I’ve Just Seen… II -

Sekto Springs · #**571** 12-04-2009, 03:56 PM

You live in Melbourne too? Nate lives nearby, watch yourself. He feasts on the blood of noobs.

slig# 5719 · #**572** 12-04-2009, 04:17 PM

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That's like saying that Nate's mean. It's too obvious to say out loud.

I wouldn't know whether Nate's mean, i've never actually spoke to him on the forums (that I can remember.) I too am a newbie

Anyway in a (most likely noobish) attempt to keep this post on topic:
I watched "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" yesterday. That was a strange yet humorous film.

T-nex · #**573** 12-04-2009, 04:44 PM

Watched Paranormal Activity.

It was pretty damn underwhelming. :-/ Typical hand-cam movie flow. Typical guy who's obsessed with filming everything and even thing they wouldn't film irl. Typical person who gets mad at the guy who always films. Typical intentional stupidity, that movie writers use to make the story bend to their will. Typical scary stuff happening.
Seriously... The movie was... ok. Kept me not totally bored. But it still annoyed me and could be so much better. Also the ending annoyed me too DX! rant rant rant!

Those spoiler tags are annoying too!

Wings of Fire · #**574** 12-04-2009, 04:53 PM

Well I liked it...

Also, finished Gundam 0800 War in the Pocket. That was...wow. That was pretty sad stuff.

Brb bridge.

Strike Witch · #**575** 12-04-2009, 04:57 PM

BERNIE!!!!!!!

Wings of Fire · #**576** 12-04-2009, 05:02 PM

;______;

I've been emotionally blackmailed into watching Zeta Gundam now.

AND I KNOW THIS THREAD WAS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN BUT I NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO POST MY TEARS FOR BERNIE

Strike Witch · #**577** 12-04-2009, 05:05 PM

"Don't worry! I'm sure there'll be a bigger and better war soon enough!"

enchilado · #**578** 12-04-2009, 05:08 PM

The Harry Potter books are all pretty good, really. You have to understand that the style changes - less amazing, fantastic, childish - because Harry's growing older. He's realising himself the world isn't as brightly coloured as he thought.

Strike Witch · #**579** 12-04-2009, 05:09 PM

Setting seven books at the same fucking place is boring as hell. Especially when it's full of pompous Alastair Crowleys.

Wings of Fire · #**580** 12-04-2009, 05:13 PM

And the funny thing is that the only major part of the series not set in the school read like a bad fanfiction with all the sex thrown out.

T-nex · #**581** 12-04-2009, 05:16 PM

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;______;

I've been emotionally blackmailed into watching Zeta Gundam now.

AND I KNOW THIS THREAD WAS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN BUT I NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO POST MY TEARS FOR BERNIE

You still owe me Eureka 7 <.<

Wings of Fire · #**582** 12-04-2009, 05:20 PM

Well, looks then I'm failing these exams then...

enchilado · #**583** 12-04-2009, 05:46 PM

Strike Witch · #**584** 12-05-2009, 01:23 AM

Welcome to five years ago.

enchilado · #**585** 12-05-2009, 01:29 AM

Wait, I'm gonna see how many other old videos I can find!

MeechMunchie · #**586** 12-05-2009, 07:18 AM

Save it for Bits and Pieces.

OANST · #**587** 12-05-2009, 07:25 AM

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Or, Order of the Phoenix has been the best movie yet.

I honestly thought that movie was incomprehensible.

MeechMunchie · #**588** 12-05-2009, 07:31 AM

I've got no issue with cutting films to make them a watchable length, but they cut out some vital parts of the plot for that one.

shaman · #**589** 12-05-2009, 07:54 AM

Just saw Paranormal Activity.

I have nothing more to say, it wasn't scary. I found it downright disturbing.

Wings of Fire · #**590** 12-05-2009, 08:12 AM

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I honestly thought that movie was incomprehensible.

It was a supplement to the book and it never tried to be anything else.

It managed to pull that off damn well.

Mac Sirloin · #**591** 12-05-2009, 08:18 AM

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And the funny thing is that the only major part of the series not set in the school read like a bad fanfiction with all the sex thrown out.

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Setting seven books at the same fucking place is boring as hell. Especially when it's full of pompous Alastair Crowleys.

"Hahaha! Those books are lame! Let's talk about fuckin' Gundam and shit, dawg! Awesome! Hurrr"

I saw the Video Brinquedo ripoff of The Princess and The Frog. It was bad.

I also saw part of Actium Maximus: War of the Alien Dinosaurs. It was worse. I didn't watch all of it, though. BECAUSE IT WAS BAD

Wings of Fire · #**592** 12-05-2009, 08:22 AM

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"Hahaha! Those books are lame! Let's talk about fuckin' Gundam and shit, dawg! Awesome! Hurrr"

Uuuuuh, I was at the midnight openings for the final three books and absolutely loved books 1-6 to bits dude. I just don't enjoy everything in book seven from Rufus's death to the Battle of Hogwarts.

I went to a Harry Potter themed birthday party for chrissake.

used:) · #**593** 12-05-2009, 08:23 AM

Fuck David Yates.

That is all.

OANST · #**594** 12-05-2009, 08:43 AM

I thought that the first and third books were pretty clever YA novels. I could have lived without the other five.

Sekto Springs · #**595** 12-05-2009, 11:28 AM

Yeah, speaking from the point of view of someone who hasn't read the novels, I can say that the last few films were sloppy, scatter-shot, incomprehensible piles of wooden acting and overblown visual fx. I'm also really tired of people telling me "Well, it's that way in the book". Maybe it was, but some books don't translate well into films without adapting the plot, in fact, most don't. It was easy to tell that they tried to stuff as much content into three hours as they possibly could, but also bypassed the non-important bits where characters just interact, the final result was three hours of cramped action bullshit and very flat characters. I miss when Ron was the quirky sidekick who actually got some fucking screen time. Now he's practically just a lunk-headed, tertiary character to the group dynamic. Fuck that.

used:) · #**596** 12-05-2009, 12:43 PM

I blame David Yates. I'm not sure why, but I just stopped liking the films after the fourth one, and it's not the books' fault either. The fifth was my least favorite, but it had plenty of good parts. I liked the sixth, but it's seemed very hard to put in movie form. There's just so many details that need to be there for it to really work. They went for the young demographic rather than putting in a good effort to make a quality film and do the book justice. I don't get why they just didn't go for thre hours since they're goingto split the seventh one.

Can wait to see the Riff Trax of the last two.

shaman · #**597** 12-05-2009, 03:30 PM

My Dads watching Enemy at the gates as we speak.

It's a good film, but i've seen it a million times and more.

***Nate*** · #**598** 12-05-2009, 05:24 PM

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I've got no issue with cutting films to make them a watchable length, but they cut out some vital parts of the plot for that one.

I suspect they cut them out so they could pad out Deathly Hallows in to two films.

Taco · #**599** 12-05-2009, 06:58 PM

Watched Apocalypto last night. Not bad, but I wanted to see a fight scene with the Spanish at the end. Oh well you can't have it all.

T-nex · #**600** 12-05-2009, 07:00 PM

I liked apocalypto.