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Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:16 am
by Pumpkin56
Murfreesboro wrote:Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! It is actually pretty close to the book (except I don't think the book has that back-story about Mina being Dracula's reincarnated wife). Was your wife unfamiliar with the original Dracula story? Or was there something about the casting she disliked?
One thing I love about that movie is the way they capture that late-19th century, fin de siecle feel during the section where Dracula is young again and courting Mina in London. I also enjoy some of the film techniques which recall films from previous decades. And the shadow thing with Dracula when Johnathan Harker first meets him is a direct homage to Nosferatu, and very creepy.
ETA: I agree about the miscasting of Keanu in that movie. I have never cared for him much, anyway. However, without Winona Ryder there would have been no movie. It is my understanding that it was her baby from the start.
I went for comedy yesterday--American Werewolf in London in the afternoon, Ghostbusters in the evening.
Yeah I believe Dracula was her peace offering to Coppola for ditching him on...Godfather 3 maybe? Can't remember exactly. Just remember she was supposed to do a film with him and bailed out and I guess at the time, he wasn't someone you wanted to cross in Hollywood.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:37 pm
by NeverMore
Midnite Shadow wrote:Syfy is running a marathon of it all day but you can also watch on Youtube I believe. 2nd season starts in January...it really is cool
Have you seen the UK version yet? It's really good. And the dude that plays the werewolf is soooo much better. I prefer the American version though. Probably because those English folks talk so funny 
. I've only watched a couple episodes into the second season because I don't want to learn any important plot points about 'Being Human US'.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:46 pm
by Midnite Shadow
NeverMore wrote:Midnite Shadow wrote:Syfy is running a marathon of it all day but you can also watch on Youtube I believe. 2nd season starts in January...it really is cool
Have you seen the UK version yet? It's really good. And the dude that plays the werewolf is soooo much better. I prefer the American version though. Probably because those English folks talk so funny . I've only watched a couple episodes into the second season because I don't want to learn any important plot points about 'Being Human US'.
Yes I have but I didn't see those from the onset so I was a little lost but I really like the American actors in the US series...especially Josh the Werewolf...he is so good and his face transmits his emotions so well...you feel sorry for him, angry at the other people and happy when he is actually happy...it's amazing.
Also the Vampire Aidan is good too...
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:46 pm
by Spookymufu
Jack Skellington wrote:Well my wife didn't enjoy 'Bram Stoker's Dracula.' It was her first time watching it. Tonight I think i'm going to watch Halloween H2O.
I have tried to watch that twice, and I have fallen asleep both time.....I guess I find it boring
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:29 pm
by ramaries69
30 Days of Night: Dark days
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:21 am
by Spookymufu
Bad Teacher
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:45 am
by Murfreesboro
Yesterday afternoon I watched Signs for the first time in a long time. It has always been my favorite of M. Night Whats-his-name's movies. I know most people prefer The Sixth Sense, but I think Signs is better. I love that it is scary but has a happy ending. And I enjoy the religious aspect of it, and the way the script is written so that everything sort of dovetails.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:25 pm
by Jack Skellington
Murfreesboro wrote:Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! It is actually pretty close to the book (except I don't think the book has that back-story about Mina being Dracula's reincarnated wife). Was your wife unfamiliar with the original Dracula story? Or was there something about the casting she disliked?
She couldn't really get into it & then disliked the Werewolf scene.
I prefer 'Signs' too Murf. 'The Sixth Sense' was ruined for me because I figured out the big plot secret quite early on in the movie.
Tonight i'm going to watch some more of 'The Borgias.' I recorded it all on my SKY box when it aired. I think it's awesome & Jeremy Irons is amazing in it!
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:00 pm
by Murfreesboro
I had the same experience with Sixth Sense. Even my (then) ten-yr-old son figured it out right away.
Do you remember that Johnny Depp movie, Secret Window? My husband must have broken some kind of record figuring that thing out. He got it inside 30, maybe 20 seconds. I mean, the second he saw the mirror in the opening scene, he knew.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:06 pm
by Spookymufu
I like the secret window, I liked it so much I bought it on DVD, I watch it every now and then
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:08 pm
by Murfreesboro
I liked it, too, but I was baffled at how quickly my husband understood it. He saw the mirror and said, "Oh, this is some kind of through-the-looking-glass thing," and proceeded to predict the entire plot.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:26 pm
by Lillith
Very good movie! I like Depp in anything though.
Watching My Bloody Valentine
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:36 am
by witchy
I just watched The Halloween Tree, this is one of my all time fav's!!
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:37 am
by Spookymufu
animal house the inside story on Biography.
Re: Whatcha watchin right now?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:16 pm
by Jack Skellington
Murfreesboro wrote:I had the same experience with Sixth Sense. Even my (then) ten-yr-old son figured it out right away.
Do you remember that Johnny Depp movie, Secret Window? My husband must have broken some kind of record figuring that thing out. He got it inside 30, maybe 20 seconds. I mean, the second he saw the mirror in the opening scene, he knew.
Yes I remember that movie. I never figured it out that quickly though! That's amazing that your husband did & yeah, i'll say that's a record!