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Author Topic: The Forgotten Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-23-2004 08:48 PM                        Hmmm, what to say, what to say? I'll just leave this one up to you guys/gals *YAWN* I will admit, there was one scene that caught me off guard and made me jump a tad... Then again, it could have been because of my nodding off... SPOILERS: Abductions and coverups, ala X-Files... just don't cut it anymore..  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-23-2004 11:57 PM                    I thought it was pretty decent despite the camera man seemingly wearing rollerskates for some scenes. UGH! Stop with the freakin SEIZURE CAM, PEOPLE! Once you figured out what was going on, it became somewhat predictable I thought, but I still enjoyed it. ** SPOILERS ** X-Files stuff still works for me. And I think the one scene that made you jump is probably the same one that really made me jump.  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-24-2004 02:13 AM                     It was an OK film. Probably won't do well, as it lacks any well known big boxoffice grabbing cast members. But, then again....who cares.It was an interesting 91 minutes, and time went by quickly. By the way, I jumped too! The one sheet is a ripoff of Dawn of the Dead (2004).  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-24-2004 09:53 AM                     I thought it was pretty good. I feel that there were two scenes that made you jump.  |  IP: Logged R. Andrew Diercks Expert Film Handler Posts: 232 From: Marion, Iowa (In the middle of everywhere) Registered: May 2003 posted 09-24-2004 10:12 AM                     Overall story not that great. The male lead was not the greatest actor either. I cannot take away that I was very entertained and jumped a couple times. It was fun to watch.  |  IP: Logged Rich Granata Film Handler Posts: 61 From: Bethlehem PA USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 09-24-2004 10:59 AM                     I thought it was great. I dont see these types of movies often. The digital sound helped keep me awake. It was one of those movies where, if I had paid to see it, I still would have been happy. That is how I am judging movies now. Because I keep saying movies are great and then I wonder if If I had acually paid for it I would have been displeased. I know thats why the employees say every movie is great. When they recommend something (Paparazzi, etc.) I no longer believe them. 3/4 stahs  |  IP: Logged Jason M Miller Master Film Handler Posts: 284 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-24-2004 01:48 PM                     Good, not great but good....  |  IP: Logged Greg Davis Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Vista, Ca, USA Registered: Sep 2004 posted 09-30-2004 12:49 AM                     SPOILER!!!!11z This movie blows at the end. Oh wait the beginning too. It looks like first contact and xfiles made babies, and those babies were ugly. if your me and movies are free because your a booth gnome go for it, waste an evening. Dont pay for this mumbo jumbo. There were some parts that had sweet effects, but what convinced me that this was cookie cutter "quote suspense end quote" was the single shot where the detective gets ripped away. a LITTLE PREDICTABLE. Same technique used when the alien/guywhogotthepartbecausehelooksweird flies out the building. "HOW CONVENIENT! the camera is already looking off into the horizon, RIGHT where they are gonna fly away! Heck, lets use it 3 times. no one will care, and it saves time for us to have to move the camera!" Oh yeah and this movie sucks. I think i said that already.  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-05-2004 11:32 PM                     Good film, the mothers in our group really thought so. Mothers as in females that have children.  |  IP: Logged Patrick de Groot Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-07-2005 04:45 PM                     This film wasn't that good. At the end I asked myself "what are they trying to tell us?" or "whats the story?". The characters behave sometimes strange. Some nice shock effects though. That "one scene" was great. SPOILERS *where were the children all that time? Playing in the backyard of the aliens? *where is that nice good female inspector at the end? The father returns but our friendly inspector is gone... *However, our friendly inspector did not think very long before shooting some bullets at the invinceble man who did nothing wrong except keep on walking *Not very interesting experiment of our alien visitors *Why was the child on the airfield? END SPOILERS It was watchable but it was somewhat long winded and it didn't have an interesting story.  |  IP: Logged

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