LadyCrimson Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 ... for why Maul was so one-dimensional and focused, and not exactly the smart manipulator. That saber fight at the end with him was awesome tho. I remember buying the DVD for the movie only for that reason and watched it several times. 2 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 ... for why Maul was so one-dimensional and focused, and not exactly the smart manipulator.That saber fight at the end with him was awesome tho. I remember buying the DVD for the movie only for that reason and watched it several times. That and Duel of the Fates is the only good part of Ep 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Untrue, as Pernilla August's Schmi Skywalker was in that movie. Only actor in the entire prequel trilogy who managed to give a good performance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I always thought that getting such bad performances from so many decent actors was quite the feat 3 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Yeah, George Lucas really outdid himself there. 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I do find it kind of amazing how well the stories and characters of the prequel trilogy actually hang together.. when you read the novels compared to when you watch the films. The films are entertaining in one way, and the soundtracks are pretty gorgeous... but the books just actually fill in a lot of what seem like plot-holes or just shift the tone of some scenes and dialogue somehow. 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I'm sneaking in a viewing of Bright at work. The reviews were pretty poor, but since it doesn't open with the protagonist prank calling the antagonist, I can already say it's better than The Last Jedi. 3 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Here's what Kylo Ren thought of the Last Jedi: 1 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 So Bright wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, but I still enjoyed it and will be watching the sequel they greenlit. Hopefully the second is a lot more focused. There's a point in Bright where it became clear it was subject to last minute changes. The Elf who did nothing but panic and talk in Elvish suddenly gives clear exposition in English. And from that point forward, it felt like all the bits about a dark lord must have been added last minute. Thankfully this dark lord never shows up and we still have no reason to think it's anything more than a crazy cult. I don't mind the idea of a dark lord in the past, or even the idea that some evil Elvish cult wants to bring him back, but the threat should stay just with those Elves being jerks. Not with the actual threat of ancient evils. I also like that the Orcs have their prophecies, the Elves have their dark lords, and the humans just think it's all bull****. And we never have any clear answer about if they're right. 2 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Finally catching Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and I have honestly never been so bored by a film that looks this pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Then you haven't seen Jupiter Ascending yet! This movie was such a turd, I had to shut it off about halfway through. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 You are correct, I skipped that one since I have yet to be in the mood to take another chance on the Wachowski's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I would have preferred if Valerian was outright bad so I could have saved two hours and done anything else, but it didn't get bad enough for me to walk away. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Then you haven't seen Jupiter Ascending yet! This movie was such a turd, I had to shut it off about halfway through. I actually didn't shut that movie off. Although I probably should have. Later I found hubby watching it (HBO, as usual) and I warned him, but he didn't listen. He did however come to me later and tell me I was right. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Jupiter Ascending had the most boring action I've seen in a film. I somehow enjoyed the movie by the end, but I couldn't tell you why or how. The only thing that stuck with me is feeling like the action scenes went way too long and how all the tension was sucked out of them. 1 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oner Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Watched Bright as well, fun movie. For a Shadowrun ripoff they tifted some of the better elements of the setting. 1 Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Jupiter Ascending had the most boring action I've seen in a film. I somehow enjoyed the movie by the end, but I couldn't tell you why or how. The only thing that stuck with me is feeling like the action scenes went way too long and how all the tension was sucked out of them. It did have some really interesting visuals and aesthetics. Plus Eddie Redmayne doing some gloriously over the top scene chewing. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Bright, I liked it more than I thought I would after reading a few reviews but it was easily my favorite movie of this month and probably before that even. Urban fantasy is my jam though so it was right up my alley and likely the closest I'll ever get to a Shadowrun movie/show. The story could have used another pass or three and the graphics on level 3 needed to be tightened up a bit but my wife and I enjoyed it all the same. I'm glad to hear there's already a sequel in the works. 2 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicMage117 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I've seen almost all his films, the only ones I can say that stick out to me as non-samey is his teen act in Nightmare On Elm Street which was his very first film, and then Edward Scissorhands, and Gilbert Grape where he wasn't interjecting some non-seriousness somewhere. Sleepy Hollow was the first movie in which featured his famous nose twitch/lip quiver experssion in which made him look a bit nervous, every movie since then (serious and comedy), including Pirates, The Lone Ranger, Sleepy Hollow, The 9th Gate and even the movie where he had his comsienceness uploaded to a computer all have this same quality among others found with the likeness of his Sleepy Hollow character in some way or another. When they revealed his casting as the icr prince in the new Harry Potter movie, fans outraged and I think it's because of this. However, if it was the 80's or 90's, they'd be cheering because those were the days where everyone loved Johnny. Even Chocolate which was a romance movie where he played a gypsy was ultimately ruined by Depp forcing his previo character unto the set. But all that said, I'll always love Pirates and Edward Scissorhands. Those are classics and fit young Johnny and old Johnny the best imo. Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother? What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest. Begone! Lest I draw my nail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Caught The last Jedi at the imax tonight. Some ups and downs, can see where they borrowed beats from both Empire Strikes, and Return of the Jedi then tried adding their own twists. For the non-spoilery aspect, I do have to question the whole design and logic of those bombers at the start of the movie. They were.. immensely jarring. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Bright was a good pilot for a CW show. Wait, you're telling me it was a movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 The Disaster Artist. "Oh hai, Mark. Oh hai, Mark. Oh hai, Greg." Good film overall that balances fairly nicely the funnier and darker sides of the story of the making of The Room. Clearly it's at its best when it's all about the making of the film, and it takes a while to get there, but still, very enjoyable overall. My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoman2 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 i saw the Last Jedi yesterday. it felt like watching a 2 hour long battle of Hoth The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huinehtar Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Saw the Last Jedi yesterday too. Tired of these tries to make war funny. And no, all of these tries to make us feel empathy are just... plain and superficial. Coruscant in Episode IV was the Guernica of space fantasy movies. At first it was horrible as idea, and rightfully so. But bloodshed after bloodshed, death star after death star, it is just like all bombing and wars now, 80 years later. Now it's like "Oh? Who cares?", the movie even drives us to the "epicness" of some war B-movies, with no tension about war and suffering. It's all about force, few "heroes" and baddies, and... oh wait, please don't shake the system, do you? This is not only creepy, this just pure madness. The SW could have turned into something more intimate and more crude in the vein of a futuristic Incendies, especially with few themes used in TLJ. But no, it's just a big cinematic trailer for the new Battlefront videogame. With the casino, the movie even has microtransactions... On the plus side, during the scene when Holdo counterattack the FO fleet, during that silent moment, there was someone in the theater who was sleeping and snored very loudly. That succeeded to make a lot people laughing even a bit more during the movie. Oh and in the very second screen, there was a grammar error for the french version. So, that was the movie many SF "fans" wanted to watch instead of Blade Runner 2049? Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiach Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) Bright http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519340/ Decent enough movie if you can buy into the Lord of the Rings/Training Day premise. There's alot going on in the movie, they try to fit 2000 years of lore into a 2 hour movie, so if you like LOTR and Warcraft, you will "get it" more than somebody coming in cold. I liked it alot, mainly due to its mix of genres, not an easy thing to pull off. https://youtu.be/6EZCBSsBxko Edited December 24, 2017 by Fiach Thanks for shopping Pawn-O-Matic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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