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MOVIES: What are you watching?

mneeley490mneeley490Member
One thing about Star Trek has been really bugging me since I saw it Friday. They obviously spent a lot of money on the film, with one glaring exception: the scenes in the Enterprise Engine Room. They did not bother to build a set, nor even greenscreen one for the actors to pretend in. Instead, they filmed in what looks to be a volumnous brewery or refinery (a very clean one, if it was a refinery.) Many films and tv shows do this to save money, as the never ending, twisting pipes could reasonably be anything or anywhere. But not a 23rd century starship. The cheapie set on the original tv show looked better than this!
And had they just done one scene, I could've seen the reason for skipping the set-building. But they do at least 4 or 5 scenes in this brewery or whatever it is! That really cheapened it for me, and I lost some respect for the endeavor.
mneeley490mneeley490Member
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Originally posted by TBird:
that didn't bother me one bit. the only thing that slightly bothered me -SPOILER ALERT SO READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET AND STILL PLAN TO- was the death of spocks mom, whom we've clearly met after these events. i suppose the changed timeline could explain it but still.....

There were other things that I'll mention later. Didn't want to spill all the beans just yet.
D dunderMember
mneeley - didn't really notice the engineering/boiler/brewery room before, but now that you've made the comment it did seem a bit out of place.

In terms of stuff that doesn't make sense, any movie that has a "timeline" issue seems to ignore the grandfather paradox - when my wife starting asking questions about it afterwards I told her not to think too hard about it.
G gigabitMember
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Originally posted by Dunder:
Star Trek - fast paced and entertaining, just what you want out of this type of movie.


Yup! Excellent. I didn't take my eyes off the screen for a second. Doesn't matter if the plot's not perfect; it'll get an Oscar nomination for sound engineering.

Has to be seen on the big screen.

Exactly, and definitely. Smile
mneeley490mneeley490Member
As for the "alternate timeline" theme, this has been the subject of numerous episodes in all of the series. In every one of them, the characters go to great lengths to re-establish the "correct" timeline. To let something catastrophic occur that didn't happen before, and then just shrug and say, "Oh, well," doesn't do justice to the franchise, IMO.

I walked out of the theater thinking this was a pretty good movie. And it is a good Stand Alone movie. But the more I think about it, the less I like it from the producers standpoint.
D duckfaninmtMember
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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Another all-time favorite of mine, The Natural

Recently Goodfellas and now The Natural; excellent choices. Cool


Thanks gig! Color me naive, but I've always felt that pretty much every professional baseball player should watch The Natural, if only to remind them what got them (or should have got them) into baseball in the first place (for the love of the game and not so much the money).
W wine+artMember
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Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.


Both! Big Grin

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, an American artist finally made a mark on the art world.
G gigabitMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by gigabit:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.


Both! Big Grin

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, and American artist finally made a mark on the art world.

Interesting. Your understanding and appreciation of art far exceeds mine. I will put this move in The Queue. Smile
W wine+artMember
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Originally posted by gigabit:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by gigabit:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.


Both! Big Grin

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, and American artist finally made a mark on the art world.

Interesting. Your understanding and appreciation of art far exceeds mine. I will put this move in The Queue. Smile
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W wine+artMember
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The Soloist. Year to date probably the best movie I've seen that's been released this year.


Thanks. It has been on my list to see.


Started a little slow or was a little hard for me to get into early on but quickly picked up and got my full attention.


I have been a fan of Robert Downey Jr. since Chaplin, which was great. Smile
pinotlvrpinotlvrMember
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Originally posted by KSC02:
Angels & Demons

Much better than D-C. Starts out a bit different than the book (not bad) and then falls in line pretty closely. If you enjoyed the book, you should appreciate this as well.

Worth seeing, IMO. D & I both enjoyed it.

Tonight: Star Trek on IMAX


Agree...Howard did a much better job this time around adapting the book to a good movie.
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