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[waterbaby]

[ratslash]

sinbad is great!

t3 is ok.

bruce almighty is funny.

hulk could have been better.

tr2 - never will you get me in a cinema watching this!

[captain kirk]

saw terminator 3 a couple of hours ago. it was great. i was wondering about arnie before seeing it; he must be so old now. so how's he going to do this action movie, really? but the terminator robot he plays lumbers around like it has arthritis, anyway, so he did that. the evil terminator he battles is an upgrade, while arnie is obsolete, but he still did ok. the effects are fantastic. the future general in the battle between humans and robots is around twenty now, and despondent since he's been living on the road so none of the evil terminators can locate him. so he hasn't had much of a life and his heroism is buried under that malaise. there's a bit too much talk sometimes, some lulls where conner (the above guy) is slack-faced dragging on, and the arnie robot is pretty laconic in his utterances...but the odds against them are HUGE. the ending is fantastic, wide open to t4, etc. very realistic and satisfying 'destiny of the planet' end. old style story based SF classic mood, like the original 'planet of the the apes'. absolutely nothing overly dissapointing. the front credits showed five producers.

[mishlert]

28 Days Later will be opening in September, as well as the Johnny Depp movie Pirates. . .
I saw Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at the Berling Int. Film Festival and it was really good; George has a small part and his directing is close to flawless.
I'll be checking out Dogville(Nicole Kidman)this week.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

Useful phrases for esl teacher ...

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing"

"Learn English from me if you want to live"

...when going on a trip back home ....

"I'll be back"

[katydid]

Tomb Raider 2 was OK. I didn't see the first one, not that anyone needed to see the first to see the second one and understand it. Seeing Rimmer as Lara Croft's butler was a real hoot, and the scenery, going from China, to Hong Kong, to Africa, was cool.

[matthews_world]

I didn't make the bash this weekend choosing to see Bad Boys II with my girlfriend Saturday night.


Bad Boys II - Not as good as the first. This movie was really unbelievable. A lot of expensive chase scenes and locations but nothing creative. A lot of language and blood. Some funny moments between Martin Lawrence and Will Smith but really didn't foot the bill for me.


Tomb Raider 2 - Also saw this this weekend. Really excellent movie. Some smart, creative writing. A great adventure for Laura Croft as she protects the fate of mankind. She seeks the lost Pandora's Box and travels from Greece, to China and then Africa. The panoramic views that the director gives us of each country are spectacular. I loved seeing the cityscape of Shanghai, the Grecian coast and the jungles of Africa. The movie is really hi-tech. I loved this movie!

[Bulsajo]

Sorry, but that movie is not 'hi-tech' it has about as much to do with real technology as 'The Lord of the Rings'. I would go over it scene by scene but I don't have any air-sickness bags handy.

[matthews_world]

[quote="Bulsajo"]Sorry, but that movie is not 'hi-tech' it has about as much to do with real technology as 'The Lord of the Rings'.[quote]

Are you sure you saw the the movie Bulsajo??

In my post I'm referring to all the hi-tech gadgets Lara uses in the movie, not the special effects.

[Bulsajo]

Which gadgets are you referring to specifically? I know I'd love to get my hands on a speargun that can pierce an oxygen tank (and do it without the damned thing exploding). The ancient jewel that can broadcast modern real-time 3D video, perhaps? The flying suits? They're real enough, but can't do what they were shown to do in the movie. My point was the 'hi-tech' in the movie was so distorted as to be actually closer to magic, the kind you might see in Lord of the Rings.

I don't know what is is; TR2 isn't the first totally worthless p.o.s. movie I've ever seen before so I'm not sure why it bugs me so much. I suppose I'll either have to just let it go or get myself into some sort of 12 step program....

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[Bulsajo]

[matthews_world]

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Just saw this one in Korea this weekend. Grade: C

20th century British heroes drawn from famous works of literature, including Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, The Invisible Man, Mina Murray and Dr. Jekyll are put together to combat criminal undertakings of the Phantom, a disquised British agent who plots to take over the world. The movie also throws in Tom Sawyer and Dorian Gray.

Nemo's Nautilus was a pretty cool submarine. But this movie was really far-fetched. Scientists are held captive in Mongolia by the Phantom and ordered to produce weapons of mass destruction. Cars, which haven't even been invented yet, are introduced in the movie. The effects that give us Mr. Hyde are pretty lame. However, the Invisible Man's character is done in a new, refreshing way.

If anybody can help me out, please tell me who Mina Murray, Allan Quartermain, and Dorian Gray are and where they come from.

Sean Connery's acting was pretty good in this one, but the plot didn't keep me interested.

[Bulsajo]

SWAT:
http://www.thepersonunderthestairs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92&start=30

[em]

Dorian Gray is the title character from Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian is beautiful but becomes spiritually warped. He somehow wills all physical signs of his decadence onto a portrait of him in his prime. He is ageless while the portrait becomes the locus of all of his shame and misdeeds.

Mina Murray is the heroine in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Allan Quartermain was the main character in a popular nineteenth-century series of adventure novels written by Rider Haggard.