Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

Ad infinitum.

I have, unfortunately, had the misfortune of watching two of the films out at the minute. If melodrama, angsty teenage decision-making and relationships are your thing, in the context of particularly feeble-looking vampires, then you'll love it.

It certainly doesn't have Carribean in the title.

I am the victim of the girlfriend and have been dragged to see all 3 in cinemas

Smartarse

I have also been a victim of girls and twilight. Except instead of going to the cinema and having it all done within two hours or so, I had to read it.

At least you could slip another book inside it, pretend to read it while spacing out or mysteriously read large chunks of the book when she wasn't around and then give your opinion of the series, gleaned entirely from Wikipedia.

We had to stay staring at the screen and be nudged awake/continually scrutinised.

It was like the reconditioning scene in A Clockwork Orange.

Fancy watching a film this afternoon. Any suggestions? Needs to be one I have, other than that I'm open to any ideas.

I wanted to do it honestly, despite knowing I would hate it, as it was part of a book swap thing. She never actually read the one I gave her.

Your dignity lies like a carcass at the side of the road, trampled by all.

I have also been a victim of girls and twilight. Except instead of going to the cinema and having it all done within two hours or so, I had to read it.

Bad Company was excellent, and Bad Company 2 was equally sublime, imo. The different options somehow "made" the game for me. Although the improvements weren't extreme, they were very good. The different weapons, and things like the defibrillator for the Medic, changed the entire dynamic of the game. COD has been milked excessively, now, what with MW, MW2, World at War and now another title. That said, World at War was obviously from a different developer. I haven't played MW2 online as I haven't had a chance to, seeing as my PS3's at home.

When's the new COD out? I'd like to play the previous title online, but haven't been able to in the last six months. There'll be little point if the new one's out soon-ish, as everyone will migrate there.

They're not that important. The graphics in GTA4, as an example, or the latest COD were sufficient for me to think they were fantastic. I still welcome slight improvements and tweaks for realism but not, as you say, at the expense of the enjoyability of the game that lies underneath.

I thought the second one was a tad too ridiculous right from the point that putting one's heart in a box makes you Davey Jones was brought up. I did like the Kraken though. Always have done; the concept of it, at least. The third was awful, bar the fight sequence at the end. Not enough to save the film though. Wouldn't have watched this POTC if I hadn't been forced to. In all honesty, I've never wanted to see any of them at the cinema. The first one was a decent surprise when I was a kid and I think I ended up watching it twice. After that, it was a case of being the only film on when I went with mates, and the most recent was thanks to the girlfriend.

For someone so famously 'bad-ass' I was expecting him to be a lot more fearsome than he was. Probably the disadvantage of it being a Disney movie, though. I thought his voodoo-magic-thing was alright though.

The plot needs to actually be original in the next, rather than the formulaic "Jack sets compass for place noone thinks exist. Jack has trouble reaching said destination. Jack eventually reaches said destination. Fighting ensues. Jack eventually just fails to get what he was really looking for, but ultimately succeeds".

I'd attempt to screenshot but it would take too long. I've got about 250, and they spread quite a wide range of genres. Ironically I don't have any of those though (I do have a DVD of Yuma kicking around somewhere but I never ripped it and didn't bother bringing any DVDs with me).

Yeah some people have commented on how it doesn't even seem like a sequel, rather like a stand-alone film or something, however bad Potc 4 is, Jack Sparrow still managed to bring in audiences

The only thing that's surprised me about Pirates 4 has been its' relative success at the box office, it's not actually done too bad somehow...

I have also been a victim of girls and twilight. Except instead of going to the cinema and having it all done within two hours or so, I had to read it.

At least you could slip another book inside it, pretend to read it while spacing out or mysteriously read large chunks of the book when she wasn't around and then give your opinion of the series, gleaned entirely from Wikipedia.

We had to stay staring at the screen and be nudged awake/continually scrutinised.

It was like the reconditioning scene in A Clockwork Orange.

So, having read the book, are you convinced Edward's face is the most beautiful thing in the universe? The most angelic? Perfectly carved? Chiselled? Sculptured? His break like the sweet smell of strawberries mixed with apricots? Or his eyes the warm golden colour that makes you all fuzzy inside? Or perhaps his soft lips so unlike his hard exterior? Or his fuzzy hair that you just want to melt and soak your hands into?

Eh?

Just watched Austrailia. Have attempted to watch it in the past but fallen asleep. I have a problem with movies that go much past 90 mins lol. I start to either get really restless or else really bored, no matter how good the film is. But, I managed to get through it this time, and really enjoyed it.

Yeah, the different classes really contributed to gameplay in their own ways. I loved the teamwork aspect of Bad Company 2. Going lone wolf on CoD is boring and rather soulless gameplay. Yeah, Activision have devised a perfect formula for milking. The developers Infinity Ward and Treyarch interchangeable develop games (spending roughly 1 year on each game). Ensures a game every year.

Gross revenue: $926,976,000

Have you watched Sherlock at least? Or were they empty promises?

If you still need a film to watch: V for Vendetta, A Beautiful Mind, Oldboy or you could just forgo any social outing tomorrow, become a hermit and sit down to re-watch The Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum.

No.

You know, before I read Twilight, I was firmly convinced that people have the right to enjoy whatever they please. Many would heap scorn upon my obsession with Star Wars, and every argument I would make fell upon deaf ears. As such, I felt a peculiar kinship with these people; they liked something outside of the norm, something not everyone would be on board with. Why did they deserve so much crap for liking something that didn't fall in line with most other people's interests?


Then I read the book.

Every poorly-constructed sentence, every instance of Edward and Bella looking longingly at one other, the climax that exists solely because you can't have a vampire novel without someone getting ****ed up led to everything negative everyone said being wholly justified.

I will never forgive the lady in question for subjecting me to that, I will never forgive Ms. Meyer for writing it. I will never forgive the publisher for thinking it might be something someone might want to eventually read. My faith in literature, art and humanity was destroyed completely.

I might not like the films of, say, James Cameron, but I can at least respect the craftsmanship, and that even if his pictures are essentially cliche-ridden nonsense, something important happens whenever he directs a film. Meyer contributes nothing to anything. She documents her sex dreams and sells them by the ton.

Ended up going for Jackie Brown today, amazing as always.

Yeah, the different classes really contributed to gameplay in their own ways. I loved the teamwork aspect of Bad Company 2. Going lone wolf on CoD is boring and rather soulless gameplay. Yeah, Activision have devised a perfect formula for milking. The developers Infinity Ward and Treyarch interchangeable develop games (spending roughly 1 year on each game). Ensures a game every year.

November 8. Yeah, there's little point in getting it now. I jumped on the Black Ops bandwagon a little late too (university and general disinterest in gaming) and the only good thing about the game was the Zombie mode.

I like when they really push boundaries. Have you seen the facial animations in L.A. Noire? Bloody fantastic. Modern Warfare 3 looks like a rehash of MW2 where as Battlefield 3 looks pretty sexy aesthetically.

And they killed it [Kraken] off-screen with no reason being given to why and a later scene with Jack looking over its corpse. What a way to go. Just like Cyclops in X-Men 3. The whole deal with Calypso made little to no sense. They spend the entire film hyping her up and what does she do? Cause a storm?

Your girlfriend a fan of Captain Jack Sparrow?

Yeah, the villains are always degraded to laughable characters. Voodoo made no sense.

Not so much spoilers to anyone else reading: they threw the doll off a cliff and into the water below. Logically, Jack should have been hurt by the fall and died due to drowning. He screamed a bit and that was it.

As soon as I read 'said destination' Sparrow's voice kicked in. Those are the words he typically uses.

This doesn't make you feel any better about the future:

Gross revenue: $926,976,000

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