Summer Movies

[HarveyWallbangers]

I saw The Departed last night. Pretty good movie.

[packinpatland]

I saw The Departed last night. Pretty good movie.

Refresh my memory, was anyone still alive at the end?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Mark Wahlberg.

[packinpatland]

It was a good movie, I felt completely 'drained' at the end tho.

[BallHawk]

Anybody see Children of Men? Rented it last night. Damn, that was a freaky movie. Good, nonetheless.

[Scott Campbell]

Took the kids to Pirates 3 today. Two thumbs down here.

[packinpatland]

Took the kids to Pirates 3 today. Two thumbs down here.

Is that your vote or the kids?

[Charles Woodson]

Took the kids to Pirates 3 today. Two thumbs down here.

question, why didnt you like it? and have you seen the first 2? The action was great, but the script wasnt written very well

[Charles Woodson]

I saw The Departed last night. Pretty good movie.

Yea i agree, that was a great movie. Also 300 was amazing.

[Scott Campbell]

Took the kids to Pirates 3 today. Two thumbs down here.

question, why didnt you like it? and have you seen the first 2? The action was great, but the script wasnt written very well

The kids didn't like it either PIP.

We had all seen the first 2. The plot seemed meandering and pointless. I grow tired of swashbuckling after the first 30 fights or so. If they're going to make a lousy movie, they could at least keep it well under 2 hours.

[BallHawk]

The action was great, but the script wasnt written very well

Unfortunately, that's a trend that is becoming too common for directors, nowadays. Too much action, not enough script. Look at the greatest films of all time: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, etc. None of them were full with guns and bloodshed and special effects. They all had solid plots. I hardly go to the movies that much because there's hardly anything to watch. It's either cheap teen horror flicks, lame comedies, or gore fests. Is this to say a movie can't have gore to make it good? Of course not. In my mind, though, plot before action.

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Citizen Kane is the most overrated movie ever.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Citizen Kane is the most overrated movie ever.

Agreed. Casablanca was one of the best.

[Charles Woodson]

or gore fests. Is this to say a movie can't have gore to make it good? Of course not. In my mind, though, plot before action.

yea i agree, but movies like 300 were great with all of that gore.

[BallHawk]

Citizen Kane is the most overrated movie ever.

I can understand why some people think that. I don't think that Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever, but I do believe it is one of the best. The movie industry would be much different today if it wasn't for Citizen Kane. Single-shot sequences was one of the big things CK introduced to main stream movies.