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« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2005, 01:22:58 am »
I won\'t openly disagree with anyone about there opinion of movies; they are after all their opinions. However I will add a movie of my own.

Ella Enchanted

My ex thought this one would be good but the melding of modern and the fantastical was botched and well ewww.

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« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2005, 01:24:59 am »
Of course no film can capture the magic of Tolkien\'s narrations, descriptions, and magic, but as to say that the movies \"suck\" seems odd. Ah well ;)

More things to avoid: Every animated film by Disney.
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« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2005, 01:28:36 am »
i hereby state that if anyone brings up any film made by hironobu sakaguchi i will stab them with one million spoons of justificating pain :|

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« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2005, 01:32:16 am »
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i hereby state that if anyone brings up any film made by hironobu sakaguchi i will stab them with one million spoons of justificating pain :|



WHO???

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« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2005, 01:38:52 am »
I remembered, I remembered! Logan\'s Run!

Bizarre, horribly corny, original to the recent \"Island\" (which has to appear on this list even though it isn\'t out yet), and awkwardly hilarious.

Or does that mean I\'m recommending it o_0
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« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2005, 01:40:06 am »
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i hereby state that if anyone brings up any film made by hironobu sakaguchi i will stab them with one million spoons of justificating pain :|



WHO???


Ditto...

Some anime dude maybe?

I also hated Troy. It was so... lame...
They try making it like you don\'t know whats gonna happen at the end, ya, there\'s a surprise ending...
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« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2005, 01:41:48 am »
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Gasp! Yawning at Lord of the Rings? Well, maybe I can understand it with the actors composed of 99% blue-eyed blonds, or the 80% of scenes that began and ended with desparate blue-eyed, tear-streaked faces, or the spoofs that immediately arose from fans, but... Come on! ;D Besides, long books are awesome.

But just so that I add to the list: Day After Tomorrow - bleh!

I almost liked the movies LOTR

and... since Ive readen the books...

I really think these movies suck... sorry Karyuu...


Imagine this, imagine another world, another director, same book, different movie, the one where director decides that he didn\'t like the particular part of the book and rewrote it, image the horror that would have been produced. I must say that Peter Jackson\'s movie and almost to the letter with the book. At least that\'s what I like to think.

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The guy who created Final Fantasy games and the movie Final Fantasy: Spirits Within? Um...it evades me what other movies he done?
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« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2005, 01:50:19 am »
lol

When I saw the Peter Jakson\'s movie I first think it was strange to see alone people like Aragorn or Legolas can kill something like 100 Orcs without beeing hurt...

And finally I understand everything by reading the books

I fund the first movie annoying, the second and the third absolutly unreal and unreallistic.

The only thing I find really similar between the books and the movies were the fact I was lost (because of all the names of the territories)

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« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2005, 01:53:56 am »
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lol

When I saw the Peter Jakson\'s movie I first think it was strange to see alone people like Aragorn or Legolas can kill something like 100 Orcs without beeing hurt...

And finally I understand everything by reading the books

I fund the first movie annoying, the second and the third absolutly unreal and unreallistic.

The only thing I find really similar between the books and the movies were the fact I was lost (because of all the names of the territories)


In the books they do kill a lot of Orcs by themselves without getting hurt. Perhaps best example is when Gimli and Legolas start counting how many they killed, was it Helm\'s Deep battle?
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« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2005, 01:58:08 am »
Gee, Induane, thanks for \"sparing\" us poor souls. I think it\'s for every person to decide for themselves what movies they like and don\'t like. I like making my own decisions about that. There are movies that everyone would rave about that I didn\'t like, and there are movies that got criticized a lot that I liked. As for your current list, I happen to agree with most, except Solaris. You don\'t even mention (or perhaps don\'t know?) which version of it you didn\'t like. You might want to mention that you thought the American version sucked, unless you assume it\'s the only version that exists.

And to Moogie, I think MST3K is utter garbage. While they do review a lot of crappy movies, do you actually think it\'s the only type of movies they review? Did you know that they only reviewed those movies that they could afford on their low budget? Believe me, if they could get their cheap hands on \"Gone with the Wind\", they\'d put it down as well. Most of the time, it happens that low-budget movies are the crappy ones. But once in a blue moon, they can afford a foreign movie that is actually a classic but no longer has an expensive license because of its age and because original rights to it became a lot more \"relaxed\" for various reasons. Being completely oblivious to another culture, they\'d make the most idiotic conclusions and comments. Don\'t be so quick to say that the show should\'ve been taken with a humor. It\'s one thing when they degrade their own crappy and cheap american movies, and it\'s another when they group a charming classic from abroad with that sad bunch. I will not name any specific movies to avoid further arguments but there have been cases where a very charming lighthearted old foreign movie was given an absolutely unresearched ignorant \"review\" by MST3K.

Moreover, a certain \"biggest MST3K fan site\", which will not be named here, featured their own wannabe \"reviews\" alongside the official ones and they attempted to degrade every movie shown in this program even further. Certain interviews with MST3K reviewers and claims of close friendship between them and that site\'s staff appeared on that site, along with statements in their \"About\" section that anyone who disagrees with them is most likely not an intelligent person (yes, they actually wrote that). Wow, really \"intelligent\" people they are. It\'s no wonder that sad show has been cancelled due to low ratings. :D Yea, sure, they\'ve stayed on the air for years but so did \"Buffy: The Vampire Slayer\" *gags*. :P
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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2005, 02:11:49 am »
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lol

When I saw the Peter Jakson\'s movie I first think it was strange to see alone people like Aragorn or Legolas can kill something like 100 Orcs without beeing hurt...

And finally I understand everything by reading the books

I fund the first movie annoying, the second and the third absolutly unreal and unreallistic.

The only thing I find really similar between the books and the movies were the fact I was lost (because of all the names of the territories)


In the books they do kill a lot of Orcs by themselves without getting hurt. Perhaps best example is when Gimli and Legolas start counting how many they killed, was it Helm\'s Deep battle?

hum... dont you think there are very very more death in the movies?

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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2005, 02:42:51 am »
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hum... dont you think there are very very more death in the movies?




You obviously did not pay much attention while reading the books then.  The movies leave out atleast half the death that occures in the books.

And while in your mind one person can not kill so many without being hurt you fail to take into account that such things have happened thrueout the history of warfare; and in truth still do.

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« Reply #27 on: August 02, 2005, 02:56:10 am »
Yes and no...

In the movie, Aragorn arrive in the Rohan and kill Orcs while he was running and everything are very quick he kills he kills he kills...

Sam Gamegie isnt hurt in the movie

Boromir is killed with ... how many arrows? 3 or 4? I cant remember and each time, he is able to come back to the battle... a real prince !

In the movie, I thought their travel was very short in the first part of their adventure... something like 2 days to reach Fondcombe...

and so one...

EDIT: I finally understood what do you mean... I didnt want to say there were too many deads I just wanted to say Orcs looks like punching balls : they arent really scaring in the movie because everyone is able to kill them especially our heros who kill them exactly like if they were puppets here to be hit...
ie: Aragorn... (look before)
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« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2005, 03:08:42 am »
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Yes and no...

In the movie, Aragorn arrive in the Rohan and kill Orcs while he was running and everything are very quick he kills he kills he kills...


Not unuseual in a melee battle

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Sam Gamegie isnt hurt in the movie


Don\'t remember him geting hurt in the books either; but then again that wouldn\'t be that unusual either.

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Boromir is killed with ... how many arrows? 3 or 4? I cant remember and each time, he is able to come back to the battle... a real prince !


Never seen sombody die in a fight before have you? What the movie is picturing at this point is someone though wounded fighting on because of courage, determination, and more than a little adrinalin.

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In the movie, I thought their travel was very short in the first part of their adventure... something like 2 days to reach Fondcombe...

and so one...


In the movie a lot of the transitional fases were left out for time constraints and because they would\'nt make any cence in a picture format.

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« Reply #29 on: August 02, 2005, 03:28:22 am »
Oh I dont think its very very objective your comment about boromir. the movie was really unrealistic.