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Snake
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 Posted - 12/25/2001 : 19:10:07 [Permalink]
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Attention Kil*************
Finally I saw Titanic for the 1st time all the way through. (taped it when it was on TV about a week ago and watched it last night) Until then I only saw a few bits and pieces and didn't know the whole story (yes, I know.......... it sinks!)
Didn't it win some awards? It should have for speical effects. From the beggining they were consistantly extordinary even though occasionaly cartoon like.
The one main problem was the male lead, could have been better casting. That guy Leonard (btw, my brothers name  ) while he may be a good actor he's not very attractive so not believable as a lover. Other then that it was fun to watch.
The sceens in the boiler room at the begginging were great cinamtography.
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Garrette
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Posted - 12/26/2001 : 06:23:46 [Permalink]
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Finally broke down and rented Pearl Harbor. Only managed to sit through the first tape.
Bright spot is that a co-worker also watched it and is now pumping me for history info--the role of resident historian seems to have befallen me, and I seem to spend a lot of my lunches giving impromptu history lessons, which seems to me would be boring but people still ask for. Occasionally I toss in a made up incident and they lap it up, so honor gets the best of me and I have to retract which muddies the whole thing. Still fun, though.
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Snake
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Posted - 03/12/2002 : 00:51:21 [Permalink]
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Is anyone going to or has seen the new 'Time Machine' movie? Speical effects aside, I'd like to know if it's anything like the other one and if they also have the political symbolism as in the 1st one.
Thanks,
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ljbrs
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Posted - 03/12/2002 : 20:39:01 [Permalink]
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*A beautiful Mind* is probably the best this Millennium so far. Depends upon the audience's taste, though.
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Snake
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Posted - 03/13/2002 : 00:31:57 [Permalink]
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quote:
*A beautiful Mind* is probably the best this Millennium so far. Depends upon the audience's taste, though.
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I kind of wanted to see it when it 1st came out. Being that the subject is mental Illness, and everyone I know thinks I'm mental, but with all the hype and publisity, good and bad that either the story line or certain of the actors have gotten lately, it's turning me off to see it.
By the time I do when it's on TV, it will have been worth the wait.
Now....back to 'The Time Machine', looks like a good movie from the very short clips I've seen.
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James
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Posted - 03/13/2002 : 06:28:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Is anyone going to or has seen the new 'Time Machine' movie? Speical effects aside, I'd like to know if it's anything like the other one and if they also have the political symbolism as in the 1st one.
I'm certainly thinking about seeing it, if I have time. And I don't know about speical effects, but I do know that the movie is gonna have some killer special effects in it. 
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Snake
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Posted - 03/14/2002 : 01:30:46 [Permalink]
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I'm certainly thinking about seeing it, if I have time. And I don't know about speical effects, but I do know that the movie is gonna have some killer special effects in it.
Whatever..... But I hope one isn't going to see it just for the Sci-fi genre. Yes, the effects will be better than the orginal but I want to know if the message that Wells was writing comes through in this new version.
Hope you see it and will give a report. Thanks.
ps. please make note of the type of music too.
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Snake
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Posted - 03/24/2002 : 21:38:30 [Permalink]
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I might have to take back...slightly, what I've said. That 'they' don't make movies like the used to.
As I type, I'm watching a movie called 'Independance Day', I think it was out last year or so.
WELL! 1/2 way through, and I don't know the end but so far it's very much like the old 50's sci-fi 'B' films. The speical effects are great, better then 'Star Wars'. Although I only saw the 1st Star Wars, couldn't take the noise so didn't want to see the others. But Independance Day is better because it's not so 'slick', it doesn't look so polished like a big bugget film. It's just fun. A rare find among the recent(past 20 years) Hollywood nonsense.
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I'd do that at home with the one I live with to see what happens but he's too confussed already.
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James
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 06:47:29 [Permalink]
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[quote]As I type, I'm watching a movie called 'Independance Day', I think it was out last year or so.[/quote]
Nope. Came out in 1996(I think. I'll have to check when I get home).
Apparently, you were watching it on FOX. Here's the ending: They kick alien ass.
Also, go out and rent it. Much, much better than the cut-down, family-friendly crap they showed last night.
And, since I'm here:
I saw Ocean's 11 Friday night. Not the old version with the Rat Pack, but the newer one with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Very, very good. Do I think it would work in real life? Maybe, but the chances are slim to nil. And slim's getting up to leave.
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Tokyodreamer
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 07:20:51 [Permalink]
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The wife and I watched "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" the other night, and I really enjoyed it. It's a comedy that parallels "The Odyssey" by Homer, following the adventures of Ulysses "Everett" McGill in the 1930s Deep South.
The best part is a line George Clooney has at the end, when TVA floods the valley in their plans to bring electricity to the land:
[quote]Yessir, the South is gonna change.
Everything's gonna be put on electricity and
run on a payin' basis. Out with the old
spiritual mumbo-jumbo, the superstitions and
the backward ways. We're gonna see a brave
new world where they run everyone a wire and
hook us all up to a grid. Yessir, a veritable
age of reason - like the one they had in
France - and not a moment too soon...[/quote]
Classic irony!
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Snake
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 13:45:25 [Permalink]
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[quote]
Nope. Came out in 1996(I think. I'll have to check when I get home).[/quote]
Close enough! '96, not that long ago.
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Apparently, you were watching it on FOX. Here's the ending: They kick alien ass.[/quote]
Good thing I didn't read your response before seeing the end. I'd a kicked you ass. LOL. Don't you hate it when people ruin the ending by telling what it is?
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Also, go out and rent it. Much, much better than the cut-down, family-friendly crap they showed last night.[/quote]
Actually my boy came in while I was watching and told me he has a copy, so I will, someday get around to seeing it again. Thanks. (I don't rent movies!)
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I saw Ocean's 11 Friday night. Not the old version with the Rat Pack, but the newer one with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Very, very good. Do I think it would work in real life? Maybe, but the chances are slim to nil. And slim's getting up to leave.
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LOL, if you mean trying to rob a casino, is it suppossed to work in real life?
You didn't mention that other person in the movie, Julia Roberts. I REFUSE to see anything she is in. Can't stand the way she looks, she's damn ugly not to mention her diction is horrid and I don't think she can act either. And her brain is a little off as well, not that, that should be a reason not to see a movie but her political comments are moronic. She just turns me off in general and would ruin my enjoyment of any film she is in.
I have a copy of the orginal, have seen it many times. Don't think one can top a classic. Thanks anyway.
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I'd do that at home with the one I live with to see what happens but he's too confussed already.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 19:15:03 [Permalink]
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[Quote] Is anyone going to or has seen the new 'Time Machine' movie? Special effects aside, I'd like to know if it's anything like the other one and if they also have the political symbolism as in the 1st one.[/quote]
Zachary saw it. He said it's not as good as the first one. He is twelve.
About Titanic:
"Rose"
"Jack"
"Rose"
"Jack"
"Rose"
"Jack" That pretty much covers the first two-thirds of the film. Sure the special effects were good. But the story and dialog, well, I sank into a boredom, verging on despair, long before the boat went down....
The Evil Skeptic
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Lisa
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 19:20:24 [Permalink]
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Hey, the movie "Titanic" is too good for something.
I don't fall asleep easily on airplanes. Just can't get comfy. Needless to say, a tran-Atlantic flight is sheer horror for me. Well, last time, guess what the in-flight movie was? I was in z-land in about 20 minutes.
I hear the movie is something about a boat.
Lisa
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PhDreamer
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Posted - 03/25/2002 : 21:50:31 [Permalink]
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[quote]
Hey, the movie "Titanic" is too good for something.
I don't fall asleep easily on airplanes. Just can't get comfy. Needless to say, a tran-Atlantic flight is sheer horror for me. Well, last time, guess what the in-flight movie was? I was in z-land in about 20 minutes.
I hear the movie is something about a boat.
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I'll save you another plane ticket. The boat sinks.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13481 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2002 : 20:09:06 [Permalink]
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Speaking of in-flight movies, I saw the Buddy Holly Story on a transatlantic flight. Go figure.....
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