Posts by slylynx16

Richard Hernandez13 said:I told you, I was nearly bursting with laughter. 😬

Check out this joke: "How does a kid know she weighs 300 pounds?" 🙄 Well, let's just say it was okay. But you, Richard Hernandez13, really went and... well, you know.

... Deep.... 🙂

Well, that was a disappointment.

(Oh, do you really have to...) Everything. Are you planning on shattering my illusions? 🙂 )

Good grief, what a pathetic display of zero sense of humor. 😲

Claiming the "dialogue is bad" and all that nonsense... 🙄

The dialogue is hyper-stylized and, as such, is abso-fucking-absolutely brilliant!

Of course, I assume those of you rushing to spit on > tend to be easily impressed by pathetic garbage like "my name is Maximus Decimus Meridius..." 🙂, but look—that scene where the lovely Briseis (you pedophiles of the world—unite with the whole >! 😁—seriously) laments how, to paraphrase, many women who saw their husbands off to battle that morning won't live to see them return, to which our hero responds, "Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives..." 😂—is, whether you want to admit it or not, simply iconic!!!

Ah, >, forgive me for that little allusion to pedophiles; it was a mistake... Yes, yes, many mistakes were made by me last week! 🥳

I think it might be. Cleaned up. I'm here. Ready when you are. Reading experts. Benioff’s attempt to weave Virgil's Aeneid into his version of Homer's work—while ignoring what countless historians have noted about this 3,000-year-old myth—is quite a massive oversight. 🙄 One really should have considered whether it was better to just have a solid epic film—which Troy undoubtedly was. Yes.Should we just wait years for some supposedly "genius adaptation"? Or what?

If a brilliant version hasn't surfaced by now, it probably never will.

So just relax and enjoy Petersen's film!

By the way, it's pretty obvious that when people criticize Brad Pitt, they aren't actually tearing apart his portrayal of Achilles as much as they're reacting to the fact that he pocketed an insane $17.5 million for the role.

He knows how to play the "little guy," doesn't he? 🙂

Brian Gonzalez7 said:Go watch Ichi the Killer, Versus, or Battle Royale and just stay away from those mindless Hollywood projects...

Ahem...

04-17-2004 12:36

Pro tip: read the (almost) last paragraph!

Best, [Geez, how I love to brag! 🙄] slylynx16.

Follow the White Rabbit

Brian Gonzalez7 said:The atmosphere is dark (...)

Fine, we've reached an agreement on that, over & out.

[I didn't mention any lack of plot twists or originality in my previous post, so I won't bother commenting on that part now.]

how can you even compare it to in In the Mouth of Madness?!

Not at all. Much like how I didn't. The real question, however, is how you manage to conflate noticing an influence with
actually comparing them?!! 😕

Now Hollywood will spend the next 100,000 years churning out the same movies totally inspired by this ring...

I don't think a fairly predictable plot—which, by the way, is hardly debatable—is the fundamental issue here. Whether a lack of certain whimsy (read: stupidity) needed to make it a horror hit in America is still up for debate... But alas! Luc Besson—unlike Wes Craven, for instance—didn't want to (or maybe didn't dare 😁) tackle parodying the horror genre. I'd say that due to a shortage of new & original stories, he "simply" focused on making a film that would help him pivot his career overseas.

And he likely succeeded.

P.S. That last bit also serves as a response to Sam James4's post.

Sam James4 said:This movie is pure desperation—a messy mashup of Sixth Sense, Stir of Echoes, and every other horror trope out there.

Depends on who you ask.

I don't think Luc Besson was trying to reinvent the wheel here. It seems more like he was focused on nailing that darker atmosphere and crafting striking scenes that serve as homages to his favorite directors.

[Personally, I caught traces of John Carpenter's best work: Halloween and in In the Mouth of Madness...]

Issue?

I don't have a problem.

I have plenty of fucking problems.

P l u r a l. 😵

By the way, the movie is cool, but not quite enough to make my "Top Ten."

[Probably because Tarantino was only the screenwriter, I guess... 😍]

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 😛

Next up on the list:

21 Grams

Mystic River

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Finding Nemo

Buck: Well, aren't you exactly the little cutie everyone promised me. Well Ma'am, I'm from Longview, Texas, my name's Buck, and I'm here to fuck.

The bride: Your name's Buck, right? And you came to fuck, right?

One word: G E N I A L. 👍