best movies of 2006 so far

[mercurial]

Originally Posted by Ugly

If we're going by the Academy Awards standard, then has the film been released in USA yet? If its released there in 2007, then its a 2007 movie.

do you buy into the academy awards mindset Ugly?

[Izzle]

FFVII: Advent Children
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Silent Hill
Dumplings

[ChristHimself!]

Originally Posted by Shapan

im interested, who acted in it?

<3

guess

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

<3

guess

i like part where his suit gets PUMPED FULL OF POO POO

[Shapan]

de niro eh, looks like ill be grabbing it.

but they made it into a comedy? hmm.

[ChristHimself!]

Originally Posted by Izzle

i like part where his suit gets PUMPED FULL OF POO POO

........that's just mean

[celluloid_love]

Originally Posted by Izzle

FFVII: Advent Children

how is this one of the best of the year?

The visuals were pretty cool, yeah, but it couldn't even keep my attention. I don't think I've ever seen a movie with less of a storyline. This was purely made to shut the fanboys up about The Spirits Within (which was a better movie, although that's not saying much either)

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by celluloid_love

how is this one of the best of the year?

The visuals were pretty cool, yeah, but it couldn't even keep my attention. I don't think I've ever seen a movie with less of a storyline. This was purely made to shut the fanboys up about The Spirits Within (which was a better movie, although that's not saying much either)

you must not have been paying attention dude. advent children exceeded my expectations on so many levels, although i don't disagree with you abot there not being much of a plot (ie three gay bikers trying to clone sephiroth by stealing his dna, and along the way kidnap a bunch of kids with lifestream disease/aids ) but i thought it was brilliantly executed. the visuals and action scenes were staggeringly cool. the surge of sheer nostalgia that swept over me when "the gang" show up to beat the shit out of bahamut was fantastic. even though the film was clearly a nostalgia trip, more than anything, i found it very satisfying and it did have a good ending. also, advent children has basically set the new benchmark for what animated characters should look like- tifa is inhumanly hot, she melted my tv. don't tell me the film couldn't keep you interested with that shit going on!

oh yeah, and the spirits within was not final fantasy at all, just the name. i don't think it really compares to advent children, i certainly didnt enjoy it nearly as much.

[remtone]

chronicles of nardia is pretty damn good

[celluloid_love]

Originally Posted by Izzle

you must not have been paying attention dude. advent children exceeded my expectations on so many levels, although i don't disagree with you abot there not being much of a plot (ie three gay bikers trying to clone sephiroth by stealing his dna, and along the way kidnap a bunch of kids with lifestream disease/aids ) but i thought it was brilliantly executed. the visuals and action scenes were staggeringly cool. the surge of sheer nostalgia that swept over me when "the gang" show up to beat the shit out of bahamut was fantastic. even though the film was clearly a nostalgia trip, more than anything, i found it very satisfying and it did have a good ending. also, advent children has basically set the new benchmark for what animated characters should look like- tifa is inhumanly hot, she melted my tv. don't tell me the film couldn't keep you interested with that shit going on!

oh yeah, and the spirits within was not final fantasy at all, just the name. i don't think it really compares to advent children, i certainly didnt enjoy it nearly as much.

You know I might actually watch it again. I only ever had a crappy DivX version of the film that was in Japanese so I could never watch it on a TV or anything (I don't know how to ******* subtitles on a disc, I only know how to watch it on the computer with subs) but I assume there's a better version available now?

Which version do you have?

i'm sorry you guys were watching v for vendetta looking for anything more than pure entertainment

[patrick]

i like how the only thing these knuckleheads can say when they see totalitarianism/dystopia in film is to observe how...orwellian it is

i found it to be quite huxleyan myself

[patrick]

lol

sup sean

[Izzle]

thats a veritable triptych of classic netphorian posting right there

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by celluloid_love

You know I might actually watch it again. I only ever had a crappy DivX version of the film that was in Japanese so I could never watch it on a TV or anything (I don't know how to ******* subtitles on a disc, I only know how to watch it on the computer with subs) but I assume there's a better version available now?

Which version do you have?

same as you, DivX in japanese with subs. i still love it.

[Ugly]

Originally Posted by celluloid_love

how is this one of the best of the year?

The visuals were pretty cool, yeah, but it couldn't even keep my attention. I don't think I've ever seen a movie with less of a storyline. This was purely made to shut the fanboys up about The Spirits Within (which was a better movie, although that's not saying much either)

I think on just the action sequences and visuals alone it should be ranked in there somewhere. Sure is the most dangblasted pretty movie I've seen all year. The last 20-30 mins are just a complete skull-fuckery-do of crazy shit happening, motherfuckers jumping off motorcycles and pulling apart swords and gigantic fucking Neo-Bahalumnt attacks and things looking nifty. Hell, just the way frame arangements would play out, or how something cool would reveal itself, make it worth a look just from a visual standpoint. I watched Spirits Within recently after watching Advent Children, and visually speaking the flick just mopped the fucking floor with its predecessor.

I only watched the fansub myself, too, and I still loved the hell out of it. going to pick up that DVD someday. soon. really.

[patrick]

Originally Posted by Izzle

thats a veritable triptych of classic netphorian posting right there

i don't think i hate you anymore
not that we're going to be buddies or anything

just saying, you're off the list

[daydreamer999]

i'm just going to jump into this one because i think i'm pretty smart.

kafkaesque, imo.

[smashingjj]

Brick sure was a mystery