Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 438

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-06-2009, 08:09 AM

Any concept can be a great movie, as long as it has great writing.

Strangler Lewis · 07-06-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Any concept can be a great movie, as long as it has great writing.

Book it: Henry V--with badass flying ostriches.

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . .
Squawk! . . ."

Alex · 07-06-2009, 06:19 PM

Finally a summer action movie I can get behind.

DisneyDaniel · 07-06-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Finally a summer action movie I can get behind.

Now, that's funny! The real movie trailer for the 2012 film portrays it as a serious disaster movie, so it naturally lends itself for some major spoofing!

Alex · 07-06-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DisneyDaniel

Now, that's funny! The real movie trailer for the 2012 film portrays it as a serious disaster movie, so it naturally lends itself for some major spoofing!

I've got to love that an overly serious summer disaster movie starts with a pretty stupid factual error in referring to the Mayans as "mankind's earliest civilization."

It wasn't even the first "great" civilization since the Egyptian pharaohs had been going for about a thousand years by the time the Mayans were starting out.

Stupid to care, but helps establish the expectation bar.

JWBear · 07-06-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I've got to love that an overly serious summer disaster movie starts with a pretty stupid factual error in referring to the Mayans as "mankind's earliest civilization."

It wasn't even the first "great" civilization since the Egyptian pharaohs had been going for about a thousand years by the time the Mayans were starting out.

Stupid to care, but helps establish the expectation bar.

Yeah... But sh!t gets destroyed, man!

alphabassettgrrl · 07-06-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

2012 would indeed be better if played for laughs, but I'm sure that's how it will be taken in any event. Gonna have to plunk down $22 for that, because ePiC DiSASteR on that scale has to be seen on the biggest IMAX 3-D screen available.

Ok, I'm with you here.

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Originally Posted by Alex

I've got to love that an overly serious summer disaster movie starts with a pretty stupid factual error in referring to the Mayans as "mankind's earliest civilization."

It wasn't even the first "great" civilization since the Egyptian pharaohs had been going for about a thousand years by the time the Mayans were starting out.

Stupid to care, but helps establish the expectation bar.

Yeah, I prefer factual accuracy in my movies as well. If they don't want to deal with accuracy, don't make a movie based on things that can be fact-checked.

Morrigoon · 07-07-2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Finally a summer action movie I can get behind.

Heaven help me... that put a smile on my face, LOL!

Not Afraid · 07-06-2009, 06:24 PM

Anyone seen Public Enemy yet? I've read some good reviews.

Alex · 07-06-2009, 06:26 PM

I give anything from Michael Mann a shot. I figure even if he bores me narratively he'll impress me visually. But being out of town this weekend prevented me from getting to it yet (even if I'm increasingly wary of Christian Bale).

Sometime this week, probably.

(Also, Public Enemy is the Cagney version, the new version is Public Enemies. Inflation, you know.)

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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Any concept can be a great movie, as long as it has great writing.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I give anything from Michael Mann a shot. I figure even if he bores me narratively he'll impress me visually. But being out of town this weekend prevented me from getting to it yet (even if I'm increasingly wary of Christian Bale). Sometime this week, probably. (Also, Public Enemy is the Cagney version, the new version is Public Enemies. Inflation, you know.)
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