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QUOTE (2112-Rob-2112 @ Feb 22 2006, 11:49 PM) ehh the new one was ok.... It was a ripoff of the Shining. Ive never seen the old one though. I only thought the new one had one kinda creepy part...at the very very end..that the only part. It's far from being a ripoff of the Shining. The original Amityville came out in 1979. The movie of the Shining came out in 1980. The book only came out a few years before that, but the Amityville story is based on an ACTUAL story, in real life, with real loss of life. I saw the original, and it wasn't much of anything. I stayed away from the newest, as I tend to stay away from all remakes, but... if you say I must...

Martin Scorcese has openly voiced that he wishes to leave dramatic films, and move to documentaries. And after being snuffed by the Oscars year after year, after year, after year... many think this will be 'the one'. With an incredible ensemble cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Anderson, &Alec Baldwin), and a strong plotline that sounds like it has depth, it is extremely plausible that he will get an Oscar for this one. Plot: QUOTE Years ago, a powerful Irish mafia figure placed a small selection of his youngest, brightest men into the Massachusetts Police Academy as cadets. Their purpose is to eventually rise within the prestigious ranks of the city's police department, to serve as the eyes and ears of their boss. While somewhere else, a young cadet was assigned with an equally dangerous task: infiltrate the Irish syndicate headed by the man sending in his own to the Boston Police. Now, one cadet is an up and coming police official with a torn allegiance to his job and to the criminal mastermind that put him there. While the other cadet is the trusted number two of that man, only finding his professional duties are becoming blurred with his current state. But new clues have lead to unfortunate discoveries, when both sides realize they're being watched by the enemy. It's now all just a matter of time before the men assigned to find out whose the infiltrator, could come to a bloody end when someone's identity may be revealed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/

There was a very nice 6 song set of Heart on my local cl. rock station today. But me being only a casual radio Heart fan, didn't know many...

Just ordered- Yonder Mountain String Band- Mountain Trax V. 4

Today was my day to be that guy that joins chat when no ones in there.

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I would have to disagree with your part on Titanic. If it was a dramaticized documentary on the crash, it wouldn't have worked at all. But it wasn't; it was one of the best love stories of the past few decades. To disregard it as a movie with a predictable ending is horrible, as the plot is AFFECTED by the sinking, but does not END with the sinking. Other then that, I agree with your points on WASC.

QUOTE (2112-Rob-2112 @ Feb 20 2006, 09:56 PM) and make a quick buck. I wholely believe that's the only reason the genre exists. People are horrible by nature, and wish to see people die gruesome deaths, plot or no plot.

QUOTE (2112-Rob-2112 @ Feb 20 2006, 09:41 PM) I thought the Saw series are probably the best horror/thrillers that have come along in awhile. And they were very suspenseful, with a followable plot. Not a stellar plot, but above the rest of the crop. It was far from a hack and slash horror.

It's also directed by a porn director. Which automatically makes me think 'cinematic gold'. I can't stand horror movies. Show me one with a brilliant plot structure, and I'll show you a thriller/suspense, not a horror.

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Feb 20 2006, 01:28 PM) I read somewhere that it was an intentional bastardization of a couple of different languages. It was definately Spanish and German, but I thought the third was close to Spanish, like Portugese. Maybe?

Whoa, where did this come from!?!?! I'm usually one of the first to know of movies, and this is already done??? *slaps self*

Did I scare everyone off?

Get some White Stripes to bang along to, and you'll feel well accomplished.

The chat's gone crazy!

Wowsers, all very amazing If I were to pick one, nothing would humble me more then laying my arm over John Lennon's face http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/carved_guitars18.jpg

Yea, I saw that release date awhile ago. Very funny

Finding My Way Anthem A Passage to Bangkok Cygnus X-1 Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres (more than 10 seconds of course) One Little Victory Hot Sauce Packets (the first single off of the new album Jungle Pie)

I like to get my money's worth, so- Rush- Chronicles Dave Matthews Band- Weekend on the Rocks (8 CD set) The Beatles- Anthology Box Set Grateful Dead- Anthology Box Set The White Stripes- Under the Blackpool Lights ____________ But if we can only do studio albums- Rush- Moving Pictures Dave Matthews Band- Crash The Beatles- White Album Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead The White Stripes- De Stijl

I personally though Doom was laughable. But in other video games-> movies, we've got a big one coming- Halo. Peter Jackson (one of my favourites, so please not too much bashing ) is set to Executive Produce. And I'm actually happy with the director- Guillermo Del Toro, who brought us Blade II and the brilliant (I thought) Hellboy. Edit: Linkage- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/

I think the idea is plain stupid. But that's not why I'm posting- why don't we have a forum for all things written? For the novels, poetry, and graphic novels? I think we really should

12 Nightwish 56 Tarot(-1) 21 Yes 22 ELP(+1) 21 Blue Oyster Cult 18 Iron Maiden

I hate it when people (not just you) say that sequels don't need to be made. I can see your point with drama (if the script was tied shut at the end) but with comedy? No. I think this movie is just the same movie with a different plot and a different lead. And it's a comedy, so it makes it a completely new film. That's like saying they shouldn't have made 3 more Scary Movie... movies. It's just a whole new script. I see no problem with it.

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Feb 13 2006, 02:29 PM) http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/rushgoober5/4circles.jpg I think I'm going to superimpose those prints of the Beatles over this one. EDIT: These ones- http://streamteam.com/tsmith/BeatlesAvedonposters.gif

QUOTE (The Slanny Ganizat @ Feb 13 2006, 12:56 PM) I think it's funny that every time it sounds like a video game is coming over to the big screen, everybody crosses their fingers and prays that Uwe Boll doesn't get it... That literally was my first thought when I heard "Silent Hill" was coming out. Thank god he didn't get his hands on that.