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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:58 am

Not if it takes them a bloody eternity to sink, no. Especially not if I'm supposed to wait out said eternity watching LdC and KW get kinky.
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:59 am

Well, you could watch Leo die!
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:01 am

That took him an eternity as well.

I prefer the Bismarck.
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:03 am

I'd say Pearl Harbor, but the movie was too damn annoying too. And way too long for being a surprise attack!
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:04 am

Yah. Come to think of it, is there a proper movie about sinking ships? I can't think of one. They're all annoying, exceptionally long-winded, or both... :shock:
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:08 am

U-571? The Hunt for Red October? (I've seen them both, but can't really remember how they were)
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:09 am

I saw both, but remember neither. So they weren't too impressive, or I was drunk. Or both ;)
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Post by darkhorse » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:23 am

Both of them (U-571, I like the movie but...and Red October) took too long to sink.

Almost like the Posiedon Adventure...

But then again, anything with more than five minutes of Steve Guttenberg is too long anyway.
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:57 am

This reminds me of another movie where it takes bloody ages to sink a ship: The Perfect Storm.
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Post by darkhorse » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:07 pm

Yeah, you would think, with a Perfect Storm, the bloody thing would have sunk in about 2 seconds, but NOOOOO....*sigh*
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:37 pm

Depends on how you look at it.... The storm obviously was perfect to make a long-winded movie of.
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Post by darkhorse » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:43 pm

Yeah, but then, shouldn't it have been about the factors that brought about the perfect storm (and all that would consist of, such as height of waves...it would have been a doco then) instead of one little fishing boat that got (eventually) sunk?

I don't think I've really seen too many movies lately that are as good as they could be. Mostly like Owly says, all FX and very little content.

I did rather enjoy Fast and Furious...the lastest release...but that could have just been the cars.
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:45 pm

It must be the cars, cause the women weren't what I expected of them :(
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:45 pm

That doesn't count, the cars didn't sink.
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:49 pm

That'd be an idea! A 3hr movie about a sinking car!
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:00 pm

But who to cast for it?
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:19 pm

If it's to be a real car that's sinking with the actor locked inside: R. Kelly.
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:44 pm

Together with Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and the Pussycat Dolls?
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Post by MoP » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:46 pm

Yeah, good idea. 'The 3hr long sinking van with screaming, terrified people locked inside'. Hollywood hit for sure!
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Post by Nagash » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:57 pm

90 minutes is enough. Give them 60 minutes to drown (opening scene obviously being the car getting into the water). That'll leave us 30 minutes for celebration.
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