Dave
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Nope. But the chef to the stars was fucking hilarious.
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Sahara was bad
It's still way better than Raise the Titanic, the other Dirk Pitt novel that was adapted into a movie.
Dark Pit got two movies, but people still think he's an unnecessary character in Smash Bros.
Dave
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Clive Cussler used to be one of my favorite authors and now he's just...ugh. When he started writing himself into the books I stopped taking him seriously.
And here's the end of every chapter - Dirk Pitt is knocked unconscious in some terrible peril (usually under water). Beginning of the next chapter - Dirk Pitt miraculously rescued or luckily wakes up in the nick of time.
And here's the end of every chapter - Dirk Pitt is knocked unconscious in some terrible peril (usually under water). Beginning of the next chapter - Dirk Pitt miraculously rescued or luckily wakes up in the nick of time.
They are really much better once you see them as examples of why genre books are mostly dead. He hits every note perfectly. It's too bad the score sucks.
Really, I wish he would write another Sea Hunters. His autobiographical attempts at locating and raising ships (funded by his book sales) are WAY more interesting than the shlock.
Honestly, of three movies in the Three Flavours Cornetto series - Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End - I loved the hell out of the first three but found The World's End really disappointing in a lot of ways. Though I've only seen it once, so maybe repeat viewings would make me appreciate it more.
GasBandit
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I'd say World's End was probably the weakest of the 3 but it was still pretty good.
Oh, definitely. It wasn't a bad movie by any means. But compared to the others, it was a let down.
That is definitely one issue with it. They attempt to have a "big speech" at a few points, but it never rings quite like that original "big speech" Bill Pullman gave in the first one.
Also, it moves too quickly. It feels like it's not willing to really let a moment settle and have its impact be felt.
It was also kind of lacking in explosions. I mean, they were there, but there was a lot of talking for the amount of character definition we didn't get.
Perhaps I can point you to an excellent video which will improve your point of view on World's End?
Whoops. I meant to say loved the hell out of the first TWO films.
The Wilhelm Scream needs no reason.
The movie was so meh that the cinematic equivalent of a meme was one highlight of the film?
Thanks for reminding me of an interesting video I wanted to post in the Movie News thread.
Decided to watch Hotel Transylvania 2 on a lark, HOLY shit was that cobbled together, especially during the third act. Don't get me wrong there's good in it, nice animation, funny jokes, and some of the racism metaphor gags weren't ALL grating. BUT...Rog Riggle as Mel Brooks side-kick ? REALLY?! Were they just SO focused on getting Mel Brooks they forget to check if his his voice would bounce of his like AT ALL! ALSO-they barely stayed in the hotel, this is why tag-lines are needed! Like "Hotel Transylvania 2: Checking Out", that might not be the best but its SOMETHING.
Aw, that's too bad. I liked it a lot. Care to elaborate on that 'meh'?Finding Dory
Meh
Dave
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I just watched Batman vs. Superman. I get what people said about it and their criticisms are completely justified...but I didn't think it was all that bad. Mine had that extra 30 minutes, though. I wonder what I saw that they didn't get in theaters and if that made a huge difference.
No earthquake?
I can't even imagine that monstrosity being 30 minutes longer. It was already torture to sit through.
I've only seen the extra 30 minutes version, but think it needs about an hour cut from it.
It may have been a bad mood or the fact that Finding Nemo was so brutally on point (having been a dad for only a year when it came out didn't help), but it somehow didn't hit as much. Maybe I'm being unfair. It was funny, but not as. The emotional stuff hit, but not the same way. Something about it just didn't gel with me for some reason. I think this is a prime example of a movie opinion being very much subjective. I'm pretty sure it was good movie, just not so much for me.Finding Dory
Meh
Apparently a lot of explanations and logic were cut out of the theatrical version. Not just whole scenes, but cutting 30-60 second snippets here and there that made chunks of the movie nonsensical and directionless without them. Whoever edited the thing went a bit trigger happy in the editing booth in their desperation to get it down to 2 hours and 20 minutes, essentially destroying flow and pacing for the sake of keeping all action bits, even pointless ones.
So good, bad, or meh, the main difference between the theatrical vs extended versions seems to be that the latter was coherent. And for a long sit of a movie, that can make a big difference.
A lot of it was still nonsensical.
No, I take that back. It did explain the reasons. The reasons were just dumb.