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Post by Neverending on Feb 13, 2016 2:21:45 GMT -5
Am I the only person who likes The Terminal?
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Post by Deexan on Feb 13, 2016 4:53:04 GMT -5
^ Never saw it.
And how do you guys remember your first CS! reviews, do you have a log? (Dracula doesn't need to answer that. I already know the answer.)
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Post by Dracula on Feb 13, 2016 9:15:42 GMT -5
Am I the only person who likes The Terminal? It's a mostly inoffensive and enjoyable movie, but a very minor effort coming from Spielberg. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Feb 13, 2016 12:50:30 GMT -5
Am I the only person who likes The Terminal? You're not. In fact, I think I may love that movie. I thought it captured a Capra-esque quality very well and I remember its charm really working for me. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 1:11:17 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but The Crow is better than Dark City.
I understand where Dark City is more ambitious, but it's inconsistent. After building an interesting sci-fi mystery, the film climaxes in a bombastic and dumb way. After building to something cerebral, the film ends on a sub par action scene. I can't think of another film I've seen recently that built so well before coming to such a lackluster finale. The Crow, on the other hand, tells a much simpler story but commits fully and delivers well.
To be clear, I do enjoy both.
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Post by Neverending on Feb 27, 2016 2:17:38 GMT -5
The Crow is only slightly better than Spawn.
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Post by Deexan on Feb 27, 2016 3:08:36 GMT -5
I found both to be overrated... Well, "found" is inaccurate, as I saw Dark City upon its limited cinema release and found it a tad cheesy and lacking in production value. Maybe a rewatch is in order.
Call ME crazy, but Clooney/Soderbergh's Solaris is a near-perfect film, and it has Cliff Martinez's score to thank for that:
I may be fighting a losing battle without Justin to back me up....
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Post by Dracula on Feb 27, 2016 7:17:24 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but The Crow is better than Dark City. I understand where Dark City is more ambitious, but it's inconsistent. After building an interesting sci-fi mystery, the film climaxes in a bombastic and dumb way. After building to something cerebral, the film ends on a sub par action scene. I can't think of another film I've seen recently that built so well before coming to such a lackluster finale. The Crow, on the other hand, tells a much simpler story but commits fully and delivers well. To be clear, I do enjoy both. Crazy The Crow is only slightly better than Spawn. Slightly? Maybe in an alternate universe where Spawn had competent modern CGI in it... |
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 8:31:59 GMT -5
The Crow is only slightly better than Spawn. Slightly? Maybe in an alternate universe where Spawn had competent modern CGI in it... Neverending, have you watched Spawn lately? It's awful. For whatever problems The Crow has (and it does have many) its never as insulting or laughably stupid as Spawn. |
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Post by Jibbs on Feb 27, 2016 11:23:19 GMT -5
I don't care for Dark City. The Terminal is pretty good.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Feb 27, 2016 12:31:45 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but The Crow is better than Dark City. I understand where Dark City is more ambitious, but it's inconsistent. After building an interesting sci-fi mystery, the film climaxes in a bombastic and dumb way. After building to something cerebral, the film ends on a sub par action scene. I can't think of another film I've seen recently that built so well before coming to such a lackluster finale. The Crow, on the other hand, tells a much simpler story but commits fully and delivers well. To be clear, I do enjoy both. I haven't seen The Crow, but Dark City is awesome. In fact...call ME crazy, but Dark City is better than both The Matrix and Blade Runner. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 12:50:53 GMT -5
In fact...call ME crazy, but Dark City is better than both The Matrix and Blade Runner. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Feb 27, 2016 13:08:05 GMT -5
Dark City is a more atmospheric and involving noir than Blade Runner, and it contains interesting themes, ideas and visuals while not hitting you over the head with them like The Matrix. Not saying either of those two films are bad -- not at all -- but I just prefer Dark City because it's the more interesting and better-executed film to me.
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Post by thebtskink on Feb 27, 2016 13:19:53 GMT -5
Blade Runner
The Crow
Dark City
Matrix
Being hit by a bus
Spawn
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 13:32:12 GMT -5
Dark City is a more atmospheric and involving noir than Blade Runner, and it contains interesting themes, ideas and visuals while not hitting you over the head with them like The Matrix. Not saying either of those two films are bad -- not at all -- but I just prefer Dark City because it's the more interesting and better-executed film to me. This is the main thing I'm objecting to. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Feb 27, 2016 13:57:32 GMT -5
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 14:00:41 GMT -5
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I'll stroke you! Wait...shit, that doesn't work. |
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Post by Neverending on Feb 27, 2016 14:03:08 GMT -5
Slightly? Maybe in an alternate universe where Spawn had competent modern CGI in it... Have you watched Spawn lately? It's awful. For whatever problems it has (and it does have many) its never as insulting or laughably stupid as Spawn. The Crow is better made than Spawn. I'm not disputing that. Considering the acclaimed HBO animated series that Spawn had, the movie is a total embarrassment. But... Spawn had the better "superhero back from the dead" story. Dark City is better than both The Matrix and Blade Runner. It's better than Blade Runner, but not The Matrix. You know, it's funny, even though I was alive and old enough in 1998, I didn't hear about Dark City until The Matrix came out and people started making comparisons. It makes me feel bad for Dark City because people will always see it as Matrix without the robots and action scenes. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Feb 27, 2016 14:40:54 GMT -5
Solaris sucks.
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Post by IanTheCool on Feb 27, 2016 14:43:40 GMT -5
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I'll stroke you! Wait...shit, that doesn't work. It may work for moviebuff... |
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Post by IanTheCool on Feb 27, 2016 14:44:43 GMT -5
I had a great first watch of Dark City, as I rented it on a whim and knew absolutely nothing about it. So the mystery involved was very much a mystery.
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Post by Dracula on Feb 27, 2016 14:48:28 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but The Crow is better than Dark City. I understand where Dark City is more ambitious, but it's inconsistent. After building an interesting sci-fi mystery, the film climaxes in a bombastic and dumb way. After building to something cerebral, the film ends on a sub par action scene. I can't think of another film I've seen recently that built so well before coming to such a lackluster finale. The Crow, on the other hand, tells a much simpler story but commits fully and delivers well. To be clear, I do enjoy both. I haven't seen The Crow, but Dark City is awesome. In fact...call ME crazy, but Dark City is better than both The Matrix and Blade Runner. Dark City is a more atmospheric and involving noir than Blade Runner, and it contains interesting themes, ideas and visuals while not hitting you over the head with them like The Matrix. Not saying either of those two films are bad -- not at all -- but I just prefer Dark City because it's the more interesting and better-executed film to me. ![]()  Slightly? Maybe in an alternate universe where Spawn had competent modern CGI in it... Have you watched Spawn lately? It's awful. For whatever problems it has (and it does have many) its never as insulting or laughably stupid as Spawn. The Crow is better made than Spawn. I'm not disputing that. Considering the acclaimed HBO animated series that Spawn had, the movie is a total embarrassment. But... Spawn had the better "superhero back from the dead" story. Which is to say it's adapting a better comic book (slightly better, both are embarrassingly dated today), but execution is kind of what matters when comparing movies like this given that neither are exactly Shakespeare. |
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Post by thebtskink on Feb 27, 2016 18:31:04 GMT -5
Gattaca is an awful, near unwatchable movie.
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Post by PG Cooper on Feb 27, 2016 19:03:20 GMT -5
Gattaca is an awful, near unwatchable movie. I wouldn't go that far, but I do think it's overrated. |
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