Shall we push the limits of the comment thingy?? ;-)
An American Haunting
Never did get around to seeing this one, and I'm a fan of the Bell Witch story!! Call me crazy, but even if I did have the nerve at one point to go and see it, I lost it somewhere and never did. If I ever see any type of horror flick, it has to be in broad daylight. I will not suffer two weeks of nightmares ever again (so says the child who had nightmares of Ghostbusters, Gremlins, and Poltergeist - which I didn't really set eyes on in the first place)...
For my Best Fantasy movie I have to go with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. I thought the movie was really well done, and I loved the way they chose to depict Davy Jones. This would be closely followed by Eragon and Narnia, but I tend to be a bit prejudiced towards traditional sword and sorcery fantasy stories.
In total agreeance with Bobby on this one. And in every case, I went to the very first screening, which was a midnight showing. A neat trick when one gets off work at 20 til.... I've heard that Eragon - the movie - doesn't quite follow the book, at least, not a good lot of the time. The same could almost be said of LotR and Narnia. And I'll be one of the first to say: "Who cares?" It's a movie for gosh-sakes, and as such, is meant for entertainment purposes only. I enjoyed it immencely. Who cares is Arya was raven-haired in the book? I loved seeing the red hair! Nevermind that I'm biased and a redhead myself... LOL!
I will also whole-heartedly agree with any scathing remarks about Colin Farrell. I don't know what it is about him, but he gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Bobby said: This movie makes watching Waterworld seem like a good idea (it's not, trust me).
Hey, now! *I* happened to like Waterworld. I might be the only one in existance to actually like it, but I do. The same could be said about First Knight...
I also happened to like The DaVinci Code. It has been forever since I had last seen Tom Hanks in anything (iirc, I last saw him in Forrest Gump), and he impressed me again. I also liked the story, which almost throws a monkey wrench into everything a Christian believes - Jesus and Mary Magdalene... married w/children?? That in itself was enough to get me in to see it, just to see if any holy rollers would get all fired up over it. No one did, but still...
I should read the book. Eventually.
I didn't see near as many movies as you guys did, but the ones I did see were great! And I have a better appreciation for Larry the Cable Guy... LOL! ;-)
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Date: 2007-01-20 02:11 am (UTC)Never did get around to seeing this one, and I'm a fan of the Bell Witch story!! Call me crazy, but even if I did have the nerve at one point to go and see it, I lost it somewhere and never did. If I ever see any type of horror flick, it has to be in broad daylight. I will not suffer two weeks of nightmares ever again (so says the child who had nightmares of Ghostbusters, Gremlins, and Poltergeist - which I didn't really set eyes on in the first place)...
In total agreeance with Bobby on this one. And in every case, I went to the very first screening, which was a midnight showing. A neat trick when one gets off work at 20 til.... I've heard that Eragon - the movie - doesn't quite follow the book, at least, not a good lot of the time. The same could almost be said of LotR and Narnia. And I'll be one of the first to say: "Who cares?" It's a movie for gosh-sakes, and as such, is meant for entertainment purposes only. I enjoyed it immencely. Who cares is Arya was raven-haired in the book? I loved seeing the red hair! Nevermind that I'm biased and a redhead myself... LOL!
I will also whole-heartedly agree with any scathing remarks about Colin Farrell. I don't know what it is about him, but he gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Bobby said:
Hey, now! *I* happened to like Waterworld. I might be the only one in existance to actually like it, but I do. The same could be said about First Knight...
I also happened to like The DaVinci Code. It has been forever since I had last seen Tom Hanks in anything (iirc, I last saw him in Forrest Gump), and he impressed me again. I also liked the story, which almost throws a monkey wrench into everything a Christian believes - Jesus and Mary Magdalene... married w/children?? That in itself was enough to get me in to see it, just to see if any holy rollers would get all fired up over it. No one did, but still...
I should read the book. Eventually.
I didn't see near as many movies as you guys did, but the ones I did see were great! And I have a better appreciation for Larry the Cable Guy... LOL! ;-)