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Appalling

posted 16 years ago by squicker
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How we laughed at this trite balderdash that was on TV today. Evidently made by some pea-brained Yank nitwit who has spent maybe 3 seconds in Scotland, regaling the entire film with stereotypes. Eating haggis, tartan blankets, stock names - Campbell, Angus...Blah blah.

Letting even the youngest child watch this is tantamount to removing all independant thought.

How on earth Ian Holm ended up in this garbage is utterly beyond me. The rest of the 'actors\actresses', director and writer, don't give you your day jobs.

Ben

[–] rirussell 16 years ago

Hi Ben,

I am a Cousin of John Fuscos'. Our Granparents came from Scottland so John is half Scottish. Unfortunatly our grandfather passed away before we were born, but we did hear stories about Loch Ness from our Nanny (grandmother) Isabel while we were growing up. There were referances to our family throughout the movie. I personally enjoyed it.

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[–] nipsu1 15 years ago

This movie was an absolute waste of celluloid.When Danson's character was knocked overboard there was about 4 or 5 minutes where he was not breathing surely brain damage would have set in.Joely's character hates him the first time she meets him and then 2 days later she falls into bed with him.His character doesn't think of denying the monster until he hears the bagpipes in his head.
Complete waste of time.
But wee Kirsty Graham is cute.

Selah.

[–] fredgarv79 15 years ago

"Joely's character hates him the first time she meets him and then 2 days later she falls into bed with him."

oh yeah, that's just SO unbelievable! I have never ever seen that happen in a MOVIE before! how ridiculous.

and yes it has the steroetypes in it of course, and ted danson is a blank spot in the middle of any screen he is on, but all in all, I say, lighten up a bit. i'ts got nice scenery of the area in it, which makes me want to go there, and Joely is great to look at

and didn't ted danson ever hear of propecia? or rogaine? poor guy, mr. stud actor, and he looses all his hair! this was probably the last movie before it was all gone for good!

[–] nipsu1 15 years ago

I've been there many times and the cinematography is so bad I would not judge any thing on the screen as being true to life
This movie is so dumb it should have a disclamer stating.May cause the viewer to lose I.Q.
I lost 2 hours of my life with this hokey drivel.I cannot rate this low enough.

Selah.

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[–] Patrick9648-919-794375 13 years ago

When I saw the word "appalling" I knew before I even read the post, that it was from someone who wasn't an American.

[–] squicker 13 years ago

Indeed, all jolly English here.

On a film note, this has now become a cult classic in our home. Whenever it's on I say, quite animatedly, "Quick, the appalling Loch Ness film is on!!". And sit and watch the whole thing, or as much as we can stomach...

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[–] squicker 13 years ago

I have grown to live it like an old faithful but somewhat incontinent and smelly hound!

:)

[–] emncaity 12 years ago

Yeah? Did you ever see a cowboy movie broadcast in Scotland?

OK. There were stereotypes. Most people aren't really watching the film to get a complete and nuanced picture of Scotland (where many of my own people are from). My own kids were fascinated enough with it to want to learn more, and they did, and they got beyond the "Scotland the Brave" on pipes and the haggis and all that.

[–] squicker 12 years ago

But surely, surely Scotland is simply the pipes, neeps and haggis and nessies????? :)

As I say, I've grown to have a sort of cult love for this film. When It's on now I say to my infinitely better half, "look, look, Loch Ness is on, Loch Ness is on!!!!" Not saying she responds positively, but I say it nonetheless.

[–] emncaity 12 years ago

Neeps and tatties! Yeah, baby!

There's much to criticize about the film, I guess. I'm just saying it has a heart, and a better one than most films. Maybe I just had really low expectations going in, or maybe it's just that I haven't seen it for longer than I think.

[–] hernemesis 10 years ago

Evidently made by some pea-brained Yank nitwit who has spent maybe 3 seconds in Scotland, regaling the entire film with stereotypes. Eating haggis, tartan blankets, stock names - Campbell, Angus...Blah blah.

Yeah, the audience is going to sit through a movie about the existence of Nessie and family, and completely buy the whole story. Because Hollywood has never produced stereotypical fairytales ever, and this is the exception that everyone is going to fall for. Right.

How on earth Ian Holm ended up in this garbage is utterly beyond me. The rest of the 'actors\actresses', director and writer, don't give you your day jobs.

For the majority, directing/acting/writing is their dayjob...

I enjoyed your post and feel your pain, because The Quiet Man is a not a fair representation of Ireland either, but I'm pretty sure that most people are aware that John Wayne didn't end up with the lovely Maureen O'Hara in a small, quaint village in the middle of nowhere, just like we know that Tom Cruise is not really an action hero in real life, or that Richard Dreyfus didn't leave with aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They're called movies and they usually require suspension of belief...

And...a movie about sea monsters should not be taken seriously...by anyone.

[–] olsontd-1 9 years ago

Sigh - I confess I was caught up in the moral dilemmas and ambiguities that unfolded in the story. However unrealistic (and some people would say,"over the top") the dilemmas and resolutions were, the characters were engaging, the changes in attitude were in a direction we can root for, and the way initial confrontations melted into solutions (or semi-solutions) was engaging. [spoiler] Not too much has been made of Ted Danson's faculty chair--who was quite ready to hypocritically take credit for the surprising results Danson's character produced. It made ironic Danson's departure from the final meeting at the university that he showed the picture he did. It seemed just desserts for heretofore cynical faculty to get comeuppance of a sort. It also restored Danson's character to one who was willing to abandon praise and fortune in favor of the culture of a village, the faith of a girl and the ongoing reflectiveness of a woman. The characters at the end of the movie were different than they were at the begnning. Such transformations are not appalling.

[–] cybopath 9 years ago

Not to mention an entire village of English actors putting on awful sing song Scottish accents.

Why is it that every film set in Scotland must have an entire cast of English actors doing bad accents? Is it the same law that made Sean Connery play every nationality but his own?