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Post by 1godzillafan on May 28, 2018 22:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by PG Cooper on May 28, 2018 22:15:37 GMT -5
I just made a 25 minute pro-Kevin Smith video. Only 25 minutes? A real Kevin Smith video would have made it to 37. I have a good 37 joke in it. Check out the video essay thread if you're interested. |
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Post by Dracula on May 28, 2018 22:55:07 GMT -5
Snobs. All of ya. I just made a 25 minute pro-Kevin Smith video. You're both snobs:   |
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Post by PhantomKnight on May 28, 2018 23:16:50 GMT -5
Snobs. All of ya. I just made a 25 minute pro-Kevin Smith video. Fine. Borderline snob.  |
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Post by 1godzillafan on May 28, 2018 23:35:13 GMT -5
Criterion won't legitimize itself until we see releases of Yoga Hosers and Transformers: The Complete Epic Saga. Only 25 minutes? A real Kevin Smith video would have made it to 37. I have a good 37 joke in it. Check out the video essay thread if you're interested. I'll take a glance at it when I get some free time. Thanks for the heads up. |
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Post by thebtskink on Jul 4, 2018 20:27:50 GMT -5
Jaws is a top 10 movie all time, and is Spielberg's best.
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Post by PG Cooper on Jul 4, 2018 22:41:57 GMT -5
Jaws is a top 10 movie all time, and is Spielberg's best. Love Jaws. Wouldn't be in my top ten and it isn't my favourite Spielberg, but I won't fight either count. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Jul 13, 2018 23:59:04 GMT -5
For all its problems, the first Hobbit movie is actually the best of the three. Bilbo actually has an arc (even if it hurts the trilogy that it's resolved so early), the focus is more fully on Bilbo and the Dwarves, and there's less pointless action than the sequels.
All three movies kind of suck, but I'd say the first film sucks the least.
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Post by FShuttari on Jul 14, 2018 4:11:17 GMT -5
2nd Hobbit movie with the Dragon was up to the caliber of effects from Lord of the Rings.
Still can't believe how much I enjoy that flick.
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Post by Neverending on Jul 14, 2018 4:47:14 GMT -5
I was bored to death by Hobbit.
Couldn’t finish watching Hobbit 2.
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Post by Deexan on Jul 14, 2018 7:43:56 GMT -5
1st one was the most sincere to the literature, second one was the best despite being 5% Tolkien. Jackson shat on his own legacy.
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Post by Dracula on Jul 14, 2018 7:52:34 GMT -5
Whole Hobbit enterprise was wack. Personally I probably prefer the second because it had a giant dragon in it and that goes a long way. I could be biased though because I watched the first one in 48fps 3D and it was a horrid experience. Watched the second and third on blu-ray and could mess around on the computer during the boring parts and that made them a little more enjoyable (though the third one is particularly pathetic).
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Post by Deexan on Jul 14, 2018 7:59:59 GMT -5
Part of me pines for the Del Toro version, but I still think it would have been a bloated mess even with him at the helm.
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Post by Dracula on Jul 14, 2018 8:25:21 GMT -5
Part of me pines for the Del Toro version, but I still think it would have been a bloated mess even with him at the helm. Del Toro dropping out of that was the smartest thing he ever did. The project was beneath him. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Jul 14, 2018 9:10:54 GMT -5
2nd Hobbit movie with the Dragon was up to the caliber of effects from Lord of the Rings. Still can't believe how much I enjoy that flick. 1st one was the most sincere to the literature, second one was the best despite being 5% Tolkien. Jackson shat on his own legacy. Personally I probably prefer the second because it had a giant dragon in it and that goes a long way. I could be biased though because I watched the first one in 48fps 3D and it was a horrid experience. Watched the second and third on blu-ray and could mess around on the computer during the boring parts and that made them a little more enjoyable (though the third one is particularly pathetic). The Smaug scene starts out pretty awesome, but eventually becomes a bloated and tired mess before ending on a non-climax. Well, yeah. I was bored to death by Hobbit. Couldn’t finish watching Hobbit 2. Never watched Hobbit 3. So...you'd agree the first one is, by default, the best. Part of me pines for the Del Toro version, but I still think it would have been a bloated mess even with him at the helm. Part of me pines for the Del Toro version, but I still think it would have been a bloated mess even with him at the helm. Del Toro dropping out of that was the smartest thing he ever did. The project was beneath him. Lindsay Ellis' video essay on The Hobbit (which I highly recommend if you have the time and are interested in the clusterfuck) suggests that Del Toro didn't actually "leave voluntarily" so much as he was forced out when New Line wanted to make something more in line with the Lord of the Rings. I do agree that The Hobbit was destine to underwhelm compared to LOTR, but from the looks of things, Del Toro was going for a more fairly tale tone in terms of style and visuals. That'd at least be more consistent than the current trilogy, which mixes epic battle scenes and "WARRRRRR" with troll farting and a wizard with bird poop on his head. Also, when Del Toro was envolved it was only gonna be two movies. At the end of the day, I think studio politics would have torpedoed The Hobbit regardless, but in a perfect world where Del Toro could make the movie(s) he wanted, I think he'd have created something of worth. |
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Post by Neverending on Jul 27, 2018 2:03:45 GMT -5
Someone reduced Star Trek The Motion Picture to 22 minutes and added Daft Punk music
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Post by Neverending on Jul 24, 2019 12:04:37 GMT -5
Rutger Hauer passed away.
If you can get past the music, I highly recommend Richard Donner’s Ladyhawke
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Post by PhantomKnight on Aug 12, 2019 10:54:44 GMT -5
Suburbicon is really good. Haven't seen it, but I do know IanTheCool HATED it. |
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Suburbicon is really good. Haven't seen it, but I do know IanTheCool HATED it. But he loved The Last Jedi. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Aug 12, 2019 13:33:47 GMT -5
Fair point.
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Post by IanTheCool on Aug 12, 2019 16:21:04 GMT -5
Suburbicon is horrendous.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Aug 13, 2019 11:43:54 GMT -5
I fully recognize its flaws, so call me a little crazy, but...Captive State proved to be a decent-enough watch.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Aug 30, 2019 18:53:33 GMT -5
Okay, so I don't imagine this will sound crazy to any of you who know me after all these years. Maybe more of a "This wasn't already true?" kind of thing.
But...
After 15 years, now-ten (count 'em TEN) theater viewings, countless other times on DVD/Blu Ray/TV, and the fact that I still get the same level of pure joy out of that I did way back with my first viewing on June 4th, 2004...I can't deny or ignore it anymore.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has gotta be -- got to be -- one of my All-Time Favorite Movies. I won't go so far as to say Top 10-worthy, but Top 20 or Top 30? There's a slot in there somewhere for it.
It just speaks to me in a certain way. And I'm not saying this lightly.
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