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traveler · 06-14-2009, 02:48 AM

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Day The Earth Stood Still 2008

I never saw the original 1950's version. I'd like to see that one.

I have now seen the original Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

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bajo · 06-24-2009, 04:52 AM

TRANSPORTERS 2 yeah baby.. at midnight !

polonyc2 · 06-24-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bajo

TRANSPORTERS 2 yeah baby.. at midnight !

Transporters?...you mean that martial arts guy who beats up everyone?

or are you referring to Transformers?

bajo · 06-24-2009, 06:18 AM

lol, I knew I was 1/2 asleep at 3am...!

*zapionics<alt>* · 06-24-2009, 08:58 AM

I have just watched a documentary called "MAN ON WIRE" which is about the wirewalker Philippe Petit and his high-wire walk between the twin towers in 1974.

Link

This video is absolutely breathtaking... or more precisely this story is breathtaking. The man displays unbounded passion for his vision and the documentary describes how he goes about achieving the vision, overcoming all the obstacles.

Philippe Petit

The documentary is set out like a heist film showing the daring planning, as well as the astounding execution of the event on the day. What he did was illegal and insane by any normal measure. But it was also magnificent.

This man is living life to the full. The way he describes it in one of the interviews is that the challenge for him every day is in finding ways to enjoy life to the max, its not about thrill seeking but seems to be about living.

Truly an inspiring individual and an incredible and breathtaking achievement. When you see him performing the ... dance... on the wire it is both unbelievable and breathtaking, never would I believe anyone could do this unless I saw it myself (on the video anyhow).

We go back to before the twin towers existed which is when he first began thinking about doing this ... we see some footage of the towers being built... and its an amazing contrast to 911 images which I usually think about whenever the subject of the twin towers comes up... now I think that whenever someone mentions the twin towers I am going to think about this amazing event rather than about 911.

I have absolutely no idea why he didnt fall to his death doing this. Or why in all the other countless walks that he has done he hasnt fallen. It seems an impossible thing for any man to do, but he has done it.
Awesome.

Vheox · 06-24-2009, 09:44 AM

I saw that a while back, definitely worth watching

XJ. · 06-24-2009, 07:11 PM

The day the Earth Stood Still - modern version.
Terminator Salvation.

*zapionics<alt>* · 06-25-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by XJ.

The day the Earth Stood Still - modern version...

Speaking of bad movies, I just saw Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen... and I havent got a lot to say about it, unfortunately. Basically the director spams us with special effects and must hope we wont notice anything else.

XJ. · 06-25-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Speaking of bad movies, I just saw Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen... and I havent got a lot to say about it, unfortunately. Basically the director spams us with special effects and must hope we wont notice anything else.

That's a drag

Sir Skully · 06-26-2009, 12:29 AM

The wife and I saw Angels and Demons, with Tom Hanks.
For us the violence was over the top...

polonyc2 · 06-28-2009, 03:15 PM

just saw Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen in IMAX

yes the story was kinda stupid and the movie was kinda long...but...who cares!!...the movie is what it is...it's not an art film and won't win best picture at the Oscars...it's a balls to the wall action flick and for that I enjoyed it...plus we not only got one smokin hot girl--Megan Fox but the other girl playing the Decepticon was also smokin...the action was even more crazy then the 1st movie

therein lies one of my major issues with the movie...the robot fighting was even harder to follow in this movie then the last...everything was happening so fast with quick cuts in and out that it was hard to tell exactly what the hell was going on...I thought Michael Bay was gonna fix this issue from the last movie...if anything it is worse this time around...all I could make out was a robot's hand here, a leg there...couldn't tell who was who and what the heck was going on at times...I mean is it that hard to either A) slow down the fighting or B) shoot wider shots

but the fighting looks amazing even when I couldn't tell what exactly was happening...Devastator and Starscream were bad ***...definitely see it in IMAX if you get the chance...just like The Dark Knight there were a few select scenes shot specifically with IMAX cameras (the forest fight and the pyramid fight) and both looked stunning in IMAX...I also hear the IMAX cut has extended fight scenes and runs a bit longer then the regular version

*zapionics<alt>* · 07-07-2009, 06:02 AM

Sry if these have been discussed earlier, but I just saw a couple of "eastern eye" movies (asian) and they were both fantastic.

First, "The Host". A movie about a big mutant monster, kinda part squid, part killer shark living in Seouls Han river. Sounds like one of those bad 1950's Japanese monster movies right? Well, no its firstly a work of art - from the very first scene, first frame, this movie looks really slick. In fact the first scene (in the lab) looked stunning with a kind of noir tone but at the same time with a fresh and sharp look. The acting is good to excellent, with a mix of humour and terror in the dialog. Both done extremely well. At times it borders on hammy, but never quite falls into that trap. The story also grabbed me and kept the interest up all the way until the last frame.

Some scenes are so good, I nearly fell of my chair! Such as very early on when a student is sitting on some grass listening to her iPod, blissfully unaware of whats happening behind her, then WHAM! She's fish food... it was brilliant. Scenes with children were also nerve wracking and shocking, (especially given that we dont usually see children being eaten alive in Hollywood movies...)

But dont let me misrepresent this movie; the acting, plot and story are excellent, disbelief is well suspended and the sense of terror very pervasive.

The second movie is "Brotherhood of War". This is an anti-war movie with a good story about two brothers who find themselves drafted into the Korean war against their will, as so many did at that time.

This movie has easily the best and most graphic depiction of battle scenes that I have ever seen, easily beating any movie thats come out of Hollywood in the past couple of decades.
To give you an idea, the statistics say there were 15,000 bullets expended, 3000 extras, and 500 stunt experts and I can well believe it.

The violence is extreme but it never becomes "sick" as it is always consistent with the plot and the Korean war setting. Its just graphic, violent and visceral... real I would call it. The relationship between the two brothers is very well portrayed, believable and there are moments of great joy and great sorrow as the events unfold. The end runs the risk of melodrama, but fortunately manages to pull it all off gracefully IMO.

Both fantastic movies that I was fortunate to have accidentally picked up.

Maico Shark · 07-07-2009, 11:58 AM

We just went to see ICE AGE the new installment. Light comedy, just what we were looking for. Great graphics.

XJ. · 07-07-2009, 05:11 PM

Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen: The effects were awesome, but got in the way of the story. Micheal Bay needs to return to the basics and knock off the stupid humor. Oh, and if I ever see John Turturro in a thong again I'll run out of the theater and throw up!

polonyc2 · 07-08-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by polonyc2

just saw Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen in IMAX

a parady of Michael Bay films from the Robot Chicken guys...

YouTube - Robot Chicken: Baysplosions!!!

06-24-2009, 04:52 AM	#3542
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06-24-2009, 06:18 AM	#3544
bajo C1eaner Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: TX, USA Posts: 17,254	Re: What movie did you just see? TRANSFORMERS2 lol, I knew I was 1/2 asleep at 3am...! __________________ USA "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." Duke (The Shootist) Gigabyte_AGP_LGA775, PentiumD960_dual core 3.6GHz, SapphireHD3850_AGP512MB_DDR2, WD RaptorX 150GB SATA_clearTop_16MB + Seagate 1TB SATA_32MB, CorsairDominator 2GB 8500_1066MHz, Dell 24" 2408WFP *AGP +DVIx2 +HDMI +DisplayPort +USB2x4, XPproSP3 Inspiron9400 17"uxga CentrinoC2duoT7600_2.39GHz_685MHz 4GB Micron6400@800_675_400MHz GeForceGo7900GSMobileForce_M6Enhanced_256MB 2x500GbSATA_7200rpm_16MBcache Vista hp, VistaP6002_SP2
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06-24-2009, 08:58 AM	#3545
zapionics<alt> <unknown level> Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 3,647	Re: What movie did you just see? I have just watched a documentary called "MAN ON WIRE" which is about the wirewalker Philippe Petit and his high-wire walk between the twin towers in 1974. Link This video is absolutely breathtaking... or more precisely this story is breathtaking. The man displays unbounded passion for his vision and the documentary describes how he goes about achieving the vision, overcoming all the obstacles. Philippe Petit The documentary is set out like a heist film showing the daring planning, as well as the astounding execution of the event on the day. What he did was illegal and insane by any normal measure. But it was also magnificent. This man is living life to the full. The way he describes it in one of the interviews is that the challenge for him every day is in finding ways to enjoy life to the max, its not about thrill seeking but seems to be about living. Truly an inspiring individual and an incredible and breathtaking achievement. When you see him performing the ... dance... on the wire it is both unbelievable and breathtaking, never would I believe anyone could do this unless I saw it myself (on the video anyhow). We go back to before the twin towers existed which is when he first began thinking about doing this ... we see some footage of the towers being built... and its an amazing contrast to 911 images which I usually think about whenever the subject of the twin towers comes up... now I think that whenever someone mentions the twin towers I am going to think about this amazing event rather than about 911. I have absolutely no idea why he didnt fall to his death doing this. Or why in all the other countless walks that he has done he hasnt fallen. It seems an impossible thing for any man to do, but he has done it. Awesome. __________________ * Please note: any advertising within this post has been placed there by the site owner and NOT by me! * "To Boldly Go..."
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06-24-2009, 09:44 AM	#3546
Vheox Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,572	Re: What movie did you just see? I saw that a while back, definitely worth watching
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06-24-2009, 07:11 PM	#3547
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06-26-2009, 12:29 AM	#3550
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06-28-2009, 03:15 PM	#3551
polonyc2 Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 8,200	just saw Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen in IMAX yes the story was kinda stupid and the movie was kinda long...but...who cares!!...the movie is what it is...it's not an art film and won't win best picture at the Oscars...it's a balls to the wall action flick and for that I enjoyed it...plus we not only got one smokin hot girl--Megan Fox but the other girl playing the Decepticon was also smokin...the action was even more crazy then the 1st movie therein lies one of my major issues with the movie...the robot fighting was even harder to follow in this movie then the last...everything was happening so fast with quick cuts in and out that it was hard to tell exactly what the hell was going on...I thought Michael Bay was gonna fix this issue from the last movie...if anything it is worse this time around...all I could make out was a robot's hand here, a leg there...couldn't tell who was who and what the heck was going on at times...I mean is it that hard to either A) slow down the fighting or B) shoot wider shots but the fighting looks amazing even when I couldn't tell what exactly was happening...Devastator and Starscream were bad *...definitely see it in IMAX if you get the chance...just like The Dark Knight there were a few select scenes shot specifically with IMAX cameras (the forest fight and the pyramid fight) and both looked stunning in IMAX...I also hear the IMAX cut has extended fight scenes and runs a bit longer then the regular version __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) * XFX GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB Intel E8400 * Noctua NH-U12P G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB WD6401AALS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX850W AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
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07-07-2009, 06:02 AM	#3552
zapionics<alt> <unknown level> Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 3,647	Re: What movie did you just see? Sry if these have been discussed earlier, but I just saw a couple of "eastern eye" movies (asian) and they were both fantastic. First, "The Host". A movie about a big mutant monster, kinda part squid, part killer shark living in Seouls Han river. Sounds like one of those bad 1950's Japanese monster movies right? Well, no its firstly a work of art - from the very first scene, first frame, this movie looks really slick. In fact the first scene (in the lab) looked stunning with a kind of noir tone but at the same time with a fresh and sharp look. The acting is good to excellent, with a mix of humour and terror in the dialog. Both done extremely well. At times it borders on hammy, but never quite falls into that trap. The story also grabbed me and kept the interest up all the way until the last frame. Some scenes are so good, I nearly fell of my chair! Such as very early on when a student is sitting on some grass listening to her iPod, blissfully unaware of whats happening behind her, then WHAM! She's fish food... it was brilliant. Scenes with children were also nerve wracking and shocking, (especially given that we dont usually see children being eaten alive in Hollywood movies...) But dont let me misrepresent this movie; the acting, plot and story are excellent, disbelief is well suspended and the sense of terror very pervasive. The second movie is "Brotherhood of War". This is an anti-war movie with a good story about two brothers who find themselves drafted into the Korean war against their will, as so many did at that time. This movie has easily the best and most graphic depiction of battle scenes that I have ever seen, easily beating any movie thats come out of Hollywood in the past couple of decades. To give you an idea, the statistics say there were 15,000 bullets expended, 3000 extras, and 500 stunt experts and I can well believe it. The violence is extreme but it never becomes "sick" as it is always consistent with the plot and the Korean war setting. Its just graphic, violent and visceral... real I would call it. The relationship between the two brothers is very well portrayed, believable and there are moments of great joy and great sorrow as the events unfold. The end runs the risk of melodrama, but fortunately manages to pull it all off gracefully IMO. Both fantastic movies that I was fortunate to have accidentally picked up. __________________ * Please note: any advertising within this post has been placed there by the site owner and NOT by me! * "To Boldly Go..." Last edited by zapionics<alt>; 07-07-2009 at 06:08 AM..
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07-07-2009, 11:58 AM	#3553
Maico Shark Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	Re: What movie did you just see? We just went to see ICE AGE the new installment. Light comedy, just what we were looking for. Great graphics.
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07-07-2009, 05:11 PM	#3554
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