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mantis
mantis Posts: 17,200
edited January 2003 in Music & Movies
Pretty kick **** movie.Wasn't what I expected but fun nonetheless.Whats everyone elses thoughts.
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited January 2003
    i read that vin diesel was ****. is this true?

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2003
    His movies are, so why not?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited January 2003
    Pitch Black, Vin's best.


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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited January 2003
    Hey I liked it Mantis. The story line was to fast. They could have setup Xander's charecter more.

    But the stunts....damn those were some of the best since GoldenEye.

    Stunts alone made the movie worth it.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited January 2003
    Just bought it and watched it. I thought that the stunts were amazing but everything else (except the chick and the GTO) was pretty lame. I've seen Vin in Pitch Black and Saving Private Ryan and thought he was very good in both, but his acting seemed really wooden in this one. Even Sam Jackson seemed kind of off his game; it's gotta just be bad direction.
    The sound seemed pretty good except for a couple of things:
    1) Vin has an overdub in (I think) scene 21, where he is talking to the chick. That one line of his sounds so completely different from the rest of the scene that I laughed out loud.
    2) In the helicopter raid in Colombia I saw a lot of machine gun flashes from the guys running around the ground where it seemed you should be able to hear the gunfire...but all that could be heard were choppers and dirtbikes. Seems like they forgot a layer of sound.
    I also though some of the gadgets looked really cheesy. That Ahab submarine thing looked like it might be left over from "The Avengers."
    And binoculars that can take photographs through walls? Come on.

    I know, pretty nitpicky...but disappointing nonetheless.
    I think I'll have to move this disc over to the DVD swapping page.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited January 2003
    come on now, this movies great!!! his movies are pretty good, tough guy act... who cares what he does after the movie, he being **** or not ...
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited January 2003
    I have to say I enjoyed it much more than I thought. Cheesy - ya. Hey cheesy has always been the #1 factor in American action movies. But I was impressed by the plot - it wasn't as hollow as I expected it to be. It was two hours of entertainment. I watched it again today. Good sound and picture quality to boot.
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  • mrpergo
    mrpergo Posts: 35
    edited January 2003
    Ya gotta love the snowboarding scene:D
    I thought the whole movie was a hoot and I'll be watching it again when the wife isn't home so I turn a few db's:lol:
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited January 2003
    very bad special effects i thought, gun shots looked like lasors....and were too loud
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited January 2003
    All stunts were totally implausible. How can anyone possibly launch a motorcycle 40 feet into the air without a ramp? Sheer force of will? This almost killed it for me.

    Redeeming things about this movie were:

    1) The hot babes in the pool.
    2) The pole dance extra extended scene.
    3) The .44 Mag revolver with the different ammo loads.
    4) The GTO's color changing paint job.
    5) Some CGI and special FX were pretty well pulled off.
    6) The MONDO KILLER LFE track. Many scenes shook the GD room!

    A **** overall, but I've seen worse.

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  • JSK2003
    JSK2003 Posts: 28
    edited January 2003
    Just got done watching this. I liked it. While it wasn't anything groundbreaking it did keep my interest throughout. Alot of Bond similarities as well. :)

    There were some scenes that I thought could have been done better but overall it's a decent movie.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited January 2003
    so this would be clasified as a rental not a got to have?
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    very bad special effects i thought, gun shots looked like lasors....and were too loud

    what are we siskel & ebert now, :) Its a good movie and i didn't get out my microscope to check the validity of the stunts and scenes we just watched and enjoyed, seen this at the theater but i want to buy the dvd, loved fast and furious so i thought VIn was a pretty good tough guy actor
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited January 2003
    I borrowed it from my neighbor last night. I'll watch it over the weekend for free. The best way it sounds to watch this movie.


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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2003
    Pitch Black is where Vin made his move, but I liked him in "The Boiler Room"...

    I'll check out **** with a Blockbuster freebie I got in the mail...

    I don't want to be Siskel.... he's dead...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited January 2003
    yeah........ Its a good movie. i give 3 thumbs up LOLO LOL
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited January 2003
    But what about the Tao of Vin? Am I supposed to live my life 'a 1/4 mile at a time" or am I supposed to 'live for this ****'? I'm so confused...

    This one really rode the line of being turdish and entertaining. Good call on the submarine and the 'levitating' motorcycle, I chuckled when I saw those.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited January 2003
    Free ~is~ the only way to view this movie. Entertaining once, yes, beyond that, no replay value what-so-ever.

    Did anyone else think the soundtrack (gun fire...etc.) seemed overly compressed, lacking definition and very localized.


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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited January 2003
    I agree with you Ron...the gun fire really bugged me too.
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by Ron-P
    Free ~is~ the only way to view this movie. Entertaining once, yes, beyond that, no replay value what-so-ever.

    Did anyone else think the soundtrack (gun fire...etc.) seemed overly compressed, lacking definition and very localized.


    Peace Out~:D


    LIKE I SAID ABOVE! LOL!!!!!!
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
    I promised myself
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