A few movies seen.
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melcharI've seen a coupla movies lately.
Saw 'War of the Worlds' and was pleased that they kept & read the 1st & last paragraph from the book - and kept the ending of Wells' story. I'm not impressed by Cruise as an actor, but there were a few scenes in which he did a very good job [especially the 'brushing dust off' scene]. However IMHO the character he portrayed in the flick was a moron who was unable to explain fact one to anyone - and came across as borderline autistic. Movie worth seeing once at matinee prices.
Saw 'Fantastic 4' and wasn't expecting much. Was pleasantly surprised because they got the main 4 principles right. Good special effects and a decent job with the costuming. However I was SO disappointed with the Doom portrayal [as just another evil corporate dolt] that it rather spoiled that portion of the film for me. [like whenever he was on screen.] The over-marketed product tie-ins for the movie also annoy heck outa me. Another movie worth seeing once at matinee price.
And I saw 'Madagascar' - a movie I had NO interest in seeing and had NO hopes or expectations for. I went because Trey wanted to see it and I wanted to watch movies with him. So I munched popcorn and wasn't very impressed by the beginning of the story, the 4 main characters were endurable - but then the penguins showed up and the movie took off. I was amused by the zoo breakout. The penguin piracy was great. And then the 4 main characters end up on Madagascar and the lemures showed up and I just dissolved into giggles. I LOVED the movie. There were a LOT of sf film references [once you got to the lemures] - and ... I just had the BEST time watching that film. Worth seeing at full price at least once - and I plan to buy the DVD [and possibly inflict the video on my mom as an Xmas prezzie].
All in all, pretty good. No movie I felt was a waste of my life viewing and one that was WONDERFUL. ^_^
Saw 'War of the Worlds' and was pleased that they kept & read the 1st & last paragraph from the book - and kept the ending of Wells' story. I'm not impressed by Cruise as an actor, but there were a few scenes in which he did a very good job [especially the 'brushing dust off' scene]. However IMHO the character he portrayed in the flick was a moron who was unable to explain fact one to anyone - and came across as borderline autistic. Movie worth seeing once at matinee prices.
Saw 'Fantastic 4' and wasn't expecting much. Was pleasantly surprised because they got the main 4 principles right. Good special effects and a decent job with the costuming. However I was SO disappointed with the Doom portrayal [as just another evil corporate dolt] that it rather spoiled that portion of the film for me. [like whenever he was on screen.] The over-marketed product tie-ins for the movie also annoy heck outa me. Another movie worth seeing once at matinee price.
And I saw 'Madagascar' - a movie I had NO interest in seeing and had NO hopes or expectations for. I went because Trey wanted to see it and I wanted to watch movies with him. So I munched popcorn and wasn't very impressed by the beginning of the story, the 4 main characters were endurable - but then the penguins showed up and the movie took off. I was amused by the zoo breakout. The penguin piracy was great. And then the 4 main characters end up on Madagascar and the lemures showed up and I just dissolved into giggles. I LOVED the movie. There were a LOT of sf film references [once you got to the lemures] - and ... I just had the BEST time watching that film. Worth seeing at full price at least once - and I plan to buy the DVD [and possibly inflict the video on my mom as an Xmas prezzie].
All in all, pretty good. No movie I felt was a waste of my life viewing and one that was WONDERFUL. ^_^
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Date: 2005-08-26 11:56 pm (UTC)As for your comments on FF....Considering what Hollywood writers Usually do to pre-existing stories I thought it was Pretty close to perfect. Making Doom a high power Business jerk was lame yes but at least 'they' made it mostly science related business. + Seeing Julian McMahon playing a 'bad guy' again was wonderful fun!
What I dis-liked was Doom's semi-robotic transformation
As for your comments on FF....Considering what Hollywood writers Usually do to pre-existing stories I thought it was Pretty close to perfect. Making Doom a high power Business jerk was lame yes but at least 'they' made it mostly science related business. + Seeing Julian McMahon playing a 'bad guy' again was wonderful fun!
What I dis-liked was Doom's semi-robotic transformation <bleh!>