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Why All The Hate?

posted 14 years ago by LostSok0523
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This was a cute, original little movie when it came out. A wonderful surprise at the time. Does it hold up well? Meh. But it's a lot better, even now, than a lot of the comments on this board would suggest.

The story is enthralling, the acting is engaging to say the least, McDowell and Steenbergen had excellent chemistry, and the direction was spirited, if a bit inconsistent.

It was a memorable movie experience when I saw it at 18 in 1979, a great date-movie (and I was even on a date). I'm glad I saw it then and I enjoyed rematching it recently.

[–] sisterdebmac 14 years ago

I fell for the movie when I was 16, in 1980 when we got cable and they played it on HBO a lot. I'd get up in the middle of the night to watch it. A few years later, I got to see it on the big screen in a now-defunct art house theater in Atlanta called The Rhodes. Over the years, I've probably seen it 35-40 times. It was a big thrill for me back in 2003 when I got to meet Nick Meyer at the Creative Screenwriting EXPO in LA and tell him how much I love this movie.
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[–] sisterdebmac 14 years ago

PS: Ever read the novel based on Karl Alexander's original short story? It's absolutely wonderful, if you can find it.
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[–] LostSok0523 14 years ago

No, sis, but I'll look for it. Thanks!

[–] sisterdebmac 14 years ago

This is exciting! It has been re-released. Used to be very hard to find:

http://www.amazon.com/Time-After-Karl-Alexander/dp/B005B1KEX6/ref=sr_1 _1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313674482&sr=1-1
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[–] BertramWilberforceWooster 13 years ago

There's now a sequel to the novel as well.

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[–] jmbwithcats 12 years ago

I find it holds up, I've loved it since I was very little in the late '70s.

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