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Andrew McCrea
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 645
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 12-31-2000 03:57 PM

I do't know if I spelt it right... Anyways! I just got back from SilverCity And I Really Enjoyed This Film! Although I had crappy service this visit, I still really enjoyed the film... It would have been nice to have heard what had happened, but of course the sound had to go out for 5 minutes, the slide projector had to be broken and the manager had to blow me off because he was having his own sort of retail burn out.

eally Good Film... Anyone else want to say anything? I give this film 5 stars (*****) and I'll see it again!!!!

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Erik Schill
Film Handler

Posts: 38
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 01-01-2001 05:12 PM

I thought William Shatner was cool, and Michael Caine played a good gay guy

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 01-08-2001 01:45 PM

I saw this movie at Carmike 10 in Huntsville on Friday, January 5, 2000, and it was neat to see that it was still bringing in large crowds. The presentation quality was very good and the movie exceeded my expectations.

I loved that line that went something like..

Sorry, I was distracted by the half masticated piece of dead cow ....

There were a lot of humorous moments in the film and the audience laughed at a lot of things. It was an entertaining film.

Evans

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Peter Berrett
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 602
From: Victoria, Australia
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 04-15-2001 10:03 PM

There is a bit of a story as to how I came to see this film.

My wife is a horror fan and she wanted to go see the Exorcist. We have a 2 month year old daughter so we put her in the baby seat and headed off to the Coburg Drive-in (a 3 screen drive-in here in Melbourne, Australia We pulled up at the ticket booth and my wife says - 'we'd like to see the Exorcist'. To which the ticket guy replies 'I'm sorry but I can't let you see that film because you have her' - pointing to my daughter in the back of the car. The guy apologised profusely but said that these were the rules. My wife and I are pretty easy going so we decided to see Miss Congeniality instead - it was showing on one of the other fields.

Miss Congeniality was ok but nothing spectacular. Not all films are spectacularly good or bad - sometimes comedies are just enjoyable but not memorable. This film fell into that category.

I enjoyed seeing William Shatner ham it up (as usual) in this film. Sometimes I think he does these films simply to satirise himself.

I think the writer of the film tried to make a statement about beauty pageants and whether they were meat markets or scholarship programs - I ended up confused as to what they are. The pageant director started believing that the pageants were a scholarship program and ended up believing that they were a meat market whilst Sandra Bullock started believing they were a meat market and ended up believing they were a scholarship program. Talk about mixed messages!

Nonetheless if you have an evening free and just want to be entertained I think you will find this film entertaining. 3 stars out of 5.

cheers Peter

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 04-16-2001 08:51 PM

In days of old you would have been able to see The Exorcist or any other 'R' rated film with any child as long as they were under 2 years old. I think it's a good move that this was removed.

Many think they are too young to be affected at that age, but now I have my own kids, I'm not so sure...it's incredible what they remember.

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-03-2001 01:50 PM

I'd like to put in another recommendation for this movie. Two nights ago, I showed it to 3 friends and they all found it very entertaining. I found that I enjoyed it more the second time than the first. I noticed more subtle details the second time.

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