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A Very Different Review For Neal Marshall’s DOOMSDAY!

hmm by meatygoodness	Oct 5th, 2007 05:14:03 AM
Marshall's an excellent director. I will see this.
THANK FUCK by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 05:18:13 AM
I knew that first review was bollocks. I can't emphasise enough how relieved I am to read this.
"futuristic style rave" by meatygoodness	Oct 5th, 2007 05:21:17 AM
Doesn't inspire confidence though. Didn't the matrix try that?
Sounds good to me by Jackin	Oct 5th, 2007 05:21:49 AM
I'm a big fan of Marshalls work. I'm well looking forward to this!
lol by Jackin	Oct 5th, 2007 05:24:18 AM
Meatygoodness you have a good point there. That has to be one of the most cringe worthy scenes ever!
Sounds like a top Mash-up by KillaKane	Oct 5th, 2007 05:32:26 AM
Good review, feels like it's worth a ticket inspite of the shortcomings of the lead.
Ahh well by meatygoodness	Oct 5th, 2007 05:32:52 AM
I'm just going to pretend this is the true remake/sequel to EFNY
I feel better by boyblue	Oct 5th, 2007 05:59:35 AM
It has been acknowledged that there is something inbetween Scotland and London! The film sounds cool, count me in!
Why Scotland....why? by DarthScotsman	Oct 5th, 2007 06:09:58 AM
What have we done, we gave the world Greyfriars Bobby FFS!
Admiral Akbar says by darquelyte	Oct 5th, 2007 06:12:18 AM
It's a plant!
This guy is a PLANT!!!! by Just another useless chump with a microphone	Oct 5th, 2007 06:28:04 AM
No, I'm just kidding. I just hate how whenever someone gives a good review about any movie people are "iffy" about, people immediately scream "plant". I liked Dog Soldiers for its underdog (pun not intended, yet giggled at) status. It's a crap B-movie, but it's a lot of fun and some good SFX for its budget. I LOVED The Descent. Only movie to genuinely scare me in years, and honestly not because of the critters. I have an odd sense of claustrophobia...takes a LOT to make me feel it, but once I do I squirm like a mofo. The scene where the one girl was stuck and panicking, my friends STILL make fun of me for how much I was squirming in my seat and sweating. Only scene to ever do that to me before was, of all lame things, the pipe torture scene in Tank Girl. So yeah, I'll definitely give this one a torrent when it's done with its theatre rounds, just to check it out. If I like it, I'll buy the DVD.
Damn shame. by MaxTheSilent	Oct 5th, 2007 06:43:04 AM
THE DESCENT will absolutely be considered a modern horror classic in years to come.
DarthScotsman... by Vamp-AICNchat	Oct 5th, 2007 07:03:22 AM
...it would've been a horror story just bricking Hadrians Wall and been locked in Scotland.
"futuristic style rave" by Cameron1	Oct 5th, 2007 07:09:33 AM
Hopefully Marshall will be taking the piss out of the Matrix' shark jumping moment. I bet it will be a knowing wink as to how silly that stuff all is. The other "reviewer" didn't actually know how to review a movie so I was never too worried by his nagative comments, but still I'm very glad this one has me feeling positive about the film now.
DarthScotsman by MaxTheSilent	Oct 5th, 2007 07:11:56 AM
Marshall should just do a movie about a bunch of people having to brave the unparallelled horror of Scottish food. 'Tempting Tatties'!? My ass wants to collapse just thinking about that garbage!
aargh Scottish food by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 07:15:02 AM
The nation that gave the world the horror of the Deep Fried Pizza. bleugh
The car scenes were better than those in DEATH PROOF??? by Nice Marmot	Oct 5th, 2007 07:33:16 AM
So they didn't just drive around at 30 mph and add roaring muscle car sound later?
That girl is rubbish... by TELF	Oct 5th, 2007 07:51:36 AM
In the UK she was a low-level celeb because she was the original Lara Croft promo model (using boobs her dad bought for her). Her one-time polygonal counterpart is a much better actress.
Watch out Superman, Doomsday gonna kick..... by BetaRayBill07	Oct 5th, 2007 08:04:44 AM
Oh sorry.....wrong Doomsday.
It's NEIL Marshall... by loafroaster	Oct 5th, 2007 08:05:26 AM
...Yankee dumbasses
loved the descent by palewook	Oct 5th, 2007 08:12:43 AM
and still waiting on Doomsday.
BetaRayBill07 by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 08:19:23 AM
comedy gold. You fucking genius,
I bet your little heat leapt by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 08:21:05 AM
when you got to use your lovingly crafted Superman gag. I was actualy waiting for it, and good to see I wasn't let down. I'm just suprised it took as long as it did before some clown posted that gag.
Does anyone else find the word 'work'... by dacanesta	Oct 5th, 2007 08:30:29 AM
after a directors name sounds pretentious? I think its ok on a baldy old man with grey hair at the sides and maybe some glasses balanced on the end of his nose, but from us? I think its farty. Say 'films', then I wont think you're fake. And the guy who plays Spoon from Dog Soldiers is from my hometown, MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND!!!! (English people will know I dont have much to shout about so let me have this one, eh?)
M-O-M by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 09:34:15 AM
Rhona Mitra, whilst intensely fuckable is not a very good actress. She barely qualifies as a celebrity. Although we do have a build them up to knock them down media culture, to assign criticism of someone that made their name by dressing up like lara bloody croft at conventions to our cynical cutural psyche is just utter mince. Seeing as your most famous celebrity is Tony Ferrino you should really fuck off on that score. aside from that- Congratulations, that was a coherent post and I am mildly irritated to find myself in agreement with you on 2 seperate TB's. How annoying.
Two people in a shot by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 5th, 2007 09:34:54 AM
Nice to hear, after years of horrendous 'in your face' mega-close-up 'scope photography. Cundey's early Carpenter work was genius and if Marshall is borrowing that look all credit to him. Looking forward to this.
When is the UK release date for this by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 09:36:14 AM
I can't find out anywhere. It must be soon. I'm salivating at the thought of a good genre film- it's been that long.
Ta. by Lost Jarv	Oct 5th, 2007 09:49:15 AM
I saw it mooted somewhere as December, with march in the US- We should get it first, like we did with the Descent.
Rhona Mitra..... by Rameses	Oct 5th, 2007 10:35:47 AM
Was the chick across the road who got raped in Hollow man.She is a useless actress , but kinda cute and the best of the lara croft models.
If you're happy with a copy and paste director by FILMFUNK	Oct 5th, 2007 10:40:03 AM
Then Neil Marshal's your man His movies annoy the hell out of me because they steal scenes, character traites, even lines of dialogue and sound effect from other far superior movies. If you're not old enough to remember and hold dear the sourse material or are simply not aware or not arsed then you'll likely enjoy or love his stuff because what he can do is solidly stick a movie together, But he needsc to try a completely original film not just a genre re-tread coz they're just too devoid of anything new to say and this looks no different. Maybee if I could shut off my movie memory banks it might be ok!
Like Rhona, Like Neil by angelopoulos	Oct 5th, 2007 11:49:36 AM
Will prob. like Doomsday. We'll see. I think Rhona is pretty good in most things she's in. Hopefully we'll get to hear her actual voice this time. That was no way her real voice in Skinwalkers. I'm thinking she was overdubbed by someone whiny. Her real voice is deep and very Brittish. Meow!
most people want McDonald's movies. by Series7	Oct 5th, 2007 12:22:12 PM
I certainly do. I've been watching all of Malcolm McDonald's movies recently. Just saw If.. the other day, and man all those attempts to show what life is like in a military academy, and the only one to do it justice is a movie about british boys school. Awesome movie. And Caligula AWESOME! wanna watch the new version. Killing Kirk... not Awesome. But lets just say if Malcolm McDonald is in this movie then, I'm loving it.
FILMFUNK,,, by BrooseTheScharuk	Oct 5th, 2007 01:53:23 PM
...I agree 100%. And Series7, you give me laffing. Also, those people who are saying "Phew! I'm so glad someone finally posted a review expressing the opinion I plan to have once I see this movie...that other reviewer was a moron..." -- you people are also give to me laffings! Thanks. These talkbacks ooze with informed objectiviy.
Objectivity... by BrooseTheScharuk	Oct 5th, 2007 01:56:10 PM
...I make spelling oops.
Dog Soldiers is fucking class man! by pdennett316	Oct 5th, 2007 04:51:41 PM
"I hope I give you the shits you fucking wimp!" Spoon alone was worth the price of admission/rent. The Descent was also great, so I'm looking forward to this one. Pity it's Rhona Mitra in the lead. Nice tits (which her Dad both paid for, AND installed) but zero charisma. Helena Bonham Carter or Rachel Weisz (spelling?) would have been far better choices. Fuck, Helen Mirren would've been more believable as a bad ass!
Kurzinski Valentine by Jaws Wayne	Oct 5th, 2007 07:23:16 PM
I also don't understand why Dog Soldiers is hailed a great film and I'm a big lover of horror films. Tell you this. Bought the film on disc for a paltry 3 or 4 bucks, put it in the player anticipating something good after all the rave reviews and stopped it 20 minutes in, thought either I was too tired or the movie was just really plain bad. Next time I watched 30 minutes of it, then stopped it again. Third time I watched another 10 minutes. Still haven't watched the whole thing. Man,those werewolf suits ! Is Dog Soldiers meant to be a spoof or horror parody of sorts? Liked The Descent though and looking forward to Doomsday, and I think Rhona is a fine looking lady by the way. Can anyone tell me if Robert Harmon's Highwaymen in which she stars is a good thriller ?
Highwaymen by Series7	Oct 5th, 2007 11:26:05 PM
That was a good movie. Like no body saw it though? I don't even know if it made it to theaters? Jesus is sure having a hard time making movies after his big break with Mr. Gibson. Chronicles was another awesome movie that bombed. Same with Descent, I remember downloading that movie way before it came out in america and I watch it by myself because I just heard it was scary, i thought it was a movie about cave diving. I didn't fucking realize it was a monster movie. Probably the only movie to scare me since Aliens which was when I was a kid. I'll tell you this much I have not gone spelunking since I've seen that movie. I think those days are over.
MOM by Jaws Wayne	Oct 6th, 2007 06:41:49 AM
This is a serious question, but are you on some sort of medication ? If that's the case, don't be ashamed to tell us, it would be a whole lot easier to accept your posts. I'm not kidding here, so please tell.
Hadrian's wall by Fitzcarraldo2	Oct 6th, 2007 07:27:33 AM
A minor point - Hadrian's Wall does not mark the border with Scotland, it never has. There was no England or Scotland when it was built, just Britannic tribes and the wall was built across the narrowest point of the country. I live north of the wall but I'm still in England.
There Is No Spoon by thatothercaptainjack	Oct 6th, 2007 10:45:12 AM
The actor that played him in Dog Soldiers was Darren Morffit.
Jaws Wayne by Knuckleduster	Oct 6th, 2007 06:13:56 PM
I just can't stop laughing over your post. Seriously, you have made my day. Good one, mate.
Series7... by BrooseTheScharuk	Oct 7th, 2007 10:03:39 AM
...I thought you were joking with the whole "Malcolm McDonald" thing, no? It was fucking funny! Was it me who missed the point, and MOM who actually has your number? Say it ain't so! I'd prefer to believe that some degree of wit does manage to survive in this environment, which is generally pretty hostile toward the clevers.
"putting together this monster mash"...? by chien_sale	Oct 7th, 2007 01:48:30 PM
there's more than zombies in the film?
MOM by Knuckleduster	Oct 7th, 2007 02:13:34 PM
Mate, I don't necessarily think Jaws asked you that question because he disagreed with you. It's just... Listen, just go back and read some of your posts. It reads like excerpts from some lousy textbook. I'm not trying to be offensive, but some of the stuff you write... And your constant need to respond to every single post, it's just... You know what, never mind. Express yourself, buddy.
MOM by Jaws Wayne	Oct 7th, 2007 02:31:17 PM
You're totally wrong about the intentions of my last post.I was actually dead serious with my question and no it has nothing to do with me having a problem with posts longer than one paragraph or because I was trying to make a fool out of you. I did not read everyting you wrote in your, what...5 or 6 back-to-back posts that preceded my last one, but from reading bits of 'em I almost definitely knew something just wasn't right. So, let me ask you again. Are you on some sort of medication? Do you suffer from Asperger syndrome maybe ? If that's the case, knowing that,the pieces of the puzzle would fall into place, the mystery would be solved. So, can you clear things up a little ?
MOM by Knuckleduster	Oct 9th, 2007 07:58:57 AM
Lost cause.
MOM by BrooseTheScharuk	Oct 9th, 2007 01:49:42 PM
Perhaps, since you are apparently not from this continent, you are not aware of the use -- by the McDonald's company -- of the phrase "I'm loving it" in all of their advertising. At least that's been the slogan for the last while -- I don't know if they've moved on from that yet, but -- probably NOT coincidentally -- it happens to be the phrase used by Series7 at the end of his/her/its post, as in: "But lets just say if Malcolm McDonald is in this movie then, I'm loving it." I just wanted to let you know that I was never in doubt as to whether it was a joke or not: the tone of my "say it ain't so post" was sarcasm, intended to have a laugh at your misinterpretation, which I thought would be obvious to everyone. Of course "Malcolm McDonald" was a joke! I feel a little bad about picking on you, what with your "latinization" problem, but -- to be perfectly honest -- I just didn't want this to end with the appearance that you and I were agreeing with one another on this point.

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