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alkytrio666 04-17-2006 12:17 PM

Straw Dogs (1971)
 
Okay, I know this isn't horror, but is this any good?

I'm interested in it for numerous reasons, the two main being that Dustin Hoffman is my favorite modern day actor and that I hear it's very powerful and very disturbing.

Any good? Some reviews, please?

Nyarlathotep 04-17-2006 12:27 PM

yup

hellfire1 04-17-2006 12:32 PM

i'm not good with the words, so i'll make this brief.

it's a classic. very good. watch it.

hope that helps. ;)

Nyarlathotep 04-17-2006 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by hellfire1
i'm not good with the words, so i'll make this brief.

it's a classic. very good. watch it.

hope that helps. ;)

well thats 20 more words than me

hellfire1 04-17-2006 12:37 PM

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Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
well thats 20 more words than me

i tried real hard. ;)

Nyarlathotep 04-17-2006 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by hellfire1
i tried real hard. ;)
it's not easy being monosyllabic

hellfire1 04-17-2006 01:15 PM

you pull it off marvelously.

and technically, 23 more words than you. :)

The STE 04-17-2006 01:50 PM

one sympathetic character, fairly slow buildup, decent climax, shitty and pretentious ending

Bunman 04-17-2006 02:02 PM

Deffo worth checking out - A classic that should be watched at least once

Elvis_Christ 04-17-2006 04:14 PM

I was thinking of picking this up myself because it was in a cheap bin. Its a decent flick, not as intense/brutal as its reputation would have you believe. Probably the better of the Peckinpah films I've watched and its a goodie if you're down with revenge films.

doctor satan 04-18-2006 03:51 AM

decent film, banned in the UK for many years due to the shameful Rape/she loves it really scene.

Elvis_Christ 04-19-2006 07:45 PM

^^ Yeh that scene is pretty whack.

Brought this today and I'll give it a spin again in the next couple of days and bore you with what I thought about it.

The STE 04-19-2006 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
I was thinking of picking this up myself because it was in a cheap bin. Its a decent flick, not as intense/brutal as its reputation would have you believe. Probably the better of the Peckinpah films I've watched and its a goodie if you're down with revenge films.
Wild Bunch >>>>>>>>>>>>> Straw Dogs

alkytrio666 04-20-2006 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
^^ Yeh that scene is pretty whack.

Brought this today and I'll give it a spin again in the next couple of days and bore you with what I thought about it.

Where'd you get it? I know you said it was pretty cheap.

Elvis_Christ 04-20-2006 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by The STE
Wild Bunch >>>>>>>>>>>>> Straw Dogs
I've always liked Straw Dogs better. The Wild Bunch is cool but just goes on for WAY to long, some great moments tho and dig its bloodthirstyness.

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Originally posted by alkytrio666
Where'd you get it? I know you said it was pretty cheap.
At a department store over here called the Warehouse. It was half the already reduced price so I got it for $4.

The STE 04-20-2006 07:34 PM

Pfft. The Last Walk scene is more powerful than the entire film of Straw Dogs put together

Preacher 04-20-2006 11:14 PM

Gonna be a bit controversial (sp?) and say I didn't like it. Seems a bit overrated to me.

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