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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21350 on: October 22, 2009, 09:03:51 PM »
What I said was:
I have yet to find anything I didn't like about the film.  

I also said that I couldn't find fault, and by that I meant to reinforce the above statement.  However, this doesn't apply as WTWTA is loaded with content and substance.

I should bookmark this page and return here after eventually seeing Bronson.

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21351 on: October 22, 2009, 09:04:55 PM »
I edited my above post and added another thought.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21352 on: October 22, 2009, 09:06:44 PM »
What I said was:
I have yet to find anything I didn't like about the film.  

I also said that I couldn't find fault, and by that I meant to reinforce the above statement.  However, this doesn't apply as WTWTA is loaded with content and substance.

I should bookmark this page and return here after eventually seeing Bronson.

Please, do that.  And when you love the film to spite me I'll be sure to file that away as well.  It's not a bad film, its just a very good performance in a middling film.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21353 on: October 22, 2009, 09:07:16 PM »
#241.

Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) -

Am I the only one that found this quite laughable? The plot was hilarious, the acting was overall dreadful, and the dialogue wasn't meant to be this funny, was it? The special effects were very unconvincing and the film just didn't scare me. I am by no means a horror genre connoisseur, and I do not scare easily, but there was nothing I thought was scary here. The demon idea and the guy that played the psychic were the only high points in an otherwise laughable presentation.

Rating: 1.5/4...#57 of 2009 so far

#242.

Amelia (Mira Nair, 2009) -

As a film it was very average. Some of the dialogue was bland as were the performances. Swank was good, but it wasn't the easiest to overcome the accent, though I did. The romance seemed stale between Swank and Gere and Swank and McGregor. The overall unfolding of the story was not very compelling either. But look, Amelia Earhart is a tremendous figure. More than just a pilot, more than just a woman, more than just an American, she was a human being. As a history guy I can appreciate just how amazing she was as a person. Amelia had a passion. She was a celebrity, a wife, a friend, a pilot, but more importantly she was herself. The film gets this part right. It was very romantic in this respect. It romanticized the world and life the way that she lived it. There were multiple moments that gave me chills and/or even made my eyes water a little. There were moments of stunning visual beauty. The concept and the character are great, but the execution and the film do not fly as high as Amelia herself.

Rating: 2.5/4...#40 of 2009 so far
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21354 on: October 22, 2009, 09:10:50 PM »
Am I the only one that found this quite laughable?

It was supposed to be campy and fun, two things I thought it did quite well.

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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21355 on: October 22, 2009, 09:11:41 PM »
#241.

Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) -

Am I the only one that found this quite laughable? The plot was hilarious, the acting was overall dreadful, and the dialogue wasn't meant to be this funny, was it? The special effects were very unconvincing and the film just didn't scare me. I am by no means a horror genre connoisseur, and I do not scare easily, but there was nothing I thought was scary here. The demon idea and the guy that played the psychic were the only high points in an otherwise laughable presentation.

Rating: 1.5/4...#57 of 2009 so far

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Its Supposed to be funny, like Evil Dead 2.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21356 on: October 22, 2009, 09:19:59 PM »
Oh...well I still don't get it or like it for it.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21357 on: October 22, 2009, 09:24:34 PM »
Am I the only one that found this quite laughable?
It was supposed to be campy and fun, two things I thought it did quite well.
Yeah, it's supposed to be campy, but I thought the best part of the movie was the parking garage scene, which actually worked as legitimate horror.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21358 on: October 22, 2009, 09:26:49 PM »
#241.

Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009) -

Am I the only one that found this quite laughable? The plot was hilarious, the acting was overall dreadful, and the dialogue wasn't meant to be this funny, was it? The special effects were very unconvincing and the film just didn't scare me. I am by no means a horror genre connoisseur, and I do not scare easily, but there was nothing I thought was scary here. The demon idea and the guy that played the psychic were the only high points in an otherwise laughable presentation.

Rating: 1.5/4...#57 of 2009 so far

Think you missed the point. It's supposed to be campy like the old EC Tales from the Crypt comics.
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Re: Write about the last movie you watched
« Reply #21359 on: October 22, 2009, 09:29:59 PM »
Well if I had known the point I'm not sure I would have wasted my time with it. Clearly not my kind of genre, the whole looks like a horror movie but we're gonna make it dumb and funny
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