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Topic: Mr. Deeds
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Thomas Procyk
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Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-29-2002 09:57 PM
My first review post!  Regal Cinemas Royal Palm 18 -- Sat. June 29, 7:35pm -- Auditorium 11
DTS sound -- Full house, about 275 people. Took my mom out for her birthday and she didn't want to make me sit through Ya Ya Sisterhood!  MOVIE: Not really laugh-out-loud funny. The humor was a lot more subtle than the Sandler movies everyone is used to. (There's a line about dotting your T's and crossing your I's that no one laughed at.) A lot of the funny scenes were in the trailer, but they saved a few good ones. Overall, the film was lacking punch and the story seemed thin, but a nice little movie that's enjoyable and upbeat. My mom liked it. PRESENTATION: It's disappointing to visit the theater I got my start at to see "Film Done Good Enough." The DTS track was visible. It was on the masking, but still visible. The left edge of the frame sometimes didn't reach the masking and a sharp white line was visible. No policy after the trailers. Splices were sometimes rough and there were several in a row around reel #3 with gobs of dirt all over. (On the SECOND DAY!  )Automation cues were placed in the MIDDLE of the frame. PRINT QUALITY: Noticed a lot of negative dirt and color shifting between reels. (end of reel 1 had seveal fames that were completely tinted green) Speaking of green, I noticed the changeover cues were hollow green circles. Could this be a dye-transfer? (and if so, why?) Only one "lab/factory" splice in reel 4 in the center of the frame. SCORE:
Movie: *** / ****
Presentation: ** / ****
Print Quality: ** / **** =TMP=
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Mike Schindler
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Posts: 1039
From: Oak Park, IL, USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 06-30-2002 01:24 AM
On Thursday night, I was talking to my co-worker about how Marvel Comics was planning on doing a crossover between The X-Men and G.I. Joe. He said that that would be #34 on the list of the worst ideas of all-time. I asked him what #1 was, and he said the video for No Doubt's "Hey, Baby", which he claimed offended 3 of the 5 senses. Sight, sound, and he wasn't sure of the third one, but he thought that he detected a strange odor coming from his TV set.Later that night, we screened MR. DEEDS. His reaction was simple. "We have a new #1." I tend to agree with him.
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Evans A Criswell
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Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 07-12-2002 09:18 PM
Attendance: 2002/07/12 19:05, Regal Hollywood 18, Huntsville, AL, Auditorium 8 (1.85:1-only - no adjustable screen masking), Flat film.This showing I attended was packed (almost sold out) and there was lots of laughter and I found the movie to be very funny and enjoyable, and judging by the reaction of the audience, most others felt the same way. Of course, if I'd seen this in a nearly empty house, I wonder if my impression of the movie would be the same. I rate this as one of the better Adam Sandler movies I've seen, although this one isn't as good as Waterboy was. Presentation notes: Regal Policy trailer was a scope version, although everything else was flat. The trailer was squeezed in horizontally by a factor of 2 with the top and bottom cropped. The shutter timing was a little off. In the lower third of the image, upward smearing of credits was noticeable, with the smearing being 6 inches to a foot on the screen. Otherwise, everything was fine.
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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site
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Charles Everett
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Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 07-28-2002 12:00 PM
What is it with Adam Sandler movies? Big Daddy was good for 4 1/2 reels and wimped out in the last 1 1/2. Mr. Deeds was good for 4 reels and wimped out in reel 5.I will admit I liked the part where Deeds rescued the old lady's cats. Every cat lover should pay homage to Adam Sandler for that alone. Except for the cat rescue scene most of the good parts were in the trailer. It was good to see Deeds on the tennis court smash a return into the other guy's throat. That's a nice big "f%&@ you" to all the "Film Snobs" out there. That said, this is NOT a movie for children! I saw Mr. Deeds on a Sunday night 7:10 PM show at the Reading Cinemas in Manville NJ. A father led his little daughters run in and out of the auditorium all the way through. Apparently he didn't want to hire a babysitter or take his girls to a kid picture.
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