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Originally Posted by invisiblegt (Post 8977153)

Out of an almost morbid curiousity (because I truly do not care what your limited intellect will say, and ask this in an almost retorical fashion), why is it that whenever someone on here uses a word that is outside the realm of "normal" human conversation, they are berated for their use of a thesaurus?

Perhaps one should realize that people do not necessarily limit themselves in their advancement of knowledge, and not only actually know these words, but also the proper context in which to use them?

There are people out there smarter than yourself. And, judging from your wonderful use of prose and punctuation, there are a lot of them. You may want to get used to that.

http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/patee.html

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Originally Posted by Suprmallet (Post 8979906)

Childhood's End is my favorite Clarke book, but I fear what would happen if Hollywood got their hands on it today.

Whatever happened to Fincher's proposed all CGI version of Rendezvous with Rama? In the wake of Avatar, that could make a great 3D CGI film.

Right now is the best time in Hollywood for doing problematic, Developmental Hell adaptations. Look at the Lord of the Rings movies and Watchmen. Hollywood will always be criticized to adapt any respectable book at any time.

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Originally Posted by invisiblegt (Post 8978472)

I did.

As to the fall into liquid nitrogen, I believe that the liquid resting beneath that bridge was merely water. The liquid nitrogen was housed within her "brain," and was the liquid that the minuteman was draining at the end.

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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush (Post 8979640)

I enjoyed it quite a bit. Thought Shia was great, and it was overall entertaining.

Same here. good popcorn flick with a bit of a twist.

I thought Traitor was the smarter film of the two, but I did like Eagle Eye.

I saw this last weekend. It was a fun little action movie. Nothing particularly outstanding or memorable.

I think the OP is going way overboard giving his social commentary bashing Hollywood. I just don't why people love to bash these types of films. Just take it for what it is and don't over-analyze it.

It kinda felt like WarGames and Nick Of Time had a baby delivered by Enemy Of The State. And the end? That was total Spielberg.

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I enjoyed it, to a certain degree. A lot more than I thought I would, especially since I knew a lot of the plot twists beforehand (thanks Matt!). Still, somehow, a lot of it worked for me, and Shia was probably a big part of that. But yeah, the car chase was ridiculous and the editor needs to rethink his career, as far as I'm concerned.

K

I hated it, but not in an angry way, I hated it because it was dumb. But when I was in the theater, I didn't feel like it was a chore to be watching -- I had nothing else to do. But come on,

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I do get aggravated by the comparisons of Disturbia to Rear Window though. Rear Window's genius is in the direction/set design, where James Stewart can literally see everything his neighbors are doing through his back window, from a limited, fixed perspective. The only linking factor of Disturbia and Rear Window is the window, which is not in my opinion enough to consider one a rip-off of the other. If you take the window out of the plot, you get: A young man thinks he witnesses a murder at home while on house arrest, or: A young man thinks he witnesses a murder.

So the moral of the story is

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