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04-27-2009, 07:01 PM | #3202 (permalink) |
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Wouldn't really say I regret seeing it, but torture movies really don't do anything for me. This is single-handedly the most f-ed up movie I have ever seen and I don't even know if I would recommend it to anyone, unless you're a huge fan of the Saw and Hostel movies, and I'm talking big, like you got an erection while watching those movies. |
04-28-2009, 10:52 AM | #3204 (permalink) | |
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but obviously i've grown up and now i feel like revisiting the film.
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04-28-2009, 11:01 AM | #3205 (permalink) |
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I wouldn't bother. It's two half decent films cobbled together to make a mess. If it stayed with the dystopian themes then it would have been great or if it just stayed as a big dumb action film then cool too. As it was it just became a mess.
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04-28-2009, 12:16 PM | #3208 (permalink) |
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After hearing how great the movie The Color Purple was for the past 24 years I finally rented it. Guess what? It's not that great. And I'm not one of those habitual Spielberg-bashers at all, I think he's made tons of good movies, but I think he did fairly poor job directing this one. The biggest flaw by far was the film's uneasy marriage of gritty, disturbing drama with occasional bursts of cartoonish humor, but I also thought the presentation of the story in general was kind of scattershot. On the positive side, it's by far the best performance of Whoopi Goldberg's career. Before watching this movie I honestly had no idea she could be that good of an actress when she wanted to. |
04-28-2009, 01:19 PM | #3209 (permalink) | |
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I agree with you that Whoopi Goldberg's performance was top notch, as was Oprah Winfrey's (IMO).
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04-28-2009, 03:08 PM | #3210 (permalink) | |
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