Jinxworld Movie Poll Series - 2012

[Taxman]

Jinxworld Movie Poll Series





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(http://www.whiteoutmovie.com/)2012 Official Site (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/2012/)
2012 on Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2012/)
2012 on Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080/)

bartleby's [OFFICIAL] Weekly Box Office Thread (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=185303)

Other Movie Polls:
Watchmen (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=172258) - Average Rating ***1/2 (253 votes)
Whiteout (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=182371) - Average Rating **1/2 (10 votes)
[/URL]The Twilight Saga: New Moon (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=185219) Average Rating unrated (3 votes)
The Road (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=185760) - (Limited Release, no votes yet)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=185975) - Average Rating ****1/2 (15 votes)
Avatar (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=186539)

Week #1 - [URL="http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=5962857"] X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=185975) - Average Rating **1/2 (164 votes)
Week #2 - STAR TREK (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=175980) - Average Rating ****1/2 (158 votes)
Week #3 - ANGELS AND DEMONS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=176321) - Average Rating **1/2 (7 votes)
Week #4 - TERMINATOR SALVATIONS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=176534) - Average Rating *** (54 votes)
Week #4 - NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM II (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=176604): THE BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=176604)- Average Rating ***1/2 (9 votes)
Week #5 - UP (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=177009) - Average Rating ***** (50 votes)
Week #5 – DRAG ME TO HELL (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=177008) - Average Rating **** (22 votes)
Week #6 – LAND OF THE LOST (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=177404) - Average Rating unrated (1 vote)
Week #6 – THE HANGOVER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=177406) - Average Rating ***** (32 votes)
Week #7 – THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=177746) - Average Rating unrated (1 vote)
Week #7 – MOON (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=179881%3Cbr%20/%3E) - Average Rating ****1/2 (10 votes)
Week #8 – YEAR ONE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=178214) - Average Rating ** (7 votes)
Week #8 – THE PROPOSAL (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=178710) - Average Rating unrated (2 votes)
Week #9 – TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=178394)- Average Rating *** (82 votes)
Week #10 – PUBLIC ENEMIES (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=178775) - Average Rating *** (30 votes)
Week #10 – ICE AGE III: THE MELTDOWN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=178776) - Average Rating unrated (6 votes)
Week #11 – BRUNO (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=179218%3Cbr%20/%3E) - Average Rating *** (25 votes)
Week #12 – HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=179469%3Cbr%20/%3E) - Average Rating ***1/2 (61 votes)
Week # 12 - (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180609) - Average Rating ****1/2 (15 votes)
Week #13 - IN THE LOOP (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180301) - Average Rating unrated (1 vote)
Week #14 – FUNNY PEOPLE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180293) - Average Rating **** (32 votes)
Week # 15 - G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180607) - Average Rating *** (64 votes)
Week # 15 - JULIE & JULIA (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180608) - Average Rating unrated (3 votes)
Week # 16 - DISTRICT 9 (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180975) - Average Rating **** 1/2(52 votes)
Week # 16 - PONYO (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=180978) - Average Rating **** (9 votes)
Week # 17 - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=181395) - Average Rating ****1/2 (115 votes)
Week #1 - IRON MAN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=150238) (May2)
Week #2 - SPEED RACER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=150640) (May 9)
Week #3 - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=151342) (May 16)
Week #4 - INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=152028)(May 12)
Week #5 - SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=152709) (May 30)
Week #6 - KUNG FU PANDA (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=153473) (June 6)
Week #6 - YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=153474)(June 6)
Week #7 - THE INCREDIBLE HULK (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=154109)(June 13)
Week #7 - THE HAPPENING (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=154151)(June 13)
Week #8 - GET SMART (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=154814) (June 20)
Week #9 - WALL-E (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=155430) (June 27)
Week #9 - WANTED (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=155431) (June 27)
Week #10 - HANCOCK (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=155899) (July 2)
Week #11 - JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=156697) (July 11)
Week #11 - HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=156699) (July 11)
Week #12 - THE DARK KNIGHT (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=157359) (July 18 )
Week #13 - THE X-FILES-: I WANT TO BELIEVE (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?p=4994002) (July 26)
Week #13 - STEP BROTHERS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=158094) (July 25)
Week #14 - THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=158626) (August 1)
Week #15 - PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=159067) (August 6)
Week #16 - TROPIC THUNDER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=159459) (August 13)
Week #16 - THE CLONE WARS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=159591) (August 15)
Week #1: SPIDER-MAN 3 (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=112389) (May 4)
Week #2: 28 WEEKS LATER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=113142) (May 11)
Week #3: SHREK THE THIRD (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=113869) (May 18 )
Week #4: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=114464)(May 25)
Week #5: KNOCKED UP (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=115229) (June 1)
Week #6: OCEAN'S 13 (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=115881) (June 8 )
Week #7: FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=116503) (June 15)

Week #1: THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=9034)
Week #2: KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=10283)
Week #4: STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=12267)
Week #5: MADAGASCAR (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=13656)
Week #5: THE LONGEST YARD (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=13658)
Week #7: MR. AND MRS. SMITH (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=16017)
Week #8: BATMAN BEGINS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=16586)
Week #9: LAND OF THE DEAD (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=18262)
Week #9: BEWITCHED (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=18266)
Week #10: WAR OF THE WORLDS (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=18967)
Week #11: FANTASTIC FOUR (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=20473)
Week #12: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=22407)
Week #13: THE ISLAND (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=23215)
Week # 14 THE DUKES OF HAZARD (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=25822)


Be aware that some people reading this thread may not have seen the movie yet. Please use SPOILER tags when discussing plot points.

[Doug]

I'll be passing on this film.

Maybe I'll see it on HBO or on DVD, but only if I'm with someone who really wants to see it.

[Ray G.]

:ecstatic:

[MIKE D]

:ecstatic:

I'm calling it now: you give this no less than 4 stars.

[Ryan_ZOOM_Turner]

Shouldn't there be an option for those of us who will probably catch it on DVD or when it hits cable?

[edwardmblake]

[QUOTE=Taxman;6435874]
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Movie%20Posters/two_thousand_twelve_ver5.jpg


Is it me or is that carrier a tad big?

Won't be seeing it.

[Taxman]

Shouldn't there be an option for those of us who will probably catch it on DVD or when it hits cable?You can vote then.

[Ryan_ZOOM_Turner]

You can vote then.

Okay.

[Taxman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Movie%20Posters/two_thousand_twelve_ver5.jpg


Is it me or is that carrier a tad big?

Won't be seeing it.I don't know. Most people only see WWII era carriers up close. I am sure the modern ones are much bigger than those.

[Taxman]

Length: 1,052 feet (321 m) overall, 990 feet (300 m) waterline Beam: 252 feet (77 m) extreme, 130 feet (40 m) waterline Height: 192 fteet from top of the mast to the waterline Draft: 36 feet (11 m) maximum, 37 feet (11 m) limit




The overall height of the White House (to the top of the roof) is 70 feet on the south and 60 feet 4 inches on the north; the façade (grade of lawn to parapet) is 60 feet on the south (lawn at 54 feet above sea level) and 50 feet 4 inches on the north.



The width of the carrier is just over four and a half times the height of the White House in reality.

They may have gone for accuracy.

[Gregory]

Ebert gave it three and a half stars.

[Hoggie]

poll results so far :lol:

[Ray G.]

I'm calling it now: you give this no less than 4 stars.

Why can't it be 11 AM tomorrow now? :(

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

I can't wait to see this movie!

[Taxman]

Why can't it be 11 AM tomorrow now? :(Disappointing there, Dawg.

We all thought you would be doing a midnight showing.

[Matt Jay]

poll results so far :lol:

I am pleased that so many have plans to never see it.

[Taxman]

I'm calling it now: you give this no less than 4 stars.The Dawg denies us any rating at all.

[Ryan Elliott]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Movie%20Posters/two_thousand_twelve_ver5.jpg

I like how he'll do that to the white house, but...

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-roland-emmerich-fatwa.html

[Taxman]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Movie%20Posters/two_thousand_twelve_ver5.jpg

I like how he'll do that to the white house, but...

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-roland-emmerich-fatwa.htmlWell, the apt comparison is that he took out two major Christian symbols in the film. It just point out how dangerous Muslim fundamentalists are. It is simply not worth the trouble to destroy one of their thingines.

[Ryan Elliott]

Well, the apt comparison is that he took out two major Christian symbols in the film. It just point out how dangerous Muslim fundamentalists are. It is simply not worth the trouble to destroy one of their thingines.


I used the poster because it was pretty blatant, going out of his way to show destruction to the White House. The fake white house.

But he won't destroy a fake Muslim monument. It's the ONLY thing that makes it out alive.

Terrorists. Won.

[Ray G.]

It certainly didn't disappoint in terms of the spectacle, and that's why I went there. Some of those scenes were among the best disaster sequences ever put to screen. The Yellowstone one and the destruction of the White House were amazing.

But I just wish his screenwriters would put a tiny bit more effort into the "ordinary joe" storylines that go into these films. Independence Day did it pretty well, The Day After Tomorrow wasn't terrible, but this? Geez. The world is ending, and we're supposed to care about this shlub and his irritating kids? And then they nearly ended humanity. And don't even get me started on the dog.

Look, I'll keep on seeing these films as long as they're insanely spectacular like this one. But this was the first Emmerich movie where the terrible human interest subplots actually grated on me a bit.

[Ray G.]

I used the poster because it was pretty blatant, going out of his way to show destruction to the White House. The fake white house.

But he won't destroy a fake Muslim monument. It's the ONLY thing that makes it out alive.

Terrorists. Won.

Nah, its destruction was likely just left on-screen. It's not like we saw it at the end. We didn't see a lot of other monuments get destroyed either.

[Taxman]

I used the poster because it was pretty blatant, going out of his way to show destruction to the White House. The fake white house.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/glima/Movie%20Posters/two_thousand_twelve_ver3.jpg

I think I read that he finds some sort of humor in "JFK returning to the White House". I find that rather twisted.

[Ryan Elliott]

Nah, its destruction was likely just left on-screen. It's not like we saw it at the end. We didn't see a lot of other monuments get destroyed either.


Maybe, but not according to this article.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-roland-emmerich-fatwa.html

[Pia Guerra]

You know what I LOVE about that poster? That the Washington Monument is visible from the south lawn.
Here's the view from the north side of the building...
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/1d/08/21/white-house-at-dawn.jpg

[Ray G.]

I think I read that he finds some sort of humor in "JFK returning to the White House". I find that rather twisted.

I will say that Danny Glover's line as he sees the aircraft carrier bearing down on the White House was probably the best scene in the movie that didn't involve Woody Harrelson.

If crazy survivalist dude lasted longer, this probably would have been four stars.

[LordKinbote]

You know what I LOVE about that poster? That the Washington Monument is visible from the south lawn.
Here's the view from the north side of the building...
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/1d/08/21/white-house-at-dawn.jpg

From Roger Ebert's review (3.5 stars, by the way):


When St. Peter's Basilica is destroyed, Leonardo's God and Adam are split apart just where their fingers touch (the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel having been moved into St. Peter's for the occasion).

[Taxman]

You know what I LOVE about that poster? That the Washington Monument is visible from the south lawn.
Here's the view from the north side of the building...
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/1d/08/21/white-house-at-dawn.jpgThese buildings are not arranged in anything approaching what would be accurate either. I kinda thought that the little earthquake or whatever had moved them around.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/11/500x_vegas.jpg

[Darthdaw37]

I had free Tickets on Thursday and It was to bad, Typical disaster Film, but it had its moments, and there is alot of running away from stuff that gets kinda old, but over all not a bad flick. It was fun to say the least.

[Run-BMC]

I was enjoying the SHIT out of this movie. The shots as the plane left Santa Monica Airport were INCREDIBLE. There were just many many parts in the movie I enjoyed on the spectacular level, and a few that I enjoyed in the story and character level too.

Then came the last 20 minutes of the movie.

I found it unfortunate that I wanted to see all three arks just get destroyed. I just stopped caring about every remaining human being. I think it was the moment when I realized that in this movie, I and everyone I cared about would have been dead a long time ago. I remember being happy that the people on Ark 3 were looking like they were going to die, and I blame the filmmakers for that one. As far as I'm concerned, EVERY civilian on those arks were personified by Yuri and his fat fuck kids (you remember: "We're going to live, and you're going to diiieee.")

Oh, some of the people on the arks were scientists and people picked based on genetics? All I saw was that one Dwight Schrute lookalike who was screaming like a bitch the whole time, and that older guy, whereas Satnam who had a family got to eat a wall of seawater in New Delhi.

As someone who I watched it with put it, it would have been a lot better if at least SOME of the people on the ark were placed by lottery or something. But they actually specify that they did not.

The Curtis family lost me when Gordon died in such a stupid and pointless way and no one gave a shit. Basically he was a plot hinderence and they got rid of him. Just have him survive and have HIM do the specifically-described-"SUICIDE MISSION" and at least look like a hero instead of a cuckold that had to die so that everyone could be a family again. Also, how about the Russian girlfriend's death for another pointless one? Two seals come up six feet from each other and the only section that fills up with water is the middle one? THAT again, I blame on convenient writing.

What was so bad for me was that I LOVED the movie for 2.5 hours. LOVED it. And then the last 20 minutes just made me mad.

[Jason California]

Is the setup for the TV series clear?

[A.Huerta]

This movie was ridiculous in a fun way. It had every hollywood/disaster movie cliche known to man, the one liners, the main hero has more luck than a leprechaun, no story, a dog makes it and lives (like ID4 and more), humor right before the shit hits the fan. It's everything people expected.

If you were expecting something more, you have issues.


Is the setup for the TV series clear?


yes.