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Post by Fire Bear on Dec 17, 2008 20:07:38 GMT
Went to see that today, seeing as I have no more lectures for this semester... ;D
It was pretty cool. Quite scientific. It kinda had a small bit of Astronomy - the tiniest bit. There were some explosions. Keanu Reeves ended up saving the human race.
The aliens were rather a weird race.
Oh, and technically Keanu Reeves had two roles. Albeit, the first one had no words at all, and the second had everything to say. Basically.
Don't want to spoil it for you all. Go watch it!
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Post by mojojojoe on Dec 22, 2008 22:41:01 GMT
Not to contradict you or anything, but I thought it was rubbish. Pure rubbish. Absolute waffle.
It's in the same vein as An Inconvenient Truth, in that oh aren't humans so destructive and evil! The earth is dying! Except this film takes it to a level that Al Gore didn't take his film to, which means: WHIMSICAL AND HORRIBLE PLOT, STUPID CHARACTERS AND WOOO LOOK AT DEM EXPLOSIONS.
Give it a miss. Honestly. The only scene that kept me alive through the shit-fest was when Keanu Reeves meets John Cleese. They do math together and it is sexy.
Otherwise, avoid it. There are better things to see.
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Post by Fire Bear on Dec 24, 2008 20:16:11 GMT
They did that in The Matrix, too, actually.
When what's-his-name has been caught by Hugo Weaving's agent (was it Agent Jones?), the agent says something along the lines of, "blah, blah, humans are like a virus..."
And that was a great film. Amazing film.
Which is kinda creepy, considering Keanu Reeves is in both films...
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Post by mojojojoe on Dec 25, 2008 0:10:24 GMT
But the message behind the matrix wasn't "oh aren't humans all destructive" it was "holy crap what if our reality isn't real?"
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Post by Fire Bear on Dec 28, 2008 20:15:45 GMT
Umm... The whole "humans are a virus" bit was basically saying that. And the fact that humans created the machines they had a war with destroyed the earth then nearly destroyed the humans...
OK, didn't destroy them, imprisoned them.
It basically supports that "humans are destructive" stuff.
The Day the Earth Stood Still also shows you humans are caring, you know.
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Post by mojojojoe on Jan 9, 2009 13:21:47 GMT
The humans relating to virus quip was one line within the entire film. It is a viable theory in genetics, but it was merely said to challenge Morpheus' pride in his species. Yes, it relates to humans being a destructive, consumption based culture, but that isn't the theme of the film.
And the reason that the humans had a war with the machines was not through their destructive tendencies but through fear. The main problem with the machines was that humans created them with AI, which was a stupid thing to do since they were being used for the most menial tasks. Eventually a consciousness formed and they rebelled. The humans went to war with them because they were afraid that they had made something better, stronger, more perfect than they were.
And the ending where he decides to not destroy the earth because humans are caring? (yes that was a spoiler, guess what I saved you a fiver and two hours of your life). It's the same egotistical waffle that everyone plays up. Yes, we're so destructive but the fact that we LOVE is enough to justify our existence right? Oh aren't we such an elightened race that we can LOVE and CARE and HUG each other.
Baaaad film. End of story.
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Post by Miss O'Jenny on Jan 9, 2009 21:16:50 GMT
To be honest, I haven't heard a good thing about this film. What I have heard is: Go and rent/buy the original version. The whole "be nice to earth" blah blah "human's are destructive" message is apparently a lot less pronounced in the original and generally the film is better.
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Post by Someguy on Jan 9, 2009 23:01:40 GMT
If it had been up to me, I'd have turned you all into talking penguins. Doooood!
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Post by Starlong on Jan 10, 2009 16:16:04 GMT
I would be the Penguin of Death, muhahaha!
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Post by Someguy on Jan 11, 2009 11:15:21 GMT
You'd be given a mop, minimum wages, and be glad for it.
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Post by Starlong on Jan 11, 2009 15:14:44 GMT
Meh, all deathbringers have to start somewhere...
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Post by Someguy on Jan 11, 2009 23:27:33 GMT
Good attitude. You'll be in command of a lot of death someday.
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