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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1723
From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 07-29-2004 11:00 PM

Y-A-W-N...... [sleep]

Very predictable from a particular scene a few minutes in.. as well as the damn trailer.

This film was a tad long and in my mind, it FELT it. I thought the ending needed work. It left you hanging, wondering why what happens actually happened, save a comment made by Shaw to Marco.

The Village was better.. but I think THUNDERBIRDS should have been the film I screened this week!!!! [Eek!]

2/5

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Ryan Luby
Film Handler

Posts: 70
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Registered: Jun 2004

posted 08-01-2004 03:27 AM

I had higher hopes for the final product and was left disappointed. But, I was pretty tired by that point, if that means anything. I was pretty bored, though, and I usually like thriller/dramas and I like Denzel in most of his roles.

I agree on the Village being my prefered movie this week.

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David Stambaugh
Film God

Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 08-01-2004 05:16 PM

First show today at Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene. Very good presentation, no complaints. Only about 10 people there. [Eek!]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS

I have a mixed opinion of this. In terms of the general theme of a large mega-corporation trying to put a sleeper in the White House and all that, I liked it. It's timely and thought-provoking.

But some of the specific plot twists and turns left me wondering "Huh? What the hell just happened? Why did they do that?" I couldn't tell if there was an element of "chaos theory" at work, meaning everything that happened was not carefully orchestrated; or if it really was all supposed to go down exactly as it did. But then I'm as dumb as the proverbial half-full bag of hammers. Maybe someone else can help me out on that. [Razz]

This movie is probably not going to do well - I bet it dies fairly quickly. My feeling is it has the underpinnings of a very good film, especially in this election year, but the execution is flawed.

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Pravin Ratnam
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 844
From: Atlanta, GA,USA
Registered: Sep 2002

posted 08-01-2004 10:54 PM

Whoever reviews this and have seen the original, comparisons will be appreciated. Meryl Streep doesnt look as good as Angela Lansbury did in the original when I see some scenes on tv.

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Josh Jones
Redhat

Posts: 1207
From: Plano, TX
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 08-19-2004 06:27 PM

Well, for what its worth, we screened the original about two weeks ago as part of our political film series. I cant speak for the remake, but the original, awesome. Good thriller and it holds up really well, being from '62 and all.

Josh

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