[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

Seriously? Titanic was a parade of cheesy cliches. And flubber must be one of the worst films of all time.

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A fantastic film. Not a masterpiece as the hype will lead you to believe, but that doesn't matter when the experience is so good. (And definitely worth seeing in the cinema in 3D before you see it in any other medium.)

Cameron has very mainstream "Hollywood" sensibilities, we all know this - and this film is no different. But it's not a bad thing when he's able to pull it off with so much style. He turns a simple story (a well tread one at that) and turns it into something worth seeing. That's more than can be said about certain other mainstream Hollywood directors, aka Michael 'likes to make expensive softcore porn movies' Bay.

The music? Like the film, it rarely strays from anything too 'left-field'. Its sound is very mainstream (and surprisingly Zimmerish in certain places, something I didn't think I'd admit when I first read the initial reactions on this forum - but, well, it's quite blatant in one particular scene), but again, like the film, it's pulled off with lots of style; that typical flair that makes Horner one of my favourite composers for film.

Even if you don't enjoy the story or the general set-up, being that Dances With The Last Samurais might not be for everyone admittedly, then what will invariably save it is the visuals. They are quite simply stunning and worth the price of the ticket alone!

I also liked the 2D ( ) characterization of General Quaritch. He's someone you genuinely love to hate! I honestly wasn't bothered by the character's lack of "depth" as has been noted on this forum, and thought Stephen Lang was just brilliant for the part.

Oh, and good LORD is Michelle Rodriguez hot. :panting:

Oh, definitely. Anyone who served in the army, they'll know he's actually pretty realistic.



Oh; definitely.

No. She just always plays powerful women and men are scared of that. Ya big pussy!

You´re sure she won´t catch up on your internet dealings later, D.?

BTW, you´re all right, of course.

I wonder if this thread will ever come back and bite you on the arse?

Oh indeed! It would be that or a plane crash!



Hey, it's not our fault if you picked on a babe that turned out to be a dude later on in the course of the evening

Only if Marcel did it. Or Tim.

Don't worry, he put you in small lettering, so you're only second choice.

Hey, that never happened. That....never.....happened...?

Haha, those follow the exact same words I said a few pages back.

You may well smile Marcel, you do realise you're first in line

Uhura, Neytiri... This girl will make a career.

Actually I saw Star Trek yesterday too and enjoyed it immensely. It IS real fun and I didn't think of the leap of faiths (though I guess that's because the convention allowed it - it's a movie about alternate realities after all!). Giacchino worked great, there are some very cinematic ideas he had there. Cinematography - very good, I loved how the camera work was all around the place without us losing any sense of what's happening around, I don't think there were much hand-held work if any. The movie was surely good.

It's not for everyone, but for those whom it is for, those people - and I'm one of them - are very glad someone had the guts to make it.