movies

[Cronos]

By the way, that post was really [expletive] awesome.

Indeed. One didn't have to even read it to know how strongly pebbles felt about the film since that post was about 1000 times longer than any other post he usually makes.

[Schlich]

By the way, that post was really [expletive] awesome.

Indeed. One didn't have to even read it to know how strongly pebbles felt about the film since that post was about 1000 times longer than any other post he usually makes.

yup. i saw the length of the post, "transformers 3" at the top, and said "this oughta be good" and grabbed my popcorn.

[Michael]

cpebbles delivered.

[thrill]

Wow, you hated transformers 3 as much as I hated transformers 2.

I enjoyed 3, gotta say.

What? You hated the second iteration of something and then paid money to see the third?

"I was kind of meh on Rape 1, HATED Rape 2 but when I went back for thirds, Rape 3 was pretty fun!"

[Maclowery]

It was a common joke that I knew all summer I would hate on the 2nd one so much, and wind up seeing the 3rd one anyway. Enough internet folks said the action was better that I let my friends prod me into going. The plot made just as little sense, and the hour in the middle was just garbage, but I just really enjoy seeing explosions sometimes.

Last night had buddies over for a grindhouse night. First a re-watch of Machete, always awesome. Then Hobo With a Shotgun, which was just supremely entertaining. Right after [expletive] that I don't like gore, I watch that thing. Definitely had to turn away during some of the parts, but it was so hilarious that I made it through.

[thrill]

I saw Harry Potter and Horrible Bosses. Horrible Bosses was funny, a solid comedy, but I'll never have to see it again. 6/10. It was really reliant on the actors charisma to make it funny, but Sudeikis, Charlie Day and Michael Bluth are all excellent so it worked. Kevin Spacey as the psychotic boss was excellent.

Harry Potter was intense, completely action and it's been really interesting to see the characters, the stories and the stakes involved just get exponentially bigger/more dramatic as the series goes on. JK Rowling did something really remarkable and unheard of that I can recall in that she wrote a series that perfectly shadowed the aging process of it's characters in tone and drama. It started as a children's series and ended as something quite dark. Behind Indiana Jones, it's my favorite and I think the best series of films. For an entire generation, this series will be a cornerstone of their childhood/adolescence and it's easy to miss out on that having been too old to give a [expletive] about the early books/movies and only having gotten interested later on. The Harry Potter thing really is incredibly important for this generation.

[JL21]

Harry Potter was intense, completely action and it's been really interesting to see the characters, the stories and the stakes involved just get exponentially bigger/more dramatic as the series goes on. JK Rowling did something really remarkable and unheard of that I can recall in that she wrote a series that perfectly shadowed the aging process of it's characters in tone and drama. It started as a children's series and ended as something quite dark. Behind Indiana Jones, it's my favorite and I think the best series of films. For an entire generation, this series will be a cornerstone of their childhood/adolescence and it's easy to miss out on that having been too old to give a [expletive] about the early books/movies and only having gotten interested later on. The Harry Potter thing really is incredibly important for this generation.

Very well-stated and I completely agree. I say this because I've seen my niece grow up with those books, and her age/maturity level has matched the tenor of those books/films to a tee.

The thing is, I don't think any of the films were legitimately great, but I also don't think any of them were flat-out crappy. That's quite a feat to carry out for seven movies, some 20+ hours of film time. Any flaws are mostly forgivable because the whole thing was intended for kids and teens to begin with. It wasn't called upon to be Citizen Kane or anything.

Then again, I haven't read the books (nor do I care to), and I know a lot of people who have read the books like to touch themselves while critiquing the ways the movies were different. I sort of want to punch those people.

The only part Deathly Hallows Part II that I didn't care for was the prologue. I rolled my eyes through most of that.

[ghostrunner]

Part 1 and 2 were directed by Chris Columbus, and are likewise very by the numbers. But not bad, like you say, and suitable for young kids.

I found Goblet of Fire to be almost bad. The one with the tournament. Lots of weird editing choices - I remember the Hermione love triangle being completely botched. I'd have to see it again to be more specific.

Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix are the best 2 IMO, though I know people that think OOTP is the worst.

[TimeForGuinness]

Part 1 and 2 were directed by Chris Columbus, and are likewise very by the numbers. But not bad, like you say, and suitable for young kids.

I found Goblet of Fire to be almost bad. The one with the tournament. Lots of weird editing choices - I remember the Hermione love triangle being completely botched. I'd have to see it again to be more specific.

Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix are the best 2 IMO, though I know people that think OOTP is the worst.

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I think Prisoner of Azkaban was probably the best out of all of them...but I'm also biased because it was my favorite book out of the series.

[thrill]

The only part Deathly Hallows Part II that I didn't care for was the prologue. I rolled my eyes through most of that.

You mean the epilogue? With them all growds up? That sucked in the book too, but I remind myself that the books were written for people who were children and have grown up with these characters. To give them no sense of closure would have been a betrayal on a generational scale. There was no graceful way to do it.