Saw Captain Phillips two nights ago. Now that is a damn good movie, and I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. It truly captures how intense the situation of the movie was in real life when it actually happened back in 2009. |
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I've watched a whole bunch of movies with casey affleck and christian bale in them, I gotta say they really sucked in all of them. |
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Saw Captain Phillips two nights ago. Now that is a damn good movie, and I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. It truly captures how intense the situation of the movie was in real life when it actually happened back in 2009. |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
But I'm A Cheerleader. While the plot can be considered cliche, it's a wonderful movie. Plus younger Natasha Lyonne is the cutest. |
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Just finished watching Ghost in the Shell. Watching one of the inspirations for the Matrix was rewarding enough, but in this movie such questions are presented in a more radically way than in his spiritual sequel (s), and left me even more introspective |
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The Matrix is based off The Invisibles. Where did you hear it drew influence from GITS? Maybe the sequels since they went a different direction from The Invisibles. The trilogy would have been a lot better if it just kept ripping off The Invisibles though. |
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Last edited by Original Poster; 01-27-2014 at 01:22 AM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Erm, the Wachowski Brothers said themselves :p? Along with other elements of the production team, etc. |
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Last edited by Zoth; 01-27-2014 at 01:35 AM.
I finally got around to Prometheus last week and yeah, it was pretty weak. It did, however, spur me to re-watch all of the Alien movies, none of which I've seen in over a decade. I'm only halfway through number 3, but the first two (and number 3 so far) were just brilliant. The Giger designs in the first one were gorgeous and Sigourney Weaver was genuinely compelling through all three. I enjoy the 'futures past' vibe of a spaceship loaded with vector drawings on tiny CRTs, too |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
I also believe the Matrix was heavily inspired by the book Neuromancer (which is a great read). It really set the ground for many of the elements in the Matrix, and was pretty much the first to do the whole 'jacking in to the matrix' concept, way back when. |
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Dream Journal: Dreamwalker Chronicles Latest Entry: 01/02/2016 - "Hallway to Haven" (Lucid)(Or see the very best of my journal entries @ dreamwalkerchronicles.blogspot)
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~~{Look at my hands}-{Find a light switch}-{Eat something}~~
Since I had been writing, that I had a phase of looking for movies around motives of psychiatry and psychology - I got to mention the wonderful "A Beautiful Mind" part docu with himself speaking, too - part re-enactment of the life of John Nash, famous mathematician with a nobel prize and a psychotic condition. |
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Last edited by StephL; 01-28-2014 at 01:32 AM.
The influences you are talking about are more superficial than anything. For one, GITS isn't really robots vs humans, I mean the antagonist is an AI but his goal isn't to enslave humanity. All you really got that holds up is green letters and plugging cords into the body. The Invisibles is where the plot and characters of the Matrix come from. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
It should be enough that the W. Brothers mentioned it as an inspiration, but you're assuming inspiration regarding something means you got to pick certain elements from it and splatter them into your movie. The philosophy and the theme of GITS is clearly presented in the matrix, and when I say robots vs humans, I'm referring to lifeform ideology, not "dispute": you can see this very clearly when neo and smith talk, the merovingian meeting, etc etc. So if you can't see there's more than the "Jack in", then....can't help you. |
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Yess, yess, yess - that's the one!! |
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The Hobbit 2- Amazing. See it. |
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I dream a lot, need not be asleep.
Saw You're Next recently, and I thought it was pretty chill. |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Watched Bad Grandpa yesterday. I don't think I've ever laughed so much before in my life! It's so great because it's not only funny to begin with, but they filmed the movie with a lot of non-actors. It was like a movie happening in real life, and it was hilarious. |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Last film I saw was The Dark Knight Rises (I decided to watch it again about 2 days ago), I honestly think Christopher Nolan is the best director out there atm. Apart from that I watched Bad Grandpa on my ipad a few days ago, great movie, had me in stitches! |
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Penny: So what do you say Sheldon, are we your X-men?
Sheldon: No, the X-men were named for the X in Charles Xavier. Since I am Sheldon Cooper, you will be, my C-men.
Oh man, you could check out my Letterboxd account for this stuff. Anyone else here have an LB account? |
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I just really, really enjoyed 'Limitless'!! |
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Last edited by StephL; 02-20-2014 at 09:45 AM.
You're next is awesome, that girl killed it! And so was Robocop...loved it. |
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Watched Robocop. Absolutely loved it, great remake. Wont be long before they actually have machines like that in the near future. |
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Just saw Thor: The Dark World. It was pretty good I'd say. |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971) |
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I've just seen Beginners (2011). It's a drama (based on a true story) starring Ewan McGregor as an introverted man whose father, a 75 year old widower, "comes out" and lives his new gay life to the full. |
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