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Immortals 2011 Movie sucked or what?

By RiddleKing on November 30, 2011 12:17:16 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

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This movie was so shyt to watch. What do you think? Are the days of troy and the lord of the rings finally over? Spartacus Tv series is so much more awesome than this shyt they spit out these days.

 

 

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JA_394
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November 30, 2011 12:59:19 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I don't know about the movie, as I've never seen it, but I say you suck.

 

 

 

 

(JK)

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pacov
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November 30, 2011 1:19:18 PM from JoeUser Forums JoeUser Forums

Rotten tomatoes hammed it with a 37% critic score and 63% audience score http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/immortals_2011/

I haven't seen it (and won't until it hits dvd/blu ray, if even then), but my take is that its just a popcorn movie for guys.  Very little substance and sounds like a weak story.  I think folks that like 300 will enjoy it, but its no 300. 

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Sinperium
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December 1, 2011 5:47:47 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Original movies with characters and plots in this genre can still make it. 

But...as long as Hollywood thinks a good fantasy-epic film is nothing more than a metro sexual actor with lots of a body oil accompanied by a fetching actress with a plunging neck line and show of leg--followed by a ridiculous "Mana-o-Monstro" CGI fight and no plot at all...well, not much hope there.

Hollywood is pretty stupid.

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December 1, 2011 10:50:02 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I like the actress. She's both done good stuff and is amazingly attractive.

And Rourke did a great job. He can't help the script, but his character was the only one that came to life on any level.

Overall, yeah it sucked. The plot was hackneyed. The settings were weakly constructed. The story was derivative. Compared to Clash of the Titans and such, the gods were homogenized and given a weirdly modern twist on Nordic ideals. I wasn't a fan of Troy, but it certainly didn't do any worse.

Yeah, it blew.

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pacov
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December 2, 2011 8:28:57 AM from JoeUser Forums JoeUser Forums

Quoting Draakjacht,
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He can't help the script

...or turn down a bad one, eh? 

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December 2, 2011 11:15:06 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

There's a saying in Hollywood. Work is sparse, so when you're big, you take everything that comes your way.

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December 2, 2011 11:20:19 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

It's the economy.

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tetleytea
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December 2, 2011 11:45:15 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

But...as long as Hollywood thinks a good fantasy-epic film is nothing more than a metro sexual actor with lots of a body oil accompanied by a fetching actress with a plunging neck line and show of leg--followed by a ridiculous "Mana-o-Monstro" CGI fight and no plot at all...well, not much hope there.

Sounds a lot like the movie Eragon.  Wannabe film, totally unoriginal plot (boy tames dragon and kills wizards with him?  Wow!  No one ever thought of that before!), the main fighter was played by some kid who probably didn't even make first string on his football team. 

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ElanaAhova
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December 2, 2011 11:54:33 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Classics, almost universally well received films that stand the test of time, generally speak clearly to multiple levels of the human condition.  (Or are so funny it doesn't matter!)  Immortals 2011 seemed to speak best to the investors need for acquiring a quick and easy buck.  Sad.

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December 2, 2011 1:01:17 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting tetleytea,
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Sounds a lot like the movie Eragon.  Wannabe film, totally unoriginal plot (boy tames dragon and kills wizards with him?  Wow!  No one ever thought of that before!), the main fighter was played by some kid who probably didn't even make first string on his football team. 

I'd like to mention the fact that the movie Eragon was based on a book series. And that said series was infinitely better- even how he defeats the 'evil wizard' is actually fairly original, IMO.

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December 2, 2011 2:17:56 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Whiskey144,
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I'd like to mention the fact that the movie Eragon was based on a book series. And that said series was infinitely better- even how he defeats the 'evil wizard' is actually fairly original, IMO.

The thing about Eragon is, one could gripe about the storyline of the book of the same name being suprisingly similar to Star Wars, latter known as Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope.

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seanw3
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December 2, 2011 2:18:50 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

The bad movies I like have zombies in them. This one falls short of my criterion. 

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Whiskey144
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December 2, 2011 2:26:10 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Zeta1127,
reply 11
The thing about Eragon is, one could gripe about the storyline of the book of the same name being suprisingly similar to Star Wars, latter known as Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope.

I'd say that it's more due to the fairly universal concepts and idea behind it, more than Lucas being original in the basics- Lucas' implementation was indeed original, but the basic foundation wasn't.

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December 2, 2011 3:31:06 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

The book was written by a 19 year old who had his parents' help in getting it published. And I read the first one. Gave me horrific flashbacks to the D&D movie. *shivers*

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DsRaider
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December 2, 2011 6:40:53 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Ya the plot of the Eragon books was awesome and original! Oh no wait it was bland and as unoriginal as dirt. It only got published because the guy who wrote it's parents are publishers. Not that it was bad or anything, but it was pretty standard and horribly cliche so probably would have never got published without his connections. I mean seriously dragon riders, hot elves, an evil tyrant, and a friendly wizard guide who dies in the first book so the young impressionable youth can go on to meet his great destiny? Also it falls into the trap that a lot of fantasy books do, which is all the the important problems are solved using magic that basically has no coherent rules or limits. I believe you call that Deus ex Machina. Again it wasn't a horrible book but it was the very definition of an average cliche fantasy novel. 

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December 2, 2011 7:02:59 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

My biggest issue with it was that the writing style showed his age. He wrote it like a lot of people would just spit out the plot when speaking. He really needs to read more write more without publishing. Just have people honestly go over it again and again until he writes something that gets a single compliment from the most critical of the lot.

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tetleytea
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December 5, 2011 9:39:20 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Well anyway, thaks for letting me know not to waste my Date Night for the week on Immortals.

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December 5, 2011 12:09:12 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Sinperium,
reply 7
It's the economy.

I think so too.

 
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Solam
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October 16, 2012 2:33:34 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Eragon movie is just as good /bad as the D&D movie...

 

I'm just glad I never paid for the tickets for D&D... but man do I wish I had those 90 minutes back...

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November 18, 2012 9:07:04 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

The second D&D movie really wasn't so bad, I liked it.  Yea, Immortals sucked, but I liked it more than Troy, that was painful to watch.

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November 21, 2012 3:39:10 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

My comment to my wife at the end of Sleepless in Seattle when she asked how I liked it was, "It's ok--but they blew it in the end when King Kong's giant paw didn't snatch her off the Empire State Building.".

Good date movie though.

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