I don’t know much about how things work in Hollywood, but I can imagine a scenario something like this:
1. To generate a sequel, the original movie must have been fairly successful.
2. Having created a hit, the writers and director of the original start to demand more money for their services.
3. Unable to afford them, the movie producers hire a new, cheaper team with less talent, less experience, and less familarity with and/or commitment to the concept of the original movie.
4. The result: lower quality.
I think sequels are terrible. Especially sequels of movies, but sequels of books as well. I think it’s much more creative to think of a whole new idea, with new characters and such, instead of tacking another story onto one that has already concluded, and had no intention for a sequel. I’m fine with trilogy or series books, where they’re supposed to go together from the start. But when a book or movie didn’t originally have another book or movie to go with it, it doesn’t work.
Walt Disney actually didn’t like sequels. (It was only after he died that they started making all the terrible sequels.)
I saw National Treasure 2, it was good but sort of the same as the first one. The Harry Potter movies are good, but the first two were kind of cheesy. I liked the 5th one.
Some sequels/prequels are all right, especially in books (such as the prequels to Peter Pan, Peter and the Shadow Thieves and Peter and the Starcathers, which are really good) but a lot of times they’re really annoying.
14- I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! *does the dance of new found obsetion*
yeah. i saw sweeny todd and it was awesome. okay so i squinted my eyes when he was killing people, that was kinda scary. if i ever see it again mabe i’ll watch those bits. all the actors were great. except for joanna, she anoyed me.
Hey, Johnny Depp singing makes anything good.
I got Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for Christmas. Quite possibly my favorite movie of all time.
Ooh! And I got Pirates of the Caribbean III. I think that’s an example of a series where the second is all right. I mean, nothing can top the first one, but the second was pretty good.
The third was just wierd. Especially the whole multiple Jacks thing.
*They’re making a Pirates 4*!!!!!! Yayyayyayayayayayayay
13- *squeaks* I love those books!!! the third one, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (I think that’s what it called) came out finally! ’twas really good. My mom made me wait until the day after I bought it to read it. Hmph.
16- I loved the first one. the second Pirates was okay, but I was so confused during the third one. Especially with the whole fifty million Jacks. I was just like… ummm… okay… ??? Hopefully the fourth one will be good. Nothing can top the first though.
16- hey, Johnny Depp is awesome. And 40 Johnny Depps == 40 * awesome. Even though he _is_ rather disappointing shirtless.
19 – heh, I’ve watched the 2nd one in Russian, despite not speaking any Russian.
I am easily scared by movies. Pocahontas, when I was in 2nd grade, gave me nightmares for 2 weeks. Disney movies still scare me, in general. Because of this, I have watched approximately 2? 3? movies made after 1970 by my own volition.
About POTC 4…
The series has been in a steady decline. The first was great, the second was good, and the third was okay. Judging from the trend, POTC 4 will be mediocre or bad.
The good news is that, according to Gore Verbinski, the fourth movie will not be at all connected to the storyline in the first three. It will probably not include Will or Elizabeth, either. Bloom and Knightly have both said that they want to move on to other projects instead of remaining with the POTC franchise.
Summary: They have a chance at a fresh start. I hope they don’t blow it.
7) The story “I Am Legend” is in my opinion much more cohesive than the story, and not as trite as the movie was. I liked it better, but I still enjoyed the movie.
I liked Sweeney Todd. A bit more violent than I expected but it was good.
I recently saw Atonement as well, really liked that. What I want to see now is “There Will Be Blood”.
31–yeah, I heard that too. They can leave out Miss Swann (or rather Mrs. Turner) all they want, but I’m fighting for leaving Will in. I mean, come on, he’s the only guy under forty in the whole movie.
Just for the record, I think that the multiple Jacks thing was an ironic twist on how everyone’s always telling Jack, “can you live with yourself if you [insert crazy idea here]”. See, in Davy Jones’ locker he’s “living with himself”, because everyone’s always telling him that he won’t be able to, and he’s always saying he’s fine…..bleah. My train of thought just derailed.
I got the Back to the Future set for Christmas. LUV those movies.
I don’t have a lot of patience for movies and absolutely none for movie theaters.
I wanted to see I Am Legend but now I’m going to have to read the book first since someone said there’s a book.
I haven’t seen the 3rd Pirates movie yet.
I want to see Sweeney Todd so much but it’s rated R and that almost certainly means seeing it with my mom because my dad is like me and has no patience for theaters. I’d really much rather wait for it to come out on video but my mom put me on a guilt trip today so next time she wants me to do something with her I’ll feel miserable if I don’t. My mom is annoying that way.
I grew up watching Star Wars with my dad, which is probably why I sometimes have no concept of reality.
My favorite movies are RENT, Beetle Juice, Nightmare Before Chrstmas, Wizard of Oz, or pretty much anything by TIm Burton.
I’m a bit dissapointed that I missed the chance to see Sweeney Todd performed at the local theater. I’m going to feel bad about that the entire time I’m watching the movie because I try to make movies the last resort for absorbing a story.
*sigh*
THERE is no way disney is going to POTC 4. I heard they are thinking , JUST THINKING, mind you, of making a T.V. show with people who look a bit like the actors.
21. moretrees08- But that’s a little different. Those weren’t really sequel because they were all filmed at the same time.
I saw Juno today. I enjoyed it, Ellen Page is a good actress.
I already posted about my most recent movie night on the Hot Soup thread, but that was before I saw this one. So I’m going to now. It consisted of
1. AVP- A terrible movie. The pacing is off, none of the actors are good, and I might add, the premise is all wrong, because, as any sensible moviegoer could determine, Alien can dominate Predator’s pathetic invisible butt any day. But it was fun to shred to pieces while watching.
2. Poltergeist- Lots of fun. From the early 90s (92 I think), so the effects are somewhat campy, but still that’s what gives it charm. It wasn’t that scary except for this one horrifying scene involving a clown-doll.
3. The Shinging- yeeesssssssss. Quality freakageness. Of course, it’s a classic. I recommend to all. But be warned, there
is gore.
Movies I would like to procure people’s opinions about:
1. The Last Unicorn
2. Alien (& its sequels)
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Terminator (& sequels)
5. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
6. Pitch Black
40 – We are borrowing AVP but I don’t particularly want to watch it… After watching Predator and seeing how bad it was, it’s not worth it.
Poltergeist? Love that movie.
I want to see The Shining.
Alien and it’s sequels – LOVE Alien. All of them are very good, but there was a slight decline as the series went on… The first is best.
Sweeney Todd – love it to death (ha ha). The blood did not disturb me at all (I think it disturbed my dad though). Yess.
40 and 41- Have you seen the second and third Poltergeist movies? The weird Preacher Cane guy creeped me out. In the beginning of the second one, when he walks through the one guy, my friend says to me (we were watching all three on Halloween eve) “That guy is going to be called Candy Mountain Charley.” And so it was.
28- Veggie Tales is pretty cool. Did you see the “Applepise” episode?
ΡÖŞÎĈ- Yes, in photographs from the rovers, sunsets do look blue, because of Raleigh Scattering, but I don’t think the trailer was set at sunset.
IBS–Would you by any chance be referring to Legally Blonde: Red, White, and Blonde? Haven’t seen it yet, but I got it in a two-pack for Christmas, so I figure I’ll give it a watch, I mean, since I own it.
14- my sister watched and said that being an active watcher she can appreciate the way its made, as in good, but didn’t like the story(too bloody and gory). My mom heard her telling me what it was about and said she’ll go eat elsewhere in order not to ruin her appetite.
43- yeah, it was… we need a separate What’s Up, Doc? thread!!!!!!
Movies that Penty has seen recently:
-Enchanted, which is funny and cute, if cliche.
-Ratatouille, which is cute and beautifully animated.
-All three PotC movies, the first of which is wonderful, the second of which is setup, and the third of which is pointless. Also, all three of them have far too much Orlando Bloom in them. He is squinty and has exactly three facial expressions: regal, mildly amused, and mildly confused.
-Once Upon a Time in China, which I wasn’t really watching because I was talking to my friends.
-Blades of Glory, which is stupid even for a movie with Will Ferrell in it.
-Stranger than Fiction, which is good for a movie with Will Ferrell in it. Mostly I like the concept.
Movies Penty wants to see:
-Golden Compass, which I am approaching with a ten-foot pole in hand.
-Sweeney Todd, which has Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen and singing and blood. Omnomnom.
-Juno, which just looks like a Penty kind of movie.
41. Kari- Yes, I definately agree. The first alien is the best. It has all the suspense and creepiness to make it a thriller, whereas the others are more just hardcore action.
42 Hafiz- No, I didn’t even know there were sequels!
Ok, I just decided that Airplane! is the funniest movie I have ever seen. I laughed until I cried for the first time in I think like three years.
I can’t decide whether I want to see Juno or not. I’ve heard it’s good, but I have enough teen pregnancy to deal with at my high school, much less in the movies. Is it just me, or are there more movies making pregnancy seem like no big deal? I mean, before Juno, there was Knocked Up, and that was the same thing. I dunno. It just seems like a bigger deal than the movies make it out to be.
End of rant.
National Treasure 2 was good, especially when Nicholas Cage was trying to fake a British accent. I love movies that are good because they make no sense whatsoever.
37 – YES! YES! THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!!! It’s just a jump to the left!
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
And pull your knees in tight
And do the pelvic thrust
And then you go in-sa-a-ane.
LET’S
DO
THE TIME
WARP
AGAIN!!!!
My friends and I will random break out into that song. We last danced to it in a grocery store. How fun.
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Oh, has anyone seen PAN’S LABRINTH? It was fantastic! despite being in spanish…
51- yess.. to the comment on Orlando Bloom. he bothers me. All he does is look pretty and wait for people to swoon over him. I agree with Jason Fox from Foxtrot on that one. the bloom fangirls have ruined the waiting to see LotR experience.
54- *despite* being in Spanish? I like Spanish. And yes, I’ve seen it and, yes I like it.
I like Sweeney Todd. I still haven’t seen Juno. Has anyone seen Mirrormask?
31- I agree. And personally, I don’t care one bit if they leave out Will and Elizabeth. In fact, they could go ahead and save the trouble of making a fourth movie if they like.
40- I only dimly remember The Last Unicorn, but it didn’t make much sense to me. Neither did the book, but I liked it better anyway.
53- Airplane is indeed funny.
55- I saw Mirrormask! It was good. And surreal. And funny. And it creeped me out at first but I liked it better the second time.
I saw National Treasure 2 the other night. I thought it was entertaining if not much different from the first one, and maybe not worth a second watch but worth seeing.
I saw The Corpse Bride last night. It was good. Of course, I’d already predicted all the plot twists, but whatever.
On the other hand, I also saw HP2. OH MY GOD WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME????? It was awful. The script went too fast, the acting was lass than wonderful, and there were long pauses between everyone’s lines.
I like the Pirates of The Carribean movies as movies, but when people think they are real, I fell like strangling everyone involved in the production of them. Grrrr……..
64- Armageddon, for one. Certainly The Core, and Transformers had several flaws in the trailer alone.
Even National Treasure, which I otherwise love, has a few errors.
65–I thought The Golden Compass was okay. It’s one of my favorite books, so I set myself up for disappointment–it’s just so hard to base a movie off such a complicated book. In general it was better than I expected.
55–Mirrormask was awesome! For some reason it freaked me out a little. Odd. xD
54–Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies. It’s stupendous, and I really don’t mind the subtitles.
53/56–I recently saw Juno and it’s my current favorite movie. It doesn’t trivialize teen pregnancy or make it seem fun or something. If anything it’s saying DON’T get pregnant when you’re sixteen.
I saw Sweeney Todd last week and had a really fun time. Johnny Depp makes anything good!
I just watched Gone With the Wind on TV. O.o It was…interesting. I felt bad for the slaves more than I did for Scarlett, though. It didn’t help that the entire time my dad was making sardonic comments about the old South.
My mom seems to think that even though I’m almost 15 I cannot see any R-rated movie whatsoever! I really really want to see Sweeney Todd, but she says it’s “out of the question” My mother is so annoying!
*bounces around from skittle induced sugar buzzzz* i just got back from seeing “Juno” I thought it was a really good movie, but because it has such a mature theme that shouldn’t reccamend (did i spell that right…?) it to everyone
76-There are some very good Rated R movies! With parents like mine, it dosn’t matter if it’s Rated R, as long as they don’t like it, I’m not watching it. End of story.
I haven’t watched any R rated movies, and I’ve only watched a couple PG-13s, and only recently. But I don’t really mind that much…I don’t particularly like bloody/gory/romantic/disturbing movies anyways.
I’ve seen R rated movies.
Sometimes I think they just add questionable material just to sell it. Oh well.
I like old movies. The Music Man is one of my favorites ever. Currently we’re watching Anne of Green Gables, and Anne of Avonlea. A movie a night, so it takes awhile.
I don’t pay much attention to ratings anymore. Then again, I’m seventeen and the theatres don’t care. Plus my parents don’t really care either. I go see it based on if I think I’ll like it. I believe my first R rated movie was Amelie way back when.
Sweeney Todd is excellent. If you are fine with rather bent-on-revenge people slitting people’s throats with more blood than necessary you’ll be fine. There isn’t much sex in it or swearing. It’s mainly the idea of Sweeney’s insanity and all the blood it produces.
I’ve seen a lot of R-rated movies — I actually saw The Red Violin when I was about seven, but I didn’t really have any idea what was going on and my parents fast-forwarded through the inappropriate scenes. I’ve seen The Matrix, Schindler’s List, Rain Man, History Boys, and probably some others that I don’t remember.
I don’t really pay attention to the ratings, though, because they seem sort of inconsistent to me.
54-I love Pan’s Labyrinth and Rocky Horror Picture Show.
My dad told me about when his sister went to the midnight movie showing of RHPS at Kent State University a few years ago. They all bring coolers with tomatoes and plants and things. People throw stuff at the screen and dress up for it. He said there were people coming in wheelchairs and dressed as the characters.
Pan’s Labyrinth was amazing! There’s a new movie by the same director that’s being compared to it, but I don’t know what it’s called.
I want to see Juno, I am Legend, and Sweeney Todd. I;m not going to until they’re on video though, because I really can’t stand movie theaters.
My favorite movies are Beetle Juice, RHPS, Rent, and Pan’s Labyrinth.
88- The Orphanage. (the one that is being compared to Pan’s Labyrinth)
I like Rocky Horror Picture Show. And El Laberinto del Fauno. I love the Spanish. I kept wandering around saying things like the faun. I also love Ofelia’s outfits.
I just came back from seeing Cloverfield.
Oh my…
Holy…
That…
It’s the first movie I’ve seen in 2008 and it was absolutely incredible. I thought the trailers made it look bad, but I couldn’t have been more wrong…
My dad got the movie Dead Again that looks really cool and I want to watch…
He ordered a bunch of films with Emma Thompson in them, including this one. I think she’s my favorite actress now…
It’s a tradition for me to watch movies with my dad. ^_^
I saw the preview too. I am excited for when it comes out in theaters. I have been reading the books and am now on the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It looks like it will be a good movie.
I love Big Fish. It’s very well written. The story is great and I was bawling at the end, so if you don’t like sad movies don’t watch it. It has some good fantasy bits in it.
107- I liked it too. the werwolf touch was nice, as weell as the town of the dead. It struck me as very sad and beautiful. The little girlfrom the dead town, for example. She has her own story, her struggle and failure to survive.
Personally, I happen to like Gangs of New York. Has anyone seen it?
I’m watching Titanic right now.It’s on the tv, and I’m on here in commercial breaks. Quite honestly, it’s good, but 11 oscars? Come on, people. It’s not that great…
I’ve seen The Shining, and it is scary and suspenseful. Jack Nicholson makes that movie, and he is reeaallly creepy. When I watched it with my mom around Halloween, we both freaked out when the eerie parts were about to happen. So prepare yourself!!!!!!!!!!
117 – I’ve imagined him as being younger, more like 14, since he still had a tutor and stuff. In the preview he looks about 18-20, though. Or even older.
118 – Me too. Hey, are you a newbie? I don’t see you on the “Who’s Here List”. -pies you just in case-
My mom just got the movie Becoming Jane. It looks reeaally good so I will have to post how it is. I hope it is as good as Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly.
PERSEPOLIS IS FREAKIN AMAZING.
period.
Keep in mind though, there’s cursing and drug use and bunch of other stuff, but it’s a really good movie that really sends a really good message and wow that was a lot of really’s. lawl. But go see it!
“Becoming Jane” was also a wonderful movie. Anyone seen the “Jane Austen Book Club?”
I finally saw Gone With the Wind. I hadn’t before, nad I found it to be…okay. My mom makes no bones about hating the main charicters, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was okay. LONG though, I kept pausing it and coming into the house, (Mom) “So, what did you think?” (Me) “Uum, it’s not over yet, I’m still in the middle.” (Mom) “it’s not over yet?! You’ve been out there for hours!” (Dad) “Yeah, well, it’s a long movie! Didn’t you know that?” (Mom) “Yes, but I didn’t think it was so many hours long, only about three.” (Me) “I’m going back out, I’ll be in when it’s done…”
134~ Yes, if it’s the pne put out by the BBC, I’e seen it and Iove it. Actually, we have the entire “Romance Collection” from A&E/BBC productions. So whenever Mom and I get in the mood to watch some long movie and stay up all night we get it out and watch them. Pathetic, aren’t we?
I never knew that! I bet the new movie is going to be really good. I wonder if they will have Sean Connery in it? My cousin does a great impressioin of him.
147- In the novel, there’s what happened:
The heroine is visiting her younger cousins during some political turmoil. To try to cheer them up, they have a conversation. In one panel, it goes like this:
Cousin: “At my old house we had all the Star Wars stuff.”
Other cousin: “I like Princess Leia.”
Marjane, in thought bubble: “I think Leia’s kind of ugly.”
In the next panel, they are talking about something else.
I guess it’s not in the movie as it’s only one panel.
Contuinuation of post 146:
I watched the Hornblower movies with my friend, her brother and their mom. Now, all three of us were picking it apart from various points of veiw. I was going to pieces over the fact that the ratlines weren’t tarred (yes, it is importaint) her Mom, the nurse, was going on about how when a person is shot in the stomach they DO NOT bleed at the mouth, nor when they fall down a hatch, or any other death the charicters came to. Noah was keeping tally of weather they died with their eyes open or closed, and we were all naming the songs that were played. Percy (the dog) was snoring on the couch for most of it, nd didn’t have any comments.
In all, they were good movies and I enjoyed watching them.
I know this is an old movie, but I have to point some stuff out: in “The WIzard of OZ” during the scarecrow scene, Dorothy’s hair gets longer and shorter! Did anyone bother to think of that? :rolls:
Also, In the munchkin scene, the lollipop that Dorothy gets disapears in the next take!
If anyone wants to know how I noticed that, its because I am Dorothy in The Wiz and I have watched it 1,947,472,665,483,742 times.
I cant remember the name if the movie, but it was set in medival times, and in the background there was a truck driving past. There were also alot of other stupid mistakes such as nails in the barrels/houses and all this other totally obvious stuff that wasn’t found until about 100 years ago, yet they showed up in medeival times. It was qiute amusing
150- I’m positive that they’re horribly wrong, historically, but I can’t help loving those movies. I tend to laugh at their hats through the entire movie.
155~ They’re better than Pirates of the Carribean. Actually, htey aren’t too bad, it just happened that the group that was watching them has a tendancy on picking movies apart.
Of course,I was having a conniption fit when the ratlines weren’t tarred and how some of the “sailors”were climbing the rigging–grabbing the ratlines with their hands! NONONO!!! If you do that they can break and you can be really seriously hurt.
But you all know how much of a weirdo I am about these sort of things, and that should put it into perspective.
And yes, the hats are ridiculous!!
I got to see Becoming Jane It was pretty good, I enjoyed it. It was funny, in the “Bonus Material” they had one of those things where the cast and all talk about the making of the movie, and one of the things they said was about how the one of them got this great green jacket. I had to laugh at myself, because I had made a mental note of how lovely that jacket was, and how nice he looked in it…..
Anyway, it was amusing.
I like that fact that she’s a great actress, has stayed out of the tabloids and seems like a real person.
I loved the Princess Diaries, that’s one place where the movies didn’t follow the books, and were much better!!
Yeah, I liked the movies better than the books. In the books the grandmother is really nasty and the Dad is still alive.
But Julie Andrews was amazing as a queen. Actually, she’s always amazing. So is Ann Hathaway.
163) OMFGGGGGG YOU ARE SO WRONG
Despite the fact I fail at all FF games I love that movie.
Uh I think the last movie I saw was No Country for Old Men. That was really worth watching, I disagree with everyone about the ending, I thought it was very fitting.
149 – Oh, actually, I think that’s in there. I forgot.
163 – I DO!!!!! I’ve never played the games, except the gameboy/DS ones. Saw the movie. Mostly, I liked it for the animation. Amazing.
164 – I WANNA SEE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN!
But I don’t think my dad does. (I watch pretty much all movies with my dad.)
About a week ago I saw Be Kind Rewind. Very, very good.
I kinda want to see Ms. Pettigrew Lives For a Day…
And, Funny Games looks like it could be good. Apparently the director is redoing his own movie. I think it got bad reviews on Rotten Tomatoes…. *trusts Rotten Tomatoes*
TRhe director who did Pan’s labrynth? He did a movie called (in danish) børnehjemmet. Um, maybe it’s called “the orphanage” “the children’s home” or something totally different. I really want to see it.
I wanted to see Pan’s Labyrinth, so I recorded it on the DVR. Unfortunately, it was in spanish. Just my luck.
(on the Princess Diaries) I thought that that movie pretty much sucked, except for her cat, Fat Louie. He is the only reason I watch that movie wih my cousins @ thanksgiving. Fat Louie is my LIFE. I tried to order a custom-made poster of him, but it was too expensive.
i haven’t seen or read Eragon, and i don’t plan on it, either. it looks like one of those movies/books that are just…blah.
my brother has a gift, he can tell whether a movie is going to be good or bad, before he’s even seen the trailer, before he even knows what it’s about. it’s rather frightening at times, but very useful.
Has anybody seen Spiderwick Chronicles? I’ve been thinking about seeing it, and I’ve heard it got good reviews, but I’d like to hear some Muser opinions.
179- Well, the book was ripped off from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. (I hear it was also ripped off from the Belgeriad, but I haven’t read that so I can’t confirm it.) The first book, despite being cliche, was at least somewhat engaging. I really didn’t like the second book. All Eragon did was whine, and the plot twist at the end? I saw it coming as soon as we learned a bit about Murtagh’s life. (That was in the first book, btw.) Basically just overstuffed. It felt like he was trying to develop his world as much as Tolkien did, but he put altogether too much information into it, and it made the narration seem awkward.
The movie, however, is as far from Eragon as Eragon is from LOTR. All the relatively good parts of the book were cut, the acting was awful, and I bet most of the people here on the blog could have written a better script.
Hey! There’s no snarky phrase at the top of this thread! *pouts* Well, this might be first post, so I’m gonna have to say something about a movie.
Uh…*thinks*
I watched Ace Ventura for the fifth time today. Isn’t it strange that every time I see it, it’s at a holiday party?? (No.)
Why is it that chick-flick sequels are always so much more unbearably, pointlessly stupid than the originals?
I don’t know much about how things work in Hollywood, but I can imagine a scenario something like this:
1. To generate a sequel, the original movie must have been fairly successful.
2. Having created a hit, the writers and director of the original start to demand more money for their services.
3. Unable to afford them, the movie producers hire a new, cheaper team with less talent, less experience, and less familarity with and/or commitment to the concept of the original movie.
4. The result: lower quality.
3-That explains a lot, minus Shrek. I think the third was better than the second, the second was better than the first, and the first was mediocre.
What about series movies? Like Harry Potter? I think the movies directed by Christopher Colombus were lesser quality then the rest.
Oh! I did get first post! *dances*
2- sequals are made to make money
Anyone seen the Castle of Cagliasto (sp)???????????
I think sequels are terrible. Especially sequels of movies, but sequels of books as well. I think it’s much more creative to think of a whole new idea, with new characters and such, instead of tacking another story onto one that has already concluded, and had no intention for a sequel. I’m fine with trilogy or series books, where they’re supposed to go together from the start. But when a book or movie didn’t originally have another book or movie to go with it, it doesn’t work.
Walt Disney actually didn’t like sequels. (It was only after he died that they started making all the terrible sequels.)
I saw I Am Legend yesterday. It was really, really good. I jumped a dozen times or so….. I also cried a little.
I want to read the book now!
I saw National Treasure 2, it was good but sort of the same as the first one. The Harry Potter movies are good, but the first two were kind of cheesy. I liked the 5th one.
I wanted to see I Am Legend(because i love Will Smith), but someone ruined it for me!*pouts*
P.s. By someone, I mean my friend who went to see it first.
He’s a meanie.
4- Dude, the original Shrek was by far the best. The second was okay, but Shrek 3 was just bland and preachy.
p.s. i love you was a really good movie
kind of sad though
im going to see book of secrets @ 2:30
it looks reallly stupid, but i have nothing better to do
9/10- my friend has been bugging me to go see i am legend, even though he spent 1/2 an hour escribing the movie to me in full detail
Some sequels/prequels are all right, especially in books (such as the prequels to Peter Pan, Peter and the Shadow Thieves and Peter and the Starcathers, which are really good) but a lot of times they’re really annoying.
I saw Star Wars Episode IV last night. B)
SWEENEY TODD IS AMAZING.
14- I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! *does the dance of new found obsetion*
yeah. i saw sweeny todd and it was awesome. okay so i squinted my eyes when he was killing people, that was kinda scary. if i ever see it again mabe i’ll watch those bits. all the actors were great. except for joanna, she anoyed me.
Hey, Johnny Depp singing makes anything good.
I got Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for Christmas. Quite possibly my favorite movie of all time.
Ooh! And I got Pirates of the Caribbean III. I think that’s an example of a series where the second is all right. I mean, nothing can top the first one, but the second was pretty good.
The third was just wierd. Especially the whole multiple Jacks thing.
*They’re making a Pirates 4*!!!!!! Yayyayyayayayayayayay
13- *squeaks* I love those books!!! the third one, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (I think that’s what it called) came out finally! ’twas really good. My mom made me wait until the day after I bought it to read it. Hmph.
16- I loved the first one. the second Pirates was okay, but I was so confused during the third one. Especially with the whole fifty million Jacks. I was just like… ummm… okay… ??? Hopefully the fourth one will be good. Nothing can top the first though.
13- Star Wars rocks!
my dad got pirates 3 in Malaysia- you havent seen a bad movie untill youve watched it in russian
16-are they really making a pirates 4 *goes and throws up*
5- I saw some of it. What I saw was actually really good.
6- But sometimes the later books are better than the first.
19- Oh, I hope they don’t!
I think sequels are really awesome.I loved the lord of the rings sequels.:thinks peace out homeys.
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21- Well TTT and TRotK aren’t really sequels. They were supposed to be published in one book but they were too big.
Hearing about a Pirates 4 makes me want to type a long and capslocky rant, but I won’t. For your sanity ^_^
I’ve recently seen Ratatouille, which was quite cute, and Star Wars V, which I liked. Yoda is strangely adorable XD
Nothing can beat THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Absolutely nothing.
Just curious, did anyone post after me on the “old” movie thread before this one was created? I can’t seem to find it.
You mean this one?
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=788
16- hey, Johnny Depp is awesome. And 40 Johnny Depps == 40 * awesome. Even though he _is_ rather disappointing shirtless.
19 – heh, I’ve watched the 2nd one in Russian, despite not speaking any Russian.
I am easily scared by movies. Pocahontas, when I was in 2nd grade, gave me nightmares for 2 weeks. Disney movies still scare me, in general. Because of this, I have watched approximately 2? 3? movies made after 1970 by my own volition.
LARRY BOY OWNS YOU ALL.
Just needed to be said.
And if you’re wondering, yes, he has movies. Kind of.
See, they’re half-hours.
But it’s veggie tales for Pete’s sake!
Everyone watch “What’s Up, Doc?”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its the eawesomest movie in the whole wide world!
Except maybe holes………….:)
Just saw National Treasure 2. It was definitly not worth seeing. No plot to speak of.
They’re making Pirates of the Caribean 4? How does that work?
About POTC 4…
The series has been in a steady decline. The first was great, the second was good, and the third was okay. Judging from the trend, POTC 4 will be mediocre or bad.
The good news is that, according to Gore Verbinski, the fourth movie will not be at all connected to the storyline in the first three. It will probably not include Will or Elizabeth, either. Bloom and Knightly have both said that they want to move on to other projects instead of remaining with the POTC franchise.
Summary: They have a chance at a fresh start. I hope they don’t blow it.
Sorry, but Star Wars is weird. It creeps me out.
31- I actually thought that the 3rd was better than the second.
7) The story “I Am Legend” is in my opinion much more cohesive than the story, and not as trite as the movie was. I liked it better, but I still enjoyed the movie.
I liked Sweeney Todd. A bit more violent than I expected but it was good.
I recently saw Atonement as well, really liked that. What I want to see now is “There Will Be Blood”.
33- I thought that they tried to make the 3rd spectacular, but it just felt overstuffed.
31–yeah, I heard that too. They can leave out Miss Swann (or rather Mrs. Turner) all they want, but I’m fighting for leaving Will in. I mean, come on, he’s the only guy under forty in the whole movie.
Just for the record, I think that the multiple Jacks thing was an ironic twist on how everyone’s always telling Jack, “can you live with yourself if you [insert crazy idea here]”. See, in Davy Jones’ locker he’s “living with himself”, because everyone’s always telling him that he won’t be able to, and he’s always saying he’s fine…..bleah. My train of thought just derailed.
I got the Back to the Future set for Christmas. LUV those movies.
Juno rocks my socks.
And scared me. Pregnancy looks painful.
But it’s cute and funny.
favorite movie of all time:
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Which must always be written in capitals)
I don’t have a lot of patience for movies and absolutely none for movie theaters.
I wanted to see I Am Legend but now I’m going to have to read the book first since someone said there’s a book.
I haven’t seen the 3rd Pirates movie yet.
I want to see Sweeney Todd so much but it’s rated R and that almost certainly means seeing it with my mom because my dad is like me and has no patience for theaters. I’d really much rather wait for it to come out on video but my mom put me on a guilt trip today so next time she wants me to do something with her I’ll feel miserable if I don’t. My mom is annoying that way.
I grew up watching Star Wars with my dad, which is probably why I sometimes have no concept of reality.
My favorite movies are RENT, Beetle Juice, Nightmare Before Chrstmas, Wizard of Oz, or pretty much anything by TIm Burton.
I’m a bit dissapointed that I missed the chance to see Sweeney Todd performed at the local theater. I’m going to feel bad about that the entire time I’m watching the movie because I try to make movies the last resort for absorbing a story.
Holy cow that was long.
*sigh*
THERE is no way disney is going to POTC 4. I heard they are thinking , JUST THINKING, mind you, of making a T.V. show with people who look a bit like the actors.
21. moretrees08- But that’s a little different. Those weren’t really sequel because they were all filmed at the same time.
I saw Juno today. I enjoyed it, Ellen Page is a good actress.
I already posted about my most recent movie night on the Hot Soup thread, but that was before I saw this one. So I’m going to now. It consisted of
1. AVP- A terrible movie. The pacing is off, none of the actors are good, and I might add, the premise is all wrong, because, as any sensible moviegoer could determine, Alien can dominate Predator’s pathetic invisible butt any day. But it was fun to shred to pieces while watching.
2. Poltergeist- Lots of fun. From the early 90s (92 I think), so the effects are somewhat campy, but still that’s what gives it charm. It wasn’t that scary except for this one horrifying scene involving a clown-doll.
3. The Shinging- yeeesssssssss. Quality freakageness. Of course, it’s a classic. I recommend to all. But be warned, there
is gore.
Movies I would like to procure people’s opinions about:
1. The Last Unicorn
2. Alien (& its sequels)
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Terminator (& sequels)
5. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
6. Pitch Black
40 – We are borrowing AVP but I don’t particularly want to watch it… After watching Predator and seeing how bad it was, it’s not worth it.
Poltergeist? Love that movie.
I want to see The Shining.
Alien and it’s sequels – LOVE Alien. All of them are very good, but there was a slight decline as the series went on… The first is best.
Sweeney Todd – love it to death (ha ha). The blood did not disturb me at all (I think it disturbed my dad though). Yess.
40 and 41- Have you seen the second and third Poltergeist movies? The weird Preacher Cane guy creeped me out. In the beginning of the second one, when he walks through the one guy, my friend says to me (we were watching all three on Halloween eve) “That guy is going to be called Candy Mountain Charley.” And so it was.
29 – Oh my, that movie WAS wonderful, wasn’t it?
37 – I really want to see Juno.
28- Veggie Tales is pretty cool. Did you see the “Applepise” episode?
ΡÖŞÎĈ- Yes, in photographs from the rovers, sunsets do look blue, because of Raleigh Scattering, but I don’t think the trailer was set at sunset.
17-Really? Ooh, I’ll have to get it from the library. -squeals in anticipation- Of course…the waiting list will probably be a mile long.
36-My family watched the Back to the Future series a while back. It’s really cool.
IBS–Would you by any chance be referring to Legally Blonde: Red, White, and Blonde? Haven’t seen it yet, but I got it in a two-pack for Christmas, so I figure I’ll give it a watch, I mean, since I own it.
No I wasn’t, but I’ve seen it and it very stupid but most amusing as chick-flicks go.
14- my sister watched and said that being an active watcher she can appreciate the way its made, as in good, but didn’t like the story(too bloody and gory). My mom heard her telling me what it was about and said she’ll go eat elsewhere in order not to ruin her appetite.
43- yeah, it was… we need a separate What’s Up, Doc? thread!!!!!!
4- i don’t agree. The 1st was good, the 2nd was great, and the 3rd was mediocre.
I have seen Sweeney Todd and National Treasure 2 recently. I’d like to see Juno.
Movies that Penty has seen recently:
-Enchanted, which is funny and cute, if cliche.
-Ratatouille, which is cute and beautifully animated.
-All three PotC movies, the first of which is wonderful, the second of which is setup, and the third of which is pointless. Also, all three of them have far too much Orlando Bloom in them. He is squinty and has exactly three facial expressions: regal, mildly amused, and mildly confused.
-Once Upon a Time in China, which I wasn’t really watching because I was talking to my friends.
-Blades of Glory, which is stupid even for a movie with Will Ferrell in it.
-Stranger than Fiction, which is good for a movie with Will Ferrell in it. Mostly I like the concept.
Movies Penty wants to see:
-Golden Compass, which I am approaching with a ten-foot pole in hand.
-Sweeney Todd, which has Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen and singing and blood. Omnomnom.
-Juno, which just looks like a Penty kind of movie.
41. Kari- Yes, I definately agree. The first alien is the best. It has all the suspense and creepiness to make it a thriller, whereas the others are more just hardcore action.
42 Hafiz- No, I didn’t even know there were sequels!
Ok, I just decided that Airplane! is the funniest movie I have ever seen. I laughed until I cried for the first time in I think like three years.
I can’t decide whether I want to see Juno or not. I’ve heard it’s good, but I have enough teen pregnancy to deal with at my high school, much less in the movies. Is it just me, or are there more movies making pregnancy seem like no big deal? I mean, before Juno, there was Knocked Up, and that was the same thing. I dunno. It just seems like a bigger deal than the movies make it out to be.
End of rant.
National Treasure 2 was good, especially when Nicholas Cage was trying to fake a British accent.
I love movies that are good because they make no sense whatsoever.
Juno was great. You should see it.
37 – YES! YES! THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!!!
It’s just a jump to the left!
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
And pull your knees in tight
And do the pelvic thrust
And then you go in-sa-a-ane.
LET’S
DO
THE TIME
WARP
AGAIN!!!!
My friends and I will random break out into that song. We last danced to it in a grocery store. How fun.
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Oh, has anyone seen PAN’S LABRINTH? It was fantastic! despite being in spanish…
51- yess.. to the comment on Orlando Bloom. he bothers me. All he does is look pretty and wait for people to swoon over him. I agree with Jason Fox from Foxtrot on that one. the bloom fangirls have ruined the waiting to see LotR experience.
54- *despite* being in Spanish? I like Spanish. And yes, I’ve seen it and, yes I like it.
I like Sweeney Todd. I still haven’t seen Juno. Has anyone seen Mirrormask?
53) that’s why I don’t want to see Juno. Because that’s how teen pregnancy really is right. scoff.
54) I loved Pan’s Labyrinth. We bought it recently, I should re-watch it…It didn’t bother me it was in Spanish, though.
31- I agree. And personally, I don’t care one bit if they leave out Will and Elizabeth. In fact, they could go ahead and save the trouble of making a fourth movie if they like.
40- I only dimly remember The Last Unicorn, but it didn’t make much sense to me. Neither did the book, but I liked it better anyway.
53- Airplane is indeed funny.
55- I saw Mirrormask! It was good. And surreal. And funny. And it creeped me out at first but I liked it better the second time.
I saw National Treasure 2 the other night. I thought it was entertaining if not much different from the first one, and maybe not worth a second watch but worth seeing.
I like the animated Scooby-Doo movies but despise the live action ones. Comments?
my next movie theater visit will probably be “The Golden Compass”
I saw P.S. I love you. It was really good!!!! And sad, it was really good though.
I saw The Corpse Bride last night. It was good. Of course, I’d already predicted all the plot twists, but whatever.
On the other hand, I also saw HP2. OH MY GOD WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME????? It was awful. The script went too fast, the acting was lass than wonderful, and there were long pauses between everyone’s lines.
I hate movies that get facts wrong. I always nit-pick and my brothers don’t like that.
I like the Pirates of The Carribean movies as movies, but when people think they are real, I fell like strangling everyone involved in the production of them.
Grrrr……..
62-Like what?
I saw “The Golden Compass”. Trust me, it wasn’t all that great.
64- Armageddon, for one. Certainly The Core, and Transformers had several flaws in the trailer alone.
Even National Treasure, which I otherwise love, has a few errors.
63- Real as in they actually happened, or real as in someone (me) might assume that they had actually been filmed in the Carribean?
65–I thought The Golden Compass was okay. It’s one of my favorite books, so I set myself up for disappointment–it’s just so hard to base a movie off such a complicated book. In general it was better than I expected.
55–Mirrormask was awesome! For some reason it freaked me out a little. Odd. xD
54–Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies. It’s stupendous, and I really don’t mind the subtitles.
53/56–I recently saw Juno and it’s my current favorite movie. It doesn’t trivialize teen pregnancy or make it seem fun or something. If anything it’s saying DON’T get pregnant when you’re sixteen.
I saw Sweeney Todd last week and had a really fun time. Johnny Depp makes anything good!
I just watched Gone With the Wind on TV. O.o It was…interesting. I felt bad for the slaves more than I did for Scarlett, though. It didn’t help that the entire time my dad was making sardonic comments about the old South.
I want to se Juno really bad.
anyone seen the great debaters?
70- No, but I heard that it got great reviews.
61 – Three cheers for Tim Burton.
Anyone here ever seen The Addams Family movie? Awesome.
Last night I saw Sense and Sensibility. It was very good. Finally, a movie with Alan Rickman where he is a good person!
I can’t reccomend Artificial Intelligence (also called AI) enough. It’s a Steven Spielburg sci-fi and it’s absolutely amazing.
72- I didn’t like AI. Too cheesy.
My mom seems to think that even though I’m almost 15 I cannot see any R-rated movie whatsoever! I really really want to see Sweeney Todd, but she says it’s “out of the question” My mother is so annoying!
74- Well, I’ve always thought it depended on for what it was rated R. (No, that doesn’t work. Ugh. Whatever.)
73-It’s not cheesy. *hmph*
Well, if you want another awesome Spielburg, try Minority Report. Yaaaay!
74-It’s just blood spurting everywhere. It didn’t disturb me at all.
*bounces around from skittle induced sugar buzzzz* i just got back from seeing “Juno” I thought it was a really good movie, but because it has such a mature theme that shouldn’t reccamend (did i spell that right…?) it to everyone
77- Recommend.
76-There are some very good Rated R movies! With parents like mine, it dosn’t matter if it’s Rated R, as long as they don’t like it, I’m not watching it. End of story.
I haven’t watched any R rated movies, and I’ve only watched a couple PG-13s, and only recently. But I don’t really mind that much…I don’t particularly like bloody/gory/romantic/disturbing movies anyways.
If it’s rated R for swearing I don’t mind it. If it’s rated R for horror or sex I don’t to watch it. That pretty much sums it up.
I’ve seen R rated movies.
Sometimes I think they just add questionable material just to sell it. Oh well.
I like old movies. The Music Man is one of my favorites ever. Currently we’re watching Anne of Green Gables, and Anne of Avonlea. A movie a night, so it takes awhile.
I don’t pay much attention to ratings anymore. Then again, I’m seventeen and the theatres don’t care. Plus my parents don’t really care either. I go see it based on if I think I’ll like it. I believe my first R rated movie was Amelie way back when.
Sweeney Todd is excellent. If you are fine with rather bent-on-revenge people slitting people’s throats with more blood than necessary you’ll be fine. There isn’t much sex in it or swearing. It’s mainly the idea of Sweeney’s insanity and all the blood it produces.
80- I’m too squeamish (don’t bother corecting my spelling anymore)
83- My first R rated movie was Amelie too!
84 – I think that’s right, actually. And same here. ^_^
I’ve seen a lot of R-rated movies — I actually saw The Red Violin when I was about seven, but I didn’t really have any idea what was going on and my parents fast-forwarded through the inappropriate scenes. I’ve seen The Matrix, Schindler’s List, Rain Man, History Boys, and probably some others that I don’t remember.
I don’t really pay attention to the ratings, though, because they seem sort of inconsistent to me.
54-I love Pan’s Labyrinth and Rocky Horror Picture Show.
My dad told me about when his sister went to the midnight movie showing of RHPS at Kent State University a few years ago. They all bring coolers with tomatoes and plants and things. People throw stuff at the screen and dress up for it. He said there were people coming in wheelchairs and dressed as the characters.
Pan’s Labyrinth was amazing! There’s a new movie by the same director that’s being compared to it, but I don’t know what it’s called.
I want to see Juno, I am Legend, and Sweeney Todd. I;m not going to until they’re on video though, because I really can’t stand movie theaters.
My favorite movies are Beetle Juice, RHPS, Rent, and Pan’s Labyrinth.
80- Me either. Blood, horror and swearing just turn me off to it. The swears are the only part of Apollo 13 that I didn’t like.
who has seen Cloverfield- I thought it was really good
I’ve seen it.
88- The Orphanage. (the one that is being compared to Pan’s Labyrinth)
I like Rocky Horror Picture Show. And El Laberinto del Fauno. I love the Spanish. I kept wandering around saying things like the faun. I also love Ofelia’s outfits.
I just came back from seeing Cloverfield.
Oh my…
Holy…
That…
It’s the first movie I’ve seen in 2008 and it was absolutely incredible. I thought the trailers made it look bad, but I couldn’t have been more wrong…
Star Wars episode III rules!!!!
94- You said it! And the other ones are, if anything, better.
The cool thing about all the Star Wars movies is that they are as good as the first. George Lucas was a genius with these movies.
Star Wars is always good.
*ahem* Much Ado About Nothing is a very good movie.
I like action-packed movies like Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean.
I like Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
I like Lord of the Rings too!! Another favorite is Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.
My dad got the movie Dead Again that looks really cool and I want to watch…
He ordered a bunch of films with Emma Thompson in them, including this one. I think she’s my favorite actress now…
It’s a tradition for me to watch movies with my dad. ^_^
Today me and my mom watched Secondhand Lion which is one of my families favorite movies.
Dead Again is awwwesome.
Now I want to watch another movie he got, which is Wit.
RE: Narnia
Prince Caspian is coming out soon. Sometime in May, I think it was, although I’m probably wrong. It was announced on the Super Bowl.
I hope it’s good.
I saw the preview too. I am excited for when it comes out in theaters. I have been reading the books and am now on the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It looks like it will be a good movie.
I starting to like the disney HG2G… uh oh!
But really, It was written with help from Adams!
I love Big Fish. It’s very well written. The story is great and I was bawling at the end, so if you don’t like sad movies don’t watch it. It has some good fantasy bits in it.
I love Ever After and Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore.
107- I liked it too. the werwolf touch was nice, as weell as the town of the dead. It struck me as very sad and beautiful. The little girlfrom the dead town, for example. She has her own story, her struggle and failure to survive.
Personally, I happen to like Gangs of New York. Has anyone seen it?
107 – Oh, yes. I loved it too. I cried my heart out.
Now I saw Wit.
…
I’m not sure if I should have. It was too powerful. I’m a bit off now. …
Big Fish was a pretty good movie.
I’m watching Titanic right now.It’s on the tv, and I’m on here in commercial breaks. Quite honestly, it’s good, but 11 oscars? Come on, people. It’s not that great…
I want to see The Shining sooo bad.
0_0
Everyone says it’s really, really scary, but I do not care.
And I kinda want to see The Terminator.
I’ve seen The Shining, and it is scary and suspenseful. Jack Nicholson makes that movie, and he is reeaallly creepy. When I watched it with my mom around Halloween, we both freaked out when the eerie parts were about to happen. So prepare yourself!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoyed Big Fish a great deal, although at this point I can only vaguely remember what it was about.
105 – Yes, I hope so. I think they did a really good job with The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, so hopefully Price Caspian will be similar.
I just hope they don’t mess it up. Caspian looks older than I imagined him in the previews…?
116- Isn’t he like twenty or something? Or maybe even younger?
116- I hope they made Prince Caspian like the book.
117 – I’ve imagined him as being younger, more like 14, since he still had a tutor and stuff. In the preview he looks about 18-20, though. Or even older.
118 – Me too. Hey, are you a newbie? I don’t see you on the “Who’s Here List”. -pies you just in case-
119- I am a newbie, I just started blogging 2 weeks ago.
My mom just got the movie Becoming Jane. It looks reeaally good so I will have to post how it is. I hope it is as good as Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly.
119- Yeah, I was little and stuff.
I saw The Shining and it was AAAAMAZING.
There’s a French animated movie that starts with a P that I want to see.
Becoming Jane was pretty good. It was sad that Jane Austen didn’t marry the man she loved. But other than that it was great.
Aha, it’s Persepolis!
Yes, I want to see that.
PERSEPOLIS IS FREAKIN AMAZING.
period.
Keep in mind though, there’s cursing and drug use and bunch of other stuff, but it’s a really good movie that really sends a really good message and wow that was a lot of really’s. lawl. But go see it!
“Becoming Jane” was also a wonderful movie. Anyone seen the “Jane Austen Book Club?”
ooh, yes, I want to see Persepolis. I’ve read Persepolis and Persepolis II…
No, but I LOOVE Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Independence Day (released a day after I was born), the Parent Trap.
They should make a Muse movie.
126- Well, once upon a time my mother got “The Jane Austen Book Club” on tape. We listened to it for about half an hour.
128- I like Indiana Jones too! Harrison Ford is awesome in Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
130 – Yes!!! Did you know that they’re making a new Indiana Jones movie? The fourth!!
131-Yes,and I hope they make it like the originals!!!
I finally saw Gone With the Wind. I hadn’t before, nad I found it to be…okay. My mom makes no bones about hating the main charicters, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was okay. LONG though, I kept pausing it and coming into the house, (Mom) “So, what did you think?” (Me) “Uum, it’s not over yet, I’m still in the middle.” (Mom) “it’s not over yet?! You’ve been out there for hours!” (Dad) “Yeah, well, it’s a long movie! Didn’t you know that?” (Mom) “Yes, but I didn’t think it was so many hours long, only about three.” (Me) “I’m going back out, I’ll be in when it’s done…”
I just saw Sense and Sensibility based on the novel by Jane Austen. It was excellent!!!!!!!!
134~ Yes, if it’s the pne put out by the BBC, I’e seen it and Iove it. Actually, we have the entire “Romance Collection” from A&E/BBC productions. So whenever Mom and I get in the mood to watch some long movie and stay up all night we get it out and watch them.
Pathetic, aren’t we?
My favorite movie is A Knight’s Tale.
I was distraught when Heath Ledger died.
132 – YES!!! Did you hear Harrison Ford is STILL doing all of his own stunts?
I hope they do better with it then they did with the Prequels.
I never knew that! I bet the new movie is going to be really good. I wonder if they will have Sean Connery in it? My cousin does a great impressioin of him.
139 – Sean Connery? Who’s that?
140- One of the first actors to play James Bond.
140- He is Indiana Jones’s father in the 3rd movie of the India Jone’s movies.
141, 142 – I’m sure you’re both right. Thanks!
PERSEPOLIS IS AMAZING.
I saw it. Today. At the 12:50 showing.
I read the graphic novel of Persepolis. Very sad, but it contains a brief Star Wars reference.
Has anyone else seen the Movies The Irish R.M.? I’ve been watching them (it’s a series) and they are such fun!
Also: I finally got to see the Horation Hornblower movies, more later but now I’m off.
145 – Ooh, do tell! What was it referencing?
145 – The movie did not contain a Star Wars reference.
But it contained an animated short clip of Terminator!
147- In the novel, there’s what happened:
The heroine is visiting her younger cousins during some political turmoil. To try to cheer them up, they have a conversation. In one panel, it goes like this:
Cousin: “At my old house we had all the Star Wars stuff.”
Other cousin: “I like Princess Leia.”
Marjane, in thought bubble: “I think Leia’s kind of ugly.”
In the next panel, they are talking about something else.
I guess it’s not in the movie as it’s only one panel.
Contuinuation of post 146:
I watched the Hornblower movies with my friend, her brother and their mom. Now, all three of us were picking it apart from various points of veiw. I was going to pieces over the fact that the ratlines weren’t tarred (yes, it is importaint) her Mom, the nurse, was going on about how when a person is shot in the stomach they DO NOT bleed at the mouth, nor when they fall down a hatch, or any other death the charicters came to. Noah was keeping tally of weather they died with their eyes open or closed, and we were all naming the songs that were played. Percy (the dog) was snoring on the couch for most of it, nd didn’t have any comments.
In all, they were good movies and I enjoyed watching them.
I know this is an old movie, but I have to point some stuff out: in “The WIzard of OZ” during the scarecrow scene, Dorothy’s hair gets longer and shorter! Did anyone bother to think of that? :rolls:
Also, In the munchkin scene, the lollipop that Dorothy gets disapears in the next take!
If anyone wants to know how I noticed that, its because I am Dorothy in The Wiz and I have watched it 1,947,472,665,483,742 times.
oops! what happened with the rolls thing? let me try again:
oh, I think I get it!
I cant remember the name if the movie, but it was set in medival times, and in the background there was a truck driving past. There were also alot of other stupid mistakes such as nails in the barrels/houses and all this other totally obvious stuff that wasn’t found until about 100 years ago, yet they showed up in medeival times. It was qiute amusing
Was Sweeney Todd good? It has been my destiny to see it for awhile. Across the Universe, too.
OH my god. Twilight the movie is out on Dec. 12 and Max Ride is scheduled for sometime this year.
150- I’m positive that they’re horribly wrong, historically, but I can’t help loving those movies. I tend to laugh at their hats through the entire movie.
153- I hate that kind of thing.
155~ They’re better than Pirates of the Carribean. Actually, htey aren’t too bad, it just happened that the group that was watching them has a tendancy on picking movies apart.
Of course,I was having a conniption fit when the ratlines weren’t tarred and how some of the “sailors”were climbing the rigging–grabbing the ratlines with their hands! NONONO!!! If you do that they can break and you can be really seriously hurt.
But you all know how much of a weirdo I am about these sort of things, and that should put it into perspective.
And yes, the hats are ridiculous!!
I got to see Becoming Jane It was pretty good, I enjoyed it. It was funny, in the “Bonus Material” they had one of those things where the cast and all talk about the making of the movie, and one of the things they said was about how the one of them got this great green jacket. I had to laugh at myself, because I had made a mental note of how lovely that jacket was, and how nice he looked in it…..
Anyway, it was amusing.
156- Becoming Jane was pretty good when me and my mom watched it.
157~ “Twas indeed. I love Jane Austen, and Anne Hathaway is a great actress. I always enjoy her movies.
Yes, Anne Hathaway is cool. Wasn’t she in thirteen going on thirty?
I like that fact that she’s a great actress, has stayed out of the tabloids and seems like a real person.
I loved the Princess Diaries, that’s one place where the movies didn’t follow the books, and were much better!!
The Princess Diaries were funny, especially the first one. Anne Hathaway does an excellent job in both.
Yeah, I liked the movies better than the books. In the books the grandmother is really nasty and the Dad is still alive.
But Julie Andrews was amazing as a queen. Actually, she’s always amazing. So is Ann Hathaway.
I suppose that I’m the only one on here that likes Final Fantasy: Advent Children, then.
163) OMFGGGGGG YOU ARE SO WRONG
Despite the fact I fail at all FF games I love that movie.
Uh I think the last movie I saw was No Country for Old Men. That was really worth watching, I disagree with everyone about the ending, I thought it was very fitting.
Ann Hathaway was very good in Brokeback Mountain.
149 – Oh, actually, I think that’s in there. I forgot.
(I watch pretty much all movies with my dad.)
163 – I DO!!!!! I’ve never played the games, except the gameboy/DS ones. Saw the movie. Mostly, I liked it for the animation. Amazing.
164 – I WANNA SEE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN!
But I don’t think my dad does.
About a week ago I saw Be Kind Rewind. Very, very good.
I kinda want to see Ms. Pettigrew Lives For a Day…
And, Funny Games looks like it could be good. Apparently the director is redoing his own movie. I think it got bad reviews on Rotten Tomatoes…. *trusts Rotten Tomatoes*
TRhe director who did Pan’s labrynth? He did a movie called (in danish) børnehjemmet. Um, maybe it’s called “the orphanage” “the children’s home” or something totally different. I really want to see it.
I wanted to see Pan’s Labyrinth, so I recorded it on the DVR. Unfortunately, it was in spanish. Just my luck.
(on the Princess Diaries) I thought that that movie pretty much sucked, except for her cat, Fat Louie. He is the only reason I watch that movie wih my cousins @ thanksgiving. Fat Louie is my LIFE. I tried to order a custom-made poster of him, but it was too expensive.
have you seen Eragon?
168- I thought it stunk. (Worse than the second book, even.)
169 – Yes, it was pretty bad…
168- Some of it. What I saw was awful.
has anyone here seen Moulin Rouge?
i haven’t seen or read Eragon, and i don’t plan on it, either. it looks like one of those movies/books that are just…blah.
my brother has a gift, he can tell whether a movie is going to be good or bad, before he’s even seen the trailer, before he even knows what it’s about. it’s rather frightening at times, but very useful.
Eragon (the movie) was terrible.
Eragon (the book) was overrated and I didn’t like it that much.
Haven’t seen Moulin Rouge, but we own it, so maybe I’ll see it. Someday.
Has anybody seen Spiderwick Chronicles? I’ve been thinking about seeing it, and I’ve heard it got good reviews, but I’d like to hear some Muser opinions.
173- ooh you must watch it, you simply must! moulin rouge is my favorite movie, i’ve watched it so many times i can almost recite the script.
174- Eh. Could be worse. It’s pretty much independent of the book, which is OK if you don’t really like the book.
176- Independent of the book? OK, I’m not seeing it.
176 – I haven’t read any but the first. Should I get the others before seeing the movie?
hey POSOC, Eragon and Eldest rock! (so will Brisingr) why do you say it was bad? sure, the movie wasn’t as good as the book, but it still pwned.
178- Doesn’t matter. Like I said, all that ties them together is the characters.
179- Well, the book was ripped off from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. (I hear it was also ripped off from the Belgeriad, but I haven’t read that so I can’t confirm it.) The first book, despite being cliche, was at least somewhat engaging. I really didn’t like the second book. All Eragon did was whine, and the plot twist at the end? I saw it coming as soon as we learned a bit about Murtagh’s life. (That was in the first book, btw.) Basically just overstuffed. It felt like he was trying to develop his world as much as Tolkien did, but he put altogether too much information into it, and it made the narration seem awkward.
The movie, however, is as far from Eragon as Eragon is from LOTR. All the relatively good parts of the book were cut, the acting was awful, and I bet most of the people here on the blog could have written a better script.
181- Wait 30 days and I will have written a better script.
Maybe.