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12-22-2009, 11:57 PM
#621
supervillain
LOL. I loved Up... Pixar has gotten damn good at the art of story-telling without words. I won't call it the best movie by no means, but I liked it enough to go back and own it.
Just finally saw The Tournament. Gory as hell, worse plot ever, Kelly Hu lust settled... the doctor dude from Stargate Universe as a drunken priest and Ving Rhames delivering his typical staccato Marcellus Wallace delivery sans anal entry from Zed... and still enjoyed it. Not as low-brow as Shoot 'Em Up but damn close.
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12-23-2009, 12:29 AM
#622
pablo cruisin'
I thought UP was absolutely timeless. Great story that evoked emotions, was sweet and appropriate for the whole family. Pixar is doing for animated story telling what Spielberg did for Motion pictures.
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12-23-2009, 12:51 AM
#623
He has risen!
Originally Posted by hanratty21
I thought UP was absolutely timeless. Great story that evoked emotions, was sweet and appropriate for the whole family. Pixar is doing for animated story telling what Spielberg did for Motion pictures.
^ i love your opinion. that's actually what i wanted to say above but didn't. thanks, rats.
same with you gerbs.
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12-23-2009, 03:04 AM
#624
and big thanks for hanratty and gerbick from me too, for the appropriate and mature response.
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12-23-2009, 10:53 AM
#625
poet and narcisist
Originally Posted by Jujumon
personally I think Up is overrated. "The journey" becomes chase scenes after chase scenes and in the end I don't even know if it's a story of the old man or the other old man or the kid, it's kind of mashed up together.
also, people said it has the saddest 10 mins movie opening but I thought it was the happiest (they lived happily together until the end, not like she suddenly died).
It could have been a lot better, story-wise :\
I saw it a while ago, so I might be wrong. As I see it, the goal of the man was to take the house to the other side and leave it there and then who cares. He only cared about fulfilling his dead wife's dream (to leave on top of that big waterfall, where she'd have all kinds of adventures). Then, all these things happen that didn't let him complete his task...etc, etc.
In the end, I saw two big clear messages in the movie:
1. The destination is not important, getting there is the fun part of life. The old man was living all kinds of adventures (which is what he always dreamed of), but he didn't realized it earlier because he was trying to fulfill a dumb goal. Once he got where he wanted, he realized that there were more important things: life itself and his friends, so he went to save them.
2. I think the house was a big metaphor to the way we live our lifes. We all drag our stuff around, and it doesn't let us live happily (you care about your phone, your ipod, your car, your house payments, the big tv that you bought last xmas, etc....and all those things make your life heavier...if you wanted to go travel to South-america tomorrow, have an adventure, you just can't). I think most people live life thinking that they have to have all those responsibilities and things, but once you realize they don't matter, you are free to go wherever you want.
At least that's how I saw it. It was a movie that made me laugh, cry, and think.
Maybe the story could have been better, everything can always be better, but the one I saw was satisfying, it had its purposed, and it worked for me.
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12-23-2009, 11:17 AM
#626
supervillain
That's a lot deeper than I saw.
I saw keeping his word was paramount and remembering one's youth is important.
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12-25-2009, 01:59 PM
#627
Senior Member
Daybreakers looks so good.
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-25-2009, 07:58 PM
#628
Senior Member
Just got back from seeing Up In The Air. It was surprisingly really good. It's definitely worth seeing.
The preview for Shutter Island looks really good too. Will have to check that out in theater.
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-25-2009, 08:07 PM
#629
Senior Member
oh and obviously everyone should listen to this kid about going and seeing avatar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDGGZAWIvIo&NR=1
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-26-2009, 03:23 AM
#630
Remotely Driven
For a while I thought you mentioned 'everyone should go and see Avatar'.
Anyway, I wanna live on Pandora and get myself a Toruk.
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12-26-2009, 01:58 PM
#631
Senior Member
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-26-2009, 03:10 PM
#632
pablo cruisin'
Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z
...Up In The Air. It was surprisingly really good.
What would be surprising about that? This movie has been one of the most anticipated of the year, with a 90% approval rating at rotten tomatoes...
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12-26-2009, 04:06 PM
#633
Senior Member
I didn't really follow the news around it and didn't know too much about it going in. So it was surprising for me.
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-28-2009, 12:05 AM
#634
Remotely Driven
Sooooooooo... there are people whose jobs are to end others' jobs...
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12-28-2009, 02:22 AM
#635
Senior Member
Yeah but that is just the fuel for the story...
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-30-2009, 11:08 AM
#636
Chaos
just got a shipment of used dvds from hollywoodvideo(previewed movies 8 for $20 including shipping)
the spirit, captivity, doomsday, quarantine, son of rambow(possibly the only "good" movie in the group), max payne Resident evil extintion, city of ember.
so i know the spirit is going to be a train wreck, and son of rambow had a lot of indy hype. captivity should be good as a torture porn type movie, anyone seen any of the others?
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12-30-2009, 12:54 PM
#637
Senior Member
Quarantine has the sister from Dexter in it. That's about all it had going for it. It wasn't AS bad as I thought it was going to end up being but the previews definitely made it seem way scarier.
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
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12-30-2009, 01:19 PM
#638
pablo cruisin'
Originally Posted by Googooboyy
Sooooooooo... there are people whose jobs are to end others' jobs...
Yes, and Fight Club is about a guy that likes to box.
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12-30-2009, 01:23 PM
#639
pablo cruisin'
Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z
Quarantine has the sister from Dexter in it.
As I don't watch Dexter, I wanted to see what she looked like, thus the quick google images search...all I have to say is what is up with the pit stains on this broad???
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12-30-2009, 02:02 PM
#640
supervillain
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