[quote]Shire wrote:
rsg wrote:
TseanS wrote:
What do you guys think of I am legend? I went to see it when it first came out and I just got the dvd. For me its one of the best movies of all time.
Really? I liked it up until Will died, the ending was weak in my opinion.
Watch the alternate ending its way better. And funnier.[/quote]
Will do, I haven’t watched the dvd yet. I would of prefered him to live alright no chance of a sequel, at least not with him anyway.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
Agreed on all points except the “all time favorite” one. I like ROTS the best among the newer Star Wars films, but it doesn’t even come close to the original 3.[/quote]
I should’ve clarified: it’s ONE of my all-time favorites. My all time favorite is The Departed for more reasons that I could list.
[quote]As for Hayden, you guys hear he’s going to be the main character Case in a movie adaptation of Neuromancer?
If that wasn’t bad enough, the director is Joseph Kahn who directed the infamous turd Torque.
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Destined for failure. Pretty much everyone in Star Wars have no careers, except Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, the guy that plays Obi-Wan in the newer trilogy, and a few others.
Also as a Geek reminder Iron Man may 1st (over here anyway!)
[quote]TseanS wrote:
Also as a Geek reminder Iron Man may 1st (over here anyway!)[/quote]
Your talking about the Irish release right? Is that the same as the UK release?
[quote]Shire wrote:
rsg wrote:
TseanS wrote:
What do you guys think of I am legend? I went to see it when it first came out and I just got the dvd. For me its one of the best movies of all time.
Really? I liked it up until Will died, the ending was weak in my opinion.
Watch the alternate ending its way better. And funnier.[/quote]
See him leaving to me equalled weak. The name of the book comes from the fact that he’s the monster that the half vampires are afraid of instead of vice versa. See in the novel he goes around killing them where he finds them, since they become comatose during the day time.
Hate to say it, but the book was much better. The movie was definitely not bad, but didn’t really capture what the book was all about.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
TseanS wrote:
What do you guys think of I am legend? I went to see it when it first came out and I just got the dvd. For me its one of the best movies of all time.
To me the sub-standard CGI of the creatures ruined the movie. I know it sounds like such a ticky-tack thing, but whenever something I consider an error keeps popping up in a movie (similiar to bad sound/lighting), it keeps me from enjoying the story. On a big budget movie like this, any CGI used should be top-notch. Otherwise don’t use it at all.
To each their own.
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For some strange reason, those creatures looked way better on dvd. It was like they cleaned up some of the CGI after the release in theaters.
[quote]ghost wrote:
Hate to say it, but the book was much better. The movie was definitely not bad, but didn’t really capture what the book was all about.[/quote]
If you are talking about The Mist, I agree. But I also consider one of the better book adaptations I’ve seen in a movie. They stuck pretty damn close to the story. They obviously couldn’t get you inside the head of the lead character as well as the book did which is where I think they came up short. Scenes like his kid holding his neighbor’s hand when they first walked into the store lent itself to an entire spiel of thoughts about his son and his neighbor that they could only adapt as a quick look in the movie.
I give it credit for doing a good job. Stephen King is a great author. It is hard to put his mind directly into film.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I give it credit for doing a good job. Stephen King is a great author. It is hard to put his mind directly into film.[/quote]
What other books have you read by him? I think I’ve read half of them.
[quote]Shire wrote:
TseanS wrote:
Also as a Geek reminder Iron Man may 1st (over here anyway!)
Your talking about the Irish release right? Is that the same as the UK release?[/quote]
Im not 100% sure but I think they are the same, if you plan on going to see it you should check.
The second Star Wars Trilogy lost its flare when they did the animated Clone Wars on The Cartoon Network. The animated series so far out shined the Actual movies it was almost criminal to watch the Revenge of the Sith.
The Clone Wars had great character development and set up General Greivous to be one of the wickedest villians in the Star Wars Universe, only to become some wheezing overgrown vacuum in the Revenge of the Sith. It was disappointing and they turned Darth Vader into a Emo pansy.
Maybe if they didn’t do the Animated Series, I wouldn’t have been expecting it to live up to the same standard and I would have been content with what they gave us. Which in retrospect was a Gigantic tribute to Obi-Wan. Instead of a deeper look into the development of Vader.
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I give it credit for doing a good job. Stephen King is a great author. It is hard to put his mind directly into film.
What other books have you read by him? I think I’ve read half of them.[/quote]
I think the better question would be which ones haven’t I read. I am reading Cell right now and have pretty much been through everything he’s written in the “horror” genre, including his other “ghost writer” name (Richard Bachman). The only ones I didn’t actually read are The Green Mile or any of the Dark Tower novels (I just never actually bought them). As for The Green Mile, I started it, but the fact that he kept releasing it in sections turned me off from finishing it.
I consider him one of the greatest writers around today. The only other one I will read in that way is some of Robin Cook’s stuff mostly because he is a doctor and approaches his stories from that angle. I read Mutation years ago and it is still one of my favorites.
There really aren’t any other authors that I will read like that.
[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
The second Star Wars Trilogy lost its flare when they did the animated Clone Wars on The Cartoon Network.[/quote]
There is a CGI Star Wars movie coming out in theaters later this year based on the Clone Wars. It will set up a new series on I believe Cartoon Network. Also, there is going to be a Star Wars live-action TV show, based on the years between Episode 3 and Episode 4; primarily, the rise of the Empire. Lastly, I agree. Thanks to George’s idiocy, Vader wasn’t scary or angry at all, just a wimp who’s afraid of nightmares.
I thought the Cell was an excellent read. If you like Stephen King, check out Neil Gaiman
[quote]Padilla7921 wrote:
Pootie Tang wrote:
The second Star Wars Trilogy lost its flare when they did the animated Clone Wars on The Cartoon Network.
There is a CGI Star Wars movie coming out in theaters later this year based on the Clone Wars. It will set up a new series on I believe Cartoon Network. Also, there is going to be a Star Wars live-action TV show, based on the years between Episode 3 and Episode 4; primarily, the rise of the Empire. Lastly, I agree. Thanks to George’s idiocy, Vader wasn’t scary or angry at all, just a wimp who’s afraid of nightmares.[/quote]
At first I thought Hayden Christenson (or however the fuck you spell it) was to blame. But really with a script and dialogue like that, he did the best he could.
Of course you can always fault him for actually agreeing to say shit like:
“From my point of view the Jedi are evil!”
“LIAR!!!”
“What have I done?!?!?”
“You’re the Sith Lord!”
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
At first I thought Hayden Christenson (or however the fuck you spell it) was to blame. But really with a script and dialogue like that, he did the best he could.[/quote]
That’s true. Everything was just better in Episodes 4-6. There was great acting, great dialogue, a great plot. I think the plot in 2 and 3 were adequate at best, but 1…well, let me use an example: Jar-Jar Binks.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
TseanS wrote:
What do you guys think of I am legend? I went to see it when it first came out and I just got the dvd. For me its one of the best movies of all time.
To me the sub-standard CGI of the creatures ruined the movie. I know it sounds like such a ticky-tack thing, but whenever something I consider an error keeps popping up in a movie (similiar to bad sound/lighting), it keeps me from enjoying the story. On a big budget movie like this, any CGI used should be top-notch. Otherwise don’t use it at all.
To each their own.
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Unfortunately I have to agree with you, many films set the standards over the lasts couple of years. The idea of creating something on film that’s supernatural needs to be as realistic looking as possible, the special effects is suppose to make the creatures look realistic. They failed to do this and it spoiled the movie for me a bit. Taking the rest in to consideration, the story line and ending was good and I think W.Smith sold the story very well. I will not be surprised if there is a sequel!?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Natural Nate wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I give it credit for doing a good job. Stephen King is a great author. It is hard to put his mind directly into film.
What other books have you read by him? I think I’ve read half of them.
I think the better question would be which ones haven’t I read. I am reading Cell right now and have pretty much been through everything he’s written in the “horror” genre, including his other “ghost writer” name (Richard Bachman). The only ones I didn’t actually read are The Green Mile or any of the Dark Tower novels (I just never actually bought them). As for The Green Mile, I started it, but the fact that he kept releasing it in sections turned me off from finishing it.
I consider him one of the greatest writers around today. The only other one I will read in that way is some of Robin Cook’s stuff mostly because he is a doctor and approaches his stories from that angle. I read Mutation years ago and it is still one of my favorites.
There really aren’t any other authors that I will read like that.[/quote]
I finished the Dark Tower series a couple months ago, and had a great time reading them all. With the series finally complete, and re-edited by King, it is now the story he has always wanted to tell. Being well versed in King’s naratives you may have alot of fun reading the Dark Tower series. Many of King’s (as both King and Bachman) other books contribute to the all-emcompassing, unifying axis that is the Dark Tower.
For other Dark Tower and comic fans King is venturing into the comic book world releasing part of the fourth volume (Wizard and Glass) as a 6-issue miniseries. Each book is hand painted the art work is some of the best I’ve ever seen in comics. A new minseries in production (and future series) will be exploring events that were alluded to but not fully fleshed out. Example: the Battle of Jericho Hill.
Rehashing something from yesterday, I overall thought I Am Legend was extremely weak. I actually saw it in theatres, something I do very seldomly these days, and was rather unimpressed. After I saw it I heard about how “tense” and “nerve-wracking” it was. I thought it was pretty boring, really. Not only that, but the A.I. development for the “zombie” creature was pretty inconsistant, and the whole last twenty-five minutes of the movie felt rushed and produced to fit a certain dateline.
As for Star Wars, I don’t think there’s any beating the original three, but for God’s sake, we need to stop editing the movies with CGI! I’m sick of seeing all these new effects I’ve never known through the movies.
The new ones were okay but necessary, but the last one did break my heart. I think it was more through Ewan McGregor’s acting than anything else, but I did think Revenge of the Sith was the best of the new three.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Natural Nate wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I am reading Cell right now and have pretty much been through everything he’s written in the “horror” genre, including his other “ghost writer” name (Richard Bachman).[/quote]
Geek alert my at&t location is right where the original “outbreak” takes place. I hope if they film the movie here my store gets a cameo.