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I musta forgot to tell you that iice is Mrs. Batman. She's in loff with the character more than the movie, so she can still appreciate the spidey movies as the best superhero movies of all time. In as much as I didn't like Superman, I think they were largely handicapped cuz there's really not much material and it'd be a sin to present Superman in a whole new light. He's still the most popular superhero. why? cuz he's super! The story of superman has been mostly the same cuz his love interest has always been Lois, his antagonist has always been Lex Luther, and he's always worked for Daily Planet and so on. Not much to change without spoiling the whole idea. Actually, I hated the film before I saw it.

and, uh, iice, I'll be more careful not to present you as a gun-totting war monger.

What a comeback, akin! Well I don't think I could have put it in a better way than u did, nice take. I liked the 'to whom much is given, ' bit most. Waiting on iice to spill her guts (figuratively) soon. Well I know what viera meant with the dialogue in LOTR but I still think there's a lotta good dialogue in LOTR. My favorite was Two towers where the dialogue was almost like poetry sometimes, but about the longing looks Frodo gives the damn ring, it's annoying. I wonder what makes him sooo strong to be able to resist the ring that's supposedly so powerful.

About Memento being ur best movie of all time, you might get back on the good side of iice. I also loved the movie when I saw it but my memory is kinda low cuz it's been a very long time since.

About everything u said well I think you're right on. And I'm wondering where you've been all this while Viera!

Hey Vieira, you've just refreshed this thread! Nice to know you're knowledgeable. If you read through the previous posts you'll find out we love all these guys. It's just that I didn't want to overflow the polls and get people in a tight corner choosing. Besides those guys are my favorites. If I had increased the list to say 10 I'd have added Ridley definitely, maybe not Tony. Cameron indeed has great repertoire, but I view films in the light of making something outta nothing. Cameron was responsible for making the costliest film of one time, and I liked Titanic only really because it had a great ending. But the bulk of the film is just as good as 'A walk in the clouds' I liked 'Lost' with Hanks more than that film for godsakes. As far as I'm concerned Ridley Scott is the real contender that I guess I should have added but, guess what? I can't! It's not possible to delete, edit or do anything to the poll, except I'm missing something. But to tell you the truth I just couldn't put up all the tightest directors there, nowadays they're just too many.

P.S. I think you'd better hope iice missed the bit about you thinking the LOTR trilogy was 'an overblown tourist guide to kiwi land' I think you're in for it. Brace yourself man.

No disrespect to your people, but I think they're not in the same league with the guys I put in the polls. Great directors no bet, but the major criteria I used to sieve them is consistency and not just one, two or three times hits, out of probably ten. Personally I really like Ridley Scott with his 'shaky cameras' James Cameron in my opinion is a one time guy, Sam Raimi, I got my eyes on. In fact I've had my eyes on him since his, Hercules, Xena etc days. About Lucas, you couldn't be more dead on. Some folks are really fanatic about Star Wars. I like Willow more than anything he's laid his hands on, but then I'm not a regular guy. And iice is even more irregular especially for a gal. But on some thought I think I'll try to add RS, GL, and some other fellows that I think are real contenders. So I don't get people pissed.

And, um, one more thing. Viera, can I assume you're a gunner?

I'll tell you something else that's official. I'm officially ages behind on major movies. iice talking about Beowulf makes me feel like crap. The problem I have can be split into two. One; our friendly neighbourhood pirates are not working close to half the way they used to, thus they come out with udeless movies or too old ones, and unfortunately, even though I like to update my archive, I do not go out of my way to see an old movie out of its prime. Especially when there are tons and tons coming out hot and fresh everyday friggin day. Second part of my problem is even when the pirates come out with good movies, they now fix them among say 19 others that I've either seen before, not seen and not particularly ready to, or so stupid that I'd still not watch even if I was tied up and my eyelids were cut off.

mideval ass-whooping sounds like iice's kinda thing. Beowulf's got that and more packed from what I gather and someone told me the creep, Grendel's mother is so hot that she's on fire. Maybe seductive isn't appropriate to use for her. Well thanks for the warning, I'm not gonna be seeing beowulf with any of my parents anytime soon.

BTW, seeing iice drooling over Beowulf would be priceless, lol

oooooooh creepy

The Exorcist definitely is on my list like everyone
Never saw Saw, lol, but the trailers were appropriately scary
The Ring too was tight,both of em

now adding to the list,

The Omen series, omg, creeped the shitt outta me
The Cell, the one with J-lo
The Texaz chainsaw massacre
The others and Stir of echoes didn't really scare me, but they really great scary films
The ninth gate

there are a lot more that were scary at the time I saw them but won't be now.

well, I just got Heroes last week. Haven't started though. I wanna take my time with it. The Mist huh? I haven't seen any trailer on it but ditto on what iice thinks cuz Stephen King's reign has really passed. I don't think he's trying himself to make any more statements but some how people are still loyal to him and all that. He was great while he lasted though. I'd rather stick to his books than watch movies made from his books. He writes way too much, with more than fifty books to his name, that's what, one book per year non-stop ever. Damn.

About Beowulf, do make sure u see it and tell me what the fuss is all about the computer generated nude Angelina Jolie. I wanna know if it really is that explicit

asada, u ain't raining on anyone's parade writing anything u like on this thread. Afterall Seun is Zeus here. Just say smart stuff and you'll be okay. Ai karamba, I got a call to make

By the time they run out of Miller books what will become of them? hehe, typical thrill junkie, iice. I wonder if you sky dive for kicks. Me? Probably will pass out before touching the ground. When you say trailer, you mean trailer. That means Wanted has been finished. If I were in the US, I'd probably be a set-stalker meaning I'd be stalking film sets and get to know about films and their casts way before they produce them. Or better still (and legal too) I'd work for one giant film studio, say Newline and will have to do with whatever we come up with. With the way y'all go on about Heroes, I'll definitely get it. Hiro this, Takeo that. The name of the series fooled me. It seemed too bland and I thought it was some kind of a inspirational stuff.

Lol, iice. So you dig Benicio huh? What about his voice. Come to think of it I think I dig everybody in that movie except the yellow blooded reptilus son of the demented mayor or was it a governor? If Elijah Wood's character wasn't a sick cannibal he'd be my second favorite after Rourke's. I remember when I was reading Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, and this alien inhabiting a human used the power of the mind to make another guy drive a pen through his eye-ball (get ready) and into his brain! Now that's gangsta!

Jiddah get ready for a flood. iice go easy on her! About endings, I don't really dig too happy ending where every single one of the good guys make it through. I like endings that leave you saying 'oh damn!' like in that that Snoop's movie Jimmy Bones or something. A realistic ending like iin Coach Carter too is great, (not a great film, but a sensible ending) 300 too where everybody bit the dust? Now that's what I'm talking about. Going to buy Heroes before the week runs out. I'm really suffering being away from home. I should have been seeing these things pre-season, hehe.

She's the hottest thing in Naija right now, at least to those who got brains. And I've only seen her Greenland video. If what whizkidd says is anything to go by then I'm in for a rollercoaster ride. She's got class!

If her hit song is anything to go by, then her dad isn't doing her any good and she really needs to go to rehab and start saying yes, yes, yes. I kinda like her rebellious attitude though, but she still needs to get real!

quite so!

It's good to know y'all keep such an ardent track of all these fellas. In retrospect,, I think I done messed up especially with triple A. I should have remembered him a couple of of the films y'all mentioned, emphasis on Bourne Identity and The Legionnaire. So, uh, Jiddah, did u like Bourne Identity or it was too gory for ya. You see, iice, when it comes to violence, you and Jiddah are completely opposites.

Virtuosity, I remember clearly. I even saw a documentary of Washington's travails and there was considerable spotlight on Virtuosity. I didn't really like the movie when I saw it sometime in '97 or so. I didn't even think anything of Russell Crowe, the crazy glass man. Be nice to the lil people cuz you don't know where they might pop up. I really didn't see an oscar winner in him, but I guess his role didn't do him much.

About Chiwetel, it's great to know. There have been a lot of Nigerian acts in the scenes and Africans in general. Apart from Djimon Hounsou (I hope I got that right) none has really got to be steady. This baloon navigator guy in The mummy returns (nigerian) and the top hench man for the evil professor too I think is African. Then there is this lady in Hotel Rwanda (nigerian). All these people show up and dissapear or get lil roles that don't make you realise they're there.

American gangsters wasn't that good? ow! What nationality was Crowe supposed to be playing?

I still do not know about the POD sound track you guys are talking about and it's driving me crazy. You guys tell me the performers of the track already!

About POTC. You're totally correct, Spikyn. I was actually wondering myself how a conventional DID (damsel in distress) turns out to be one hell of a vixen not to mention the little thing of being a pirate lord. Also I couldn't really place whether Jack Sparrow was supposed to be a brave gallant pirate (if there's such a thing) or a two timing bastard with allegiance to nobody or at least the highest bidder. Nothing we can do about that anyways.

Ditto a lot of stuff about the Matrix. But their good points overwhelmed their flaws. For instance, I frankly identify with the plausibilty of the story. I actually believe it could have happened. In say like year 2639 or so. P.O.D? The only P.O.D. song I know was performed by Bone Thugs And Harmony who I'm a #1 fan of BTW. I didn't notice it in the movie. You might be refering to some thing else or I am not paying attention.

Street fighter was really great. Considering again that it was made when gaming was (in contrast with today's standard) grossly undeveloped. Nice! But it won't be easy with Tekken cuz I used to play Tekken 3 and I didn't notice any story in the game. The guys just kick each other's asses. Maybe Nintendo's Killer Instinct will be a good try. It'll be like Mortal Kombat.

lafile:
Simple Drama. No intrigue, no suspense. Plain and simple

I'd say that is a recipe for disaster! At least for me.

The orgy, huh? I was even wondering what the significance of that scene was. I guess there going back to their roots. Their primitive roots. But I had a good laugh hearing you guys complain about it.

Now it'll be a nightmare to suddenly see Pirates of the carribean; Guess who's back. We all knew how many installments there were gonna be, like LOTR and The matrix cuz the stories were left hanging. But I understand POTC is a series of books too, but I've not come across them. I hope there's nothing left in the books to inspire them. It'll be truly horrible.

Kevin Costner as a director? Dances with the wolves. Got himself two smooth oscars for best director and best picture. I've not really seen it. I think he directed Waterworld too and one other I forget.

I like the guy a lot. But he seems to be too busy earlier. Now he's going back to the way he was.

Giving all the X-men the spot-light? You're really a cracker, iice. I was laughing harder than the first time.

OK, I think you've got a coupla points there mate. I can see where you're coming from. But at the time I saw Reloaded, I was too busy tripping for the effects than to care where the story's headed and which route it was taking. As for Dead man's chest, I had already concluded that POTC was fantasy/black comedy so I was less concerned about absurdities or who was repenting and who we thought could have an iota of good in him. Just hated the third one where I found the cursed crew of the Flying dutchman way weaker than they look. As in freaking way weaker. Nobody of the good guys camp even died. That sucks the reality out it for me.

I'll give you your big toe back and even add Scofield's since you think so highly of my Bourne. Hehehe. Have got to go now!

Yo, Spikyn! We've missed ya man, really! Me and iice have been getting by haven't we?

Feeling refreshed already, though I'll be unavailable for the better part of today due to some attachments. Anyways it seems I'm the only one not really getting to see many movies nowadays. That'll change soon. Just committed to a lot of things at the moment. That's my problem anyway.

On Ben Affleck, I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt plus the benefit of the subtle endorsement of Morgan Freeman. Keeping my fingers crossed. If he gets this right, I suspect he might wanna stick around and make a career outta this. well whatever, dude! Goodluck.

About the matrix and POTC having blasted sequels, I might want your big toe, spikyn. In the Matrix, the first one had a story, the second had special fx and the last had conclusion and real bad-ass warfare. I think the first one was the best in some ways but the reloaded was great too. POTC on the other hand came across to me like this; the Dead man's chest is my favorite and I hated 'at world's end' But if I had seen it independently of Dead man's chest, I might have liked it, but in relation to Dead man's chest, it sucks!

I hope you mean that you like Bourne better than Bond, cuz I do, though akin's a fanatical fan of Bond. Wanna know your opinion too iice. I just Craig won't totally spoil the Bond tradition with his lack of charm and suave. iice called him the first blond Bond, fancy that! it's even got a rhyme to it!

Eyah seems very appropriate from me too, cuz I feel your pain with the 'it's complicated' cliche. It's overused and only does nothing but escalate issues. What can't be helped must be endured, huh?

Now on to iice. The golden army (thank God it has a subtitle). I'm beginning to be hopeful, very hopeful indeed. It's like it's a trend in hollywood, once they find a well of novel ideas they wanna drill it until it's dry. That's what they are doing with the comic genre. Everybody wants a piece of he action. I heard they're gonna do a film exclusively on wolverine. ok, no wahala, he's always been a lone ranger anyway. Just don't make my kids say we suck in our time.

iice, it's freaking hilarious what you said about Keitel playing Jerry Springer. I said that as like the most off-chance adaptation and guess what bites me in the ass. Never say never, huh?

I saw Sinbad and the 7 seas too when I was very young. First I had a problem with the gorilla that played Sinbad, doesn't even look Arab. The vicar, now that wasn't bad, but sinbad, phtuee! That image spoiled everything for me. But I liked the story too. Kinda like Hercules' 12 labours. American Gangster is definitely good. I'm very happy with Crowe being chosen cuz he's good at playing one of those Depression days struck fellows with a beret and scrawny jacket. i don't really know anything about the film, just going by a friend's recommendation. Says he saw some reviews on it. Can't blame the critics, that's their job. If you're worth being chewed by them, at least that will advertise your product, innit?

Good old obsessed iice.

Lemme be the second to say welcome, Powerofmap. I loved Pinky and the Brain too. Do you see Freakazoid too. Poppin'

They should specify that it's the third best in terms of quantity. Sheer bulk of rubbish, but the rubbish is selling! A pity!

Yetunday clearly doesn't know iice. Gladiator's got a lot of slashing but isn't lacking emotion. Even though A beautiful mind is a beautiful film, I think I'll side with iice on this one. Though she loves Gladiator for reasons that you can't begin to fathom, I like it for other reasons too. It made me cry. I can't believe how my emotions stir up when I'm watching make-believe! I guess it's a detached part of me that's crying. Kinda like my heart's crying and my head is shaking its head, disgusted. oh well, Gladiator rocks!

Because girls are girls and guys are guys!

In one word, congratulations! He wanted to dump anyway, and even if he takes you back he's gonna cheat on you to your face. Find someone else who'll cherish you. If a girl I didn't even love fights for me I'd be deeply moved. Maybe that'll push me over the edge and fall proverbially in love with her. Now here's this schmuck who gets rid of a perfectly good girl because of what would have driven me crazy.