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What a great movie! 10/10!!!

posted 16 years ago by BasildonReeves
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I bought this movie because I love some kinds of horror (not teen/slasher/SAW garbage) and this kind of appealed because of the image of that freaky weird Plague Doctor. The style and colors and the way it was shot was amazing, kinda down and dirty and quick, but beware unless you keep your eyes open you'll miss the details. I don't know what some of the others are complaining about because I could see everything great on my tv but I do agree that maybe on cheaper tv's the details may not show.

The acting all round was superb and I liked the way I was switching between hating these guys and loving them - it kinda seemed that the actors at time were parodying actors from other bad horror flicks but because of the way the story ran I felt the writers and the director were deliberately doing this, like messing with our minds. I nearly missed some clues to do with mysterious fox but as i thought on it they all came together with the amazing pay-off which I aint going to spoil for you. Wow, creepy! It really does make sense with the story but emotionally too.

Some of the other comments here are just plain dumb. I think these critics have just watched so much s*** that they can't tell good from bad anyhow and just because this movie uses and re-invents all the cliches that loser horror fans dig doesn't mean the film blows. It's smart cos it re-uses and recycles everything and I haven't seen a movie like it. I think movie people who aren't horror fans actually would see this as a really scary fresh movie.

SO I SAY GOOD LUCK TO IT and congrats to all those involved. BRILLIANT! 10/10

[–] Pita_2 16 years ago

Just reading the title of your topic made me laugh!!!

[–] kimmehcup 14 years ago

SAME! Hahahaha I was actually thinking maybe it was going to be a joke post like that was the title and then the comment would be like "Haha no, of course not!"

[–] johan_sreber 16 years ago

Just finished watching the movie. Didn't get the ending, I'm confused.
Could you please explain it? Thanks.

[–] jamesbj 16 years ago

As I was watching the movie and thinking it should be just about over I checked the time and it was only 30 minutes into it. That's a bad thing.

"I'll kill him...I'll kill him dead." ::

[–] baxkeystone 16 years ago

O yeah 10 Stars.............NOT!

Best scene: They find out their individual death cause. And even though the guy said not to give him any fire, they light up a torch about 10 sec later. This isn't even ironic, it's just a very poor script, way to straight forward for this genre.

Rating: God if I could only use negative star number ratings. Waste of time and money.

[–] robitussin217 16 years ago

Gotta agree with the nay sayers.

My favorite line, "I don't think any of this is real..." BUM BUM BUUMMMM!

Just to back up my distaste for the movie- I don't see the point of having a scene where a guy walks in to a room, and gothic Big Bird from Hell pops up behind him, and then they just show him running out of the room and it's on to the next scene. And, the movie seemed like it was trying really hard to have some "ah ha!" elements in it. But, they had to spell it out for you with flashbacks and narration. The movie wasn't good enough to employ the "show don't tell" rule for the really important parts. And, maybe I'm missing it and someone could explain it to me. What was with all the "this is from the 17th century" stuff and it looked they were running around in a modern mental facility? Was it an archaeological site under the hospital or whatever that was? Why even do that?

Only thing this movie had going for it was decent acting. Most of it seemed like vague idea without any mastery of movie form or story-telling.

[–] maratshadey 16 years ago

wow - you are truly thick. Wasted on a retard like you. GAWD.

[–] robitussin217 16 years ago

Aw, you shouldn't make fun of retarded people that look like me. And, I'm actually pretty skinny. Oh! Were you calling me retarded and thick?...That's redundant. And, you should be more thorough. I'll help since you are a complete failure at unmerited personal stabs.

"Wow," Notice how "Wow" is capitalized which leaves no room for the person you are attacking for no reason to criticize your horrible punctuation. Notice the comma.

"you are truly thick." This is fine and is all that is needed to express the stupidity of the person you are attacking. If you would like to needlessly reiterate said stupidity, and I'm sure you do, you can call them retarded.

"Wasted on a retard like you." This is a sentence fragment. This also leaves room for the subject to retort because you are not specifying what is being wasted. It is essential to seem smart if you are calling someone else a retard. If you cannot successfully communicate, it's probably because you're too dumb to use the English language. Try this instead! "You're just too retarded to appreciate this movie." This is stronger because it specifies what is being wasted due to the subjects level of retardation despite his actually being much more intelligent than you.

Go ahead maratshadey, I'll wait for you to look of the definition of "redundant" and "reiterate." Heck, go look up the definition of "like." That will probably help you out so you can try again.

[–] maratshadey 16 years ago

Thanks for spending the time on replying to my throwaway comment. Your reply is duly noted.

[–] robitussin217 16 years ago

That was pretty good. I can see you paid attention to punctuation.

[–] SimplyClassic 15 years ago

To: robitussin217

Before attempting a "personal stab" commenting on a person's use of the English language, perhaps you should look at your own use of the language and the level to which you stoop (e.g. trying [and failing] to correct someone's grammar).

Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.

[–] kimmehcup 14 years ago

Hahahahahahahahaha you must have REALLY been upset by maratshadey's comment! You should try to work on not getting so worked up by people on the internet :P

[–] Rhyekno 16 years ago

I'm assuming you've never seen a GOOD movie before?

[–] maratshadey 16 years ago

Like anyone is going to be educated by a no-mark like you. F off.

[–] robitussin217 16 years ago

"No-mark!?" Sir, there is no need for language like that. However, since you are so inclined to use such language then I will put myself on your level and see if YOU like it. You're a ninny!

Since it seems like you're running out of little one-liner put downs, (which is understandable, I can see you work hard) I'll help you out again.

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/insult.html

[–] maratshadey 16 years ago

Again you come to my rescue. You *beep* fag. Perhaps my liege, you need some language like this? Or that?

[–] robitussin217 16 years ago

I'm not gonna lie, that was pretty funny, "Or that?" I got a chuckle. Anyway I'm done. Maybe we'll get into it again when you start defending some other stupid friggin' movie...

[–] kbanim 16 years ago

MY HUSBAND AND I JUST WATCHED THIS MOVIE AND WE REALLY ENJOYED IT, BUT WERE CONFUSED BY THE ENDING. COULD YOU EXPLAIN?

[–] BasildonReeves 16 years ago

I think there are three references to the time 'freezing' outside the hospital. That would be the outside clock and the 'frozen' fox at 11.59pm (seen through windows/shutters on different occasions). Time references IN the hospital (Anna's watch)...starts ticking when she falls through to the alley, and two other occasions when she checks her watch and the time has moved on. So, I think, at 11.59 when the guys hit the hooded figure at the beginning in the street, and time freezes (in car digital clock freezes), to when the time loop comes full circle (when time is 'unfrozen' incl car clock and big spire clock) and Anna holding the baby is hit in the street MEANS that the whole story takes place inside the hospital between 11.59 and midnight. I guess the Plague Doc froze the time so he could complete his plan of putting himself (his evil spirit) inside Joolz' baby and then tricks Anna into getting the baby (him) out into the modern world, 350 years after the original events. Anna and the guys are all killed leaving no one as a witness to his successful plan. Neat.

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