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Apocalypto
#7617145 - 11/09/07 10:54 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is this movie any good? I can't tell
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Never mind.
It sucked.
Fuck Mel Gibson.
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everyone where im from was blown away cuz of the subtitles, they where like, its a smart movie, cuz you gotta reaD IT TOO nascar...
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Yeah the dialogue was truly...stirring
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outside of the subtitles, its fucking awesome. best subtitled movie ive ever seen.
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i liked it, mel gibson rocks
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Senor_Doobie said: Is this movie any good? I can't tell
outside of the subtitles, its fucking awesome. best subtitled movie ive ever seen.
No fucking way.

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lol
crouching tiger is a sleeping pill man.
i wish i could think of some subtitled movie that really stands out, but I cant. Ichi the killer comes to mind, but its nothing special.
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yeah. that movie was awful. worst plot ever.
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I think it portrayed what it was trying to portray extremely well. Executed perfectly.
Some people don't get it, or don't care for it, so they say it 'sucked'. Some people think it's an automatic 'suck' just because Mel Gibson did it. These people can suck my ass. Go watch 2Fast2Furious or some other shit movie. I'm sure it'll rock your balls.
I think the cinematography was vibrant as fuck. In my opinion, it was a great movie. But tastes vary.
edit: lol, didn't see that the second post was by you. Sorry Senor, opinion still stands.
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I thought it was a good example of how a civilization collapses.
Very appropriate viewing given the state of the world today.
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crouching tiger is a sleeping pill man.
As for crouching tiger, I'd say you're just spoiled by the instant gratification of american movies. Movies from China and Europe will always be slow paced (for dramas), because it is their style. The drama is just portrayed in a different style. It's like electronica vs classical music. They're both 'good' but in vastly different ways.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: RuNE]
#7617267 - 11/09/07 11:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Another great subtitled movie is City of God.
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Senor_Doobie said: Is this movie any good? I can't tell
outside of the subtitles, its fucking awesome. best subtitled movie ive ever seen.
No fucking way.

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alright.... you got me there. i forgot that movie was subtitled.
but i did really enjoy apocalyto.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: RuNE]
#7617282 - 11/09/07 11:59 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The movie is a snoozer. because its boring.
A good drama to me is something like Happiness.
just so you don't think im being ethnocentric with my taste in film, I enjoyed farewell my concubine.
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The Host was great.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: RuNE]
#7617286 - 11/10/07 12:00 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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RuNE said: Some people think it's an automatic 'suck' just because Mel Gibson did it. These people can suck my ass. Go watch 2Fast2Furious or some other shit movie. I'm sure it'll rock your balls.
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I thought it was a decent movie. Granted, I don't like Mel Gibson as a person, and whether or not it was accurate, well--"Braveheart" isn't, either.
It's really difficult for me to watch a Tom Cruise flick anymore, given his idiotic public statements. And I find it pretty hard to overcome Gibson's gayness for being a giant homo for "The Passion".
But, on the other hand, the "Mad Max" series was pretty cool. And "Braveheart" is a pretty good movie.
On the other other hand, I've had "The Passion" on my HD for over a year. I don't know how much liquor I'd need to watch that shit. So, it just sits there on my HD.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: GnuBobo]
#7617311 - 11/10/07 12:14 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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the patriot was pretty good too.
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I did'nt read this thread. however. This movie is epic. watch it. then watch it again. repeat. it's amazing and a half. its the kind of movie in witch you see something different every time you scope it. do so as many times as possible.
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Senor_Doobie said: Is this movie any good? I can't tell
outside of the subtitles, its fucking awesome. best subtitled movie ive ever seen.
No fucking way.

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The only cool parts in this movie were the fight scenes on the bamboo.
I just watched apocalypto last weekend with my dad. It's... definitely mel gibson material. I liked the ending, but I didn't really gather anything from the movie... so the movie was crazy as far as the stunts and plot goes, but the overall theme, was lacking.
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I was going to say the exact same thing. I fucking love that movie.
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didnt like the movie at all, some guy running in the forest for about 45 minutes of the movie, incredibly plotless, boring, and an otherwise waste of millions to make such a pointless movie.
If your gonna make a violent movie that doesnt have much of a plot itleast be like Platoon that allows characters to develop. Its like a 8 year old made Apocalypto...
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It was okay bust never broke through to the level of greatness. Mel Gibson is not capable of true greatness.
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yeah, hahaha
do you remember the "fierce" animals? they all looked like something off my little sister's bed. They were bad enough to distract me from the movie at points.
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Pans Labyrinth is a good subtitle movie imo
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Still have to see that one...
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this movie was innocently intense.... like you start out not really convinced that it should be an R rated film and then it goes south on you like i dont even know what.
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this movie was innocently intense.... like you start out not really convinced that it should be an R rated film and then it goes south on you like i dont even know what.
Bonus.
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psychonautix said: yeah, hahaha
do you remember the "fierce" animals? they all looked like something off my little sister's bed. They were bad enough to distract me from the movie at points.
lol thats the only thing that irritated me about the movie..... that fucking leopard didnt look the slightest bit real.....
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: GnuBobo]
#7617517 - 11/10/07 02:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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this movie was innocently intense.... like you start out not really convinced that it should be an R rated film and then it goes south on you like i dont even know what.
Bonus.
I need to explain my quotation, here: "Pan's Labyrinth" is a BRILLIANT film.
It's awesome.
For sexual fantasies in Espanol, I like to mirar al video de "Y Tu Mama Tambien."
Shit, hope my Spanish held up on that one. What guy doesn't fantasize about a hot chick wanting to go on a road trip and fuck?
However, gay overtones--or, should we say, BFF--jacking-off-together--overtones--can't say I identify with that.
Unless it's with Sucky. And we've just killed an Elk. And Sucky is like, "Hand me another Busch Light".
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: GnuBobo]
#7617529 - 11/10/07 02:40 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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tclsc03 said: Pans Labyrinth is a good subtitle movie imo
this movie was innocently intense.... like you start out not really convinced that it should be an R rated film and then it goes south on you like i dont even know what.
Bonus.
I need to explain my quotation, here: "Pan's Labyrinth" is a BRILLIANT film.
It's awesome.
For sexual fantasies in Espanol, I like to mirar al video de "Y Tu Mama Tambien."
Shit, hope my Spanish held up on that one. What guy doesn't fantasize about a hot chick wanting to go on a road trip and fuck?
However, gay overtones--or, should we say, BFF--jacking-off-together--overtones--can't say I identify with that.
Unless it's with Sucky. And we've just killed an Elk. And Sucky is like, "Hand me another Busch Light".
Y Tu Mama Tambien was a very good movie, kudos! You're the only other person I've known that has seen that movie. Pans Labyrinth is amazing..I just wish there was more of the fantasy elements overall, but it's still great!
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damn.... my boss told me it sucked, i wasnt even going to watch it.... i knew i shouldnt have listened to him.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: RuNE]
#7617566 - 11/10/07 03:18 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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RuNE said: I think it portrayed what it was trying to portray extremely well. Executed perfectly.
Some people don't get it, or don't care for it, so they say it 'sucked'.
Oh I get it man...that's exactly why I don't like it. I was hesitant to see it as soon as I found out Mel Gibson was making it because, you know, Mel Gibson is a religious fanatical nutbag who thinks he's doing God's work all of a sudden.
Lets take a look at the opening quote...I don't remember it verbatim but the movie basically starts out "Before a civilization can succumb to outside forces, it must be rotten within"
So, there's your Mayan civilization according to Mel Gibson...rotten, and conquered not because of superior weaponry and betrayal but because they sacrificed humans to false gods.
I mean what do we learn about Mayan civilization from watching this movie? Nothing good at all...they are portrayed as evil savages. Now, maybe they were...I really don't know, but I don't like it.
Even the tribe of savages in the beginning are really quite savage. Their entire world is shown as chaos even before they are conquered.
Ok, so now the captured people are brought by a little leper girl and what do they do? They leave her. We all know that's not the Christian thing to do. Christ would have cured her, you see. And of course, the little leper girl is a prophet...of which god? Guess...
So, there's an eclipse, the guy escapes, blah blah blah...here's some Rambo sequences and some prophecy fulfillment.
And then the end is straight out of Lord of the Flies, but instead of the British navy showing up just in time to save the children from themselves, its the Spaniards arriving, I guess, to do the same thing.
So, yeah...I didn't like it.
edit: lol, didn't see that the second post was by you. Sorry Senor, opinion still stands.
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I thought it was really boring. Totally predictable. I think if i watched it again i might like it more.
Best subtitled film goes hands down to City of God. Motorcycle Diaries is also good, Y Tu Mama Tambien..
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House of Flying Daggers was a great subtitle movie. I liked Apocalypto too though.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: Liz]
#7617936 - 11/10/07 09:03 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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What I didn't like about Apocalypto was that the eclipse passed way too quick. Other than that I think it was decent movie and I'd watch it again sometime. Pan's Labyrinth was quite good too.
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Apocolypto was merely a Jungle/Islander Based D&D campaign. Loved it. Very surface, but slick enough where you can skate around on it. Apocolypto gets my:
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House of Flying Daggers was a great subtitle movie. I liked Apocalypto too though.
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Hahaha... well put.
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Re: Apocalypto [Re: Atheist]
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I can't believe I'm the only one who picked up on all the religious overtones
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Finally got around to watching this film.
I knew nothing about it when I turned it on. Just the title.
It was harrowing and brutal and beautiful as well. Fucking amazing tripping film if you can handle darker content.
Blew my mind.
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