I thought it was.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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Tom Scola - Jan 06, 2011 5:58:43 am PST #12701 of 30000
hwæt
Gris - Jan 06, 2011 6:13:49 am PST #12702 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Rotten Tomatoes did, which means that fewer people outright didn't like it. But metacritic didn't, which means that those that did like it gave it, on average, lower scores. Which makes sense to me - Fellowship is, imho, a better movie but less viscerally satisfying (fewer exciting action sequences), so I can see some people getting bored by Fellowhip but enjoying Two Towers enough to give it "fresh", if not a super-high score.
The real story on that one is that they both got really good reviews across the board, which is why the difference is so small.
Amy - Jan 06, 2011 6:15:18 am PST #12703 of 30000
Because books.
The Two Towers always felt like the draggy middle part to me, although there are some excellent moments in it.
Polter-Cow - Jan 06, 2011 6:23:01 am PST #12704 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was my favorite of the three.
amych - Jan 06, 2011 11:42:33 am PST #12705 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I enjoyed all of the trilogy on first viewing, but whenever I rewatch, Fellowship still stands as a great movie even though it's clear that it's a Part I and not freestanding. The Two Towers feels like a 4-hour movie that somehow manages to fit 87 hours into the middle half. And RotK just gags me with all the great white king and savior and destiny and Jesus Sue.
Consuela - Jan 06, 2011 11:58:12 am PST #12706 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I can forgive RoTK an awful lot for the beacons of Minas Tirith, and the charge of the Rohirrim.
Liese S. - Jan 06, 2011 1:35:16 pm PST #12707 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Eowyn!
smonster - Jan 06, 2011 1:58:19 pm PST #12708 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Liese is me. Although I'm still a little cranky about how they changed her speech in the movie.
Consuela - Jan 06, 2011 2:02:49 pm PST #12709 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Although I'm still a little cranky about how they changed her speech in the movie.
I'm still cranky about how they changed her character. I wanted the death-loving ice maiden, not someone unhappy and pining because she wouldn't get the guy. (I overstate, but not by much. I far preferred book!Eowyn's brittle despair.)
smonster - Jan 06, 2011 2:45:02 pm PST #12710 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Consuela, I completely agree.