tags Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Originally posted by ET Warrior Well I saw my movie to tide me over till Star Wars... Kung Fu Hustle. Seriously, if anyone hasn't seen Kung Fu Hustle.....get off your ass. You're gonna want to see it. I second that statement!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Madagascar....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Originally posted by STTCT Madagascar....... OH! How could I forget that one? I reeealy want to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narfblat Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Originally posted by Spider AL Oh, I see, the first two were intentionally made into steaming piles of crap, in order to make this new film seem better? There are some people who liked the first two. They're crazy! Seriously though, the crappy stuff from the others, like the romance and Gungans, shouldn't be much of this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I'm looking foreward to Revenge of the Sith War of the Worlds Chronicles of Narnia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I just got back from Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I liked it. Wasn't really what I remember from the books (although I haven't read them in a long while). Anyway, the movie I'm most intent on seeing is Episode III. I suppose I'm in a fanboy minority in saying that I have enjoyed the prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Originally posted by Mike Windu *sigh* So many cskeptics about new adaptations... Still don't see why you can't just take the movie as is and treat it as a new film. Might enjoy it more. Your talkin about Spider man, a guy who'd boo-hoo the dialogue on the VHS of his first-borns birthday party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinWalker Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I'm looking forward to ROTS, of course, but there's a few others that I'd like to see. I just saw Sahara and it ruled, but I'm a big Clive Cussler fan and a budding archaeologist.... I'm looking forward to seeing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, particularly since the original series from the BBC basically sucked. I was glad to have read the book first as a teen and again as an adult some years later. With modern special effects capabilities, this new adaptation should suck much less. Monster-in-Law looks interesting, even though Jay Lo can't act for beans... but Jane Fonda is accomplished enough to make up for it, and it's her first film in 15 years. I'm interested in seeing what Spielberg has done with the new adaptation of War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins along with Spielberg make for a winning combination, particularly if the effects are done right. The Ballad of Jack and Rose promises to be an award winner, but Indy Films probably don't play well with the Swampie Crowd. Still, it stars Daniel Day Lewis -a dynamite actor who is completely under-rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 Your talkin about Spider man, a guy who'd boo-hoo the dialogue on the VHS of his first-borns birthday party Wow. You lost me completely. Damn Ozzie EDIT: Spider Al, man. Not spider-man >_> I gotcha... Oh, and Madagascar is going to own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd1234 Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I think Madagascar is not going to be any good. I am usually up for seeing movies of its sort, but this one just looks cheesy to me. There are plenty of movies that I am excited to see. Batman Begins, Revenge of the Sith, Wedding Crashers, Kicking and Screaming, Bewitched, and on and on. I am a sucker for movies so there are a lot that I will probably see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Madagascar could be pretty good....mostly for the penguins...those penguins are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Gawd. I'm going to love Madagascar. The trailers have been so awesome. "Hey little guy." *cries* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Kingdom of heaven has no appeal to me... it looks like galdiator 2 meets Two Towers... but with the racist undertonesYou're getting a bit extreme there. The whole POINT of the crusades was that they were racially and religiously motivated wars. Any film dealing with the crusades will therefore have to reflect those attitudes, and it's not written anywhere that historical filmmakers have to start condemning history. They just have to show it. Your talkin about Spider man, a guy who'd boo-hoo the dialogue on the VHS of his first-borns birthday party Ad hominem, go directly to Jail, do not pass Go, do not collect £200. I just saw Sahara and it ruled,Sahara was THE BEST swashbuckling action film I've seen since... oh, the early 1990s. It was extremely enjoyable, and they managed to make the two American leads anarchic and sympathetic even to a neoconservative-o-phobe like myself. Good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I didn't really like Sahara, but that's probably due to all the people telling me "It's just like Indiana Jones". So when I saw it, I was disappointed that it felt nothing like Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 No good (-seeming) movies?? * Revenge of the Sith * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy * Batman Begins * Kingdom of Heaven * War of the Worlds * Unleashed * Serenity * Mr. and Mrs. Smith * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory And that's just what comes to mind off the top of my head... XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Originally posted by Redwing * Kingdom Come That's not a new movie. It's 4 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsaberboy Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 Originally posted by InsaneSith That's not a new movie. It's 4 years old. I think he meant Kingdom of Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Originally posted by Spider AL You're getting a bit extreme there. The whole POINT of the crusades was that they were racially and religiously motivated wars. Any film dealing with the crusades will therefore have to reflect those attitudes, and it's not written anywhere that historical filmmakers have to start condemning history. They just have to show it. Though it seems from the previews that they ARE going to skew the facts, and it seems that they are presenting one of the sides as innocent and merely trying to defend themselves from oppressive invaders. Which is pretty ridiculous considering the way the Crusades went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 I know what you're saying ET, but a: I'm not sure we can judge from the previews what the actual tone of the film will be, and b: it's important to remember that the invading Christian force DID think of themselves as righteous, so any film told from their point of view should reflect that accurately and leave it up to an educated audience to take whatever moral position they wish. If they DO start revising history in the final product, that's a different matter of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 The problem is some people will think everything expressed in the movie is fact. Like a lot of the people that saw gladiator and thought it was a real telling of Roman history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Heh. Well as much as that is regrettable, I wouldn't want film media to become geared only towards educating the illiterate masses... would you? Fiction's fiction. Those who can't tell the difference really should read a book or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 True, but if you look at current trends and popular people. Education isn't really a priority in people's lives. Media is pretty much the only way to get to the majority these days. So some bit of education would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Originally posted by Spider AL I know what you're saying ET, but a: I'm not sure we can judge from the previews what the actual tone of the film will be, and b: it's important to remember that the invading Christian force DID think of themselves as righteous, so any film told from their point of view should reflect that accurately . A good point of course. does anyone know WHICH crusade they're depicting in this film? Because if it's the first crusades...methinks they'll probably avoid showing what the Christians did after they sacked the city... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 Besides, think of how many religious fanatics will be crusading door to door with plastic swords after this movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 So some bit of education would be nice.I guess so. I'd rather pay to see a good movie than pay to educate the filthy masses though, after all... they're irredeemable! But as I said before, if the movie is neoconservative propaganda it's evil, (like Black Hawk Down) but if it's just harmless fiction (Like Gladiator) it's fine and dandy. does anyone know WHICH crusade they're depicting in this film? Because if it's the first crusadesStart of the third, I heard somewhere. Also read that Saladin's not the "villain", which is promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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