Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 282

Gemini Cricket · 01-06-2008, 08:54 PM

I just loved Knocked Up. What a great flick. I will watch anything Apatow and Rogen do from now on.

The dialog was terrific. People talk like this. I hate it when movies have dialog that doesn't sound realistic.

I must say this though, this movie was one big giant trick to get straight men to see a chick-flick. Just like Jerry Maguire. Make it look like you're in to see a bunch of straight guys bonding and *wham* you're in a chick-flick, straight boy.

BarTopDancer · 01-08-2008, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Cloverfield.

If this movie is about the damn smoke monster from LOST! I am going to be pissed! Unless it gives answers about said smoke monster. But then it'll open up a bunch of new questions.

JWBear · 01-09-2008, 10:47 AM

We watched a cool old movie last night. Romance on the High Seas with Doris Day in her first movie role! It also stars a very young Don DeFore. The plot is simple and enjoyable. The songs are just so-so. But the sets and costumes are absolutly STUNNING!

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 01-09-2008, 01:51 PM

I saw I am Legend last night. It was ok. I didn't feel there was any substance to the whole thing other than special effects, which were good. I need to read the book to see what it's really about I think because there was something missing in the film.

5 bornieo's out of 10

innerSpaceman · 01-09-2008, 03:11 PM

^ something MAJOR missing, according to Chernabog at NYE (I haven't read the book myself)

Alex · 01-09-2008, 04:26 PM

Out of curiosity, since at this point it doesn't look like I'll be seeing it, what did he say was missing (I have read the book)?

innerSpaceman · 01-09-2008, 05:42 PM

Spoiler:

Alex · 01-09-2008, 06:15 PM

Jesus Christ on a Crutch! They neutered the entire point of the book and the thing that makes it brilliant.

Now I'll definitely have to see it on DVD to judge if they replaced with something that still plays well (and only sounds stupid in comparison to the source). I've always said I don't see how a good faithful adaptation can be made since so much of the book is purely internal to the protagonist, but still, if you aren't going to keep that part, why adapt the book?

innerSpaceman · 01-09-2008, 06:50 PM

Since this is the third film adaptation to leave that out, that seemingly logical question seems nevertheless to be moot.

Alex · 01-09-2008, 07:29 PM

I haven't seen the other two but I understand that they so mucked with the story that they were only barely faithful to the book. I'd been lead to expect that other than broadly cosmetic changes this one was much more faithful.

Guess I was wrong.

01-06-2008, 08:54 PM	#2811
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I just loved Knocked Up. What a great flick. I will watch anything Apatow and Rogen do from now on. The dialog was terrific. People talk like this. I hate it when movies have dialog that doesn't sound realistic. I must say this though, this movie was one big giant trick to get straight men to see a chick-flick. Just like Jerry Maguire. Make it look like you're in to see a bunch of straight guys bonding and wham you're in a chick-flick, straight boy.
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01-09-2008, 10:47 AM	#2813
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	We watched a cool old movie last night. Romance on the High Seas with Doris Day in her first movie role! It also stars a very young Don DeFore. The plot is simple and enjoyable. The songs are just so-so. But the sets and costumes are absolutly STUNNING! __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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01-09-2008, 01:51 PM	#2814
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	I saw I am Legend last night. It was ok. I didn't feel there was any substance to the whole thing other than special effects, which were good. I need to read the book to see what it's really about I think because there was something missing in the film. 5 bornieo's out of 10
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01-09-2008, 03:11 PM	#2815
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	^ something MAJOR missing, according to Chernabog at NYE (I haven't read the book myself)
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01-09-2008, 04:26 PM	#2816
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Out of curiosity, since at this point it doesn't look like I'll be seeing it, what did he say was missing (I have read the book)?
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01-09-2008, 05:42 PM	#2817
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Spoiler: Alex, as I understand it, in the book Neville becomes the titular "Legend" because he is the boogeyman of the new civilzation of albino, sun-allergic creatures that inherit the earth as the dominant species after the demise of 20th century homosapians. Supposedly, it's a neat twist that our hero is revealed to be the bad guy from the only perspective that counts once he's dead. Is that right? In the film, he's not the last man alive. He gives a blood sample of his resistent plasma to a woman and boy he has hide in a crawl space from albino attackers, and then he is killed. There is no explanation why Neville himself could not hide in the crawl space, too ... and thus live to provide far more than a blood sample to science. But in the film, it's his blood sample that provides the cure, and thus He Is Legend. Chernabog says "BAH"
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01-09-2008, 06:15 PM	#2818
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Jesus Christ on a Crutch! They neutered the entire point of the book and the thing that makes it brilliant. Now I'll definitely have to see it on DVD to judge if they replaced with something that still plays well (and only sounds stupid in comparison to the source). I've always said I don't see how a good faithful adaptation can be made since so much of the book is purely internal to the protagonist, but still, if you aren't going to keep that part, why adapt the book?
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01-09-2008, 06:50 PM	#2819
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Since this is the third film adaptation to leave that out, that seemingly logical question seems nevertheless to be moot.
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01-09-2008, 07:29 PM	#2820
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I haven't seen the other two but I understand that they so mucked with the story that they were only barely faithful to the book. I'd been lead to expect that other than broadly cosmetic changes this one was much more faithful. Guess I was wrong.
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