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Jul 14, 2011 9:45 AM
bigdaddy2003;829892 wrote:I still don't know how you go all of this time without watching LOTR or Harry Potter. I watched all 3 LOTR at the theater.

It's actually pretty easy.

I am not a "fantasy" genre kind of guy. So I don't waste my time with the movies.
Jul 14, 2011 9:45am
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Jul 14, 2011 9:50 AM
OSH;829895 wrote:It's actually pretty easy.

I am not a "fantasy" genre kind of guy. So I don't waste my time with the movies.

Well that is fine. I can accept that. I have a cousin who loves the Harry Potter flicks but says LOTR and Star Wars are gay. Pretty dumb but if you don't like any of it then I can handle that.
Jul 14, 2011 9:50am
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Jul 14, 2011 10:02 AM
bigdaddy2003;829901 wrote:Well that is fine. I can accept that. I have a cousin who loves the Harry Potter flicks but says LOTR and Star Wars are gay. Pretty dumb but if you don't like any of it then I can handle that.

your cousin is gay, no?
Jul 14, 2011 10:02am
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Jul 14, 2011 10:36 AM
Iliketurtles;829848 wrote:personally I like Bonnie Wright(she plays Ginny) better than Emma.

+1
Jul 14, 2011 10:36am
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Jul 14, 2011 10:38 AM
3, 5, 4, 6, 2, 7, 1
Jul 14, 2011 10:38am
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Jul 14, 2011 11:10 AM
I was pretty anti-Harry Potter until my (now) wife and her family were so into them when we were dating.

I think about the time the 4th movie came out I sat down and watched all of them in order, and have watched them all since --- great movies.
Jul 14, 2011 11:10am
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Jul 14, 2011 11:38 AM
McFly1955;829999 wrote:I was pretty anti-Harry Potter until my (now) wife and her family were so into them when we were dating.

I think about the time the 4th movie came out I sat down and watched all of them in order, and have watched them all since --- great movies.

Have you read the books yet? I encourage anyone who has seen the movies but not read the books to read them. The movies do not do the books justice at all. If you like the movies then you would definitely enjoy the books.
Jul 14, 2011 11:38am
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Jul 14, 2011 11:40 AM
I Wear Pants;829753 wrote:How is that possible?

For me, it's because I read the books and seem to nearly always wind up disappointed in some way, shape or form with any movie that's based on something I read. Like I'm getting a visual Cliffs Notes where some characters have disappeared and others are combined into one minor guy and all that.
Jul 14, 2011 11:40am
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Jul 14, 2011 11:53 AM
i saw 1, don't know which 1 it was, i just remember some sort of flaming bird. It wasn't a bad movie.

I might try to watch them all because i've heard from a lot of people whose opinions i value that they are really good movies.
Jul 14, 2011 11:53am
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Jul 14, 2011 12:10 PM
Iliketurtles;830021 wrote:Have you read the books yet? I encourage anyone who has seen the movies but not read the books to read them. The movies do not do the books justice at all. If you like the movies then you would definitely enjoy the books.
Nope - I hate reading...Haven't read a book (for fun) since high school, and even then it was more like 'skimmed'.

I've actually almost broken down and read some Harry Potter within the past few years, but if I do ever decide to start reading, it would probably be HP first.
Jul 14, 2011 12:10pm
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Jul 14, 2011 1:19 PM
OSH;829895 wrote:It's actually pretty easy.

I am not a "fantasy" genre kind of guy. So I don't waste my time with the movies.

yep. never been my thing. of all the fantasy movies (lotr, hp, star wars, star trek, etc), i've seen a combined two of them and that's because each time it was a "skip school/get dragged there by a group" thing
Jul 14, 2011 1:19pm
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Jul 14, 2011 1:22 PM
OSH;829895 wrote:It's actually pretty easy.

I am not a "fantasy" genre kind of guy. So I don't waste my time with the movies.
Acceptable except for LOTR (assuming you're into cinema at all) seeing as those are some of the better films ever, especially the third.
Jul 14, 2011 1:22pm
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Jul 14, 2011 1:29 PM
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Jul 14, 2011 1:29pm
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Jul 14, 2011 1:37 PM
I Wear Pants;830120 wrote:Acceptable except for LOTR (assuming you're into cinema at all) seeing as those are some of the better films ever, especially the third.

I usually don't watch movies for "how they are filmed/made."

I don't delve too deep in movies. I am a pretty basic guy, some explosions, action, etc. and it works for me. I like a good story now and then, but it's not like I follow along on the whole storyline with a lot of movies (like the whole Saw series -- it had a storyline, but who really knows it fully?! -- or the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, first one was good, the last 3 were awful).

I'll use Avatar for example, maybe it was a good "film," but it's not my type of movie. It was probably put together excellent, but it just does nothing for me. I don't like a lot of animation/CGI stuff in my movies, I know it happens in EVERY movie, but I like some "real-er" movies. I know Transformers movies are no where close to being real, but the way they are set in Chicago and real cities give it a "real" feel (but in all reality, I grew up playing with Transformers, so I have a bit of a soft side for the movies). I hated 300, just did nothing for me and it's green screen filming.
Jul 14, 2011 1:37pm
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Jul 14, 2011 1:52 PM
Avatar wasn't a good film though.

That's fine if you don't really like movies (in the sense that you don't really want to see quality ones, merely ones you can relax to/enjoy). Not everyone has too. Just like not everyone that reads books a lot really cares about reading good books (IE: Ladies reading checkout line romances).
Jul 14, 2011 1:52pm
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Jul 14, 2011 2:16 PM
I Wear Pants;830148 wrote:Avatar wasn't a good film though.

A lot of people disagree with you considering it's the biggest grossing movie of all time and will end up as a trilogy.
Jul 14, 2011 2:16pm
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Jul 14, 2011 2:21 PM
Y-Town Steelhound;830165 wrote:A lot of people disagree with you considering it's the biggest grossing movie of all time and will end up as a trilogy.
A lot of people eat Mcdonalds, doesn't make it good food.
Jul 14, 2011 2:21pm
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Jul 14, 2011 2:58 PM
I Wear Pants;830148 wrote:Avatar wasn't a good film though.

That's fine if you don't really like movies (in the sense that you don't really want to see quality ones, merely ones you can relax to/enjoy). Not everyone has too. Just like not everyone that reads books a lot really cares about reading good books (IE: Ladies reading checkout line romances).

Oh, I see plenty of good films...but I don't know what you'd classify in the "quality ones" category.

It's not all Michael Bay with me...just no fantasy and chick flicks.
Jul 14, 2011 2:58pm
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Jul 14, 2011 2:58 PM
I Wear Pants;830125 wrote:Also:


I definitely think Watson looks better with long hair. Cute face and hot body.
Jul 14, 2011 2:58pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:03 PM
OSH;830133 wrote:I don't like a lot of animation/CGI stuff in my movies, I know it happens in EVERY movie, but I like some "real-er" movies. I know Transformers movies are no where close to being real, but the way they are set in Chicago and real cities give it a "real" feel (but in all reality, I grew up playing with Transformers, so I have a bit of a soft side for the movies).
I have to lol at not liking cgi or fantasy but liking transformers because it seems "real-er". :)
Jul 14, 2011 3:03pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:23 PM
Nah Avatar wasn't that good. It was more of a 3D phenomenon than a good movie.
Jul 14, 2011 3:23pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:24 PM
DeyDurkie5;829913 wrote:your cousin is gay, no?

Ha nah not gay just quite weird with his movie tastes.
Jul 14, 2011 3:24pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:25 PM
Oh and Avatar wasn't a great movie. It was more of a 3D phenomenon than a good movie.
Jul 14, 2011 3:25pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:37 PM
FatHobbit;830228 wrote:I have to lol at not liking cgi or fantasy but liking transformers because it seems "real-er". :)

Yeah, I knew I'd get a response like that.

I don't know, it just seems like it's something that's "plausible." They make it seem like it could happen in real life (even though it'll never really happen). But, it looks "real." It's not cartoony, like 300 is. It's not all animated/fake like Harry Potter or LOTR -- as in, it's not even close to being a remote possibility of happening.
Jul 14, 2011 3:37pm
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Jul 14, 2011 3:55 PM
What about Transformers seems plausible?

Or are you talking about the film style?

In any way, I'm curious to know why a film must be plausible for you to enjoy it.
Jul 14, 2011 3:55pm