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Grex > Cinema > #68: Grex goes to the movies - The Summer Movies Review Item |  |
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mooncat
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response 221 of 323:
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Aug 13 11:33 UTC 2004 |
I thought that was out already... ie Underworld.
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ric
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response 222 of 323:
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Aug 13 12:26 UTC 2004 |
I bought "Six String Samurai" on ebay the other day. I'm looking forward to
watching it again.
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tod
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response 223 of 323:
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Aug 13 15:37 UTC 2004 |
Watched Rebecca with Jane something and Lawrence Oliviet. Its been re-done
a million times.
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furs
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response 224 of 323:
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Aug 14 23:34 UTC 2004 |
Saw "Open Water" yesterday.
I thought it was quite good. They did a good job of showing
interaction before and during them getting left behind. I was really
on edge the whole time as this movie really stressed me out! I was
suprised by the ending, and didn't care for it that much, but I'm not
sure how they would have created a good ending for that movie.
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remmers
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response 225 of 323:
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Aug 27 17:46 UTC 2004 |
(Re #223: Joan Fontaine.)
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janc
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response 226 of 323:
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Aug 29 18:23 UTC 2004 |
I think there's a great idea for a comic book up there - a superhero who's
gig is cleaning up the messes that other superheroes leave behind. I think
we start the story with a teenage kid who suspects that one or both parents
has a secret identity as a superhero and wants to get in on the hero action.
Kid gets to join the superhero squad (via blackmail probably), and finds their
first mission is to help clean up after a battle between Diarrhea Man and the
Vomit Comit. Kid goes through serious depression, a desire to be a real
superhero, but ultimately matures into the role. "I may not be able to fight
evil, but I sure as hell am going to clean up after it."
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gull
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response 227 of 323:
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Aug 30 14:05 UTC 2004 |
I like it. :>
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tod
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response 228 of 323:
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Aug 30 15:06 UTC 2004 |
Disgusting.
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naftee
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response 229 of 323:
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Aug 31 16:48 UTC 2004 |
Your face.
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richard
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response 230 of 323:
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Sep 2 22:26 UTC 2004 |
#226...that sounds like Howard Stern's "Fartman" character...."Fartman" has
no great superpowers so he catches criminals by mega-farting on them, causing
them to pass out. As Fartman says, "if you can't beat'em up, then shit all
over them!" :)
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twenex
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response 231 of 323:
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Sep 2 22:28 UTC 2004 |
rotfl.
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mfp
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response 232 of 323:
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Sep 3 05:51 UTC 2004 |
Point.
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mooncat
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response 233 of 323:
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Sep 7 20:34 UTC 2004 |
Saw "Hero" over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a
beautiful story, and the visuals were just stunning. There was an
incredible use of colors that I really enjoyed.
It is very artsy, and the martial arts are more stylized than
realistic. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are just fabulous (okay, so is
Jet Li and I think it's a shame Donnie Yen didn't have a bigger part).
Zhang Ziyi did well with her part as well.
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tod
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response 234 of 323:
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Sep 7 20:46 UTC 2004 |
Its not a story. Its a freshmen level collage of bad camera tricks. Ever
since Wizard of Oz and David Lee Roth's California Girls video, the Asians
have tried to steal the use of color visuals. The movie had a weak plot.
Any assassin on the planet would have killed the king the moment he had the
opportunity. I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone unless they're into
doing hard drugs and thought "The Wall" by Pink Floyd had a good storyline.
Here's a better movie
http://www.adrenalineonline.com/images/newsreport.wmv
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albaugh
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response 235 of 323:
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Sep 7 21:42 UTC 2004 |
Yeah, those thieving Asians!
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tod
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response 236 of 323:
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Sep 7 21:44 UTC 2004 |
THEEVZ!
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ryan
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response 237 of 323:
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Sep 8 03:35 UTC 2004 |
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tod
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response 238 of 323:
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Sep 8 16:38 UTC 2004 |
Anybody know how to transfer the audio when you do a avi2mpg?
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mooncat
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response 239 of 323:
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Sep 8 19:31 UTC 2004 |
re #234- we'll have to agree to disagree. Personally, I would explain
his hesitation to kill the king as a curiosity... and I was going to
more fully explain but I wouldn't want to give anything away to those
that may still want to see it.
Again, I liked it, and I adored the use of color. so :p
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ric
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response 240 of 323:
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Sep 8 22:52 UTC 2004 |
My friend Jason said he really enjoyed "Hero", and thought it was one of the
best movies he's seen in a while, and the CGI wasn't overdone.
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tod
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response 241 of 323:
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Sep 8 23:06 UTC 2004 |
That wasn't CGI..it was XGA..maybe even VGA or monochrome.. ;)
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richard
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response 242 of 323:
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Sep 9 03:00 UTC 2004 |
In other movie news, later this month the first Star Wars trilogy
comes to DVD! There is controversy however, because George Lucas can't
resist tinkering with the films. At the end of "Return of the Jedi"
for example, Lucas is said to have replaced the ghost image of Anakin
Skywalker that we see at the end of the movie next to Yoda and Obi
Wan. He has in its place inserted the updated image of Anakin, which
is actor Hayden Christensen as he appears in the upcoming Episode III-
Revenge of the Sith (out next year) Lucas has also made other
additions and modifications. I guess it makes sense in terms of
continuity. The problem some Star Wars fans have is that the upcoming
DVD box set will only have these updated editions (spiffed up versions
of the "special editions" reissued a few years ago) and not the
original films as they were initially released.
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richard
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response 243 of 323:
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Sep 9 03:36 UTC 2004 |
Lucas has also updated the image of Emperor Palpatine in "Jedi" so he is
played by the actor who plays him in the new trilogy, and has inserted the
character of Naboo into the final celebration scene in Jedi just to show he
survives the whole saga
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scott
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response 244 of 323:
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Sep 9 11:38 UTC 2004 |
Lucas also added a scene to the Mos Eisley bar where Luke orders a
futuristic-looking can of Pepsi.
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twenex
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response 245 of 323:
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Sep 9 11:43 UTC 2004 |
Sounds typical of Lucas, these days.
Talking of Pepsi, if one particular episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
is anything to go by, Hollywood's idea of "vendor-neutral" or "advertising
free" leaves a lot to be desired. Will Smith's characters cousin was holding
a "COLA" can in her hand; trouble was, above the COLA sign was a blue
semicircle with a sort of wavy outline, and above it a red one with a wavy
outline. The rest of the can was red. I WONDER who that reminds me of.
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