The Island

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited January 2006 in Music & Movies
Just watched it. Great movie. A couple of scenes were fantasically incredulous, but otherwise it was cool. Good story, good sound. The futuristic vehicles were very nice, especially the Caddy. Rental worthy.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited December 2005
    Cool, this is on my must-buy list just haven't made it to the store yet. I also have a $3 off coupon for it. Looks like a very cool flick.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited December 2005
    I enjoyed it, but thought they could have developed the characters slightly more. But trust me, anything with Scarlett Johansson in it, I'm THERE!!! :)
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited December 2005
    Good to know , thx EarlyB .
    Looking forward to watching it when my rental shows up in the mail . Post my thoughts after a viewing .
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2005
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30697
    Never Forget
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  • scubamike
    scubamike Posts: 60
    edited December 2005
    Just bought it tonight after work. Started watching ufc so it will have to wait. Will probably wait till Friday night and invite my brother in laws over to watch it on a real system, not a $200 surround that he thought was great untill he heard mine.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited December 2005
    I am watching this now. I love the sound on it and the story has me interested....
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited December 2005
    Ok. Definitely a little suspension of disbelief but I liked it. At least it was not a Dukes of Hazard remake. I found the PQ to be excellent and the sound makes his movie a keeper. Nice bass throughout.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited December 2005
    Early B. wrote:
    A couple of scenes were fantasically incredulous
    wow, I actually had to go to dictionary.com to know what incredulous meant. I thought it was made up... lol god I feel retarded.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2005
    I'm incredulous that you don't know such a cromulent word.

    I saw this movie yesterday, it was PRETTY good... I also had a hrd time looking past some of the more ridiculous scenes as well, but what do you expect of a Michael Bay film. It also kind of bothered me how much of the concept was a direct rip off of other movies (Logan's Run comes immediately to mind). That all said, still a fun flick :)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited December 2005
    Watched it last night and really enjoyed it. 8/10.
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  • AUDIOSLAVE
    AUDIOSLAVE Posts: 26
    edited December 2005
    i liked it as well, decent viewing and nice sound.
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  • Nelson57
    Nelson57 Posts: 190
    edited December 2005
    This one is a keeper for me too. Has some really wild action sequences, and good sound and pic quality. Story is a strech, but overall a fun action movie.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited December 2005
    Was nicely entertaining ... LUV'd the crash scenes and nice XF during that sequence . PQ was good , sound was good , but sure wish it had been in DTS .

    A good thumbs up !!!
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited December 2005
    Cool, I plan on picking this up today. As said above, anything with Scarlett in it will keep me interested, bonus if it has good sound and some action.
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  • keith allen
    keith allen Posts: 734
    edited January 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    I'm incredulous that you don't know such a cromulent word.

    I saw this movie yesterday, it was PRETTY good... I also had a hrd time looking past some of the more ridiculous scenes as well, but what do you expect of a Michael Bay film. It also kind of bothered me how much of the concept was a direct rip off of other movies (Logan's Run comes immediately to mind). That all said, still a fun flick :)
    Yepp,a bad remake of Logans Run
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2006
    HOLY CRAP! This movie blows.

    It was so horribly directed. Anyone else could have made this movie much, much better.

    I rented it for Scarlett, but even her acting was so annoying it made me go limp. Damnit she is hot, but her effort in this one sucked. Same with Ewan. I don't blame them as much as I do the director and the editor for not getting the best out of them and for keeping some totally unneeded and pointless lines.

    Steve Buschemi, as always, owned.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2006
    I liked it alot. And yea, she is **** hot :)
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited January 2006
    keith allen wrote:
    Yepp,a bad remake of Logans Run
    I would say it is a remake of "Clonus".
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2006
    Scarlett is very hot..!
    but she aint no acteress
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2006
    Saw it last night for the 1st time and was entertained. It wasn't Oscar material by no means,but I've seen much, much worse films. I give it a 7 out of 10 mainly for the cool LA scenes. Loved the use of the Magnums and the Jet bike was WAAAYYY COOOL!!!
    I liked the yacht, too.
    What year was it supposed to take place in? I remember Lincoln's sponsor saying that the Caddy was a '09 model, but I thought it was like the 2050's or something like that???? :confused::confused:
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited January 2006
    beardog03 wrote:
    Scarlett is very hot..!
    but she aint no acteress

    I disagree, she was very good in Lost in Translation and A Love Song for Bobby Long.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited January 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    What year was it supposed to take place in? I remember Lincoln's sponsor saying that the Caddy was a '09 model, but I thought it was like the 2050's or something like that???? :confused::confused:


    If I remember correctly (I think there was a reference somewhere in the movie) I think it was supposed to be around 2020.
    I'm surprised so many people have disliked this movie so much. I liked it better than most big-budget action flicks of late. Yeah, there were some crappy lines and Steve Buscemi was totally under-utilized (I guess they could only afford him on set for a day or two) but the story was interesting if not totally original and the effects and sound were great. And Scarlett just gets better-looking every movie. Man. Can't way to see the cleavage at the Oscars!
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