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I was so disappointed with Robin Hood. I was expecting an awesome movie like Gladiator and got a ok movie instead

My problem with Robin Hood was that it wasn't a story that needed to be told. For some bizarre reason they decided to make a [I]prequel[/I] - was anyone asking to see how and why Robin became this renowned outlaw? Comparatively, [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070608/]the best Robin Hood adaptation[/url] wastes almost no time on backstory. It spends less than a minute establishing the necessary "the King is away, so Prince John is in charge. Robin Hood is an outlaw who robs the rich to feed the poor. He works with Little John and some Merry Men, and is in love with Maid Marian" so we can get on with the story. By comparison, Scott's bland version waits until the end of the movie before Robin is even declared an outlaw. Also the movie was slow and forgettable.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;44125505]My problem with Robin Hood was that it wasn't a story that needed to be told. For some bizarre reason they decided to make a [I]prequel[/I] - was anyone asking to see how and why Robin became this renowned outlaw? Comparatively, [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070608/]the best Robin Hood adaptation[/url] wastes almost no time on backstory. It spends less than a minute establishing the necessary "the King is away, so Prince John is in charge. Robin Hood is an outlaw who robs the rich to feed the poor. He works with Little John and some Merry Men, and is in love with Maid Marian" so we can get on with the story. By comparison, Scott's bland version waits until the end of the movie before Robin is even declared an outlaw. Also the movie was slow and forgettable.[/QUOTE] I think you mean this is the best Robin Hood [IMG]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robinhoodmenintights.jpg[/IMG]

not one arrow, but [I]six[/I] arrows

watched The Conjuring - 7/10 nothing really amazing here, but it kept me entertained for awhile

[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;44124764]Ye Robin Hood was sooooo great[/QUOTE] I haven't seen that one, so I can't really pass judgement on it.

Black Hawk Down 4/5 Finally went out and bought it. Still one of my all time favorite war films.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;44132127]12 Years a Slave- 9.5/10 A very cruel, haunting film. This is pretty much like the Schindler's List of slavery movies. I thought it did an incredible job at depicting slavery as an awful thing, but never going over the top to the point where every white person is seen as an evil piece of shit. I loved the use of extremely long shots, especially during a scene near the end. Really intense stuff. Definitely recommended.[/QUOTE] one of my favorite scenes are the ones when the music is timed up with what's going on visually like when solomon is on the boat in the beginning of the movie and the beat of the quite distressing music is sort-of synced with the boat's engine

Johnny Mnemonic, 9/10. Awesome film, would recommend

Why not the kevin costner robin hood, I like that one

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;44128027]I haven't seen that one, so I can't really pass judgement on it.[/QUOTE] it was so mediocre the truth is, Scott hasn't made a really great film since Black Hawk Down.

gravity very good out of ten

It's amazing how different the experience of watching gravity on a TV is compared to the theatre.

[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;44136545]it was so mediocre the truth is, Scott hasn't made a really great film since Black Hawk Down.[/QUOTE] Matchstick men? American Gangster? Kingdom of Heaven (directors cut)?? And I liked the Counselor quite a bit, ut mostly if you picture it as a McCarthy text (even if it treads very similar ground as No Country) and even ifyou didn't like it I think Ridley Scotts direction was strong

[QUOTE=Scot;44136611]It's amazing how different the experience of watching gravity on a TV is compared to the theatre.[/QUOTE] doubt it's better than empty theatre

Watched Big Night starring Stanley Tucci. Was hoping for more, when it simply just sorta ended and left me hanging there. 6.5/10 The Iron Giant Fucking great movie, a shame it didn't earn as much. Nice and short. 8/10

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;44124658]But Scott's track record for historical epics has been pretty good so far. Kingdom of Heaven is perhaps one of his best films and depending on how they're tackling the book of Exodus, I can imagine it being stellar.[/QUOTE]Book of Exodus and Moses' life is one of the best stories in the Old Testament. Certainly more interesting film-wise than Noah. The only thing that Ridley Scott has to do to make it a masterpiece is to make live-action remake of Prince of Egypt. Seriously, that film was magnificent when I was a child and I like to watch it again from time to time.

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;44134846]Johnny Mnemonic, 9/10. Awesome film, would recommend[/QUOTE] Thank you now I finally remember where I knew Elysiums biggest plot points from

[IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa147f42b186ea96b111660f66848bfe/tumblr_n1y7o2fdwX1qzsuffo1_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/4bfb2665cffe0e9f9cc949822c817e5a/tumblr_n1y7o2fdwX1qzsuffo2_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://24.media.tumblr.com/52e00d0377e5cdfcd3c0572a1b773a80/tumblr_n1y7o2fdwX1qzsuffo3_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://31.media.tumblr.com/7b29ea21291627e1c33f4d8fd25a33d2/tumblr_n1y7o2fdwX1qzsuffo4_r1_500.jpg[/IMG] here is every film by a woman director to be nominated for best picture, of a total of 512 films. Sobering. Sexism is rampant in Hollywood. Katheryn Bigelow is also the only woman to ever win best director (of 4 in total, all white), and iirc the only woman to ever direct a Best Picture winner. , Ang Lee is the only Asian to win Best Director. No black man has ever won best director. 12 Years a Slave is the first film directed by a black man to win best picture. Sexism is ripe from the bottom up in Hollywood.

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i think its pretty sad

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;44139155]here is every film by a woman director to be nominated for best picture, of a total of 512 films. Sobering. Sexism is rampant in Hollywood. Katheryn Bigelow is also the only woman to ever win best director (of 4 in total, all white), and iirc the only woman to ever direct a Best Picture winner. , Ang Lee is the only Asian to win Best Director. No black man has ever won best director. 12 Years a Slave is the first film directed by a black man to win best picture. Sexism is ripe from the bottom up in Hollywood.[/QUOTE] If you expect every year in 10 nominees for Best Picture to have 5 men and 5 women, from which 3 of them are white, 3 of them are black, 3 of them are Asian with one being a mix of all of them, then you're deluded. Can you name as much female directors as male ones? I can name about four female directors being alive and and active today. Similar thing with black directors. Is it because they don't get any chance in Hollywood? I doubt it, I'd say there's just less of them working in the industry. With Asian there's much better, but majority of them is working in their native country, not Hollywood, so they're not eligible. I agree with you, that Hollywood after all is still ruled by the same old white men with most of them being Jewish nationality. But it's not that bad as you're trying to present. Thirty, forty years ago? Maybe, but not now.

im not saying that minorities etc would get equal spread since there are less of them (but there are lots of foreign films that qualify for the Oscars and get ignored, not calling racism or anything but it'll be political, as in the general public are less interested in foreign films so they'd attract less viewers, hence the foreign languages category. It at least gives recognition to films that'd otherwise be ignored)but I mean men and women is a 50/50 split. and it's not like women don't/won't work in the industry... It just seems like the further up the filmmaking foodchain you go, the less women you find. It's getting better for sure but I do think it's safe to assume sexism is there. I mean [URL="http://www.indiewire.com/article/gender-inequality-film-in-infographic-form"]just look at this infographic[/URL]. Says it all really.

I dont think the oscars or hollywood are the problem, theyre just part of a much bigger thing. Aka the oscars arent sexist because women dont get awards for filmmaking, its more that the sexism present everywhere else makes it so that not a lot of women get into filmmaking in the first place

Yes.

Rust and Bone straight 9/10 might be one of the best dramas I've seen in recent years, the ending is weird but follows one of the films premises that unlikely stuff sometimes just happens and we gotta deal with it [editline]5th March 2014[/editline] The Soundtrack is awesome too

Zero Dark Thirty was terrible

I think its cos I have a tumblr [editline]6th March 2014[/editline] But really I do t see how I'm looking too deep I mean literally only 1 in 5 people who work in Hollywood is a woman is that not at least heavily questionable?

[QUOTE=usaokay;44140394]How's the Hunger Games sequel? Is it worth the rent?[/QUOTE] If you liked the first one then yeah. But personally I thought it was pretty bad.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;44141862]I think its cos I have a tumblr [editline]6th March 2014[/editline] But really I do t see how I'm looking too deep I mean literally only 1 in 5 people who work in Hollywood is a woman is that not at least heavily questionable?[/QUOTE] I guess women just aren't that into film making. Who gives a shit even, though. Apart from you.