quote:Originally posted by SC Carver: I didn't see Eternal Sunshine, but now that I know it’s by the same guy that did the other two I will avoid it like the plague. Adaptation was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I hate pointless “arty” movies who seem to enjoy being weird just to be different.
Eh, tastes differ. Personally, I found quite a bit of meaning in Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine. Adaptation is the odd one of the bunch, but I still appreciated the treatment of trying to write something that doesn't inspire you.
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Not that anyone actually cares, but more 'cuse it's fun to do...
Love: Gattica, Eqilibrium, Serenity, Blade Runner, Fifth Element, Powder, Matrix, Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, Galaxy Quest, Terminator, Terminator 2, Star Wars Ep 4-6, Animatrix, The Abyess, Men In Black, Iron Giant, MST3K, Demolition Man, Back to the Future 1 & 3, The Last Starfighter, Jurasic Park, Enemy Mine, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Like: Adaptation, 2001 Space Oddesy, 12 Monkeys, 13th Floor, Paycheck, Star Wars Ep 2 & 3 , Matrix Revolutions, Matrix Reloaded, Strange Days, Terminator 3, Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek Gennerations, Preditor, Preditor 2, Prediter Vs Alien, Alien, Aliens, Titen AE, Tron, Stargate, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Back to the Future 2, No Escape, Imposter, The Island, Earth Girls are Easy, Independance Day, Star Man, Cocoon, Alien Nation,
Okay: Signs, Being John Malcovich, The Day After Tomarrow, Star Wars Ep 1, Men In Black 2, Star Trek III The Search For Spock, Star Tek V The Final Frontier, Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Nemesis, Aliens 3, Alien: Reserectioin, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, War of the Worlds, Clockwork Orange,
Dislike: Dark City, Star Trek The Movie
Hate With A Burning Passion Like Fire: Starship Troopers, Contact, The Core,
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Not that anyone actually cares, but more 'cuse it's fun to do...
Love: Gattica, Eqilibrium, Serenity, Blade Runner, Fifth Element, Powder, Matrix, Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country,
You didn't like "Star Trek V: Kirk Meets God"?
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, Galaxy Quest, Terminator, Terminator 2, Star Wars Ep 4-6, Animatrix, The Abyess, Men In Black, Iron Giant, MST3K, Demolition Man,
Argh. Another one I should have included. Demolition Man rocks.
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Back to the Future 1 & 3, The Last Starfighter, Jurasic Park, Enemy Mine, The Day the Earth Stood Still,
Like: Adaptation, 2001 Space Oddesy, 12 Monkeys, 13th Floor, Paycheck, Star Wars Ep 2 & 3 , Matrix Revolutions, Matrix Reloaded, Strange Days, Terminator 3, Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek Gennerations, Preditor, Preditor 2, Prediter Vs Alien, Alien, Aliens, Titen AE, Tron, Stargate, ET,
Ew. I was chafing at the saccharinity during ET, and when the bicycle took off, I almost left the theater. I love sappy movies, but even I have my limits.
Stargate... I had a little crush on James Spader after I saw that. Unusual for me.
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Okay: Signs, Being John Malcovich, The Day After Tomarrow, Star Wars Ep 1, Men In Black 2,
<blink> MiB II? Um.
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Star Trek III The Search For Spock, Star Tek V The Final Frontier,
Ah, there we go. You must be a die-hard Trekkie to have liked that one.
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Star Trek First Contact, Star Trek Nemesis,
Um... last remark, repeated and quadrupled. It's the only Trek anything that I couldn't even finish watching. Though with rumors about Star Trek 11 having Kirk and Archer and Picard in it, they may be thinking of trying to dig even lower.
quote:Originally posted by Stone_Wolf_: Hate With A Burning Passion Like Fire: Starship Troopers, Contact, The Core,
Can't argue there. I liked the book Contact, though.
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SC: Adaptation is absolutely hideous, but Eternal Sunshine is great. It did something that the other movies didn't do: made me care about the characters. Instead of doing goofy things and pointing at them saying, "Check this out! Isn't this goofy and artistic?" it starts with an understated SF premise and lets the characters power the story to its conclusion.
At the least, it's worth a rental.
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I'd add The Postman and Waterworld, rent them though. They're fun, but not good necesarily. The Postman is better than Waterworld, if you ask me.
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Well, anything with Jodie Foster in it is good, if only for Jodie Foster. If I could meet one celebrity/star, it'd be a toss-up between Jodie Foster and Helen Slater.
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quote: Um... last remark, repeated and quadrupled. It's the only Trek anything that I couldn't even finish watching. Though with rumors about Star Trek 11 having Kirk and Archer and Picard in it, they may be thinking of trying to dig even lower.
Just throw in the borg and time travel and it will be the recipe for the best Star Trek Ever!
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<sigh> I included Andromeda Strain, so I suppose I can't just say that nothing by Michael Crichton or Robin Cook can ever really count as science fiction, can I. So yeah, Jurassic Park, Timeline, The Terminal Man, and Prey, if they ever make it. I suppose they count.
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quote: Um... last remark, repeated and quadrupled. It's the only Trek anything that I couldn't even finish watching. Though with rumors about Star Trek 11 having Kirk and Archer and Picard in it, they may be thinking of trying to dig even lower.
Just throw in the borg and time travel and it will be the recipe for the best Star Trek Ever!
/endsarcasm
I'm picturing Kirk walking down a corridor, doing all the Denny Crane shtick. Picard could be Paul Lewison, and Archer could be Brad Chase. We could get Janeway to be Shirley Schmidt. Sisko... I'm not sure. But Q could be Alan Shore.
Boston Legal, The Final Frontier.
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