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Where are the Holmesian canny deductions?
Don't know if I'm going to continue watching after S2E1
Parallels to Network
Companion piece - Woman of the Hour
Sad
My favorite combinations of shots of all time
Saw it, not that good
If Susan were a contestant on The Bachelor, she'd be that drunk girl who gets cut on the first night.
The girl that shags Bobby
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Hahaha, fellow Stern fan, huhh, Onan?
I can tell you that of all the movies on Netflix, I chose Reptile because of its name. It made a boring, uninspired crime thriller seem supernatural or of the 'serial killer' ilk. I should have come here first to see that the one word title was the most interesting thing about the movie. As it happens, I fell asleep with 45 minutes to go, allowed my laptop to slip off my lap and broke the headphone jack. Now I can't listen to the rest of the movie, but I was not invested in it either way. Good thing my headphones were only $10.00.
I agree with most of what you said, letess. The period detail and scenery were superb. However, I do wonder why if this film took place in Germany (or a country in which gentlemen are addressed as "Herr), all of the actors and actresses speak in British accents. If authenticity is so sacrosanct, why weren't they trained and directed to speak in German accents (or the accent of whichever European mainland nation in which these proceedings are taking place)?
Also, ByTheVineyard's point is a valid one. His/her complaint is one of writing, not art direction or acting skill. I agree. The story is slow. It is boring, muddled, and the ending is rather anti-climactic, as it is basically a case of predestination. So I think what ByTheVineyard is asking is why heap elaborate sets, costume design, and production values on a mediocre (if not poor) script?
I realize I'm 8 years late in replying, jurassictrek, but I think ... I think ... I have to agree with you. The thing is, it shouldn't be. It does have a great cast, but I have tried now six times to watch this movie. I keep falling asleep every time. Fortunately, I have made it to the point that there are only about 35 minutes left, so I should have this done the next time I start watching. But though I can not pinpoint what I find boring about it, this film has been nothing short of a tranquilizer.
I agree. And it was quite obvious that the make-up staff applied something to Plummer's eyes to create fake tears (or make him cry). Plummer was not inherently moved by Bujold's performance, at least not enough to cry naturally. While, like you, stones78, I did think the scene slowed the film, I thought the juxtaposition of having all of those insane female inmates in the same cell overhearing Bujold's private recollections was pretty interesting.
We think alike, DoctorThirteen!
Exactly, Zarkoff! That scene where Thorn and the journalist played by David Warner trespass into the cemetery and exhume Damian's natural mother's corpse only to find the remnants of a jackal was utterly chilling in 1976 and every time The Omen replayed on television in the '80's and '90's. And I'm willing to bet it hasn't lost any of its punch in 2025. So for them to just eschew that brilliant bit of writing and cinematography from the original Omen was derelict in my opinion. At first I thought, "Well, they wouldn't have a prequel and we wouldn't be introduced to this lovely novitiate played by Nell Tiger Free," but then I thought they could have had it both ways by allowing her to literally turn into an animal, a jackal, right before our eyes. She could have died in the street and Sister Sylva picks up the baby, some other henchman sweeps the jackal's remains into a body bag of sorts and scene. They could have ended it right there or if they wanted to discuss Thorn coming to adopt him, fine, they could have done that
Nah, your friend is okay. That's four 6's, not three. Now if he were born on the 6th of June, 2006, that's another story ...
That was the way the author of the book and screenplaay, David Seltzer, envisioned it. Clandestine satanists. The renegade Catholics angle was stupid, and, frankly, offensive. In the book, they go into the motivations of the evil satan worshippers within the Church through Father Brennan's background and dialogue. He was actually involved in some inappropriate conduct but saw the errors of his ways and sought to make amends by stopping Damian from fulfilling his goals.
I agree Where and DoctorThirteen, dumb move to do away with the mother-as-jackal angle from the original. And it was so unnecessary. In the scene after Margaret exits her vehicle after it was t-boned, she seems to go through all nine months of pregnancy in three minutes. She also appears to be acting like a feral beast. I thought she was going to turn into a jackal right there and deliver the baby on the street. I don't know why they didn't do that and remain faithful to the 1976 classic film. Oh, I figured it out - greed for a potential sequel that nobody wants or needs.
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