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And if I may say so, next summer has some serious potential. I'm not saying any of the movies coming out will be good, but they certainly have potential.

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Originally posted by SC Carver:
No, nothing will ever take Titanic, and a thousand years from now we will all be judged by it.

It is funny that the movie that is soo far in 1st place would hardly be mentioned by anyone, except as a joke, just 10 years later.

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And if I may say so, next summer has some serious potential. I'm not saying any of the movies coming out will be good, but they certainly have potential.

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Summer of the 3rd's

Spiderman
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I'm betting Spider-Man 3 will be the most successful with Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End a close second.

And, I'm predicting that the third time won't be the charm for Shrek, unless that series finds a way to keep things fresh.
 

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Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
 
I don't know, Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers are some really funny guys. I feel like there were some other movies coming out too ... I'll have to go to the movies tonight and look at the posters.
 

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Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
I would have liked to hear just a few of the Shrek lines voiced by Chris Farley. They should have included his audio track in the DVD release
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Huh. Out of these three (Titanic, LotR:RotK and Pirates II) I actually think I like Titanic most. RotK is a perfect example for how trying to stick to the book can sometimes be a very bad idea: the neverending ending comes to mind. Oh, my. Are. we. there. YET?! As for Pirates II, there is such a thing as too much action and then there's Pirates II which gloriouosly beats even that. Maybe Pirates III can be an uninterrupted 2h lesson in swordfight? How swell...

I think I have to review Titanic, it was a long time ago.

P.S. Shrek III and Spiderman III might actually be worth it. The first 2 from each were all good.
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 

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there is such a thing as too much action

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There is never such a thing as too much pirate action.

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I'm sorry, but at some point it just turned into a boring headache for me. Plus, all the possibly interesting character interaction was stripped to bits here and there. It could have been a much better movie had they given it more personality instead of more sword fights. Oh, and the ending? Come on, even I can come up with a better one! When nothing is impossible anymore it just seems like nothing matters either. Maybe I'm not at the right age for this kind of movies anymore?! I miss the first one.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
I didnt think P2 was better than the first, but it WAS a good movie.

ROTK only annoys me because too much was changed that didn't have to be, my most favorite characters and favorite scene were left out, and all in all I think in many ways it almost departed too much from the book for me to like it. The end was a huge anticlimax of an end...all of the ends.

Speaking of sequels...when are we going to see the rest of the Titanic Trilogy? Is Olympic or Britannic in the works? Olympic has some neat WW1 stories to it, including being the only known commercial vessel to ram and sink a Uboat during the war. This, after ferrying thousands of allied troops all over the ocean and surviving a torpedo strike (it was a dud, during same battle that sunk the uboat).

Now if we add to that an amazing love story of a young British girl traveling on the ship, and her German naval officer lover on the Uboat, we get some tension, and some great action scenes.
Think U-571, mixed with Crimson Tide and Titanic. Dynamite!

And with the Britannic, we could follow the life of some poor British soldier who was sent to fight in Galipolee, and then ended up on the Britannic as a wounded soldier when it was in service as a hospital ship. Somehow later he's on the ship again when it strikes a mine after passing the straits of Messina. Maybe the UBoat that records the sinking can be the same one that the Olympic rams!

War, Romance, cool action scenes. It's a trilogy everyone can get behind.

Or if that trilogy dead, what about the Lusitania? It's Pearl Harbor meets Titanic. How can you possibly lose?
 

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Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
No way! Elizabeth and Jack? That was some awesome character development AND some pirate action (although not as much as I would've liked ).

-pH
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
I thought it was kind of stupid. Ok, so, um, she wants herself a little pirate, whatever.


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The scene where she kisses him and then doesn't tell Will why it happened is also a lame excuse to introduce some "drama". I thought they brought Norrington back with a reason, but the only one was that he was present in the first movie too. Just another sword, not a real character.

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I know, I want too much. But something new and "believable" would have been interesting. The more I think about it the less I remember the good parts (which were laughs here and there) and the more I think it's not worth seeing again. But I really want to, if only to see if I can manage to get past my first impression. And maybe as a tribute to the first one.
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
ROTK only annoys me because too much was changed that didn't have to be, my most favorite characters and favorite scene were left out, and all in all I think in many ways it almost departed too much from the book for me to like it. The end was a huge anticlimax of an end...all of the ends.

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Ok, so, um, she wants herself a little pirate, whatever.

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I've never seen Titanic--when it first came out, I remember saying, "Well, I know the ending, the ship sinks." And nothing that I ever heard about it really made me feel like the story was that worth seeing. I'll probably rent it someday just to know what the fuss was all about.

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It's a pretty standard romantic comedy... a little melodramatic, but honestly, it has its moments. The thing that really impressed me about the movie was it was the first time since The Ten Commandments I had ever seen a movie put so much effort in creating elaborate sets and costumes. The ship and the rooms inside are definitely the products of lots of time and effort, and you feel like you are right there with them. Nowadays, you see this a lot in movies, but when it came out its no wonder people were dazzled.

As to the Jack-Elizabeth thing, I thought she was just trying to manipulate him the only way she knew would work. Am I just really naïve?
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Hey, I wanted some drama too. "Happy ever after" is nice to live but makes for a boring story. (now I KNOW someone will kick me for it, but I think it's true )

My problem is with the way they introduced this so-called drama. It's like Gilmore Girls' last season. They want to film some more, so what do they do? *******NOTMUCHOFASPOILERSINCEEVERYBODYSAWITCOMING***** They break'em all! I know people sometimes act irrationally. (first hand experience) I know they hide their true motives from time to time. (again, first hand experience ) But if a movie doesn't give me either the logic or the real/a believable reason for an action it will just feel like an empty one. For me, if Elizabeth would have fallen in love with the previously-undead-one-eyed-pirate it would have meant about the same thing as what happened in the movie itself. :shrug:

I'll stop now. It seems like I'm suffering from acute argumentitis today.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
MyrddinFyre, it seemed a little bit more than that. Remember when the compass is supposed to tell her where is the thing that she wants most? And it points to Jack for a second?
 

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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Yeah I do... it was so obvious to me that I thought it was added specifically to throw us off. Maybe there was something else in that direction, miles away. Maybe he stole something of hers. Maybe it's just me being overly optimistic that they put more thought into it than it might seem!
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
You're thinking too much. They, on the other hand, are thinking too little.

But that scene doesn't "explain" anything, does it? It gives you a pill to swallow and that's it.
 

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Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
I'm just waiting until they make a movie based on the Disney World's teacup ride.
 

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Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Isn't that ride already based on Alice in Wonderland?

It's the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, No?
 

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Posted by Eldrad (Member # 8578) on :
 

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Not bad for a franchise based a really boring ride.

What's next? "It's a small world" or "Wirling Teacups"

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I couldn't even stay awake in this movie, and it's this popular?

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Yeah I do... it was so obvious to me that I thought it was added specifically to throw us off. Maybe there was something else in that direction, miles away. Maybe he stole something of hers. Maybe it's just me being overly optimistic that they put more thought into it than it might seem!

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And if I may say so, next summer has some serious potential. I'm not saying any of the movies coming out will be good, but they certainly have potential.

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Summer of the 3rd's

Spiderman
Shrek
Pirates

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ROTK only annoys me because too much was changed that didn't have to be, my most favorite characters and favorite scene were left out, and all in all I think in many ways it almost departed too much from the book for me to like it. The end was a huge anticlimax of an end...all of the ends.

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What scene was left out that you loved?

I was bummed at the lack of Faramir/Eowyn story, but appeased that it appeared in the extended version.

And I loved the ending. I thought The Grey Havens was handled perfectly, even though it was a bit different from the book, as was Sam's return to the Shire and Rosie. I thought it totally captured the mood at the end of the book.

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Except I didn't hate her for cheating on Will. I hated her for not dumping will for Jack, who is clearly the better-looking, more exciting, less-effeminite choice.

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Originally posted by pfresh85:
I felt so-so about the first Fantastic Four movie. The only reason I'm for sure going to see the second one is because of the Silver Surfer. He's just awesome.

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