Recent Films

This forum is for off-topic discussion. You may talk about all things non-AGDI related here. No links to warez, abandonware, and no Flaming please.

Moderators: adeyke, VampD3, eriqchang, Angelus3K

Post Reply
Message
Author
Blackthorne519
Royal Vizier Status
Posts: 2301
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:37 am
Location: Central New York
Contact:

Recent Films

#1 Post by Blackthorne519 » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:23 pm

I've seen a bunch of movies recently.

I saw Alien vs. Predator this weekend. Special Effects feast, but mind-numbing. It was entertaining, but far from the art that was Ridley Scott's "Alien". If anybody calls John McTiernan's "Predator" art, I think we need to hang them by their toes and tickle their ears with feathers.

I also saw the Manchurian Candidate. The most exciting thing about this movie for me was the credits. My friend, Dan Zola, was a Production Assistant on this film; he was assiting Mr. Denzel Washington. Dan was his "bitch" so to say. Anyway, interesting plot, slow moving. Not as good as other efforts by Jonathan Demme.

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Funny. Irreverant. Non-Politcally Correct. I loved it. Saw it twice. This one will be a big cult hit on DVD

Bt

Relight
Archival Expert
Posts: 2432
Joined: Fri Oct 05, 2001 8:21 am

#2 Post by Relight » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:21 am

The Village, anyone? Wondering if I should go see it.

Blummer102
Peasant Status
Posts: 37
Joined: Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:56 am
Location: A Land Far Far Away
Contact:

#3 Post by Blummer102 » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:52 am

Harold and Kumar is beautiful, except for the fact that its made every Asian/Indian kid combo I know of refer to the movie as "THAT'S US!"

Steffi Evenstar
Defense Minister Status
Posts: 651
Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2003 4:30 am
Location: Baltimore, MD

#4 Post by Steffi Evenstar » Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:14 am

i saw "The Village" ... i enjoyed it, but i was able to figure out the twist about 5 mintues into it. a lot of people found it disappointing, but i found it worth my 6 bucks .. damn theatre raising their prices from 5 to 6 dollars ... i should beat them up.

Rambaldi0503
The Heretic
Posts: 518
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:03 am
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Contact:

#5 Post by Rambaldi0503 » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:35 pm

I started watching Gigli last night on TiVo. I feel like I have to see if it's really THAT bad. Half hour in, it almost is! hehe

1eyedParrot
Knight Status
Posts: 160
Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:44 pm
Contact:

#6 Post by 1eyedParrot » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:40 pm

I watched Oragazmo the other night. The dramatic story of mormon actor, Joe Young, turned porn superstar. Together with his sidekick Choda Boy they fight crime with their amazing Orgasmorator.

Blackthorne519
Royal Vizier Status
Posts: 2301
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:37 am
Location: Central New York
Contact:

#7 Post by Blackthorne519 » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:42 pm

Steffi Evenstar wrote:...damn theatre raising their prices from 5 to 6 dollars ... i should beat them up.
SIX DOLLARS? That's matinee prices. Actually, Matinee prices here are now $6.50.

Regular price $8.75

And the industry WONDERS why piracy runs rampant and box-office filsm have no life beyond a few weeks.......

Bt


PS I saw the Village. Wait for the DVD. It's not bad, but not worth it either. Except for Bryce Howard. I really liked her in the film. Great acting. Plus she's Ritchie Cunningham's daughter and The Fonzie's god-daughter.

Bt

Broomie
The Enigma
Posts: 2601
Joined: Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:00 am
Location: UK

#8 Post by Broomie » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:04 pm

I watched Orange County last night. Damn that has to be one of the funniest films I've seen in ages. Jack Black is hilarious. I was also forced to watch the piece of shit film, "The Entity" My cousin was really scared and I was wondering how this could story could be based on real events.

I'm going to see Spiderman 2 for the 4th time tomorrow with my girlfriend. She hasn't seen it yet and I kinda said I've seen it 3 times and don't mind going again.

User avatar
Angelus3K
Vampiric Moderator
Posts: 3968
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:54 am
Location: Newcastle, UK
Contact:

#9 Post by Angelus3K » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:35 pm

The Bourne Supremacy is really good, the first one is probably better but the sequel is still good.

Broomie check out the PS2 thread nooooow!

User avatar
chels
Royal Servant Status
Posts: 70
Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:58 pm
Location: connecticut
Contact:

#10 Post by chels » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:20 pm

I just saw spiderman 2, I didn't really like the first one but this one was really good. I am DYING to see Garden State. I think Hero looks pretty cool, I'll probably go see that one since I love Quentin Tarantino.

MusicallyInspired
The Master of All Things Musical
Posts: 4030
Joined: Tue Aug 20, 2002 8:57 pm
Location: Manitoba, Canada

#11 Post by MusicallyInspired » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:33 pm

I don't know maybe everyone is smarter than me or something because when I watched The Village I was totally blown away by the twist. My uncle said he found out the twist 10 minutes before. For me it was his best twist ever. The movie is a little lower than his others but it's still above others and not dissapointing for me.

Rambaldi0503
The Heretic
Posts: 518
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:03 am
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Contact:

#12 Post by Rambaldi0503 » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:00 pm

spidey 2 coming out nov 30!

Blackthorne519
Royal Vizier Status
Posts: 2301
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:37 am
Location: Central New York
Contact:

#13 Post by Blackthorne519 » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:38 pm

Hero is not a Quentin Tarantino film. He's only producing the American Release of it, as he is a fan of Jet-Li and martial arts films in general.

Bt

User avatar
Angelus3K
Vampiric Moderator
Posts: 3968
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:54 am
Location: Newcastle, UK
Contact:

#14 Post by Angelus3K » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:17 pm

spidey 2 coming out nov 30!
Is that for the DVD? Sweeeeeet!

Rambaldi0503
The Heretic
Posts: 518
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:03 am
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Contact:

#15 Post by Rambaldi0503 » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:15 pm

Angelus3K wrote:
spidey 2 coming out nov 30!
Is that for the DVD? Sweeeeeet!
Well for America, I dunno about UK...

User avatar
Angelus3K
Vampiric Moderator
Posts: 3968
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:54 am
Location: Newcastle, UK
Contact:

#16 Post by Angelus3K » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:00 pm

Like thats ever stopped me buying Region 1 DVD's :lol

Blackthorne519
Royal Vizier Status
Posts: 2301
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:37 am
Location: Central New York
Contact:

#17 Post by Blackthorne519 » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:22 pm

What's a DVD?

I can't find Betamax tapes ANYWHERE anymore. I'm getting REAAAAAALLLL pissed at sony.......


Bt

fluxmaster
Knight Status
Posts: 260
Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:47 pm
Location: The parallel Flux Universe
Contact:

#18 Post by fluxmaster » Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:33 pm

The movie The Bourne Supremacy had absolutely nothing, zero, nada, zilch to do with the novel The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum. The novel was an excellent novel, as was the novel The Bourne Identity. The novel starts out with Jason Bourne's wife's being kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong, and Bourne has to travel to Hong Kong to rescue her. The movie starts out with [spoiler]his wife's being killed.[/spoiler] Furthermore, the movie starts out in Goa, after which the action shifts to Europe. None of those places are visited in the novel.

The movie The Bourne Identity was, at least, rather loosely based on the novel, although there were many gratuitous changes. But The Bourne Supremacy had nothing in common with the novel except for the names of a couple of the characters.

I wonder how they're going to handle the third member of the trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum. The novel starts out with Bourne sending his wife and kids to a fenced-in estate in the Bahamas to keep them safe from kidnapping while he engages in further adventure. I don't know how they will make that fit in with the plot developments in The Bourne Supremacy movie.

Relight
Archival Expert
Posts: 2432
Joined: Fri Oct 05, 2001 8:21 am

#19 Post by Relight » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:16 am

Bourne:

[spoiler]Simple. His wife didn't really die.[/spoiler]
I haven't read the books though. Didn't even know about the books. Guess I should read them. Saw the movies in the wrong order too.

Village. I'm going to word this so I don't need to use a spoiler tag.

The twist was cool. It wasn't a huge "oh my god" twist, it was more of a "oh yes, that's good" twist. At first I thought, I really wish it could have waited until the part where Ivy is looking down (you know what part I mean), and then unravel it. But then I thought, if you do that, you lose the bit in between where you think, well, which version is real? Also, maybe you would stunt the flow of the movie if you waited. I'm sure that choice will be talked about on an eventual DVD.

Then the ending has its own little explanation, which was just... odd. (Oh, and unlike many others, I wasn't bothered with Night's little thing about having a bit part in each of his movies). Overall, I really enjoyed it. Regardless of what you think of the twist, it's still a brilliantly crafted movie (dialogue, humour, camera work, etc) and very emotionally satisfying if you let yourself go when watching it. I can't decide if I like Signs or this one better. I guess it's a tie until movie #5 comes out!

Kurdt
Hero For Hire
Posts: 1081
Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2002 5:58 am
Location: Texas
Contact:

#20 Post by Kurdt » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:31 am

The Village reminded me a lot of an Outer Limits or Twilight Zone episode, but it was still pretty decent. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering why M. Night Shyma...Shamal...Smith always has bit parts in his movies is because Alfred Hitchcock did that with all of his movies and M. Night loves Hitchcock.

Harold and Kumar was an amazing piece of film. It took everything that makes those types of movies great and exploited them to the power of 15. It was awesome. My favorite part: Neil Patrick Harris. Absolutely hilarious. I wish I lived up North just so I could get White Castle. I'm going at the end of the month, do or die...

Alien vs. Predator was a pretty decent movie when the Aliens and Predators actually show up and start kicking ass. The first 30-45 minutes, however, kind of run like the beginning of a Godzilla movie. "I'm a scientist." "I'm another scientist" "Hey, I have kids." "This is dangerous and unsafe." "I'm not going because things aren't going the way I want them to." "Hey, guess what country I'm from!" "Did I mention I have kids? Three of them. Jimmy, Jane, and Bobby. Wanna see their pictures again?" My girlfriend passed out after 5 minutes and woke up just in time for the first Alien to appear and do in a Predator. In essence, she didn't miss crap.

User avatar
Angelus3K
Vampiric Moderator
Posts: 3968
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:54 am
Location: Newcastle, UK
Contact:

#21 Post by Angelus3K » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:56 am

spidey 2 coming out nov 30!
Awww shame... Spiderman 2 DVD coming out in UK 26th November!!!!

User avatar
Spikey
Insomniac Speed Demon
Posts: 1195
Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:23 pm
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Contact:

#22 Post by Spikey » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:58 am

Do you want mine??


























ooops.

User avatar
Angelus3K
Vampiric Moderator
Posts: 3968
Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:54 am
Location: Newcastle, UK
Contact:

#23 Post by Angelus3K » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:58 am

Of course I'm talking about the offical DVD :lol

Blackthorne519
Royal Vizier Status
Posts: 2301
Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:37 am
Location: Central New York
Contact:

#24 Post by Blackthorne519 » Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:49 pm

Kurdt wrote: Harold and Kumar was an amazing piece of film.....My favorite part: Neil Patrick Harris. Absolutely hilarious.
Police Officer in Harold and Kumar wrote: No, N.P.H. wouldn't do that.
:rollin

Bt

Post Reply