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Post by drystyx on Jun 3, 2021 17:19:48 GMT
Jurassic Park 3 was for people who like three dimensional characters up and down the line up instead of the "throw away cardboard cutouts" of the other Jurassic movies, so there isn't that instant savage self righteous gratification for the Beavis and Butthead type of people. It really should be rated R for mature audiences. And honestly, it's geared more for writers, since it's easily the best script of the series. It does lack the iconic line status of the first one. Nothing was complex about a stupid family wanting to find their stupid son who decided to go gliding on the most dangerous island on Earth. Three dimensional lol😂 Spinosaurus Vs T Rex in the first few minutes was as instant gratification as it gets.😂 Yeah, no mother ever tries to save her child's life. Ridiculous. Most mothers abort their children, right? Stupid child? His character was explained very well. A kid that young can be expected to be naive about danger until he's face to face with it. His father was the real nut, but he thought he was just getting close enough to danger. His character was one who thought raising his son to face danger would ultimately help his son in life. Small risk for great reward instead of no risk for no reward. The step father and mother acted perfectly natural. Bits of panic and fear, while still intent on saving their precious child from the same. Even the three mercenaries were three dimensional, and none were "throw away characters", even if we figured they were like Star Trek security guards in celluloid. They each had some dignity to them. Every single character had dignity and multi dimensional credibility. You really can't say that about any of the other Jurassic films. That's why it was geared more for thinking people and writers, people who look for "credible characters in incredible circumstances". The first one was more iconic and more fun. The second one was goofy, but fun. This one was the "artistic crafted one", the literary master piece of the group.
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Post by Downey on Jun 3, 2021 17:46:25 GMT
Nothing was complex about a stupid family wanting to find their stupid son who decided to go gliding on the most dangerous island on Earth. Three dimensional lol😂 Spinosaurus Vs T Rex in the first few minutes was as instant gratification as it gets.😂 Yeah, no mother ever tries to save her child's life. Ridiculous. Most mothers abort their children, right? Stupid child? His character was explained very well. A kid that young can be expected to be naive about danger until he's face to face with it. His father was the real nut, but he thought he was just getting close enough to danger. His character was one who thought raising his son to face danger would ultimately help his son in life. Small risk for great reward instead of no risk for no reward. The step father and mother acted perfectly natural. Bits of panic and fear, while still intent on saving their precious child from the same. Even the three mercenaries were three dimensional, and none were "throw away characters", even if we figured they were like Star Trek security guards in celluloid. They each had some dignity to them. Every single character had dignity and multi dimensional credibility. You really can't say that about any of the other Jurassic films. That's why it was geared more for thinking people and writers, people who look for "credible characters in incredible circumstances". The first one was more iconic and more fun. The second one was goofy, but fun. This one was the "artistic crafted one", the literary master piece of the group. No, it was Dr Alan Grant who was the stupid one too, trusting random strangers when he'd swore he would never go back to the islands and lo and behold he's initial instincts before becoming a trusting tour guide dumb fuck was right. The Spino T Rex fight was the only best part. |
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Post by Downey on Jun 3, 2021 17:56:12 GMT
Nothing was complex about a stupid family wanting to find their stupid son who decided to go gliding on the most dangerous island on Earth. Three dimensional lol😂 Spinosaurus Vs T Rex in the first few minutes was as instant gratification as it gets.😂 Yeah, no mother ever tries to save her child's life. Ridiculous. Most mothers abort their children, right? Stupid child? His character was explained very well. A kid that young can be expected to be naive about danger until he's face to face with it. His father was the real nut, but he thought he was just getting close enough to danger. His character was one who thought raising his son to face danger would ultimately help his son in life. Small risk for great reward instead of no risk for no reward. The step father and mother acted perfectly natural. Bits of panic and fear, while still intent on saving their precious child from the same. Even the three mercenaries were three dimensional, and none were "throw away characters", even if we figured they were like Star Trek security guards in celluloid. They each had some dignity to them. Every single character had dignity and multi dimensional credibility. You really can't say that about any of the other Jurassic films. That's why it was geared more for thinking people and writers, people who look for "credible characters in incredible circumstances". The first one was more iconic and more fun. The second one was goofy, but fun. This one was the "artistic crafted one", the literary master piece of the group. Can be expected to be naive? I'm not talking about smoking weed or pissing in the sink when drunk the dumb fuck kid decided to go gliding on an abandoned monster laboratory island, yeah he was a stupid child and where in my comment did I not include his parents in the dumb fuck gene too? |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jun 3, 2021 19:14:16 GMT
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Black Beauty (1994)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Superman Return (2006)
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 3, 2021 20:12:11 GMT
Just three
Baby Geniuses 2 (not my idea, by nephew roped me into it)
Pearl Harbor
The Blair Witch Project
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Post by mecano04 on Jun 3, 2021 23:34:06 GMT
Just need to list the one at the top, for which I was literally the only one in the room:
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Post by mgmarshall on Jun 4, 2021 0:10:00 GMT
Just need to list the one at the top, for which I was literally the only one in the room:
Jeez, that looks awful.
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Post by mecano04 on Jun 4, 2021 1:09:58 GMT
Just need to list the one at the top, for which I was literally the only one in the room:
Jeez, that looks awful. I can even tell you why I went to see it.
I was in college and had a gap between two classes that was too long to just wait it out (since I didn't have much work to do at that point of the semester) but too short to go home and come back later.
Since the movie theater was/is one minute away, I just walked there and that was it.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jun 4, 2021 1:26:26 GMT
Just need to list the one at the top, for which I was literally the only one in the room:
Lol this movie desperately wanted to be the motorcycle version of the Fast and the Furious and failed miserably. At least the first Fast and the Furious was a decent actioner. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 4, 2021 6:34:33 GMT
I rarely see films at the cinema. I mean not just recently but in general. I used to though all the time. What are the worst film you saw in a theater? Yeah, I have not been at the cinemas, in ages. Somehow, there are just not that many new releases that tempt me back, but I might change my mind, with the upcoming Bond movie, hopefully being released later this year. Still, looking back, I was quite busy during my childhood and early teenager years, and looking back, I have few if any bad/terrible movie cinema experiences, if any. Of course, that was probably due to the fact, that taking a trip into the big city, was quite a ride. It was not just the movie experience, but eating and shopping, or just looking around, and yeah, having fun with my family or friends. So the movie was kind of like the "icing on the cake", or something like that. However, I did not watch or have that same "relationship" to movies, as I later on got. So I had probably "lower" expectations to what I picked or saw during the 90s and early 00s, and where I guess, sure, Godzilla (1998), Terminator 3 (2003), Scary Movie (2000), Loser (2000) and yeah, I still would not label those as "worst", when it comes to movies I have seen in general. But comparing them to most of the ones I remember seeing at the cinemas, I guess these where not all that impressive. However, fond and good memories, at least of that time I saw them, made things much smoother. But having seen them later on, at home or through television. Well, I could see that they were not exactly "great" ones.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 4, 2021 8:58:40 GMT
I enjoyed 3 for what it was. Very much inferior to the first two movies. You could tell Spielberg wasn't calling the shots third time round. The suspense isn't on the same level as before, the reimagined raptors were a silly idea and I have mixed feelings about the spinosaurus. It entertained me nonetheless. Sam Neill's return was welcome and the action set pieces are still pretty good, whereas with Jurassic World the whole thing really jumped the shark. The Big Bad isn't even a dinosaur, just a genetically engineered franken-beast. The human characters are incredibly dull and every scene featuring them bored me to tears. And the trained raptor thing is beyond absurd. Plus the movie is devoid of any semblance of real tension. If you thought somewhere down the line that "genetically engineered frankenbeasts" weren't going to play a part in any Jurassic Park future on screen then you not only slept through JP3 but JP too. At least the earlier movies depicted them as authentic dinosaurs. Sure, they're all monster movies at the end of the day, but the Spielberg movies did a good job at creating the illusion that these massive beasts belonged to a complex ecosystem. It was as if the characters went sent back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Jurassic World ditched that in favour of a mega T-Rex-Raptor hybrid thing.
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Post by Downey on Jun 4, 2021 9:01:52 GMT
If you thought somewhere down the line that "genetically engineered frankenbeasts" weren't going to play a part in any Jurassic Park future on screen then you not only slept through JP3 but JP too. At least the earlier movies depicted them as authentic dinosaurs. Sure, they're all monster movies at the end of the day, but the Spielberg movies did a good job at creating the illusion that these massive beasts belonged to a complex ecosystem. It was as if the characters went sent back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Jurassic World ditched that in favour of a mega T-Rex-Raptor hybrid thing. They're not actually authentic as was revealed by a scientist it's frog DNA added to them that gives them their look. |
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 4, 2021 9:09:26 GMT
At least the earlier movies depicted them as authentic dinosaurs. Sure, they're all monster movies at the end of the day, but the Spielberg movies did a good job at creating the illusion that these massive beasts belonged to a complex ecosystem. It was as if the characters went sent back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Jurassic World ditched that in favour of a mega T-Rex-Raptor hybrid thing. They're not actually authentic as was revealed by a scientist it's frog DNA added to them that gives them their look. Even so, they're depicted as close approximations of the original dinosaurs and the movies did go to considerable lengths to make them feel authentic. Think of what it felt like when Alan Grant and the kids - and in the sequel Jeff Goldblum and co. - were traversing the tropical island setting populated by realistic dinosaurs. The creators, Ingen, were consciously aiming at making these genetically engineered beasts as similar to the original dinosaurs as possible using the technology available to them. By the time of Jurassic World, they'd lost interest in authenticity and were just playing around to create scary cross-species hybrids that never actually existed in evolutionary history. The I-Rex was closer to RoboCop than to an authentic dinosaur, whereas the original T-Rex was a close approximation of the true T-Rexes of the distant past.
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Post by Downey on Jun 4, 2021 9:20:05 GMT
They're not actually authentic as was revealed by a scientist it's frog DNA added to them that gives them their look. Even so, they're depicted as close approximations of the original dinosaurs and the movies did go to considerable lengths to make them feel authentic. Think of what it felt like when Alan Grant and the kids - and in the sequel Jeff Goldblum and co. - were traversing the tropical island setting populated by realistic dinosaurs. The creators, Ingen, were consciously aiming at making these genetically engineered beasts as similar to the original dinosaurs as possible using the technology available to them. By the time of Jurassic World, they'd lost interest in authenticity and were just playing around to create scary cross-species hybrids that never actually existed in evolutionary history. The I-Rex was closer to RoboCop than to an authentic dinosaur, whereas the original T-Rex was a close approximation of the true T-Rexes of the distant past. No, the only authentic dinosaurs are extinct ones. |
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Post by teleadm on Jun 4, 2021 16:53:19 GMT
I've done some research into the deep dungeons to find some lousy movies I did see in the 1970's, when I was younger, but just remembering a few incidents isn't always enough and trying to remember titles and puzzle it together what eventual others remember, since I've certainly seen some real bombs.
at least I have found two, seen in theaters.
S.O.S. Jorden sjunker (1973) "SOS The Whole World is Sinking" (Swedish title translated to English) of Nippon chinbotsu aka Tidal Wave.
If the Japanese version is any good, I have no Idea, it was the shorter dubbed version, that I think was under 90 minutes.
Confusing, lousy effects and suddenly end titles.
Occhi dalle stelle aka The Eyes Behind the Stars (Swedish title was similiar) 1978
Swedish poster said translated to English that "it would show what Close Encounters of the Third Kind didn't dare to show"
As a bit naive back then one believed what the poster said! LOL
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