Scots Taffer on 1/12/2009 at 14:04
Disastertastic!
Roland had a masterful touch and added just the right amount (30 seconds) of character development necessary before each death so that I felt each and every one with a deep dramatic and emotional impact.
Also, surviving humankind's most devastating disaster only to be told of the blissful new existence that awaits you in sunny, famine and drought stricken Africa: irony.
David on 1/12/2009 at 14:13
This was massively, massively terrible.
The special effects were pretty good, not amazing, but yikes that was a bad movie, and 2 1/2 hours long.
I expected it to be terrible, but it was bad even by those standards.
Scots Taffer on 2/12/2009 at 00:24
Personally, I think you're off your fucking rocker, Dave.
I'm not sure which movie you saw, but I saw a triumph of film-making that was set upon a foundation of visual virtuosity the likes of which the movie-going public has never seen yet it remained anchored in the real world through convincing characterisation that provided an emotional tour de force as the gravitas of the situation was felt on almost every level.
There was also profound philosophical debate to be found in some of the scenes with that monk because, y'know, he's Bhuddist and stuff.
And there's no greater metaphor for the enduring flame of the human spirit than a flying Bentley ejected from a crashing plane in the middle of the Himilayas.
crunchy on 2/12/2009 at 05:52
Cliches: Check
Predictable plot: Check
Unbelievable plot: Check
Miscast actors: Check
Scene stealing Performance: Check
Humour: Check
Entertaining: Abso-fucking-lutely
I don't care what anyone else says, I enjoyed this movie and totally got my moneys worth (which was $0 due to being treated for my birthday. W00t!)
ceebs on 4/12/2009 at 02:15
And in 14 hours I am going to pounish myself bu viewing it.
drunken the wobbly camerawork in district 9 was quite an experience.
The taxi back afterwards was worse.
thefonz on 4/12/2009 at 20:16
Hang on guys!
My spider sense is detecting that Scots might be verging on that thing I keep hearing about called Sarcasm.
Reeeeeeeeally...
Sulphur on 4/12/2009 at 20:29
No one said otherwise. On a more personal note, if you're able to feel spiders, I think you need to go see a doctor.
frozenman on 4/12/2009 at 21:30
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Personally, I think you're off your fucking rocker, Dave.
I'm not sure which movie you saw, but I saw a triumph of film-making that was set upon a foundation of visual virtuosity the likes of which the movie-going public has never seen yet it remained anchored in the real world through convincing characterisation that provided an emotional tour de force as the gravitas of the situation was felt on almost every level.
There was also profound philosophical debate to be found in some of the scenes with that monk because, y'know, he's Bhuddist and stuff.
And there's no greater metaphor for the enduring flame of the human spirit than a flying Bentley ejected from a crashing plane in the middle of the Himilayas.
Scots you're single-handedly selling this film to me.
