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Lords of Salem (2012)
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One of Rob Zombies better ventures, you also get to see a different perspective of his wife Sheri Moon Zombie presenting a greater range than in the usual suspects she portrays. Took me a while to dig this one, overall I like it :)

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009)- Dark from start to finish in sepia tones, fitting for this part of the story. Helena Bonham Carter is one of those one of a kind actresses. Significant event in this story.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt1 (2010)- Some good necessary stuff, some drag and much gravity. The real show is in Pt2.

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JBGoode said:
That whole trilogy was a travesty in my opinion. They took a 300 page book that required one 3 hour movie to tell and turned it into a 9 hour monstrosity. I watched them once and have never had the urge to watch them again. I've seen bits and pieces here and there and it's just awful. Gollum was the best bit but unfortunately didn't have a huge part in the book/movies. I wish Guillermo Del Toro stayed on as director - I'm sure it would have been much better. He only had two movies planned and would have likely stuck more to the novel. Jackson admittedly didn't have a plan and this is what we got.
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Re: The Hobbit Movies- pure money grab, detestable. I really hated the changes, deviations from the book. 👀
 
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3/5 Radagast, mentioned in passing in The Hobbit, character was not needed and added nothing to the film IMHO.


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2/5 What the hell!?!?

That scene where they are all fighting Smaug??? Utter c.ock and bollocks. That part/chapter of the story where Bilbo has his encounter with Smaug, alone, is perfect and was in no need of "punching up".

Tauriel? Good God. The whole story arc about her and Kili... why? And that part about Kili being left behind in Laketown and the orcs attacking them???

The novel itself stands alone as a great story and was in no need of embellishment from Mr. Jackson.

There are more things to complain about but I feel no need to go into further detail.

I'll watch part 3 tomorrow but so far all I'm seeing is ode to Peter Jackson's hubris.
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That’s it exactly, “punching up”, “over the top” that chase scene down the river escaping the woodland fairies, in barrels (one of several examples) BARF. 🤮
 
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pachyderm said:
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3/5 Radagast, mentioned in passing in The Hobbit, character was not needed and added nothing to the film IMHO.


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2/5 What the hell!?!?

That scene where they are all fighting Smaug??? Utter c.ock and bollocks. That part/chapter of the story where Bilbo has his encounter with Smaug, alone, is perfect and was in no need of "punching up".

Tauriel? Good God. The whole story arc about her and Kili... why? And that part about Kili being left behind in Laketown and the orcs attacking them???

The novel itself stands alone as a great story and was in no need of embellishment from Mr. Jackson.

There are more things to complain about but I feel no need to go into further detail.

I'll watch part 3 tomorrow but so far all I'm seeing is an ode to Peter Jackson's hubris.
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Agreed, way too much stuff was added. The Hobbit would have been better off as 2 movies instead of 3.
 
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Queen6 said:
Lords of Salem (2012)
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One of Rob Zombies better ventures, you also get to see a different perspective of his wife Sheri Moon Zombie presenting a greater range than in the usual suspects she portrays. Took me a while to dig this one, overall I like it :)

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Oh, I think that has been on my Prime watchlist for a while but seems to come and go because I looked for it once and it was only available as a purchase or rental and I didn't want to actually pay to see it. I think it was there for free recently and I may need to watch this.
 
JBGoode said:
Oh, I think that has been on my Prime watchlist for a while but seems to come and go because I looked for it once and it was only available as a purchase or rental and I didn't want to actually pay to see it. I think it was there for free recently and I may need to watch this.
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One of Rob Zombie's better films, I rate The Lords of Salem and The Devils Rejects above the rest maybe also Halloween. This one just didn't meet the expectations of the mob, 2nd Halloween no as really felt like his heart wasn't in the film.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt2- ((2011) Thrills, chills, and visuals. Gringot’s escape, McGonagall vs Snape, McGonagall calls forth the Stone Men, Mrs Weasly vs Bellatrix Lestrange, Snape, Neville Longbottom! Great ending to the series! 🥳

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What I’m not clear about: If Voldemort had horcruxes all around…
did any of his soul remain in his body? It appears that soon after Nigini is capatated, destroying the last horcrux was it the spell Harry had directed at him or was without a soul, his body could not sustain itself any longer?


www.harrypotterfanzone.com

Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes

Learn about the enchanted objects Lord Voldemort created in an attempt to achieve immortality.
www.harrypotterfanzone.com www.harrypotterfanzone.com

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How Harry Potter Survived The Killing Curse in The Deathly Hallows

How did Harry survive?
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Queen6 said:
After some due consideration; pretty poor films in general of recent I'm putting this here as Space 1999 is easily film quality and then some.
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If your into SciFi, action and adventure Space 1999 is an absolute must, all our hopes and adventures....

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I remember this...and both of the leads from 'Mission Impossible' Husband and Wife team.
 
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Blowback said:
I remember this...and both of the leads from 'Mission Impossible' Husband and Wife team.
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1st season of Space 1999 remains to be very solid SciFi, has easily stood the test of time. As a child I always looked forward to the next episode. Pity they don't make the same quality of performance now, sometimes the magic occurs; Altered Carbon season one, naturally they couldn't leave well alone with season two, hence no season three...

Space 1999 you could get invested in the characters with a great sense of immersion that has never waned to this day.

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Queen6 said:
Lords of Salem (2012)
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One of Rob Zombies better ventures, you also get to see a different perspective of his wife Sheri Moon Zombie presenting a greater range than in the usual suspects she portrays. Took me a while to dig this one, overall I like it :)

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I don’t know man, I’m a huge fan of Rob Zombie, with the ‘Halloween remakes’ ‘House of 1000 corpses’, but this one looks like I might need to keep the lights on and phone a friend when I’m done watching it. 😁
 
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JBGoode said:
That whole trilogy was a travesty in my opinion. They took a 300 page book that required one 3 hour movie to tell and turned it into a 9 hour monstrosity. I watched them once and have never had the urge to watch them again. I've seen bits and pieces here and there and it's just awful. Gollum was the best bit but unfortunately didn't have a huge part in the book/movies. I wish Guillermo Del Toro stayed on as director - I'm sure it would have been much better. He only had two movies planned and would have likely stuck more to the novel. Jackson admittedly didn't have a plan and this is what we got.
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The only notable part was Stephen Colbert's cameo.
 
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Interstellar (2014)- Again… This is an impressive story and movie. There is some real gravity here, Earth circa 2070ish, is dieing, a crew goes on a mission to seek a new world for the human species, and time is the challenge, the enemy. This story revels in human emotions, family bonds, love, deceit, betrayal, and includes a hard core time paradox which is explainable.


One amazing thing in our lifetimes is how CGI has advanced from cartoons to seamlessly, photorealistic environments. However as explained in the following link, Nolan’s choice of practical effects and on location shooting, makes the presentation feel more real.

www.cinemablend.com

Christopher Nolan Shows How He Filmed Interstellar Without Using Green Screen

Christopher Nolan went to great lengths to avoid using green screen as much as possible on Interstellar. Watch as he explains how he did it.
www.cinemablend.com www.cinemablend.com

The primary critique directed at the movie seems to be the sound track, a constant background of music, sometimes bordering on or becoming oppressive that sets a tone for the story.

  • The Earth is dying and must be abandoned.
  • Cooper is a retired astronaut and now farmer watching his crops die.
  • Murph, his daughter talks about a ghost in her bedroom.
  • This “ghost“ sends them a binary message of geographical coordinates.
  • Coop and Murphy drive to it and locate a secret NASA facility underground.
  • …where Dr. Brandt an acquaintance of his, tells him about the mission to save humanity, Plan A relocate the humanity to another planet. Plan B is to take human embryos to another planet to get a fresh start. Brandt is working on technology to harness gravity as a propulsion force to power manned vehicles out of our atmosphere into space and carry humanity to a new home.
  • Cooper the only one available with previous space mission experience volunteers to lead the mission.
The Convenience
  • Convientently a worm hole appeared in the vicinity of Saturn 40 years ago. It is speculated that an advance civilization placed this worn hole for our use to provide a viable option for humans to relocate.
  • Later in the story Coop finds himself in the Tesseract, a device created by 5 dimensional beings, which allows him to send a variety of messages back to his daughter.
  • To solve the gravity engine equation, quantum data is required, that can only be retrieved from a black hole. Coop and his robot end up entering a black hole (not voluntarily), the robot grabs the quantum data needed. Coop uses the Tesseract to send this data via the Tesseract to his daughter through an identical wrist watch he gave her.
The Paradoxes
  • Coop of the future sends himself the coordinates of the secret base which results in him leading the mission.
  • Coop speculates that the advanced civilization who placed both the wormhole and the Tesseract, might be “future” us. The second paradox would be why would we have to save ourselves if we survived into the future before this?

mikzn said:
Nobody - 2021 - starring Bob Odenkirk & Connie Nielsen

Not a bad movie - enjoyed it - has a very similar story line to "A History of Violence" 2005

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It was “ok”.
 
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