wyldwolf
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Sat May-30-09 02:13 PM
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| Short "Drag Me To Hell" review |
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Edited on Sat May-30-09 02:14 PM by wyldwolf
I know it isn't sci-fi and maybe DU should combine the sci-fi and comics forum and create a genre/geek forum... but anyway.. I went hoping the movie would live up to the gushing over it I've read on several sites like AICN.
What a disappointment. It sucked. I mean, it was really really bad to the point of it being like a parody of horror movies. The SFX were cheap and I laughed at times that were supposed to be scary.
Don't waste your money. Second worst horror movie I've ever paid to see (nothing tops Blair Witch in that department!)
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| Iggo
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Sun May-31-09 01:04 PM
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That's all I needed to see.
No horror movie should EVER be PG-13.
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| jayfish
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Fri Jun-05-09 08:03 AM
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| 2. Really? It Getting A 93% Score At Rotten Tomatoes... |
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and an 83 at Metacritic. For reference Star Trek scored 95% and 83. :shrug:
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| wyldwolf
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Sat Jun-06-09 08:39 AM
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Reviews aren't based on a consensus of other reviews, they're based on on the individual reviewer's opinion. I think it sucked. And being that it's the #5 movie in the country after just one week of release, I'd wager plenty agree.
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| jayfish
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Mon Jun-08-09 09:57 AM
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| 4. I'm Just Wondering Where The Disconnect Is. |
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From worst to first is a pretty big gap. I was thinking about going to see it at the theater but your review might relegate DMtH to the Netflix queue.
Jay
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Mon Jun-08-09 11:04 AM
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| 5. it appears to be the PG13 rating |
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One writer this morning stated giving a horror movie (especially one from Sam Raimi) a PG13 rating effectively "alienated the base" - to us a political term.
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Tue Oct-20-09 09:17 AM
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| 6. Well I Caught The Unrated Version On DVD Sunday Night... |
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and while not horrible it was a bit lackluster. There were some new ways to do disgusting (the car/curse scene was a hoot)but nothing really scary. The FX ran the gamut from very good (fly)to pretty bad (some living shadows/possessed goat). The ending was too heavily foreshadowed but I like how Raimi didn't pull any punches at the climax. Overall... ...meh.
Jay
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Sun Nov-22-09 10:47 AM
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We saw it at a cheap theater and were glad we hadn't paid more.
Some of the reviews were enthusiastic, which is puzzling.
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