Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

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Yeah I have, quite enjoyed it too but funny enough, I didn't know about Pitch black until a few months ago. Thought Chronicles was the start of the series, but yeah agreed on Riddick

on a random note

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/sol/ - interesting premise, I'm interested already

Meh, took a few minutes, I think it looks rather crap tbh.

Legendary Films' first-ever Comic-Con panel will feature Mass Effect: The Movie and Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim.

According to Legendary's press release, Game creator Casey Hudson and the adaptation's screenwriter, Mark Protosevich, will be on hand Friday, July 22, for a panel providing our first glimpse at the highly-anticipated movie based on the popular game.

Mass Effect fans, Jace, Cambo, MJ...



That's a bit out of nowhere tbh. Don't have much hope either.

I've been working tonight to try to make my own film forum - would you mind taking a look and leaving any feedback you have, maybe joining and becoming my first members? Thanks!

I LOVE YOU ALL REALLY!

I've been working tonight to try to make my own film forum - would you mind taking a look and leaving any feedback you have, maybe joining and becoming my first members? Thanks!

I LOVE YOU ALL REALLY!

Registered. I've never been a member of a forum right from it's birth before.

Conan film doesn't look bad.



I believe I just decoded your avatar.

So Shia LaBeouf actually turns down good movies to act in Transformers and stuff?

What a fool. And you know what, I'm glad. He would have ruined both those films.

Harrison Ford also called him a ****ing idiot for his comments about Indy 4.

Back from Harry Potter.

Agreed. I wonder what role he was offered in The Social Network, though.

Also, apparently Boyle's first choice for 127 Hours was Cillian Murphy, who couldn't commit because of scheduling problems or something. I wonder how that would have panned out if it had gone through.

Back from Harry Potter.

And?

Thoughts?

I'm not really sure what I think. I don't think it was a particularly bad film, but there was absolutely no kind of emotion or depth there. To give an example, right at the start of the film there is the scene that is supposed to be the turning point of the story, where Harry is faced with a choice between seeing Griphook or Ollivander first. The film glosses over this completely, and it does this at every major moment. It was as if they were hurrying to fill in a checklist of all of the events rather than making a film, and the result was a mess of pretty lights instead of a story. And pointless 3D.

I'm also struggling to see the purpose of the film. For anyone who loved the books it serves as a flimsy replica without anything that made them great, and to anyone who doesn't already know the story the film is completely indecipherable. The woman next to me asked her husband at one point "Is Harry Snape's son?" and while this is a patently ludicrous suggestion, based solely on the material provided I could see how that conclusion could be drawn. I need to sleep on it and then plan a review about it, so my thoughts will be a lot more coherent tomorrow if you are interested, but that's the best I've got for now.