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[Tahrgat]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

watched John Carter again ..

great film, just horribly marketed.

Had they called it John Carter Warlord of Mars as they should have - it would have helped.

loved the airships - gorgeous.

I was very surprised at how good this film was. I saw it in theaters despite the bad trailer and bad press. One of the best modern adaptations of a pulp fiction story brought to the screen that I have seen. If the new Star Wars films or the remake of Conan would have been better then they could have been this good. So as it is move over 1980's Flash Gordon because your awesome cheesiness has been replaced.

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Tahrgat

I was very surprised at how good this film was. I saw it in theaters despite the bad trailer and bad press. One of the best modern adaptations of a pulp fiction story brought to the screen that I have seen. If the new Star Wars films or the remake of Conan would have been better then they could have been this good. So as it is move over 1980's Flash Gordon because your awesome cheesiness has been replaced.

NOTHING, I repeat - NOTHING will ever replace Flash Gorgon!!!

one is pulp, the other is camp .. 2 different animals - as far as the handling of the material goes.

John Carter is a ton of fun, but Flash Gordon is one of my top 5 films of all time..
I still have the soundtrack on constant rotation :)

[Tahrgat]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

NOTHING, I repeat - NOTHING will ever replace Flash Gorgon!!!

one is pulp, the other is camp .. 2 different animals - as far as the handling of the material goes.

John Carter is a ton of fun, but Flash Gordon is one of my top 5 films of all time..
I still have the soundtrack on constant rotation :)

I concede

[urgeok2]

Originally Posted by Tahrgat

I concede

well, I was speaking personally :)

not everyone worships Flash the way I do.
I still remember seeing it in the theatres .. I was hooked deep

[ChronoGrl]

I've never seen Flash. My only context is within the movie Ted and those scenes were AMAZING.

[urgeok2]

fantastic movie in every possible way - a near perfect film.

I finally got to meet Sam Jones a couple of years ago :) and Melanie Anderson before that ..

[Tahrgat]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

well, I was speaking personally :)

not everyone worships Flash the way I do.
I still remember seeing it in the theatres .. I was hooked deep

I was born four years later. Must have been quite an experience watching this one on the big screen. I still have had no luck convincing my wife to watch this film with me. Its really just non-stop entertaining from beginning to end. Not in my top ten, but I do enjoy it thoroughly.

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

fantastic movie in every possible way - a near perfect film.

I finally got to meet Sam Jones a couple of years ago :) and Melanie Anderson before that ..

Saw a pantomime version of Jack and the Beanstalk a few years ago with Brian Blessed as Captain Hook. They managed to slip in a "Gordon's aliiive (live-live-live)" which went down particularly well.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

Have you seen both the original and the remake? I read (Rue Morgue maybe?) that they liked the remake better... I'm curious about both regardless.


Thanks for the review on this one. I really want to see it but that running time is really prohibitive...

I'm pretty certain Roshiq has seen both versions and liked the original the best.



And you're welcome.
Remember, the movie is nominated for a Golden Globe and won the Golden Palm in Cannes this year. So some people must have appreciated all 3 hours. :)

[ChronoGrl]

:danger:

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Last night watched Don Jon (2013)

Liked it a lot. It was fun to watch (JGL and ScarJo were hilarious). Great directorial debut from JGL with both laughs and a lot of heart.