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« Reply #75 on: November 12, 2009, 01:27:25 PM » |
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I'll probably catch this one in Mexico (They always get the newest releases about a month after they're released in the US) with the wife's family  |
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« Reply #76 on: November 13, 2009, 03:29:24 AM » |
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Well, just got back from the midnight showing (because I am completely insane) and I'll say as a movie, it was pretty enjoyable. A lot of spectacle. Nice F/X. A few "Yeah, this is predictable" moments. And about a half hour too long. As a movie, it's a nice little disaster flick.
But the science and politics... oh, my brain hurts. The science basically begins with "And then a miracle happens" and doesn't get better from there. BTW: Roland? Planes can fly up and down. They don't need to be dodging collapsing buildings. And if a supervolcano erupts, they go off with H-bomb force. You can't outdrive the frigging shockwave. They can climb for a few seconds and be above them. And the politics....
But aside from the "Roland Emmerich is a moron" factor, the movie was enjoyable to watch, even if it was over long.
Also, no Shadowrun references were made at all. Quite disappointed in that.
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« Reply #78 on: November 13, 2009, 01:01:38 PM » |
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and..
No. I can definitely say that this isn't the case. There's a number of references to religion in the film and Emmerich never goes negative in them. Well, he repeatedly shows people praying and then kills them off almost immediately, but that's a different sort of negativity. But there's a scene in the film where you could easily insert an religious bad guy into it, but he doesn't do it. There's some anti-rich folks talk in it, but I don't think that religion shows up on Emmrich's radar.[/spoiler]
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« Reply #79 on: November 13, 2009, 01:37:46 PM » |
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I'll probably catch this one in Mexico (They always get the newest releases about a month after they're released in the US) with the wife's family Well, at that point, you will have access to the one accessory crucial to the enjoyment of this move: gallons of cheap tequila. |
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"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
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« Reply #80 on: November 13, 2009, 01:40:33 PM » |
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I'll probably catch this one in Mexico (They always get the newest releases about a month after they're released in the US) with the wife's family Well, at that point, you will have access to the one accessory crucial to the enjoyment of this move: gallons of cheap tequila. EXACTLY  But I don't drink the cheap stuff, ever  |
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« Reply #81 on: November 13, 2009, 01:43:47 PM » |
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Except...
No, you're right. That part I get and it does sound ridiculous. and..
At the risk of being accused of "thinking too much"....  I once heard a cover of "Alone Again (Naturally)" - a song about contemplating suicide and doubting the existence of God - recorded by Anita Bryant where the lyrics were completely changed to either wipe that out and even being pro-God. Things can be written one way and filmed/recorded another way entirely if the person doing it or the company bankrolling it disagrees. |
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« Reply #82 on: November 13, 2009, 11:27:43 PM » |
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After watching this movie, I'm still wondering.....
Aside from all of that, the movie felt more laughable rather than catastrophic. Must have been because of those comedic bits during some of those disaster scenes.
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« Reply #83 on: November 14, 2009, 06:35:34 AM » |
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« Reply #84 on: November 14, 2009, 10:05:44 AM » |
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what i don't understand is For the same reason that David Gerrold said in Starlog all those years ago that the "inflatable boat rescue" in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ruined that film....any magic trick depends on the illusion normalcy - that there's no holes cut into tables, no specially treated paper, no mirrors - for the trick to work. That if you kill the wonder of your real event if you've filled your movie with lots of other things that don't follow the rules. Just look at the "ThatGuyWithTheGlasses" review of Superman IV: and how upset they get about all the laws of physics being broken before the story really gets started....and that's a movie about a flying alien. |
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« Reply #85 on: November 14, 2009, 12:29:24 PM » |
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People please stop trying to make sense of the plot of a Roland Emmerich movie,you will only hurt yourselves or others.
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 I thought that Battlefield Earth was a spectactular dramatic masterpiece with the best acting and cinematography of any movie ever, and it got riffed!!!! (breaks out into tears) |
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« Reply #86 on: November 14, 2009, 03:15:50 PM » |
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I just saw it. I liked it. I am not ashamed to say that. I mean, the dialogue was cheesy, and the close calls were so numerous that they got repetitive, but visually the movie was gorgeous. I probably wouldn't see it again though.
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« Reply #87 on: November 14, 2009, 03:19:22 PM » |
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I probably wouldn't see it again though.
You mean without an accompanying riff. |
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« Reply #88 on: November 14, 2009, 03:21:59 PM » |
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I probably wouldn't see it again though.
You mean without an accompanying riff. Face it, this WILL be riffed.............. it is so much in their wheelhouse..... and yes, I will only watch it riffed. John Cusak, how COULD you?! |
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« Reply #89 on: November 14, 2009, 03:25:20 PM » |
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Face it, this WILL be riffed.............. it is so much in their wheelhouse..... and yes, I will only watch it riffed.
John Cusak, how COULD you?!
I'm sure I'll have to see this with wife's family in Mexico next month so I'll be somewhat prepared for said future RiffTrax.. And yeah, from 'Better Off Dead' to this?!  |
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