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<blockquote>VHS tapes are not that old....</blockquote>
VHS tapes stopped being manufactured in 2008.
I just took a look at that scene to focus on her eyes instead of just her voice. I stand corrected. Now I think it <b>was</b> mommy. Thanks.
<blockquote>It wasn't an affair. It was a sex tape of him and his wife</blockquote>
According to the subtitle file:
00:38:46,589 --> 00:38:49,359
Christopher: It's Mommy.
Sally: That's not Mommy.
It was a deliberate decision to have 9 year old Sally correct her 4 year old brother in order to establish who was more likely to be accurate.
<blockquote>As far as the movie goes, they said they only feed the snake dead mice. That is cruel to the snake.</blockquote>
According to the subtitle file:
00:32:16,066 --> 00:32:20,931
Anna: "In the wild, these animals are hunters. They always devour their prey alive."
00:32:21,031 --> 00:32:22,807
Jake: "Warm."
So Jake corrected the common myth of snakes having to eat live prey. That's why he was shown removing it from the microwave for feeding.
<blockquote>The kidnapped girl was Anna. She was supposed to sub babysit for Maggie but they killed her, put her in the trunk of their car, <b>and called in sick on her behalf</b> so Emelie could take her place.</blockquote>
No. Emelie introduced herself to everyone as Anna, so there was no need to pretend the real Anna was sick.
Here's a critique from someone who thinks Joanna Gaines' designs are predictable.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/impractical-things-joanna-gaines-puts-in-fixer-upper.html
<blockquote>Eventually, the bubble will burst and the suckers paying these ridiculous prices will be underwater.....just like so many people were after the real estate meltdown of 2008.</blockquote>
I've lived through several California boom/bust housing cycles. Those who survive the bust cycle always end up making money anyway. Even those who survived 2008 ended up making money on their homes. It just takes time.
<blockquote>I think they are doing their part to add to the cost of real estate in CA.</blockquote>
It's the <b>buyers</b> who determine the price of a home, not the sellers.
<blockquote>I wonder where they get their extras?</blockquote>
There are casting agencies in southern California (and elsewhere) that specialize in providing extras. And many extras are members of the Screen Actors Guild, which is an actor's union.
<blockquote>I know there is a lot of staging going on but mix in a few flops and I can at least pretend.</blockquote>
Since the flip/flop resolution takes up only a few seconds at the end of the show, it's clear that the show's success doesn't depend on whether the house flops or not. People watch the show to see T&C overcome the problems of turning an ugly duckling into a swan.
<blockquote>I was really shocked when I first saw Lolita. (Just to be clear, I wasn't shocked, shocked.) I couldn't believe the censors let them get away with all they did in that picture. </blockquote>
Lolita was 1963 and was rated for Adults Only. IMO, movies in the early 60s were far racier than what we'd seen before under the Hayes Code. But Hayes was out by 1965, and by 1967 movies with nudity and profanity were so common that today's ratings system was put in place in 1968 to encourage parental guidance.
That negative review is so lacking in specifics that it could apply to any movie.
Since most of the action of the original took place in a building, I thought it was more focused and better directed than the sequel. In addition, the dark sets didn't help with following the sequel's action. And the second half was a rambling kung-fu fighting mess that lacked the more realistic tone of the first half.
Just saw it. It's definitely set in LA because they show LA Police Dept titles throughout the opening scenes. But some of the middle scenes look like they took place in a southeast Asian jungle that looks nothing like LA.
Tbh, the movie started promisingly but the second half was a rambling mess that lost me.
I don't get the mediocre reviews of the original Skyline movie. I enjoyed it a lot and I'm not that easy to please.
Paimon is probably the most boring demon ever committed to film. Fortunately, the movie was less about him than about getting him transferred into a new body.
Agreed. I like your fireplace idea.
[quote]Though in that scene, they did make it so he thought she was insane and that was the only issue.[/quote]
I found her response to be the most realistic. I don't think most people would take witnessing supernatural phenomena as lightly as the father and son did.
[quote]The only horror was the price of the cinema ticket and how much money they wasted on making it.[/quote]
The only scary thing about this Rosemary's Baby retread was finding out that the girl was 13 years old.
Minor detail? Not having an epipen is what took the story into another direction altogether.
Glad when he left the screen. His continued disbelief even after he had witnessed multiple supernatural phenomena was an annoying horror trope.