The Dude
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This is one of the more beautiful songs I've heard in a very long time.
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Rent yourself a Winnebago and set aside a whole year. hehe
This is true.
I knew this guy whose family hosted a German foreign exchange student in high school one summer. He said at the end of summer they asked the student if there's anything he wanted to do before he had to go back in a couple of days and he said "See the Grand Canyon." They were sorry to inform him that the Grand Canyon was a few states or about 1,000 miles (approx. 1,600 Kilometers) away.
I guess it's easy to underestimate the size of the U.S. when you don't realize that our country is almost as large as the entire continent of Europe. And it's for the most part inhabitable (save a few inhospitable terrains).
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Yes loosing her face looks too
Why is my troll detector siren going off?
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Who do you think are the best type of people to travel with?
Amish
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I'd like to ride Route 66 on my motorcycle. But I really only wanna see the old parts. Where it just becomes I-40, I have no interest in. I know some states have really worked at restoring some of the old Mother Road.
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Also, I don't know if it can technically be considered a musical, but the Broadway play Phantom of the Opera.
If you're talking about the Andrew Lloyd Webber version, then yes, it's considered a musical. I know Webber is wildly successful but I'm not that crazy about his shows. I liked Phantom okay but didn't really care for Cats. His shows just seem like a lot of fluff without much substance.
Another one that I forgot to mention that I like is The Secret Garden. The sets on that show were so amazing, I hadn't really ever seen anything like it before or since. And it's a great story too with good music.
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Notice that after Episode I came out, Jedi was reedited to include Corusant in the final scene where the whole galaxy is celebrating the fall of the Empire.
I don't like how Lucas went back and added stuff to the original trilogy and re-edited parts of it. And he's made that the official version to where you can't get a decent copy of the original on DVD or Blu-ray. I'd like to have a nice, clean copy of the original series (the way it was released in theaters upon its initial release) on DVD so I can watch it how I remember it being.
And I know people say "Well they're his movies so he can do whatever he wants" but to a certain extent when you produce a piece of entertainment or art or whatever and put it out there for public consumption and judgement you are giving up some ownership of it. Yes, he still legally owns the rights but what I'm saying is when you put something out there like that and it touches a nerve it becomes a part of society instead of your own, personal, little plaything.
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Cars
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Friend of mine took a pic of a Ford GT the other day... she called it a Lambo *facepalm
Silly girl...tricks are for kids.
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yes I belive in it..
If there is a god theres going be A Satan Do Any of you know the story of how he became Satan??
He was an archangel of God but sought to exalt himself above God and thus was cast out of Heaven.
Like sirbendictvs says, he also goes by the name lucifer which means bearer of light. He most likely does not look like the satan you see in portrayed in movies et. al. with hooves, a tail etc. He is the prince of lies so anything he says can't be trusted but he will never tell you a lie that sounds like a lie. He will tell you what you want to hear. He is the ruler of this world since he caused sin to enter the world and that is why our world is an imperfect one (although it was not created this way). He is a created being and is thus inferior to God. He can only be in one place at one time. And there are limits to his knowledge.
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Cars
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^^Beautiful car. I don't know if I could narrow my dream car down to one car. I also love the Camero SS that Demian posted above. Just too many cars. I love classic muscle cars (although muscle car purists don't consider Mustangs true muscle cars).
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Well being a Christian, I do believe in Satan and evil and demons. But I'm not scared of any of it in the least. Being a Christian, I have no reason to be scared of it.
Even if you're not a Christian, I think you have to believe that evil exist. I mean, just look at the world we live in. Throughout history there have been evil people, evil leaders and dictators, people who have committed unthinkable crimes upon other humans and defenseless children.
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Cars
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That's because none of the studios have money anymore. Daniel Craig was signed to do an additional 5 Bond movies but MGM studios went bankrupt.
Plus, nobody's going out to watch movies anymore. I'm seeing many movies only breaking even after 3 to 4 weeks after their premier. Everyone else nowadays are now waiting until the movie goes out DVD or not watching at all, or even turn to piracy. It's estimated that the movie industry loses over $6,000,000,000 annually. $1.3 billion of that from the US alone. In short, the industry has no more money to make good movies anymore.
That's not entirely true.
Studios are making money, just not all studios. Look at Warner Bros. over the last few years. They've made a killing off of The Dark Knight, Inception and Harry Potter. 20th Century Fox had Avatar which is the highest grossing movie in history. Disney has had Toy Story 3, Tangled and Pirates. Not to mention these studios are diversified in other media. MGM is now out of bankruptcy but got there from ignoring the world of today and letting it pass them by and other forms of mismanagement.
Sure, less people are going to the movies and are waiting on DVDs (which I think is a shame) but if the movies aren't good in the theater then they aren't going to be any good on DVD.
Also, it doesn't take a lot of money to make a good movie. Look at Juno or Napoleon Dynamite (made for less than $500,000), those movies were highly successful and made for a minimal amount. Pulp Fiction was a good movie and wildly successful but had a relatively small budget. Fargo had a small budget and was a good movie. Winters' Bone was made for very little and was a good movie.
You don't need big budgets and huge explosions and a lot of CGI if you have a good story. Good movies can be made for not a whole lot of money. Movie history is littered with classics that were made on small budgets. My issue is, is that the studios don't even seem to be trying anymore with good or original stories. They're just rehashing what was successful in the past, making every "comic" book into a movie, or adapting novels.
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People keep telling me I need to watch this but none of them have the DVDs to loan me. I love Kristi Chenoweth. She's so cute.
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I hate it when they remake classics. They should just stick with the originals.
That being said, I'll still go see it.
The problem is, is that no one does anything original anymore. It's like they're not even trying. Movies these days are either remakes, sequels, superhero movies (although I enjoy the Chris Nolan Batman series and Superman I & II) or movies adapted from novels.
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Haha awesome review! Read a few others by him and he seem to have good taste.
So I trust this movie sucks... but still, hope some people enjoy it. Even when I disagree with Ebert's reviews I can still understand his point and where he's coming from. He's pretty good.
I am kinda surprised that Gary Oldman is in this. Maybe he needed the money.
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^It's not like Twilight. It looks it, but isn't. It's because it's the same director.
This movie is to Twilight what The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is to Forrest Gump.
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And I dont mind people that are drunk but can still keep hold of themselves and hold a conversation.
If you meet a person like this though, chances are they are a functioning alcoholic. I have a couple of friends like this.
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Cars
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What's the deal with brightly colored calipers? I've seen this on some sports cars and performance cars lately. Is that the new cool thing?
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mmmm Looking beautiful there
I know you didn't mean it this way but that really comes across as a come on with your Quagmire avatar going giggity giggity.
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It is the same movie. Twilight - chick is attracted to a handsome, "dangerous" guy who is a mythical creature. Riding Hood - chick is attracted to a handsome, "dangerous" guy who is a mythical creature.
It's a formula.
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Cars
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Keep in mind though the Bugatti Veyron SS is only the fastest production car in the world. That means there are faster cars but they were purpose built for speed, not the road.
I think we sometimes get too carried away with this though. Not a whole lot vehicles of the model have to be produced to be called a production car. The Veyron SS is only a production run of 30 vehicles. Only 5 of which will reach the actual top speed. With only 30 in existence, that's really a collectors car. As opposed to a Ford Mustang which you can go to any Ford dealer and buy one and which has been in production for almost 50 years and is priced to where an average person can buy one.
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gosh, pottercast ripped into the filmmakers....
Did I miss something?
Movies you need to watch
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I don't think any movie is a must see before you die in the literal sense.
But with the fun and the spirit of this thread...
I have many but will start off with Shawkank Redemption. This is a film that will touch your soul. Some movies have happy endings but this one has an uplifting ending. After seeing the end of this movie you feel like life is worth living. It shows the importance of one true, good friend. You've heard the cliche about something being about life, love... Well this movie truly is.
This movie has several great lines but two that really express the heart of the movie are:
"Get busy living or get busy dying."
"I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope..."