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mary
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*** AT THE MOVIES ***
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Jul 6 22:27 UTC 2003 |
See any movies lately?
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mary
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response 1 of 112:
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Jul 6 22:36 UTC 2003 |
T3 is a hoot. The crane-chase scene is an amazing parody
of the typical blowed-up-real-good action sequence. And
I thought "The Hand" stuff was too cute. Catch a matinee
and check your brain at the door.
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md
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response 2 of 112:
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Jul 6 23:46 UTC 2003 |
Many funny scenes in that movie. The babelicious TX checking herself
out in the mirror as she strides through the bathroom on her way to do
battle with Arnold was my favorite. Also, minor goosebumps when the
prototype of the search-and-destroy robot vehicle that appears in
the "future" scenes in T1 and T2 first rises into view at the military
base.
We rented Adaptation (D+) and The Hours (B), neither of which we saw at
the theater. Adaptation was unfunny and unenlightening. Mainly just
retarded. The Hours featured a smattering of literary history, which
was fun, and a good performance by Ed Harris. The music by Philip
Glass was awful.
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jazz
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response 3 of 112:
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Jul 7 00:02 UTC 2003 |
Thank god someone else found Adaption lifeless.
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gregb
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response 4 of 112:
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Jul 7 00:07 UTC 2003 |
Saw X2 yesterday. I liked it, but there was something missing to me;
can't put my finger on it. The best part for me was at the beginning
in the White House. As for the new characters, Nightcrawler was
alright, but he's supposed to be furry, other than that, he was the
best of the new guys. It was pretty obvious that there's gonna be a
sequal.
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rdspike
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response 5 of 112:
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Jul 7 00:20 UTC 2003 |
T3 was the best movie out there in the theaters X2 is good too but u got to
watch T3 its the $hit!!!
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jazz
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response 6 of 112:
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Jul 7 00:21 UTC 2003 |
If you say so. It kinda felt like a nicely produced episode of
Twilight Zone to me.
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jaklumen
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response 7 of 112:
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Jul 7 00:58 UTC 2003 |
resp:4 no, no, my good man, Beast is furry. Nightcrawler is not furry
at all. They changed him a little bit with the jagged teeth and the
glyph tattoos, but they remained moderately faithful to his appearance
in the comic books. As for Beast, he has a cameo as Hank McCoy-- he
was in the scene on the television at the bar with Mystique and the
security guard.
(I am still waiting to see if they will play out the fact that
Mystique is Nightcrawler's mother in the comic books.)
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jep
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response 8 of 112:
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Jul 7 03:04 UTC 2003 |
My 7 year old and I went to see "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" on
Friday, the day it opened. There was only one other group in the
theater; a man and two girls about John's age.
This is a plain old formula adventure cartoon. It has a guy named
Sinbad, who is not like the literary version. Some critics have
objected to this, but I say, so what? My kid hasn't read Sinbad.
Come to think of it, neither have I.
I liked this movie. I liked it better than "Finding Nemo", and I
already like it better than the upcoming Rug Rats movie. All three
cartoons, you see, are set in or on the ocean.
There is a little bit of violence in this movie, but I didn't judge it
to be an objectionable amount. There are some scary scenes. It's
scarier than "Finding Nemo".
It's not as pretty as "Finding Nemo". The characters and scenes look
sharply unrealistic compared to what Pixar produces.
This movie is a giant flop nationally. On it's opening weekend, it
took in just a few million dollars. It sold less than "Finding Nemo"
did this weekend.
Nuts to that. I liked it.
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pvn
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response 9 of 112:
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Jul 7 07:35 UTC 2003 |
You may have something there. Why did it flop? Was it up against too
much? Or was it 'sinful' and 'bad'? Did parents drag their kids to see
something they wanted instead of apparently a very nice kids movie?
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remmers
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response 10 of 112:
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Jul 7 19:07 UTC 2003 |
Speaking of Sinbad, over the holiday weekend Turner Classic Movies
did a festival of the Sinbad "Dynamation" movies from the 1950s
through the 1970s, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
(Cyclops monsters, battling skeletons, the Medusa, etc.).
Kitch maybe, but great fun.
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tod
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response 11 of 112:
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Jul 7 19:30 UTC 2003 |
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gregb
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response 12 of 112:
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Jul 7 20:09 UTC 2003 |
Re. #7: I can't speak for the comics, but according to both X-Men
cartoons, Kurt's referred to himself as "fuzzy" on several occations.
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katie
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response 13 of 112:
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Jul 11 20:40 UTC 2003 |
I saw "Whale Rider" this week. Best movie I've seen in years. Will see it
again. Anyone want to join me?
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