current movies vs George R. R. Martin

soda · Post by **soda** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:17 am

These are the current movies listed at my local plex. I only recognize maybe 5 of them and have no idea about the others. I can only think of one movie in the works that I'm willing to see and that is the Harry Potter movie which wont' come out for a long time. The movie industry was saved in the past few years with the LOTR, Star Wars and HP movies but now that the LOTR and SW films are done, it's looking bleak. If you put a gun to my head, I'd have to vote to go see V. Otherwise, I'm quite happy with my current book series by George R. R. Martin: Song of fire and ice. I love these books even though they're each about 1,000 pages long. I'm on book 3 right now and it gets more interesting with each chapter. Hours upon hours of getting lost for only $8.95 per book.

16 Blocks
Curious George
Deep Sea 3-D -
Doogal -
Eight Below -
Failure to Launch -
Final Destination 3
Firewall - 9:00 PM
Hills Have Eyes, The -
Libertine, The -
Pink Panther, The -
Shaggy Dog, The -
She's the Man -
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion -
Ultraviolet -
V for Vendetta

Okuni · Post by **Okuni** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:20 am

I saw The Pink Panther. If you like Steve Martin and comedies; like National Lampoon; it'll be worth your money. Also, the Hills have Eyes is a remake (pretty sure) of an older movie. In the previews it looks like it might be really good, at least so-so if not really.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:21 am

That was a long time ago. For real.

shellie · Post by **shellie** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:59 pm

Man, I know what you mean, soda. I went to exactly one movie last year. (There were actually a couple others that I kinda wanted to see but just never made it out to the theatre.

) But I have a very small window of things I find entertaining ... all the movies seem either too scary or too sexy or too violent or too intense or just too dumb for my liking.

(<-- with that kind of list, there isn't much left, is there!

) I really miss the anticipation for the LOTR movies.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:10 pm

We saw "Ultraviolet" but it was totally no lines of story.... But they are trying sooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard to show how COOOL they are

It is March so dead season for any good movies

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:32 pm

Go see V for Vendetta dammit !
I still need to wait two more weeks !!

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:04 pm

In_Gabriel_We_Trust wrote:Go see V for Vendetta dammit !
I still need to wait two more weeks !!

That's the one I've heard recommended.

My last movie was Narnia, so there you go.

I highly recommend the George R. R. Martin!!

(Although I haven't read most of this series, he's a favorite).

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:05 pm

I will take that under advisement.

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:29 pm

After looking at Chris' Blog, I think I'll give "V" a pass:
http://chriscelsite.rubberslug.com/gallery/weblog.asp

I read some favorable reviews, but they were all by men, and a lot of guys (though obviously not all) just don't seem very bothered when films portray a man physically and/or mentally abusing the girl/woman he "loves".

I guess they figure it comes with the Comic Book territory.... turns my stomach though.

A film's got to have a great deal going for it for me to put up with that. Particularly if he's doing it "for her own good". Yuck.

syan · Post by **syan** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:06 pm

I say go with George R R Martin - I love that series so far! Haven't gotten to A Feast for Crows yet, since I'm in the midst of a different series. Had to wait long enough for the book to come out, and now that I have it, don't have time for it.

marshallbanana2 · Post by **marshallbanana2** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:17 pm

Go with the Martin!

Feast for Crows was awesome! Well worth the wait.

soda · Post by **soda** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:20 pm

I only became interested in Martin once the Feast for Crows did come out. I've been able to read all the books back to back which is nice because I'd be totally lost if I had to wait betwixt books. But now I"m looking at having to buy Feast for Crows in hardback when all my other books of his are paperback and only $8.95. Maybe by the time I get to Feast, they'll have it in paperback. I heard that Feast was going to be twice as big as it is now but the publisher had him cut it in half. Can you imagine a 2200 page hardback book?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:21 pm

I can imagine all sorts of things like that.

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:38 pm

irmgaard wrote:After looking at Chris' Blog, I think I'll give "V" a pass.
I read some favorable reviews, but they were all by men, and a lot of guys (though obviously not all) just don't seem very bothered when films portray a man physically and/or mentally abusing the girl/woman he "loves". I guess they figure it comes with the Comic Book territory.... turns my stomach though. A film's got to have a great deal going for it for me to put up with that. Particularly if he's doing it "for her own good".

Chris obviously didn't get it. The torture that Evey endures is much more psychological than physical, and is used to nullify the brainwashing that she has been subjected to at the hands of an Orwellian government. The methods used in this story are extreme. They need to be in order to face the hopeless rhetoric of a totalitarian state.

If you can't find that to be a justifiable means, then this movie is not for you - not to mention the graphic novel, which for everyone who does enjoy this movie should read! While I did enjoy the film, it isn't Alan Moore's story - a story written during the Reagan/Thatcher years which was, in essence, the beginning of this whole mess we're all facing today.

You know, it's funny.... all of these very similar ideas were presented in "Fight Club", and so many of the same critics were disturbed by that film's methods as well.

I loved these movies and I loved the books even more.
Their messages and the emotions they invoke are very poignant to me.

But then again, I'm a guy, so there ya go.

marshallbanana2 · Post by **marshallbanana2** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:46 pm

Ah, sorry!

Mine came as an advanced reader's galley, which I didn't have to pay for. (Check my occcupation....)

Paperback, according to BIP, is scheduled for mid-September ($7.99 US).

The fact that he had to cut it in half means we should see the next installment fairly quickly, unlike the time between Storm of Swords and Feast for Crows - almost six years. So, by the time you're done with Feast, the next one should be queing up!