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[Tanthias]

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Dusk till Dawn 2
Dusk till Dawn 3

[Anonymous]

They made sequels to From Dusk Til Dawn? Are you serious?

[Raype]

They made sequels to From Dusk Til Dawn? Are you serious?

DON'T BELIEVE HIS LIES!

THE SERIES ENDED WITH 1!

*gouges out eyes and plugs ears*

[Tanthias]

DON'T BELIEVE HIS LIES!

THE SERIES ENDED WITH 1!

*gouges out eyes and plugs ears*

Wait, how would it be a series if it only had 1 in it?

Though I have to admit, I liked 1 more than the other 2...

ninja edit: Also, Timecop.

[Jackhammer]

Stargate - The Ark Of Truth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate:_The_Ark_of_Truth

[Sprung]

Stargate - The Ark Of Truth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate:_The_Ark_of_Truth

Any good?

[Jackhammer]

Any good?

Only if you like Stargate.

[Sprung]

Only if you like Stargate.

I like the original Stargate movie. The series? Not so much.

[Jackhammer]

I like the original Stargate movie. The series? Not so much.

The show was cancelled after season 10, it was thought that it would run another season at least. That shows in the film, it seemed like a rushed effort to tie up loose ends from the series.

[Tanthias]

Watched The Stand last night.

[Anonymous]

Watched The Stand last night.

Another case where the book is amazing, and the movie isn't fit for straight to video release.

[Sprung]

Just watched The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Pretty good

[Mikey]

Saw Paul Mooney - Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History. The dude is pretty fucking funny.

[Elin]

I just got back from seeing I Am Legend. Will Smith isn't exactly my favourite actor, but he puts in a lovely performance, and the film as a whole is pretty good, really. Although the gimmick of 'OMG zombie-ish creatures that run!' is no longer as frightening as it was when I first saw 28 Days Later.

I could do without the incredibly heavy-handed pro-religious message, though. Not that there's anything wrong with the message itself. I'm agnostic, and quite indifferent to religion one way or the other. I just don't like films or books where I am beaten over the head with the writer's views. I'm not even the type to read into films, but this one was pretty bad.

Spoiler warning:

I can stomach the various references to God throughout the movie. That's just dialogue. I had no problems with Anna being religious, either. Some people believe in God, others don't. Heck I could even stomach lines like 'turn to the light' and 'God didn't do this, Anna; we did', which, by themselves, don't say anything too overt about religion. But when these things are taken along with some of the other things... In one of the final scenes, for example, Smith, a man who has survived by nothing more than God's good grace, stands face to face with the leader of the creatures, the very embodiment of perverse science. He keeps screaming 'I can save you!' and the guy just keeps literally banging his head against the wall. I'm not remotely cynical, and even I just sat there rolling my eyes. Yeah, like it's not obvious what that's meant to represent. ;

The next scene was even worse. The two survivors open the door of the safe zone to find...a church. With little kids scampering happily away from it. Seriously? That's like making a film where racism is a central theme and saying at the end 'black and white people are different, and sometimes that causes problems'. Religion can be an interesting theme to tackle, but if you can't convey your view tastefully, don't convey it at all, please. Leave a good movie as a good movie, and leave underlying themes to those who know how to handle them.

I also recently watched Stardust. It was pretty wonderful. I loved the book, and was a little bit apprehensive of a film version, but it worked really well. I'm not sure I liked the substantial changes made to the book's ending, which just fitted together so neatly, and I thought the last act was a bit weak in the film. Still, it made enough good additions and changes (the whole section aboard De Niro's ship!) that I was more than willing to forgive and forget. I still prefer the book, I think, but my expectations were outdone a thousand times over. One of the nicest films I've seen in a while.

[Raype]

I just got back from seeing I Am Legend ...when I first saw 28 Days Later.

I could do without the incredibly heavy-handed pro-religious message, though.

*Tears off kiki's face to reveal a robotic skull*

I KNEW IT!