NiKo Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 The Silence of the lambs triology. allthough I havent' seen the 3rd yet, and Hannibal was meh...(apart from the brain eating scene) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Originally posted by Guybrush122 You know, George Lucas barely wrote any of the trilogy, and I don't think he directed any either. Must be why the new movies suck... I know where you're coming from, but he was a hell of a lot more involved than you're giving him credit for. Depending if you believe what you read, the original screenplay he wrote was a condensed version of Episodes IV, V and VI, and I've even heard of the original (early 70's) "Adventures of Mace Windu" script containing elements from the new trilogy. Even if this is all lies, he still wrote and directed the original movie, which is what started the whole worldwide phenomenon. The stress of directing this movie ruined his marriage, and made him decide to leave the sequels to other people. That said, it's not like he just phoned up Larry Kasdan and said "hey, can you write me a sequel to Star Wars please?" - he told him the plot and story etc, what needed to happen. He also co-wrote Return of the Jedi, which although isn't regarded as the best Star Wars movie, certainly isn't bad. And I'm fed up of people bitching about the new movies anyway... okay, so The Phantom Menace wasn't what most people were expecting, and the political intrigue was a bit dull, not to mention the whole midi-chlorian thing... but Episode II was great, and in retrospect you need the dull politics to explain what happens in the later movies. I mean, you couldn't make a movie about World War II that attempted to cover every aspect of the war without including all the pre-fighting politics, and discussions, so it's understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Yeah, the bonus disk on the Star Wars DVDs really show how much Lucas put into Star Wars personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Originally posted by LucasTones And I'm fed up of people bitching about the new movies anyway... okay, so The Phantom Menace wasn't what most people were expecting, and the political intrigue was a bit dull, not to mention the whole midi-chlorian thing... but Episode II was great, and in retrospect you need the dull politics to explain what happens in the later movies. I mean, you couldn't make a movie about World War II that attempted to cover every aspect of the war without including all the pre-fighting politics, and discussions, so it's understandable. You sir are a very wise man. I just recently rewatched the new ones (Episode I for the first time since I originally bought it on a ... get this... a VHS.) I found I to be almost unbearable. I knew it was bad, but I forgot just how boring it can be at points. But II, that movie blows my mind. I love all of it (cept maybe that scene where Anakin and Padme are out in that field) and the fight between Jango and Obi-Wan rocks my socks off. Quite literally, I had to go find them afterwards. This was pretty impressive considering I was wearing shoes at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Yeah, elTee is right. I liked the whole Obi-Wan storyline of Star Wars 2. I think it shows pretty well what Jedi do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Originally posted by LucasTones That said, it's not like he just phoned up Larry Kasdan and said "hey, can you write me a sequel to Star Wars please?" - he told him the plot and story etc, what needed to happen. He was also on set most days during filming and had mroe of an involvement than many would give him credit for. empire is as much his film as it is Larry's. But please be greatful that his mariage broke up (to an extente of course) otherwise we wouldn't have Pixar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Yeah Episode II is great (though not a classic) and Episode I isn't as bad as people say it is. I'm looking forward to Episode III especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I wish Lucas would give in and let it earn a PG-13 rating. I really wanna see some Jedi get slaughtered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I read that it's already heading towards PG-13 / 12A in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I read on jedinet.com that it was rumoured to be heading towards PG-13, but then a week later Lucas made some big statement about how thats not true, and that it will remain a family series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 What is the UK raiting scale anyway, 'tones? I know the Australian, but not the UK. Is the biritish version of the MPAA as big of dicks as they are? Meow? Meowmeowmeow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I think britain are lightening up slightly. We currently have Uc (everyone can see it, but made for lickle tykes), U (Universal) 12 (now mostly on DVD's and Vides, but for years 12 and over) 12a (used in cinemas, kids under 12 can come accompanied by an adult), 15 and then 18 which are both self explanetory. But I think that barr few serious things, we're aloud to see anything under the 18 certificate and allowed to say f*** as many times as we want under the 15 certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 The ratings board are definately lightening up, that's for sure. A load of movies that were previously banned are now on general release (such as The Exorcist and Straw Dogs) and they're allowing much more explicit sex scenes in non-porno movies (there's a seperate rating for hard porn, and not many places really sell the stuff that gets released on that certificate. Or maybe they do, but I don't tend to frequent porn stores ) The main issues they dislike haven't really changed though - things like rape scenes where the woman is depicted as enjoying it (I think this was the issue with Straw Dogs) and really graphic violence. I remember they cut 4 seconds from Fight Club, which really isn't much and didn't detract from the plot. And recently there was a big issue over the Team America sex scene, but that movie got released as a 15 so it clearly wasn't too much of an issue. Also, I'd like to point out that A Clockwork Orange wasn't banned in the UK, as a lot of people seem to think - Kubrick requested that it was withdrawn after he recieved death threats relating to gangs dressing like Alex and his droogs. As soon as he died they fell over themselves to re-release it, which I thought was really unsubtle, but I was glad to finally be able to see the movie. Actually, that's not true at all - I went to the video store with my mum to rent a movie, and I wanted The Exorcist which I hadn't seen and had recently been unbanned. She remembered seeing it in the theatre as a teenager and said I couldn't get it, and suggested I watch A Clockwork Orange instead. She clearly hadn't seen it, but didn't think it could be worse than the other movie. I'm glad that happened, cos it's one of my favourite movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Yeah, I heard most of Europe, when it comes to the ratings board, cares less about sex and more about violence, which is vise-versa in the US. But I do have a confession to make. Last year, I was watching the superbowl half-time show, and ever since Janet Jackson's boob was exposed, it just destroyed my mind. Ever since then, I've been compulsively murdering and raping people, and I can't stop. In fact, I believe I'm the one responsible for Yufster becoming pregnant, but due to all the GHB I gave her beforehand, it makes sense she completely forgot about it and blamed her teacher. And now our lives our ruined, all due to the FCC's negligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 No no, it was due to a "wardrobe malfunction!" See, in France I think it's illegeal to *not* get your tits out on live TV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 ...and in germany, we were quite surprised and amused about the fuss you made about that tiny tit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Yep. I went to Spain and saw the commercials.....this was before I became a serial rapist, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Bitsko Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 The Man Without A Name series, directed by Sergio Leone, filmed in the wild wild "wests" of Espana and Italia. I especially love the last, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. It doesn't get any better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necroman Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I would say the Evil Dead trilogy... Or the Hellraiser movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Originally posted by Mickey Bitsko The Man Without A Name series, directed by Sergio Leone, filmed in the wild wild "wests" of Espana and Italia. I especially love the last, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. It doesn't get any better than that. I do not believe The Good, the Bad & the Ugly classifies as part of the The Man With No Name series, just as another Leone with Clint Eastwood in it. I don't like Clint Eastwood too much. He's pretty much got the same shtick in each film he does. I'm more of a fan of Once Upon a Time in the West, and in fact, it's one of my favorite movies of all time. The Evil Dead movies would definitely be up there, but the none of the Hellraisers were as good as the first. The third was complete crap. What I hated the most about the sequels is that they made Pinhead seem so important to the films. I think it would have just been better to have different cenobites alltogether in the sequels, because the excellent story of Hellraiser just wasn't all about Pinhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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