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Okay................................anybody here see National Treasure yet?   We did, last night.   Aye yay yay!   All I can say is, if you're going to see this movie, don't go in taking things all seriously, and expect an A-level script and movie.  It has it's flaws....many of them....so realize that going in and have a relaxed attitude about it.   Treat it like you would a Roland Emerich movie.     I still found it enjoyable though.  It's got a lot of humor, which is its saving grace.   Normally I don't care much for Nicholas Cage, but he's pretty cool in this movie.  Thought his buddy Riley Poole was funny and enjoyable as well, as the 20-something geeky but cool, sarcastic but nice sidekick.  He was pretty realistic I thought, reminded me of a real guy.  I mentioned last night on another thread that I'd been hitting the rum and Coke thing at Barnes and Noble, which is where we were before we saw the movie, which means I had some alcohol going on while watching it,   which is why I was able to not take it seriously or get annoyed by the dumbed down script, the watering down of the Freemason issue and the plot which veers towards the absurd.   Those are the movie's flaws.  But it was still a fun movie.  I'd recommend it as a matinee if nothing else.  Some are saying wait for the DVD, but I don't think it's that bad.  If you're looking for fun escapism, I say go for it, see it as a matinee.   The movie doesn't "tackle" the Freemason issue though like I already mentioned, which I wanted to emphasize, because that will probably be something that Noble Realms posters will be looking for if they go to see this.   It waters it down and barely skims the surface.  Whatever treatment the subject does get is done as if the audience is a wide eyed child being told a fanciful bed time story.   So, sorry to say that it's not going to "expose" Freemasonry to the mainstream public.

Exactly.  Freemasons are portrayed like a good guy's club.  At the end of the movie when Benjamin Gates (nic cage)  is talking with Harvey Keitel's FBI agent, the camera zooms in on Keitel's hand.......and look what's there......a Masonic ring!   awwww!   I saw "awwww!" because in the movie it's a sappy cheesy moment, like Look!  Harvey Keitel is one of the good guys club too!!  awwwww!    You just gotta laugh, don't take it too seriously is what I recommend to NR people who might go see it.

Yup.....same thing here.  Although the audience we saw it with was very reactive throughout the entire movie, (there was a guy sitting right in front of us who kept talking at the screen, yelling things out.....totally nuts!)  but yeah, the audience we were with reacted the same way.   This was actually a line said by Jon Voigt I believe, when they're marveling at how this huge structure with stairs and manual elevators could have been built, and Voigt says sarcastically "the same way they built the pyramids.....the aliens did it."  Or something close to that.   But yeah, we looked at each other too.  We did that a few times throughout the movie, usually during absurd moments where we were trying to stifle our laughter.   !  !   

All in all I'd say this movie is an exact cross of Goonies, Ocean's 11, and Indiana Jones.   It's Goonies for adults! 

Okay, time for some superficial fun.  woohoo!   

I don't know about you all, but I am utterly DISTURBED by the trailer for the new Tim Burton remake of "Willy Wonka."   In fact I was so creeped out I think I've watched it like, 5 times now.  hehe    Johnny Depp just looks and sounds so utterly creepy that I can't turn away.  He's got these fake white chiclet teeth, a really strange 'do, a white face, and LIPSTICK.   And the way he TALKS.....!   WHAT IS THIS, PEOPLE??!?!?!       Johnny Depp looks like this bizarre cross between Marilyn Manson back during his top hat wearing "Smells Like Children" days and that Peter Pan guy.

http://www.mansonusa.com/discography/?b … p;view=slc 
http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/ 

ugh!!!!   LONG LIVE GENE WILDER, IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!

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Thank you.  This superficial break was brought to you by lyra.   

Dah!  That's exactly why he's now my pet peeve.....because all he ever plays is his stereotypical eccentric "quirky"  "whimsical"  characters.  Movie after movie after movie after movie it's the same variation on the "Johnny Depp Eccentric Quirky Whimsical Formula."    Blah!   Enough already!!!!   Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhand, Benny and Joon, Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean, Willy Wonka.....enough!!      Actually I did a search on IMDB of his movies and I'm not being entirely fair....he's actually done more non-quirky whimsical movies then he has quirky ones.   But the quirky whimsy ones are the ones that stand out for me the most....

Yeah, I saw that.   Gwyneth Paltrow too, which I thought was interesting.   Gwyneth has always struck me as being one of the few actresses who seems to have an actual soul and seems real.   Any interview I've read of hers she's completely unlike any other bubble head Hollywood bimbo.   Never bitchy or full of herself, never vain and dingy.  She marches to her own drummer.    Go Gwyneth! 

Dah!!!  NO!!!!!!   

Don't you just love superficial breaks?    hehe    Life can just get so serious and weird at times, it's good to take a Hollywood movie / gossip break......... 

Enjoyed national treasure,as well flight of the phoenix. Did anyone here enjoy AVP? My initial thought was that it would be a cash in on the 2 creatures, thrown together in one movie. The only reason I saw it was because of the pyramid under the Antarctic scenario. It wasn't a big budget movie, & I thought the puzzle pieces of the pyramid moving in seemingly unrelated maneuvers was a bit silly, but overall I liked this film. It was hated on a sci-fi chat room I go to. One has to pretend one has never seen an Alien-sigorney weaver- movie & let this film be itself.

I also saw Oceans 12. Too clever, too long.

Yay!   Loved this movie!       This is one worthy of buying.  Absolutely FANTASTIC.   For those who haven't seen it, it's a Charlie Kaufman script, and I really dig Charlie Kaufman scripts.  ("Being John Malkovich", "Adaptation".)   They're always "out there", but in an intelligent, well done way. 

Noooo!   One of the worst of the year!    Highly overrated!   Extremely dull.  About absolutely nothing.  I just sat there at the end of the movie, dumbfounded.  I couldn't believe how boring it was.    The only thing that redeamed the movie was that Bill Murray and  Scarlett Johanson did the most with what little they had.  You could tell that Bill Murray improvised and / or wrote his own one liners, because they were actually genuinely funny and clever.  There's no way Sophia could have written them.  Sophia Coppola, go to the corner, right now....!

Some other random movies I saw this year which haven't already been mentioned: y

Monster -  I know this movie was supposed to have starred Charlize Theron, but I don't recall seeing her anywhere in this movie......!      A testament to her performance.  She looked so much like Aileen Wuornos that it's just shocking.  And her mannerisms and body language....seriously, was that supposed to be Charlize?!?!    I swear, I didn't see her ANYWHERE in this movie.    The movie is a bit difficult to watch, because it looks and feels too real.  Well done movie, but one I only want to see once.  Definitely not a movie you like, buy, and then watch over and over.  People who would do that with this movie scare me...

Open Water Anybody seen this?   Yikes.  I know a lot of people hated it, but that's because they were expecting some big mainstream Hollywood fanfare, and this movie is very small budget and low key.  I liked it though.  I'm not saying it was one of my favorites, but it was worth seeing on the big screen at the discount theater, and it's worth a rental if you know what to expect before you watch it.   To me, this movie made me look at my time spent in South Florida romping in the ocean in a WHOLE new light.  Now I'm like "I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT AND DIDN'T EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT IT!!!"   The ocean can be a scary place when you're left behind....     
   
Ocean's 12  HORRIBLE PIECE OF CRAP.   And I really liked the first one.   The sequel is just WRETCHED.   A mind numbing BORE, with a sprawling script and thin plot, filled in with a lot of superfluous banter and cameo gag appearances (oh, and Julia Roberts, my all time LEAST favorite actress EVER...)   but it doesn't make up for the lack of anything real happening.   Also, what made Ocean's 11 work was the fact that each member of the gang played a pivotal role in the heist, everybody was needed in full capacity.   That aspect is COMPLETELY missing in the sequel.  Most of the cast is squandered as they sit or stand around doing next to nothing.  I was so annoyed when I left the theater.  Waste of my money and a Friday night.

Haven't seen "The Village", but I want to.  It's coming out on DVD in the next few weeks.  I know most people hated this one too but that's because they didn't get what the twist was about.   I haven't seen it, but I know what it is and when I heard about it I thought M. Night Shayamalan is prett clever.  It's not just a "twist" so much as it's an actual message about what's currently happening right now in our country and society.   He's trying to tell us something, but it went over most people's heads.  Most people were like, "uhhh where are da monsters??  Dere weren't any monsters!!!  Dat makes me mad!!  I want monsters!!!!  Dis movie is stoooopid!!" 

Other movies we've seen have already been mentioned, so I won't retread over old ground.....

Thought about starting a new thread, but this should suffice. Do we have any 50's - 60's sci-fi fans here? I love that stuff, The more naiive the better. Missile to the moon, flight to Mars, wonderful stuff. The fact that our knowledge of space travel was minimal before moon landing meant  the only limiting factor to stories from this era was the imagination. Pretty much anything went. Rock people on mars, people who looked just like us on Venus & spoke english too. They monitored our radio broadcasts I remember one movie explanation. The costumes & alien characters were also fab. One could argue that Plan 9 was the beginning of this genre. Perhaps true, but the 50's ushered in a ton of space oriented movies.