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2015-10-23 12:44:59 am

red chamber dream

but i still think it's cool ... it was a realistic (albeit futuristic) take on batman which took itself seriously, but it wasn't too overblown like the sequels

arkarian

2015-10-23 12:45:18 am

red chamber dream

literally the only nolan movie i like

tomatobob

2015-10-23 12:48:20 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Adam West's batmobile was the most realistic batmobile and also most cool. Nolan Bat should have just slapped a jet engine on one his eight million Lambos.

tomatobob

2015-10-23 12:50:29 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from arkarian:

literally the only nolan movie i like

He gets super overrated because he makes slightly smarter than average action-y films, but I'm not convinced that's really an improvement for the genre. Just sort of works out into fairly bland movies.

arkarian

2015-10-23 12:52:18 am

red chamber dream

they're so horrible lol

it's like he has no idea how to work a camera

arkarian

2015-10-23 12:52:35 am

red chamber dream

let alone write a movie

arkarian

2015-10-23 12:55:03 am

red chamber dream

i really hate him because of the prestige, which was a super fun movie for about an hour, until it turned to absolute shit

tomatobob

2015-10-23 12:58:28 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

There is no room for fun in the serious business of movies about magicians.

Turtle

2015-10-23 01:34:45 am

I like turtles.

I am now realizing that even the Nolan movies that I've found fun have become not-fun in the last half-hour or so of the films because they begin to take themselves too seriously.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-10-23 08:48:40 pm

2015-10-23 08:48:14 pm

red chamber dream

holy shit @ this mexico hurricane

strongest ever recorded, damn

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 08:49:25 pm

yeah looks ominous

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:15:19 pm

hey ark you're a nicolas cage fan aren't you

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:20:02 pm

red chamber dream

yeah, love him

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:21:31 pm

just watching face/off and it's better than I remember

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:21:57 pm

red chamber dream

hehe nice ... great movie

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:23:24 pm

red chamber dream

"i wanna take his face ... off!"

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:23:47 pm

haha yeah

.... offfff!

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:24:25 pm

red chamber dream

such fun performances in that one

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:29:51 pm

yeah nick cage is better in it than I remember, that's a film actually that has quite a lot of deeper stuff to think about but doesn't require you to think about it to enjoy the film, in contrast to the types of films we were talking about before

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:30:42 pm

and a surprising amount of emotional depth for a john woo film

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:33:37 pm

red chamber dream

yeah it's a crowd pleaser but also more than that ... very 90s

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:39:14 pm

i watched hard target earlier which is a very by-the-numbers van damme / john woo film, but it was funny to see how often he makes sure to show characters collecting ammunition because people always talk about how nobody ever reloads their guns in his films haha

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:40:15 pm

but despite that all the handgun clips still seem to contain 40+ bullets

DJGrenola

2015-10-23 10:48:53 pm

have you seen hard-boiled

arkarian

2015-10-23 10:56:45 pm

red chamber dream

haha yeah

i don't think i've seen many of his movies, i'll have to watch that one