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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 19, 2012 at 9:45 pm
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The Usual Suspects. Was a hit when it came out, but seems to have been forgotten about I think. Just seems underrated, as most people I talk to anymore haven't even heard about it.
Edit: I'm a fackin' idiot. I read the title and posted, should have checked first. Oh well, now you know my opinion on The Usual Suspects.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 19, 2012 at 10:33 pm
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I love Star Wars. It's a movie from the 70s and like most of those movies, it's campy as fuck. I enjoyed it a lot and I still watch them. Growing up, I have the original and the special editions on tape. I fucking love Ewoks. What up.
Also, on the subject of Harry Potter, it's a series for children going into their budding teens. I wouldn't describe it as unoriginal. It borrows some magical mechanics and plot direction from things we're already familiar with, but unoriginal?
As for movies that could've been more epic... I'm going to say Avatar. I was thoroughly unimpressed.
EDIT: I'm going to go ahead and defend Starship Troopers, too. Lol
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 19, 2012 at 10:41 pm
every single novel which was attempted to be put onto the big screen. At least every single one I have seen is shit.
Except for "Angela`s Ashes"
And every single "motivation" movie, with a plot centered arround that person having a problem and that problem being gradualy solved - centered arround a histroric person, like "The Kings speech" ............. boooooooooooring.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 19, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Awww, I really enjoyed The King's Speech, haha.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 19, 2012 at 10:48 pm
I loved Amadeus, where in the end he..
dies.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 20, 2012 at 7:43 am
I can't believe none of you said:
Blade Runner
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 20, 2012 at 8:49 am
How was Blade Runner a terrible movie?
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 20, 2012 at 11:03 am
If he's thinking what I'm thinking, he probably meant the original theatrical cut which was so fecked over by executive meddling that it became almost a travesty of what it should have been. The principal offense, of course, was Deckard's voice over which pulled the rug from under the entire film in the final scenes.
Incidentally, there are rumours of a Blade Runner 2 floating around, as well as a BR/Prometheus crossover.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 20, 2012 at 4:41 pm
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RE: Starship Troopers
Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong movie, as some people are defending it.
Was that the one where the big finish was Doogie Howser saying that the bug was afraid?
RE: Blade Runner
Good, but could have been a lot better without the vangelis soundtrack.
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RE: Movies That Should Have Been Epic
December 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm
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Wasn't Starship Troopers suppose to be a parody? Sort of like Spaceballs? Or The Fifth Element.
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