Just finished watching Sahara

[Hyperblaze]

Very good movie.

Didn't hurt that Penelope Cruz was hot in it.

Highly recommended

 

[venk]

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

 

[jpeyton]

Fun mindless adventure movie. I thought National Treasure was a little less outlandish, however.

 

[NuclearNed]

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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

yeah they did. several times. even pictures of it in a cave

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

yeah they did. several times. even pictures of it in a cave

and the explanation was...???

 

[ThePresence]

One of the worst movies ever made. Tries to be Bondsian without Bonds. It has plot holes you can drive a Humvee through. Guess that's what you get for making a movie out of a Clive Cussler book...

 

[Tarrant64]

I liked the movie. Actually bought it earlier this week.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

yeah they did. several times. even pictures of it in a cave

and the explanation was...???

africa used to be lush with forests and water. there was a huge rain storm 150 years ago or so (from the time the movie was placed in) which brough the level of water up exceeding high. irconclad went up river. river dried up. forest turned to dust. the men in the ironclad died of a disease which was unknown, but 300 folks died of it (if i remember correctly)

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
One of the worst movies ever made. Tries to be Bondsian without Bonds. It has plot holes you can drive a Humvee through. Guess that's what you get for making a movie out of a Clive Cussler book...

I liked the adventure in it. What plotholes?

 

[RedCOMET]

Read the Book, screw the movie.

I read the book a few years back and loved it. That was my first Clive Cussler novel and I've been reading them ever since. I however thought the movie could have been better with adapting the book to the big screen.

 

[stag3]

horrible movie

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: ThePresence
One of the worst movies ever made. Tries to be Bondsian without Bonds. It has plot holes you can drive a Humvee through. Guess that's what you get for making a movie out of a Clive Cussler book...

I liked the adventure in it. What plotholes?

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I guess the movie was fine if you like ridiculously unrealistic adventure. I don't like movies that auotmatic rifles and missles from choppers can't hit anything, but a cannon buried in the sand for 150 years can bring down a helicopter. But that's just me. They also never explained how an ironclad ship, which was not built for an ocean crossing managed to cross the ocean. Oh, also why and how were the solar panels rigged up to be operated wirelessly from a chopper? Come on, you know the plot holes, there are so many of them. But if it's an action flick you're after, and it doesn't matter that it's so insanely unbelievable, then go for it.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

yeah they did. several times. even pictures of it in a cave

and the explanation was...???

africa used to be lush with forests and water. there was a huge rain storm 150 years ago or so (from the time the movie was placed in) which brough the level of water up exceeding high. irconclad went up river. river dried up. forest turned to dust. the men in the ironclad died of a disease which was unknown, but 300 folks died of it (if i remember correctly)

Thats great, but doesn't explain my original question. How did they cross the Atlantic to get to the Sahara? I recall one of the characters even saying that an ironclad would never survive the journey across the ocean. So assuming that the Sahara was once a lush forest full of rivers and such (which is complete bs, by the way), how did the ironclad actually get there to go up the river?

 

[purbeast0]

you are crazy. this movie was absolute garbage. i went into it knowing it would be pretty bad, but even then I was disappointed.

this is one movie I recommend you DON'T see. the action is just way WAY over the top but not in a good way. its over the top in a laughable way, and a bad laughable way that just makes you just put your head down and shake in disapointment. it tries to get the Indiana Jones feel to it but fails miserably.

DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!

 

[Lonyo]

Wow, lets pick holes in a film because it has something unrealistic in it.
Lets say a film is bad because of this.
Wait, there goes 90% of films not meant to be outlandish (ie: Sci-Fi).

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Wow, lets pick holes in a film because it has something unrealistic in it.
Lets say a film is bad because of this.
Wait, there goes 90% of films not meant to be outlandish (ie: Sci-Fi).

there is a HUGE difference between "sci fi unrealistic" and "stupidly absurd unrealistic".

this movie was the latter.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
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Did they ever explain how the ironclad got all the way across the ocean? If they did, I must have missed it.

yeah they did. several times. even pictures of it in a cave

and the explanation was...???

africa used to be lush with forests and water. there was a huge rain storm 150 years ago or so (from the time the movie was placed in) which brough the level of water up exceeding high. irconclad went up river. river dried up. forest turned to dust. the men in the ironclad died of a disease which was unknown, but 300 folks died of it (if i remember correctly)

Thats great, but doesn't explain my original question. How did they cross the Atlantic to get to the Sahara? I recall one of the characters even saying that an ironclad would never survive the journey across the ocean. So assuming that the Sahara was once a lush forest full of rivers and such (which is complete bs, by the way), how did the ironclad actually get there to go up the river?

IIRC, luck basically.

The confederate ironclads were much more stable than their union Monitor-type counterparts. They were built on conventional hulls and had at least some freeboard. While certainly not a brilliant idea to cross the Atlantic in such a ship it might have proved possible if no bad weather was encountered.

The Union on the other hand lost a few of their ironclads due to storms and their design.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Wow, lets pick holes in a film because it has something unrealistic in it.
Lets say a film is bad because of this.
Wait, there goes 90% of films not meant to be outlandish (ie: Sci-Fi).

there is a HUGE difference between "sci fi unrealistic" and "stupidly absurd unrealistic".

this movie was the latter.

People that read Clive Cussler's books are willing and able to suspend disbelief.



I liked the movie.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
One of the worst movies ever made. Tries to be Bondsian without Bonds. It has plot holes you can drive a Humvee through. Guess that's what you get for making a movie out of a Clive Cussler book...

I enjoy Cussler's stuff for what it is - a dash of Oliver Stone pseudo-high brow history, coupled with Indiana Jones/Bond adventure.

I've just never figured out why they - and Matthew McCaughnhey (sp?), were so hell bent on making that book instead of one of the others. MM worked the Hollywood circuit for 7 years to get that book made into a movie. Now the franchise is doomed. Makes no sense.

 

[AnyMal]

I was stuck watching it 3 times flying to and back from Germany back in July. It was good the first time, OK the second time, and annoying the third time. Penelope was the most annoying charachter of all.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I was stuck watching it 3 times flying to and back from Germany back in July. It was good the first time, OK the second time, and annoying the third time. Penelope was the most annoying charachter of all.

i don't see how she was annoying? but that's just me.

This is the first movie I've seen with her not taking her clothes off though, I was disappointed..

 

[PimpJuice]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
One of the worst movies ever made. Tries to be Bondsian without Bonds. It has plot holes you can drive a Humvee through. Guess that's what you get for making a movie out of a Clive Cussler book...

I dont see how Barry Bonds would have made it any better?

 

[BCYL]

Just saw this movie this past weekend as well, it was alright, National Treasure was WAY better

 

[jjones]

The movie was about as lame as the book. Okay for a mindless matinee popcorn flick, but that's about it. I've only read that book by Cussler and based on it, haven't bothered with any of his others. Can he actually write a decent book? If so, give me a title and I'll check it out.