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Spielberg “fixed” one scene that I always thought was wrong. When the police were waiting for the kids on bikes (at the end) they had guns! This made the police really awful. He digitally changed it to walkie talkies. He also added a scene in Close Encounters where as Dryfuss’s car travelled across the desert, the shadow of a flying saucer could be seen.

But, you, made a true artist is never satisfied with his work, he just has to end it at a certain point. Of course today there is a technology that previous generations did not have.

Tolkien first wrote the Hobbit, then the Lord of the Rings, which originally was just one book. He then went back and rewrote the Hobbit to match the Lord of the Rings. But he couldn’t fix everything. It actually took until computers were used for his son to go in and fix a few things. So it took 35 years.

Lucas was never that good of a director and could never write real dialogue and that is why the last three movies were not as good as the first. He had Lawrence Kasdan writing and two others directing. I think it is baloney why he said he stopped.

The saddest thing of all is that fewer and fewer people, especially people over 30, are going to the movies. True Grit didn’t cost a fortune and did very well. So they make a simple western, The Lone Ranger for $250 million. Why? To get those kids in.

But it’s not just movies. They only make network TV shows for that age bracket too.
 
Let me tell you a secret, don’t tell the others.

About a decade ago, after being totally spoiled with my big setup, I found it difficult to watch my Sony 25 incher in the bedroom. So I began to change things.

I got a Pioneer Elite 50 incher, a Marantz 8002 receiver, I put in six in wall speakers, three in the front, three in the back, a small sub-woofer that is in the ceiling and when I bought my Oppo 105 I put the 95 in the bedroom. My installer says that I have a better bedroom system that most of his customers have in the living room!

So when I watch a “small” movie or almost all the TV shows on Blue Ray and regular TV I am often comfortably in bed and feel spoiled as hell.

Yet, even small black and white movies, such as Casablanca and the Day the Earth Stood Still are majestic on the big screen, with bigger sound.

But there are days and late evenings that I enjoy just lying down and watching something in bed.
 
Spielberg “fixed” one scene that I always thought was wrong. When the police were waiting for the kids on bikes (at the end) they had guns! This made the police really awful.

But here's the thing: It's the true and sad reality; back then and still now, and most likely tomorrow.

He digitally changed it to walkie talkies. He also added a scene in Close Encounters where as Dryfuss’s car travelled across the desert, the shadow of a flying saucer could be seen.

Yep; you can do almost anything today.

But, you, made a true artist is never satisfied with his work, he just has to end it at a certain point. Of course today there is a technology that previous generations did not have.

Three letters: C.G.I.

Lucas was never that good of a director and could never write real dialogue and that is why the last three movies were not as good as the first. He had Lawrence Kasdan writing and two others directing. I think it is baloney why he said he stopped.

'Star Wars' (1977) was huge at the movie theaters, in America. ...It defined the American mentality back then, and still now. ...I truly think.

Lucas uses a language for kids.
Spielberg uses kids.
Gibson shows the gory reality.
Scott has flair.
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The saddest thing of all is that fewer and fewer people, especially people over 30, are going to the movies. True Grit didn’t cost a fortune and did very well. So they make a simple western, The Lone Ranger for $250 million. Why? To get those kids in.

But it’s not just movies. They only make network TV shows for that age bracket too.

The Coen brothers, I simply love them! ... 'True Grit' and all.

$250 million for 'The Lorne Ranger'! ...Bring me back my innocence, my youth right now! :D

TV? I don't watch TV, ever! ...It's mostly all crap anyway. ...FOX, CNN, and all that shit! ...This guy abducted this young little 'barbie' girl, .... and everything they analyse, and people love sad and sick news, and that's what Americans are starving for.

* In the Sahara desert, they drove camels, not couches in front of their TVs! ...In the Himalayas, they climb rocky mountains covered of snow so that they can reach the sky higher.
 
Let me tell you a secret, don’t tell the others.

About a decade ago, after being totally spoiled with my big setup, I found it difficult to watch my Sony 25 incher in the bedroom. So I began to change things.

I got a Pioneer Elite 50 incher, a Marantz 8002 receiver, I put in six in wall speakers, three in the front, three in the back, a small sub-woofer that is in the ceiling and when I bought my Oppo 105 I put the 95 in the bedroom. My installer says that I have a better bedroom system that most of his customers have in the living room!

So when I watch a “small” movie or almost all the TV shows on Blue Ray and regular TV I am often comfortably in bed and feel spoiled as hell.

Yet, even small black and white movies, such as Casablanca and the Day the Earth Stood Still are majestic on the big screen, with bigger sound.

But there are days and late evenings that I enjoy just lying down and watching something in bed.

I'll tell no one. :)

* I believe that Joe too is a "bedroom" person.
 
Last night ::

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* Don't believe the title; there is nothing "haywire" about this flick, it's just a double-cross trap! ;)
-> Thin script, shaky and grainy picture, sub-par audio, lack of interest, lack of action, lack of direction, lack of passion, lack of everything. ...Soderbergh is just getting deeper and deeper at going down.
 
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* I like Gerard but not particularly that flick.
{The body count (killed people) is very high, so not for everyone's taste. And with Antoine Fuqua as the director, those 'kills' are realistic, so even more realistically disturbing, and it's just a film!}
 
I re-watched this last night ::

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* I do 'recall' the very nice/polished picture quality, and good sound. ...The future looks futuristic, all in CGI. ;)
It's a fine sci-fi flick. ...And the re-experiencing value, for me, is also fine. ...Fine, for me, means just above 55%, and up to 65%, for the film itself.
 
Re-watched ::

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* This one too has a nice/clean/polished/detailed picture quality to it (Tom's and Olga's faces), and good surround sound.
The flick itself, after a second viewing? ...Not so much, but still better than a bunch of others.
...Hollywood fare, no more no less.

- And if I re-watched it, that means some' important enough in my cinematic book.
 
Last night I revisited this Snowboarding Documentary; 'The Art of Flight' | 3D ... Before I watched the 2D version, which was amazingly 3D enough.

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Click on the above picture cover ^ for a very good 'apercu' on this extremely highly recommended Documentary.
...It is short, only 80 minutes, but beats anything Hollywood out there.

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Last night I started watching/listening to this ::

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* I need few days because it is over 480 minutes long.
 
Bob, I hope this makes you laugh. There is a downside to such a wonderful site like his and to your perpetual question. I feel guilty if I don't listen or watch anything special! I had a busy day and just wanted to read a newspaper and read a book. I just read the bio of Al Capp. I got a few unseen blu rays...the Hobbit and TheLife of Pi but haven't felt like watching them. And sometimes I just want to see a "bad" TV show. Oh well, tomorrow's another day.
 
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