Phil in the Blank

Welcome to a blog of madness, where I shall be posting random thoughts that I have always had, but never seemed to be a good fit to talk about on the forums before. Caution is advised when reading future entries. But if you have ignored my warnings than sit back, and enjoy the random musings of a mad man.

What can I say, But seriously. In my limited interactions with people out there in the real world, Avatar has certainly not been a particularly well remembered movie from what I can tell.

Jessie, never failing to know exactly what the public think about any particular movie!

Not including the movie review request thread its still the 2nd most replied to thread in this forum. Hail Nolan.

No it's not rigged. But fanboy's can and do run amok and you have to take into account the biases of the average person that winds up on a website like IMDB. With that said, its top 250 movies of all time is as good a place as any to start exploring film if you have a lifetime of movies to catch up on. It's a guide, not a gospel.

LW 1 - 8.5 LW 2 - 9 LW 3 - 6.5 LW 4 - 7 Matrix - 10 Reloaded - 6 Revolutions - 3 Lethal Weapon Avg - 7.75 Matrix Avg - 6.33

Disappointment is not equal to a flop.

A flop by BOF'S standards? Yes. Be prepared for the inevitable WWW thread. By studios standards? Nah.

In retrospect I've decided that this is a movie that belongs towards the bottom of films in Nolan's catalogue. I hate having to rate this film but I give it a B. I'll post some detailed thoughts at some point if I can ever wrap my head around why I feel this way.

Well I was being a little bit facetious as The Prestige is my favourite movie of all time so to replace it as my favourite Nolan film it would have to become my favourite film which isn't going to happen. Nolan is such an ambitious film maker howerver and regardless of my eventual feelings on this film, I would still much rather give him 200~ Million to make a movie than any other director in the world. He is never afraid to dream a little bit bigger darling, which in Hollywood is a very rare commodity indeed.

I honestly cant decide if this is Nolan's best or worst film. Help!

Prestige - 10/10 Memento - 10/10 Dark Knight Rises - 9.5/10 Inception - 9/10 Batman Begins - 9/10 The Dark Knight - 8.5/10 Insomnia - 7.5/10 Following - 7/10 Interstellar - NA

Nolan's new favourite holiday destination....

Back to the Future = 9 Back to the Future 2 = 8 Back to the Future 3 = 7 Average 8 ----- Die Hard = 10 Die Hard 2 = 6.5 Die Hard 3 = 8.5 Die Hard 4 = 7 Die Hard 5 = 2 Average = 6.8 The fact that Die Hard 5 exists drags down its average massively!

I consider Gravity and Avatar to fall from the same tree to be honest. Both are better movie experiences, then movies IMO.

Has any movie eclipsed it in terms of visual effects yet? Despite my gripes with it from a plot perspective, it really is a stunning looking and immersive film.

Also this was a great teaser tailer for Godzilla (1998)

I loved T3's international trailer.

This show is giving me herpes.

The debate is over you say????

The whole situation just seems very weird. If you are going to shut-down a website and absorb it into its sister website, the professional thing to do is to announce it ahead of time, and make everyone aware of what is happening. If you have technical issues the professional thing to do is to make a public announcement about the problems and explain you are working hard to get it back up and running. No matter the underlying cause for BOM's temporary disappearance it is clear that Amazon simply doesn't give a fuck about the website anymore or they would treat it, and its viewers with a little bit more professional respect. BOM may be up again for now, and it may stay up for a long long time, but as of now I have zero reason to expect that it will continue existing for any reasonable length of time given how little they seem to care about it.

as long as the internwt archive exists, yes. It doesnt purge old sites.

I loved BOM. Please come back BOM