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the_napoleonthe_napoleon
edited September 2008 in General Chat
If you look around, movies are everywhere, my avatar is from a movie, some internet memes owe their birth to certain movies, your cousin in Arizona still has a movie poster for "eight legged freaks" on the wall of his room, movies are everywhere. So discuss movies here. To kick this off, I went and saw "Journey to The Center of The Earth". The movie was okay, but the best part was that they gave you these awesome Steve Urkel-like 3-D glasses.
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  • InvaderJim42InvaderJim42
    edited September 2008
    Mystery Science Theater 3000.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    the_napoleon wrote: »
    If you look around, movies are everywhere, my avatar is from a movie, some internet memes owe their birth to certain movies, your cousin in Arizona still has a movie poster for "eight legged freaks" on the wall of his room, movies are everywhere. So discuss movies here. To kick this off, I went and saw "Journey to The Center of The Earth". The movie was okay, but the best part was that they gave you these awesome Steve Urkel-like 3-D glasses.
    NEVER MENTION THAT ABOMINATION.*Grits teeth*Damn jackass directors not even reading the f-ing book....
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    And has anyone seen clone wars?GOD AWFUL.Okay, I'm now off the topic of bad movies.Anyone seen "Reptillicus?"
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited September 2008
    NEVER MENTION THAT ABOMINATION.*Grits teeth*Damn jackass directors not even reading the f-ing book....

    I read the book.I know the movie had almost nothing to do with it, but for me it was stupid fun.Just like Quake III.
  • BadwolfBadwolf
    edited September 2008
    Last film I saw at the cinema was Wall•E, which was pretty good.

    Last film I watched on Youtube was Ratatoing (a blatant Ratatouille ripoff). It was terrible, but it gave me and a mate something to mock for the hour it lasted.
  • the_napoleonthe_napoleon
    edited September 2008
    someguyfromazoo wrote: »
    NEVER MENTION THAT ABOMINATION.*Grits teeth*Damn jackass directors not even reading the f-ing book....

    I never read the book so I would not know that:confused:. Sorry.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    And that is why you read the book before you watch the movie.I know book based movies usually don't EXACTLY follow the plot, but just the POSTER WAS RIDICULOUS.
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited September 2008
    The last movie I watched was Metal Gear Solid 4.
    No, just kidding (I don't even own a PS3). Actually, it was The Dark Knight. Pretty good film- Heath Ledger was amazing, of course, but I actually really liked the way the Joker was re-imagined for it. Much more psychotic, yet slightly toned down- still a sociopathic trickster, but with a darker, more sophisticated sense of humor.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    I've been watching a lot of independent horror lately, mostly films distributed by Troma. Unfortunately, for every good movie I come across, I end up sitting through five or six unwatchable piles of whatsit. But I guess that's the fun of digging through Z-grade flicks.

    I'm starting to get a bit Troma'd out, though, so I've more recently been rewatching Kevin Smith's stuff (Side note: I had never seen Chasing Amy before. That movie is top friggin' notch. :D), and I'm looking to get into Alejandro Jodorowsky's films.
  • MolokovMolokov
    edited September 2008
    Saw Hellboy 2 on Saturday. Yes, it's FINALLY been released in Australia.

    Next week, we're seeing Wall-E, which once again, has FINALLY reached our shores after a several month delay.

    Don't ask me why... we got The Dark Knight the day before the US did, but some films (even big releases like Wall-E) get delayed for no apparent reason.
  • BotapBotap
    edited September 2008
    Anyone who enjoed The Departed, which was a fine film, needs to watch the original Honk Kong movie it was based on, Infernal Affairs. Tony Leung was much better at his role than Leonardo DiCaprio.

    Also, Primer is the only movie involving time travel that should be allowed to exist.
  • yoshimicksteryoshimickster
    edited September 2008
    When are they gonna make a Chad Vader movie. Now that would be awesome!
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    I just watched the first 10 minutes of Karate Kid 3, having only ever seen the first two.

    ...

    My gods, what happened? I had heard it was bad, but so was KK2, in a good way. This... yech. Kill it with fire.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    Yes, that probably would never end well.
  • Shambling Corporate PosterShambling Corporate Poster
    edited September 2008
    Saw. I watched Saw. I screamed I screamed again. Then i screamed some more. Then the guy cut his foot off. Then I REALLY screamed.

    Lol, anyways, I watched Tropic Thunder, too. It was HILARIOUS!

    "I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!"
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    Shambling Corporate Poster wrote: »
    Saw. I watched Saw. I screamed I screamed again. Then i screamed some more. Then the guy cut his foot off. Then I REALLY screamed.

    Y'know, you should rent Jacob's Ladder.


    *devious grin*
  • BotapBotap
    edited September 2008
    ShaggE wrote: »
    I just watched the first 10 minutes of Karate Kid 3, having only ever seen the first two.

    ...

    My gods, what happened? I had heard it was bad, but so was KK2, in a good way. This... yech. Kill it with fire.

    Judging by your reaction, I'm assuming you haven't seen "The Next Karate Kid." Or, as I call it, "Karate Kid 4: Pat Morita Has Bills To Pay."
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    Wait, there was a FOURTH?!?!?!?!?
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    Botap wrote: »
    Judging by your reaction, I'm assuming you haven't seen "The Next Karate Kid." Or, as I call it, "Karate Kid 4: Pat Morita Has Bills To Pay."

    I refuse to watch that one. There is only one Karate Kid, and it isn't Hilary friggin' Swank.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    ShaggE wrote: »
    Y'know, you should rent Jacob's Ladder.


    *devious grin*

    Dude, that's not a good title for a horror."A LADDER!HORROR!" The scariest thing I've ever seen is "The Emperor's New Clothes", which I only saw the cover, and that strange sexless man lady-erson scared the living crap outta me.Live action films about fairy tales where sexless man-ladies strut around naked are fear incarnate.I haven't even seen the film, but it is still just plain horrifying.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    ...

    Jacob's Ladder has nothing to do with ladders. It's a metaphor, and
    an experimental drug that's behind the events of the film.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2008
    Huh.

    Here I thought it was a thriller about a ladder that popped out of nowhere to kill Abercrombie and Fitch teen models. Like, ome mad scientist named Jacob made the perfect ladder with a computer chip or something...but it was TOO SMART. And it'll fly out of an empty alley to slam a guy's head so hard that it flies off. Or comes up from beneath a manhole to send a guy flying high into the sky, just to fall with the sound of several fracturing bones.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    I would so watch that. 9 times.

    In fact, I should call up New Line or Miramax and bug them every day for that very movie until they make it. And I demand that they call it "Jacob's Ladder 2: Lord of the Rungs."
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2008
    The whole thing would have to be taken COMPLETELY SERIOUSLY. Not a single bit of camp. To the casual observer, the film has to be completely unaware of its own absurdity. Otherwise, it wouldn't work.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    I wonder if that would be possible. Usually when a horror film that ridiculous comes out, it's completely aware of how inane it is. (Gingerdead Man, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Leprechaun, Jack Frost... the list is endless.)

    This actually intrigues me as a writer. Could somebody make a movie about a killer ladder (or any completely non-threatening household item), and truly put a serious effort into making it scary? Better yet, could they be successful?

    There's a thought for me to chew on tonight.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    "Watch in horror, as a man stands on the top, and the ladder collapses, so the man falls flat on his ass!"
  • Harald BHarald B
    edited September 2008
    Heh.
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    Not a ladder, but close, plus it's said that the seriousness and quality of the original is hurt by poor translation. Not that I've seen either one...
  • FalzoFalzo
    edited September 2008
    ShaggE wrote: »
    I wonder if that would be possible. Usually when a horror film that ridiculous comes out, it's completely aware of how inane it is. (Gingerdead Man, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Leprechaun, Jack Frost... the list is endless.)

    This actually intrigues me as a writer. Could somebody make a movie about a killer ladder (or any completely non-threatening household item), and truly put a serious effort into making it scary? Better yet, could they be successful?

    There's a thought for me to chew on tonight.

    When I mention Jack Frost I always need to say it's not the Disney one...

    Loved the "What...the...bleep!" scene
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited September 2008
    Harald B wrote: »
    Heh.
    vz9078.jpg
    Not a ladder, but close, plus it's said that the seriousness and quality of the original is hurt by poor translation. Not that I've seen either one...

    *Another* killer elevator film? Wow. :p
    When I mention Jack Frost I always need to say it's not the Disney one...

    Heh, same here. Damn Disney...
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    Harald B wrote: »
    Heh.
    vz9078.jpg
    Not a ladder, but close, plus it's said that the seriousness and quality of the original is hurt by poor translation. Not that I've seen either one...

    OK, Now I know there have been 3 elevator related horror films...
  • Dr. ZoidbergDr. Zoidberg
    edited September 2008
    NOT THE ELEVATORS!!!!!!!:eek:
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    "Lay in horror!As you slowly discover that now you're trapped you'll have to listen to that crappy elevator music for hours on end!
    I am glad to say, I have just minutes before watched the master piece known as Pee-Wee's Great Adventure.
    "Be sure to tell em'...LARGE MARGE SENT YA!*Crappy, not that frightening laugh*
    I have now seen the crap-fest known as "Invaders From Mars". Someone shoot me-*Dies from cerebral hemorrhaging.*
  • ZootchZootch
    edited September 2008
    Only the COOL kids triple post!
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    Okay, okay, fixed it. More like, "Only kids who post in a thread where no one has posted for a long time, and you have something to say after you last post. Then a repeat."
  • 16_BIT_MARIO116_BIT_MARIO1
    edited September 2008
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    Best. Movie. Ever.
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
    ...I can't tell if that's really bad or kick-awesome.
  • 16_BIT_MARIO116_BIT_MARIO1
    edited September 2008
    someguyfromazoo wrote: »
    ...I can't tell if that's kick-awesome or kick-awesome.
    Fixed.
  • ZootchZootch
    edited September 2008
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    I can't let you do that, Dave
  • 16_BIT_MARIO116_BIT_MARIO1
    edited September 2008
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    OH MY GOD! THEY'RE GONNA KILL JOEL!
  • someguyfromazoosomeguyfromazoo
    edited September 2008
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    "DAHAHAHAHahaahaha, what in Debra's name is goin' on in this here bakery?!"
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