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Quint has seen RED EYE and wants to tell ya' about it!!

Good review. by Darth Kong	Aug 19th, 2005 10:45:49 AM
Its a solid film.
Plus by Darth Kong	Aug 19th, 2005 10:46:08 AM
Ive been first like 3 times today!
by faesforce	Aug 19th, 2005 10:49:47 AM
I saw the film at a "red eye" midnight showing Wednesday night. I dug it. What I liked about is that there is nof iller - its simple, straightforward, and Craven does a good job at keeping the film interesting in the set up, then delivering some pretty good thrills. Most of my props go to the two leads, however - they elevate this film greatly with their performances. Cillian Murphy is especially great.
Brian Cox Has Lost Weight??? by John-Locke	Aug 19th, 2005 10:59:46 AM
Burl the Boy Cub will be dissapointed for sure.
Supernatural? by Moonrocks	Aug 19th, 2005 11:12:56 AM
I thought the trailer was fairly brilliant in setting up this movie one way then turning on a dime. The trialer alone makes me want to check this out at some point. On that subject, I almost think we should have some sort of recognition of good trailer editing; some of them are quite memorable. For me, Independence Day had a brilliant teaser trailer. Anyone remember that? It had no VO and some looming shots of huge shadows covering New York and ended with that White House shot. It was so "OH MY FUCKING GOD" that so set up an etirely different movie from the POS that was released. WOTW came really close to delivering on that ID4 trailer. (For those who don't know, there is an entire industry in Hollywood just to make trailers.) As for Red Eye, The set-up in the trailer is very interesting, but unlike Moriarity, I didn't get the supernatuiral vibe; I really felt Wes Craven was going for something more real-world grounded from the beginning.
I LIKE Cursed....not sure what the big deal was... by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 19th, 2005 11:21:15 AM
if it hadnt been a Wes Craven movie, youd all have loved it. Im not seeing why Craven elevates your expectations....he really is a hit and miss and miss again director. Vampire in Brooklyn? New Nightmare? People under the stairs? Deadly Friend?....all worse than Cursed. Cursed was light, jolty at times, fun....nothing wrong with that.
hit, miss, miss, and miss... by Moonrocks	Aug 19th, 2005 11:25:18 AM
That's really Wes Craven. How many movies did he actually hit on? Two by my count.
People Under the Stairs... by BillEmic	Aug 19th, 2005 11:31:32 AM
...kicks ass.
Moonrocks, I agree....but I count more than two hits... by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 19th, 2005 11:42:37 AM
Scream, Serpent and the Rainbow (one of my favorites), Nightmare on Elm Street, Swamp Thing, Hills Have Eyes, Last House on the Left.
RE: SydBarretsMyDad by KenKRK	Aug 19th, 2005 11:45:56 AM
Sorry, but Cursed was complete ass cheddar!! How are you gonna have a werewolf movie with NO GORE!! This wasn't like Teen Wolf or anything, they purported this film as if it a hardcore horror film, and it was little more than a made-for-tv WB movie! People try to defend it as being in the vein of Scream, but Scream didn't skimp on the blood and guts the way Cursed did.
No Gore? The guys bloody, EVISCERATED half corpse falls from the by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 19th, 2005 11:50:57 AM
Are you getting this movie confused with Silver Bullet or something?
By the way, since im here, I watched a movie last night with Pip by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 19th, 2005 11:57:19 AM
God Bless the Independant Film channel. And two ply toilet paper.
brian cox getting thin? by BurlIvesLeftNut	Aug 19th, 2005 12:06:06 PM
That totally pisses me off, but I will always have Brendan Gleason. If he loses weight, I am going to murder somebody.
SydBarretsMyDad by Dick Fitzwell	Aug 19th, 2005 12:07:49 PM
Lost and Delirious is the movie you're referring to.
I certainly was Delirious after watching it. by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 19th, 2005 12:09:23 PM

Twentythird! by loodabagel	Aug 19th, 2005 12:23:26 PM
Geez, it's ridiculous the lengths number people go to.
"ALONE IN THE DARK was a shitty movie, but not nearly as shitty by Neosamurai85	Aug 19th, 2005 12:37:50 PM

Fucking Enter Key... by Neosamurai85	Aug 19th, 2005 12:38:14 PM

"ALONE IN THE DARK was a shitty movie, but not nearly as shitty by Neosamurai85	Aug 19th, 2005 12:55:28 PM
Um
StentorianVoices by Neosamurai85	Aug 19th, 2005 01:01:17 PM
I don't mind the heads up, but I agree. It seems more fit for the Talkbacks. Always nice when the gang comes down to our level. Peace.
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!! by Darth Busey	Aug 19th, 2005 01:04:27 PM
Why didn't anybody tell me JACK SCALIA is in this?!?!?!?
Quint loves Cox? by www.valiens.com	Aug 19th, 2005 01:10:03 PM
Am I...am I reading that correctly?
Dear Rachel McAdams -- Stop Trying to Make Brunette Happen by ZombieSolutions	Aug 19th, 2005 01:13:50 PM
just kidding, you can do whatever it is your sweet hot little heart desires -- especialy if it involves sitting on my lap without yer knickers.
I was surfing for pics of Rachel Mcadams all last night. Now I by oceansized	Aug 19th, 2005 01:42:34 PM
"Wilma, I promise you; whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest one minute before until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat."
INSANITY is doing the same thing over but expecting different re by uberman	Aug 19th, 2005 01:54:26 PM
All I needed to read was the last part of the USA TODAY review"The movie devolves into a by-the-book action flick. There are some highly unlikely slip-ups by Jackson. Even harder to swallow are the nearly superhuman maneuvers by Lisa, who has endured Jackson's abuse and then turns the tables. Unfortunately, Red Eye goes from being a powerful thriller to a far more predictable story of revenge." Thanks for posting that. Wes Craven is like the uncle at the wedding who promises not to get drunk, starts out lookin like hes got it under control but ends the night in a stupor, just like he did every friggin time before. Or, hes like the girl you have been dating forever who gives every indication that tonights the night. The top goes, she grinding on you, you thin that this is it, its gonna happen, but she insists on keeping the pants on. No score for the bazzillionth time. And you guys who go to see this are the ones thinking that maybeye, just maybeye this time Wes is gonna pull it off. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and yet expecting different results. In the words of Pete Townsend, "I Wont Get Fooled Again."
Wes wrecked SWAMP THING by uberman	Aug 19th, 2005 02:00:33 PM
That was a fantastic comic when done by Bernie Williams. As classic as they get. Wes took a dark, gothic, stylish concecept and turned it into a sunny, guy in crappy rubber suit movie that bore no resemblence to the original artistic vision. What a shame.
Saw it, enjoyed it a lot. Not a fan of Craven really, his best f by Mr. Profit	Aug 19th, 2005 02:08:16 PM
Mean Girls, Notebook, Wedding Crashers, now Red Eye. Keep the streak going....
And there are 2 versions of Cursed. The Pussy PG13 Theatrical Re by Mr. Profit	Aug 19th, 2005 02:13:54 PM
But I havent seen the DVD. No interest really. Kevin Williamson is a hack. And New Nightmare was not a bad film. Nightmare 1 was great for it's time, but when you watch it now... It's kinda cheesy at some points. But Red Eye was a good summer action thriller. Check it out before you diss it. The theater was packed at 12:30 today and everyone seemed happy with it. The audience was into it, clapping and cheering. I was a bit shocked.
the premise of this review doesn't make any sense by K\|LLDOZER	Aug 19th, 2005 02:38:11 PM
simply a case of a movie reviewer that thinks his train of thought is exactly as everyone's in the moviegoing public. How is there a connection from a movie about werewolves to an airline thriller, other than a writer? it's two totally different premises. now, were this movie titled something like "Cursed 2: Electric Boogaloo" i would agree with the premise. but the statement that just because a former film sucked so bad that johnny q. public is rooting for a better movie from Craven this time, and affording him some slack, just doesn't hold true to me. when i saw the first trailer for this movie that looked like some dumb, brainless summer romance movie, then turned into a thriller - that interested me. i had no interest whatsoever in Cursed. these two movies appeal to two basically different types of viewers. no one is padding expectations for Red Eye simply on the effectiveness of Craven's last movie that barely anyone saw anyway.
Cursed was good by Purgatori	Aug 19th, 2005 02:47:57 PM
until the end. Then they pulled a 180 with Pacey's charactr that made no sense. I did like seeing that skank with a torn in half torso. That was nearly as good as the cow throwing in Dog Soldiers. But I can see where if it was seen in the PG13 version that the suck would have been beyond tolerable. I have to seay that Deadly Friend is probably Craven's all time worse movies. I'm hard pressed to pick one that comes close to that fucked up Freddy wannabe ending. The book was better, but Little House boy was annoying and the whole movie was rank...especially the ending and having Buffy version 1.0 walking around with the damn scissorhands.
I'll Wait For Rachel M. In The Sequel: "BROWN EYE" by Deandome	Aug 19th, 2005 02:54:58 PM
It's a pity some actresses (i.ei. LiLo, Katie H.) get so 'big' before they're forced nakedly cavort on film...especially Rachel, SWEET body/titties!! I think there's hope for Cuthbert...her films have all struggled, and then there are always those who ARE doing OK but decide to go arthouse & show their tits in some indie indulgence (Michelle Williams, Christina Ricci). Still, Rachel would look amazing naked, and Brown Eye is just the vehicle that might do it!
SydBarretsMyDad... Jessica Pare, the other chick in that is waaa by Uncooked_Meat	Aug 19th, 2005 03:04:19 PM
if we're talking about the same movie.
Moonrocks... by Uncooked_Meat	Aug 19th, 2005 03:08:17 PM
Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, Nightmare on Elm Street, Serpent And the Rainbow (ok, barely), Scream, Shocker (for pure humor value). That's more than two.
I saw it a while ago, thought it was crap... by iamnicksaicnsn	Aug 19th, 2005 03:26:18 PM
I liked Cillian Murphy, I thought he was the only good part. Other than that, it was Scream-lite. It's just a retread of every thriller ever. There was never a point that I didn't want Cillian to win. I was praying he'd win, but nooo, Craven just didn't have the balls. But God, what a soulless movie.
Am I the only one who thought "Last House On The Left" was Crap? by www.valiens.com	Aug 19th, 2005 03:36:58 PM
And that "Deadly Friend" was kinda...heartbreaking?
Serpent and the Rainbow... by DocPazuzu	Aug 19th, 2005 03:39:09 PM
...is teriffic, as is A Nightmare on Elm Street. Other than that, I'm not really very impressed with his work. In fact, I find him these days to be as much of a hack as Carpenter and Argento have become. Sad, but true. As for Stephen King, I think his decision to retire soon is a good one. I enjoyed From a Buick 8 and the fact that the bizarro car from another dimension which spat out monstrosities from time to time as it progressively grew weaker was a sly take on King and his career, but the most of his stuff for the past 8-9 years has been tired. I fucking LOVED The Talisman, but Black House was horrible. Or maybe I'm just old and cranky these days.
""Deadly Friend" was kinda...heartbreaking?" by DocPazuzu	Aug 19th, 2005 03:41:54 PM
The most heartbreaking thing about Deadly Friend was seeing a few years later that Kristy Swanson had had a breast reduction. Criminal!
Doc... you are correct... by Uncooked_Meat	Aug 19th, 2005 04:02:15 PM
... the Craven/Carpenter comparisons are accurate, if frustrating. Though I think that Carpenter has a MUCH stronger body of work, and therefore will always have my admiration. Craven did some good stuff, but BTILC, Prince of Darkness, The Thing, The Fog, Escape from New York, AOP13... god, don't get me started on Carpenter, I'll just go on and on and eventually mess myself. In fact, fuck it, I'm gonna ditch work, go home, take a couple bonghits and watch Big Trouble In Little China again.
DocPazuzu by uberman	Aug 19th, 2005 04:08:48 PM
Yeah, Stephen King really started to suck in the last decade, but I thought BLACK HOUSE was waay superior and really very creepy, very original and very good. A serial killer from an Old Folks home pretending to be senile while preying on kids? That was very well done and was a good book. FROM A BUICK 8 was tedious as everthing he has ever wrote where the narrator tells the story ie. Delores Clairborne. The reason is that nobody really talks like that or gets into that much detail when telling a story, plus the fact that the attempts at making the narrators speach sound backwoods and local just sounds contrived after awhile. I tried the Gunslinger series, endured 1, loved 2, kinda like 3 but as for 4, good god, that was the most painful read ever. In fact, it was that book that turned me off to King for good, and I am/was a collector of his 1st edition hardbacks. Also, the speech patterns and motives of his kids in his books all now sound the same. Theres always the nerdy, weezy kid, the strong athletic kid with a heart of gold, the jokester kid who is the same character with a different name in every damn book but was beat to death in IT. King jumped the shark with his aliens crashing in the forest and taking over humans minds book, whatever it was called. That was a real been there done that book. And did you ever get through the movie version of 'RIDING THE BULLET'? King actually praises this adaptation, which I made it through 10 minutes of. The start credits make it look real promising, but then it just jumps into suckage big time.
SydBarretsMyDad by Mr Brownstone	Aug 19th, 2005 04:09:54 PM
like father, like son.
uberman by DocPazuzu	Aug 19th, 2005 04:20:16 PM
Funny you should mention his recurring character types and contrived speech patterns. You see, that was one of the things that bugged the hell out of me in Black House - his ridiculous biker gang of philosophical genius beer brewers. WTF? Also, he can't seem to write a supernatural horror tale anymore without the climax somehow involving other dimensions and cosmic showdowns between Good and Evil, where even the most mundane characters have Unknown Powers or fulfill some Destiny in a deux ex machina-riddled endgame. I miss the lean, nasty, "narrow" stories like Pet Sematary, 'Salem's Lot and Christine.
DocPazuzu by uberman	Aug 19th, 2005 05:17:44 PM
True. I hated those charatcters as well, but like the radio DJ guy (probably a Peter Straub invention) and Jack was more adult seeming that most of Stephens characters. The bikers we BS for the most part though, and Stephen is the MASTER! at messing up a oerfectly good story with the crappy ending, Black House being no exeception to the King rule that the ending must suck. My favorite book of his in the last decade, hands down, is BAG OF BONES. He wrote it right before his accident, and seemed to find a brand new, fresh voice with that book, but then he got hurt and his writing went to hell again. I am glad the no one has adapted that story BAG of BONES to a movie. It is too good to go with the typical crap fest that is ussually associated with a King movie adaptation. I'd like to see a really great director handle it. But who would do it justice? Fincher? Speilberg? Coppola? Scorsese? Just glad its memory is not destroyed by some quick fix crap movie.
why? by heywood_jablomy8	Aug 19th, 2005 06:45:44 PM
Why oh why does everyone say "lead me to believe" or something like that? It's led, L-E-D! I wouldn't have said anything but it's become all too commonplace.
How's This For Useless Trivia....... by AttackingClone	Aug 19th, 2005 07:44:17 PM
Cillian is pronounced Kill-ian. Ha! Ha! Ya like dat shit.
Red Eye was a terrific "beach read" movie. by Osmosis Jones	Aug 19th, 2005 11:10:38 PM
I.E.; you know it's stuff you've seen before, but it's so skillfully made and wel-acted, you don't care. Credit Craven for keeping the movie lean & mean and not adding a ton of needless subplots and dumb, post-Shamalan "twists". Red Eye is like last fall's Cellular, only even more enjoyable. Great fun.
Note to Quint: ALONE IN THE DARK did poorly not becuase of Uwe B by Negative Man	Aug 20th, 2005 06:59:45 AM
Much like us. I think that anyone that does not pay attention to this site has no idea who Uwe Boll is. So to bring him into a review of any movie beyond his own crapfests seems silly. And to think that a reviewer is giving praise to a movie because it's not as bad as the directors last movie is idiotic. Crap is crap no matter how the crap is sliced. I mean no offense Quint, but your review of RED EYE sounds like a review of the trailers or you had an assistant see it and give you a brief. "I know I'm being vague"-indeed! Sorry Quint, but this 'review' sounds more like you needed a paycheck.
heywood_jablomy8: English is good... by Negative Man	Aug 20th, 2005 07:07:34 AM
...Don't you wish everyone used it when speaking/typing it? LOL (And yes, the 'LOL' was meant as irony...)
Too much information. by Diazanon	Aug 20th, 2005 07:18:20 AM
Was it me or did Quint admit in that review that he liked Cox.
McAdams by Mafu	Aug 20th, 2005 08:21:30 AM
I'm a fan of Cillian Murphy's work. I think he brings an unsettling slickness to the characters he plays, similar to the idiosyncracies of Rutger Hauer or Christopher Walken. Rachel McAdams I've only seen in "Mean Girls," a film I was surprisingly entertained by. McAdams reminds me of a slightly shorter and less athletic Jennifer Garner, but sporting similar acting chops to the hot Mrs. Affleck (ewwww... I still can't get used to that!). Hopefully, going forward we'll see Rachel in creative and varied roles.
Mafu... Check her out in The Notebook by Mr. Profit	Aug 20th, 2005 09:44:40 AM
A movie that surprised me because it was actually pretty good and the acting by McAdams and Gosling was great.
Notebook by Mafu	Aug 20th, 2005 10:01:29 AM
Thanks, Profit. I will.
McAdams has already shown her sweet cans... by SonnyC79	Aug 20th, 2005 11:17:40 AM
in an Italian film called "My Name is Tanino"...i think it's pretty much impossible to find anywhere in the states, but there are screencaps and a trailer on yahoo italy (yahoo.it something?) where you can see a dandy underwater show of them. she is, in my opinion, one of the most gorgeous actresses around right now. we are lucky to have her.
underwater shot that is by SonnyC79	Aug 20th, 2005 11:18:19 AM

Yeah, The Notebook was pretty good... by Neosamurai85	Aug 20th, 2005 12:03:32 PM
Had a good balance of spoon feeding the chickflickers and soberness for the rest of us in the real world. Good cinematography. Oh, and you ya always got to support your local sheriff! Peace.
A new beginning for Wes perhaps? by AngryRedHerring	Aug 20th, 2005 12:06:36 PM
I was really surprised at how much I liked this film. I though it great how simply it was and how it didn't resort to any extraneous crap. I kept expecting Murphy's character to pull out the little blond girl from the plane and hold her hostage or some crap like that. Hopefully this is a new beginning for Wes Craven. It was very well acted by both McAdams and Murphy especially up until they get off the plane. Rachel McAdams has been great in everything she's done so far. I don't know if you guys in the States get to see a show called "Slings and Arrows" but it's a great Canadian show starring Mark McKinney, Callum Keith Renne, Paul Gross, Don McKellar of course Rachel McAdams (for the first season). Check it out if you can.
I just gt back from RED EYE and it SUCKED! by NapoleonDynamite	Aug 20th, 2005 06:27:31 PM
The biggest problem is that Rachel McAdams can't fucking act. All the cutesy, practiced facial expressions are so phony and self-aware that it's obnoxious. Another big problem with the movie is that the audience is never given a reason to care what happens to her father, what happens to the jack off politician or what happens to McAdams. McAdams' character in particular is such a goody-two shoes little twat that I WANTED her to lose. Yet another huge problem with the film is that it fails to generate a single second of genuine tension or suspense. There isn't a single moment in the movie where you think that anything bad will happen to any of the "good" people or that there's any chance the bad guys will win. The last act of the movie is especially bad. Completely hackneyed, predicable, auto-pilot movie ending all the way. The villains actions don't make any sense. Why does he continue to pursue McAdams when all he has to do is grab a pay phone and tell his conferate to whack the dad? Why would McAdams not assume he would do that? And how inept is supposedly professional assasin that he can let himself get taken out by a hotel clerk with ballpoint pen. He doesn't even know hpw to stab a bitch with a knofe. He just flails around like an idiot. Then we get the incredibly trite scene of the previously incapacited dad saving McAdamss at the last second. As soon as I saw Brian Cox on the floor, I said, "he's going to get up and shoot the bad guy right before he's about to kill the ho." I'm surprised Craven didn't do that thing where you see the bad guy with the gun, then you hear the shot, then the bad guy falls down and you see the other person behind them. Craven's usually better than this. He's really sold out. And Rachel McAdams cannot fucking act. I just wanted to stress that once again. THE NOTEBOOK was one of the worst movies of last year. My favorite part of RED EYE whe was Cillian Murphy clocked McAdams in th head and knocked her out.Don't waste your money on this thing. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the mildly twisty little setup and that's everything worth seeing. The film does absolutely nothing WITH that setup. RED EYE is ass.
Loved the movie. Pegged it as being good when I first saw the tr by The Founder	Aug 20th, 2005 06:27:37 PM
Red Eye was good. This is one I knew i would like and it didn't dissappoint. Gotta agree with some, the movie did go slightly down hill somewhat when they got off the plane, but not because i thought it was bad, it just went predictable. Still nothing is wrong with that. It would have been nice if they could stayed on the plane for the whole film, cause it did build a lot of suspense and with the situation of being on a planer and limited room it makes it that much more interesting. I'll give this a 9/10
Oh Please NapoleonDynamite, everyone is entitled to their opinio by The Founder	Aug 20th, 2005 06:38:03 PM
Yeah it had some problems, like the predicatability factor. Still turned out good. Yeah Wes would've done better if he keep the movie on the plane, but hey he didn't. McAdams played her character like she was meant to be. Cutsey face expressions? Um the character's career was pleasing people as the Hotel manager or front desk manager. She was a nice person and it was established from the begininng. The guy was also flirting with her, and she had an interest in him. Um in case you haven't been around females for the 1st time when youre trying to pick them up and they are interested, that is how they act.
Answer one question. by NapoleonDynamite	Aug 20th, 2005 06:53:42 PM
Can anyone honestly say they ever believed for a second that McAdams was ever in danger? Did anyone think there was any chance at all that her dad would get killed? When was there a second of genuine suspense? What happened to the guy whod irrect LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT? This was like a Lifetime movie.
I liked the 3rd act quite a bit, to be honest. by JiggamanSpence	Aug 20th, 2005 09:51:09 PM
I know it was formulaic, but it was damn entertaining. The 20 minutes at the end of the film are a great pay off to the tension built up on the airplane, and had the audience I saw it with laughing, screaming, and cheering. Great fun thriller, all around.
Napoleon Dynamite by Smokey McSpliff	Aug 20th, 2005 09:53:15 PM
I agree with some of your points. McAdams didn't really appeal to me and the cat-and-mouse throughout the house was pretty lame, but I thought everything before that was pretty damn good and suspenseful. Overall, I enjoyed the movie as sort of a B-movie, throwaway kind of experience. Though, It says a lot about the McAdams character that I actually found myself rooting for Cilliam Murphy most of the time.
OT: King by DefyThis	Aug 20th, 2005 10:49:25 PM
Black House was an excellent follow-up to The Talisman, albeit in a very different style and tone. I had no problem with the bikers; the one true weak character was the small town reporter - he seemed like a stereotypical king character. The bikers were something different, and Symphonic Stan/The Wisconson Rat/Henry Shake/George (forgot the name)/Uncle Henry was an incredible character, whether it was Straub's or King's. One of the most interesting characters in any novel I've read in the past 10 years. From a Buick 8 was a solid, low-key affair that, once you get into the narration, is quite good, and avoids that huge "Good vs. Evil" climax. In fact, the supernatural stuff is just window-dressing and not part of the greater message, something pointed out clearly in the novel. Dreamcatcher, on the other hand, was a fairly weak novel (but still a hell of a lot better than the horrible movie adaptation... feel bad for Tom Jane on that one).
Founder: Giving RED EYE 9/10???????? by uberman	Aug 21st, 2005 01:27:29 AM
Your kidding, right? I have seen enough 'Cravin' movies to believe that Napolian has most likely hit the nail on the head on this. After all, how many times can a directors movies suck ass before you learn to NEVER throw your money at their films again? There comes a time when, as nice as the trailor looks, you read the name attached and go "I trusted this guy not once, not twice ,not three times, but more, and I have been let down every time with predicatable plots, characters who only act in a certain way to move the writers plot, no sense of tension, fear dread, nada, stupid teens,inept villians who stab and slash wildly at nothing but air while some lame assed main character dmanages to 'excape' once again, on and on and on. No, Napolian, I am sorry you wasted your money on this. For the initiated, you all should know better. Insanity is going to the same directors crappy films and always expecting that this time it will be different. Spend that hard earned money of somebody who at least tries to do something fresh. DO NOT FEED THE MACHINE!!!!
Founder: Giving RED EYE 9/10???????? by uberman	Aug 21st, 2005 01:28:31 AM
Your kidding, right? I have seen enough 'Cravin' movies to believe that Napolian has most likely hit the nail on the head on this. After all, how many times can a directors movies suck ass before you learn to NEVER throw your money at their films again? There comes a time when, as nice as the trailor looks, you read the name attached and go "I trusted this guy not once, not twice ,not three times, but more, and I have been let down every time with predicatable plots, characters who only act in a certain way to move the writers plot, no sense of tension, fear dread, nada, stupid teens,inept villians who stab and slash wildly at nothing but air while some lame assed main character dmanages to 'excape' once again, on and on and on. No, Napolian, I am sorry you wasted your money on this. For the initiated, you all should know better. Insanity is going to the same directors crappy films and always expecting that this time it will be different. Spend that hard earned money of somebody who at least tries to do something fresh. DO NOT FEED THE MACHINE!!!!
From what I hear it sounds like Craven is revamping all the clic by I Dunno	Aug 21st, 2005 07:32:23 AM
in Scream. Way to step backwards. As for McAdams, she's cute but just seems like a prettier Parker Posey without the indie cred.
This movie sucked by Tsunami3G	Aug 21st, 2005 09:43:45 AM
I caught it last night and was thoroughly disappointed. I would liken it to a bad episode of 24. The only time I didn't feel sorry for Brian Cox was when he was unconscious. Lucky bastiche.
hainesrs:"They were captivated and loved the shit out of it" by uberman	Aug 21st, 2005 04:57:18 PM
Cockroaches and dead people dont count.
McAdams looks okay as a blonde, but ultra hot as a brunette IMHO by Big Bad Clone	Aug 21st, 2005 09:11:20 PM
Now if could only get a look at her "goodies".
it was o.k. by geek molester	Aug 21st, 2005 11:27:13 PM
I gotta agree with NapoleanDynamite here to a certain extent, although I did enjoy the movie and thought it cranked up the tention and thrills pretty well, despite the ridiculous plot and script. spoilers personally I couldn't give a fuck if the polititian, and, yeah his family too, got killed. There would be no reason for me to risk the life of my father for someone who's probably a corrupt scum-bag. And when the "ho" drives away from the airport, of course the batteries go dead in the cell phone. So what would you do, how long does it take to drive to a suburban neighborhood from the airport? Do you drive to your dad's house while the assassin with the puncured neck calls his dog to take out your dad? Or do you get off the fuckin freeway, go to the gas station and call your fuckin dad and tell him whats going on. WTF yeah then at the end ,of course, when you're in a knife-fight with some psycho and you get a gun, of course you aim it at them and tell them to freeze. Dont blow the scum-sucking bitches head off without a moments hesitation, nah, that would be too easy. Besides all the silly moments and giant plot holes, however, it did deliver some decent thrills so I didn't think it was all that bad.
I usually don't say this, but Quint is bang-on about this mo by Tall_Boy	Aug 22nd, 2005 01:18:52 AM
First 2 acts are awesome, 3rd act is a huge letdown considering how nicely the first chunk was handled. Its very hard to pull of people running from an explosion and make it work.
It was good but.. by weebay	Aug 22nd, 2005 06:45:42 AM
I thought this was an effective little thriller, sure it had some major plot holes but what Wes Craven movie doesn't. For that matter what hollywood horror movie doesn't. The part where the cell phone starts to lose batery power was the worst though. The Ripner character is using his cell phone to make important assasin or whatever calls and he leaves the house without charging his phone? Not likely. Still I did think Rachel McAdams was a sympathetic lead and I was rooting for her to win. Cillian was a very good bad guy. He had to be scary just using his face and he was good at it too.
Isn't "Red Eye" by HGHGHG	Aug 22nd, 2005 10:41:35 AM
slang for an "asshole?" Quite appropriate, as is aptly describes Wes Craven.

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