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Massawyrm Digs Into THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES!!

Sounds good by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 30th, 2008 07:41:31 AM
If it has classic 80s sensibilities i'm there. Plus the new Jones trailer as well...
What about the effects? by Nice Marmot	Jan 30th, 2008 07:47:06 AM
Can't remember if I saw the trailer in a theater, on T.V., or online, but the effects looked pretty damn cartoonish.
Great review by DonnieDorko	Jan 30th, 2008 07:47:45 AM
and it sounds like an interesting movie.
Neverending Story baby!! by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 08:20:26 AM
...Oh, I hated that wolf...when gay gay Atreyu stabbed him I nearly fainted with relief...
Plus, it's got the INDIANA JONES trailer attached. by brokentusk	Jan 30th, 2008 09:03:06 AM
Should have ended your review with that, cause that alone will get people to check the movie out. Great review, Massa.
Death... by kbass	Jan 30th, 2008 09:03:57 AM
As long as some kid doesn't die a horrible, senseless, tragic death that really doesn't move the story forward and takes place only to justify the selfish and inane ego of some Hollywood flake...I'm in!
waitaminnit by LegoKenobi	Jan 30th, 2008 09:05:46 AM
seth rogen plays a hobgoblin? damn you, massa, now i want to see this movie!
FlickaPoo by brokentusk	Jan 30th, 2008 09:09:58 AM
When I was a kid that wolf freaked the SHIT out of me. I had a VHS copy of the film, I remember this one time I went to put it in the video machine and pressed play, on to see that fucking wolf on the screen and I almost shit my pants! The worst part is that this was last week! Heh, actually I was like five at the time. Funnily enough, I borrowed the DVD from a friend a few months back, it really doesn't hold up so well now but the film is still awesome.
Great to hear by Frankenbastard	Jan 30th, 2008 09:23:33 AM
I wanted to take the kid to see this and i trust your reviews, thanks man.
wonderful review Massa by Kloipy	Jan 30th, 2008 10:21:05 AM
I'm actually excited for this now. Just like your review said, it's like what they did with the superhero thing, just constantly bringing new shit out to bring in the cash, but it sounds like this one is unique and good on it's own. I'll give it a look
Brokentusk vs. the Wolf... by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 10:22:57 AM
...I watched it again recently too...I thought the wolf was OK in a Jim Henson puppetry/animatronic sort of way. Old puppets hold up far better for me than old computer effects, maybe I'm just old. I had the soundtrack too, and sometimes I had to skip the wolf chase part of the score...especially after dark.
I wish they still made movies like Neverending Story by Kloipy	Jan 30th, 2008 10:32:11 AM
God, I love that movie. It's fucking scary (the oracle/wolf), sad (artex in the swamps of sadness/"big strong hands"), and just all out awesome adventure. Now it's only, let's be friends with everyone! Kids can't get hurt!
A Soider(wick) crawls up MASSAWYRMS cheeks...and he LOVE IT!! by idrinkyourmilkshake	Jan 30th, 2008 10:42:12 AM

Damnit, Wrym, i want a write up by Lloyd Bonafide the Korean War Veteran	Jan 30th, 2008 10:56:49 AM
about the UWE BOLL showdown. Thats history, man. Turn this place into a gossip rag. we dont care. What we care about is you (good) "gouging evil from its shell." damn Uwe michael boll.
Wow by MacTard420	Jan 30th, 2008 11:06:44 AM
I was surely pegging this movie as the next fantasy bore. Massa has me intrigued now! Did you happen to see it on IMAX, Massa?
Flickapoo by Philvis	Jan 30th, 2008 11:32:34 AM
Back in '94 I went to the Bavarian Film studios where they filmed The Neverending Story. They still had the sets up for it and even had the Falkor flying dog thingy. They had a blue screen set up so you could get on him and look like you were in the movie. Pretty neat stuff indeed. My wife and I saw the trailer for the Spiderwick Chronicles and it definitely hooked her. I think we will invest some hard earned cash and go see it, especially after reading this positive review.
Indy Trailer by Kentucky Colonel	Jan 30th, 2008 11:44:38 AM
Is this a teaser trailer, following the omnipresent red line through the clouds...or a real honest-to-goodness trailer? Inquiring minds want to know!
Very good review, Wyrm! by Rakafraker	Jan 30th, 2008 12:02:33 PM
It touched all the points I was curious about, and gave good examples without giving any storylines away (some reviewers on this site could learn a thing or 2 about that). Thanks to this review, we will be seeing this, even though I wasn't sure at first if we'd see it in the theatre because of the deluge of family fantasy coming out (after BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, which was OK, we weren't so quick to hit the theatre), but this one sounds better than I would have thought from how the trailer felt.
saw this today by Freakemovie	Jan 30th, 2008 02:37:30 PM
It was a good, fun flick. Maybe Massa raves a little too much, but the bottom line is that they do a good job with it.
Philvis...Bavarian Film studios... by FlickaPoo	Jan 30th, 2008 03:03:07 PM
...would that be in Germany? Sounds like fun...
Kloipy by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 30th, 2008 08:33:30 PM
Yeah, exactly. Massa's review made it sound like Neverending Story with Atreyu and the 'Great Nothing.' That was a good one.
Freakemovie by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 30th, 2008 08:35:20 PM
Didja also see the Indy trailer. Please describe it. No wait--let me pull down my pants first. Okay, go.
Hopeful by Messyjoe	Jan 30th, 2008 10:03:57 PM
Ok this report like Harry's is positive. And yes Taribithia was crap and I want to see a magical land and creatures in the whole movie not just 30 seconds. If well done, kids love this stuff. Mark the well done part!
Yeah, it so absolutely delivers... by Tourist	Jan 31st, 2008 12:33:55 AM
...On the promise of yet more fucking payola. Why the fuck do you guys choose such shitty projects to whore yourselves out for. Pick something that the readership might even be a little interested in. Can't fucking Empire suck this flicks cock or something, while you guys get tag teamed by studios pimping out product more suited to teenage-adult males instead of retarded children?
Anyone who dislikes Terabithia... by Frijole	Jan 31st, 2008 12:33:54 PM
because either 1) they think that a tragic occurence in the movie was pointless and/ or the product of studio buffonery or 2) because it turned out to be a young adult character drama and not an actual fantasy is... a total fucking nitwit.
SARAH BOLGER by Alex Mack	Jan 31st, 2008 01:11:33 PM
How come they make her wear a really skin-tight red shirt in the movie? I mean, it's obvious she's well developed in the... chest region coff It's as if the filmakers wanted to show off her body on purpose.
Passive Heroes? by Son of Hades	Jan 31st, 2008 02:08:26 PM
See also: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Those kids do fuck all to bring about the downfall of the bad guys, and then they get made Kings and Queens of Narnia? Where's the fairness in that?

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