The last movie you saw...

[dinky]

terminator was a repeat (in the 4th frackin' week!). fell asleep to DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. there was a time not too long ago where I enjoyed that movie in a guilty pleasure sort of way, but in the first 10 minutes (before I fell asleep), the only feeling I had was that of nails on a chalkboard everytime someone spoke. it's all that kind of dialogue that writers/directors use to explain the situation lazily instead of showing it as is proper to the medium. this is dialogue, mind you, not voice over narration. bleah. it did its job. I was out like a light.

[maxpayne2409]

i could've sworn i was watching something from this week and the banner said "brand new terminator - the sarah connor chronicles"hmmm odd

[dinky]

about to see if SMALLVILLE is indeed new this week on me dvr.

thought I'd chime in first though and mention I've been reading DUNE and I have to say, at 300+ pages into the first book, the Sci-Fi miniseries is pretty darn faithful. it's an adaptation and elides stuff, but it doesn't just make shit up out of left field or do anything to alter the basic narrative. of course, the book lets you inside people's heads all the time, so you get boatloads more information (particularly about Paul's fears for the jihad). I imagine if I read the book first, I'd be disappointed by the miniseries, but I thought it was good (for what it was, a tv mini). we'll see how things go. I was majorly bummed by CHILDREN OF DUNE mini, so I guess I have 3 books to read before I can make my final assessment. anyway...off to smallville....

[dinky]

SMALLVILLE was in fact new and pretty good. the whole secret to the guy in the picture thing was a bit lame and not really worthy of the attention he got in previous eps, but it did get you know who going again. so I'm good.

[dinky]

TERMINATOR series. the frame is definitely a good, solid base for a tv show. I've decided that much. the ep was pretty good too. I've decided that I really dislike summer glau as a terminator though. terminators do not shake their asses when they walk. new model be damned! the male terminators seem to play it well. and now we've got a real actor playing one. should be interesting. oh yeah: stop the voice overs! once or twice in a 2 hour movie is ok. but once every week is really really chincy.

[MyK]

Summer's shaking her bootie :droll: *clicks all new eps and gives them high priority*

[maxpayne2409]

see the reason the adrinna loken or whatever her name was in t3's ass didn't shake, is because she wore that tight red thing

ergo they could squeeze summer into one

speaking of booty, being a pirate is the most manly job of all time coz they get 2 kinds of booty GAAAH

[dinky]

GAAAH? Shouldn't that be ARRRH?

[maxpayne2409]

No i meant Gah, the extra G is just to Pronounce your expert manlyness

[Jynks]

i thought ep4 of terminator was not that good.. this show can still go either way.

[maxpayne2409]

watched pilot of new show "welcome to the captain"... meh

[dinky]

JUNO. it was decent. nothing to really care about either way. the girl does have a lot of charisma and is cute, but she looks like a midget. wonder if she's as dwarfish as kristen bell? ah well. decent movie. nothing to get excited about.

[maxpayne2409]

watched Jericho 2x02 and 03, good show, should be kept running after season 2s mini

[dinky]

SMALLVILLE was decent. thought I was stuck in a daytime soap a couple times though, the actors' line deliveries were that wooden. (oliver queen, lois, blondie, lana). I almost feel bad for johnathan glover having to work with these underwear models trying to act.

[Jynks]

lol @ Dinky... you gotta a good way with words man.

[maxpayne2409]

watched first ep of Ashes to Ashes last night (Life on Mars spinoff), it was ok but i still couldn't shake the feeling it was just LoM with a lower budget

[spudthedestroyer]

Okay have seen a few films:

Sweeney Todd
Was expecting a way better movie here than what we got. Just didn't keep my attention. A nightmare before xmas this is not. There's a nice amount of blood in it but ultimately its just not that good a film.

Golden Compass
It was entertaining, but very sparse and frankly doesn't really stand up as a movie in its own right. Needs its sequels to really be a movie which isn't a great thing for a film. Enjoyed it though.
Would say that the voice acting for the demons was rather weak, expected a lot more precense from the main girls sidekick for example.

[dinky]

ALADDIN (1992). I very much enjoyed it. except there was this one bit during the "wooing scene" where they sing "A Whole New World" that I thought was weird cuz the singer's voice was appreciably different from the regular character's voice, and sometimes even the lips didn't sync properly. but these are petty squabbles. it's up there with the best animated features I've ever seen. along with LION KING, it's prolly the pinnacle of disney traditional animation before it degenerated completely into shadow play of variable quality (HERCULES, MULAN, TARZAN, EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, LILO & STITCH, etc.).

Golden Compass
It was entertaining, but very sparse and frankly doesn't really stand up as a movie in its own right. Needs its sequels to really be a movie which isn't a great thing for a film.

it probably didn't help that the movie excised the book's ending, but for such a purportedly "epic" movie, the resolution was especially lacking.

[maxpayne2409]

omg me and dinky agree on something (that isn't smallville) I liked the lion king and aladdin too, although i do still like the fox and the hound aswell, old school disney is way better then all the modern dross they churn out.

On that subject who else is beginning to wonder about disneys' financial status at the moment, i personally think they are seriously losing money and are desperately trying to make a quick profit, it's the only reason i can think of for why they have suddenly started churning out complete shit sequels like

Snow white 2
the little mermaid 2
fox and the hound 2
aladdin 2
cinderella 2
lion king 2 and 3
bambi 2

and so on, talk about running out of ideas (although ironically these are probably al still better then most other current hollywood movies )

[spudthedestroyer]

ALADDIN (1992). I very much enjoyed it. except there was this one bit during the "wooing scene" where they sing "A Whole New World" that I thought was weird cuz the singer's voice was appreciably different from the regular character's voice, and sometimes even the lips didn't sync properly. but these are petty squabbles. it's up there with the best animated features I've ever seen. along with LION KING, it's prolly the pinnacle of disney traditional animation before it degenerated completely into shadow play of variable quality (HERCULES, MULAN, TARZAN, EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, LILO & STITCH, etc.).

weird, I was just singing A Whole New World at work on friday for absolutely no reason what so ever (it has not been on tv, been mentioned anywhere near to me or anything i could have picked up on subconciously). Very strange.

But then i often sing random songs at work, usually to the annoyance of people that then get the same song stuck in their heads.