilla was tangled up in the suspension bridge's cables. The Neck. What goes through the neck? Vital arteries and veins such as the Jugular. Doesn't matter how big or tough any creature is, severing the Jugular is a death sentence, and having missiles hit BOTH sides of the neck would do that on both sides.
So there you have it. My personal headcanon on Godzilla, and why he died so easily. But that doesn't mean the movie is saved from this thread. It was kinda meh.
Dark Knight Rises. Holy Craptastic Cinema, Batman. That film feel so short in a big way. The misinterprtation of Bane,
Curious, not knocking you or anything just genuinely curious, but how do you see Ban as misinterpreted? He was definitely interpreted: English, not Hispanic, breathing mask not luchadore mask. But I felt they got several things right, most especially brains AND brawn. Most other portrayals in movies and TVs show him as a brawn but not a brain. In fact, I recall thinking when he first appeared in the comics that he was the first Rogues Gallery member I could think of that had both brains and brawn. Usually it is one or the other. The closest I could think of was Harvey Dent, but he was lacking in the brawn.
Now the rest of the film I did find to be somewhat short of the bar set by the first two films, but for me it was passable.
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What the he- oh wait! Only CONSERVATIVES liked that movie. What am I thinking...
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-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Popularity aside, could have spent less time short cutting scenes.
-Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - A decent movie but it could have been better written.
It should have been a piece about PTSD, but it was a pseudo-rambo movie that the only real accurate part, was when the main character's squad came to relieve him and they started to quip about it smelling like TRIBBLE. Even the first scene was made up.
Mega City One is suppose to be a vast futuristic city, but all we got was one building.
Well... in that movie's defense... it took place in that building in the city, and it was basically a self contained city block type thing.
it was boring. Judge Dredd showed much more. I always thought if they made another or remade the original they could make a fantastic landscape with todays technology. The self contained city block, was mainly just shots of concrete walls.
Boring is a matter of opinion, so you are just as "right" as someone who says it was exciting. However, that point aside, the story of this movie was focused on one building, so that is the reason most of the movie took place in that one building, rather than showing more of the city. That is not an opinion, it is simply a fact.
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Yes and they should have scraped the story. It did not do Judge Dredd (comic and original movie) any justice. The fact that people keep asserting that the story took place in one building doesn't matter one bit.
This thread is mostly opinion. How about bring up something new instead of parroting other peoples comments.
The funny thing is, you are not the first person to say something like that to someone else. Meaning? You are not saying new, and are only parroting other people's comments.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Yes every word in the dictionary has been said before. However its a fact that it wasn't said in this thread before.
OK, great. Now that we're done with that sillyness, and despite understanding why we didn't, I do agree it would have been nice to see more of MC1.
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Join Date: Sep 2008
I just dont understand why you have to swoop in and be Captain Obvious. I guess I should have written a novel so everyone everywhere could know everything that I already do about the movie.
BTW because of the stinky script, there will be no Dredd 2. There will be no possibly of seeing mega city one. So yea, the script should have been scraped and that's where they got it completely wrong.
^^This!^^ So much this!! I read the original book in about 2 and a half hours. I loved it. Then I went to the movie and was so totally let down...They missed the whole point! On top of that, they did absolutely nothing with the sooo cooool suits of battle armor they wore.
I agree, it wasn't terrible....but after "The Dark Knight"? To me (not a comic book reader, never have been) it was a very disappointing follow up to one of my favorite movies from the super hero genre. "The Dark Knight" was an amazing movie IMO and "The Dark Knight Rises" was just an ok movie
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Just so we're clear, even though I agreed with you in my last post, you still want to argue?
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Join Date: Sep 2008
I'm not arguing. I just don't understand why you wish to waste time in this manner.
You are the one that is keeping the "waste of time" going. 2 posts ago I agreed with you that it would have been nice to see more of MC1. Yet, you essentially ignored that, and wanted to go back to the "waste of time" discussion. That's on you, not me.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
You keep talking, you could walk away whenever you want. You may have agreed, but you also pushed home that the script does in fact take place in a building.
Sure I could. But you are the one complaining about a "waste of time", not me. I post on forums for entertainment, and you are entertaining. But if you feel like your time is being wasted, then like you just said, you can "walk away". I hope you won't though, for the reason I just mentioned.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
you do realized i was talking about your time. not mine.
I never said "waste of time" like you pointed out in another post.
Ah yes, I "do realized". I'm glad we understand each other
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Oh boy. Now it's down to this. I accidentally typed something I didn't mean to. How will I ever live with myself.
JURASSIC WORLD
I'm joking... ima go watch it today...
It's not a perfect movie, but I did enjoy it more than the last 2. I also went in with lower expectations, so I was pleasantly surprised. Hope you enjoy
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Just got home from watching it. It was spectacular, well worth the 9bucks... But could've been better.
Godzilla 1998 - The one in NY.
Robocop reboot
The Last Pirate of the Caribbean
The Lone Ranger
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I have my own personal headcanon on the 98 Godzilla, especially since Zilla was accepted as a seperate Kaiju into the Toho Pantheon of Godzilla monsters.
Misidentification.
Think about it. The fisherman who identified the Kaiju as Godzilla ONLY saw the dorsal plates. Never actually saw the whole Kaiju. How many Kaiju have dorsal plates? Counting Zilla... Two. So he identified it as Godzilla because that was the only Kaiju known to have dorsal plates at the time.
And to explain how "easy" it was to kill Zilla... note WHERE the missiles hit when Zilla was tangled up in the suspension bridge's cables. The Neck. What goes through the neck? Vital arteries and veins such as the Jugular. Doesn't matter how big or tough any creature is, severing the Jugular is a death sentence, and having missiles hit BOTH sides of the neck would do that on both sides.
So there you have it. My personal headcanon on Godzilla, and why he died so easily. But that doesn't mean the movie is saved from this thread. It was kinda meh.
Curious, not knocking you or anything just genuinely curious, but how do you see Ban as misinterpreted? He was definitely interpreted: English, not Hispanic, breathing mask not luchadore mask. But I felt they got several things right, most especially brains AND brawn. Most other portrayals in movies and TVs show him as a brawn but not a brain. In fact, I recall thinking when he first appeared in the comics that he was the first Rogues Gallery member I could think of that had both brains and brawn. Usually it is one or the other. The closest I could think of was Harvey Dent, but he was lacking in the brawn.
Now the rest of the film I did find to be somewhat short of the bar set by the first two films, but for me it was passable.