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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 10:46 PM
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Crappy movie alert - The Transporter
Didn't like it....anyone wanna add to this list?

Also...saw Jaws the revenge today....good movie until the end when we learn that shark have vocal chords and make noises similiar to Godzilla. As Well when the boat is rammed into jaws.....for some reason the masts break halfway up.....ummmm...yeah...sheesh!
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 10:49 PM
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1. transporter.. ugh..
how fricking contrived and cliche ridden can a movie be?? this is a good example.


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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 11:58 PM
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3. yeah you'd think after snatch and lock stock Statham would be in
a better flick
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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:00 AM
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4. did you see "the one"..
it was pretty stupid too..

It seems like the past few years haven't been good for movie buffs with any taste whatsoever. I watched tomb raider 2 friday.. boy it sucked too!!

at least we have the latest star wars to look forward too .. Mwahhahah!!! like it's not going to be painfully shitty!!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:02 AM
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5. I am constantly dissapointed
A few years ago movies started sucking...but there was the odd gem that came out....now whenever I think a movie is going to be one of those gems.....it never is.

I do want to see the quiet american though
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:06 AM
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10. That was fairly good. Not great, but pretty good.
I had no idea about our involvement with Vietnam pre-war, the film helped out--and the DVD extras also filled in a lot.

As usual, Caine and Fraser were very good, and Graham Greene rocks. Watching it, though, I could feel the meatiness missing. I usually feel this way, though, watching a book on the big screen. Only time I didn't feel this way was watching The English Patient. That's probably because it was such a departure from the novel that it created its own weight.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:03 AM
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7. HAHAHAHAHA!
You just know it's going to suck, don't ya, LOL...it's almost painful the way I can already see it coming, with it's dramatic trailers about how Anakin is driven to the dark side....all the while knowing it's going to suck.
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-03 10:55 PM
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2. I'm inclined to add The Matrix: Revolutions to this list
what an INCREDIBLE disappointment
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:03 AM
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6. i liked the Transporter.
i just like jason statham though.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:04 AM
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8. I did, too
It wasn't brain surgery, but it was quite stylish and original for an action film.

Sometimes I wonder about people's personal tastes...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 12:05 AM
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9. well they do differ - taastes I mean
Edited on Mon Nov-17-03 12:06 AM by HEyHEY
I just thought it was a bit too...video game like.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 01:34 AM
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12. Well, if you actually liked "Jaws: The Revenge"...
...you might want to have your "taste" examined. ;-)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 01:41 AM
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13. until the end that is!
I just have a thing for Michael Caine
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 01:48 AM
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14. Michael Caine is fine...
...but you're telling me you bought the whole killer-shark-as-stalker idea? :silly:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 01:50 AM
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15. well..let's just say I selectivley didn't acknowledge that part
;-)
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 01:31 AM
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11. Me aswell.
I thought it was one of the better action movies to come out in recent years.

Good fighting and car chases.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 08:30 AM
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16. Crappy movie: The Tuxedo
Currently being played to death on HBO.

Like many Jackie Chan movies, they are not very good, with Chan being the only entertaining part of it. The man is a very gifted physical actor.

To bad he isn't ever surrounded by better material.
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