I was in high school when this came out. My high school had more preppies and less punkers, but I still thought this movie was enjoyable. If you don't try to pick it apart, it's worth the view. Spader reminds me of why Levi's button fly 501's were made. Just have fun with it. If you were a teen in the 80's this will have you searching for the nostalgia like looking for Where's Waldo. You can't just leave it alone.
Reviews
4 Reviews
Ghost of New Orleans
(2011)
Talented Actors in Bad Roles
20 February 2021
Oh where to begin....there is nothing particularly suspenseful about this movie. When I think of a ghost seeking justice, I think of What Lies Beneath or something similar. The fact that the victim in this movie is a ghost is virtually inconsequential.
I enjoy Terrence Stamp. This was just not a fitting role for him. A Casanova that quotes Shakespeare and dribbles philosophical parables, does not a great character make.
Everything in this movie just seemed entirely overdone. There was no room for nuance. I felt like that writer/director didn't have any faith in the audience to be able to decipher the clues in the story or the back story of the characters. I like to be able to think for myself with movies. When everything is spoon fed with bites that just can't be chewed, I just feel like shouting, "it was Colonel Muster in the kitchen with the candlestick." Hell's bells - I watched the Village and was still engaged with the suspense even when the audience and main character are informed of the Boogey Man is half way through the movie.
No room here for reflection. It's so obvious whom our serial killer is and that ghost lady might as well have not been dead. A word of caution spelled out on a foggy mirror just isn't scary. It's worse than cliche.
Josh Licas and Carey Elwes are two of my favorite actors as well. I almost wondered if they were behind in paying taxes to make this movie.
That's 97 minutes of my life that I will never get back....sigh....
I enjoy Terrence Stamp. This was just not a fitting role for him. A Casanova that quotes Shakespeare and dribbles philosophical parables, does not a great character make.
Everything in this movie just seemed entirely overdone. There was no room for nuance. I felt like that writer/director didn't have any faith in the audience to be able to decipher the clues in the story or the back story of the characters. I like to be able to think for myself with movies. When everything is spoon fed with bites that just can't be chewed, I just feel like shouting, "it was Colonel Muster in the kitchen with the candlestick." Hell's bells - I watched the Village and was still engaged with the suspense even when the audience and main character are informed of the Boogey Man is half way through the movie.
No room here for reflection. It's so obvious whom our serial killer is and that ghost lady might as well have not been dead. A word of caution spelled out on a foggy mirror just isn't scary. It's worse than cliche.
Josh Licas and Carey Elwes are two of my favorite actors as well. I almost wondered if they were behind in paying taxes to make this movie.
That's 97 minutes of my life that I will never get back....sigh....
Terminal
(I) (2018)
Deliciously Wicked
23 August 2019
My man and I watched this movie by sheer happenstance. We were movie surfing on a quiet night and saw that Simon Pegg is in this movie. We decided, as we always do with a potential viewing, to give it 15 minutes. We were snatched in within a few minutes. The story, the cinematography and the plunge into the darker depths of neo noir....and Simon Pegg? Totally irresistible.
Does the movie become self absorbed at times, absolutely, but we didn't care. We both agree that we need to tell all of our twisted friends to indulge in this treat.
Why this movie has such a low score is really beyond me. Maybe I'm a sucker for indulgent naughty dialogue, obvious cloak and dagger, and movies that borrow too much from Lewis Carrol....
Follow the white rabbit. It's a fun little sleeper of a tale and tail.
Does the movie become self absorbed at times, absolutely, but we didn't care. We both agree that we need to tell all of our twisted friends to indulge in this treat.
Why this movie has such a low score is really beyond me. Maybe I'm a sucker for indulgent naughty dialogue, obvious cloak and dagger, and movies that borrow too much from Lewis Carrol....
Follow the white rabbit. It's a fun little sleeper of a tale and tail.
Hold the Dark
(2018)
I Kept Waiting....
29 September 2018
I usually like these kinds of films. Ominous music, characters haunted by some tragic life experience only to find some sort of redemption or closure at the end of a tangled journey that we pull through. And we are either happy or sad at the end. I wasn't happy or sad. I was confused, well, I wouldn't even say that I reached a level of being confused because I didn't even posses enough clarity to call it that. This movie takes a long walk through red blood on white snow and then just stops.Not only did it leave me unsatisfied, I had to watch something else just to get some kind of peace about losing two hours of my life that I am never going to get back. It's like buying more lottery tickets in hopes of getting some of your investment back only to realize that you wished you hadn't started scratching the surface to begin with.
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