Gary Floyd Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 1. The Amityville Horror-$23.3M $23.3M 2. Sahara-$13.1M $36.4M 3. Fever Pitch-$8.8M $23.9M 4. Sin City-$6.69M $61.3M 5. Guess Who-$4.9M $57.6M 6. Beauty Shop-$3.8M $31.3M 7. Robots-$3.55M $116M 8. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous-$2.87M $41.6M 9. The Pacifier -$2.41M $104M 10. The Upside of Anger-$1.9M $15M
2GOLD Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 Ryan Reynolds is my hero. But no chance in living hell do I go see another "if you don't see the ghosts, how are you going to know they are there" dumbed down version of a movie. Might be good but doesn't interest me. Did anything else open against it or was it just Horror?
Gary Floyd Posted April 17, 2005 Author Report Posted April 17, 2005 Ryan Reynolds is my hero. But no chance in living hell do I go see another "if you don't see the ghosts, how are you going to know they are there" dumbed down version of a movie. Might be good but doesn't interest me. Did anything else open against it or was it just Horror? Reynolds was to only good thing about the film. Once he starts to turn into an asshole in the movie, he's awesome. Other than that, it's your typical modern MTV edits style Horror flick, without much to offer.
Taker666 Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 There were very little cool parts. really, the movie was fucking stupid.
Downhome Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 Screw what everyone else thinks - I REALLY enjoyed this flick. It's not a classic, it's not one of the best horror films ever, but I did love it. The movie just flew by, was over before I knew it, and it was just a flat out fun ride to me. I was entertained by it, but maybe that's just me. I even thought the acting was fine in this one. I liked it way better than the recent flicks like The Forgotten, The Village, The Ring Two, The Grudge, and on and on and on. If you want to talk about a pile of shit flim, then those are the ones to really go after. This one is one of those flicks where I know technically it's not great, but it still managed to entertain me, get a few scares out of me, and flat out was just a fun time. For a movie of this sort, that's really all that I ask for. One of my favorite parts was Mr. Bookman! When he showed up I literally started to laugh out loud. That was a nice treat, heh. I can't help but to chuckle every time I see Philip Baker Hall in something. Overall, it was one of the better "haunted house" movies that I've seen in a very long time.
Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 I'd choose House Of Wax over this.
2GOLD Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 I'd choose House Of Wax over this. I've already informed my girl she can take me to any sappy, horrible, romantic cliched piece of horse crap that has ever existed if she allows us to avoid House of Wax. Paris Hilton and Elisha Cuthbert in a lead role? Unless the movie ends with her getting killed by a mountain lion, there is no point.
Gary Floyd Posted April 17, 2005 Author Report Posted April 17, 2005 I originaly was going to see "House of Wax" simply to see Paris Hilton get killed off. Then I decided to wait until it comes to DVD, then rent it.
Ted the Poster Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 I just love how the movie kept being hyped as an almost direct adaptation of the book, and then it ends up being even less faithful than the first film. Seriously, an indian burial ground? What the fuck.
algrim Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 How does this rate against the original? Better or worse?
2GOLD Posted April 17, 2005 Report Posted April 17, 2005 I just love how the movie kept being hyped as an almost direct adaptation of the book, and then it ends up being even less faithful than the first film. Seriously, an indian burial ground? What the fuck. Huh? The hell? So... did the movie have any indians in it then or did the buried indians just not give a damn?
Gary Floyd Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Posted April 18, 2005 How does this rate against the original? Better or worse? Well, it depends. The original is pretty bad in my opinion (this is coming from a huge horror geek). The acting is considerably better than the original (Ryan Reynold's George Lutz owns the original version played by James Brolin), but other than that, I'd have to say it sucks ass.
Downhome Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Huh? The hell? So... did the movie have any indians in it then or did the buried indians just not give a damn? It wasn't tecinally an indian graveyard. There was once an indian sanctuary there, where a guy called Ketcham would torture the indians in horrible ways. He eventually slit his own throat so that his "preasence" could live on forever in that sanctuary, thus leading to him being there at that house. I believe that's the way it went.
2GOLD Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Huh? The hell? So... did the movie have any indians in it then or did the buried indians just not give a damn? It wasn't tecinally an indian graveyard. There was once an indian sanctuary there, where a guy called Ketcham would torture the indians in horrible ways. He eventually slit his own throat so that his "preasence" could live on forever in that sanctuary, thus leading to him being there at that house. I believe that's the way it went. That plot is horrible. Just horrible. I was going to rent it just for the acting of Ryan Reynolds, who has slowly proven to me that even he couldn't save VAN WILDER from deserving a fate worse than movie death.
Downhome Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Well that isn't really the "plot" of anything. Just a halfassed backstory added just to try to explain the plot of the film just a little bit.
dubq Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 I can't believe people are being THIS picky about a horror movie. Oh wait, I forgot where I was posting....
SuperJerk Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 3. Fever Pitch-$8.8M $23.9M 5. Guess Who-$4.9M $57.6M 8. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous-$2.87M $41.6M 9. The Pacifier -$2.41M $104M Some people will see anything.
Mole Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 9. The Pacifier -$2.41M $104M Does this piss anyone else off? Fuckin $104 million?
Guest MikeSC Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 3. Fever Pitch-$8.8M $23.9M 5. Guess Who-$4.9M $57.6M 8. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous-$2.87M $41.6M 9. The Pacifier -$2.41M $104M Some people will see anything. Miss Congeniality made $41M?!?!? Hell, I didn't know it was out. -=Mike
RedJed Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 I'm VERY surprised anyone here actually enjoyed this pile of dung. I was pretty pumped to seeing it since (correct me if I am wrong) this was the same team that remade the Texas Chainsaw Massacre into a most definately worthy remake back last year. But this was nowhere near the quality of that comparison, much less the quality of the original Amityville Horror - which is an ok film but nothing to call home about - probably was good for it's time but it doesnt hold up today. I'd easily say this was head and shoulders worse than the rest of the shit in horror that's been released this year, like Ring Two, Boogeyman, etc. I can imagine there will be a large fallout next week in the box office for this one as it's not going to likely get very good reviews (they didnt allow critics to see it before opening day, hmmmm) and even worse, bad word of mouth. I had been kind of researching the whole "true story" situation weeks before this came out, and to say that MGM calls this film "a true story" is misleading to say the least also. The original film exponded on some "facts" from the book, which was done in cooperation with the Lutz family - but this remake was nothing but a totally different direction, only keeping a few similarities and otherwise dumping the rest and then not following up with something BETTER in its replacement. Instead we go back to the oh-so cliche "troubled little girl" who has to play some role in the mediocre terror, as well as random other nonsense. If anyone is interested in what supposedly really happened in the house almost 20 years ago v. what was portrayed on film, check this link out... www.amityvillehorror.com What bothered me more than anything was that things went too fast, too much backstory information was being passed through without any reasoning and development, and generally the film jumped from one thing to another way too fast where it was hard to really get into the movie, much less the characters. I also had a hard time buying the story was set in the 70s when it just never gave me that feeling. Also I thought the acting was actually not very good, or at least I wasnt buying that this was an actual family living in this house and not just actors acting their parts. If they would have added another 1/2 hour to the film it might have been better but from what they had here, it was a fucking mess that seemed like they just threw this remake together really fast and without much thought.
Gary Floyd Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Posted April 18, 2005 I can't believe people are being THIS picky about a horror movie. Oh wait, I forgot where I was posting.... I don't see it as being picky about a horror film. I see it as being disappointed about it being a bad movie.
Mole Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 . I was pretty pumped to seeing it since (correct me if I am wrong) this was the same team that remade the Texas Chainsaw Massacre into a most definately worthy remake back last year. Scott Kosar wrote both movies. But they were both shot in the same style, so it seemed like more people on TCM were involved in AH. The original TCM is SO much better than the remake; there is no comparison between the two. I am a little biased because the original is my favorite and I think is the best horror movie of all time.
Youth N Asia Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 The original Amityville sucks, I have no idea why it got such cult status, maybe because people buy into the story. The remake was better, mostly due to Ryan Renolds, and the build up at the end was tense
Black Lushus Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 This is exactly why I don't watch horror movies anymore...the last two horror movies I've watched (and these were both around the time they were released): Scream 2 and Freddy Vs. Jason...what is that? a span of almost 10 years?
Insane Bump Machine Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Scream 2 and FvsJ are not real horror movies though, especially FvsJ. If you want so see new and good horror, you have to watch foreign films from Asia and Europe. Stuff like High Tension, 28 Days Later or Three...Extremes.
Black Lushus Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Are they genuinly scary or just gore fests? And I don't mean scary as in there are tons of "make you jump" spots like all these cheesy flicks today do ad naseum...I'm talking like you don't enter a room with the lights off kinda scary...
Insane Bump Machine Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 High Tension and especially Three...Extremes I found to be quite scary, although High Tension doesn't hold back in the gore department as well. Extremes is a collection of three short horror films by three of Asia's best directors 28 Days Later I didn't like that much, but I know that I'm in the minority there. It's more of a zombie flick, but it has some nice chilling moments as well.
Downhome Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 Haute Tension/Switchblade Romance/High Tension is great, just great. I loved seeing the trailer before Amityville. I fear that we'll have walk-outs on it though, since in the trailer I don't believe they even hinted at it not being in English. I don't remember a single word spoken in the trailer. Here is the thread I made for Haute Tension after I first watched it back in August: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...=51991&hl=haute I own the DVD of Three...Extremes but I still haven't watched it, but I have got to say that the trailer freaks me out more than most full length horror movies these days. If you guys haven't seen the trailer, dig it up online and check it out. Extremes is a collection of three short horror films by three of Asia's best directors Not just any directors, but Takashi Mike (Audition, Gozu, Ichi the Killer), Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) and while I don't know much about the third, Fruit Chan.
Art Sandusky Posted April 18, 2005 Report Posted April 18, 2005 The Pacifier rocks all of you and you know it.
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