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Priestvyrce said:
Never really understood the reasoning behind that movie.

"That movie" being First Knight, not Excalibur ;).

In Excalibur, Arthur starts out very young indeed... Rather like Wart in T.H. White's The Once and Future King. And Excalibur has, if anything, a little too much energy.
 
Julian said:
"That movie" being First Knight, not Excalibur ;).

In Excalibur, Arthur starts out very young indeed... Rather like Wart in T.H. White's The Once and Future King. And Excalibur has, if anything, a little too much energy.

Which was what I was refering to,First Knight (should have made that clearer). I had other problems with Excaliber, but for lack of pacing and energy.
 
Yeah say what you want about Excalibur though, that part where Percival (I think?) brings him the Grail and pretty much revives Arthur's will was the best. Watching go riding out with all his knights while the land turns to summer with that music playing was pretty inspiring.
 
This year in movies has been decent so far. There have definitely been some successful ones that have made it to the big screen. My favorite over the past month or so has been Shrek 2. I still gotta see Potter, though.

I'm anxiously awaiting Shyamalan's next one, The Village. I've really been keeping up with everthing surrounding this one and I'm sure he's not going to dissapoint, based on everything I've been seeing and hearing.
 
saintjon said:
Watching go riding out with all his knights while the land turns to summer with that music playing was pretty inspiring.

Epic's the word, IMO. "That music" being Wagner, by the way. Strange a movie that has such scenes could also be so infantile at times...

Still, that's why it's interesting, I guess! A very flawed masterpiece - or an equally masterful flop. Take your pick...

Anyway (to get back on topic, a bit) - I'm willing to bet my boots that it's a hell of a lot better than this new King Arthur thing. Don't say I didn't tell ya...
 
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But this one has Keira Knightley in it, and she is SO hot! I mean, that's enough to make up for anything lacking isn't it? That's what Hollywood does in a lot of movies, I mean, it must be sound principle....oh wait.

Wagner, eh? I might watch it just for that. :)
 
Haha! I use to really like Keira Knightly... then I listened to her talk. LOL! She is nothing but a spoiled, self-centered, conceited peice of useless guts. You should listen to her sometime it's really funny. She always complains about the smallest ridiculous things and she even asked a magazine to do an article for her to she could apologize for not being as beautiful as people expect?! What the hell!!! Haha... ah well... she's okay on screen at least! *sigh* :rolleyes:
 
Shanoncia said:
Haha! I use to really like Keira Knightly... then I listened to her talk. LOL! She is nothing but a spoiled, self-centered, conceited peice of useless guts

.... with, however, protuberances of an incandescent nature, I understand ("HOT", in other words). Ah well, I never heard of the lass before, to be frank. Give me Audrey Hepburn (God bless her) in her early films any day ....

Dominus: Wagner features heavily in Excalibur. The Ring, you know. You may have to get Apocalypse Now out of your head first to appreciate it, though :) .

As an aside, anyone going to see the Michael Moore film/documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11? Don't want to start a political debate, but I am intrigued ...
 
I saw Bowling for Columbine, there were some things that I agreed with, such as how much influence media has, and how it represents things here in the US as opposed to other countries, I did however find lots of things that proved his 'fact's' weren't very sound, and there were multiple instances where he deliberately misled the audience, which I found reprehensible, thus, I may watch the new one, but I am definitely going to check out the facts for myself, since I know he's not going to be as honest as he claims. I do find it funny though how the film got something like an hour long standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, those guys must really, really, really hate Bush lol. Oh, and this isn't political or anything, just an observation on a film. :)
 
Dominus said:
I did however find lots of things that proved his 'fact's' weren't very sound, and there were multiple instances where he deliberately misled the audience, which I found reprehensible

Well, there goes another optimistic thought... I was thinking, wouldn't it be great if someone like Moore were to be really honest and straightforward (not perhaps right, but that's another issue). He sure tries to present himself that way!

What does "deliberately misled" mean, though? Telling lies? Or presenting things in a fashion intended to induce a certain response which is not in accordance with the actual information provided?

(Strange, - as I'm typing this, my iTunes has just started playing Frankie's Two Tribes. Things haven't really changed all that much, I fear. On a brighter note, though, it's Bloomsday - 100th anniversary & all of Joyce's Ulysses.)
 
Dominus said:
, but I am definitely going to check out the facts for myself,

Virtually impossible to do.
Information is only as good as the source and everyone has their own bias and perception.
All you can do is listen to the opposing sides and decide which you wish to believe.
The truth or "facts" can be very subjective.
 
Yes, of course, but there are some things that are pretty much undeniable.

For example, in BfC, Moore showed Charlton Heston giving a speech for NRA in Denver (near Columbine), saying how it was callous and such, and that the NRA should have gone elsewhere, but they actually had to hold the meeting in accordance with some New York law and whatnot, and they in fact cut down the big event to just that one meeting, he also put in a clip of Heston saying "from my cold, dead hands", which was actually from a speech a year later in Charlotte, NC, but they edited it (cutting between scenes) in such a way to make it seem that it was in fact the same speech, but you will notice that Heston's tie and suit change. You could argue that would tip everyone off, but it just seems edited to hide that and give you the impression that it was the wrong thing to do and they had not feelings for what had happened. They also did the same thing with another Heston speech in the town where the little girl was killed by a boy in her class, Moore made it seem like Heston came in days after the incident, when in fact he came in about 9 months later, yet Moore just lets you assume it was another callous NRA event. Anyway, there was more, but that's what I can remember off the top of my head.
 
Shanoncia said:
Haha! I use to really like Keira Knightly... then I listened to her talk. LOL! She is nothing but a spoiled, self-centered, conceited peice of useless guts. You should listen to her sometime it's really funny. She always complains about the smallest ridiculous things and she even asked a magazine to do an article for her to she could apologize for not being as beautiful as people expect?! What the hell!!! Haha... ah well... she's okay on screen at least! *sigh* :rolleyes:

Who cares? She's hot!

And I liked BfC!
 
Julian said:
As an aside, anyone going to see the Michael Moore film/documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11? Don't want to start a political debate, but I am intrigued ...
Yes, I plan to check this out. I'm also very interested to see this. No matter what side of the fence I'm on, it should be an interesting perspective. Evidently there's now another documentary out there that is bashing Moore...I wonder about that one.

I've seen some articles online recently about an M. Night Shyamalan documentary that's supposed to air in July...that should be interesting as well...I think it's on tv, though, not on the big screen.
 
Shanoncia said:
Haha! I use to really like Keira Knightly... then I listened to her talk. LOL! She is nothing but a spoiled, self-centered, conceited peice of useless guts.

Whoa there!
A bit harsh Shan!
If I didn't know better I'd say the the green elf girl had a flash of the green eyed monster. ;)
 
I've been keeping an eye out for Hell Boy and I think another film called The Punisher - which look quite similar to me. So far there is not much in the way of hype here, and not a clue as to when they are out.

Poor Kiera Knightley. I don't have a problem with her being shallow, she is quite young and not in a profession that promotes intellectuality.

Oh, and I really liked Bowling for Columbine. I am far too much of a cynic to think that Michael Moore is a pure, unspoilt critic. I think to get where he has gotten, it takes a certain amount of ruthlessness that the likes of most of us don't have. I'd rather have him fighting a bit dirty against those who fight VERY dirty, than no one bothering at all. I must say certain comments of Hestons meant that he didn't really need Moore doing any fancy footwork with the editing though. Anyway, I am looking forward to the September 11th film, I forget the title now.

Just a quick note to add that I hope my comments don't come across as too political - I hope they taken as a critique of the film.
 
LOL, Leiali, Helly Boy and The Punisher have already come and gone in the theaters, a few months ago at least, you'll have to wait for video. :)
 
Oh! Totally forgot the rest of the world isn't as cool as America, well, as far as most movies are concerned. :)
 
Oh! Totally forgot the rest of the world isn't as cool as America..
*ducks* You really are asking for trouble with that one, Dominus... :D

Yet to arrive here: Shrek 2, Spiderman 2, King Arthur (and the lovely Kiera's in that one too, but I wasn't impressed by the trailer!) and The Punisher... often is the case, but it means that some people can import the DVD's from places at about the same time as it's in the cinema.... ;)

Hobbit
 

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