Conquer Club

Phil1580 wrote:I am a huge Harrison Ford fan, so I bought "Blade Runner" without ever having seen it. Everything I had ever heard said it was a great movie, a sci-fi masterpiece. I thought it was a steaming pile of shit. Just my opinion.

It was cutting edge in it's day. The harbinger of the modern "chaos future" film. Yet with all the grit of the old hard-boiled cop/detective films. You had other well known stuff out around that time - Mad Max, Star Trek II, E.T. - and it would be tough to argue that Blade Runner was not breaking ground.

Once I had a seminar on some motivational theme du jour, and the guy opened with the Rutger Hauer monologue. There are a number of impressive kernels in there - the playing god theme, the desire for memories and a past, etc. These are the bread and butter of the sci-fi / anime genre today.

BTW Phil - I like the avatar. Did you check out my Dark Tower theme tournament (end shameless plug).

The Pokemon Movie

jonesthecurl wrote:Star Wars, all of 'em.
The last Indiana Jones (hope it is the last)
Shawshank Redemption
All the Bond Movies
I'll stop now

Sorry, I usually find you have good taste but I have to disagree with a lot of these.

Star Wars 4, 5, & 6 were great.
The new Indiana Jones while no where as good as the originals really wasn't as bad as people have been saying (not great but decent)
Shawshank was awesome can't see how you hated it.


I will agree about Bonds though.

Phil1580 wrote:I am a huge Harrison Ford fan, so I bought "Blade Runner" without ever having seen it. Everything I had ever heard said it was a great movie, a sci-fi masterpiece. I thought it was a steaming pile of shit. Just my opinion.

Blade Runner is a movie that i have conflicting feelings over. In a way I think it's great, in another way I think the same as you.

Has to be said.

Napoleon Dynamite. I REALLY wish I had that hour and a half of my life back.

I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

muy_thaiguy wrote:Has to be said.

Napoleon Dynamite. I REALLY wish I had that hour and a half of my life back.

f*ck'n horrible movie. My sister loves it though.

suggs wrote:Titanic. *insert your "sunk like the.." joke here*

sunk like the Trojan Horse

Anything with John Malkovich in it. He's supposed to be some great actor, but in everything I've seen him in he sounds like he's reading his lines for the first time off the script.

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

DAN IN REAL LIFE

That movie sucked! Even with steve carrell, you still need to have a good plot!

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

I snickered a little a couple of times when I first saw it. But when I watched it again, I couldn't stop laughing. Just Like Kung Pow.

Juan_Bottom wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

I snickered a little a couple of times when I first saw it. But when I watched it again, I couldn't stop laughing. Just Like Kung Pow.

You just made this baby cry.

10000 B.C. WAS arguabley the worst moive ive every seen

it was pathetic...so was golden compass.

chronicals of spiderwick was pretty good though despite the babish first look of it

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

Actually, no. You're a freshman/sophomore in college, right? I can't remember. I was referring to my sister's age group who is currently still in high school.

Neoteny wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

Actually, no. You're a freshman/sophomore in college, right? I can't remember. I was referring to my sister's age group who is currently still in high school.

It came out when I was a Sophomore in high school. But yes, I am a Sophomore in college this year.

sin city

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (I know, someone else already said it, but I just saw it...)

Were they flying through the jungle on speeder bikes, or was it just me?

hanxock
shame as wil smith rules

and 70% napoleon dynamite sucks, i liked bits of it, but some of it was pure crap

Juan_Bottom wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

I snickered a little a couple of times when I first saw it. But when I watched it again, I couldn't stop laughing. Just Like Kung Pow.

Yeah Napolean Dynamite is definitely a second time through hilarious movie. First time is just stupid.

But Kung Pow was great the first time through.


"At that moment the chosen one learned some very important about iron claws. THEY HURT LIKE CRAP MAN!"

Hologram wrote:

Juan_Bottom wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

Neoteny wrote:

InkL0sed wrote:I hate people that don't appreciate Napoleon Dynamite. I don't understand how you could possibly not like it...

The humor is not really mainstream and tends to be associated with the younger generation. Really, the only part that stood out to me was when they had the fight with the oranges or whatever it was. That scene cracked me up for some reason.

By younger generation, I suppose you mean people about my age. Though most of my friends agreed that it was a horrible movie, though a few others thought it was the greatest since, sliced bread?

I snickered a little a couple of times when I first saw it. But when I watched it again, I couldn't stop laughing. Just Like Kung Pow.

Yeah Napolean Dynamite is definitely a second time through hilarious movie. First time is just stupid.

But Kung Pow was great the first time through.


"At that moment the chosen one learned some very important about iron claws. THEY HURT LIKE CRAP MAN!"

"Beware the song Big Butts..........HE BEATS YOU UP WHILE HE PLAYS IT!!!"

HOLOGRAM is my new best good hero.


And to stay on topic, anything starring Kevin Costner that came after Dances with Wolves.

I am a huge fan of OLD Disney and I bought all videos upto Aladdin. but after that they lost the fucking plot.
Pixar films have been good but even they are losing the plot.

Why? - it's because of the voices. I'm sick and tired of the Disney films like Lion King and finding Nemo where growing up and learning is the film. f*ck off Disney and Pixar. Your main audience is growing up by itself and doesn't need to have some squeaky clean voiced character doing what children do.

Make films about stories that are told to children and get actors with excellent voices to supply the voices. I don't want someone doing voiceovers because they're famous in other films. Hell - don't even bother with actors.
Aardman Animation does really well by using taped conversations of people recorded in the street and moulding a character around the voice.

Pedronicus wrote:I am a huge fan of OLD Disney and I bought all videos upto Aladdin. but after that they lost the fucking plot.
Pixar films have been good but even they are losing the plot.

Why? - it's because of the voices. I'm sick and tired of the Disney films like Lion King and finding Nemo where growing up and learning is the film. f*ck off Disney and Pixar. Your main audience is growing up by itself and doesn't need to have some squeaky clean voiced character doing what children do.

Make films about stories that are told to children and get actors with excellent voices to supply the voices. I don't want someone doing voiceovers because they're famous in other films. Hell - don't even bother with actors.
Aardman Animation does really well by using taped conversations of people recorded in the street and moulding a character around the voice.

But Lion Kings a classic!

Easter Promises - man that movie started out with everything. The first 3/4 of the movie was like watching a modern, no holds barred version of Donnie Brasco. The fight in the bath house I was reminded of a line from Drawing of the Three about what you can tell how a man fights in a specific situation. Then it just died. It was like they ran out of film, or someone just said, hey guys, 3/4 of an excellent movie is enough today, we don't need to worry about the ending, and so it went. Hang your head, hollywood. Dan Day Lewis was good in There Will Be Blood, but still Vigo was robbed of an Oscar all the same. An all around clusterf*ck of a potentially great movie by Hollywood!