Antoine Fuqua Owes Me 2 Hours

If they modify the film after it received a rating for release and they don't pay to have it re-rated, it is then considered unrated because... it's unrated. Definitely no promise of nudity or anything else under that term.
 

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Fuqua is, in my opinion, a hack. He got LUCKY with Training Day, but he's just another video director otherwise.

Because The Replacement Killers blew. I mean, I kind of like it, but in the same way I kind of like the Dungeons and Dragons movie. It's got charm, but it sucks a lot.

And Tears of the Sun blew huge. What a crapola movie.

Maybe From Toni With Love, his Toni Braxton video collection, is the one that really showcases his mad skillz. Cause otherwise I see no real evidence that he makes good movies.
 

Hypersmurf said:
Aargh!
And it was the 'background knights' that made the film for me. I really enjoyed Tristan especially (16th level rangers rock),

-Hyp.


Yeah, Tristan freaking owned. Like in the first fight when he was all walking around all fluidly and and junk. And like he just didn't care at all about anything.

(It is 3:20 am, excuse my lame grammar and phrasings, I really did enjoy Tristan in the film.)
 


Captain Tagon said:
Yeah, Tristan freaking owned. Like in the first fight when he was all walking around all fluidly and and junk. And like he just didn't care at all about anything.

I just always seem to find the taciturn rangers the coolest characters in these films.

Edgtho the Silent rocks in The Thirteenth Warrior (though he's a 3E ranger, and Tristan's 3.5...).

-Hyp.
 

barsoomcore said:
Fuqua is, in my opinion, a hack. He got LUCKY with Training Day, but he's just another video director otherwise.

He had Denzel Washington, he really pulled it off. Otherwise it would have been just another 'hood movie.
 

When I go to an Arthurian film, I just assume it will be, at best, mediocre. When it is not, when it is more, I am pleasantly surprised.

Of course King Arthur was not one of those pleasant surprises. No, it isn't the worst, Arthurian film, but it isn't good, not only in regards to the Arthurian legends (historical or otherwise), but as a film. Flat acting, bad pacing, ridiculous cuts (from the Snow Bound Alps of the Scottish lowlands to bright spring south of the Wall?) all added up to pretty darn awful, but there were some amazing details (such as the weapons and armour used by the "Woads", which seem to have been drawn from actual Pictish depictions).

For me, the two best Arthurian films are Monty Python & the Holy Grail and The Fisher King, followed by Eric Rohmer's Perceval and Robert Bresson's Lancelot of the Lake. All the others are playing extreme catch-up.
 

Mark Chance said:
No, and thank goodness for that. It'd be too much like looking at an ironing board with long hair and nipples.

Thank you, Mark, for making me laugh today. I actually drew a few puzzled looks from my nearby coworkers because I was giggling so hard. :lol:
 

Dark Jezter said:
Thank you, Mark, for making me laugh today. I actually drew a few puzzled looks from my nearby coworkers because I was giggling so hard. :lol:

You're quite welcome. To veer almost completely off-topic, here's a joke (I say "almost completely" because at least this joke was told in a movie):

A priest and a rabbi go to a boxing match. The two boxers climb into the ring. In the few minutes before the fight starts, one of the boxers does the Sign of the Cross.

The rabbi turns to the priest and asks, "What does that mean?"

The priest replies, "If he can't box, not a damn thing."

Now, back on topic, have I mentioned how excrutiatingly horrible was Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur?

:D
 

I rented the movie even after reading the posts here. Am I sorry, no. Maybe it just prepared me by setting my expectations low so I could enjoy it a bit more. Maybe they should have titled the film King Arthur and the Seven Magnificent Knights. Tristan rocked, and I too compared him to Edgtho the Silent. Put the two of them together in a movie!
I liked the companions from the first battle. They all kicked butt with their distinct fighting styles and personalities, which Antoine did go overboard on by the end of the movie with their personality quirks. As a movie it was entertaining, but the fight scenes delved into fantasy, which is why I kinda liked it. Add a cleric, a wizard, and a thief to the mix and that would have been one bad mutha of a party.
Was it just me or did Stellan Skarsgard (Saxon leader) remind anyone else of Geoffrey Rush in his Pirates role?
 

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