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Ender's Game kinda sucked. First off Bonzo shouldn't have been a midget, I think without even a cursory knowledge of the book that it was obvious that Bonzo was supposed to be an older, larger kid who should be able to kick Ender's ass. Also, Bernard and Ender really hated each other, and the movie doesn't do crap to explain that. The first 2/3 of the book is basically battle room scenes, and the strategy in the battle room is part of what really made the book interesting, it seems weird that there were only a couple of scenes dedicated to that part of the story. No Valentine and Peter basically at all. If I had not read the book, then I would have had no idea why Ender hated Peter and loved Valentine. I think this is a rare case where the movie should have been a two-parter. First movie is all about battle school and background story on Ender. The movie ends when Ender meets Mazer Rackham. Second movie is command school alternating with scenes of Demosthenes and Locke, ending with Ender finding the Hive Queen. I think there was more than enough material to make it happen.
Read a review of the remake of Oldboy, looks good guys, apparently its every bit as mumped up as the originalhttp://reason.com/archives/2013/11/27/oldboy
Quote from: HerrSonntag on November 27, 2013, 10:03:40 AMRead a review of the remake of Oldboy, looks good guys, apparently its every bit as mumped up as the originalhttp://reason.com/archives/2013/11/27/oldboylike every bit? because i did not think it would be possible to pitch that story line to an american audience. also, i realized yesterday that spike lee was the director. had no rough ridin' clue.
R.I.P.D. ... what the hell was this?
Quote from: emawblast on November 27, 2013, 10:41:59 AMR.I.P.D. ... what the hell was this?looked like men in black but with ghosts instead of aliens. accurate?
Quote from: asava on November 27, 2013, 10:35:03 AMQuote from: HerrSonntag on November 27, 2013, 10:03:40 AMRead a review of the remake of Oldboy, looks good guys, apparently its every bit as mumped up as the originalhttp://reason.com/archives/2013/11/27/oldboylike every bit? because i did not think it would be possible to pitch that story line to an american audience. also, i realized yesterday that spike lee was the director. had no rough ridin' clue.the korean one has been on my netflix queue for centuries. i guess i need to hurry up and watch it
Quote from: puniraptor on November 27, 2013, 10:40:15 AMQuote from: asava on November 27, 2013, 10:35:03 AMQuote from: HerrSonntag on November 27, 2013, 10:03:40 AMRead a review of the remake of Oldboy, looks good guys, apparently its every bit as mumped up as the originalhttp://reason.com/archives/2013/11/27/oldboylike every bit? because i did not think it would be possible to pitch that story line to an american audience. also, i realized yesterday that spike lee was the director. had no rough ridin' clue.the korean one has been on my netflix queue for centuries. i guess i need to hurry up and watch itso maybe it's just me, but I really didn't see oldboy as all that violent and disturbing from a gore standpoint. i was much more horrified by the plot. the story is incredible.
Watched "Lost in Translation" tonight. It's not going to change your life, but it made you think a bit and was damn charming.
I like how ksu deuce watched the first scene with Scarlett's butt crack and then summarized the rest of it using jtksu's posting style
just watched Salo.
Quote from: Tobias on November 30, 2013, 10:01:59 PMjust watched Salo. Why?
Quote from: PoetWarrior on December 02, 2013, 10:45:03 AMQuote from: Tobias on November 30, 2013, 10:01:59 PMjust watched Salo. Why?it was in the netflix queue and came in the mail - didn't know anything about it at the time. probably the most disturbing film i've ever seen. i'm probably on some damned FBI watchlist now