Juliet
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Shrek 2I really love this movie and I think it is better then the first. Shrek and Fiona turned out to be my favourite couple and Donkey and Puss In Boots make a adorable team. Puss In Boots is sooo cute and Antonio Banderas puts on a very sexy Spanish voice. I love the new characters: Ugly sister, The King and Fairy Godmother. Mongo is the best though. He kicks ass! I say Pharr on the human Sherk. He is really good looking.
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Grim
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Originally posted by PhoenixLeo: ....because staying true to every letter in the books would make the movies about three times as long. ... And full of singing
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Nixorbo
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Originally posted by PhoenixLeo: ....because staying true to every letter in the books would make the movies about three times as long. Originally posted by Grim: ... And full of singing And every scene would first have an establishing shot that sweeps over the entire landscape, picking out every detail, and lasting about half an hour. Originally posted by Blackadder11: About a third of the final movie was the battle for Gondor, which was maybe about a chapter or so in the book. As much fun as it would be to watch Sam and Frodo toil across a barren inhospitable landscape for 2 hours, I'd much rather see Legola kick the crap out of the Mumakil.
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LAN.gnome
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Spider-man 2Sweet, sweet comic book love! The movie was great. I enjoyed watching Peter cope with the tough decisions that are bound to arise when gifted with superpowers, almost as much as I loved the action bits -- which are great. Otto Octavious is a believable villain; much more so than the Green Goblin (though Gobby was more fun). The train fight is truly epic (as is the one on the clock tower), and for once a superhero saves a bunch of imperiled citizens in a straightforward manner. Bruce Campell gets a chance to be an asshole in yet another cameo, and Sam Raimi lets his "Evil Dead" roots show in a scene that... well, lets just say it involves a chainsaw and classic horror-movie film technique. Seriously though, the scene in the elevator alone is enough for me to rate this movie A+.
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Grim
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Spiderman 2
Yeah it was pretty good, on par with the first one. Had a lot of dealing with the issues of being a superhero, which is good because apart from maybe batman to some extent, this sort of thing is rarely shown.
Great actions scenes, although the stopping the train was a bit too comic book-esk for me, I mean I've seen the legs pulled off of a spider with much less force than that.
I hope they dont go for a third spiderman movie, because the end is tied up rather nicely at this stage, a number 3 I would feel to be just milking the franchise a little too much
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PhoenixLeo
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Originally posted by Nixorbo:And every scene would first have an establishing shot that sweeps over the entire landscape, picking out every detail, and lasting about half an hour. Plus the history of it for a thousand years back and for each of it's inhabitants. As a book though, it makes the story that much richer. Originally posted by Nixorbo: As much fun as it would be to watch Sam and Frodo toil across a barren inhospitable landscape for 2 hours, I'd much rather see Legola kick the crap out of the Mumakil.
Second. As Frodo struggles to keep going, so do I struggle to keep reading. It is rewarding at the end, though.
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EvilLunch
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« Reply #253 on: 07-01-2004 20:56 »
« Last Edit on: 07-01-2004 20:56 »
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Spiderman 2Well, other people have reviewed this.. But here are a few of my views on the film. Otto Octavius is much more sympathetic than the Green Goblin was.. Otto, practically posessed by his mechanical arms, is a perfect metaphor for how greed can change a person. The sinister, serpentine appendages make him do things that he ordinarily wouldn't, make him go forward with his violent plans to further 'clean, renewable energy'.. Even if it destoys half a city.. Just so that he can become rich. When the 'little blue light' on his back is destroyed .. he becomes a monster, unable to control his baser instincts and darker impulses as personified by the arms. The arms, by the way, are some of the best actors in the film.. Strange as that sounds. One thing that made the movie hard to watch for me was how trod upon Peter is. I know it's true to the comic, and doesn't lessen the movie.. But it's almost painful after a while to see how utterly poorly he is treated by nearly everyone else in the film. Aside from some concerned citizens, for whatever reason, every character in the film berates him, ignores him or runs away from him. And it's the littlest things[note the hors d'oeuvres at the Gala in the Museum of Natural History] that make you cringe the most. The things a character has to do to be sympathetic! Another odd thing is that I found myself 'predicting' things... Like.. Why doesn't Aunt May just wail on Otto with the umbrella? I wonder if Peter will steal back that uniform, right under JJ's nose? : sigh : Peter's gonna miss the play, this time.. Mind you, it doesn't take a genius.. And this doesn't make the movie 'predictable'. But it happened enough that it was noticeable. One last thing.. This made me sad.. Peter sees a mugging and does nothing. I know he's trying not to be a 'hero', but a lot of the things he passes on you don't have to be Spiderman to fix. It made him seem sort of cowardly. Well, this turned rather long... Anyway.. Bruce Campbell and Hal Sparks have very funny cameos, too. Overall, an A.
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Nixorbo
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Question: did anyone shout out "Stan Lee!" during the Stan Lee cameo?
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EvilLunch
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« Reply #259 on: 07-02-2004 12:30 »
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: Question: did anyone shout out "Stan Lee!" during the Stan Lee cameo? I did. But it was more like "Stan Lee?" Because it looked like him but it was so brief I couldn't quite tell. And during the part with the usher, I completely annoyed my Mom.. Nudging her through nearly the whole scene, whispering "Bruce! Ma, that's Bruce! You rock, Bruce!" What can I say.. I loves me the Bruce.. EDIT: No, eggs, I haven't.. But one can dream! I'm not sure about all that.. Even Army of Darkness was low-budget-looking enough to be charming. A good example is the forthcoming American Ju-On movie.. It'll have a high budget and great effects, sure, but every ounce of true horror will be gone. The laughing Moose head in Evil Dead 2 scared me more than the whole of Freddy Versus Jason, or similar high-budget horror..
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Nasty Pasty
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Fahrenheit 9/11
Finally got the chance to go see it and I f_cking loved it. Equally great if not better than "Bowling for Columbine" and it made a total ass out of the Bush Administration and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A+
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EvilLunch
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Well, say what you like about the movie, but the storylines were WAY different..
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Grim
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Originally posted by EvilLunch: Well, say what you like about the movie, but the storylines were WAY different.. Shrek gets a problem Shrek and donkey go on an adventure Shrek and Fiona have a tiff Problem gets resolved, bad guy thwarted sounds pretty damn similar to me
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EvilLunch
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There was really not a sinister bad guy in the film. Farquaad was a selfish, arrogant jerk. Fairy Godmother, the closest thing to a villain in the movie, seemed more of a stressed workaholic who wanted to further her son's 'prince' career. I've heard Shrek 2 described as a movie about the pitfalls of mixed or.. shall I say.. unconventional marriages, while the first one was more about overcoming outward appearance. Even if you DO think the stories were similar, the messages were different. And anyway Mongo r00lz j00.
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JBERGES
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« Reply #265 on: 07-03-2004 00:54 »
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Originally posted by Grim: Shrek gets a problem Shrek and donkey go on an adventure Shrek and Fiona have a tiff Problem gets resolved, bad guy thwarted
sounds pretty damn similar to me Uh...how about 76% of all movies ever-Main character has a problem -Character goes on an adventure with companions -Main characters have to overcome their own "inner" or "personal" problems before facing the "real" problem -Problem gets resolved, antagonist thwarted It's a pretty big movie standard, doesn't mean they're the same thing. Staying on topic, I was cajoled into seeing the new Harry Potter film recently. Having never read the books, I didn’t quite enjoy the first two movies, but this one held my interest. I generally enjoyed the plot (though I hear much had to be cut from the book). In fact, much of it did seem a bit rushed, trying to cram the whole book into a short movie. Acting was fair to good on all accounts, and the special effects were decent enough to not take away from anything. B+
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Mr. Potter
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Is Spider-Man 2 too similar to Spider Man? I know that obviously the style is the same, but does it has the same kind of action scenes, dialogue and acting? Is there any progression in these areas? I'm thinking about watching this movie this week, but I hated the first one so I'm not too sure.
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EvilLunch
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Well, I can't really remember the action scenes from the first one.. I suppose they're similar. The blending of CG and live action is nearly seamless in this one. Also, Dr. Otto Octavius is a FAR more sympathetic and interesting character than Mr. Osborn I. [I have a bit of a crush on the Octopus. ;-;]
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Mr. Potter
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Originally posted by EvilLunch: Well, I can't really remember the action scenes from the first one You know, all those endless scenes with Spidey traveling from building to building in a sunny afternoon.
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EvilLunch
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Originally posted by M0le: Doesn't Doc Ock start off as a mild-manndered physician and the radiation makes him insane? He's so mild-mannered and nice and sweet, I can't stand it. It's not.. EXACTLY radiation that does it.. But I suppose that effects what happens to the arms that makes him who he is. [Wasn't Zatoichi done by the same guy that did The Katakuris? Cause that was screwed up. I need to go see this blind samourai..]
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Melllvar
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Shrek 2
Enjoyed it. Thought Puss In Boots was too extranious (I mean, he was a bad guy for about 3 tenths of a second), Jennifer Saunders sang too much, but apart from that, excellent.
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