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Post by Jake on Sept 14, 2007 12:12:11 GMT -5
Black Belt Jones is Jim Kelly from Enter The Dragon is he not? Correct. They had an article about him on Ain't It Cool a year or so back and he still looks almost exactly the same. He seems to be retired from the film industry.
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Post by harrypalmer on Sept 19, 2007 11:43:37 GMT -5
Have you watched Black Belt Jones yet Skywalker?
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Post by Remo on Oct 23, 2007 14:19:33 GMT -5
I watched Beneath The Planet Of The Apes last weekend at about 2 in the morning. What a bizarre film that is.
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Post by BJMDDS on Oct 23, 2007 17:19:31 GMT -5
I watched Beneath The Planet Of The Apes last weekend at about 2 in the morning. What a bizarre film that is. I actually saw that film in the theatres as a child and hated it. It was an awful sequel to a great first film.
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Post by Kadov on Dec 8, 2007 13:17:07 GMT -5
Well, I did it. I went to see The Golden Compass last night. I took my wife out to the movies, I picked this movie, and now she's mad at me. She wanted to see "Enchanted" but the lunatic inside me had the curiosity to see what kind of disaster Daniel Craig has got himself in now. Man, it's a bad movie. Just pure junk. I never read any of the books this movie was based on, and I know it's suppose to be part of some trilogy. So I just viewed it strictly as a film. It's very long and very boring. The story has something to do with a young girl who receives a magic golden compass and it helps her fight an evil religious group that goes around squashing free thinkers (the situation actually reminded me of how the other Bond forums had squashed the free-thinkers who were questioning Craig and CR).
There was controversy over the book's anti-religious theme. I know a lot of critics have mentioned that the anti-religious stuff has been watered down in the film. Yeah, I'd say that's true. The movie doesn't blatantly say that it's The Church that is oppressing the characters. Instead, you see men in long black robes and collars that remind you of the garb that priests or monks would wear. But the big problem of the film is that it doesn't even have a clear plot. I was detached from it all because the movie just wanders around from one situation to another. Then it ends with a quest that basically sets up the sequel. But I don't think that sequel will get made because this movie will flop. For all the money they spent on sets, costumes, and special effects, this movie has no real substance for audiences to really get into.
Now, how did our buddy Danny boy do? Well, the good news is that he's hardly in the film. In fact, he and Nicole Kidman appear briefly and they carry the same stone-faced lifeless presence that they had in The Invasion (gawd, I can't believe I dragged my wife to see that one, too. I'm surprised she hasn't left me.) Craig plays the young girl's uncle and he sports the same bowl haircut that we usually see him with. He's even aged drastically since CR. The beard doesn't help either, it makes him look even older. There was nothing in his performance that stood out to make you realize why they had specifically cast him for this role. Anyone could've played the part, even my plumber. So the big problem Craig faces in this movie is that audiences will find the cheesy CGI polar bears to be far more charismatic than him.
This movie will make money this weekend simply because there's no other new film to compete with. But it's not gonna last. The word-of-mouth will spread that his movie is crap and it will sink at the box-office as other big movies open in the coming weeks. I saw an 8PM showing, the theater was about half full, and I didn't see any small kids. In fact, I wouldn't take small children to see this because there are some scenes that would probably be scary for them. In fact, it wouldn't be wise to take an adult to see this film because it's so frighteningly boring and stupid. "And you took me to see this?" my wife asked when the film ended. To make it up to her, we went to see a late showing of "Enchanted."
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Post by harrypalmer on Dec 10, 2007 10:17:09 GMT -5
Well, I did it. I went to see The Golden Compass last night. I took my wife out to the movies, I picked this movie, and now she's mad at me. She wanted to see "Enchanted" but the lunatic inside me had the curiosity to see what kind of disaster Daniel Craig has got himself in now. Man, it's a bad movie. Just pure junk. I never read any of the books this movie was based on, and I know it's suppose to be part of some trilogy. So I just viewed it strictly as a film. It's very long and very boring. The story has something to do with a young girl who receives a magic golden compass and it helps her fight an evil religious group that goes around squashing free thinkers (the situation actually reminded me of how the other Bond forums had squashed the free-thinkers who were questioning Craig and CR). There was controversy over the book's anti-religious theme. I know a lot of critics have mentioned that the anti-religious stuff has been watered down in the film. Yeah, I'd say that's true. The movie doesn't blatantly say that it's The Church that is oppressing the characters. Instead, you see men in long black robes and collars that remind you of the garb that priests or monks would wear. But the big problem of the film is that it doesn't even have a clear plot. I was detached from it all because the movie just wanders around from one situation to another. Then it ends with a quest that basically sets up the sequel. But I don't think that sequel will get made because this movie will flop. For all the money they spent on sets, costumes, and special effects, this movie has no real substance for audiences to really get into. Now, how did our buddy Danny boy do? Well, the good news is that he's hardly in the film. In fact, he and Nicole Kidman appear briefly and they carry the same stone-faced lifeless presence that they had in The Invasion (gawd, I can't believe I dragged my wife to see that one, too. I'm surprised she hasn't left me.) Craig plays the young girl's uncle and he sports the same bowl haircut that we usually see him with. He's even aged drastically since CR. The beard doesn't help either, it makes him look even older. There was nothing in his performance that stood out to make you realize why they had specifically cast him for this role. Anyone could've played the part, even my plumber. So the big problem Craig faces in this movie is that audiences will find the cheesy CGI polar bears to be far more charismatic than him. This movie will make money this weekend simply because there's no other new film to compete with. But it's not gonna last. The word-of-mouth will spread that his movie is crap and it will sink at the box-office as other big movies open in the coming weeks. I saw an 8PM showing, the theater was about half full, and I didn't see any small kids. In fact, I wouldn't take small children to see this because there are some scenes that would probably be scary for them. In fact, it wouldn't be wise to take an adult to see this film because it's so frighteningly boring and stupid. "And you took me to see this?" my wife asked when the film ended. To make it up to her, we went to see a late showing of "Enchanted." I may be wrong, but I get the feeling that you are not a big fan of Daniel Craig. Great review.
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