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Also, when Carey Elwes is not in Princess Bride or Robin Hood: Men In Tights, he's not a very good actor.
This is what I think, too. He seems to be especially bad when he has to do an American accent.
What was the hivemind opinion on Ginger Snaps II? I rented it last night and really enjoyed it -- very creepy, and the screenplay has a near-Buffy-level mixture of snark and horror.
a criminal waste of Jeremy Piven.
Can I just say Cupid?
And where are those frelling dvds!?
As for Ginger Snaps II. I liked the dialogue a lot and the characters well enough. The bad seed
girl was creeptastic.
But, I didn't like the ending at all. Felt like it brought down the franchise a bit. All in all though, I was glad I saw it.
I'm thinking of buying Ginger Snaps I. Anybody seen III!The prequel? (sheesh)
What was the hivemind opinion on Ginger Snaps II? I rented it last night and really enjoyed it -- very creepy, and the screenplay has a near-Buffy-level mixture of snark and horror.
Not as good as the first one, but all right. Lemme Nilly.
Beej "Buffista Movies 2: (Working Title)" Jul 2, 2004 9:38:01 am PDT
And then my thoughts are here:
Polter-Cow "Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned" Jul 16, 2004 4:29:12 pm PDT
Yeah, i agree it's not as good as the original, in part because Ginger is dead, and the sister's interplay was one of the best things in the first one.. But I enjoyed Brigitte's interplay with the clinic director. And Ghost was just ... astounding, in writing and in execution. The ending was a little lame, but I can go with it.
Also, did anyone know the actress who plays Brigitte was the young Beverly in the miniseries of It, which gave me bad dreams many years ago? Quite the creeptastic career she's had.
Kathy, I saw Christmas with the Kranks, and I disliked it immensely.
P-C really captured my Ginger Snaps 2 experience. That boy can turn a phrase.
Well, Ginger Snaps Back (clevah) has done pretty well in the Netflix reviews. It's now at the top of my queue.
So, in this version Kong and the girl do it?
Didn't see the Jessica Lange version, didja?
Has anyone seen Christmas with the Kranks? I clicked over to Rotten Tomatoes, and it has a 4 percent rating, the lowest I ever remember seeing there.
Good Lord! That rating is lower than Catwoman and The Cat in the Hat, and only rivalled by House of the Dead. I'd heard bad reviews, but nothing to indicate there was a need to round up a lynch mob to prevent the director from filming again...
I read a few of the bad reviews for Xmas/Kranks, and the common thread was the sheer detest everyone had for the central theme that "Americans must march in lock-step with their neighbors, especially when it comes to crass commercialism in the holidays."
Most Christmas movies leave me wanting to vomit, due to their rather nasty messages (whether intended or not).
Jingle All the Way tops that list, though it sounds as if Kranks will give it a run for it's money.