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Re: LEGO Theatrical "trailer"
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Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:22:25 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2001, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.year.2001, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > I guess it's all about setting your expectations correctly when deciding what
> > movie to see. I wasn't expecting American Beauty or Fight Club (both of
> > which
> > really had something to say, IMHO). I wasn't even expecting Raiders of the
> > Lost Ark or Die Hard. I was just expecting to have a laugh and a good time,
> > and I did.
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> Taste is, of course, an individual matter,
Ayup.
> but since the movie was
> attempting to be about D&D, it was beholden in large measure to the spirit
> of the game.
That's true. Like I said, that was the biggest disappointment about the movie.
> Having said that, I have to say that Fight Club was one of the most
> overblown, overdone, and overlong pieces of film I've ever seen.
Hmm. Have you read the novel? What did you think was overblown or overdone
about it? Did you not like the basic premise? Did you feel that it's basic
message was counter to your own feelings about life?
eric
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| (...) Indeed. Among my complaints: -Stupid Dragons- In my gaming experience, dragons are highly intelligent and cunning, and will just as quickly cast a spell at you as they would use a breath weapon. In this movie, they were basically flying (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: LEGO Theatrical "trailer" Fight Club Spoilers!
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| (...) Haven't read the novel. I wasn't too wowed by the message, which has been done to death elsewhere (perhaps the novel preceded that, but the film presented nothing new to me in that way.) That whole treatment of identity is a foundation piece (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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