Seen Any Good Movies Lately?

jon said:
Master & Commander. Weir does not capture the scope of Patrick O'Brian's marvelous work, and barely touches on the complexity of the Aubrey-Maturin relationship at its core. But within the constraints of a Hollywood movie, he's done a fine job.
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Considering the amount of material in that series, and the fact that not everybody in the theatres will have any sort of background about Napoleonic-era naval practice that's hardly surprising. I'm looking forward to it anyway.

I'm pretty much of the opinion that novels generally should not be made into movies (LOTR notwithstanding) as there is just too much material there. Some of the best movie adaptations have been of short stories eg Bladerunner. The length is right.

Cheers
Sarah
 
So LOTR is really worth seeing? I never see movie adaptations of books, unless I see the movie first...but, perhaps I'll see LOTR then...

Along the same vein of thought...I never see any sequels of movies. I saw a couple, but never really liked the sequels compared to the first movie. Any fantastic ones out there that shouldn't be missed?
 
Anything after Jaws ... thumbs down.
Anything after Friday the thirteenth ... thumbs down.
Anything after Father of the Bride ... thumbs down.
Anything after Halloween ... it depends.
Indiana Jones ... first movie great, third movie great, second movie, huh? Why did I bother to take the day off to see the premier? :? :lol:
 
I saw School for Scoundrels today. It had a weird, ironic kinda humor. Not sure I'd call it good. Weird, kinda dark, self-consistent and really well-done, I thought. Not my kind of humor, though. And, to make it all worse, there were two ladies sitting near me who thought everything in the movie was side-splittingly laugh-out-loud funny. After about half an hour, I wanted to throttle them both. That part of the experience was pretty funny, in retrospect. :lol:

I will say that Billy Bob Thornton really impresses me, as an actor. everything role I've seen him play has been totally different from every other and executed believably. He's a good actor, IMO.
 
I just saw The Illusionist, and I really enjoyed it! Best movie I've seen in a while.

Does anyone know if School for Scandal follows Moliere's play at all? Loosely?
It must have some relation, I'd think.
 
No idea about the play. Hmm. :?

The trailer for the illusionist looked ... suspenseful. Maybe I'll put that on my list for next weekk :cool:
 
Just saw "Honey" (someone talked about it in this thread a couple of years ago). Now I feel all hip-hop and such. That Jessica Alba sure can dance! :D
One day, I'll have to try hip-hop. I have absolutely no idea what a class would be like or what they teach, but...

T_E
 
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