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edina
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response 147 of 269:
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May 14 15:19 UTC 2003 |
From what I recall, he's just a mutant. Like Anne, I saw it twice the first
day - I am still astounded by how much I loved Alan Cumming in this movie (and
how grateful that Cyclops wasn't in it that much). Alan Cumming is turning
out to be one of those actors I just can't see making anything bad.
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mooncat
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response 148 of 269:
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May 14 20:55 UTC 2003 |
(er... that was supposed to be geek back in 145... dunno where that
typo came from)
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jaklumen
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response 149 of 269:
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May 14 22:25 UTC 2003 |
got the meaning, nevertheless =)
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krj
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response 150 of 269:
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May 17 05:51 UTC 2003 |
I'm not much of a comics fan, so I can't review X-Men 2 for faithfulness
to the source material. On its own it works well, one of the best
comic book movies of the last 25 years or so -- I liked this better
than Spiderman or the first X-Men movie. The new movie does a
good job with the whole teenage angst theme of the series.
The action scenes aren't overdone as is normal in the genre.
There is almost no character set-up in this movie: it's assumed that
the audience all saw the last episode.
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senna
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response 151 of 269:
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May 17 18:30 UTC 2003 |
I was actually impressed by X2, which threw in some reasonably interesting
plot elements, and while it's "fate of the free world" storyline is always
the kind of thing that's hard to top, it was presented well. Character
features were good, and the cameos of other characters (they could make ten
movies with all the characters in the X universe if they wanted to, but there
just isn't time) were nice without trying to showcase anybody too much.
In two movies they've rushed through perhaps 20 years of comic development,
with the teaser at the very end giving us a good indication of where else the
series might be going. I was pleased about it.
I saw Matrix Reloaded last night, and I was impressed. It's the sort of move
that you're better off finding things out about by going--some of the plot
elements (and the twists, oh man) are good things to be taken unaware. There
was an unecessary "Rave" scene early in the flick that went on longer than
was required by the plot, but other than that most of this movie went rather
well. The challenge in following up a movie as mindbending as the original
Matrix cannot be understated, but the Wachowski brothers have masterpiece
potential on their hands if the third movie lives up to this one.
It is visually stunning, it is thought-provoking (choice and control, choice
and control, you'll be tossing this around), and it crafts its obstacles so
well that you can honestly believew that a virtually all-powerful hero
actually can't just do everything. That's a real challenge when you've
already established that the hero is pretty much unbeatable, but this movie
did it well--the trick? Neo can't be in two places at one time.
The action sequences didn't have much in the way of new revolutionary
technology; they used teh old stuff and some subtle new stuff very well, and
the highway scene was one of the best action sequences I have ever seen in
any movie. Perhaps the best. They threw money at this movie in the right
places.
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jazz
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response 152 of 269:
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May 18 01:57 UTC 2003 |
The Matrix is a tricky one to deal with. It's carried along so well
by visual style and action that it's hard not to like, but when it tries to
get deep, it stumbles across some serious gaps of credibility, and mires
itself in attempts at philosophy that amount to some higher power simply
saying "I thought you'd have figured that out by now."
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edina
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response 153 of 269:
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May 19 15:32 UTC 2003 |
I liked it!!! I can't wait to see it again. I hated that I missed a key
point in it, but was happy that I picked up on something that noone else did.
And warning, to anyone seeing it, stay for ALL of hte credits, as they show
the preview for Revolutions.
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furs
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response 154 of 269:
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May 20 14:01 UTC 2003 |
I liked it as well. However the first part of the movie was a little
slow, and I agree with the "rave" scene comment above. But other than
that it was a lot of fun. I LOVED the increased amount of hand-to-hand
combat. Awesome!
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edina
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response 155 of 269:
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May 20 14:23 UTC 2003 |
I was initially disappointed that there wasn't more of the twins, but they're
listed in the credits for Revolutions (as well as Persephone), so I'll get
my fix there.
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remmers
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response 156 of 269:
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May 20 16:46 UTC 2003 |
For some reason that I am unable to explain even to myself, I rented
"Children of the Corn" yesterday. Having now seen it, the mystery of
why I rented it has grown even deeper.
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furs
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response 157 of 269:
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May 20 16:59 UTC 2003 |
I hated that movie because they let all the people live. (Different
from the book where they all died, I think.)
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tod
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response 158 of 269:
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May 20 17:07 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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remmers
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response 159 of 269:
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May 20 17:32 UTC 2003 |
I grew up in the middle of Indiana. Still not compelling.
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remmers
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response 160 of 269:
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May 20 17:33 UTC 2003 |
(Apparently, "Children of the Corn" has had SIX sequels.)
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md
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response 161 of 269:
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May 20 22:54 UTC 2003 |
We saw Matrix II over the weekend. Not bad. I liked the special
effects. The celebrated fight with the multiple Smiths was the best in
that respect, although from a logic-and-reason standpoint you wonder
why Neo didn't just fly away in the first place. I mean, since he
could, and eventually did, just fly away.
I feel sorry for poor Trinity, though. She always storms in like
gangbusters only to get her butt kicked by the bad guys. She's not a
great fighter. But there was some mention of a mystery uberwoman at
the end. Could that be Trinity in Matrix III?
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gull
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response 162 of 269:
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May 20 23:07 UTC 2003 |
Re #161: Based on the fight at the beginning of the movie, I suspect Neo
just likes to kick agent ass. I assumed the fight with the Smiths
before he flew away was pretty much recreational until there were just
plain too many for him.
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slynne
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response 163 of 269:
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May 21 02:31 UTC 2003 |
It was pretty cool though!
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gull
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response 164 of 269:
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May 21 02:59 UTC 2003 |
No arguments. :)
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jmsaul
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response 165 of 269:
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May 21 03:11 UTC 2003 |
It was also completely CGI. I was surprised.
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goose
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response 166 of 269:
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May 21 03:56 UTC 2003 |
I dunno how they say it's completely CGI. They shot a lot of film on Alemeda.
(I was living quite close to one of the sets)
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pvn
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response 167 of 269:
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May 21 07:07 UTC 2003 |
How do you know you were living close to one of the sets?
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anderyn
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response 168 of 269:
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May 21 12:16 UTC 2003 |
We may wait to see Matrix:Reloaded when the third movie comes out. I waited
until last week to see the first one. And wasn't super thrilled with it. It
was okay, but ... the plot is something I've seen/read a million times before,
and it's not one of my favorites. The big scenes WERE amazing, but what I'd
really like is the edit where you just see the cool fight scenes (and maybe
the "there is no spoon" one...). :-)
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gull
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response 169 of 269:
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May 21 13:11 UTC 2003 |
He *thinks* he was living close to one of the sets, but it's all an
elaborate simulation. ;)
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goose
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response 170 of 269:
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May 21 13:12 UTC 2003 |
RE#167 -- I have friends who worked on the movie.
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md
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response 171 of 269:
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May 21 13:17 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, conversations in Matrix I were annoying but probably necessary.
The conversations in Matrix II are just annoying. My kids were making
fun of the big Oracle scene: "Man, that conversation with Oracle was
awesome!" "Dude, greatest conversation I've ever seen in a movie."
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