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Post by forgottensinpwf on Oct 19, 2010 22:18:50 GMT -5
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Post by andrew8798 on Oct 19, 2010 23:24:21 GMT -5
Good review Probably one of his best
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Oct 19, 2010 23:30:28 GMT -5
I really don't know what to say about this review. I was a little bored with it but maybe it's because I'm tired. I'll be honest though, the movie was not scary at all. It was more like Yhe Exorcist funny. Also what was the point of the balloons? Maybe I mssed"This mean Spider-bot not go steady with Waspinator?" it but I am still confused by it.
On the bright side, he got me interested in the Red Balloon.
Since we are talking about scary Balloons, guess that gives me an excuse to post this.
Balloon phobia is serious business.
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Post by W?Y on Oct 19, 2010 23:32:51 GMT -5
That was pretty funny, I enjoyed that.
However, wasn't so much a fan of the Stephen King bashing: I mean, I actually agree that he reuses a lot of tropes, but I disagree that that makes all of his works "disappointing". It's Doug's opinion, and he still made it funny, but I didn't care for him dismissing King's entire bibliography.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Oct 19, 2010 23:37:21 GMT -5
Gonna watch it after NXT.
I'm a huge King fan so we'll see about this. I'm sure I'll appreciate NC's input - I always do, even when he's bashing something I enjoy.
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Post by spec on Oct 20, 2010 0:39:43 GMT -5
Some nice touches and made me laugh a lot but he really doesn't like Stephen King eh? Granted this movie was pretty sucky, particularly the latter part, but it was attempting to adapt a highly imaginative and complex novel that dealt in depth with the concepts of fear and growing up. The film was limited by the constraints of time and pre-CGI visual effects. IT just couldn't be condensed like that and still be as meaningful.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Oct 20, 2010 0:47:57 GMT -5
Just finished!
Honestly I thought his critiques of King were fair and pretty understated at times. As a King fan I really HAD to admit his faults and say that I like him in spite of (...or because of) them in order to keep my own sanity.
Plus, my reaction to IT's "true form" was severe rage. I wanted something actually SCARY, and that monster was a piece of shit!
But hey, King movies almost always suck, and IT was... Well, one of the worst, IMO.
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Post by mattperiolat on Oct 20, 2010 0:55:05 GMT -5
But hey, King movies almost always suck Stand by Me? Shawshank Redemption? Misery?
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Post by Milkman Norm on Oct 20, 2010 0:58:11 GMT -5
But hey, King movies almost always suck Stand by Me? Shawshank Redemption? Misery? Carrie? The Shining? The Green Mile?
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Post by Alex Shelley on Oct 20, 2010 0:58:22 GMT -5
But hey, King movies almost always suck Stand by Me? Shawshank Redemption? Misery? Note the "almost" :B Misery is one of my favorite movies, and Shawshank was simply beautiful and an honest masterpiece of a film. Never saw Stand By Me. But they're more the exception that proves the rule.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Oct 20, 2010 1:01:29 GMT -5
You should see Stand by Me. Seriously. ASAP. Like go out right now and find a copy of it and watch it or get a stream of it and watch it. To reiterate I think you should really see Stand by Me.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Oct 20, 2010 1:16:17 GMT -5
I wouldn't call The Shining a good adaptation though a good horror movie as long as you don't try comparing it to the novel. Also I'll throw out The Stand, Pet Sematary, Dolores Claiborne, and The Mist as other really good adaptations.
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Post by RatedRKoffee on Oct 20, 2010 1:43:24 GMT -5
Dead Zone was pretty good too.
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Post by Bobeddy on Oct 20, 2010 2:54:46 GMT -5
Stand by Me? Shawshank Redemption? Misery? Carrie? The Shining? The Green Mile? Funnily, King hates the movie version of The Shining, to the point that he made his own TV mini-series version.
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Post by the5thhorseman on Oct 20, 2010 3:03:28 GMT -5
The NC's drunk acting wasnt as funny as I would have thought it would be.
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Post by Thomas Powers of Paine on Oct 20, 2010 3:46:43 GMT -5
Normally I'm not a NC watcher but this was all right. I always thought King was inferior to Lovecraft in pretty much every way.
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Post by thesam07 on Oct 20, 2010 4:18:02 GMT -5
Is it just me or does the fat kid look like Kevin Steen? Anyway, I remember watching this as a kid. It was probably the first "horror movie" I watched. And I wasn't scared. Gremlins scared me more. Judge Doom from "Who framed Roger Rabbit" scared me more. Clown who is also a giant spider never scared me. Good review.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Oct 20, 2010 5:28:00 GMT -5
That was pretty funny, I enjoyed that. However, wasn't so much a fan of the Stephen King bashing: I mean, I actually agree that he reuses a lot of tropes, but I disagree that that makes all of his works "disappointing". It's Doug's opinion, and he still made it funny, but I didn't care for him dismissing King's entire bibliography. Same here. I especially don't get how King is supposedly constantly criticizing religion. If anything, he criticizes extremism. Also, I found it funny how the NC said that King's "prose is great but his stories are crap" as I always thought the exact opposite. Great stories, campy writing. But yeah, this made for TV miniseries doesn't seem so great and there are a lot of elements that don't seem to have anything to do with the original books. I heard none of the TV/movie adaptations of this books are good anyway. And is there any reason the bullies are obviously 5 years older than the other kids whereas they're all supposed to be around the same age? As for the balloon thing, they actually kinda make sense in the books (they're here to attract the kids as It promises to give one to them) but yeah, they really went over-the-top with them in the miniseries.
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Post by Cela on Oct 20, 2010 6:06:39 GMT -5
That was awesome
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 20, 2010 9:00:32 GMT -5
one of his better reviews. this movie was crap. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks so.
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