joker97: was that a spoiler?

joker97: what about other people? luckily i don't care about this show so doesn't worry me ;p

Lizard1977: Oblivion - 6.5/10

Tom Cruise as Wall-E? What could possibly be wrong with that?  Height certainly wouldn't be an issue...

Actually, it's not that bad a film.  The story: a pair of humans left behind on Earth following a devastating war with aliens, charged with protecting and maintaining the machines that are turning seawater into fusion for the space station Tet, before they and the rest of humanity escape to one of Saturn's moons. But then, something goes wrong! :)  The basic premise is an interesting one, and the film's "twist" isn't that bad, if a little predictable.  My major complaint is that the film takes too long to get going.  After what seemed like two thirds of the film had gone by I glanced at the player and was disappointed to see that only 40 mins of the 125 minute running time had elapsed.

As seems to be the case with so many films these days, there's nothing much wrong with it, but nothing particularly noteworthy either.  A reasonably entertaining (if overlong) two hours, but little to stick in the mind afterwards...

ilovemusic: don't trust the mouse !

just watched the buena vista/miramax version of zhang yimou's hero on bd.

while the picture is fine, some american idiot (the bd was mastered for us audiences) decided to have the awful english dub in losseless dts audio and the original chinese soundtrack in lossy dolby digital.

second crime was that another idiot (or the same idiot) re-wrote the english sub-titles !

on the original chinese dvd the key phrase 'all under heaven' has been simplified to 'our land' wtf obama ???

mandarin speakers/listeners will know which is right, hint - it's not the yank version.

how could quentin tarantino (he 'presents' the film for us audiences) sign off on this travesty ?

kendog:

Lizard1977: Oblivion - 6.5/10

Tom Cruise as Wall-E? What could possibly be wrong with that?  Height certainly wouldn't be an issue...

Actually, it's not that bad a film.  The story: a pair of humans left behind on Earth following a devastating war with aliens, charged with protecting and maintaining the machines that are turning seawater into fusion for the space station Tet, before they and the rest of humanity escape to one of Saturn's moons. But then, something goes wrong! :)  The basic premise is an interesting one, and the film's "twist" isn't that bad, if a little predictable.  My major complaint is that the film takes too long to get going.  After what seemed like two thirds of the film had gone by I glanced at the player and was disappointed to see that only 40 mins of the 125 minute running time had elapsed.

As seems to be the case with so many films these days, there's nothing much wrong with it, but nothing particularly noteworthy either.  A reasonably entertaining (if overlong) two hours, but little to stick in the mind afterwards...

I agree, not the greatest story wise.
But the picture quality and especially the sound quality make this an awesome film.
Watched it three times and would easily watch again. If you haven't seen it with a good projector and surround sound system, you haven't really seen it yet.