Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Dole Whips, and Churros are what motivate me in life, and those cinnamon coated almonds they sale at Epcot too. >> You are so easy and cheap ... and that's exactly what Mrs. Pierce told me.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I sold my grandmother into slavery for a limited edition Stitch pin. Is that so wrong?>> depends on Granny ... and the pin!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 So, Merfie says: <<You know, if they'd just done my will from the beginning they'd have saved lots of money instead of having to tear these things down and put new things in.. >> And Leo replies: <<Thank goodness we get to see your delusions of grandeur here. WDI and MAGIC don't know what they're missing out on!>> And Spirit sez, they both DO know ... and they aren't exactly missing anything! (although I do like Merfie's bitterness ... you simply can't have enough of that in our world!)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<You have to admit, my version of everything would be pretty kick butt. >> Um ... thought you wrote kiss butt ... so ah ... yeah ... ahm ... uh ... nevermind.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Good idea ... seems like we have a MAGICal crop of fanbois ... although they may stop wrestling and start making out and crying if you play the theme from Wishes!<<< Oh, you are goooooooooooood.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Good idea ... seems like we have a MAGICal crop of fanbois ... although they may stop wrestling and start making out and crying if you play the theme from Wishes!>> Crying tears of pain. I don't want to hear that poo.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Oh ... and why don't I feel like I missed anything by not seeing Avatar? so you're the other person besides me who hasn't seen it -- I just had no buring desire to see it, and I like sci fi....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I like special effects as much as the next person, however I like my movies to start with the story and add special effects, this just seems to have been put together the other way around. Looked too much like a video game for me...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> And Spirit sez, they both DO know ... and they aren't exactly missing anything! (although I do like Merfie's bitterness ... you simply can't have enough of that in our world!) << Do you picture Merf drownding new born kittens as he's posting?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I like special effects as much as the next person, however I like my movies to start with the story and add special effects, this just seems to have been put together the other way around. Looked too much like a video game for me...>> Avatar was a breathtaking film, and its story woes were greatly exaggerated, IMO. Star Wars' plot was very archetypal as well, I honestly could see people saying the same thing about Star Wars as they say about Avatar.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I am a huge Star Wars fan and the issue with me for the prequels was not the special effects which were great - but the story lacked to me--( and some of the acting - especially Anakin- was stiff) - I'll start the story off as comparing it to the 3 Lotr movies...as being an example of where the story drives the movie..and work my way down from there. I think what worked for SW Iv-VI for me was the basic nature and simplicity of the story -- what didn't work in I-III was the fact that the story got much more complicated and I really didn't care about many of the characters.
Originally Posted By MPierce IV V, and VI were driven by the characters, that people immediately related to. I, II, and III lacked in many ways, depth of character charm was definetly one. The great effects were sometimes lost because of the lack of interest in the characters.
Originally Posted By leobloom If you want a dead-on review of the Phantom Menace, you've got to watch the 70-minute, seven-part youtube review. It's at times hysterical--and the reviewer has some creepy persona, but sadly his points are SO accurate (and to a certain extent could be applied to the last Indiana Jones movie, too). And I also haven't seen Avatar, which is really strange. I'm a huge movie buff, but felt like I was just being manipulated into seeing Avatar. I also don't really think 3D is the way to improve Hollywood's output. Now they think people will pay money as long as the movie's in 3D.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I could relate to Anakin. The younger was cute, the older one I wanted to deck, many times. Was his character suppose to be that annoying? Or was it the actor? Just shoot him.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I know that, I was talking about the Anakin BETWEEN the cute little kid and DV.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer See Avatar. It's an moderately interesting storyline, but it is visually stunning, and does have a good meaning.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Now they think people will pay money as long as the movie's in 3D.< Well, as evidenced by the fact that theater chains are busting their humps to outfit more 3D theaters, and movie makers are putting out a record number of 3D movies in the next year, I'm guessing that yes indeed, people will pay more for a 3D movie. I'm also betting that this will sort itself out in the next few years. Avatar in 3D? Sure. The next Clint Eastwood spaghetti western? Not so much.
