bonfarr said:

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Sea Speed said:

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I often wonder if blood meridian will ever be made.

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That would be another challenge to bring to the big screen in a way that would recreate the emotions of the book. Portraying the violence in the film would probably end up making the movie seem like a gory mess unless it was done in just the right way. I imagine that may be why it has been tossed around for a long time but never actually made into a movie.

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bonfarr said:

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A disappointment for me was The Road with Viggo Mortensen. This was one of those films adapted from a book that just can't recreate what was so special in the Novel. I read the book right after my son was born and that made me deeply connected to the theme of the book. It's the first time I ever read a novel and had to put it down and walk away numerous times because my heart was racing so fast. The movie just could not convey those same emotions and ended up being just another one of the numerous films set in a dystopian environment and mostly forgettable to me. It wasn't awful but because of the greatness of Cormac McCarthys novel it was a big disappointment for me.

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GoAgs92 said:

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The Thin Red Line


1917...only because I thought it was going to be fantastic, it was just good.

the final Guardians of the Galaxy

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maroon barchetta said:

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Sea Speed said:

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bonfarr said:

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Goonies? Really?

You must have a stone cold heart not to like that movie.
During the Pandemic when no new releases were hitting theaters Alamo Drafthouse started playing classics once they weee able to reopen. I took my kids to see Goonies and ET and didn't tell them they were movies from the 80s so they wouldn't complain. The kids loved them every bit as much as I did when I was their age.

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I also don't see how anyone could walk out of Avatar either. Even if you didn't care for the story, the visual spectacle alone would keep you in your seat just to see what else Cameron came up with.

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I agree with this and I thought that movie was terrible. Terrible but a spectacle.

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It was Dances With Wolves on a far away moon.

But it's still the best 3D movie I've experienced.

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MW03 said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can't say I was that disappointed because I prepared myself to be underwhelmed -- but had you told me that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey would be in The Dark Tower I would have thought it at least would have been competent.

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Mine is The Dark Tower and it's not even close. There isn't enough time in the day to name the problems with the movie and where it fell short. I understand that there isn't time in two hours to do justice to a book series of that breadth, but still. Absolutely maddening.

Conversely, I though Ready Player One did a decent enough job translating the book into a movie. While it wasn't true to the book, the essence of it was there, and the changes they made served the purpose of telling the story on the screen (i.e., the first egg challenge). The book is better, but the movie is fine.

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Moral High Horse said:

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Andrew Dufresne said:

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Black Panther

Massively over hyped

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He was awesome in Civil War. A standalone movie had to be good right? WRONG! Big swing and a miss.

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91_Aggie said:

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MW03 said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can't say I was that disappointed because I prepared myself to be underwhelmed -- but had you told me that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey would be in The Dark Tower I would have thought it at least would have been competent.

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Mine is The Dark Tower and it's not even close. There isn't enough time in the day to name the problems with the movie and where it fell short. I understand that there isn't time in two hours to do justice to a book series of that breadth, but still. Absolutely maddening.

Conversely, I though Ready Player One did a decent enough job translating the book into a movie. While it wasn't true to the book, the essence of it was there, and the changes they made served the purpose of telling the story on the screen (i.e., the first egg challenge). The book is better, but the movie is fine.

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To be fair the dark tower book series is a huge mess... I cannot fathom how people regard that as a good series

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JWinTX said:

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War of the Worlds...just terrible

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The Porkchop Express said:

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I never understand people despising Black Panther, I love that movie and it outperformed everything Marvel has put out other than the last 2 Avengers and Now Way Home by a mile.

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GoAgs92 said:

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Alien 4.

was dragged to see it by a friend of mine.

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agracer said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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I never understand people despising Black Panther, I love that movie and it outperformed everything Marvel has put out other than the last 2 Avengers and Now Way Home by a mile.

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91_Aggie said:

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MW03 said:

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can't say I was that disappointed because I prepared myself to be underwhelmed -- but had you told me that Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey would be in The Dark Tower I would have thought it at least would have been competent.

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Mine is The Dark Tower and it's not even close. There isn't enough time in the day to name the problems with the movie and where it fell short. I understand that there isn't time in two hours to do justice to a book series of that breadth, but still. Absolutely maddening.

Conversely, I though Ready Player One did a decent enough job translating the book into a movie. While it wasn't true to the book, the essence of it was there, and the changes they made served the purpose of telling the story on the screen (i.e., the first egg challenge). The book is better, but the movie is fine.

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To be fair the dark tower book series is a huge mess... I cannot fathom how people regard that as a good series

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