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I saw The Hobbit 3 yesterday. Lots of action. Some very sad scenes. The battle was long but epic. I have read the book about 9 months ago but watching the last part yesterday I honestly do not remember reading anything of the sort in the novel. The first and second movies I remember reading the scenes but strangely I do not recall reading any of the scenes that happened in The Battle of the Five Armies. Anyway, it was a great ending to the Middle-Earth saga.
 
obeygiant said:
I agree that David his own mind and his own agenda, but it seems like he still needs a master. He started doing Dr. Shaw's bidding at the end of the film. He was my favorite character also.

Also Holloway says to David that "we just made you because we could" which about sums up what the engineers think of humans. They search for the answer of "why" and personally I agree with David that the answer is irrelevant but it pushes Shaw to travel to their home planet in search of it.
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Think we're pretty much on the same page but still some points since it's interesting to talk about :):

- not absolutely sure about David needing a master. I'd argue it's still left ambigious, which is a good thing imo. He appeared in the last third highly autonomous and at one point I was convinced he at least played with the idea of flying away on his own (=freeing himself). That changed of course when he got decaptivated and couldn't move one bit on his own ;) it was then when he 'surrendered' to Dr Shaw.

- agreed about your last point. I think the movie would have been better if they either explained Dr Shaw's believe/faith better, not just this cliché'd: because my father...when I was young...now my whole life I'm in pursuit of..." kind of thing. That annoyed me in Interstellar just the same. I'd personally would perfer the 'I'm doing it because I'm very curious' (hence got a scientist..). Although that's part of David's character somehow..so at least make these 'believers' a bit more believable. Otherwise they just appear as Dr.Shallow.


Going to see Hobbit III this weekend.
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
"Shop Around the Corner" (1940) on Turner Classic Movies. This is the movie upon which "You Got Mail" was subsequently born from years later.
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I saw that was going to be on the other day and forgot to record it! :mad:

I'll have to check the TCM iPad app and see if it's still available to stream.
 
Couldn't find "Shop Around the Corner" on the TCM app. I'll check back in a few days. In the meantime, I'm streaming this through the iPad app right now.

One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Caveman Tumak is banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of gentle seacoast dwelling cave people until he is banished from them as well. Missing him, one of their women, Loana leaves with him, deciding to face the harsh prehistoric world with its monsters and volcanos as a couple.
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LadyX said:
I saw The Hobbit 3 yesterday. Lots of action. Some very sad scenes. The battle was long but epic. I have read the book about 9 months ago but watching the last part yesterday I honestly do not remember reading anything of the sort in the novel. The first and second movies I remember reading the scenes but strangely I do not recall reading any of the scenes that happened in The Battle of the Five Armies. Anyway, it was a great ending to the Middle-Earth saga.
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That's what happens when they turn 20 pages into a 3 hour movie. ;) My preferred Middle Wolrd battles are for Helms Deep and Minas Tirith which have a written basis of more than a glorified foot note. Disclaimer- I have yet to see the Battle of Five Armies.

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twietee said:
Think we're pretty much on the same page but still some points since it's interesting to talk about :):

- not absolutely sure about David needing a master. I'd argue it's still left ambigious, which is a good thing imo. He appeared in the last third highly autonomous and at one point I was convinced he at least played with the idea of flying away on his own (=freeing himself). That changed of course when he got decaptivated and couldn't move one bit on his own ;) it was then when he 'surrendered' to Dr Shaw.

- agreed about your last point. I think the movie would have been better if they either explained Dr Shaw's believe/faith better, not just this cliché'd: because my father...when I was young...now my whole life I'm in pursuit of..." kind of thing. That annoyed me in Interstellar just the same. I'd personally would perfer the 'I'm doing it because I'm very curious' (hence got a scientist..). Although that's part of David's character somehow..so at least make these 'believers' a bit more believable. Otherwise they just appear as Dr.Shallow.

Going to see Hobbit III this weekend.
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She's a scientist with belief in a higher power, what more explanation is needed? :)
 
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Just got back from Exodus. Beautifully shot and acted. Still processing the scope of some of the wide shots. It was good in the beginning and then it switched to a disaster film about 2/3 of the way thru. The film was dedicated to Tony Scott, Ridley's brother, which I though was a nice gesture.
 
SandboxGeneral said:
Couldn't find "Shop Around the Corner" on the TCM app. I'll check back in a few days. In the meantime, I'm streaming this through the iPad app right now.

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

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I love One Million Years B.C. so much fun.

And so much for seeing Inherent Vice before it opens nationally. My coworker confessed after I bought the tickets that this was a movie he was not comfortable seeing. So he chose, Exodus Gods and Kings. I went along with it, because I know he's a little religious.

<face palm>

If I want Moses vs. Ramses I'll stick with the 1956 Ten Commandments. There was no character development here, lots of miscasts and a ton of silly choices. And coworker did not like it either.

Guess it depends on the person, but this was not a good movie - all spectacle no substance. Next time, if I want to see something like Inherent Vice, I'll go myself.
 
kazmac said:
I love One Million Years B.C. so much fun.

And so much for seeing Inherent Vice before it opens nationally. My coworker confessed after I bought the tickets that this was a movie he was not comfortable seeing. So I asked him to choose and he chose, Exodus Gods and Kings. I went along with it, because I know he's a little religious.

<face palm>

If I want Moses vs. Ramses I'll stick with the 1956 Ten Commandments. There was no character development here, lots of miscasts and a ton of silly choices. And coworker did not like it either.
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I love the Ten Commandments too and have little desire to see the new Exodus film, at least where I have to pay for it. I'll wait for it to hit Netflix someday.
 
The Runaway bride. Why? Because my wife chose it:(

Not sure I'd give it 1/10. Basically they were just hoping to cash in on the success of Pretty Women some 10 years earlier.
 
kazmac said:
I love One Million Years B.C. so much fun.

And so much for seeing Inherent Vice before it opens nationally. My coworker confessed after I bought the tickets that this was a movie he was not comfortable seeing. So he chose, Exodus Gods and Kings. I went along with it, because I know he's a little religious.

<face palm>

If I want Moses vs. Ramses I'll stick with the 1956 Ten Commandments. There was no character development here, lots of miscasts and a ton of silly choices. And coworker did not like it either.

Guess it depends on the person, but this was not a good movie - all spectacle no substance. Next time, if I want to see something like Inherent Vice, I'll go myself.
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Lol.

SandboxGeneral said:
I love the Ten Commandments too and have little desire to see the new Exodus film, at least where I have to pay for it. I'll wait for it to hit Netflix someday.
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I'm a 10C movie fan too. :)
 
First Men in the Moon (1964)
Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford and he tells them the story of how he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender, meet up with an inventor, Joseph Cavor, in 1899. Cavor has invented Cavorite, a paste that will allow anything to deflect gravity and he created a sphere that will actually take them to the moon. Taking Arnold and accidentally taking Katherine they fly to the moon where, to their total amazement, they discover a bee-like insect population who take an unhealthy interest in their Earthly visitors...
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SandboxGeneral said:
The original The War of the Worlds (1953)

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Jeff Wayne wrote a wonderful soundtrack for the stage (and radio) versions of this work, which were first performed in the 1970s. He managed to assemble, or attract, an outstanding cast to voice the work - individuals such as Richard Burton, David Essex, Julie Covington, Phil Lynott and Justin Hayward all contributed to the final product (which I have on CD). Really excellent listening.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Jeff Wayne wrote a wonderful soundtrack for the stage (and radio) versions of this work, which were first performed in the 1970s. He managed to assemble, or attract, an outstanding cast to voice the work - individuals such as Richard Burton, David Essex, Julie Covington, Phil Lynott and Justin Hayward all contributed to the final product (which I have on CD). Really excellent listening.
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Fascinating, I didn't know that. I may have to attempt looking that up.
 
Mr. McMac said:
If you have it, that would blow me away. I thought I was one of the few here on Mac Rumours with the same taste in really badly made 1950's Sci-Fi movies.
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I was watching a bunch of these corny old sci-fi films a month or two ago and I think it was LadyX who asked me how I could stand watching these things. :p I just replied that I'm a sucker for them. :cool:
 
The Parking Lot Movie (2010) - a PBS Indie film. I usually watch it once a year for the hell of it.

"The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more."

Really this is just about my speed in the run-up to the winter solstice.
 
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