Which 2009 Film are we looking forward to the most?
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So you're saying that comic books are to graphic novels as beer is to wine? In the comparison, both are alcoholic beverages but wine should be of higher quality in the same way that CBs and GNs use the same format but GNs should be better?
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Not necessarily better...the process of creating the art, inking, coloring, the glossier paper they tend to use many times,...I'd gather the artists have more time and money behind the GN vs any particular issue of a reg. month to month comic...Orlion wrote:So you're saying that comic books are to graphic novels as beer is to wine? In the comparison, both are alcoholic beverages but wine should be of higher quality in the same way that CBs and GNs use the same format but GNs should be better?
Because its it's own book, most of the stories written for the GN format are complete and whole while comics go issue to issue, some limited most not...
Doesn't mean a GN is always better...in fact the best GNs I've read were compilations of a certain run within a reg. month to month comic book...mostly Frank Miller's stuff...
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The movies I enjoy most are those that allow me to forget, if just for a little while, that I'm watching a movie. Not once during 300 could I forget that I was watching cinema made for its own sake--and I knew its source was a CB, not history.Cail wrote:I was looking for a somewhat reasonable retelling of a factual event, not some overly stylized, faux-hip, fanboy-fellating cartoon in which the main character has to scream every line.
Yeah, I know it's from a comic book. BFD.
Now, I can suspend my disbelief for a lot of cinema, but I couldn't get past the trappings--the workout warrior actors, Xerxes freak-show entourage, and the Elephant Man as traitor.
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Yeah, that's a really good way of putting it.
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I deffinately understand your pain...I felt some of that...but I got used to it and came to really like and enjoy the film for what it is...I'd give it *** out of ****
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I'm sorry, but every time you post something like this my mind uncensors it automatically, with hilarious resultsjacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:I'd give it *** out of ****
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That's funny.
FWIW, we don't have a filter here. Which is funny, because this is the only forum I belong to that doesn't censor the word "Honda".
FWIW, we don't have a filter here. Which is funny, because this is the only forum I belong to that doesn't censor the word "Honda".
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Honda? Seriously?Cail wrote:That's funny.
FWIW, we don't have a filter here. Which is funny, because this is the only forum I belong to that doesn't censor the word "Honda".
I've had a major problem trying to type Dick Van Dyke on many forums, but, Honda? The ones that are really fun are the ones that the filter's messed up and it blends words together so, there are certain words you can't use next to each other (Ex: Octopus Symbol or Can't Watch would get censored)
For whatever reason, every motorcycle forum I belong to (and not just the Harley-specific ones) censors "Honda". Go figure.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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LOL!Rigel wrote:I'm sorry, but every time you post something like this my mind uncensors it automatically, with hilarious resultsjacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:I'd give it *** out of ****
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Weeellllll....
Now that all the top billed films have been seen 'sept Avatar...
What does the Watch think of them? Which was the best/worst? Which lived up to expectations? Or didn't.
Now that all the top billed films have been seen 'sept Avatar...
What does the Watch think of them? Which was the best/worst? Which lived up to expectations? Or didn't.
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What's really funny is that there are movies coming out (9 and District 9 to name just two) that I'm much more excited about than any listed in the poll :/
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I'm still waiting for the movies I listed 
In about a month though, I'll be able to see and talk about Inglorious Basterds 
In the meantime, I share Rigel's sentiment with regards to District 9... don't know about 9, though.
Invictus (previously called "The Human Factor", I believe) comes out on my birthday.... which is almost the end of the year...
In about a month though, I'll be able to see and talk about Inglorious Basterds In the meantime, I share Rigel's sentiment with regards to District 9... don't know about 9, though.Invictus (previously called "The Human Factor", I believe) comes out on my birthday.... which is almost the end of the year...
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Heh, these are the only two I've seen this year, too. District 9 does look interesting, though; maybe I'll see it too.dANdeLION wrote:Watchmen, followed by Star Trek for me.
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9, D9 and IB all look great...can't wait for em
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Which 2009 Film are we looking forward to the most?
went and saw Drag me to Hell last night, it was a riot - there was a preview of District 9 before the movie showed, and it looks great ...