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Xiaou2:
I saw it, and it was ok. I think in many ways I might have enjoyed it more, had I not seen the previous films, which gave you ideas / clues into what was going to happen. That predictability just didnt make for a great movie.
The first movie was typical horror and suspense. You have no idea what was happening. The next was pure kick-Butt awesome action. The other worthless films dont even count.
I agree with a lot of what dre-w says. It was far too open to interpretation... but also, after hearing the things that the director intended... and or what people think he intended... it also makes me like the movie less.
Ive seen worse movies for sure.. and maybe Im just spoiled from a time period where movies made were actually so good that you enjoyed watching them over and over again... but overall, its not that good of a movie, Imo. I certainly dont have any real desire to see it again.
Ond:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 12, 2012, 09:58:34 pm ---Yes, I've read way too much PKD, and yes I am dreading the new Total Rekall movie with every fiber of my being.
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Just got done reading Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, at the ending I was "WTF? so the guy's alternate universe where he's a nobody is all because the police general's sister took drugs...which somehow altered everyones reality? Only PKD could dream up that wierd ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
I just checked the Total Recall 2012 trailer, it looks like its just a word for word copy of the other version with upgraded effects. The only fairly close PKD book-film adaption I can think of is A Scanner Darkly, although the book was still much better.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Flake on June 12, 2012, 02:43:31 pm ---Uhh....yea....how do you explain the thousand peices of supposed classical art (paintings, sculptures, music, etc.) that do just that? Not that I'm a huge fan of that stuff but to suggest a movie sucks because it makes you think is just ludicrous. In this case I'm just looking to see what others think to see if there are similar conclusions out there. And in this case I'm sharing their thoughts here. If you dont want to read it then dont. Pretty simple. Go watch Transformers if thats your cup of tea.
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Prometheus is not a piece of classical art. It's a pop culture movie. If people are still discussing Promethus in 40 years, like 2001: A Space Odyssey, then we can begin considering it within that framework.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 13, 2012, 11:21:44 am ---
--- Quote from: Flake on June 12, 2012, 02:43:31 pm ---Uhh....yea....how do you explain the thousand peices of supposed classical art (paintings, sculptures, music, etc.) that do just that? Not that I'm a huge fan of that stuff but to suggest a movie sucks because it makes you think is just ludicrous. In this case I'm just looking to see what others think to see if there are similar conclusions out there. And in this case I'm sharing their thoughts here. If you dont want to read it then dont. Pretty simple. Go watch Transformers if thats your cup of tea.
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Prometheus is not a piece of classical art. It's a pop culture movie. If people are still discussing Promethus in 40 years, like 2001: A Space Odyssey, then we can begin considering it within that framework.
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Heaven forbid we critique the new along the side old. Let's put a moratorium on analysis until something is at least removed by a generation. That right Chad? :banghead:
shmokes:
I haven't seen Prometheus. But 2001: A Space Odyssey is a terrible film. Most fans, I secretly suspect, like it purely out of social pressure to do so. In short, even having not seen Prometheus, and being only a lukewarm Ridley Scott fan, I find it difficult to belief that it's not a superior film.
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