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So I went to see X Games 3D and I would have to say I enjoyed it :D. I don't think it is for everyone though, you really need to be a fan of action sports and to know the X Games to enjoy this. It was basically a recap of X Games 14 in 3D with some behind the scenes of some of the famous guys like Travis Pastrana, Bob Burnquist, etc. I really enjoyed the 3D aspect of it as well. The only downside to me was that I had known the outcome for the footage from X Games 14 and I wish that they would have done a little more behind the scenes. I feel that was a huge opportunity that they missed on, would have loved to see a lot more of that stuff. Anywho point is that if your into X Games and Action Sports then its a see. If not stay home, unless your really interested and curious about it all ;).


So yesterday I saw G.I. Joe and I have a few things I loved and hated bout it. Things I loved: The hand to hang combat was amazingly done. Everything with Snake Eyes was perfectly done. The whole Biosuit scene was incredibly as well and that one kept me on the edge of my seat. The thing that really killed parts of the movie were the graphics. All the futuristic, vehicles, planes, rockets, underwater lair all looked like SHIT!!! I was so let down by how bad it looked, it made parts of the movie that should have been cool just look cheesy. You figure when your working with a world thats full of futuristic gadgets you want to do everything possible to make it look more believable yet in the end I was just let down by that. If that alone had been better I would have been in love with this movie because everything else fantastic. Also the other big pet peeve I had.....Cobra Commander's voice was ruined :darn. It was deep instead of being that classical evil high pitch that we all love :(. Other than those pretty big lets downs, I was able to get passed it and liked the movie. The first few mins seems cheesy because of the graphics as I mentioned but as the movie went on it got much better, especially for the biosuit scene. It was a good movie and with better graphics it would have been a great one. Still worth seeing though. Plus it looks like there is going to be a sequel based on how it ended ;).
 
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Re: Top 5 Movies You Seen Many Times

Gladiator
Next Friday
Matrix
Just Friends
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Went to see District 9, today, it's a great film, very powerful.
 

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Went to see District 9, today, it's a great film, very powerful.
I saw it too:eyeroll ... although my seat was crappy, since it was only a meter or so away from the screen.

However, I found the movie to be cheesy in that the plot was the type that was done to death (i.e main hero is bad towards others until something happens to him, and he changes:()
 

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I saw it too:eyeroll ... although my seat was crappy, since it was only a meter or so away from the screen.

However, I found the movie to be cheesy in that the plot was the type that was done to death (i.e main hero is bad towards others until something happens to him, and he changes:()
I don't really think he changed much as a person throughout the film, not even towards the end, he did have a certain level of compassion and things weren't looking great for him no matter what he did.
 

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I don't really think he changed much as a person throughout the film, not even towards the end, he did have a certain level of compassion and things weren't looking great for him no matter what he did.
Well, at the beginning he was an asshole who tried to get his way by being nice and smiling, but when he inhaled that liquid, and figured out he was changing, he became nice to the aliens, especially to the father/leader and his son.
 

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Well, at the beginning he was an asshole who tried to get his way by being nice and smiling, but when he inhaled that liquid, and figured out he was changing, he became nice to the aliens, especially to the father/leader and his son.
I don't even think he was being nice to them there, he was just helping them in order to help himself
 

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Re: Worst Movie Ever Thread !!

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Re: Worst Movie Ever Thread !!

Worst movie I've ever seen...............Dragon Wars. Omg, biggest waste of money ever! I watched the trailer and they made it look like it was a Godzilla type movie with this creatures attacking a city. I get to the theater and there is this gay thing about a kid gaining powers and this evil villain. It wasn't even close to what the trailer depicted. The Villain was a pain in the ass. He runs around going on about how hes all powerful and nothing can hurt him and then halfway through the movie he gets hit by a car. The best part was.......THERE WERE NO DRAGONS IN THE MOVIE!!!! THE MAIN BEAST WAS A GIANT SERPENT!!!! OMG that just pissed me off. Half the theater was laughing at the movie because it was such a joke. They had parts that were supposed to be serious and the whole time people are just laughing at how horrible it was, ugh. Biggest waste of money ever, but at least it makes for a good story :XD.
 

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District 9 and Inglorious Basterds are the best movies of 2009 so far......but that isn't saying much. Definitely can't wait for The Lovely Bones and Avatar
 

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Were gonna get official news soon on the live-action Eva!!
 

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Well ADV is still majorly involved, offered producing to Spielberg and Bruckheimer, but I think the supposed studio that will distribute it (and possibly finance) is Universal. The budget is ~100-120 million. Weta did concept art and may do the special effects/cgi. The plan is for a film trilogy.

In January, ADV head guy said youd hear official news of cast, etc in 9 months. Well its almost about that time so well all find out for sure.

I think they may also be waiting to see how Hideki ends the Rebuild of Eva (since its down to the final installment) before solidifying their take on the story direction, but thats just my own personal speculation.
 

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But is Hideki Anno going to oversee? I'd just hate to see such a masterpiece series go to waste *cough*Dragon Ball*cough*. After all, this is more or less going to be what acquaints non-otaku to the series.
 

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I think he's involved. I do know for sure that theyre being strictly close to the source material, they have no intention of bastardizing it.

The only they might have to do (because its Hollywood and they need to appeal to the mass audience, its a business) is slightly tweak the story in some spots and tweak some of the designs to make it work in a film medium. (Some things straight from anime dont exactly translate well/realistically/believably to film) But it wont be too bad. Id say were in good hands.
 

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redcometfm said:
they have no intention of bastardizing it.
You know, when it comes to Hollywood, they maybe have some intention of not bastardizing it, but it's different from the outcome of this. To me every adaptation of such caliber in Hollywood <whoever will do this> can be a crap compared to the original <but it can be enjoyable film nonetheless if not searching for comparisons>
 

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Just saw 9. I loved it. It was dark and beautiful and so far away from traditional American kid movies it gives me hope that there will be a brighter future for animation geared towards a more mature audience. I really can't think of anything to constructively criticize either. To me it was a 10. Worth the cost of a full price ticket for sure, and shoot, if had little kids of my own I would for sure let them see it. There are parts that would be scary to a little kid, but I don't feel like children should be sheltered from that sort of thing. They should be able to look at the ugliness of world destroyed by greed and war.

District 9 was good too, and scarily believable in its storyline. lol I liked it, but I didn't think it super amazing or anything.

Also saw Extract. It was decent. Funny too, but not worth the full price ticket I don't think. Was just average.


Were gonna get official news soon on the live-action Eva!!

Haven't they been making that movie for like years and years already?? I read about them making that movie like 8 years ago!!
 
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You know, when it comes to Hollywood, they maybe have some intention of not bastardizing it, but it's different from the outcome of this. To me every adaptation of such caliber in Hollywood <whoever will do this> can be a crap compared to the original <but it can be enjoyable film nonetheless if not searching for comparisons>
There is a difference between a studio financing a film and distributing it. When they finance it, they have a say in what goes in it. But if theyre only distributing the film, with another company (ADV in this case) financing it (or most of it), then the studio doesnt really have much of a say since theyre not doing majority financing and are in a position of potential great profit solely from distributing (ADV is the one who loses big time if the movie fails at the Box Office).
 

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Saw Kill Bill Vol. 1 again last night. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Quentin Tarantino movies is giving me eyegasms.
 

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I think the whole Eva project has been scrapped for now
 
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