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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#261 Post by Beate » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:40 pm

steve9872 wrote:I found the most unbelievable part of the movie is
[spoiler]where the gorilla jumped off the bridge onto the helicoptor. The only way that animal could have reached the helicoptor is by following a parabolic path - once launched its effectively unpowered - and that should have taken it through the spinning blades. In order for it to have followed the path it did, nothing less than a giant catapult would have sufficed to give it such momentum. It didn't even have a run up.[/spoiler]
I know but it still looked awesome!
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#262 Post by ejwrank » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:43 pm

Well we enjoyed the film. I thought the special effects were great and the story was gripping though we both thought the ending was abrupt. There was no problem getting in after all the worry and it was lovely to get a free drink but a shame that no FMUKer won the trip to San Francisco. The guy who did win didn't seem all that excited at winning which we couldn't understand.

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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#263 Post by Beate » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:51 pm

ejwrank wrote: Great to see Beate, Bevvy and canadian_turtle. We had to behave because canadian_turtle was sitting in front of us and we didn't want to get a bad report -- "morons sitting behind us on their phones and kicking our seats..."
"and eating their popcorn really loudly". :giggle:
I actually stopped my popcorn-munching after a while because I couldn't figure out whether it might be a bit loud or not. Thanks to ejwrank for the extra bag - all hail to Americans only liking salted popcorn I guess.
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#264 Post by David » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:02 pm

Yep, good film! And really nice use of special effects. http://moviefilmreviews.wordpress.com/2 ... -the-apes/

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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#265 Post by prettyxcool » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:08 pm

Great review david!
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#266 Post by superhero » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:08 pm

Did anyone get a goodie bag?
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#267 Post by funthing29 » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:26 pm

superhero wrote:Did anyone get a goodie bag?
LOL, wasn't free popcorn and drinks enough? ;)
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#268 Post by superhero » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:36 pm

Just curious
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#269 Post by David » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:47 pm

prettyxcool wrote:Great review david!
Thanks! Getting pretty quick at writing them now haha

Yeah pretty happy getting a free glass of wine on my way in and then popcorn and water at the seats (even though I don't like popcorn) o/
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Re: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

#270 Post by prettyxcool » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:38 am

David wrote:
prettyxcool wrote:Great review david!
Thanks! Getting pretty quick at writing them now haha

Yeah pretty happy getting a free glass of wine on my way in and then popcorn and water at the seats (even though I don't like popcorn) o/
Yeah, you were quick in posting that up! I want to see it again.... ;)
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