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New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

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The irony is when Tolkein's publisher commissioned LOTR they thought they were getting a sequel.

I suspect that meeting was a little difficult. "Well, sir. Um. The good news is the book's finished..."
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Are you one of those people that other adults have to tell small children, "He's not angry, that's just his normal voice?"

I only posted the trailer coz I thought maybe someone might get a kick out of seeing it.

Like the Hobbit or don't like the Hobbit. You get to have your opinion and I can see your point of view. To each their own.

Scooby's right though, it was always intended to be a children's book written for 8-10 year olds. As such, it's really quite good and imaginative considering the time that it was written.

Luckily, Tolkien expounded upon it quite a bit in the LOTR.

My personal favorite though is the Silmarillion which is hard to deal with (for many) on the other end of the spectrum. It's almost too heady and written in older style English.

Taken as a whole - Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Hobbit, LOTR - what that guy came up with when there was really nothing else like it, was/is astounding.
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I was responding to Scooby not you. I said I was seeing the Hobbit in response to you posting the trailer I just said I dont like the book that much. I dont mind if others do, like I said my opinion is in the minority but just because it is a childrens story doesnt change my opinion of it like Scooby seems to think it should.

I tried reading the Silmarillion a few years back and couldnt do it. I like Tolkien but not that much. ;)
 
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Handyman said:
I tried reading the Silmarillion a few years back and couldnt do it. I like Tolkien but not that much. ;)
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Same here. If I am going to put in that amount of work, it's going to be for something from OTL.
 
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I was responding to Scooby not you. I said I was seeing the Hobbit in response to you posting the trailer I just said I dont like the book that much. I dont mind if others do, like I said my opinion is in the minority but just because it is a childrens story doesnt change my opinion of it like Scooby seems to think it should.

I tried reading the Silmarillion a few years back and couldnt do it. I like Tolkien but not that much. ;)
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You said you didn't like it because its a children's story. That's like me saying I don't like peas because they're a vegetable.
 
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Handyman said:
I tried reading the Silmarillion a few years back and couldnt do it. I like Tolkien but not that much. ;)
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Kepler said:
Same here. If I am going to put in that amount of work, it's going to be for something from OTL.
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It can be tough. Took me 3 tries but now I've read it several times. Gotta get through the first several chapters where he's doing all the creation of the world stuff. After that the dead elf carnage begins and it's quite interesting and tragic.

I fully understand how people don't find it very accessible though.

There's a book called The Reader's Guide to the Silmarillion that is helpful. Kind of a Cliff's Notes.

Okay. No more LOTR talk from me. Back to movies...


Gonna watch The Way with Martin Sheen tonight.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Gonna watch The Way with Martin Sheen tonight.
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Caught The Way this weekend as well. Given that I watched it immediately following Grave of the Fireflies and Lilja 4-Ever on Saturday, I though it was just about the most uplifting movie of the last 20 years. In reality probably not so much, still enjoyable though.
 
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Saw "The Searchers" on recommendation from a couple posters, and I can say I was not disappointed. I wasn't completely blown away, but it's a *ing solid movie. Some of the themes/dialogue/situations were quite graphic for its time (at least, that's what it seemed to me), which added to the story. I honestly wouldn't have minded it being about 30-45 minutes longer to fill in some of the time gaps in the story.

Definitely a slower movie like "Appaloosa" or "High Plains Drifter" compared to a "True Grit" or "Tombstone."
 
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That episode was awesome and made me forget last week.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I bought Dark Knight because it's that good.
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My sister, who HATES action movies took the drastic step of renting it, because her office building appears in it, and she wanted to see if she could pick out her window. :)
 
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duper said:
My sister, who HATES action movies took the drastic step of renting it, because her office building appears in it, and she wanted to see if she could pick out her window. :)
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I think it's Heat, where I can see a building that belongs to my company and you can see the lights of the company name (think industrial supply, and thick catalog). Totally in the background, although it's about the only thing that isn't dark in the scene. I laughed my arse off.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I think it's Heat, where I can see a building that belongs to my company and you can see the lights of the company name (think industrial supply, and thick catalog). Totally in the background, although it's about the only thing that isn't dark in the scene. I laughed my arse off.
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That's how it was with my sister. The Old Chicago Main Post Office, which was the building they used as the bank for the bank robbery, is across the street from her building. So the cameras are never ON her building per se, but when they show action from the perspective of out the front of the bank, her building is there. Although in her case, she knew it would be there, since she was able to see them filming.
 
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duper said:
That's how it was with my sister. The Old Chicago Main Post Office, which was the building they used as the bank for the bank robbery, is across the street from her building. So the cameras are never ON her building per se, but when they show action from the perspective of out the front of the bank, her building is there. Although in her case, she knew it would be there, since she was able to see them filming.
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Ok, I getcha.

I'm sure it was Heat, btw, after thinking about it. When I was watching it, I saw it, and paused it immediately and thought "No...f*ing...way." Yep there it was.
 
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My office building was used as Massachusetts State Police Headquarters in Mystic River. Clint Eastwood was there, saw Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne. It was a pretty surreal day when they filmed. Needless to say I was not at my desk for half the day.

Midnight Run is on now. What a funny, funny movie.
 
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TCM played "The Wrong Box," a fantastic 60's BritCom with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Peter Sellers has a famous cameo (surrounded by about 100 house cats) and Michael Caine has a part. Sir Ralph Richardson is wonderful, and there are a dozen appearances by long time Brit character actors. Highly recommended, especially if you like over-the-top Victorian nostalgia.

I was shocked to discover the original story was written by none other than Robert Louis Stevenson.
 
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Watched Hall Pass last night.

Mindless comedy? Check. Funny? Yeah, I have to say it was funny, but not hysterical. The Coakley character was great, though. It's good for a once-see for some cheap laughs.
 
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Hard Eight

Wayyyyy different than I expected. But it's pretty darn good. Definitely worth a watch.
 
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I wish they were making this movie:

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