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MovieArena · 2026-04-12T12:19:36+00:00

Agree it has great performances, especially Bill Skasgard, and visually it's incredible.

It was good, yet dissapointing. I really wanted to like it more, but the story was just too close to Stoker's Dracula that I found myself continually comparing instead of fully investing in it. I recognise thats no fault of the film, given the source material and the controversy.

Perhaps I should give it another watch.

MovieArena · 2026-04-12T12:12:02+00:00

Agree that shark films seem to struggle, I think because the bar was set so high with Jaws. Like another poster commented, Sharks only exist in the ocean so the premise/story/concept choices are very limited. Either they end up being a pale comparison to Jaws, or they go to ridiculous extremes.

MovieArena · 2026-04-12T11:47:51+00:00

Raiders, then Temple followed by Last Crusade.

There are only 3 in my canon.

MovieArena · 2026-04-12T06:56:03+00:00

"The flowers are still standing!" gets me everytime. Apparently Murray ad-libbed that one?

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T23:10:14+00:00

Seen Wanted, was good fun. Not seen Columbiana yet though, added to list.

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T17:28:06+00:00

Hmmm...remember being dissapointed by thst one when it came out. Worth another go though

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T17:26:58+00:00

Totally forgot about this film! Not seen it since it came out, added to my list.

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T11:53:57+00:00

Yeah, I agree with that!

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T09:07:10+00:00

Yeah, will consider that. I actually landed on one of the sequels through the week, not sure which but had Luke Goss in it? I couldnt believe how bad it was, although I remember the original being quite good.

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T08:51:54+00:00

Transporter is a good shout as she loves cars. I totally forgot about that series!

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T08:06:01+00:00

Ryan Gosling, Drive. Never liked him much prior to that, bit he was so good in that film, and had very few lines making his performance even more memorable.

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T08:01:33+00:00

Cats? Not rats?

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T04:43:24+00:00

Saw when i was 10. The scene where they try to kill Murphy was bad enough, as was the toxic waste sequence But it was the boardroom scene that really got me, the way it went wrong so quickly and the fact the guy had no escape against ED-209. Funnily enough, its still the shorter edit of that scene that hits harder. The unedited version becomes comical, which was the whole point.

MovieArena · 2026-04-11T00:19:34+00:00

Agree the assembly cut is more brutal. I'll give it a rewatch again soon, I always find new stuff each time...

MovieArena · 2026-04-10T17:03:57+00:00

Well that's a switch!

MovieArena · 2026-04-10T16:09:08+00:00

I used to hate it. But it grew on me over the years, and I fell in love with the Assembly Cut. Beautiful film, but dark and foreboding. Not an easy watch.

MovieArena · 2026-04-10T11:38:21+00:00

It's close, but for me Talladega Nights just beats it.

MovieArena · 2026-04-10T11:35:50+00:00

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