Lounge of Tomorrow - Miscellaneous Movie Musings

I just watched the Sci-Fi Ch's mini-series of DUNE. I loved the books and the David Lynch film to death. This mini was a soooo cheesy. Really, really bad acting, special effects are horrible. IT's about 4 hours of the worst TV mini series has to offer. Or with the budget of $3.50.

This gets 1 bornieo out of 10.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

09-26-2006 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RStar

I agree totaly. I had the same feeling, and I think that is what they were going for, and shows what a good actor Brandon Fraser is.

The last movie I saw him in was "Loony Toons, back in action" (though he had a small part in "Dikie Roberts"). But I have liked him best in "Blast From The Past" which came out the same year as "The Mummy" and "Dudly Do Right" (Man he is a busy actor!). He was perfect as "George Of The Jungle" (which is why the second one sucked, 'cause they didn't get him), and had that same innocence in "Encino Man" that I liked.

First time I saw Monkeybone I hated it. Second time, I thought it was FANTASTIC. I don't know what changed my mind, but I thought everyone's performances were pretty darn great. The dead zombie dude? His body work was AMAZING.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812

09-26-2006 02:39 PM

I recently watched Amores Perros and Hard Candy. Both were excellently crafted, acted, written, directed, etc.

But I don't want to see either movie ever, ever again. Hard Candy especially set my teeth on edge.

JWBear

09-26-2006 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

Interesting... I thought the minseries was far superior to the Lynch version.

Alex	09-26-2006 03:18 PM

I agree.

Stan4dSteph

09-26-2006 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I saw Hard Candy in the theater. Extremely well done.

innerSpaceman

09-26-2006 07:12 PM

Yep, put me down for Dune series superior to the movie in every way .... except visually.

The visuals in the movie were splendid (effects were cheesy as hell, but the visual concepts and production design were great). The rest of the movie was pure suckitude.

Watching them both gives you an amalgamation appreciation for the story. But, um, you're way better off reading the book.

(and then stopping. None of the zillion sequels were anywhere near as good.)

Not Afraid

09-26-2006 07:18 PM

Worms? Spice? Is there a connection?

Why do the STUPIDEST lines stay in my brain for years and years.

RStar

09-26-2006 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Watching them both gives you an amalgamation appreciation for the story.

Thanks for the $64M word, ISM.:D

And for those of us with little education (I had to look this up, as I'm clueless, with the exception of Amalgam in dentistry- but still didn't know what it meant):

Amalgamation, meaning to combine or unite into one form, has several uses:

*Amalgam, in chemistry, mining and dentistry, the result of the blending of mercury with another metal or alloy

*Amalgamation, in business, the result of mergers of companies

*Amalgamation (music), the synthesis of sound events into an inter-parametric unit where parameters act together

*Amalgamation (album), an EP released by the band Pop Will Eat Itself in 1994

:snap:

Not Afraid

09-27-2006 08:46 PM

Both Junebug and Brick are on their way to me from Netflix.

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