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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 9:21 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:-People who didn't know it was a spoiler would have had the movie spoiled by Gordon.
What, can I spoil a 25 year old book?
But seriously, that was a serious scene. I remember reading that scene in the book for the first time, and it was shocking. It was shocking to the characters in the book, and it was shocking to the reader. If you see it in the trailer, you will remember it, and about 70% through the movie that scene will pop up in your memory and you will think to yourself, "Oh, I know where this is going."
It's bullshit.
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 9:46 pm
by Leisher
To be fair, I had no actual knowledge of the movie, I was just sharing a theory based on the trailer.
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 2:19 pm
by GORDON
Harrison Ford in sci-fi movies... I could IMDB it, but where's the fun in that.
Star Warses
Blade Runner.
That's all I can think of... is that it?
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 2:34 pm
by TPRJones
Cowboys & Aliens, although I'd personally classify that as a western.
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 2:38 pm
by Malcolm
"Firewall" was about as fictiony as you can get with respect to its treatment of "science."
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 2:41 pm
by Troy
Cowboys and Aliens was total popcorn movie, but I enjoyed it. He was in that.
EFB!!!
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 3:04 pm
by Leisher
I did not enjoy Cowboys versus Aliens. Seemed to be a mess.
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 3:41 pm
by GORDON
I will certainly accept CvA.
Is that it?
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:05 pm
by Malcolm
Unless he did something I'm unaware of in the sci-fi genre, that's it.
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:18 pm
by GORDON
That's strange. Even Charlton Heston did more scifi than that. So did Tom Cruise.
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:36 pm
by TPRJones
Yeah, but he's Han Solo.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 3:35 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 3:42 pm
by Troy
TPRJones wrote:Yeah, but he's Han Solo.
Yeah, I wonder how many scripts he turned down with:
"Ok, you're a space pilot of a... ANYTHING... and you are traveling the galaxy with your furry companion, maybe you'll save said galaxy and a princess or something"
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:41 pm
by GORDON
New trailer.
Looks like they are generally sticking to the important points of the book.
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:48 pm
by GORDON
Just saw a TV commercial.
They give away at least 2 major, surprise plot points in throwaway lines. I think they may have missed the point of the fucking story.
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:07 pm
by TPRJones
I wouldn't define that particular bit as the *point* of the story. But to toss them out like that does hint at the potential for shoddy storytelling here. It's certainly a red flag.
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:25 pm
by GORDON
Card was supposedly heavily involved in the movie. Can't believe he'd let that fly.
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:52 pm
by GORDON
Saw the movie today with my kid.
I think they did a good job compressing what should have been a 17.5 hour movie into 114 minutes. At the end, silence in the theater, and nobody moving... digesting what we just saw.
I don't quite like ALL the choices they made, but I can see why they were made, and overall I liked it. Much was rushed, but like I said, you can't fit in all the internal dialogue and subtlety.
One pretty major mistake with one of the changes, though.... that kind of bugs me. See ya in the spoiler thread.
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:03 pm
by GORDON
And, I would love to see opinion from someone who has never read the book. This is probably the book I've read most often in my life... 10ish times... so I saw the movie from the perspective of, basically, an expert on the story. I wonder if anything would seem off to someone new to the universe.
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:16 pm
by Leisher
I have not read Ender's Game even though I own 2 copies.
You'll be waiting a bit for my review though.