I don't get it -- were you forced to go by a significant other or some such? If so, I feel for you 
Me, I don't really plan to see this movie, even more so with all the bad stuff I've heard about it. Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 07-31-2004 at 01:00 PM.
Katrinity fucked around with this message on 07-31-2004 at 01:04 PM.
quote:Did you ever think that those lines were meant to be funny?
But Moffles Puu doesn't really care for music, do you?
I'm guessing the latter, judging by the audience's laughter at such lines as "We have the magic rocks" and "The end."
This movie gave me everything I expected to see, and I was pleased. The plot was nice, the plot twist wasn't anything astounding, shocking, or even clever, but it fit nicely enough to make it work. The acting was especially good from certain characters (Adrien Brody, Bryce Dallas Howard), and for some others it was simply par (Joaquin Phoenix) or lacking (William Hurt).
I especially enjoyed the semi-dark humour.
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Vorago said this about your mom:
I don't plan to actually see the movie, but am curious what the big twist is, so if anyone that has seen it wants to PM me... please and thank you?
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I was off slightly, but not by much, heh.
I also spent most of the movie annoyed at the dialogue. It sounds like high schoolers reading Jane Eyre to the class or something. But think about it: what would a community be like, if it were based completely around some history professor's impression of 19th century life? I think the writing and acting is dead on in that respect, with its affected style and obscenely correct grammar. It gave me a nagging impression that something just wasn't right.
The monsters struck me in much the same way. Sure you can have monsters with tallon hands worthy of Jim Henson--if they're made by the village council to scare people. Still I thought the scene where Noah chases Ivy in the monster suit was done very well. I have to admit I didn't figure it out until they showed his face down in the hole. Incidently, did the monsters remind any of you fellow EQers fo Cazic Thule (especially the spikes coming out of their backs)?
All in all I thought the movie led up to the plot twist very well, even if I did grit my teeth a bit at the dialogue till we got there. Iulius Czar fucked around with this message on 07-31-2004 at 03:24 PM.
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I don't plan to actually see the movie, but am curious what the big twist is, so if anyone that has seen it wants to PM me... please and thank you?
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Elvish Crack Piper had this to say about Tron:
So the "monsters" were just something the leaders used to control the people?
BIG SPOILER, don't even read if you want the twist to be a surprise..
The monsters were the elders dressed up to frighten the others from venturing out. The elders are the only ones alive when they first settled here. Its actually modern day, and one history professor gathered up all these other people who had lost someone to city violence, etc, and they settled in the middle of a wild life preserve, bribing some officials to keep planes from flying overhead and there they lived in seclusion, living as if it was the turn of the 1900 century..
I thought that it was like weird neo-amish types somewhere in Europe or something who's houses were marked because they were going to get evicted or something similar to that. Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael fucked around with this message on 07-31-2004 at 05:24 PM.
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On my way into the theatre to see Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, a woman on her way to her car tells me and my friend, "Don't see The Village". Since White Castle was pretty funny, I'm probably glad I took her advice.
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle looks hilarious, but I can't convince Monica to go see it. 
I have no desire to see The Village after the fiasco that was Signs. Unbreakable I still have trouble figure out whether I liked it or not. It wasn't that it was bad, or good, or whatever, I really dunno. I do know I got a bad taste for it becuase for one, before it came out, and all the trailers and such, it looked like a thriller, end of the world, god is pissed or whatever type movie or something (By the way the trailers made it look), but then you watch it... and its about Comic Books, and a Super hero... Was weird. The trailers for it were horribly misleading. Its fine they didn't give the movie away in them, but they totally mislead the whole thing.
The Sixth Sense however, is indeed, and remains, an excelent movie. Probably one of the first movies I didn't "Figure out" after 10-15 minutes, and it really took me by surprise which was new.
I suppose for me, it was great because it explored the mythology of comic books, rather than the stories. Why do heroes, from all time, have these unusual traits? It was like Joseph Campbell (author of Hero with 1,000 Faces and The Power of Myth) had risen from the grave to tell an interesting, allegorical story. And it was an allegory. It wasn't REALLY about comics. It explored, using the medium of superhero mythology, the idea of "What would it be like if you woke up every day not doing what you were truly meant to do, and didn't know how to fix it?"
And in that respect it was fantastic. What a genius idea. But even if you didn't know that was the "message" of the film (each of the movies, according to Shyamalan, has a "message" in it), I still enjoyed the idea of a "real" hero.
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So quoth Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael:
Big Surprise: Ja'Deth (me) liked Unbreakable. Hell I fucking loved that movie. I didn't catch the twist (that Mr Glass was the one setting off all the disasters) til the end. Lyinar caught it about half-way through, but she still enjoys it.I suppose for me, it was great because it explored the mythology of comic books, rather than the stories. Why do heroes, from all time, have these unusual traits? It was like Joseph Campbell (author of Hero with 1,000 Faces and The Power of Myth) had risen from the grave to tell an interesting, allegorical story. And it was an allegory. It wasn't REALLY about comics. It explored, using the medium of superhero mythology, the idea of "What would it be like if you woke up every day not doing what you were truly meant to do, and didn't know how to fix it?"
And in that respect it was fantastic. What a genius idea. But even if you didn't know that was the "message" of the film (each of the movies, according to Shyamalan, has a "message" in it), I still enjoyed the idea of a "real" hero.
You missed what I said. I didn't have a problem with it being a real hero, or even comic book related. It was all the hype before it, and the fact it was TOTALLY misleading. I know I can't be the only one who went into the theatre expecting a different kind of movie that what you actually got. So, like I said, I dunno what my opinion on the movie is. It wasn't bad, I liked it, I just dunno, get this weird image in my mind whenever it comes up and something just doesn't click.
And you are comic geek (GEEK GEEK GEEK! ) of course it would outright rock for you. Bruce Willias owns anyway, and all the acting was above par, so no real NEGATIVE comments about the movie, just... eh.
I go back to play my superhero now! Faelynn LeAndris fucked around with this message on 07-31-2004 at 05:42 PM.
And dude... When are you actually gonna get it to play. 
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I'm supprised that noone here even mentioned the gravestone at the very beginning, since it said 1990-1997 on it. You would think one would notice something of that importance, even though it had about 1.3 seconds of screen time.
Dude, no it didn't. You must have misread it. The gravestone said 1890-1897.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Y.O.T.C said:
I'm supprised that noone here even mentioned the gravestone at the very beginning, since it said 1990-1997 on it. You would think one would notice something of that importance, even though it had about 1.3 seconds of screen time.
Yeah, even having not seen the movie yet, I can conclusively say that would instantly ruin the ending.
Gonna see it at least once more with my girlfriend when she gets back.
Having said that, I enjoyed this movie immensely. In fact, I'm not even sure how people could see it and not like it. Unless they have a problem with getting a blatantly obvious ending that they completely didn't expect (though some people were able to predict the correct ending)... They were probably expecting some deeply scary and psychologically profound ending and got something that made complete sense and wasn't scary or mentally jarring at all... so they didn't like it.
The Village was great. If you liked Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, you'll like the Village.
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Dude, no it didn't. You must have misread it. The gravestone said 1890-1897.
... I really dont want to see it again to make sure... so lets just say im isdexic
They mentioned it in a ton of reviews too.
I liked it. I think what's made people so disgusted with the movie is because they went in expecting too much. M. Night has a knack for building stuff up and making you -think- that something deep and profound is going to be revealed at the end but in reality, it's something so plain and obvious when you think about it.
Signs never interested me.. I find most alien movies to be boring, or too frightening. My sister say Signs. She hated it. She hated the ending of it.
I want to see the Village. I don't know why.. It just looks different. I will wait for rental though. (because I refuse to pay that much money to see ANY movie, most of the time)
Last movie I saw in a theatre was Man on Fire (I took my BF cause he likes movies and it was his birthday) and Big Fish (he took me).
I only go to movies in the theatre when my BF is in town. I hate theatres cause they are over priced...He doesn't care.. He just like the theatre for some reason. o_O
It's not something people hear about.
I went into this movie with such high hopes... course I should have known better with my run of luck with movies lately (Stepford Wives, Catwoman).
I found the acting and writing so cheesey... the secret was a bit of a shock for about a minute till you thought about it and it all fell in place to be come obvious. For the longest time I just couldnt find much of a story line at all worthy of making a movie and causing all the hype id seen. I thought it would be alot more scary.
The only good part was when noah fell in the hole. When they show the shot with him in the hole with the costume half on and such... film wise very well done
Other then that was so dissappointed and do not recomend anyone seeing it.
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There was much rejoicing when Vorago said this:
I don't plan to actually see the movie, but am curious what the big twist is, so if anyone that has seen it wants to PM me... please and thank you?
same here.
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I found the acting and writing so cheesey...
Once again, for the slower readers out there, it was done on purpose. Once you know the 'twist' at the end, this should be obvious. The whole thing is based off of a professor's impression of 19th Century Life.. hence the strict enunciated grammar, the lifestyle, the whole WAY OF LIFE. I think, considering that, it's pretty goddamn spot on and awesome.
If you can't realize that and can't get over it not being a horror movie, then you're not gonna like it.
It was a damn fine movie.
...noone has mentioned yet how the wildlife reserve was founded by Ivy's grandfather, that's why that Kevin dude was like OMGWTF... I think it was a good twist. (Well, poeple mentioned it if they included it in the "twist" ending) and how Mr. Shamalyan showed up in the movie was good too ^_^ BeauChan fucked around with this message on 08-04-2004 at 12:47 AM.
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wow, that was dissapointing. Although......noone has mentioned yet how the wildlife reserve was founded by Ivy's grandfather, that's why that Kevin dude was like OMGWTF... I think it was a good twist. (Well, poeple mentioned it if they included it in the "twist" ending) and how Mr. Shamalyan showed up in the movie was good too ^_^
really didnt care about that part. Of course it had to be owned by Ivys dad (or someone who lived there), how else could they have lived there as long and as sercretly as they had with out someone owning the land. And her granddad (as you find out later) was a billionare so its not surprising they own the area
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Jessica Rabbit v2.0 was all like:
OH god!I went into this movie with such high hopes... course I should have known better with my run of luck with movies lately (Stepford Wives, Catwoman).
I found the acting and writing so cheesey... the secret was a bit of a shock for about a minute till you thought about it and it all fell in place to be come obvious. For the longest time I just couldnt find much of a story line at all worthy of making a movie and causing all the hype id seen. I thought it would be alot more scary.
The only good part was when noah fell in the hole. When they show the shot with him in the hole with the costume half on and such... film wise very well done
What posessed you to go see Catwoman?
Other then that was so dissappointed and do not recomend anyone seeing it.
