The best scene...


is when Marty is lightning the fireworks on the bridge while the werewolf is watching him... then goes after him

"This is a faithful saying...Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."

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Um......ok.

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Definitely not the best scene. Herb kincaid aint in it

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Eye patch reveal scene is a good one. Just when Jane thinks Marty is full of it. She sees the Reverend wearing an eye patch. The look on her face is one of utter terror and you just imagine in that moment she wanted to run home so fast, but has to play it cool.

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Yes, and while she is searching the town.
Classic king

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The chase and bridge scenes are the best.

You're a creature of the night, Michael

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For some reason, I've always like the crafting of the silver bullet scene, along with the voiceover and the explanation that the smith was an Old World craftsman.

Brienne: "Any last words?"
Stannis: "Why a peach?"

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The end of that scene where the gunsmith describes the silver bullet as his best work and "oughta be pretty accurate" and Gary Busey tries to play it off like "what would I shoot it at anyway" and the gunsmith keeps a steadfast gaze and responds "A werewolf". Is what cements that scene as special. It tells us that the gunsmith took pride in the crafting of the bullet far beyond doing just a job. He was no fool, he heard the stories around town, knows many people are missing and found dead. He was a BELIEVER. And we got all of that with a quick scene, its master storytelling!

There are some cheesy parts, but as a whole this movie is well paced with some memorable moments and characters.

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Good old Steven King. You can’t go wrong with a screenplay written by King himself.

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Very good suspense, but then we see the costume of the bear/wolf, and the scene is thereby ruined.

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definitely the crafting of the silver bullet scene ending with this exchange.

uncle: it's just a goof.. whatta ya gonna shoot with a silver bullet?
gun-store-owner: how bout a werewolf?

hehe

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I liked that scene too, though I wish they would have shown the whole process, i.e., screwing the resizing die into the press, resizing the case, putting a primer in the case, weighing the powder, and pouring it into the case, and removing the resizing die and replacing it with a bullet-seating and crimping die.

They could have added a few other things too, to convey the idea that he's meticulous / takes pride in his work, such as showing him looking at a reloading manual for reference, weighing the bullet (because it won't be the same weight as a lead bullet from the same mold), trimming the case slightly (because a case stretches in length slightly when resized), deburring the case, lubing the case, and then checking the bullet, case, and OAL dimensions with calipers.

There is a problem with that scene though: the melting pot he used (Lyman Mould-Master Model 61) can't get anywhere near hot enough to melt silver, which melts at a much higher temperature than lead (621.5°F vs. 1,763°F). Here's a screenshot from the movie showing the melting pot he used (I increased the brightness and contrast to make it easier to see the details) along with another picture of the same make and model which shows that the temperature range is 450 to 850°F:

https://i.imgur.com/QGwRzLM.jpg

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None of the things you say should of been added would have made for a better movie making experience. I get that attention to detail is nice, but that's all too far. I think they handed it well. 497.

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"None of the things you say should of been added would have made for a better movie making experience."

Yes, it would, and I already said why.

"I get that attention to detail is nice, but that's all too far."

No, it isn't. It would have added maybe thirty seconds to a minute to the run time.

"I think they handed it well."

Obviously not, since the scene wasn't even possible, i.e., his melting pot couldn't get anywhere near hot enough to melt silver.

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The audience only needed an idea of how to develop the silver bullet, not a textbook narrative on it.

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Again:

"It would have added maybe thirty seconds to a minute to the run time."

And the audience doesn't need anything at all. Movies aren't about needs in the first place.

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