lathe-of-heaven
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I don't know what people are thinking, but a certain word should NOT be used in reviewing this film, and certainly NOT in the title without a SPOILER warning!
I don't normally report other reviews, but in this case it honestly does give away the whole premise and ending which a viewer would NOT know otherwise until actually seeing the ending. So, hopefully they will remove the word that I've mentioned.
So now, with that said... and hopefully these other reviews (and especially their titles) have not ruined the movie for you. Thankfully, I had not read any of the user reviews before watching (I almost never do for this very reason - I usually only read External Reviews where the reviewers have enough sense NOT to spoil the film)
Okay... Now my impressions of the movie. It is indeed a very different, odd film. It's not really my kind of movie due to all the rather mundane dramatic interactions of the people. However, I can appreciate the unique idea (well, at the time the movie was made it was rather unique) which ultimately tied well into what appears to be an intriguing Murder Mystery.
And no... it is not really a Giallo at all. It has none of the trappings or convoluted atmosphere or story of any Giallo or even Neo-Giallo. But, it is a good mystery if you can wade through all the chit chat and time going through all the dialog between all these characters.
The film has an average rating of a '7', which is probably merited. But, based upon whether I personally would enthusiastically recommend it, uh, not really. Thus my giving it a '6', which in my case means basically that it is a decent idea and maybe worth a watch, but not something I would get too worked up about...
I don't normally report other reviews, but in this case it honestly does give away the whole premise and ending which a viewer would NOT know otherwise until actually seeing the ending. So, hopefully they will remove the word that I've mentioned.
So now, with that said... and hopefully these other reviews (and especially their titles) have not ruined the movie for you. Thankfully, I had not read any of the user reviews before watching (I almost never do for this very reason - I usually only read External Reviews where the reviewers have enough sense NOT to spoil the film)
Okay... Now my impressions of the movie. It is indeed a very different, odd film. It's not really my kind of movie due to all the rather mundane dramatic interactions of the people. However, I can appreciate the unique idea (well, at the time the movie was made it was rather unique) which ultimately tied well into what appears to be an intriguing Murder Mystery.
And no... it is not really a Giallo at all. It has none of the trappings or convoluted atmosphere or story of any Giallo or even Neo-Giallo. But, it is a good mystery if you can wade through all the chit chat and time going through all the dialog between all these characters.
The film has an average rating of a '7', which is probably merited. But, based upon whether I personally would enthusiastically recommend it, uh, not really. Thus my giving it a '6', which in my case means basically that it is a decent idea and maybe worth a watch, but not something I would get too worked up about...
I am SO glad I stayed with this show, even though at first I really thought it wasn't going to be that great.
This one was directed by the fellow who played Tom Paris on STAR TREK: Voyager. I knew that he had become a well known television director as also the woman who played B'ELanna Torres who has gone on to be a very good television director.
I also noticed that this episode was written by John Shiban, one of the principle guys at the X-Files. So, even going into this episode, I figured it would likely be pretty good, and it was... : )
I almost can't believe how good this show is, it truly has every bit of the quality of the X-Files series which I personally feel is one of the best shows ever made.
Anyway, if each episode is as good as they last two have been, I will absolutely come back here each time and praise it!
This one was directed by the fellow who played Tom Paris on STAR TREK: Voyager. I knew that he had become a well known television director as also the woman who played B'ELanna Torres who has gone on to be a very good television director.
I also noticed that this episode was written by John Shiban, one of the principle guys at the X-Files. So, even going into this episode, I figured it would likely be pretty good, and it was... : )
I almost can't believe how good this show is, it truly has every bit of the quality of the X-Files series which I personally feel is one of the best shows ever made.
Anyway, if each episode is as good as they last two have been, I will absolutely come back here each time and praise it!
What I think makes this series work so far, including of course the excellent direction, writing, and acting, is that they take the subject of the story VERY seriously.
I mean, how many people could take a simple, universally known urban legend, almost a child's scary story really, and handle it in such a way that creates a truly suspenseful, quite effective Supernatural Thriller?
I think that really testifies to the talent behind this show (at least so far, I just started it... : )
Of course having some of the very best creative minds coming from the mind blowingly awesome X-Files, I'm sure doesn't hurt at all.
But, with so many modern supposed 'Horror' stories being portrayed with varying levels of self referential, wink-wink approaches, to me anyway I find it extremely satisfying to see a story like this executed in such an excellent manner.
After being so impressed with the last episode and now this one, I'm REALLY looking very much forward to seeing how this show develops. At first, I was thinking that it was just going to be some kind of superficial 'Monster of the Week' series. And, that is true. But, like most memorable films and shows, it is the WAY it is done that makes all the difference...
I mean, how many people could take a simple, universally known urban legend, almost a child's scary story really, and handle it in such a way that creates a truly suspenseful, quite effective Supernatural Thriller?
I think that really testifies to the talent behind this show (at least so far, I just started it... : )
Of course having some of the very best creative minds coming from the mind blowingly awesome X-Files, I'm sure doesn't hurt at all.
But, with so many modern supposed 'Horror' stories being portrayed with varying levels of self referential, wink-wink approaches, to me anyway I find it extremely satisfying to see a story like this executed in such an excellent manner.
After being so impressed with the last episode and now this one, I'm REALLY looking very much forward to seeing how this show develops. At first, I was thinking that it was just going to be some kind of superficial 'Monster of the Week' series. And, that is true. But, like most memorable films and shows, it is the WAY it is done that makes all the difference...