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Title: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Scott on July 17, 2007, 09:28:59 PM Which of these film did you like the most? I liked the first Harry Potter film and the first Pirate Of The Carribean, and the last two Lord Of The Ring films. Haven't even watch a Spiderman film and only saw one of the X-Men films.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Torgo on July 17, 2007, 10:30:39 PM Lord of the Rings.
particularly the extended cuts. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: indianasmith on July 17, 2007, 11:27:50 PM LORD OF THE RINGS, beyond any doubt. I waited my whole life for that movie series, and it was AWESOME!!! Now I can't wait for THE HOBBIT!!!
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Joe the Destroyer on July 17, 2007, 11:44:28 PM Harry- Good, but the shift in directors kind of thows it off.
Pirates- I still have yet to see the third one, but I don't like how the last two films feel like they're one film sliced into two pieces. Lord of the Rings- Just all around well made films. The only problem is the rewatch value is a bit low for me, since I rarely have enough time to sit through a whole LotR movie. Spider-Man- The first was great, but the other two kind of lacked. The third one just had way too many villains. X-men- Kind of a mixed bag. The first one was okay, but it felt like it lacked an all around sense of direction. The second one was great, but the third one was like a beautiful trainwreck. You know, kind of like watching the movie adaptation of the anime X. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Him on July 18, 2007, 12:40:12 AM Out of those choices, I'll go with Harry Potter.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Doc Daneeka on July 18, 2007, 06:45:22 AM Phantasm :teddyr:
I really don't prefer any of the above franchises, Spider Man series was pretty good but didn't deserve the sheer hype it got. I'm afraid I'm not "in with the canon" enough to get Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter films usually have a fair amount of innocent fun, even in the darker ones (I've seen up to pt 4), but the actors really grind the nerves at times. Pirates or X-Men was probably the best, both are out there enough to hold my attention and deliver likeable characters to keep the plot going. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: asimpson2006 on July 18, 2007, 07:50:58 AM Out of all of those the only one I watched was X-men and I'm not a huge fan of it. I've never say any of the LOTR films, mainly because I have trouble watch long films in One sitting. I never got into HArry Potter so I never watched the films. The other just don't have appeal to me at all.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Jack on July 18, 2007, 08:13:49 AM Lord of the Rings for me, I can watch those films over and over. The battle of Helms Deep is one of the most spectacular things I've seen in recent memory. Harry Potter I never really got into, I've watched a few when there's nothing else on and they're entertaining enough, but just not my cup of tea. Saw the first Pirates of the Caribbean and it was surprisingly good. Didn't care much for Spiderman and have no interest in those X-men movies.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: The Burgomaster on July 18, 2007, 04:27:10 PM THE GODFATHER and JAMES BOND, but they aren't on the list, so I voted for SPIDER-MAN
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: DodgingGrunge on July 18, 2007, 05:01:24 PM I am not terribly big on blockbusters. In my opinion, films should never cost more than a few thousand dollars to make. Down the unions! :thumbdown: :teddyr:
I decided a few years back to keep my distance from anything Harry Potter, so I can't comment on those. Nor have I seen any of the Pirates movies. And actually, until reading this thread I didn't realize there were three of them. Haha. While Lord of the Rings is an amazing adaptation, I'm not a fan of the Tolkien series in the first place, so I didn't really enjoy the films. Sifting through what's left, I voted for Spiderman because that's the closet thing to Evil Dead listed. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: HappyGilmore on August 02, 2007, 05:48:11 PM I went with Spider Man.
In all honesty, I've never seen the Rings flicks, only saw the first Pirates, and only the first 3 Potter. I've been a Spider Man fan my whole life, and felt as good as the first was, the second one was amazing. Didn't see 3, but may pick up the dvd. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: TheFilmFiend on August 02, 2007, 07:45:51 PM Out of the choices, I went with Lord of the Rings.
If I had more hours in the day, I'd watch the extended editions constantly. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Killer Bees on November 08, 2007, 09:39:11 PM Love Lord of the Rings.
Only liked the 3rd instalment of Spiderman. I still have trouble believing Toby Maguire as Spiderman. He's too whiney for my tastes and he looks like he's 15 years old. As for Mary Jane, she's weak and insipid and also too whiney. And she's a bit of a slag bag jumping from one guy to the next. I liked the Pirates movies. Good old fashioned rollicking adventures. Haven't seen at World's End yet, but looking forward to enjoying it. After LOTR, I love the X-Men movies. Can't wait for the next one, if they make any more. I really hope Mystique gets her powers back. It was shocking the way she lost them so quickly and the was abandoned by Magneto. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: AndyC on November 08, 2007, 10:24:02 PM Lord of the Rings for sure. It's the only one on the list I can honestly say maintained a high level of quality through all its movies. Each chapter was as good or better than the last. And it did justice to the books.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: D-Man on November 09, 2007, 08:33:05 AM (Warning: Post contains possible spoilers)
Lord of The Rings: I love all of them. Yeah, they're long, but they're detailed and entertaining. Pirates: One go around was enough for me and these films. They just get dull after a while. Spiderman: I was disappointed with the third one. The studio got scared that people would feel cheated by them not putting Venom in it, and rushed him into the final battle, when he really should have gotten his own film. X-Men: again, the third one was a real let-down. They turned what could have been a great ensemble cast of old and new mutants into the Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry show. Everyone else becomes a throwaway character, Cyclops and Professor X are killed for little reason other than to give the above mentioned even more screen time, and a brewing rivalry between iceman and Pyro finally culminates in a lame "clashing beam" fight that lasts about 30 seconds. They could have done so much better than this. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: AndyC on November 09, 2007, 12:14:06 PM True, Spider-Man 3 tried to cram too much in, and rushed the story with a lot of lazy storytelling (mostly people doing things for no good reason).
The most disappointing thing about X-Men 3 was that they had Juggernaut (played by Vinnie Jones no less), and completely wasted him as an ordinary mutant henchman. He had one really good scene in the whole movie. They get points for the "Juggernaut b***h" reference, but otherwise, the character had too much unused potential. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: D-Man on November 09, 2007, 07:30:00 PM Right, and remember, Juggernaut isn't even a real mutant, in the comics and cartoons.
Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Oldskool138 on November 09, 2007, 07:47:13 PM True, Spider-Man 3 tried to cram too much in, and rushed the story with a lot of lazy storytelling (mostly people doing things for no good reason). The most disappointing thing about X-Men 3 was that they had Juggernaut (played by Vinnie Jones no less), and completely wasted him as an ordinary mutant henchman. He had one really good scene in the whole movie. They get points for the "Juggernaut b***h" reference, but otherwise, the character had too much unused potential. Plus, they have (bad) singing and (awful) dancing. And Venom is in it for like 10 minutes...They should have stuck with just Sandman and maybe somebody else (Rhino, Lizard). Hell, they could have Doc Ock come back like in the comics. That's what they haven't done in comic book movies...Except for Dr. Doom but I'm boycotting the FF movies. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: HappyGilmore on November 09, 2007, 08:48:41 PM I'm the only person who has zero interest in LOTR. Good.
How's X-Men 3? Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Oldskool138 on November 09, 2007, 09:25:06 PM I'm the only person who has zero interest in LOTR. Good. How's X-Men 3? Out of the film series listed, I like LOTR... X-men 3...Lots of action no substance. Lots of characters doing things solely because it's in the script. I'd like to see an X-men 4 that would tie up things but that may or may not happen. X-men 3 suffers from Spider-man 3 disease. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: HappyGilmore on November 10, 2007, 09:30:10 AM I'm guessing when you do more than 2 comic book/superhero flicks, they start to take a tumble.
X3 Spider Man 3 Batman Forever (I liked it)/Batman and Robin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (I liked it but, well, the first was the best, and part 2 was, funny at least.) I guess they feel the need to just add a whole bunch and throw crap at the wall to see what sticks. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: Ash on November 11, 2007, 02:43:57 AM Don't believe 'em HappyGilmore...
I personally thought X-Men 3 was the best of them all. Maybe it's because that other than "The Usual Suspects", I don't like any film Bryan Singer has directed. They're just too damn serious! X-men 3 worked for me because it wasn't so "serious" like the first two films were. The third installment really felt more like the comic book to me and that's why I liked it. Some comics, like Spiderman, can be translated to the big screen in a serious manner. Others, like the X-Men, are pure fantasy and the "serious" treatment doesn't really work all of the time. It didn't for me in the first two movies. I rather enjoyed the approach and vision Brett Ratner took when directing X-Men 3: The Last Stand. ---------------------------------------------------- As for the Spiderman films... The first one was OK. Other than the sometimes cheesy CGI, I thought it was fairly decent. It is what it is... As for part two, after repeat viewings I have to say that I really don't care for it. Sam Raimi's directing style for me is hit or miss. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. The camera shots in Spiderman 2 drive me up the wall every time I see it. I remember watching it on TBS one evening and thinking, "This movie kinda sucks. Why is that?" It's because of Raimi's directing style. I like Maguire as Parker/Spiderman but didn't care for Alfred Molina as Doc Ock. It's weird...I've liked Molina in some of his other films but thought he was totally miscast as the villain here. Even worse is Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. She simply doesn't fit right. Especially in Spiderman 2 where she looks stoned out of her mind in almost every scene she's in. If you have the DVD, pop it in and tell me her heavy lidded eyes don't make her look like she's baked out of her skull. :teddyr: She looks drugged out the entire movie. See this pic of the smiley face from Dazed & Confused? (http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8808/smilera3.gif) (http://imageshack.us) That's how Dunst/Mary Jane looks throughout Spiderman 2. I haven't seen Spiderman 3 yet so I can't comment on that one. ---------------------------------------------------- The Lord of the Rings films are just OK in my opinion. I suppose if I had grown up reading the stories, the films would've had a bigger impact on me. But I didn't...and the films didn't. --------------------------------------------------- I've only seen the first two Pirates of the Carribean films and I didn't care for any of them. A good pirate movie should suck you in to its world but none of them have managed to do that to me so far. They feel too "Hollywood" to me. --------------------------------------------------- I voted for the Harry Potter films. Haven't seen the 5th one yet but I've seen all the rest and have read all of the books. Not one of them has disappointed me yet. Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: RCMerchant on November 11, 2007, 06:18:41 AM I've never seen any of them...except the first PIRATES movie...my kids liked it a lot!
Can I go with the BLOOD ISLAND series? (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/untitled-76.jpg) Title: Re: Which film series do you like most? Post by: 316zombie on November 11, 2007, 04:05:04 PM oh yeah!!! i want in on that! i LOVE the blood island series!!brides of blood kicks ass!!!
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