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  • My god, how could you stand to watch them? The first Taken is one of the 10 most boring movies I've ever watched (obviously it's also amazingly stupid but I understand that is not relevant to enjoying it). Do they get any better?
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    • Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
      cc to mookie: I need to watch Lost In Translation this weekend.
      I've still never seen it. From everything I've heard I will love it when I do.
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      • There's likely a 0% chance it ever happens, but I'd like to see them remake the 3rd trilogy. That's how much I really enjoy that universe but despise those movies on the whole.

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        • Originally posted by Kepler View Post

          I've still never seen it. From everything I've heard I will love it when I do.
          Without a doubt the best movie ever made. Has it all, and the soundtrack may be the tops
          a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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          • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
            My god, how could you stand to watch them? The first Taken is one of the 10 most boring movies I've ever watched (obviously it's also amazingly stupid but I understand that is not relevant to enjoying it). Do they get any better?
            They should have ended the trilogy after the telephone conversation in movie one between the kidnapper and Liam Neeson, immediately after his daughter was taken. It was all downhill after that.
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            • Originally posted by SJHovey View Post

              They should have ended the trilogy after the telephone conversation in movie one between the kidnapper and Liam Neeson, immediately after his daughter was taken. It was all downhill after that.
              LOL. This is exactly right.

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              • Dunno....
                In 3 when mills tries to show off and ask the last dude from the truck that pushed his car over the cliff who he worked for in Russian, and the dude says “your accent is chit!”, mookie laughed
                a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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                • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                  It still won't :^D
                  I know. It felt like 1-3 overused deus ex machina, 9 overused it, and I know 7-8 will as well.
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                  • 7 is just Abrams making his version of A New Hope. 8 is...ummm...well the answer to that depends on whether it connects with you or not ;^)

                    Maybe one day if I get super bored I will watch that trilogy again. Maybe it will click more. (it sometimes happens) As it is it annoys me that Di$ney killed Star Wars for me.

                    And I never saw Taken 3 but 1 was good. 2 was a train wreck but fun at least...

                    I like Lost in Translation, I would never put it in my top 10 or even 20 though. Bill Murray is A+ though and Coppola directs the hell out of it.
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                      transporter in a disjointed film about being poisoned and the only way to counter act it, is to get a rush.

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                      • VII was OK, it was good to see the old gang back and I liked the interaction of the new trio of characters. Plot was a bit of a rehash but hey they need time to get going.
                        VIII was OK too. The casino planet was total prequel-level crap and drops the movie down a whole letter grade. The rest though I liked somewhat, though it did take a different feel from the previous movies.
                        IX was just bad. I mean, they just completely threw in stuff completely unrelated to the previous two. While I didn't think VII and VIII were as good as the original trilogy, I was at least interested to see where they were going when I was watching. IX I just wanted to end. It felt bad to be that checked-out of a SW movie.

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                        • Originally posted by French Rage View Post
                          VII was OK, it was good to see the old gang back and I liked the interaction of the new trio of characters. Plot was a bit of a rehash but hey they need time to get going.
                          VIII was OK too. The casino planet was total prequel-level crap and drops the movie down a whole letter grade. The rest though I liked somewhat, though it did take a different feel from the previous movies.
                          IX was just bad. I mean, they just completely threw in stuff completely unrelated to the previous two. While I didn't think VII and VIII were as good as the original trilogy, I was at least interested to see where they were going when I was watching. IX I just wanted to end. It felt bad to be that checked-out of a SW movie.
                          Agreed, particularly the bolded sentence. IX could've been salvaged with a more interesting climax/conclusion, but they got lazy and farted it out for easy money.

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                            mookie hasn’t watched in years so worth a replay. Still pretty dam good. Defoe is hilarious
                            a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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                            • Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post

                              Agreed, particularly the bolded sentence. IX could've been salvaged with a more interesting climax/conclusion, but they got lazy and farted it out for easy money.
                              I don't know how any ending could salvage a movie that opens up "oh btw emperor's alive and he has eleventy billion spaceships".

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                              Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
                              iwh30 I wish I could be as smart as you. I really do you are the man
                              gregg729 I just saw your sig, you do love having people revel in your "intelligence."
                              Ritt18 you are the perfect representation of your alma mater.
                              Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
                              TBA#2 I want to kill you and dance in your blood.
                              DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

                              Test to see if I can add this.

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                              • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                                7 is just Abrams making his version of A New Hope. 8 is...ummm...well the answer to that depends on whether it connects with you or not ;^)

                                ...

                                And I never saw Taken 3 but 1 was good. 2 was a train wreck but fun at least...

                                I like Lost in Translation, I would never put it in my top 10 or even 20 though. Bill Murray is A+ though and Coppola directs the hell out of it.
                                yup. I liked 7-9. Ymmv.

                                I enjoyed taken, 2 and 3 were decent OnDemand rainy afternoon movies.

                                I liked lost in translation but totally agree. It's going to be one of those movies where it's top 5, an excellent movie, or it totally sucks. I don't think I've seen anyone who thought it was ok or even above average. You hate it, you love it, or it was life changingly good. :-)
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