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Author Topic: Cellular (2004) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-09-2004 05:16 AM                     ...and the award for WORST ACTRESS OF 2004 goes to...Kim Basinger!!! ...and the award for WORST DIRECTION OF 2004 goes to...David R. Ellis!!! ...and the award for WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR SECOND ONLY TO ANCHORMAN goes to...Cellular!!! Need I say more?  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-11-2004 08:26 AM                     I really didn't think it was that bad. It had me on the edge of my seat for a lot of it. Agreed that Kim Basinger sucked, Jason Staham also was REALLY bad. I found it funny at some parts and I really found myself getting into it. Overall not too bad for me. Chris Evans was really good in the lead. I felt they could've developed more on how the cops got bad. 2.8/5  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-13-2004 05:52 AM                        SPOILER So the guy goes to the police station with the phone in hand and the victim on the other end of the line and they send him upstairs to the 4th floor because there is trouble in the lobby. OK, then he fears he will lose the signal on the staircase, so instead of going back one floor or to the lobby and trying to attract SOMEBODY'S attention - I don't know how well equipped the LAPD is, but I do think they actually have phones in the building too, so somebody could call the 4th floor from the 3rd, or even the 2nd -, he simply leaves the police station altogether and continues his odyssee? Stuff like that completely spoils a movie for me. "Speed" was very unlikely too, but at least it made sense in its own context.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 09-14-2004 02:24 AM                     Predictable, lame premise, and not the greatest dialouge but ya know, I enjoyed it! Kim Basinger still looks good too! AJG  |  IP: Logged Robert L. Fischer Expert Film Handler Posts: 145 From: Montreal, Quebec Registered: May 2004 posted 09-16-2004 12:04 PM                    I was really surprised by this one. I was very reluctant to watch this movie, but found myself with nothing to do on a Monday night. I expected to make fun of the movie with my friends (we were the only ones in the auditorium), but to my amazement, almost nothing about the movie was laughably bad. The key to enjoying the movie is not to take it too seriously; despite the apparent marketing strategy, the film doesn't take itself too seriously either. I found myself really pulling for Ryan, even moreso than Jessica, and the film's comedic moments (which actually are funny) are mostly meant to be so. But the movie is still a suspense thriller, and it still succeeds on these grounds if you can suspend your own disbelief. Once again, if you don't take the film too seriously, you won't have much of a problem with this. William H. Macy is great in his supporting role as usual, and the bad guys are convincing enough to make you loathe them. And I'm sure many will lambast the cell phone jokes, but they aren't meant to be taken seriously. This film delivers on its admitably cheesy premise, and is never dull for a moment. Even if you're as skeptical as I was, give Cellular a chance. 7.5/10  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 09-25-2004 12:47 AM                     I enjoyed this movie because it was a good MST3000 type movie. Hilariously awful acting by Kim Basinger, hilarious scenes that were meant to be serious. Some serious stupidity in the movie. If you can manage to suspend all levels of logic, this is the movie to see because it is rarely boring.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-25-2004 06:19 PM                     quote: ..and the award for WORST DIRECTION OF 2004 goes to...David R. Ellis!!! Even worse than the direction of "The Bourne Surpremacy"?  |  IP: Logged Pete Wolla Film Handler Posts: 71 From: Tioga, ND, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 10-10-2004 09:47 AM                     showing cellular this weekend i enjoyed it .it was far fetched and predictable.  |  IP: Logged

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