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[The Skeleblock]

Being a fan of famous movies I've never seen, I used my fancy dance...y... DVR to record Alfred Hitchcock's (lolcock) famous Rear Window. What I got was a totally unacceptable TV special starring Christopher Reeve in possibly the only role ever perfect for him. I declared "This is totally unacceptable!" and promptly deleted it.

So I watched a bit of the real version and decided it was pretty cool, but I haven't finished it yet. He's a good director, this Alfred Hitchcock fellow. Thoughts, comments, reassuring descriptions of clouds?

[Maelstrom]

Can't comment on what I've never seen. Well I can, but not in this case.

[The Skeleblock]

Ever see the Simpsons episode when Bart breaks his leg and thinks Flanders murdered Maude? Well, its nothing like that at all.

[Skull]

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Psycho are cinematic masterpieces as was many of his other films including Rear Window. Now while I have not seen the latter all the way through, what I can say is this: it does not dissapoint. That Shia Lebeouf remake that came out a few years ago was absolute shit.

So yeah...uh.....was that the kind of comments you were gearing for?

[The Skeleblock]

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Psycho are cinematic masterpieces as was many of his other films including Rear Window. Now while I have not seen the latter all the way through, what I can say is this: it does not dissapoint. That Shia Lebeouf remake that came out a few years ago was absolute shit.

So yeah...uh.....was that the kind of comments you were gearing for?

Absolutely. I'm a fan of The Birds and Psycho myself, but these three films are the only Hitchcock flicks I'm really familiar with.

[Skull]

Vertigo is also a good flick to look into...been ages since I've seen it though. I distinctly remember liking it never the less.

[kspr]

psycho was meh. i just cant appreciate old movies because ive been conditioned to like things that are far more violent and gratuitous. but such is the natural progression of being.

[Skull]

Well the thing about Psycho is not the violence and gore. Like all of his other work, it more works on the mind of the viewer. Its more a psychological thriller than about a homicidal maniac.

[The Skeleblock]

It's aged pretty well, at that. No other film has me fixated on a character like Bates so hard. And fast.

[Stars]

I've never watched any of his movies.
James Cameron, on teh other hand, is teh ownage.

[The Skeleblock]

Look at me, I'm James Cameron. I make Avatar and Terminator and Titanic and I have lots of money hurr durr

[kspr]

Look at me, I'm James Cameron. I make Avatar and Terminator and Titanic and I have lots of money hurr durr

a truer statement ive never heard.

but look at that right there, thats the example of adventure, action, and drama that youre going to use as the basis for your measurement of everything else youll ever see.

[Stars]

What? What the hell did that even mean, Skele/Kasper?

[Skull]

James Cameron is a bafoon who can't really direct a movie without tons of nature/physical/logical plot holes unless its a story based upon an all ready written and preconceived story as in the Terminator. Believe it or not, it was a short story long before it was a movie. That's why its easily, and by far, Cameron's best movie.

[The Skeleblock]

James Cameron is a bafoon who can't really direct a movie without tons of nature/physical/logical plot holes unless its a story based upon an all ready written and preconceived story as in the Terminator. Believe it or not, it was a short story long before it was a movie. That's why its easily, and by far, Cameron's best movie.

Don't forget that Titanic is also based off a true story. Funny thing is he turned a comedic event into a drama.

[Skull]

Don't forget that Titanic is also based off a true story. Funny thing is he turned a comedic event into a drama.

Yeah, what the hell? Seriously.

[The Skeleblock]

Too soon?

[Stars]

Comedic? Buddy...
Also, who cares why the movie was good, or that it costed approx. $240 million to make? Avatar was the shiznit.

[Skull]

Too soon?

I was agreeing with you. Maybe the inflection didn't come across.

And Avatar? Really? The movie was awful. Half way through the movie, up untill the end, I was just, "wait...What? WHY?" Its......its pretty. That's about it. Story was old and stale, plot was rather boring, and for a movie about life and nature, it really didn't get the whole nature thing too well. I could point out all of the ecological, not to mention just plain logical, flaws with the movie, but at this time I wont, cause more than likely nobody cares.

[Stars]

It's now that I say that we're each entitled to our own opinion? And maybe I'm suggesting that I like it more than I actually do, but it's still about a 9/10 for me, a point off for it's predictability.