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Post by nervouspete on Feb 6, 2005 13:43:12 GMT
Hullo, all.
Here's a bit of a poll. Let me know what you think and a few lines of rationalistation so that we know where you stand. No speechifying, counter-arguements or long winded posts please. ("You can talk!" - Inner Critic) Just a brief statement of belief.
Cheers,
Pete
P.S: And no reference or comparison to Pendragon. Lets think of this in its own bubble.
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Post by I own a cylinder on Feb 6, 2005 13:48:20 GMT
It looks dark. It looks like its got action. For once i admire Tom's acting. Not sure about the Kid. half the time shes glued to TOms side, lol. But unfortunatly i fail to see where it will ultimatly go. (have to go see it to find out, he he)
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 6, 2005 19:06:47 GMT
It can only be a simple response based around a trailor of some 33 seconds, but so far it looks very promising. Only time will tell.
H_C
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Post by the Donal on Feb 6, 2005 19:58:28 GMT
A lot. I think this will do the job nicely with scares, thrills and attention to the book's themes.
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Post by themotile on Feb 6, 2005 20:05:00 GMT
Me to, its all coming together nicely.
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Post by phillev on Feb 6, 2005 20:27:34 GMT
The more I see and hear the more I think its going to be awesome.
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Feb 6, 2005 20:43:48 GMT
From what I've seen it just looks like any other cliche ridden, hollywoodized summer blockbuster. A good popcorn flick perhaps but nowhere near as good as it could have been.
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Post by Winky on Feb 7, 2005 0:44:00 GMT
it will surprise us all
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Feb 7, 2005 1:36:21 GMT
Do you know something we don't Winky or are you just an eternal optimist?
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Post by Winky on Feb 7, 2005 1:39:44 GMT
some things i can tell, others i cannot
being lucky and being placed near the director one night while filming lets you learn A LOT of info otherwise unavailable...
i've said too much....hehe
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Post by FALLINGSTAR on Feb 7, 2005 2:32:29 GMT
some things i can tell, others i cannot being lucky and being placed near the director one night while filming lets you learn A LOT of info otherwise unavailable... i've said too much....hehe Don't tell me - it has more special effects and explosions than any other film ever made. Oh and Tom Cruise pretends that he can act in it.
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Post by ArmoredTrackLayer on Feb 7, 2005 3:47:30 GMT
God can we all be a bit more cynical?
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Post by malfunkshun on Feb 7, 2005 4:04:33 GMT
what is it with all the dissing of tom cruises acting? personally i'm kind of dissappointed that tom cruise will be in this movie, but why does everybody keep saying he's a horrible actor? i've heard this a lot in other threads. he's definitely not a horrible actor. anybody ever seen magnolia? a few good men? born on the fourth of july? even if you don't like those movies, or any movie he's in, saying he's a horrible actor just makes no sense. jackie chan... there's a horrible actor. great stuntman, but horrible actor. anybody notice a relative difference?
is this just a prejudice against tom cruise because he saturates the market? because he's into that wierd scientology because he's so good looking? is it just jealousy at a guy who's rich and good looking and famous and gets hot chicks? he's definitely not my favorite actor, but saying the guy just flat out can't act... thats like saying neil young can't play the piano.
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Post by HTT on Feb 7, 2005 11:51:12 GMT
I'm sceptical, but optimisic. The only issue I have is the adaptation. Look at the adaptation of Jurassic Park: good film, but the book was much better. A lot of the questions, events and themes were lost in adapting it. Whatever he does, it will be a great action family blockbuster (which it isn't really meant to be).
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Post by themotile on Feb 7, 2005 12:06:40 GMT
(A) Tom Cruise was ACE in Collateral, dark, broody and cool. Hes good at being desperate and with shocked expressions. So I say give him a chance at this he may surprise us all!
(B) Just beacause this is Spielberg and its set in America doesnt mean it will be a family movie blockbuster, you may find its dark and actualy true to the tone of the book. Some of the extras have make up on i'd rather my kids didnt see.
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Post by Gray on Feb 7, 2005 12:11:07 GMT
Fun but shallow. Spielberg's phoning this one in. He knows that with his and Tom Cruise's names attached, he could make a movie of Cruise screwing a poodle for two hours and it'd still make $. Still, pass the popcorn.
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Post by themotile on Feb 7, 2005 12:15:45 GMT
Your presuming it will be shallow, they have both made deep films and this film does have a lot of death in it, I cant see them having comedy deaths like ID4 (gay bloke - "oh crap") I think it will have a darker tone more inline with the book, remember the tripods have baskets for capturing us for food (check cast list you see "guy in basket") I dont think they could make that idea for the family. Yeah it will be a pop corn movie but I cant see the kids seeing it.
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Post by Flynn77 on Feb 7, 2005 12:26:07 GMT
Everything so far points to the tone being very dark. 'Look wise' it has the same camera filters and lighting of minority report(cool blues and realistic harsh lighting.) If you think back, minority report was thematically very dark. (murder/operations/torture!) It was not a family film by any means. I think WOTW is leaning more towards dark than the family/drama of Jurassic Park. On the new encode of the trailer- well now we can see that the bridge is onfire at the bottom before anything happens to the top, so I'm thinking it does indeed show some kind of second attack on the bridge/freeway via heat ray.
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Post by Gray on Feb 7, 2005 14:55:32 GMT
Summer blockbusters are formulaic theme park rides traditionally. Good v. Evil, one more time. If the release was planned for December, I'd have more hope that you're right about the darkness. It'd be brave of Spielberg to break the mold, deliver a disturbing movie, and shake the industry up. I just don't think the industry would allow it.
--I hope I'm wrong about this, by the way.
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Post by themotile on Feb 7, 2005 16:07:41 GMT
Now we have seen the martian baskets it means we are getting people being drained of blood, thats pretty dark.
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