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[Shoeberto]

Logan's Run

As a pre-Star Wars sci-fi flick, it does occasionally dip into the valley of Star Trek cheese with regards to special effects. There's only a few times when it's overwhelming, though, and for the most part the characters and story are at the forefront, not the special effects. Plot-wise, though, it leaves a bit to be desired with a few things that you're just supposed to accept, like who is actually handing down the orders to keep all the stuff going.

Not too bad of a movie though. 7/10.

[Raistlin]

Last movie I saw was The Mist last weekend. It's based on a story by Stephen King, so I had high hopes, but the writing for the movie was pretty disappointing. Every plot development just seemed so forced, as if they wrote a story separate from the book and had to go back and quickly edit some things in.

The explanation for the mist was equally forced and anticlimactic, mentioned once with no build up or development and then forgotten. The creatures in the mist were not remotely frightening and their inability to break glass or damage buildings or vehicles was frustratingly unbelievable. The ending was decently unexpected and a good twist, though also seemed kind of haphazardly done like the rest of the writing.

Overall: 5.5/10 (I couldn't decide between a 5 or a 6)

EDIT: I should qualify that I was a bit drunk when I watched this, but still quite lucid.

[The Space Pope]

Watched Big last night.

I haven't seen this movie in a number of years, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well this movie has held up. Sure, the logic behind it is a bit flawed, but it was also arguably Tom Hanks' finest comedic hour. It's pretty hard to be bored by this movie, and even though many clones of this movies exist (many body-switch/transformation movies like this existed in the 80's, all based off of 1976's Freaky Friday), it's still quite memorable.

8.5/10

[NeoCracker]

Saw Hot Fuzz with my sister a couple days ago.

Amazing movie that Hot Fuzz. The acting was quite good, and the jokes were hilarious. Also, that action scene at the end, regardless of being a parody of action movies, was one of the greatest action sequences I've ever scene.

9/10.

[I'm my own MILF]

Flags of our Fathers.

A pretty amazing war movie, and one which made me think about it for the rest of the night after I had watched it. However the last few minutes flagged, I felt, and were too much of a "tying up loose ends" kind of thing.

Still, excellent movie and well worth watching. I'm going to try and watch Letters from Iwo Jima soon too, I hear it's better.

[Dante WolfWood]

gi joe.


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[krissy]

so all right, i guess we could DISCUSS stuff in here too

NECRO: which fight scene was your fave? i really liked the first one with the boys just cause of the colors, and the one with the capoeira tic kid.

neo: yah man good film. have you seen shaun of the dead?

[Necronopticous]

Originally Posted by Raistlin ^

It's based on a story by Stephen King, so I had high hopes, but the writing for the movie was pretty disappointing. Every plot development just seemed so forced, as if they wrote a story separate from the book and had to go back and quickly edit some things in.

That's like Stephen King in a nutshell, dude. I can't imagine why you expected anything else.

Originally Posted by Not At All Reno ^

NECRO: which fight scene was your fave?

The one where she was making Bruce Lee noises filled me with glee, but overall I think I have to go with the beat boy boss battle. I love when she starts to mime his tics, and that final kick basically seals the deal.

I can't wait for Raging Phoenix.