Amentep Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) The Spirit. Man, Will Eisner deserved better, fell asleep half way through. It was a really cozy little nap, but still. Easily one of the worst films I've ever been subjected to. Its sad when the most entertaining part of the film is listening to the lady behind you in the theater whispering to her companions "Does this make any sense to you? This **** doesn't make any sense to me. What the hell is this even about?" Edited May 2, 2009 by Amentep I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Pineapple Express An extremely generous 7/10 There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslug Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 JCVD Jean Claude Van Damme is pretty sweet. Interesting movie but not sure I'd recommend it. I wasn't very pleased with the ending but all in all it was pretty good. 7.8/10 There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 wolverine deadpool, what did they do to you...? when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 wolverine deadpool, what did they do to you...? I don't really know anything about Deadpool as a comic book character,a nd I really enjoy Ryan Reynolds as an actor. Is this movie worth seeing under those circumstances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 wolverine deadpool, what did they do to you...? I don't really know anything about Deadpool as a comic book character, and I really enjoy Ryan Reynolds as an actor. Is this movie worth seeing under those circumstances? he's not exactly in it for very long - but pretty amusing in the scenes he is in when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 deadpool, what did they do to you...? It's not the first time a character was raped by hollywood, nor will it be the last J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The Spirit. Man, Will Eisner deserved better, fell asleep half way through. It was a really cozy little nap, but still. Easily one of the worst films I've ever been subjected to. Its sad when the most entertaining part of the film is listening to the lady behind you in the theater whispering to her companions "Does this make any sense to you? This **** doesn't make any sense to me. What the hell is this even about?" The actors had no idea what to do with the material. Knowing it already didn't help me much. The stories aren't fantastic, it's all in the execution and that certain charm that is never carried to the big screen. Maybe it made sense in the 1940s, who knows. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 It got me to thinking about comic book timing though. In a comic you have characters saying lines while they are shooting guns and swashbuckling around. You can't just ignore the fact that that doesn't work in a movie. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure79 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 JCVD Jean Claude Van Damme is pretty sweet. Interesting movie but not sure I'd recommend it. I wasn't very pleased with the ending but all in all it was pretty good. 7.8/10 Watched JCVD too. I thought it was interesting just seeing Van Damme not in an action role and showing the audience what he might have gone through in his mind as the years passed and he got older and less popular. I also recently watched Red Cliff about the famous battle in China during the Three Kingdoms period. Well, I suppose its watchable for audiences not familiar with the source material. I am very interested in that part of Chinese history and pretty familiar with the characters portrayed both in the romanticized Three Kingdoms novel and actual history. I didn't like it. My main beef with the movie is it tries to be too much of a Hollywood grand/epic movie like Troy. From the music to the way the film is shot to the unnecessary love story aspects that they shoved in there, I think it strayed too far from the source. Plus the ending deteriorates into pure nonsense, with the main characters playing hide and seek in a burning building, a female hostage and Cao Cao, one of the most infamous historical figures in Chinese history, saying "Throw her from the roof!". I was rolling my eyes throughout the last hour of the movie. I almost choked when Zhou Yu walked from the battlefield muttering, "There are no victors here." This is of course after the obligatory shot of dead infantry of the two opposite sides lying next to each other. Was John Woo trying to be as cliche as possible? Too many important points that make that battle especially interesting to read about (at least in the novel) were left out and too many things entirely unnecessary were shoved in. They should have made a movie about the Battle at Hu Lao Gate which is more straightforward and actiony compared to the strategem filled battle at Red Cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 wolverine deadpool, what did they do to you...? In the trailer, they show a white shirtless guy with tattoo's on his back thats able to teleport around while laying roundhouse kicks about the place. Who is he? The character, not the actor. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Deadpool Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 It's that annoying guy from Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place who for some reason is getting action roles now, he was in one of the Blade movies as well swinging around Katanas. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Oh he's bad. Ok, I didn't like the Blade Sequels, and found the first barely enjoyable, but the guy had some funny moments in Blade 3. Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I find that Ryan Reynolds makes a lot of movies watch-able. Waiting and Van wilder are the two that come to mind, and I thought he was the only good part of Blade 3. Well, the girl was hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 My vote on that goes to Kris Kristoffersen. I found it rather interesting that the hot bow girl would go vampire hunting while blasting techno on her Ipod, you would think Vampire hunting would require all the senses, but no. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samm Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Best part about Kristoffersen must be some lyrics he wrote, and maybe his political mindset which is so totally unlike the one I'd associate with Country. Last movie I saw was Mr. Deeds. Partially funny, not too annoying. Horrible acting though from the girl's side, at first I thought it was good because she was acting that she was acting, but in the end, when she's meant to be truthful, she's still the same. Ah well. Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want teh kotor 3 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wolvering. ****ing epic. Keep in mind, I've never read one of the comic books, so your mileage may vary. Too muich "acting" though. In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum. R.I.P. KOTOR 2003-2008 KILLED BY THOSE GREEDY MONEY-HOARDING ************* AND THEIR *****-*** MMOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 [The actors had no idea what to do with the material. Knowing it already didn't help me much. The stories aren't fantastic, it's all in the execution and that certain charm that is never carried to the big screen. Maybe it made sense in the 1940s, who knows. I think Frank Miller had no idea what to do with the material. So he made up a bunch of crap that the actors then had no idea what to do with. The original Spirit comic stuff is fairly straightforward stuff. The movie is just total crap. wolverine deadpool, what did they do to you...? I dunno they took a comic character who'd been given superpowers by the Weapon Plus program and turned him into a movie character who...was given superpowers by the Weapon Plus program Yeah I know the scale of things, the degree is vastly different, but conceptually its roughly the same idea so - given the radical departure the X-Films have been from the source material - it doesn't seem a major leap to me. Personally, I thought it was a fun film. Not X-Men or X-Men 2 level, but better than X-Men 3. A fun straight forward blow stuff up action film. Its very much Commando with Mutants though. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Just curious, but how heavy is Wolverine with his adamantium coated skeleton? Seems like the kind of thing that could impact his ability to swim no? Like perhaps when jumping into a lake, or river? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 In one of the comics he just walks on the bottom. Healing factor magic. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 In one of the comics he just walks on the bottom. Healing factor magic. That was my first thought, but then what does he do for air? Does he just have a huge lung capacity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I dunno they took a comic character who'd been given superpowers by the Weapon Plus program and turned him into a movie character who...was given superpowers by the Weapon Plus program Yeah I know the scale of things, the degree is vastly different, but conceptually its roughly the same idea so - given the radical departure the X-Films have been from the source material - it doesn't seem a major leap to me. His superpowers aren't the problem. In the comics, Deadpool had lots of gadgets that gave him different powers, so what if this time he just gets them through genetic tampering? The problem most people have with this movie version of Deadpool (and I agree with them) is that they betrayed the essence of the character. They took the Merc with a Mouth and they took away his mouth . Deadpool has always been defined by his unhinged wit and zaniness, his ability to crack a crazy joke at the most dramatic of times. They removed this character's most important trait and instead turned him into some kind of remote controlled organic terminator with no self-identity . I mean, I don't condemn this movie for it, because it was pretty decent and fun to watch. But Deadpool got screwed over. I understand it when they change things from comics to fit the big screen because film is a different medium, but they have to change it because it would work better. But it didn't. They took a unique character and turned him into something uninspired and derivative. Which is all the more sad because the few moments he's in the movie as Wade Wilson, Ryan Reynolds nails it perfectly. I think that's what saddens me the most. They had the oppertunity and the talent to do justice to a cult favourite but for some reason, they just decided not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 His superpowers aren't the problem. In the comics, Deadpool had lots of gadgets that gave him different powers, so what if this time he just gets them through genetic tampering? The problem most people have with this movie version of Deadpool (and I agree with them) is that they betrayed the essence of the character. They took the Merc with a Mouth and they took away his mouth . Deadpool has always been defined by his unhinged wit and zaniness, his ability to crack a crazy joke at the most dramatic of times. They removed this character's most important trait and instead turned him into some kind of remote controlled organic terminator with no self-identity . And yet its pretty clear that the movie leaves the character in a place - based on the second post-credit sequence with Deadpool shushing the audience - where he could easily be the character from the comic if spun off into his own film I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 What? I sat through all the end credits and all I saw was Wolverine boozing up in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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