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#1 oompock

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Posted 05 December 2003 - 06:10 PM

Ok...so i am new here...
Been checking out all the design contests and that, and seen some remarkable work there - very impressed with quite a number of people...
Haven't had the nerve to do anything myself yet, and so I am here at the 'other' section...
Must say - movies have been my thing of late, and it would be interesting to see if there is any interest agreement between me and some of the designers (or extras) that hang out on the site...
Recent films i saw and really liked were Citizen Kane (they dont joke when they rate it highly), Jacob's Ladder (freaky stuff man), Crimes and Misdemeanors (ol' woody allen), and Before the Rain (Macedonian flick)...
Also, i saw Dark City for the second time recently and am so pissed off at the way The Matrix completely ripped off the ideas from that film...

let me know what you people think hey...
later.

#2 Crazy Bat

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Posted 07 December 2003 - 07:12 AM

Okay...since we're on the topics of movies.

Some of my favourites are;

1. Donnie Darko
2. Ninja Scroll
3. Akira
4. Both LOTR's
5. The Time Machine. (The old H.G. Wells one. Not the crappy remake.)
6. Young Einstein
7. Tron
8. Heathers
9. Empire Records
10. Dogma

Just to name a few :-)
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#3 Cleric

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Posted 07 December 2003 - 09:07 AM

Citizen Kane is good, I wouldn't rank it as the best Hollywood film ever though.

The Matrix ripped off a whole lot of stuff, but I think you are wrong in saying it ripped Dark City. The films had similar stylistic qualities I admit, but nothing was outright stolen (as it was from other places).

I haven't seen the other movies you mentioned, I will look into them.

Some films I have seen recently and enjoyed:

Ed Wood
Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru)
Donnie Brasco
Jackie Brown
Red Dawn (hilarious)
Millers Crossing
Fargo
Death Race 2000 (hilarious)
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Posted 08 December 2003 - 01:24 AM

Battle Royale is great! Very weird movie :)
Just seen Matrix III... Didn't like it at all. They tried to play with some nice ideas, but they just gone too far and what they finally got was just a mess...

#5 oompock

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Posted 08 December 2003 - 08:12 AM

Cool....Battle royale is mad indeed - but you have to wonder whether they are gaining popularity for pushing the violence boundary (which is also fine) or for quality film-making...I'd have to watch it again to give a personal opinion on that.
Another excellent Japanese movie --- 'The Harp of Burma'.

To Cleric...I would aver that you take another look at the comparisons between dark city and the matrix.. The whole alien experimenting on the humans in order to survive their fateful destiny idea?....the phonecall in the beginning to the protagonist from the guy who wants to help and the protagonist being all confused and running away from the 'potential' evil?....the entire structure of the world that the humans are living in being a fake one?....and the fact that their memories are able to be imprinted upon and changed? ---- all these are direct themes inherent in both films....

I really liked Ed Wood - Johnny Depp is a great method actor....

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#6 Cleric

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Posted 09 December 2003 - 02:19 AM

To Cleric...I would aver that you take another look at the comparisons between dark city and the matrix.. The whole alien experimenting on the humans in order to survive their fateful destiny idea?....the phonecall in the beginning to the protagonist from the guy who wants to help and the protagonist being all confused and running away from the 'potential' evil?....the entire structure of the world that the humans are living in being a fake one?....and the fact that their memories are able to be imprinted upon and changed? ---- all these are direct themes inherent in both films....


I suppose, but it's really kinda like saying Nissan stole their idea to make a car from looking at a Jeep. Sure they are similar being that they are both vehicles but I don't think they went out and stole ideas from Jeep. In any case neither of them invented internal combustion motor vehicles, Karl Benz did. In this case The Matrix and Dark City are the Nissan and the Jeep and Karl Benz is William Gibson.
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#7 oompock

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Posted 10 December 2003 - 08:41 AM

Aaahhhh....you are mistaken....
the Karl Benz in this case is actually Plato, who invented the idea of living in a fake reality in the years 600BC......

#8 Cleric

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Posted 11 December 2003 - 03:09 AM

No, you are mistaken, Karl Benz invented the car, not the wheel. So Karl Benz is still William Gibson. :)
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#9 oompock

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Posted 11 December 2003 - 05:19 PM

wellwellwell...
all i can say is Touché...
you got me there.

#10 Fred|AccountDeletedAgain

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Posted 11 December 2003 - 07:12 PM

Lord Of The Rings movies.
Bad Boys II is kinda good too.
Lilo & Stich is good.
Monsters Inc.

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