I see Amazon finally has all 3 movies available on Prime. Is it worth watching?
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February 03, 2019, 07:11 PM
mark123
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Originally posted by cas: I see Amazon finally has all 3 movies available on Prime. Is it worth watching?
Yeah, they're decent. Keep in mind they didn't use the same actors across all the films.
February 03, 2019, 08:29 PM
Orguss
I've seen the first two twice and the third never. Dunno why not.
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February 03, 2019, 10:25 PM
TheFrontRange
IMO, the films got progressively worse as the trilogy proceeded.
That said, I found the soundtrack from the first installment enjoyable and snagged a few tracks via iTunes.
FWIW, I’m a huge fan of the book.
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February 04, 2019, 12:28 AM
FenderBender
I love the book, but I found the films just awful.
February 04, 2019, 08:19 PM
nukeandpave
I liked them.
February 04, 2019, 08:53 PM
cas
Well they certain used the discount cast in the second movie. A whole cavalcade of "that guy"s and "I haven't seen him in years".
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February 04, 2019, 10:14 PM
NavyGuy
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Originally posted by FenderBender: I love the book, but I found the films just awful.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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February 04, 2019, 11:37 PM
cas
Uh yeah... that wasn't good. The last one was pretty bad. I give them credit for at least finishing it, the budget obviously shrunk with each movie.
Story wise, that was pretty disappointing. I'm still trying to figure how that story arc could take three movies and still have the ending feel so abrupt and rushed,like they ended prematurely because they were running out of film. This message has been edited. Last edited by: cas,
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February 05, 2019, 07:19 AM
Salty Dawg
Part 1 was alright Part 2 was noticeably less alright Part 3 was an abomination and painful to watch
I think Netflix or Amazon Prime would be the right platform. A 10-episode season would probably be enough to do it right. Unfortunately, the Hollywood types with the skill to pull it off would most likely empathize with the villains and have a hard time producing something that so effectively dismantles their ideology.
February 05, 2019, 09:11 AM
6guns
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Originally posted by Orguss: I've seen the first two twice and the third never. Dunno why not.
Yeah, me neither. Despite the poor reviews here, I'll probably re watch 1&2 and then 3.
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February 05, 2019, 01:23 PM
ibanda
Part 1 was okay, I think they went way downhill after that.
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February 05, 2019, 02:12 PM
mark123
I think you guys are hating it because you expected a masterpiece movie from a masterpiece book. These things rarely translate to different mediums. Just like Dune.
I believe the goal was to get the story out to those that would never read a 1000+ page, tiny print book. I believe that was accomplished.
I didn't think part 3 was that terrible.
February 05, 2019, 03:45 PM
PHPaul
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Originally posted by Salty Dawg: Part 1 was alright Part 2 was noticeably less alright Part 3 was an abomination and painful to watch
I think Netflix or Amazon Prime would be the right platform. A 10-episode season would probably be enough to do it right. Unfortunately, the Hollywood types with the skill to pull it off would most likely empathize with the villains and have a hard time producing something that so effectively dismantles their ideology.
That sums it up very well.
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February 06, 2019, 01:32 PM
PASig
They should have updated them, the whole railroads-rule-the-world thing just doesn't work anymore in our day and age.
February 06, 2019, 04:01 PM
Leemur
They failed miserably even when you cut them some slack for movies based on books being bad.
February 09, 2019, 11:37 AM
ChuckFinley
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Originally posted by PASig: They should have updated them, the whole railroads-rule-the-world thing just doesn't work anymore in our day and age.
Check the headlines. According to Ocasio-Cortez they do/should.
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