What is the latest movie you watched and what did you think of it?

**megabyteme** · 10-05-2011, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Glod

megabyteme: Agreed on Star Wars' contribution to special effects and film in general. Again, no bearing on the individual quality of A New Hope, at least to me. Influence on other directors doesn't translate to enjoyment by me as a viewer.

But don't underestimate how much certain pinnacle films have had on the re-hashed versions of "new" movies you are enjoying. There IS something special about ground-breaking efforts. Think of them as an original document compared to one that has been plagiarized. Those who have the creativity, and talent, support generations of those followers who have neither.

@Idol: If Glod wants to get laid, he'll just create a man in his own image.

**IdolEyes787** · 10-05-2011, 05:33 PM

You must be a regular barrel of monkeys on a date.

Anyway lacking insult to further my point I would suggest your apparent total lack of what is in scientific terms called the "fun gene " makes it basically impossible for you to like anything that you don't see as being "deep" or as I like to refer to it "why does my head hurt?"

Originally Posted by megabyteme;3618298

But don't underestimate how much certain pinnacle films have had on the re-hashed versions of "new" movies you [I

are[/I] enjoying. There IS something special about ground-breaking efforts. Think of them as an original document compared to one that has been plagiarized. Those who have the creativity, and talent, support generations of those followers who have neither.

Star Wars has long been considered to be a rip off of The Hidden Fortress.

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So I was watching the trailer to this movie The Raid and I was thinking to myself at the 1'34'' mark what's the motivation when the guy uses the machete on the other guy's neck?

**megabyteme** · 10-05-2011, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Idol

Star Wars has long been considered to be a rip off of The Hidden Fortress.

Originally Posted by Wiki

Influence

George Lucas has acknowledged the key influence of The Hidden Fortress on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,^[2] particularly the technique of telling the story from the points of view of the film's lowliest characters, C-3PO and R2-D2.^[3]^[4] Kurosawa's use of frame wipes (sometimes cleverly hidden by motion within the frame) as a transition device also influenced Star Wars.

There is still a lot to respect Star Wars for- even though it is not one of my top films.

So I was watching the trailer to this movie The Raid and I was thinking to myself at the 1'34'' mark what's the motivation when the guy uses the machete on the other guy's neck?

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They are Asians, they just do that sort of thing.

**IdolEyes787** · 10-05-2011, 07:20 PM

I thought they used nunchucks and samurai swords and maybe the occasional hammer.

**thebazzla** · 10-05-2011, 07:32 PM

been away for a week and a bit has anything decent been released that's watchable?

**Artemis** · 10-05-2011, 08:55 PM

no

**thebazzla** · 10-05-2011, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Artemis

no

thank you it saved me some Google time.

**clocker** · 10-08-2011, 04:12 AM

Drive- Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman and Bryan Cranston.

A pretentious load of bullocks, Drive is.
Part Miami Vice visuals, part portentous playlist and acting slowed to a crawl, Drive is only marginally better than Valhalla Rising, the director's previous effort.
The plot is Legoed together from multiple sources and everyone was apparently convinced that extraordinarily long pauses in conversation would be like really deep, man.
The Slowskis (Comcast's turtles) would love this movie.
I have normal reflexes, therefore, I did not.

These days Ron Perlman kinda plays Ron Perlman all the time and Bryan Cranston is de-Heisenberged and re-Haled.
Carey M. is fragile and sweet and I guess is the unattainable "normal" life symbol that Gosling's character longs for, assuming he has emotions that deep.
Most of the time I thought Gosling was either retarded or dead, so "longing" might be beyond his skillset.

Is it really true that you can walk around LA covered in (increasing amounts of) blood and nobody cares?
Cause that's kind of depressing.

**iLOVENZB** · 10-08-2011, 05:06 AM

Terra Nova (TV: S01E01-02) // 2011
A blockbuster heart with a TV budget

Shit acting, shit sets, shit dinosaurs, shit initial plot ... but room to expand to be a decent popcorn series.