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Stupid Troll At The End (Spoilers?)
Insufferable.
Meh
no cell phone?
Adam Baldwin
Lighting visible
Ripoff of "Seconds" (1966)?
Largely A Rip-Off of "Convicted" (1950)
Unapologetic Thomas Newman Rip-Off Score
morons vs morons
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No idea how it has such high ratings. The "comedy" doesn't work. The "romance" doesn't work. The "thriller" doesn't work. The characters, the acting, it's all over the place .This movie is a total disaster.
Nope.
P.S. I see a lot of other commenters mentioning the 1992 BBC TV movie "Ghost Watch". I checked it out and while I think it too kind of falls apart at the end, it is an absolute master class in realism compared to Late Night. Very well done for the most part, and definitely worth a watch for anyone looking for a similarly-themed movie to compare Late Night to.
Joke's on YOU! I HATED this movie AND I am retarded!
I hear what you're saying. Makes total sense. So I get where you're coming from, I think I just don't fully agree. But good to hear your take on the issue!
OP: Agreed. I couldn't make it past the first 20 minutes of double-talk and hand-wringing. I can't imagine another 100 minutes of this wanky nonsense.
Yes, I felt those scenes were more like one-off references. I can take them or leave them, they seemed to be kind of intentional wink-winks to the audience. But the number of shared plot points between this whole film overall and "Seconds" overall, without any obvious allusion to the source material, was very surprising. Seems like it warranted a text disclaimer of "suggested by" or "inspired by" or something...
No.
A shame because it seemed like it had a lot going for it, probably.
There is a strange technical issue here actually. When Brad Johnson first plays the song, it's in a different key than when Holly Hunter plays it (on the same tape) about 1 minute later. Maybe they pitched it up/down for timing reasons?
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