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.
Most Christmas movies leave me wanting to vomit, due to their rather nasty messages (whether intended or not).
You make an exception for The Ref, no?
Netflix has a fandom?
Interesting stuff from that site:
Overall, Netflix controls only 8% to 9% of the DVD rental market. But the company accounts for one-third to one-half of all rentals of "indie" and low-budget movies. According to Sarandos, the Netflix executive, specialized films often outperform mainstream studio movies rented via the service.
For example, 1 in 4 Netflix subscribers have rented "The House of Sand and Fog," the critically acclaimed drama that made little at the box office. The New Zealand film "Whale Rider," whose young star Keisha Castle-Hughes earned an Oscar nomination but whose ticket sales totaled about $20 million, has been rented on Netflix more than either "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" or "The Hulk."
Which I'm sure means they'll go under before 2005 is out.
You make an exception for The Ref, no?
Oh HELLS yeah.
Actually, it's rather funny. When a Christmas movie sets out to present some sort of traditional image of Christmas or people, it comes across to me as vile and repulsive in the extreme.
When a movie sets out to tell a bitter, cynical Christmas story, it will almost always be adored by me.
