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2010/04/27 02:54:11
Subject: Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
Albatross wrote:I'll tell you what I saw recently and liked: Shutter Island.
I thought it was really good.
AGREED First The Departed, now Shutter Island. Martin Scorcese can do no wrong
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2010/04/27 04:02:52
Subject: Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
Frazzled wrote:On the positive Iron Man II and Ridley Scott's Robin Hood are within 30 days of liftoff.
I’m cautiously optimistic over Iron Man II, and have an almost complete disinterest in Robin Hood. I just can’t see the fun in Ridley Scott taking the Robin Hood story way too seriously. His track record after Blackhawk Down has been pretty woeful – Kingdom of Heaven, Body of Lies, and A Good Year were bad movies. Matchstick Men and American Gangster were reasonable but completely forgettable – so the guy is looking at 0/5 for the decade.
There’s a very high chance Robin Hood will suck, and suck badly.
Albatross wrote:I'll tell you what I saw recently and liked: Shutter Island.
I thought it was really good.
Yeah? I thought it was alright. It was obviously skilfully made and performed, but do you really think there was enough in the script? Most everyone I know seemed to guess what was going to happen, and were kind of waiting for a real twist that never came.
It was redeemed by a very cool final couple of minutes but I’m sure that was enough. It certainly wasn’t The Departed.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/04/27 04:14:04
Subject: Re:Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
I watched it a couple nights ago... Fething terrible. The humour wasn't funny, the dialogue sounds like it was cut from a badly written sci-fi novel, I still don't understand why the blue people made stuff glow when they stepped on it, the story was literally Pocahantas in Space (And I'm guessing AII will be the Little Mermaid ), and I spent the whole film wondering how James Cameron - of all people - could come up with a name as stupid as "Unobtainium" for an element. Really the only thing this movie had going for it was the 3D. And I didn't even get 3D. In fact, I was actually so bored after the first hour that I actually got up and started painting the Honoured Imperium set I had picked up the same day. I only looked up at the TV when it sounded like some big scene was about to go down.
All told, a big 0/5 stars. I love sci fi, but there was just absolutely nothing in this film for me.
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metallifan wrote:and I spent the whole film wondering how James Cameron - of all people - could come up with a name as stupid as "Unobtainium" for an element.
He didn’t come up with it, it’s a fairly classic name used in science fiction for any property with impossible properties, it is used more often in summaries and discussion of works than in the books themselves, but it is does make its way into works from time to time. I think it was first used to describe the material coating the flying saucers in HG Wells' War of the Worlds.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/04/27 08:42:24
Subject: Re:Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
sebster wrote:Yeah? I thought it was alright. It was obviously skilfully made and performed, but do you really think there was enough in the script? Most everyone I know seemed to guess what was going to happen, and were kind of waiting for a real twist that never came.
It was redeemed by a very cool final couple of minutes but I’m sure that was enough. It certainly wasn’t The Departed.
Yeah, I liked it. I totally know what you mean about the twist, though... although, I'll admit I was looking for a 'double twist', if you follow. I can't say too much here, obviously - some people may not have seen it.
But all in all, yeah, it was good - very nicely shot, good acting all round (Ben Kingsley in particular), and some interesting ideas. I loved the way the atmosphere was built - I didn't know anything about the film before I saw it, and thought it was going to turn out to be some sort of supernatural horror, especially given the soundtrack. VERY Kubrick.
Was there much in the script? Did there need to be? I dunno, for me it was all about the atmosphere. Very unsettling.
Will it change the world? No. Did I enjoy it after 2 bottles of cheap wine? Yes.
That's entertainment!
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Albatross wrote:Will it change the world? No. Did I enjoy it after 2 bottles of cheap wine? Yes.
That's entertainment!
That's about it, yeah. Great mood, strong performances (it's so good to see Kingsley working in a-list films again after a long time in the wilderness) built around a decent if unremarkable script (though the last two minutes were pretty interesting). Might have suffered in my eyes just because its Scorcese, and so you expect a lot.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/04/27 09:03:23
Subject: Re:Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
metallifan wrote:and I spent the whole film wondering how James Cameron - of all people - could come up with a name as stupid as "Unobtainium" for an element.
As Sebster said, the name's been around for a while. However, unlike what Sebster said, it's not just used when talking about fiction. It's also used in engineering and thought experiments.
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2010/04/27 09:41:16
Subject: Re:Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
Platuan4th wrote:As Sebster said, the name's been around for a while. However, unlike what Sebster said, it's not just used when talking about fiction. It's also used in engineering and thought experiments.
Interesting, I didn't know that. Cheers.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/04/27 11:57:22
Subject: Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
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2010/04/27 12:00:24
Subject: Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
I thoroughly enjoyed Shutter Island. Even DeCRAPio pulled off a good acting performance.
Total mind feth at the end though. I now must read the book (as books do a much better job of ending stories).
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2010/04/28 11:00:41
Subject: Re:Avatar 2 plotline reveled. LET THE RAGE BEGIN.
Albatross wrote:Will it change the world? No. Did I enjoy it after 2 bottles of cheap wine? Yes.
That's entertainment!
That's about it, yeah. Great mood, strong performances (it's so good to see Kingsley working in a-list films again after a long time in the wilderness) built around a decent if unremarkable script (though the last two minutes were pretty interesting). Might have suffered in my eyes just because its Scorcese, and so you expect a lot.
Strange as it may sound, I didn't realise it was a Scorsese film until the end credits! I think this might have helped, actually...
I didn't really know anything about the film before I saw it, I only knew that DiCaprio was in it. Which wasn't quite enough to put me off.
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), and I spent the whole film wondering how James Cameron - of all people - could come up with a name as stupid as "Unobtainium" for an element. Really the only thing this movie had going for it was the 3D. And I didn't even get 3D. In fact, I was actually so bored after the first hour that I actually got up and started painting the Honoured Imperium set I had picked up the same day. I only looked up at the TV when it sounded like some big scene was about to go down.
