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Grex > Cinema > #68: Grex goes to the movies - The Summer Movies Review Item |  |
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bru
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response 181 of 323:
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Aug 1 05:24 UTC 2004 |
we went to see "THUNDERBIRDS"
If you are not a fan of the supermarionation TV series from the 60's cartoon
series, you may not like this movie. But if you were a fan of the series,
this movie is true to tha concept, from the music to the hardware, to the
characters.
LAdy Penelope is spot on, as is her Chueffer/butler/bodyguard/safecracker
Parker. You are just going to love her pink Rolls Royce.
Some upgrades to teh electronics and mechanics has been done, the Mole is more
blunted and has more blades, Parker has a flip down visor and the Rolls is
now equipped with wings and a jet engine that pops out of the trunk.
Tin Tin and Alan are younger than in the series, with dad still operating some
of teh machinery that would later be relegated to the youngest son.
I was most disappointed with teh portrayal of Brains, the scientist behind
the machines. He had a very pronounced stuter that I do not remember.
Teh uniforms are improved, no funky hats and sashes anymore.
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twenex
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response 182 of 323:
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Aug 1 05:28 UTC 2004 |
Damn. Those sashes were good.
Do the close-ups use mechanical plastic hands?!
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albaugh
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response 183 of 323:
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Aug 2 03:08 UTC 2004 |
Enjoyed Spider-man 2. For sure there must be a SM3, as Harry the son
discovered the stash of hardware for the Green Goblin aka his dad.
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mcnally
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response 184 of 323:
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Aug 2 07:07 UTC 2004 |
In the Spiderman universe it seems like practically everyone either
got into the superhero or supervillain business at one time or another,
with the possible exception of Aunt May. There were several other
Spiderman foes introduced in this movie, too.
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ric
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response 185 of 323:
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Aug 2 12:42 UTC 2004 |
re 183 - I found that to be fairly disappointing though. I don't want to see
them rehash the Green Goblin.
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mcnally
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response 186 of 323:
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Aug 2 16:37 UTC 2004 |
Given the other villain setups present in Spiderman 2, my prediction is
that the Harry Osborne story will continue in the background and one or
more other supervillains will be the main emphasis of the story, probably
not any of the relatively minor villains they've been setting up (such as
the Man-Wolf or the Lizard.) Given the increased and more effective use
of J. K. Simmons in the second movie perhaps they'll work up to the
hatred that newspaper publisher Jonah Jameson develops for Spiderman and
base the story around some villain Jameson has hired to kill Spiderman.
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albaugh
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response 187 of 323:
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Aug 2 17:47 UTC 2004 |
I must have been sleeping through the parts where other potential villains
were "set up" (surely the machine-gun-toting hoods in the getaway car don't
qualify). Can you elucidate?
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edina
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response 188 of 323:
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Aug 2 18:10 UTC 2004 |
Peter's professor that threatens to fail him becomes (I'm forgetting the name)
some sort of lizard man. Jonah Jameson's son goes to space (he's an
astronaut, remember?) and comes back as something else.
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tod
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response 189 of 323:
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Aug 2 18:22 UTC 2004 |
Peter's Aunt goes to prison for tax evasion and comes back as Martha Stewart.
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albaugh
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response 190 of 323:
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Aug 4 17:19 UTC 2004 |
Re: #188 - those references must come from the comix. Besides *introducing*
those characters, I didn't see any foreshadowing of evil (except perhaps the
a-naut's jilting at the altar being a motivation for revenge...).
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mcnally
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response 191 of 323:
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Aug 4 19:14 UTC 2004 |
re #190: that's correct, the inclusion of other characters from the
Spiderman universe is probably mostly a nod to fans of the comic book
who are familiar with its history.
However, these particular minor characters wind up becoming supervillains
in the classic Spiderman pattern: they violate the natural order and mess
with Something Which Man Was Not Meant to Know (John Jameson flies through
space and visits the moon; Connors experiments with limb regeneration iirc)
and both wind up transformed into id-dominated monsters (Jameson a
werewolf-like creature, Connors a lizard-man.)
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richard
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response 192 of 323:
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Aug 6 01:09 UTC 2004 |
Speaking of comic book movies, the next Batman movie is currently filming in
England, with Christian Bale (the british actor who starred in American
Psycho) as Batman, and the villains are Liam Neeson as the Scarecrow and Ken
Watanabe as the evil Ras Al Ghul, with Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon
and Michael Caine as Alfred. Sounds promising.
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edina
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response 193 of 323:
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Aug 6 13:24 UTC 2004 |
I know!! Christian Bale has been mentioned for possibly taking over James
Bond. I have to admit, of everyone out there, he is my fave.
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mooncat
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response 194 of 323:
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Aug 6 19:30 UTC 2004 |
Christian Bale is wonderful, and I think he'll play a great Batman.
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jvmv
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response 195 of 323:
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Aug 7 08:48 UTC 2004 |
I'm discouraged with the future works of
James Bond series. One of the best films
of adventures & action is surely James
Bond. However, when it was produced by
English, because it lost the same quality
after it began to be produced by North
American.
Hereafter, I hope the production comes back
to the English hands. The North Americans are
transforming James Bond in a kind of mediocre
mercenary as other created by the hoolywoodian
studios.
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tod
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response 196 of 323:
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Aug 7 13:59 UTC 2004 |
Its all about Cubby Brocolli
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twenex
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response 197 of 323:
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Aug 7 22:43 UTC 2004 |
It's about time they laid the ghost of Batman movies to rest, imnsho.
Then again, I said that when they cast Michael Keaton in the first one.
Ouch....
I, Robot: OK, so maybe it's nothing like the book; damned if I know as I
haven't read it. Bloody good movie. Effects are getting better all the
time - but don't worry, this movie actually has a /plot/, too. Wow. Will
Smith sure picks some winners. Gets good lines, too.
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mary
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response 198 of 323:
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Aug 7 23:09 UTC 2004 |
Am I the only one who while watching "Spiderman" is wondering about
the poor slob who is going to get the job of cleaning up all those
sticky spider web thingies Spidy's ejecting all over town?
Body secretions. Sticky body secretions. Yuck.
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tod
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response 199 of 323:
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Aug 7 23:20 UTC 2004 |
It's NYC. Plenty of it already..
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remmers
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response 200 of 323:
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Aug 8 22:30 UTC 2004 |
I think they dry in a few hours, turn into dust, and blow away.
Problem solved.
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mary
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response 201 of 323:
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Aug 8 23:19 UTC 2004 |
If true, then spiders would need to find another way to catch
prey and survive. And Karen wouldn't have to dust all those high
corners.
Nope, I'm not buying the "not a problem" thing. It's a problem.
Be denialistic all you want. It's the dirty side of herohood and
nobody wants to talk about it.
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gelinas
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response 202 of 323:
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Aug 9 02:41 UTC 2004 |
Real spiders eat their webs. Peter had to devise his own, as well as
the device to launch it (ignored or glossed over in the movie), so I've
always assumed his web-formula was bio-degradable: He needed the webs to
last for an hour or so at most, to hold the bad guys until the cops arrived.
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richard
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response 203 of 323:
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Aug 9 05:34 UTC 2004 |
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE-- this wasn't as good as the original, but is a fine
movie in its own way. Directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs),
and starring Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington (in the Angela Lansbury
and Frank Sinatra roles) I liked the way this was updated, now instead of
the communists being the big evil, it is corporate power/greed. Same
story, different enemy. Both Streep and Washington deliver oscar caliber
performances, and Liev Schrieber (in the other principal role, played by
Laurence Harvey in the original) is also quite good. This movie is quite
appropriate for an election year. It raises the serious question of "to
what extent are we all brainwashed/controlled by the power of big multi
national corporations?
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anderyn
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response 204 of 323:
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Aug 9 05:52 UTC 2004 |
Watched "Hildago" today. I had been wanting to see it ever since I first saw
the previews, but hadn't managed to make it to the theater. But it was quite
good on the small screen. Viggo Mortensen managed to make his character, Frank
T. Hopkins, sympathetic and charismatic, although Hildago, the horse, did
steal the show. :-) It wasn't very original, plot-wise, being a take on the
old-time serials, but it was quite fun. I liked it a lot.
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tod
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response 205 of 323:
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Aug 9 15:09 UTC 2004 |
Watched Starsky & Hutch with Stiller and Wilson. It was very fun.
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