Book of Eli

[Phil_Synowiec]

Anyone seeing this thursday? It looks badass

[Drkdstoyer]

Its AMAZING!!!!!!

[Drkdstoyer]

LOL ok... it looks amazing :D

[Phil_Synowiec]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKfZrbS79To

[Kamazar]

lol, for a second, I thought "Hodapp wrote a book?!". I was about to grab my keys and head out the door (jk, still got another year to go), and then realized it was a movie. Definitely looks good, though.

[DaveMc99]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010488-book_of_eli/ 20%

[WunDaii]

Yeah I wanna see it badly...

[supermariofan]

Nothing beats 2012. Nothing I tell you, NOTHING! :p

[DaveMc99]

Nothing beats 2012. Nothing I tell you, NOTHING! :p

2013 does :p

[sizzlakalonji]

After 2012 and The Road, I'm not sure we need another post-apocolyptic movie right now.

[le'deuche123]

Was the Road any good?

[Spamcan]

After 2012 and The Road, I'm not sure we need another post-apocolyptic movie right now.

Exactly, I've seen the apocalypse and none of these movies even get it remotely right anyway.

[sizzlakalonji]

Was the Road any good?

Yeah, it was quite good. It's a hard book to translate to the screen, but they did a nice job. Definitely not a "feel good" film though.

[Eraser74]

Book of Eli looks as if it will suck badly. The screenwriter is a former PC Games editor (Gary Whitta) and this is his first screenplay that turned into a movie. Somehow I think, it will be his last.

[freedog]

As Dave pointed out if you look at Rottentomatoes.com you'll see the movie got a bad score - 17/100

I wish that site still did the meter for console games, they were one of the best sites for critic reviews on games.

[dogmeat]

I've actually been resisting new stuff recently and watching old 30's movies on the netflix. Clark gable, cagney, awesome. real acting is awesome. Long scenes are awesome.

Have you ever watched some of these new movies and notice how many times they switch scenes in any given minute?

and people wonder why the children of today have attention problem.s

[Mr. Crazy]

I've actually been resisting new stuff recently and watching old 30's movies on the netflix. Clark gable, cagney, awesome. real acting is awesome. Long scenes are awesome.

Have you ever watched some of these new movies and notice how many times they switch scenes in any given minute?

and people wonder why the children of today have attention problem.s

If a scene last more than 10 secs it become boring :p.

[MidianGTX]

I've actually been resisting new stuff recently and watching old 30's movies on the netflix. Clark gable, cagney, awesome. real acting is awesome. Long scenes are awesome.

Have you ever watched some of these new movies and notice how many times they switch scenes in any given minute?

and people wonder why the children of today have attention problem.s

I agree they're good but I wouldn't call it real acting. Real Hollywood acting maybe... most film stars back in those days used to act the way they thought film stars should behave, rather than how real people behave. Agreed on all the cuts though, long takes are a personal favourite of mine, takes real skill.

[le'deuche123]

I've actually been resisting new stuff recently and watching old 30's movies on the netflix. Clark gable, cagney, awesome. real acting is awesome. Long scenes are awesome.

Have you ever watched some of these new movies and notice how many times they switch scenes in any given minute?

and people wonder why the children of today have attention problem.s

Aren't you the cat's pajama's.

[The Game Reaper]

and people wonder why the children of today have attention problem.s
I totally agr- hey, what's that?

[le'deuche123]

If a scene last more than 10 secs it become boring :p.

You'll never get through 2001: :rolleyes:

[Outkast1]

I agree they're good but I wouldn't call it real acting. Real Hollywood acting maybe... most film stars back in those days used to act the way they thought film stars should behave, rather than how real people behave. Agreed on all the cuts though, long takes are a personal favourite of mine, takes real skill.

One of my favorite movie scenes is in Goodfellas when Ray Liotta is taking his girl on a date and he takes her through the back entrance of the club. They go all the way through the back entrance, through the kitchen, etc. and it's all one long scene. It's awesome.

[MidianGTX]

You'll never get through 2001: :rolleyes:

I barely got through that myself! If it hadn't been for the concept of HAL being slightly fascinating I might not have bothered. I'm a pretty big film fan but 2001 is one of the extremes. I can't handle most Lynch stuff either, although I find Eraserhead to be strangely calming, it helps me fall asleep... and I mean that in a good way.

One of my favorite movie scenes is in Goodfellas when Ray Liotta is taking his girl on a date and he takes her through the back entrance of the club. They go all the way through the back entrance, through the kitchen, etc. and it's all one long scene. It's awesome.

I remember it :)

[le'deuche123]

I barely got through that myself! If it hadn't been for the concept of HAL being slightly fascinating I might not have bothered. I'm a pretty big film fan but 2001 is one of the extremes. :)

I'll agree...but the open space shots are brilliant....even if they are 10 minutes long:)

[supermariofan]

Haha, chek my new sig. :p

[Boardumb]

One of my favorite movie scenes is in Goodfellas when Ray Liotta is taking his girl on a date and he takes her through the back entrance of the club. They go all the way through the back entrance, through the kitchen, etc. and it's all one long scene. It's awesome.

I love that scene. Well, I love that whole movie, but yeah that's a great no cut sequence.

Another one that's always stuck out in my mind, is the opening scene from Brian DePalma's Snake Eyes. They follow Nicholas Cage for like 20 minutes without cutting while he's walking around a casino. It's pretty impressive. Overall that movies just sorta "ok", but that one scene is pretty brilliant.

[GodSon]

I'm really looking forward to the showing on Thursday. :D

[da shiz wiz 19]

Honestly it sounds like it's going to be terrible...imo of course

[exosyphen]

Any movie needs boobs and macho BS in order to achieve success in front of today's audience.

I just watched Dune (1984, that is 26 years ago!!!) ... unbelievable.

[Kunning]

I thought this thread was Hodapp's biography... :p

[derek420]

I want the movie to be good..but I'm not holding my breath.

[Phil_Synowiec]

2012 was OK nothign special except the CGI. The Road was one of the sadest movies Ive seen and super good.

Im grabbin my tickets for midnight today =]

[janettwokay]

Anyone seeing this thursday? It looks badass

I won't be seeing it on Thursday. Will probably wait a week or so. It looks good & Denzel looks like a great choice for the role.

[DaveMc99]

Denzel Washington Diagram
http://www.maxim.com/movies/the-movie-blog/85870/denzel-washington-venn-diagram.html

[dogmeat]

Any movie needs boobs and macho BS in order to achieve success in front of today's audience.

I just watched Dune (1984, that is 26 years ago!!!) ... unbelievable.

yeah dune is amazing to watch even today, the set designs were incredible.

[exosyphen]

@DaveMc99:
Denzel is the man!

@dogmeat:
MadMax series and a few more I can name. They just don't make movies like they once used to.

[dogmeat]

@DaveMc99:
Denzel is the man!

@dogmeat:
MadMax series and a few more I can name. They just don't make movies like they once used to.

I couldn't agree with you more friend. I especially miss the muppets.