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shmokes:
--- Quote from: drventure on December 17, 2009, 12:40:00 pm ---
--- Quote ---I think you can rest rather assured that the CGI will be "decent.
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Well, by decent, I mean "won't look like a dang video game."
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Right . . . but my point is . . . well . . . did you see any of those movies I mentioned? Did you see the sinking of the Titanic??? Did you see liquid metal in Terminator 2? Did you see the water effects in The Abyss? It just seems that there is very little reason to be concerned with how the effects will turn out. They will be unparalleled. Of course they will. Worrying about the quality of the special effects in an upcoming James Cameron movie is like anticipated a Michael Bay movie and wondering if there will be enough explosions in it. ;D
Loafmeister:
I thought Titanic did not suck but I was more engrossed in the recreation of all facets of the ship itself, than of Jack and Rose (which IMHO wasn't that bad, it's a romance, what does anyone expect?!?). It's not to everyone's taste but I can see why it broke all records, it's not meant for "hardcore elite film experts" like you guys ;)
Avatar: Seeing it in IMAX (fakeMAX) 3d tomorrow night, looking forward to checking it out, see if it can now meet my expectations, which with all the reviewers crowning the visual look of the movie and 3d as "amazing", are pretty inflated.
shmokes:
Oh . . . and The Village was ---smurfing--- horrible. Just totally unwatchable. Signs approached it with the ham-fisted god is great message being shoved down the audience's throat, but that movie at least had some fun moments. Overall, it was retarded, though. "Swing away!" ::) So stupid. By the way, if you're ever unfortunate enough to see Signs again, pay attention to the news reporters talking on the TV in the background while characters are having conversations. It's hilarious. It's the most polite broadcast ever. The reporters on TV wait to deliver their stories for breaks in the conversations between Joaquin and Mel. It's kind of difficult to describe, but more or less the news anchors apparently don't want to be rude and talk over the people in the house, so they politely wait their turn in the conversation before delivering each snippet of news.
I haven't seen Lady in the Water, but if reviews are any indication it is among the worst movies ever made and substantially (and somewhat unbelievably) worse than The Village. I haven't The Happening either, but it also garnered almost exclusively awful reviews.
shardian:
6th Sense = excellent
Unbreakable = boring
The Village = good for a part, but ended up sucking.
Signs = A great movie on first watch. 'Swing away' was still retarded though.
Lady in the Water = HORRIBLE!!!!!!!
The Happening = entertaining movie
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Loafmeister on December 17, 2009, 01:57:41 pm ---
it's a romance, what does anyone expect?!?
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I never understand when people excuse bad films by pretending it's impossible to make a good film in that genre. MANY of the greatest films of all time are romances.
Edward Scissorhands
Pride and Prejudice (the new one starring Kiera Knightly is great, btw)
Harold and Maud
The Princess Bride
As Good as it Gets
Dangerous Liaisons
The Piano
500 Days of Summer
Romeo+Juliet
Amelie
Dr. Zhivago
Forest Gump
Beauty and the Beast
The English Patient
Shakespeare in Love
Cyrano de Bergerac (and Roxanne for a modern take)
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Secretary
Gone with the Wind
An Officer and a Gentleman
When Harry Met Sally
Like Water for Chocolate
Notting Hill
Cassablanca
I could go on . . . .
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