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zingy
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Small Soldiers
Small SoldiersQuote: Small Soldiers is a 1998 American action/science fiction film directed by Joe Dante starring Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst. The film revolves around two teenagers (played by Smith and Dunst), who get caught in the middle of a war between two factions of sentient action figures, the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite.
Critical reception of the film was mixed. Critics complimented the film's special effects, but criticized some of the darker aspects of the film, which had been marketed to a young audience.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:04 pm |
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Shack
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Well, I liked it lots when I was a kid. If I saw it nowadays though, it'd probably seem horrendeous.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:13 pm |
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getluv
i break the rules, so i don't care
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Great film.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:15 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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yeah! definetly a lot of fun when i was younger, not so much today, but its still just mindless stupid fun!
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Hoban Washburne
Speed Racer
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:18 pm Posts: 132 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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i liked it a lot when i saw it a long while ago, and i saw it again recently and i still liked it. I can't remember what the beasties were called (argonauts? gorgariths?) but i find them rather annoying as they are useless and a couple of them seem pretty retarded. I like Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst though, and the parents are entertaining enough (though Gregory Smith's dad in the movie is living in some fantasy land. who the fuck would want the toys that he was selling in his shop? how boring). i quote a few lines from the movie semi-regularly, but the one that has always stuck with me was the "I'm not a ma'am!" for whatever reason. i thought that was really funny.
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Thegun
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Phil Hartman's last role, and it was one of his more memorable, had a good cast and was the Dark side of Toy Story more or less, I enjoyed it, and is a fun film to watch with the family. Because what child has never imagined that toys fight each other.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:02 pm |
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neo_wolf
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I remember liking it much more when i was younger,now its mostly boring with a few nice creative scenes,they should have made the film entirely about the small soldiers.
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Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:54 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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While it is not flawless by any means and defies all logic, I find this movie IMMENSLY enjoyable and very rewatchable. I have seen it several times by now and it never gets boring for me. It reminds me a whole lot of Joe Dante's earlier Gremlins and its sequel. It certainly has the same atmosphere. It's just a very fun flick.
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:31 pm |
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Thegun
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Re: Small Soldiers
As me and Corpse have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic.
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Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:32 pm |
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Re: Small Soldiers
Dante's yet another winner. A
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:25 pm |
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Small Soldiers
Joe Dante needs to finally make another real film. He hasn't made one since Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Gremlins, its sequel, Small Soldiers, Innerspace and his Twilight Zone segment were all a whole lot of fun.
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bABA
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Re: Small Soldiers
Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!?
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Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:41 am |
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Thegun
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Re: Small Soldiers
bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!? Wow, sorry about that Baba, it was Corpse. For some reason I thought you were the one that responded to me.
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Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:20 pm |
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bABA
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Re: Small Soldiers
Thegun wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!? Wow, sorry about that Baba, it was Corpse. For some reason I thought you were the one that responded to me.
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Corpse
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Re: Small Soldiers
bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!? Wow, sorry about that Baba, it was Corpse. For some reason I thought you were the one that responded to me. Well, we quote each other so much it's an easy mistake! But don't you too agree with me and Thegun?
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Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:46 pm |
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bABA
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Re: Small Soldiers
Corpse wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!? Wow, sorry about that Baba, it was Corpse. For some reason I thought you were the one that responded to me. Well, we quote each other so much it's an easy mistake! But don't you too agree with me and Thegun?its a fun film. no more, no less
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:28 pm |
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Thegun
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Re: Small Soldiers
bABA wrote: Corpse wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: bABA wrote: Thegun wrote: As me and Baba have pointed out. If Transformers are too big and flashy for you. Check out this Classic. i have!? Wow, sorry about that Baba, it was Corpse. For some reason I thought you were the one that responded to me. Well, we quote each other so much it's an easy mistake! But don't you too agree with me and Thegun?its a fun film. no more, no less Couldnt the same be said of Transformers?
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bABA
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Re: Small Soldiers
not for me.
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trixster
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Re: Small Soldiers
Silly but fun. At least from what I remember.
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Algren
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Re: Small Soldiers
I loved this as a 12 year old. Watched it yesterday and it was still charming but it more so just highlighted how innocent and not mature I was at that age, that I could enjoy a kids film so much. But that's what happened, so there we go. I was fascinated with the idea of toys coming to life, much like my fascination with the Indian in the Cupboard and Jingle All the Way. Now I look back and see that my childhood was a true childhood. I'm glad I didn't grow up so fast.
Anyway, as for the film; it's good fun for kids. My son liked it. But even he was kind of confused how none of the characters just kicked the toys out of the way. It's a fairly big hole in the concept of the movie. It's unfortunate that Dante had planned to make a darker story for teenagers but the top brass ordered him to make it more for young children. You can kind of see both directions in the finished product. It's also interesting how the film is called Small Soldiers, and they are the bad guys. Films with goodies versus baddies are usually named after the goodies, so as a young boy I was rooting for Chip Hazard, or at least thought he was cool. I suppose it's because this film comes from a time that, despite not being that long ago, it seems it was long enough ago to have not been plagued by over-analysis of the marketing department.
I also only found out yesterday that Phil Hartman died in, like, 1999. I had wondered why I didn't see him in anything for 20 years. He was a true gem. I also learned that Christina Ricci and Sarah Michelle Gellar lent their voices.
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MadGez
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Re: Small Soldiers
I've never seen this but have been meaning to.
Regarding Phil Hartman - it was big news when he was murdered but you may have been too young at the time. I was a fan of his comedy and he was in News Radio at the time which was a show I enjoyed. Sad.
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Excel
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Re: Small Soldiers
Phil Hartman was sad indeed. Many still blame Andy Dick for his death.
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MadGez
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Re: Small Soldiers
Really? How does Andy Dick figure in his death?
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Excel
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Re: Small Soldiers
MadGez wrote: Really? How does Andy Dick figure in his death? Phil's wife (who eventually murdered him) had kicked her coke habit and was in control of herself for a decade until Andy Dick peer pressured her into restarting it at a party. That began her final descent and ended up with Phil dead 5 months later. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lovitz-spe ... andy-dick/
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