Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Horrifying Movie) 『We've known people like her. Sweet one minute, over the edge the next. Kathy Bates' performance is realistic and convincing. This movie will not keep you on the edge of your seat; it will drive you out of it! You want to run while you legs are still in working order! Close your eyes when she grabs that sledge hammer! M.L. Paxton』
("Sshh darling, trust me...it's for the best!") 『I don't own the "Misery" DVD, but I have seen it three times, and each time, the movie is just as shocking and intense as before. Rob Reiner is the director, and adapts the Stephen King novel to the screen. Considering most of the film takes place in a bedroom, you're going to need a pretty good script to keep such a concept alive and interesting. Fortunately, "Misery" is full of interesting plot developments, and as the story moves along, nothing feels boring or tedious. In fact, two of the times I saw this movie were back-to-back on TV (thanks for that, AMC!), and I can honestly say I watched it both times, in a row, without ever getting bored.
In addition to Rob Reiner's great directing, we have the talented acting of James Kahn and Kathy Bates, both of whom portray their characters quite realistically and believably. The realism of their acting is partially what makes this movie so frightening, because James Kahn and Kathy Bates make it seem like this sort of things could actually happen, which is a powerful tool in horror movies. In addition, there's no way you can give this movie less than 5 stars after seeing the heart-pounding, realistic terror in the climax!
Well, my time here is done. In closing, this is a highly-recommended horror movie for those that want to see an excellent, entertaining and nerve-wracking work of horror genius, especially if you're interested in seeing the realistic side of horror movies. Thanks for the time, and peace.』
(Great Horror Movie) 『This is one of the three Stephen King books that actually turned into a good movie. Usually, the movies made from his books cannot hold a candle to his writing. But Misery does. Kathy Bates is fabulous as a crazy fan who thinks she knows the author intimately and holds him hostage and tortures him. James Caan does a wonderful acting job as well. Anyone with even a tiny dose of fame knows that sometimes people can interpret some really strange things from what you say or write. I hope I never meet someone like this. If you like horror movies don't miss this one! Power Path to Love』
(Misery-Good Steven King Story) 『Misery was a good 4 to 5 star Steven King story which I enjoyed very much. It concerned stalkers and fameous writers and must, therefore, be a subject close to Mr. Kings heart. Since my son and I are both fans of Steven King, my family went to Bangor Main a few summers ago to visit the town, take in some of the local tourist attractions and on site filming locations of many of his films.
We also briefly stopped in front of Mr. Kings home to take a photo. I hope this didn't qualify us as stalkers, but we also visited fameous Bettes Book Store in hopes of the possibility of seeing Mr. King (which we did not). We picked up some books and were treated to some interesting stories concerning Mr. King from the shops staff. Bettes book store also provided us a map of Bangor annotated to show exactly where many of King's movies have been filmed.
Except for getting a flat and getting lost while looking for some of these filming locations it was a great trip and I would recommend it to all fans of Steven King.』
(Kathy Bates at her best.!) 『This have got to be one of the best movies of the century, I don't care what anybody says,. it has everything a great thrillers needs,.. suspense, horror, great acting, a psycho woman who is obsessed whith the character heroine of a book and wants the writer to give her the perfect ending,..she wants a Happy ending,.. and will kill if she has to, to get it.』 『Based on the chilling bestseller by Stephen King,Miserywas brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner as one of the most effective thrillers of the 1990s. From a brilliant adaptation by screenwriter William Goldman, Reiner turned King's cautionary tale of fame and idolatry into a mainstream masterpiece of escalating suspense, translating King's own experience with obsessive fans into a frightening tale of entrapment and psychotic behavior. Kathy Bates deservedly won an Academy Award for her performance as Annie Wilkes, an unbalanced devotee of romance novels written by Paul Sheldon (James Caan), whose books provide Annie with a much-needed escape from her pathetic life and her secret, violent past. After Annie rescues the injured Sheldon from a car accident, she seizes the opportunity to nurse her favorite writer back to health, but her tender loving care soon turns to terrorism as she demands that Sheldon write his latest novel according to her wish-fulfillment fantasies. From this point forward,Miserypercolates to a boil as equal parts mystery, thriller, and cleverly dark comedy, with the helpless author pitched in deadly warfare against his number one fan. While Bates carefully modulates her role from doting kindness to sympathetic loneliness and finally to horrifying ferocity, Caan is equally superb as the celebrated author who must literally write for his life. It's essentially a two-actor film, but Richard Farnsworth and Lauren Bacall are excellent in supporting roles as they investigate the writer's mysterious disappearance. Frightening, funny, and totally irresistible,Miserywas such a hit that some of Bates's dialogue entered the popular lexicon (particularly her nagging reference to Caan as "Mister Man"), and its nail-biting thrills remain timelessly intense.--Jeff Shannon』 『A "heart-stopping psychological thriller" (Joel Siegel) this Academy Award(r)-winning* film is "one of the best horror movies" (Time) ever. Adapted from a Stephen King story by Oscar(r)-winning** screenwriter William Goldman (All the President's Men) and directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men), this chiller starring Kathy Bates (Titanic) and James Caan (The Godfather), is "a Hitchcockian kind of cat-and-mouse" (The New York Times) gameplayed between two cunning mindsone as sharp as a tack and the other as blunt as a sledgehammer. Novelist Paul Sheldon (Caan) doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. All he remembers iswaking up in the home of Annie Wilkes (Bates)a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his "cock-a-doodie" life! *1990: Actress (Bates) **1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; 1976: All the President's Men』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Funny, but not quite an MST3K classic) 『Yet again, those crazy guys and gals at Best Brains have made it possible to sit through an unwatchable movie without having to worry about your eyes and ears starting to bleed as a result of being exposed to so much boredom captured on video. This isn't MST3K's best, however - I would classify it among the least enjoyable of the experiments made commercially available for public consumption. Interestingly enough, however, this film may provide more scenes in Comedy Central's later advertisements about the show than any other experiment I know of: for those who still remember the good old days, you'll recognize the "finish it" drinking scene, the screaming nurse-like woman scene, and of course the classic Barney Fife going down the stairs scene. Crow's Barney Fife impersonation is probably the highlight of this whole MST3K movie experience, though. Mike and the bots are funny from start to finish, but there just aren't any truly spectacular MST3K moments to come out of experiment # 518 (Mike's fifth experiment after taking over for Joel).
As far as the movie itself goes, it's all about an annoying and bitter old woman who hires three foreign housekeepers so that she can pick a new body for herself - like most crabby old women, she has her own mad scientist in the basement perfecting the science of brain transplantation. Yes, it's the weirdest beauty contest of them all, as the old lady ogles and feels up her nubile young charges looking for the perfect new body for her sick little brain. Miss England wows the audience and judge with a completely ridiculous accent (which seems to come and go quite a bit) and a hip-swaying walking style that only young, healthy hips can hope to survive. Should she, however, be unable to fulfill her duties for any reason (such as having her eye raked out by a fellow contestant who now thinks she is a cat, for example), the plainer yet passably attractive runner-up will be expected to take her place. There's basically nothing atomic to see, no brains are presented for our inspection, and the whole thing simply reeks with boredom.
This experiment also features a short called What About Juvenile Delinquency? There's a lot more action (not to mention extreme close-ups) here than there is in the featured film. Unfortunately, this is one of those "What would you do?" educational films that expect you to actually think about what you have seen - I hate those. I would much rather watch some punk come to a bad end. As for host segments and skits, you start off with a special Love Letters reading by Tom and Crow, get to see Mike terrorize the bots with his rather disturbing chin puppet skills, and enjoy the sad and tragic career of Weather Servo Nine! The real highlight comes when the bots dress up and act like the Mads, then Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank respond in kind (you can imagine what happens when you put TV's Frank's head inside a fishbowl) - now that's entertainment.』
(A hint of necromania) 『A lumpy-faced scientist, with the help of a dog-faced associate, chisel their way into vaults and steal corpses... Meanwhile, three women from different places across the globe ("all from Nebraska") try not to get other movie roles by doing their worst accents. The "British" lady is especially funny with her "jolly" and her "bloody 'ell"...Good God, does MST notice this...They pounce on their accents like comedy panthers. Well done, boys.
These three women are all going to be housekeepers for an old woman who wants a brain transplant... and lumpy scientist is just the man for the job. Things don't go as planned and the scientist is radiated in his own machine...along with a Hot Pocket. The old woman is transplanted into a cat intentionally by lumpy so he can have more money to further his work with...naked dead people...
So the girl is saved, lumpy and the old crazy woman are no more, and the budget for this picture is like an elevator going straight to hell. Mike and robots are hillarious in this, which had a much needed mocking coming to it. Great, great stuff. Buy now.』
("Excuse me, could you tell me where my accent is from?") 『This is perhaps not THE best MST3K episode, but it is still absolutely hilarious, and well worth the price of purchase for any MSTie. The host segments are great, and they include Mike's excellent chin-puppet performance (which the 'Bots find more disturbing than amusing), and Magic Voice's creepy run-in with the voice-over guy from the movie. The riffing is, of course, excellent, a personal favorite being the lyrics the SoL guys add to the weird theme music that accompanies some characters ("She's old... she creaks... she goes... downstairs...").
"The Atomic Brain"does feature lots of brains - human brains, dog brains, cat brains - though I'm not quite sure where the"atomic"part came from. The basic plot consists of a crazy old rich woman (Mrs. March) who has decided she wants to live forever, and the way to do this is to have her brain transplanted into the body of a young woman. Her wishes mesh perfectly with those of a mad scientist (Dr. Frank) who is working on the development of brain transplants. He's (rightly) been drummed out of respectable medicine for being a nutjob, and needs a patron to support his work. Thus, a strained partnership is forged, as Dr. Frank's work is supported and carried out in Mrs. March's mansion, with the understanding that he will eventually perform the transplant on her.
As potential recipients of her brain, Mrs. March hires three attractive 20-something women - from Mexico, Austria and England, if they're to be believed; Mike suspects they're all from Nebraska, which seems likely, given how poor their accents are. The Mexican girl is ruled out right away, as she has a West-Virginia-shaped birthmark that Mrs. March finds unappealing. She's handed over to Dr. Frank to be used as he sees fit.
Poor Dr. Frank's early experiments don't go so well. A dog's brain in a human man proved to be a mistake ("In hindsight, an obvious mistake,"to quote Servo), and now his implantation of a cat's brain into the Mexican girl (whose name I've forgotten), only results in a birthmarked young woman who eats live mice and meows.
The cat-girl mistakes the English lass (whom Mrs. March prefers as her future body) for a catnip toy, and scratches out her eyeball, so Mrs. March is forced to settle for the Austrian by default (she warms to the idea, though it does take her a few scenes to get over the disappointment of losing the English woman, who by her own admission has"the same measurements as Marilyn Monroe").
The movie continues in a similarly silly vein, with brains being exchanged like scented candles at a Yankee Swap. I won't spoil the ending for you; suffice to say, it is ambiguous and goofy (which is to be expected).
All in all, a very funny episode, and one I'd recommend to both seasoned MSTies and newcomers. Buy it, watch it, love it!』
(It's a horror of a movie, all right.) 『The makers of 'The Atomic Brain' no doubt wanted to create a work of bone-chilling horror. But unfortunately, all they came up with was mind-numbing weirdness. And that makes this fine fodder for Mike and The Bots (M&TB) on the Satellite of Love.
MST3K riffed on a number of failed horror films in its decade of life, and this is a fairly typical example of the genre. It's not so much creepy as queasy, especially with the film's obvious fascination with beautiful and vulnerable young women. As always, M&TB make the most of a bad situation.
As I've noted in some other reviews of MST releases by Rhino, 'The Atomic Brain' is not one of the absolute best MST eps (in my opinion). However, several of the host segments in this episode are worth mentioning, including Mike's chin puppet and The Bots' satire of the Mads in the invention exchange.』
(A great one to start off the series with!) 『If you're new to MST3K, then shame on you! Still, this is a great episode to start off with. Some of the riffs during the movie are bust-a-gut hilarious (the accents of the actresses alone are enough to send you laughing...ever hear a Southern girl try to talk British??). The host segments are great, the movie has too many funny moments to count. Spend the money on this one with no fear!』 『While some might question the comic potential of a movie concerning grave robbing and forced brain transplants, Mike Nelson and his 'bot pals Crow and Tom Servo mine plenty of laugh fodder from 1963'sThe Atomic Brainin this fifth-season episode ofMystery Science Theater 3000. In addition to the usual rapid-fire patter and pop-culture references (Mike: "[The Silence of the Lambs'] Jame Gumb only dreamed of what this guy's been able to accomplish"), the boys also present a light operetta that accompanies the film's herky-jerky score, as well as chin puppetry from Mike (which terrifies the 'bots). And in aMST3Kfirst, the disembodied Magic Voice (Mary Jo Pehl) steps into the spotlight and duels verbally withAtomic Brain's unctuous narrator (Bradford Dillman). Also included is the original accompanying short, a grim educational film from 1955 entitled "What About Juvenile Delinquency?" A raucously entertaining entry in this Peabody Award-winning series.--Paul Gaita』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (A strange Russ Meyer exploitation film about exploitation) 『I could tell you that "Blacksnake!" is set on the Caribbean Isle of San Cristobal, where Lady Susan (Anouska Hempel, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") runs her plantation and her slaves as she sees fit, with the aid of her brutal overseers and big bull whip. Or I could just point out that this 1973 film was directed by Russ Meyer and leave you to draw the obvious conclusions from that particular fact. But if you have ever seen a Russ Meyer film, such as "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kil1!" or "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens," this fact might surprise you, because the women in this film are not as overly endowed, as is the norm in a Meyer exploitation film. That makes "Blacksnake!" a most atypical film from the legendary director.
The plot has to do with the disappearance of Lady Susan's latest husband (David Prowse, yes Darth Vader himself from the first "Star Wars" trilogy). When his brother Walker (David Warbeck, "Trog") shows up to investigate he discovers the slaves are horribly abused and that everybody is really obsessed with sex (I told you this was a Russ Meyer film). So what we have is an exploitation film about a period of exploitation, if that makes any sense. The result is a curious combination of camp and sleaze, topped off by a slave revolt and a stirring speech on the evils of slavery, colonization, yadda yadda yadda. If "Blacksnake!" (gee, I wonder what the title is suppose to mean) is the first and only Russ Meyer film you see, then you are never going to understand what the fuss is all about, which would also be true if you screened "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (scripted by Roger Ebert). You might also never be able to watch another slave plantation movie for the rest of your life.』
(Hits the spot) 『I can confirm, as you might expect, that the storyline is predictably weak and corny.
If like myself, however, you are only interested in scenes of a beautiful woman wielding a bullwhip you won't be disappointed!』
price：$7.49
Universal Studios
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Great Set) 『I grew up on the old films and loved them then and still do! In this day and age anything can be done; Buildings falling, Dinosaurs, someone flying, etc... but back then they had to use their minds to achieve what can be done today. They found how to do something in the first film and then make it even better in the sequel. its all corny and sometimes you can see the wires, but I just love to look at how they made it come to life. This is a GREAT DVD pack and I enjoy seeing it time after time...』
(HIGHLY ENTERTAINING MOVIE COLLECTION) 『GOT TO GET THIS DVD COLLECTION OF VERY ENTERTAINING INVISIBLE MAN MOVIES. THERE'S A SHORT DOCUMENTRY ABOUT THE DIRECTOR JAMES WHALE, WHO DIRECTED FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN AND THE INVISIBLE MAN AS WELL.
THERE'S A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH THE LATE GREAT CLAUDE RAINS DAUGHTER, WHO TELLS OF AN ENCHANTING TIME WHEN HER FAMOUS DAD TOOK HER TO SEE THE INVISIBLE MAN WHEN SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND THE MOVIE THEATER OWNER WAS SO EXCITED THAT CLAUDE WAS THERE, HE REFUSED TO ALLOW CLAUDE TO PAY FOR THE MOVIE TICKETS.
EACH OF THESE FILMS WAS ENTERTAINING IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY. VINCENT PRICE MADE THE SEQUEL WHICH WAS A DECENT FILM. THE OTHER FILMS COMBINED THE INVISIBLE MAN IDEA WITH FIGHTING NAZIS, INJUSTICE AND SOCIAL ILLS AND THE INVISIBLE WOMAN WAS AN ENGAGING FILM WITH COMEDY BUT WORTH WATCHING. I WAITED THREE YEARS IN GETTING THIS SERIES, SORRY I WAITED SO LONG.
BY THE WAY, THE FIRST INVISIBLE MAN FILM WAS MADE IN 1933 AND THE GREAT THEN UNKNOWN ACTOR, WALTER BRENNEN, MADE A CAMEO APPEARENCE AS AN ENGLISHMAN INSIDE THE LION'S HEAD BAR DURING A POLICE INVESTIGATION. I HAVE SEEN THIS FILM DOZENS OF TIMES BUT JUST REALIZED NOW THAT BRENNEN WAS ONE OF THE MINOR BACKGROUND CHARACTERS, WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CREDITED AT THE END OF THE FILM IN THE CREDITS.』
(Inspired me to read the book) 『When it comes to The Invisible Man, I definitely prefer the book. However, it was the film, and the documentary on this DVD about the film, that made me decide to read the book. When comparing the two, I feel that H.G. Wells created a very developed story, including an extended background on Griffin. I can't recall anywhere where there was any dialogue used from the book, after having read it. They might have used a few exact words, but in general, they basically summarized the story and gave Dr. Griffin a girlfriend. A lot of what I feel James Whale did, as is shown in the documentary on the DVD, is that he partially tried to redo Frankenstein, except better.
The special features are major. It includes all of the sequel films and a half-hour documentary about the original film. I personally watch the documentary a lot more than I watch the actual movie, but part of that is due to the fact that it's also shorter. It includes a history of James Whale's life and Claude Rains, including a moment where he took his daughter to see the film. It comments on several of the different screenplays that had been written before it was remembered that H.G. Wells would have to approve the screenplay. It ends talking about the sequel films.
When looking at the sequels, I personally prefer The Invisible Man Returns over The Invisible Man for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that The Invisible Man took a perfectly good story, and changed it into something that although it kept the basic story and was given H.G. Wells' approval, it still made several major changes. With The Invisible Man Returns, there isn't a book to compare it to, and because it was made up as the film, they were able to do more with the love interest of this film. Another major part is that I love Vincent Price's performance in it. I'm just not that big a fan of Claude Rains although I do have to mention that he did a great job with it, it's just not to my personal taste. When I read the book, I actually pictured Vincent Price's performance in my mind as Griffin.
The Invisible Woman is the complete opposite of The Invisible Man and The Invisible Man Returns. Those two films are primarily dramas (more with The Invisible Man Returns than the original version which has several humorous moments), when The Invisible Woman is a comedy. The Invisible Woman includes John Barrymore, the grandfather of Drew Barrymore, as a scientist who has developed an invisibility potion, and Margaret Hamilton, known for portraying the wicked witch of the west in The Wizard of Oz, as his assistant. The film is about a scientist who has done experiments with making people invisible and needs a human guinea pig, and when it turns out to be a woman, that's when the comedy truly begins.
Invisible Agent has probably the best special effects, and replaced the bandages and sunglasses with a towel, sunglasses, and cold cream. The scene where he puts the cream on his face is very impressive, and the special effects were very innovative for the time. I feel that although you can actually see his facial shape and his mouth move, that also gets rid of the fact that Claude Rains and Vincent Price used specifically their voices. The film itself, in my personal opinion, in no way can compare to The Invisible Man, The Invisible Man Returns, or The Invisible Woman, and I mainly just watch the scene where he's putting cream on his face.
The Invisible Man's Revenge was, in my personal opinion, a disaster. While the previous sequels, except for The Invisible Woman, at least used the first movie as having been where the invisibility potion was invented, they use the name, Griffin, yet they make it about a completely different person, and even more than that, he's not even the one who has developed the potion. He's a human guinea pig, who unknown to the scientist also happens to be a murderer. In all honesty, I've only watched this film once, as of writing this review. When thinking about the film, it doesn't seem to be that bad, and the special effects are far better than the original, until the end.
I highly recommend the entire boxed set, and say that you are definitely getting what you pay for if you do although my film-by-film review might somewhat say otherwise.』
(Old Movies got it right.) 『These are the movies of my childhood and I still love them. They were able to intertain you without gore, foul lanuage, or filth. Need more like them.』
(Love That Mean Invisible Man!) 『The Invisible Man is a great horror movie. It introduced Claude Rains to the world and created a fun franchise for Universal pictures, the monster movie giant. A scientist studies night and day to find the clue to invisibility only to experience success on himself. Unfortunately with time, it drives him a little mad too. So the monster show begins! The other films are interesting and professionally made but not up to par with the great original The Invisible Man. Quirky and of interest, I mildly enjoyed them and appreciated them for what they were. Probably good shows for the kiddies on Saturday afternoons. Great collection.』 『The serum that makes a scientist invisible has madness as a side effect. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/08/2008 Starring: Claude Rains Henry Travers Run time: 71 minutes Rating: Nr Director: James Whale』
price：$9.99
Lions Gate
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Great movie, disappointing Blu-ray) 『Saw is a great movie, all the sequels can be skipped. However the video quality on the Blu-ray is pretty disappointing. Very grainy, never once really looked like a high-def video even in bright scenes. But what makes it even worse is that there are no extras whatsoever. No commentary, no deleted scenes, nothing besides some previews. Sad,sad,sad. At least it was cheap.』
("I've Given Your Life a Purpose") 『Initially I will admit that I had no desire whatsoever to watch 'Saw'. My expectations were that it was going to be nothing more than just another one of those splatter films whose sole aim was to nauseate and repulse the audience.
Miracle of miracles, I happened to be wrong. While the gore element is there, for the most part it is an anticipated horror more than an actually realized one (at least by today's standards). For most of the film the terror and dread is psychological in nature and proceeds from an intelligent storyline and a thought-provoking script which dialogues with the audience on such concerns as the nature of life, death and what a person would be willing to do to retain ones life.
For me what really makes the film work is the protagonist nicknamed Jigsaw. While his actions are indeed horrific and grotesque his reasoning comes across as rational, his goals subtle and his attention to detail flawless. Well worth a watch, or two.
My Rating: -3 1/2 Stars-.
』
(Great Film, One Of My Favorites) 『I love the Saw series, and I noticed that this was a really great price on the UMD format of the film. Overall I am satisfied with the product and I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys an intense, gruesome movie experience with a shocking ending!』
(Bloody but good!) 『The whole series is very, very gory, but at the same time has a very plausible plot line. Definitely falls within the "Psychological Thriller/Horror" genre. Plus, it has the cute Cary Elwes of "The Princess Bride" one of my favorite movies.』
(Most people are so ungrateful to be alive, but not you, not any more...) 『Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R34GA1TG3PBOPT』 『Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life a deranged sadistic killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrific games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices each victim must struggle to win back his/her life or else die trying. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/23/2008 Starring: Cary Elwes Monica Potter Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R』 『Adam (Leigh Whannell) wakes up in a dank room across from Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) and the body of a guy who has blown his own brains out. Not a happy place, obviously, and it gets worse when both men realize that they've been chained and pitted against one another by an unseen but apparently omniscient maniac who's screwing with their psyches as payment for past sins. Director James Wan, who concocted this grimy distraction with screenwriter Whannell, has seenSevenand any number of other arty existential-psycho-cat-and-mouse thrillers, so he's providedSawwith a little flash, a little blood, and a lot of ways to distract you from the fact that it doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense. Wan and Whannell (who's not the most accomplished actor, either) pile on the plot twists, which after some initially novel ideas become increasingly juvenile. Elwes works hard but looks embarrassed, and the estimable Danny Glover suffers as the obsessed detective on the case. The denouement will probably surprise you, but it won't get you back the previous 98 minutes.--Steve Wiecking』
price：$16.00
Paramount
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Shaky Camera Work Makes a Bad Movie Worse) 『Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is going to Japan, and his family and friends are having a going away party for him. Hud (T. J. Miller) has been tasked with filming the whole thing so they can remember it.
But before too long, the ground shakes. At first, they think it is an earthquake. In New York? Before long, they realize that something horrid is happening in Manhattan. Can they get off the island alive?
The film is supposed to be a documentary as filmed entirely by Hud. As a result, we get one camera. And it is a very shaky camera at that. This was part of my problem with the film. I actually got motion sick in the theater and had to leave about three quarters of the way into it. It's probably much better on home video than on the big screen, but I don't care to try again.
See, I didn't like any of the characters. All of them were self absorbed and irritating. Heck, I wanted the monster to win so the movie would be over. Not that this is the actors' fault. They were great as these spoiled kids. Sorry, I meant adults.
I do have to give the special effects credit. They were good.
And the story was completely predictable. I guessed how it ended correctly based on what I saw.
This movie is a complete waste of time. Skip it and watch something truly entertaining.』
(The camera guy) 『my reviews is always short cuz i dont want it to be boring while reading it and cuz of my poor English.
first of all this movie would be a lot better if it is just viewed or let me say if we watch it just like
the other movies .. the standard camera p; .. not the camera guy :) .. so u can not see it clear
u miss something some times cuz of this Camera .
sounds are great in this movie ,, thanks for reading.』
(Great movie) 『Not your normal monster flick. The handheld/home movie camera concept worked preffectly in this and the effects are great. Almost beleivable. I have wathced it more than once and will surely watch it again.
Highly recommended.』
(A pleasant (and creepy) surprise) 『After all the hype (pro AND con), I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is one of the most intelligently written sc-fi/horror flix I've ever seen.
There's a bit of subtle social satire buried between the lines, and a pretty fair amount of incidental humor as well... particularly in the early "party" sequence, which starts with every indication of just being another boring "yuppie tweens in trouble" yawner. Don't be fooled, though... that's just the set-up, and it really helps to pay attention to all the details (if only to try to keep all the names straight, later.) It doesn't take long before all hell suddenly breaks loose, and you are convincingly sucked into the chaos and panic of the emergency that ensues.
Not to be too much of a spoiler, but I particularly enjoyed the touch of having the film being represented as a "found" going-away party tape, which happened to accidentally erase most of an earlier, date movie made by one of the main characters... this really helps to flesh out the personalities and adds to what is a surprisingly deft character development for this type of film. (Hint--pay attention when the unerased parts of the earlier video peep through.)
I also appreciated the fact that when things really hit the fan, the viewer never knows much more about what's going on than the movie's characters. This really adds to the suspense, and draws you emotionally into their viewpoint, and the immediacy and confusion of their plight. Also helpful is the lack of a dramatic or trendy hit-laden film score. Though they may have lost in after-marketing, they gained in atmosphere, and realism.
One warning though-- if you didn't like the jerky hand-held camera and the you've-got-to do-some-thinking-to-know-what's-happening aspect of, say, the Blair Witch Project, then you won't like this flick either. Some people get downright queasy when the camera isn't balanced by those expensive studio gyros, y'know? And maybe also when they actually have to think things through, rather than just sitting&screaming at splattering blood and severed body parts.
To wrap up, I thoroughly enjoy this DVD-- It's a keeper. The story line is surprisingly well planned and executed, especially considering the relatively small budget. And the writers don't insult the viewer by "explaining" everything at a jr-high school level, as so many films do these days. The acting is actually quite good, for the most part (again, a pleasant surprise). The, um, "critters" are well conceived, well represented, and pretty damned convincing.
The only real complaint I've got with this film is minor, and probably directly due to the budget limitations-- there's a rather obvious inaccuracy regarding the size of the statue of liberty's head-- you'll know what I mean when you see it. 』
(A Clever Monster Movie) 『Cloverfield takes on a familiar movie subject, a monster appears out of nowhere and attacks New York City, destroying landmarks, crushing cars and eating people. The military is called in to deal with the beast. What makes Cloverfield unique is the way it is filmed and the fact that it doesn't attempt to explain what the monster is or where it came from.
The entire movie is the recording of a personal video camera that was being used at a party to record the going away messages for the guest of honor. Because the guy manning the camera is a doofus we also get to eavesdrop on conversations that weren't meant for the tape, but help set up character development. When the attack begins everyone runs outside naturally to see what's going on and the doofus never puts down the camera believing that the event should be recorded for history.
The rest of the movie we tag along with a group of friends as they try to rescue an injured friend from her destroyed apartment building and then find a way out of the city while the military attempts to destroy the monster.
I enjoyed Cloverfield. I thought the story was told in a clever way and the characters were believable. The special effects were good as well. Overall an interesting take on the monster movie genre.』 『One of the first things a viewer notices aboutCloverfieldis that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends,Cloverfieldbegins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what's on the screen. But it also makesCloverfieldcuriously uninvolving. Ultimately,Cloverfield, with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media.--Tom Keogh』 『 Genre:Feature Film-Action/Adventure Rating:PG13 Release Date:22-APR-2008 Media Type:DVD』
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Spooky Tale) 『This spooky tale revolves around a myth concerning an old man named Cropsy who has supposedly killed a boy and comes back every six years to the camp to kill. The girls in bunk 5A are a little scared but not much. Fights and feuds lead to a bonding camping trip, which turns out to be their worst nightmare. I couln't put this book down and it kept me reading it even during lunch at school. If you like scary books read this novel today!』
(Okay book) 『Good book, chapters are a little long,between 18 and 22 pages.Lots of suspense. 250 pages 17 chapters.Lost my interest at some points.』
(A Shrieking Review) 『This book was wonderful, and didn't fail to give you a little scare! Like all the great books in this series, it kept you reading till the very end. In this book, the girls of Camp Lakeview, bunk 5A, go on a little camping trip to learn how to 'BOND' together. But things get a little twisted when everything goes wronge. A creepy legend about a crazy man named, Cropsy, roams Shadow lake to kill campers. It is quite frightening! The girls get an adventure that is more than they bargained for. I thought it was a really exelent book. If your looking for a book with a slight mystery and mayham, then this book is for you! I loved it, and would read it over and over again!』
(A Scary 4 Star Rated Book) 『Wanna read a super scary fun book with adventure in it? This is the PERFECT book for that. When the girls are sent out on a "camping over-night trip," because they've been fighting, it turns out awful. And I mean AWFUL. Chelsea trips and falls down into a hole, and can't get out because she sprained her ankle. The other girls are out to find her, while trying to avoid, who they think is, Old Man Cropsy with one arm. As the legand goes, he spooked some kids out 6 years before, and he accidentally cut off is OWN arm while trying to kill a boy. He comes out every 6 years and tries to cut someone else's arm off, so he can get back his own. THIS IS YEAR NUMBER 6.』 『The girls go on an overnight and share horror stories around the campfire. But its the one about Cropsy, the creepy old man who lives just outside the campgrounds and is known for torturing Lakeview campers, that hits closest to home. Especially when Chelsea leaves the group for a bathroom break in the woods and doesnt return after 45 minutes. No sooner do her bunkmatesgo after her then do they realize theyve completely lost their way and are now at the mercy of the evil Cropsys whims!』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (New York Underground Terror) 『A collaboration of storytelling expertise engaged into by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston, makes its debut in 1995. Relic is their starter for the next ten or twelve other horror-based books they wrote, and it is the perfect beginning.
This story rests on survival from an evolutionary mistake gone terribly wrong in interpretation of its wrath and purpose to exist is. It is an eye-opener on what lurks around the bend or turn in the deep below the streets and chaos of city living, the underground maze running parallel with West 72nd Street. The gripping realization you are not alone when you begin reading about a foreign set of people, in a foreign place, doing unspeakable things to preserve their ;'sacred grounds'sharpens ones curiousity unto the human and the beast.
There are guardians of the sacred in every culture, some more vicious than others and many left unnoticed and certainly misunderstood. This book takes you into a few cultural ideas about its dark evolutionary secret housed temporarily at a gallery of the New York Natural History Museum. The most influential cultural element and focal point of the story is a figurine. It resembles something of value to someone. Readers will engage in some sort of sacrificial rituals and examine reincarnation tendencies, if they believe. What is quite unique about this murder-mystery is that it is neither average, boring or bland.
There is graphic intolerance of territory being violated, the competition between man and beast is a definite avid readers page-turner ! Each of the four well-developed characters face their own mammalian wiring--wired for survival when a surprise happens at the museums biggest night. As the museum goes into lockdown quarantine for a few days, the police department and FBI send in their best men for the job. Once started I could not put this book down as I was gripped by the talons of whatever attacked and brutally left for well ya know just read the book so you to can feel as if you have disappeared into the jungles of the Amazon Basin. Hearty people require hearty diets and this book delivers the voracious appetite that is deemed necessary in some places. . .
Thank you for reading and
Enjoy ! Relic (Pendergast, Book 1)』
(Great book, keeps you wanting more) 『I loved this book. I am not a fiction reader at all but, I couldn't put this book down. I got the second book Reliquary right afterward because I loved this one so much and didn't want it to end. Highly recommended for those those aren't the fiction readers out there that like science, it has enough "real" science to keep you thinking while the plot goes through the motions.』
(Wow! What an exciting book!) 『What a thrilling mystery! I really enjoyed this book and I am just so excited that this is a whole new series to be read! It is always just so exciting to find a new mystery series! I am not at all surprised that this was made into a movie. I am very curious to see this movie and see how they translated this book onto the silver screen. I am looking forward to seeing it, as well as to reading the sequel!』
(A Thriller in every sense) 『This is a thriller in every way, shape and form; every sense is incorporated. From the thrill sequences themselves which feel like an experience in slow-motion, to the thrill of discoveries running the gamut of the sciences - those of the characters' and those of my own - this book is the epitome of The Thriller. This is the book people speak of around the water cooler after missing a night of sleep! But it is also a thought-provoking book and the ending lends itself to just this: Think About It.
This book was quite a ride and I could not put it down.』
(Horrific and Thrilling) 『I'm not generally a horror fan, but this is one of my favorite novels. I read the blurb on the back cover (something like "Alien meets Jaws under NYC") and couldn't resist. The story is based in science, which really makes it seem plausible, and there were times I actually had my quilt pulled over my head because I was that scared. We are also introduced to Special Agent Pendergast, who has been one of my favorite characters in recent memory. This is his first appearance in P&C's novels, and definitely not his last. I finished this book in a couple of days, and passed it on to friends who loved it as well. I always recommend this book to people who claim they are bored. You can skip their most recent works, but this one is a must-read. Oh, and forget about the movie. That was an abomination. For months all my friends and I could talk about was who would play Agent Pendergast. We couldn't imagine anybody who could play him, and apparently the producers couldn't either; they completely cut him out of the movie! But it sucks for so many other reasons than that. Buy the book!』 『A series of bizarre and brutal murders is taking place in the halls of the New York Museum of Natural History, only days before a massive exhibition is set to open. Margo Green knows that the killer is something not human, something that's not even supposed to exist. Where did it come from, how did it get into the museum, and how can it be stopped?』 『Investigating a series of savage murders that disrupt a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.』
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