Summer Movies

keg in kc · 05-16-2001, 08:58 PM

Something I just posted on PigSkin Park got me thinking about summer movies, so I thought I'd try and spark a little conversation.

I saw [i]The Mummy Returns[/i] last weekend, and thought that was a fun flick, much like the first one.

I'm looking forward to seeing [i]Shrek[/i] this weekend, especially because it makes fun of Dicks-ney movies. I think [i]Evolution[/i] comes out in the beginning of June, I think I might try to see that, unless I hear some really bad press about it.

Despite my utter hatred for satan-spawned movies (Disney...) I want to see [i]Atlantis[/i] in a few weeks.

Then, there's a bunch of movies I want to see over the course of the rest of the summer, including: Tomb Raider, A.I., Scary movie 2, Kiss of the Dragon (Jet Li flick), Final Fantasy, Jurassic Park 3, Planet of the Apes, Rush Hour 2, American Pie 2, Ghosts of Mars (if it doesn't suck...), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

And that's just through the end of August.

And then in December, I can't wait for [i]The Fellowship of the Ring[/i] which has been the talk of Cannes this week (similar to [i]Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[/i] last year), and a movie I'm really, really looking forward to seeing.

Looks like a pretty good summer for movies, especially after a summer as bad as last year was...

Chiefs Pantalones · 05-16-2001, 09:09 PM

Kyle,

Good topic,

I'm really looking forward to Pearl Harbor.

CG

thinks that'll be good

Chiefs Pantalones · 05-16-2001, 09:11 PM

I also like your taste in movies.

Frazod · 05-16-2001, 09:11 PM

Haven't seen anything since Hannibal. Holding out for Pearl Harbor - will see that opening day, without fail!

AJKCFAN · 05-16-2001, 09:26 PM

Am I ready for Pearl Harbor?

Listening to the soundtrack as I type....

This will without fail, be the summer's best film.

Prepared to vandalize a sushi bar or two afterwards to shoe 'em we still remember!!! ;)

AJKCFAN · 05-16-2001, 09:27 PM

show 'em, as well as shoe 'em...

Otter · 05-16-2001, 09:34 PM

Keg,

I thought you were supposed to be working! :D

keg in kc · 05-16-2001, 09:40 PM

Forgot about [i]Pearl Harbor[/i]. I'll see it although I'm certain it will contain some pointless/meaningless romance in the middle to bore me to tears. That and the fact that the film will doubtless perpetuate the myth that the government didn't know the Japanese were coming...

Still, should be a film worth seeing, but I think [i]Fellowship of the Ring[/i] will be the best movie of the year, bar none.

Otter, I'm [i]supposed[/i] to be working, yes...

I am proud to say I've just finished day 3 of my workout plan. Day 1 was leg/ab workout and recumbent bike. Day 2 was arm/shoulder/ab workout. Today was an hour of lawn mowing in 90 degree heat (whee...) followed by a chest/ab workout and 30 minutes on the recumbent bike. In other words, I have a strict plan for the next month and I actually seem to be following it (this is a first!).

The writing I'm still fighting with, but working-out seems to be helping my motivation there, too. Things are beginning to shape up and I'm actually kind of proud of (and surpised by) myself. :)

California Injun · 05-16-2001, 10:37 PM

keg in kc,

If you purchase a ticket ($8), soda/popcorn ($10) and a small box of Duds ($2) for each ocassion to the movies, coupled with your 13 movies, that equates to over $250.

Throw in the spouse with the obligatory dinner and you're approaching $600!!!

On the other hand, wait 3-4 months for home video release ($3), let same spouse cook dinner ($5), add a cup of coffee with something sweet ($2) and you've seen the same movies for under $150!!!

With the remaining $450 saved, you could attend 3-4 Chiefs home games (spouse optional) and get more bang for your buck.

Just thought some perspective was needed.....

keg in kc · 05-16-2001, 10:40 PM

Injun, I probably [i]will[/i] see majority of those movies on video. We'll probably go to 4-5 of them during the summer and catch the rest on HBO (I'm about to see [i]The Patriot[/i] for the first time, as a matter of fact).

Movies are definitely prohibitively expensive. I'd see one every Friday if I could, but we don't generally go more than once every 6 weeks...

Chiefs Pantalones · 05-16-2001, 10:42 PM

Good work, Cali,

CG

is easily impressed by math because I am a math reerun

Otter · 05-17-2001, 12:31 AM

Keg,

Good job! Its tough peeling one's self off the couch. I was fighting with myself today about that as a matter of fact.

The good guys won today.

Did you get the picture taken?

JOhn · 05-17-2001, 01:05 AM

Not sure what to think of the new pearl movie.

Would like to see it, but I'm biased to the classic WW2 movies.

Tora, Tora, Tora!, Midway etc.

If it's half as good as those It will be ok. Thou I am lloking forward o seeing how the do the special effects.

DaWolf · 05-17-2001, 01:53 AM

In order to save money, I use my old student card to get in at the student discount ($6) and then sometimes pull the old restroom-and-back-to-another-movie stunt.

Although I must say, it backfired on me the last time I tried it. I saw Castaway, then snuck into "Dude, Where's My Car?" That wound up being the first movie I that I walked out on for which I hadn't paid for...

keg in kc · 05-17-2001, 02:14 AM

Otter -

Yep, took the pictures. Had Tracy take front, side and rear pics and they're now "gracing" my desktop as well as the wall in the workout room. Not pretty to look at, but effective.

05-16-2001, 08:58 PM
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Summer Movies Something I just posted on PigSkin Park got me thinking about summer movies, so I thought I'd try and spark a little conversation. I saw [i]The Mummy Returns[/i] last weekend, and thought that was a fun flick, much like the first one. I'm looking forward to seeing [i]Shrek[/i] this weekend, especially because it makes fun of Dicks-ney movies. I think [i]Evolution[/i] comes out in the beginning of June, I think I might try to see that, unless I hear some really bad press about it. Despite my utter hatred for satan-spawned movies (Disney...) I want to see [i]Atlantis[/i] in a few weeks. Then, there's a bunch of movies I want to see over the course of the rest of the summer, including: Tomb Raider, A.I., Scary movie 2, Kiss of the Dragon (Jet Li flick), Final Fantasy, Jurassic Park 3, Planet of the Apes, Rush Hour 2, American Pie 2, Ghosts of Mars (if it doesn't suck...), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. And that's just through the end of August. And then in December, I can't wait for [i]The Fellowship of the Ring[/i] which has been the talk of Cannes this week (similar to [i]Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[/i] last year), and a movie I'm really, really looking forward to seeing. Looks like a pretty good summer for movies, especially after a summer as bad as last year was...
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05-16-2001, 09:09 PM	#2
Chiefs Pantalones GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $7918717	Kyle, Good topic, I'm really looking forward to Pearl Harbor. CG thinks that'll be good __________________ Don't be fooled by my username, I'm white.
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05-16-2001, 09:11 PM	#3
Chiefs Pantalones GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $7918717	I also like your taste in movies. __________________ Don't be fooled by my username, I'm white.
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05-16-2001, 09:11 PM	#4
Frazod WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $3145085	Haven't seen anything since Hannibal. Holding out for Pearl Harbor - will see that opening day, without fail!
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05-16-2001, 09:26 PM	#5
AJKCFAN Head Chief, Esq. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: New York Casino cash: $2331798	Am I ready for Pearl Harbor? Listening to the soundtrack as I type.... This will without fail, be the summer's best film. Prepared to vandalize a sushi bar or two afterwards to shoe 'em we still remember!!! ;)
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05-16-2001, 09:27 PM	#6
AJKCFAN Head Chief, Esq. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: New York Casino cash: $2331798	show 'em, as well as shoe 'em...
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05-16-2001, 09:40 PM	#8
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Forgot about [i]Pearl Harbor[/i]. I'll see it although I'm certain it will contain some pointless/meaningless romance in the middle to bore me to tears. That and the fact that the film will doubtless perpetuate the myth that the government didn't know the Japanese were coming... Still, should be a film worth seeing, but I think [i]Fellowship of the Ring[/i] will be the best movie of the year, bar none. Otter, I'm [i]supposed[/i] to be working, yes... I am proud to say I've just finished day 3 of my workout plan. Day 1 was leg/ab workout and recumbent bike. Day 2 was arm/shoulder/ab workout. Today was an hour of lawn mowing in 90 degree heat (whee...) followed by a chest/ab workout and 30 minutes on the recumbent bike. In other words, I have a strict plan for the next month and I actually seem to be following it (this is a first!). The writing I'm still fighting with, but working-out seems to be helping my motivation there, too. Things are beginning to shape up and I'm actually kind of proud of (and surpised by) myself. :)
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05-16-2001, 10:37 PM	#9
California Injun Bucs 48 Raiders 21 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: San Andreas, CA. USA Casino cash: $10004900	keg in kc, If you purchase a ticket ($8), soda/popcorn ($10) and a small box of Duds ($2) for each ocassion to the movies, coupled with your 13 movies, that equates to over $250. Throw in the spouse with the obligatory dinner and you're approaching $600!!! On the other hand, wait 3-4 months for home video release ($3), let same spouse cook dinner ($5), add a cup of coffee with something sweet ($2) and you've seen the same movies for under $150!!! With the remaining $450 saved, you could attend 3-4 Chiefs home games (spouse optional) and get more bang for your buck. Just thought some perspective was needed..... __________________ I just made $13,000 on the Chiefs!!! Once they win the Super Bowl I'll be counting my winnings. (13:1 @ Lake Tahoe Horizon Sportsbook).
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05-16-2001, 10:40 PM	#10
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Injun, I probably [i]will[/i] see majority of those movies on video. We'll probably go to 4-5 of them during the summer and catch the rest on HBO (I'm about to see [i]The Patriot[/i] for the first time, as a matter of fact). Movies are definitely prohibitively expensive. I'd see one every Friday if I could, but we don't generally go more than once every 6 weeks...
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05-16-2001, 10:42 PM	#11
Chiefs Pantalones GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $7918717	Good work, Cali, CG is easily impressed by math because I am a math reerun __________________ Don't be fooled by my username, I'm white.
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05-17-2001, 01:05 AM	#13
JOhn El' Barto Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cody, WY / Tucson AZ Casino cash: $9964900	Pearl Harbor Not sure what to think of the new pearl movie. Would like to see it, but I'm biased to the classic WW2 movies. Tora, Tora, Tora!, Midway etc. If it's half as good as those It will be ok. Thou I am lloking forward o seeing how the do the special effects.
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05-17-2001, 01:53 AM	#14
DaWolf Cry havoc... Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10007725	In order to save money, I use my old student card to get in at the student discount ($6) and then sometimes pull the old restroom-and-back-to-another-movie stunt. Although I must say, it backfired on me the last time I tried it. I saw Castaway, then snuck into "Dude, Where's My Car?" That wound up being the first movie I that I walked out on for which I hadn't paid for...
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05-17-2001, 02:14 AM	#15
keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Otter - Yep, took the pictures. Had Tracy take front, side and rear pics and they're now "gracing" my desktop as well as the wall in the workout room. Not pretty to look at, but effective.
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