Star Wars, LOTR, Godfather, Pirates, Indiana Jones, Alien(s), Star Trek or Potter?

[chum43]

Newbie I haven't even begun to attack you yet.........but you are on the docket, well thats provided you actually engage in debate. Also please don't pull a Rosie, you said what you said, you need to stand behind it.

Mafia hitmen.

this is a whole different thread, so i'm only going to say this one thing to defend myself since you insisted on bring up the mafia hitmen thing...

I made one post about supporting troops when you don't support the war because it's just their job

I was accused of comparing soldiers to mafia hitmen

I made a dozen more posts explaining exactly why that is false

and you keep bringing it up out of context just like everyone else, i'm standing behind what I said in the context that I said it in, i'm just not standing by what you are saying I said, sorry.

this thread is about movies, let's keep it that way, i'm very sorry I had to go off topic to defend myself from this moron...

[OCA]

this is a whole different thread, so i'm only going to say this one thing to defend myself since you insisted on bring up the mafia hitmen thing...

I made one post about supporting troops when you don't support the war because it's just their job

I was accused of comparing soldiers to mafia hitmen

I made a dozen more posts explaining exactly why that is false

and you keep bringing it up out of context just like everyone else, i'm standing behind what I said in the context that I said it in, i'm just not standing by what you are saying I said, sorry.

this thread is about movies, let's keep it that way, i'm very sorry I had to go off topic to defend myself from this moron...

You, a newbie, don't ever tell me what to discuss in whichever thread, i'll tell you.

You are still not standing behind your words, you yourself are claiming context when the context you used was pretty straightforward.

[jackass]

You, a newbie, don't ever tell me what to discuss in whichever thread, i'll tell you.

Ok...maybe we will have Jim tell you what to discuss in threads...



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Thanks!

[shattered]

I can't vote - I think they're all icky.

But, then I don't spend much time sitting on my tush washing TV/Movies, either.

I think this thread took a complete shit in record time - sorry, Abbey...)

[OCA]

Ok...maybe we will have Jim tell you what to discuss in threads...



Personal Feuds - No surprisingly, members can sometimes get involved in personal feuds. We ask that these be kept off the boards. Please don't derail threads by going "after" someone you don't like. Don't start threads just to rile someone up. Don't harass other members. Please PM staff if you need assistance.


Thanks!

Haha, ooops, i'm a badddddddd boyyyyyyyyyy *OCA shrugs*

[jackass]

Haha, ooops, i'm a badddddddd boyyyyyyyyyy *OCA shrugs*

Typical disrespectful attitude.

[OCA]

Typical disrespectful attitude.

Flattery will get you everywhere big boy!

[shattered]

Typical disrespectful attitude.

Isn't that brick wall you keep smashing your head into starting to hurt?

[dan]

I'm joining the anti-Godfather bandwagon. I fully admit that it's because I saw it after I had seen Goodfellas (my favorite movie of all time) and Casino (in my top 10). The Godfather basically tells the same story, only much, MUCH slower. I've never seen 2 or 3, but I've heard 3 was bad enough to almost ruin the trilogy altogether.

There's also the fact that so much of the original Godfather has become part of public consciousness now, like the same way that the music in Jaws can never be as scary now as it was in '75, because it's become almost a cliche now, even though it was very effective back in the day.

For me, the Godfather worked a lot better as a book (I actually took a class on gangster fiction & film). On the other hand, Goodfellas works way better as a film than as a book, there's just no way for the written to capture that visceral excitement that Scorcese's so great at.

[Hobbit]

Let's see if I can re-rail this thread. I picked Star Wars, but I'm going to comment on all of said movies.

Star Wars - First off, I'm going to assume we're excluding the prequals, as it should be. The original Star Wars trilogy was one of the greatest epics ever told, and while it did have some definite 'kiddish' moments, I'd put it up on a pedestal with Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and even the epics of Homer (though not as high as some on that same pedestal). It told a great story, with great acting and never leaves the audience guessing the mood (thank you, John Williams). I still get chills when I hear Darth Vader tell Luke what really happened to his father.

Godfather - I must admit, I haven't seen any of these movies all the way through, or any of the third one, so my ability to comment is limited. What I did see, though, I liked.

Pirates of the Caribbean - A good epic, but not as great as it aimed for (one of those shoot for the moon and at least land among the stars moments). It tries too hard to be Star Wars at sea, and while it followed the formula of standalone first movie, dark middle movie, and epic closer, nobody has yet to pull off a proper ending for their equivalent of Empire or a sufficiently believable counterpart to Jedi.

Star Trek - Good sci-fi saga, with 4 good series and about 5 or so good movies. I still don't rank it top dog, but it's definitely enjoyable and has lasted a long time.

Indiana Jones - Probably my second choice. It reeks of 30s/40s pulp comic in the same way Star Wars reeks of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials, but like Star Wars, it pulls it off, and while The Temple of Doom is probably my least favorite of the three, it still pulls it off, and the other two, by featuring actual, Biblical artifacts, bring quite an epic feel to it.

Alien - The first one was a good horror flick in a sci-fi setting. The second pretty much set the standard for how sci-fi space marines should act when dealing with nasty aliens (though I'm sure they were inspired by the Starship Troopers books). The third was still cool. The fourth one was kind of a flop. They should have left well enough alone.

Lord of the Rings - Greatest fantasy epic ever. I would have voted for it, but I'm assuming we're just talking about the movies, and while LotR is good, the movies themselves will never be my favorites because they are still overshadowed by the books, whereas movies like Star Wars, and Indiana Jones were designed to be movies (wasn't The Godfather also based on a book?).

Harry Potter - Very good. The books were very well written. However, the movies suffer the same thing that Lord of the Rings does.

Anyway, that's my opinion.