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Post by Nalkarj on May 12, 2018 16:21:10 GMT
Just wondering, how is Desyat Negrityat not depressing and dull? I found it the bleakest and the dullest of the ATTWN adaptations; the only adaptation I really like is the René Clair version, though I have a soft spot for the ‘60s version too. Desyat is easily the most exciting of the Ten Little Indians. It hooks you all the way through, and manages to make you feel the horror without being depressed by it, unless you're a murderer. All the same, you still realize the worst one is the "raving lunatic" who might next choose 10 victims whose "murders" were not pulling over quick enough for an ambulance, or passing a beggar who later died of exposure. Fortunately, he kills himself before he continues. Still, surely one doesn't identify enough with the nine murderers of the film to be depressed. Does one? Of course one identifies with some of the characters, especially Vera—here as in Christie’s book. They are still human beings who don’t deserve to be hunted to death on this island. And the whole thing’s relentlessly bleak: everyone dies, the color scheme is dreary, those flashbacks… Ugh. I didn’t like that movie. To each his own, though.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 16:24:45 GMT
I never understood why this movie did so poorly...unless it was affected by the scandal surrounding Paul Reubens (aka Pee-Wee Herman). It may not be a world-beater, but I found it a thoroughly enjoyable movie, with decent CGI and some really cute extraterrestrial critters. Bonus Feature: Sarah Jessica Parker before she got "tarted up". ruebens was arrested in 1991
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 13, 2018 1:33:32 GMT
Lol, on the old (now wiped-out) IMDb board for both the film and science-fiction, in general, there were threads about the spaceship design looking like a VAGINA!!!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 13, 2018 1:44:08 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on May 13, 2018 1:48:14 GMT
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Post by sostie on May 13, 2018 1:49:14 GMT
Lol, on the old (now wiped-out) IMDb board for both the film and science-fiction, in general, there were threads about the spaceship design looking like a VAGINA!!! Well it was called "Mother" and it looking like breasts was deliberate...probably a vagina in there as well
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 13, 2018 2:10:38 GMT
Lol, on the old (now wiped-out) IMDb board for both the film and science-fiction, in general, there were threads about the spaceship design looking like a VAGINA!!! W ell it was called "Mother" and it looking like breast was deliberate...probably a vagina in there as well VAGINA!!!
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Post by johnspartan on May 13, 2018 2:52:03 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 13, 2018 2:54:36 GMT
That's one of them, but I've seen others that had more replies.
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 13, 2018 4:06:42 GMT
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Post by darkpast on Jun 17, 2018 5:06:17 GMT
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Post by loofapotato on Jun 18, 2018 3:40:16 GMT
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Post by eplay on Jun 19, 2018 0:12:54 GMT
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Post by Marv on Jun 19, 2018 0:30:28 GMT
I’ve never seen that poster for They Live...I LOVE IT!!!
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