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Didn't this movie suck ping pong balls?!!!!!

posted 14 years ago by standrkm
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With every little scene the entire time I'm thinking how much better it could have been done and was done in the previous films. And did anyone else see the CGI blood for pete's sake , holy sh**! Pathetic right. I don't see how anyone could have liked this crap, If you did then go check out The Mummy 3 and the last half of Van Helsing where it turns to sh**. It reminded me of a SYFY original movie but with a larger budget.

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[–] gkpete 13 years ago

What movie did you watch?

[–] standrkm 13 years ago

No, this is the one without Kate Beckinsale but with computer generated blood right?

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[–] SilentDues 13 years ago

No, this is the one without Kate Beckinsale but with computer generated blood right?

There's CG and practical blood, just like in the original two films. As for Kate Beckinsale, this was never supposed to be more of Selene's story, but the origin to Lucian and Viktor's rivalry, though their mutual arc does lead up to Selene's story. For the record, Kate did contribute a little to Rise of the Lycans. She performed the opening prologue's narration and allowed for an iconic shot of her to be used at the film's climax.

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[–] Duncan_Idaho02 13 years ago

With every little scene the entire time I'm thinking how much better it could have been done and was done in the previous films. And did anyone else see the CGI blood for pete's sake , holy sh**! Pathetic right. I don't see how anyone could have liked this crap, If you did then go check out The Mummy 3 and the last half of Van Helsing where it turns to sh**. It reminded me of a SYFY original movie but with a larger budget.

considering the vast majority loved this film, you are probably way off. the movie was a very good film. I am amazed at how some of you guys get off on thinking you are the new "experts" in how films should be made.

[–] standrkm 13 years ago

I think I am pretty good at spotting what films are good quality films. I really don't even know what would qualify anyone as an expert. I don't care how much money that movie made, it was not an overall good film. If you liked it, then that's your opinion, but I thought it was a money making scheme.

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[–] Duncan_Idaho02 12 years ago

You wrote your post as if you went in expecting to be watching the china syndrom or the deer hunter but got stuck watching tom and jerry. What exactly did you think you were going to be watching? Too many people go into films with unrealistic expectations. Learn to stop projecting these expectations upon the film and just take the film for what it is. It makes the whole "film going experience" much more enjoyable.

[–] crimson811 9 years ago

considering the vast majority loved this film, you are probably way off. the movie was a very good film. I am amazed at how some of you guys get off on thinking you are the new "experts" in how films should be made.

I know right,these people are highly irritating in my opinion.

[–] UberNoodle 13 years ago

I remember when the average film fan still had an imagination and didn't review film like one would review an electrical appliance.

So what if the effects weren't photoreal? Who cares, except the most imagination deficit morons out there?

Honestly, can these people watch old films? Put your '21st century Internet tech savvy' in the bin, and see things for what they are and how hard others worked to bring them to you.

All the media grazing sofa cattle here exasperate me endlessly. I would kill for a real conversation about genre film with somebody with a real appreciation for what makes it great. CGI has provided some amazing cinema, but it has also bred one of most literal and imagination dead of film generations.

EDIT - oh and I love it when a poster starts a thread totally lambasting a film, ripping it to shreds and leaving no room for discussion or debate (ironic then, that the poster made a thread!), only to later on, use the phrase, 'well it's just my opinion'.

It's great to have an opinion, but it's another thing to know how to use it. An opinion expressed solely in extremes is one that leaves no room for anybody elses, and in fact in itself acts to deny contrary opinions. Why people try to start discussion in such a way is beyond me.

[–] daryl-b-t 13 years ago

No where near as good as Underworld. Hardly any sophistication to the story. Few locations. CGI doesn't usually bother me but I'd say it pretty bad, sort of in keeping with the rest.

[–] TheAnimalMother 13 years ago

I didn't mind the first two, but personally I thought this one sucked horse balls.

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[–] theCurlyone 13 years ago

i haven't liked any. The dialogue is trivial.
Let go of the blue, seriously, it's monorectum.
The lack of continuity is laughable.
The characters are often retarded

my fav moment in the series
in the second movie, the protagonists enter a research lab containing science type equipment and dismembered werewolves
selene (i think): "this is a research lab for experimenting on lycans"
michael (again, i think?): "... how can you tell?"

how dense can you get?

bring on blade 3... no wait, they did, it sucked.

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[–] TheAnimalMother 13 years ago

The series is mindless action entertainment no doubt, mostly aimed toward a young audience. Still I found the first two mildly entertaining, the third was so hard to sit through for me however.

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[–] theCurlyone 13 years ago

"mindless action" shouldn't try so freakin hard.

even a decent tragedy will contain elements of comedy

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[–] kairingler 10 years ago

I really don't agree,, I don't think it was a pile of crap,,not at all.
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