What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Frownland** · 05-17-2018, 02:52 PM

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Ehhh. I think the Jackson movies are very solid efforts. I think you are probably in the minority with that there opinion, feller.

Much better than Harry Potter, for instance.

PJ is mediocre and the Harry Potter films have dope atmosphere bitch

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-17-2018, 02:57 PM

I've got no real opinion on the Harry Potter movies. I've watched only three of them - out of order and not even one's that connected to each other side by side either.

Don't murder me for saying so, but I kinda see them as kid's movies. They're based on YA books after all. Doesn't mean adults can't watch them (even I liked the Golden Compass movie), but it's just not a series of movies that I feel any desire or need to catch up with.

**Frownland** · 05-17-2018, 02:58 PM

Ja they're definitely kid's films. LOTR too.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-17-2018, 03:00 PM

The LOTR films slowly died on me as I rewatched them several times over the years. Used to love them, but last time I went through the whole trilogy, I was mostly just bored out of my mind. A lot of the time, they don't even look that good anymore. I wonder if they'll really stand as classics over the years, or if they'll seem less impressive in hindsight to a lot of other people too.

**Frownland** · 05-17-2018, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I wonder if they'll really stand as classics over the years, or if they'll seem less impressive in hindsight to a lot of other people too.

It didn't affect Star Wars' legacy.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-17-2018, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It didn't affect Star Wars' legacy.

I still think those movies look great and very impressive for their time though. And they seem way less stiff and bloated to me in terms of the storytelling and the acting.

I'm no Star Wars fanboy, but I think the original trilogy is easily better than LOTR. I still like the first LOTR movie somewhat, actually. It's just a bit long and self-serious and cheesy and such, but oh well, can't have it all.

The Batlord · 05-17-2018, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I'm pretty sure a lot of people think his Hobbit trilogy is ass.

Smaug's destruction of the Dwarven at the beginning of the first Hobbit movie is still one of the best parts of that series.

It just kicks ass.

**Frownland** · 05-17-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I still think those movies look great and very impressive for their time though. And they seem way less stiff and bloated to me in terms of the storytelling and the acting.

To be fair, it's not like the books weren't clunky as all hell.

I thought that Star Wars had mediocre performances too. Can't say that they're super bloated though, they do still have that old-school sense of letting the landscape breathe when they set up a scene that I appreciate.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-17-2018, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Smaug's destruction of the Dwarven at the beginning of the first Hobbit movie is still one of the best parts of that series.

It just kicks ass.

Can't remember the opening at all. The only thing I remember from early on in the movie is that whole mess with the dwarves invading D1ld0 Sagging's home.

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To be fair, it's not like the books weren't clunky as all hell.

I never actually read the LOTR books - or any Tolkien for that matter.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought that Star Wars had mediocre performances too. Can't say that they're super bloated though, they do still have that old-school sense of letting the landscape breathe when they set up a scene that I appreciate.

Pretty much agree with all of this. I really wish modern block buster movies would slow down a bit.

Chula Vista · 05-17-2018, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Pretty much agree with all of this. I really wish modern block buster movies would slow down a bit.

Not a fan of having a cut every 2.5 seconds?

05-17-2018, 02:58 PM	#21393 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Ja they're definitely kid's films. LOTR too. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I've got no real opinion on the Harry Potter movies. I've watched only three of them - out of order and not even one's that connected to each other side by side either. Don't murder me for saying so, but I kinda see them as kid's movies. They're based on YA books after all. Doesn't mean adults can't watch them (even I liked the Golden Compass movie), but it's just not a series of movies that I feel any desire or need to catch up with.

05-17-2018, 03:00 PM	#21394 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	The LOTR films slowly died on me as I rewatched them several times over the years. Used to love them, but last time I went through the whole trilogy, I was mostly just bored out of my mind. A lot of the time, they don't even look that good anymore. I wonder if they'll really stand as classics over the years, or if they'll seem less impressive in hindsight to a lot of other people too.