General Movie Discussion - **please mark spoilers**

[Mattrick]

It was a pretty decent movie. Having not read a single graphic novel in my life I can't really say if it's a good adaptation or not. Albeit a few of it's faults it was an all around decent movie. I give it a 7 out of 10 for a horror movie. It wasn't no neo vampire crap like what we've dealt with for ten years; no clubbin vampires and no guns with silver in them. Besides it feeling a bit rushed I enjoyed it. Josh Harnett isn't to bad, he's proven himself to be a decent actor and that he can make good movies. Don't confuse that for he can make a movie good.

[_Sphynx_]

The sum of my thoughts on this movie is thus:

Eskimo Vampires.

Though, it really is a pretty good movie. Not something I'd go out and buy, but I wasn't too dissapointed. I know this will wound odd, but it came off as very realistic.

[fernandito]

IT'S OFFICIAL! CHRISTIAN BALE TO APPEAR IN THE LATEST TERMINATOR MOVIE!!

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/...tian-bale.html

[BlakeMP]

I like that.

[LadyHitchhiker]

All I really want to know is if this is a boring movie or not. Tha's all. No more spoilers. I just want to know if it's worth giong to see.

[herbertwest]

Can you expand on that a bit more herbert? I'm in two minds about whether to watch it myself.

sorry, just saw your message..
well, in fact the movie was really long to "start", and just : boring, cannot really say anything else. Not exciting, not surprising...
The both of us were absolutely bored in front of this movie...

[Still Servant]

I just saw The Mist. I must say I was fairly entertained. To me, as well as many other fans from this site, the highlight of the movie was the opening where

*SPOILER I GUESS***

he's painting a gunslinger looking man with a tower in the background and a rose in the foreground.

I don't know about my fellow Tower Junkies here, but I got fuckin goosebumps when i saw that.

Anyway, the most shocking ending I've seen in a while. Kudos for not making it hollywood.

[OchrisO]

Oh, shit!

I just put in the dvd of the movie Skinwalkers and at the front of it was an advertisement that said that The Monster Squad is on dvd now.

I loooooved that movie as a kid.

Wolfman's got nards!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu6L9pG_E6o[/ame]

[Lance]

Monster Squad was the first movie I ever saw in an empty theatre. I was sixteen and visiting here in Savannah (I still lived in Athens at the time) I didn't know a soul here and I was bored. And I loved it. At first it felt funny laughing uncontrollably in an empty cinema but I got over that pretty quickly.

[fernandito]

I just put in the dvd of the movie Skinwalkers ...

Skinwalkers is that Werewolf movie, right? How is it?

[OchrisO]

I just put in the dvd of the movie Skinwalkers ...

Skinwalkers is that Werewolf movie, right? How is it?

It was pretty good, not amazing or anything, but entertaining. It is worth a rental.

[fernandito]

I just put in the dvd of the movie Skinwalkers ...

Skinwalkers is that Werewolf movie, right? How is it?

It was pretty good, not amazing or anything, but entertaining. It is worth a rental.

And rent it I shall!

[Erin]

I'm going to go see The Golden Compass tonight.

[Matt]

Watch out for your Godliness Erin!!

^news about the movie being anti God joke

IT'S OFFICIAL! CHRISTIAN BALE TO APPEAR IN THE LATEST TERMINATOR MOVIE!!

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2007/...tian-bale.html

I like this one a lot--he is going to totally look like that little flash they had in T2 of John Conner. Horrific scar on his face and shit.

[towerguard]

I'm going to go see The Golden Compass tonight.

Don't do it, they've fucked it up!
grr

Ian Mckellan was wrong for Iorek. Overacted..
"I am an armored BEAR"
"I need my armor to go to WAR"

The ending was bullshit, storytelling was choppy, no charactor buildup.. "oh hi you're this guy and I'm this girl, lets get on a boat"
fuck the whole thing

[CPU]

Assume for a minute that you haven't read the books, would you still have the same opinion or would it still be worth viewing? I haven't read the books and I'm trying to decide if it's a movie worth watching.

[towerguard]

Assume for a minute that you haven't read the books, would you still have the same opinion or would it still be worth viewing? I haven't read the books and I'm trying to decide if it's a movie worth watching.

I'd say wait to rent it. I think if you haven't read the books you'll end up being kind of lost, they don't do a good job explaining whats going on.

[Erin]

So saw the Golden Compass last night. I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it was great, but it was def. worth the price of a ticket. All that being said, I have not read the books yet, so of course, i'm sure there are some awesome scenes left out or changed, like in all book to movie adaptions, so that may affect my views of things.

The little girl playing Lyra was probably the best part. The actress had amazing sel-confidence and I was impressed with the strenght she demonstrated on screen, especially for a 10 or so year old.

The talking animals, or daemons(am i spelling this right?), were awesome. I loved seeing who each character's daemon was (it is their soul walking outside of their body, so if the daemon gets hurt, so does the human, or vice versa). I thought it was super cool that Lyra's daemon usually chose to be in the form of a ferret.

As for the big religious fiasco surrounding everything, you can see the anti-organized religion sentiments coming out from time to time espeically in things that the characters say discussing the ruling body (which appears to be some type of church). Like at one point, Nichole Kidman's character is asked why this organization exists. She says something along the lines of "It's there because while there are people who can think for themselves, some people need to be told what to do and how to live their lives" and so forth. But it's really not over the top and it's stuff a kid would never notice or pick up on the word play. I think all the controversy around it is pretty over-blown.

Anyways, it was a good movie and I can't wait for the second film!

Oh, a funny side note....When the movie ended, it had a cliffhanger obviously. A bunch of people in the theatre started grumbling and saying stuff like "What?" and "That's it?" when some guy stood up and yelled "Don't you people ever read? It's part of a trilogy!"

Oh and like Ronnie just said, it was a bit hard for me, someone who hasn't read the books yet, to follow what was going on in the beginning. I finally figured it out, but it did move a little quick at first.

[Ruthful]

Hard Candy is one of the best American dramas I've seen in years.

I love that movie.

Some people don't pick up on certain cues though, e.g. I had to explain to someone on another board that during that

Spoiler:

"castration" scene his gonads weren't really surgically removed in the plot.

[towerguard]

The little girl playing Lyra was probably the best part. The actress had amazing sel-confidence and I was impressed with the strenght she demonstrated on screen, especially for a 10 or so year old.

Oh, a funny side note....When the movie ended, it had a cliffhanger obviously. A bunch of people in the theatre started grumbling and saying stuff like "What?" and "That's it?" when some guy stood up and yelled "Don't you people ever read? It's part of a trilogy!"

That guy that stood up and shouted could possibly be a moron, or not depending on why the people were mad. They should not have ended the story there, they should have ended it at the logical stopping point. Where the book ends (running time be damned). I did my fair share of grumbling at the end.
I will agree that the choice for Lyra was fantastic but her daemon is not usually a ferret, it's a martin for most of the movie. :-p

[Mattrick]

Was the compass kept safe? Someone tell me the because the suspense is killing me

[Still Servant]

Hard Candy is one of the best American dramas I've seen in years.

I love that movie.

Some people don't pick up on certain cues though, e.g. I had to explain to someone on another board that

Spoiler:

during that "castration" scene his gonads weren't really surgically removed in the plot.

You had to explain that to somebody?

Wow, I'm always amazed how people miss huge plot twists that are clearly obvious like that.

He takes a huge black paper clip from his nether region and holds it up. Fairly clear to me and most I'm sure. My Mom is notorious for missing stuff like that.

[Ruthful]

Hard Candy is one of the best American dramas I've seen in years.

I love that movie.

Some people don't pick up on certain cues though, e.g. I had to explain to someone on another board that

Spoiler:

during that "castration" scene his gonads weren't really surgically removed in the plot.

You had to explain that to somebody?

Wow, I'm always amazed how people miss huge plot twists that are clearly obvious like that.

He takes a huge black paper clip from his nether region and holds it up. Fairly clear to me and most I'm sure. My Mom is notorious for missing stuff like that.

Plus, I'm pretty sure that it would be nearly impossible to

Spoiler:

stand up-let alone run after the person who performed the procedure-seconds after you've had your testicles removed.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Guys, i've added spoiler tags to your posts as for a movie like Hard Candy the psychological suspense is crucial and knowing this info beforehand would take something away from watching it. Please mark these for any in the future (as per the thread title).

Thanks

[Ruthful]

**please mark spoilers**

D'oh!

I knew there was a reason people read those things beforehand.