Lilah ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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At least twenty people walked out of the showing of Sweeney I went to. I'm guessing they didn't realize it was a musical.
See, I think the lady at our showing knew it was a musical, but she didn't know there would be gloom and cursing, also gore. Good lord the freaking gore.
Mr. Jane said it was worse than Saw for him.
Seriously? Could that be it for reals?
The most recent commercials I saw had very little singing. So if they just saw "Johnny Depp" and thought "Hey, I want to go to a movie on Christmas night"...yeah.
I enjoyed it, btw, though I thought it took a while to kick into gear.
And I didn't realize Deneuve and her daughter were doing the voices in the English version as well.
There is no English version. It's in French with subtitles.
There is no English version. It's in French with subtitles.
Even better.
I'm guessing they didn't realize it was a musical.
Seriously? Could that be it for reals?
Morlocks have a right to go out to the movies occasionally, too!
Morlocks have a right to go out to the movies occasionally, too!
Yeah. But the C.H.U.D. need to have a human or Morlock guardian....
Saw Alvin and the Chipmunks. Was entertained, though it is sad that the animated characters acted better than the live actors .
There were a couple of kids in the audience who declared it the BEST MOVIE EVAH. YMovieRatingMV.
I had no idea Sweeney is a musical, even after seeing the first trailer - I found out about it on the interwebs. That said, once I found out what it's actually about, now I want to actually see it.
Quiet Earth was hugely influential for me. I'm still not sure why, but it stayed with me for a long time.
Quiet Earth really stuck with me, too, Kevin. I first saw it rented on VHS back in the mid to late 80's, not long after it was first released. It's been a favorite of mine ever since. It has an economy of story effort that serves it well. And it still rewards repeat viewings.
Constant Gardener has lingered with me as well. S and I keep thinking about it and talking about it. Mostly about the relationships and characters, not the Big Pharma conspiracy plot.
Yeah, all credits to the director of that - I read an interview with him where he said he realised mid way through the shoot that the movie shouldn't really even be about the Big Pharma thing. Obviously, it is, but that's not what makes the characters compelling.
I saw Quiet Earth fairly early on - when I was about 12 I'd say, and remembered it well. I stumbled across it again in 2005, and - yeah - it's still great. There's something very... strange... about it. Not strange. I don't have the words, still. I found it incredibly atmospheric, which seems strange given what the film is about.
I was hoping I Am Legend would be a little like it, but mostly it wasn't.