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Mar 23, 2009 10:08:46 GMT -8
Post by Jon Broxton on Mar 23, 2009 10:08:46 GMT -8
Wow, what a great movie! REALLY enjoyed it.... ok, Nicolas Cage is a wooden as he has ever been, but I thought the concept behind the film was really interesting, with all the religious and philosophical overtones. It was appropriate creepy/spooky in parts (especially the scenes involving the mute men...), the disaster sequences were AMAZINGLY shot (the aftermath of the plane crash was technically excellent, I think all done in one continuous shot). Beltrami's score was pretty awesome too.
Highly recommended.
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Mar 23, 2009 11:01:37 GMT -8
Post by indy2003 on Mar 23, 2009 11:01:37 GMT -8
Cool! I was thinking about checking this one out. Most critics despised it, but Roger Ebert is calling it one of the year's best films... I'll try to catch this. I loved Proyas' "Dark City".
Back at ya later
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Mar 23, 2009 12:16:46 GMT -8
Post by christopher on Mar 23, 2009 12:16:46 GMT -8
Thank you. I had NO intention of seeing this, but now I think I'll at least redbox it.
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Mar 23, 2009 12:17:31 GMT -8
Post by Joseph Bat on Mar 23, 2009 12:17:31 GMT -8
I heard the ending wasn't that good.
Joe
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Mar 23, 2009 12:35:56 GMT -8
Post by Jon Broxton on Mar 23, 2009 12:35:56 GMT -8
I thought it was very appropriate. Visually amazing, conceptually clever.
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Mar 31, 2009 19:02:59 GMT -8
Post by Joseph Bat on Mar 31, 2009 19:02:59 GMT -8
Cool! I was thinking about checking this one out. Most critics despised it, but Roger Ebert is calling it one of the year's best films... I'll try to catch this. I loved Proyas' "Dark City". Back at ya later Well Ebert must still be in love with Dark City it is clouding his judgment. Just saw this. It had some interesting moments, but this is a seriously flawed film in many areas. And yeah, the ending really was stupid. Joe
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Mar 31, 2009 19:34:13 GMT -8
Post by Armin on Mar 31, 2009 19:34:13 GMT -8
Agree with Joe. Of all the directions it could've gone to, this is probably the worst. It started quite well though, have to give him that.
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Apr 1, 2009 13:56:12 GMT -8
Post by Jon Broxton on Apr 1, 2009 13:56:12 GMT -8
Stupid how?
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Apr 2, 2009 20:32:58 GMT -8
Post by Joseph Bat on Apr 2, 2009 20:32:58 GMT -8
Okay, there are just loads of issues with this film. I'll tell you a few. And there are spoilers here for people who haven't seen it. Firstly, the predictions didn't really mean anything to the actual story of the film, which is how it is developed for a long period of time in the film and how it is promoted. The film ultimately was just about aliens wanting to repopulate the human race. You can get into a whole other issue of why they even bother. There is constant build up to all these numbers and predictions, but why? They don't stop anything from happening. Why did the young girl at the beginning of the film have to go through a life of hell if she was never going to be taken away? Why was it the kids at the end of the film? Second, the global disaster came way too late in the story and felt like it was only there to quickly explain the ending. They never developed it. It really felt like it came out of no where in the scene where Cage's character was at the observatory and said to his friend, hey remember when I wrote that paper about the sun and it happens to be about the disaster that is going to happen today. No he doesn't remember, because we don't remember anything either. And lastly, if we are to assume aliens exist and are visiting us and are all-powerful as these aliens seem to be. Then, why choose only a select few to survive? Why not stop the sun from doing what it is doing? Actually, why would they really care? Oh, and if their only purpose was to find some children to take away, why even go through the whole process of the predictions anyway? They clearly knew where they were all the time and could have taken them at any moment and even before this global disaster happened. Oh yeah, then we'd have no action scenes and a really boring film than we already have. I don't mind films that leave unanswered questions. But this one left way too many and frankly, I don't think they actually had answers to begin with. The film just felt like a really bad thought out Signs. Joe
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Knowing
Apr 3, 2009 14:52:38 GMT -8
Post by pr0ner on Apr 3, 2009 14:52:38 GMT -8
About the global disaster, there was a mention early on in the film about things being unseasonably warm and that the Indian Summer was going to continue.
Plus, the scene where the alien shows Nic Cage's son the world on fire and the animals running from the flames was good foreshadowing, in retrospect.
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Apr 3, 2009 15:06:15 GMT -8
Post by Joseph Bat on Apr 3, 2009 15:06:15 GMT -8
Brief mentions. Not enough, IMHO.
Yeah, it made you think it was just going to be a forest fire, not solar flares.
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Apr 5, 2009 7:27:14 GMT -8
I would watch this movie only if it was called "Knowing is half the battle!"
amirte guyz?
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Apr 5, 2009 15:24:26 GMT -8
Post by General Silliness on Apr 5, 2009 15:24:26 GMT -8
So "Starring Nicholas Cage" nowadays means the same as "This Movie sucks". Forget Nuked the Fridge. Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun Li starring Nicholas Cage.
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Apr 5, 2009 16:16:49 GMT -8
Post by Hook on Apr 5, 2009 16:16:49 GMT -8
I refuse to believe the man who made Dark City has done wrong. Will have to wait a long time to see this one, though.
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Apr 12, 2009 11:16:42 GMT -8
Post by chollman on Apr 12, 2009 11:16:42 GMT -8
I have to agree with Jon on this one. I thought this movie was really good. It was a little creepier than the previews made it seem, but it was very cool. And I don't understand how people were confused about how it was the sun. They laid that out really well I thought.
Plus the score was remarkable. I am going to have to get the album now.
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