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"The Island"

Worth seeing or see something else? Seeing Choc Factory on friday, might see this with some mates over the weekend if it's worth seeing.

Very_Metal wrote:
> i heard it didn't do very well as it was "too clever" for
> american auidiences, although that seems a tad snobbish.

Not really.

It's why Star Trek has lasted so long, and why "intellectual" sci-fi - or anything with an ongoing story-arc - tends to fail on US TV.

I'm actually stunned that 24 has lasted 4 seasons. Glad, but stunned.

24 hs totally passed me by but I caught 3 episodes the other night.

Some prisoner in a bunker and a drug raid

It looks okay, wouldn't bother going to the cinema to watch it though.

Just got back from it. Didn't think it was really up to much. Full of poor dialogue, convenient plot devices and was overly long given that the speed in which it was wrapped up. The action scenes were massively over the top, and it was hard to understand what Djimon Hounsou was saying half the time. Oh, and it's riddled with plot holes/annoyingly unanswered questions that could've been resolved with a few lines of decent dialogue. There was blatant product placement for both MSN and X-Box too, which made me weep.

Buscemi and Bean were great, though, and Djimon Hounsou's screen prescence was decent.

Buscemi and Bean are always decent.

Yeah, I know.

Reefer wrote:
> Just got back from it. Didn't think it was really up to much. Full of
> poor dialogue, convenient plot devices and was overly long given that
> the speed in which it was wrapped up. The action scenes were massively
> over the top. Oh, and it's riddled with plot holes/annoyingly
> unanswered questions that could've been resolved with a few lines of
> decent dialogue.

Yep, you've just described every Michael bay film that's ever existed, ever.

I actually thought Bad Boys 2 was alright.

Saw it tonight, distinctly meh with a few side orders of wow and the odd ooh (mostly at Scarlett). Don't expect a thinker, leave your brain at home and goggle at the pretty people falling off buildings.

Go on then. [URL]http://www.theshiznit.co.uk[/URL].

I saw it (The Island) tonight and thought it was pretty decent. I think that if you're going to give Michael Bay a file like that, then he needs to blow everything else out of the water action-wise. The whole cloing idea could have (like suggested in the film) got into the media or a larger man-hunt for the 'products'. The car/action scenes I thought were good but like everyone else, there was so much left unanswered..

Still, I don't think into films too much - I like things to explode and like bright lights... car chases, explosions and good mindless action are what I like.

The thing is, if you want to go to the cinema, there's frick all else worth watching. I heard Madagascar was good...

Anyone know of anything good on the horizon?