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| Trish |
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The two most disappointing films of 2007 (for me) were:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Spiderman 3 |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:34 pm |
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| Elizabeth: The Golden Age was the biggest disappointment for me, and I wasn't overly fond of the first film, but still. When La Blanchett makes me roll my eyes at points where clearly I should be electrified, somethings amiss in the mother country, or at least the director/screenwriter's chair. Not even Clive, Clive, Be Still My Beating Heart, Clive made me care. A pannier-centric panoply of revisionist ham, ruff where it wasn't risible, doubleting over in cliches, garnished with gherkins. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:51 pm |
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My expectations of ELIZABETH: TGA were very low to begin with. I just rented it and was expecting it to be much worse.
I'm sure I would have felt differently if I'd been captive in a large auditorium for a screening. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:44 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: I'm sure I would have felt differently if I'd been captive in a large auditorium for a screening. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:54 pm |
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lady wakasa wrote: My god, a remake of Seven Samurai is in preproduction (according to Variety). Shoot me now.
Err, it has been done before...Rather well in fact... |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:57 pm |
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Rod wrote: lady wakasa wrote: My god, a remake of Seven Samurai is in preproduction (according to Variety). Shoot me now.
Err, it has been done before...Rather well in fact...
That's for sure...and a hell of a lot shorter, too. (Which is not better per se, just a hell of a lot shorter.)
It's the extreme length of Seven Samurai that IMO is its only fault. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:59 pm |
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Buh, buh-pa-duh, buh-buh-buh-buh-pa-dah, buh, buh-pa-dah, buh-buh-buh-buh-pa-duh
"The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose." |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:00 pm |
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Well, I actually feel a little better.
Rod wrote: lady wakasa wrote: My god, a remake of Seven Samurai is in preproduction (according to Variety). Shoot me now.
Err, it has been done before...Rather well in fact...
We're not talking adaptation, we're talking remake. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:15 pm |
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| Just pointing out it's not necessarily a suckfest...only probably a suckfest. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:08 pm |
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Trish wrote: The two most disappointing films of 2007 (for me) were:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Spiderman 3
Didn't see Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Verily a Sequel!, but agreed on Spiderman 3. and I'd add Shrek the Third and The Golden Compass.
I was also somewhat disappointed in Harry Potter 5, but that was because installments 3 and 4 were so good. 5's okay, but I was expecting a lot more than that. Imelda Staunton was terrific. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:43 pm |
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Notice many dissatisfied with sequels.
Usually sucker bets.
I have to hear some pretty good praise before I consider watching a sequel.
Then again, usually they make sequels of films I've never seen -- blockbusters and other inflated fare. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:55 pm |
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gromit wrote: Notice many dissatisfied with sequels.
Usually sucker bets.
I have to hear some pretty good praise before I consider watching a sequel.
Then again, usually they make sequels of films I've never seen -- blockbusters and other inflated fare.
But note that I was very happy with the third and fourth Harry Potter movies (and the sixth and seventh books), The Bourne Ultimatum, Spider-Man 2, and I thought the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean carried on the tradition nobly, even to the point of being at least a half-hour too long.
But I, too, want to hear some praise, which is why I didn't see Spy Kids 3-D. Besides, Alexa Vega was almost cut out of that one in favor of her little brother, who I find a bit much as a sidekick, let alone a star.
I do understand BloodRayne 2 is an improvement over the original... |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:12 am |
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Worst film of 2008 so far:
Will Ferrell's SEMI-PRO
This film is the bottom of the barrell for Will Ferrell. Even Woody Harrelson is miscast in the "Owen Wilson"-role. Extremely boring and unfunny.
Don't bother. Not even at the dollar house. You can find something better to do with your time. |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:56 am |
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mo_flixx wrote: Worst film of 2008 so far:
Will Ferrell's SEMI-PRO
This film is the bottom of the barrell for Will Ferrell. Even Woody Harrelson is miscast in the "Owen Wilson"-role. Extremely boring and unfunny.
Don't bother. Not even at the dollar house. You can find something better to do with your time.
That's what it looked like to me. Glad to have it confirmed. I will be avoiding this one. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:58 am |
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| Another sequel that was better than the original: "The Road Warrior" (aka "Mad Max II). The third one wasn't bad, either, but "Road Warrior" is a classic, IMO. |
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