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Posted 02 December 2007 - 12:03 AM

QUOTE (Bond @ Nov 27 2007, 07:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, he did the same thing in the book. wink.gif

I don't remember THAT from the book. It seemed kind of ridiculous on screen since the strategic placing of various objects to hide the dude's crotch gave it a comic effect easily found in films such a Austin Powers.
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Posted 02 December 2007 - 03:58 PM

It did make him a lot more bad arse (even though his arse was quite good looking)
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Posted 04 December 2007 - 10:47 AM

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Posted 13 December 2007 - 01:11 PM

I have to say there's nothing about this movie that looks even remotely interesting. I want to say I'll wait and rent it when it's out on DVD, but I don't even want to waste my $5 on it. I guess this more or less has a lot to do with the fact that I have never seen a movie with Angelina Jolie in it that wasn't complete shit, but.... Well no. It's because I've never seen a movie with Angelina Jolie in it that wasn't complete shit.
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Posted 13 December 2007 - 08:51 PM

Hey guys, I saw it opening day, but only got back here recently for reasons explained elsewhere.

I would like to say this film had all the basic features of a bad book adaptations as well as all the plots holes and iffy lines of a regular bad movie.

I can sum it up thusly:

I saw it in IMAX 3D. Angelina Jolie (with attractively softened cheeks [on her face]) was naked, with all three dimensions, and it was still a wholly unpleasant experience.

If necessary, I could give a point-by-point description of how this movie sucked independently of the book, but I won't right now.

It's still kind of painful to think about.
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Posted 13 December 2007 - 10:20 PM

QUOTE (TheOrator @ Dec 13 2007, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey guys, I saw it opening day, but only got back here recently for reasons explained elsewhere.

I would like to say this film had all the basic features of a bad book adaptations as well as all the plots holes and iffy lines of a regular bad movie.

I can sum it up thusly:

I saw it in IMAX 3D. Angelina Jolie (with attractively softened cheeks [on her face]) was naked, with all three dimensions, and it was still a wholly unpleasant experience.

If necessary, I could give a point-by-point description of how this movie sucked independently of the book, but I won't right now.

It's still kind of painful to think about.

This is why people should just listen to me.
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Posted 13 December 2007 - 10:38 PM

QUOTE (Heccubus @ Dec 13 2007, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is why people should just listen to me.


I listen to you, Hecc, but I had to see it.

It was, after all, my favorite book.

And it was interesting to see a whole movie in the excellent polarized light 3D. Haven't done that since Polar Express.

And my dad wanted to see it.

And I hadn't seen a movie since At World's End, I think, so I enjoyed the chance to get out and see a movie.

And...

Well, I'm an incurable optimist.
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Posted 14 December 2007 - 08:10 PM

The positive thing I had to say about the movie was that the imaging didn't make me sick. Most cg films make me want to wretch, form teh sight alone.
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Posted 16 December 2007 - 05:33 PM

I saw it, thought the graphics were nifty but that was about it. Nothing tremendously sucky or arsekicking about it, so the movie gets a dissatisfied Meh and I'll go back to watching Versus. Game over good sir and thank you for playing.

Speaking of game over, I was more than mildly amused to note that the theme for Grendel's mother sounded disturbingly like the Serenade of Water from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Considering in the movie Grendel's mum is a water demon this made me laugh through nearly every scene with her in it because it ruined what atmosphere the movie had and turned it into a colossal joke; that being the movie being one tailor-made for fat fantasy-addicted nerds with no hope of getting sex in real life.

I mean come on people, think about it. Great castles, dark forests, ungodly monsters, kings and swords, epic battles - and then video game references and Angelina Jolie with no clothes on.

This point was further reinforced by the huge blob of a man in a SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE T-shirt up the front.
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Posted 12 February 2009 - 08:48 PM


Awesome or REALLY Awesome???

How about REALLY Terrible???
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Posted 13 February 2009 - 02:24 AM

I dunno, I only saw the first two minutes or so and got somewhat annoyed by the graphics, didn't expect much more to come from it and walked away.

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 02:00 PM

Dead topic or REALLY dead topic?

Did you really have anything to add there?

Meh ... I'm not mad ... just disappointed. If you want to resurrect a thread, at least have something to say.
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Posted 13 February 2009 - 09:58 PM


I'm sorry I didn't realize it was that important. Truth is I have spent the last year (or however long it has been) trying to forget this movie, so I don't really remember an overwhelming amount of detail just that I really, REALLY hated it.

I think it was the point when the guy was ripped in half and had his blood poured out of his body that I decided this movie was just going to be an ugly gore-fest and I kind of really lost interest.

I personally didn't think the effects were that great, and to be quite honest I didn't like the story a whole lot. Of course if I am honest I have to admit I haven't read the book so I don't know how accurate the movie was in relation. As popular as the book was though, and with how much this movie was hyped I was expecting much better. I just thought it focused too much on "Gore/Blood/Decapitation/Violence/Insert similar ugly visual" and not enough on everything else. In short if I am honest the movie was just plain too gory/graphic for me.
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Posted 14 February 2009 - 01:49 AM

There. Now that's a comment.

I personally don't understand why people keep wanting to revisit Beowulf. There isn't much story there. People will lament the liberties taken by contemporary writers, but without any liberties taken it's just a guy fighting various monsters in succession. I have played video games with more storyline. Puzzle games even.

"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
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