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Originally Posted by fortunato
I saw The Baby's Room a little while ago. It was pretty creepy, and I appreciated the philosophical twist, but it still felt kind of flat. I'm a fan of de la Iglesia's work, but that one just seemed rushed.
I've really wanted to see Xmas Tale for quite a while now. Did you see it?
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I get what you're saying about
The Baby's Room - I guess I kept comparing
Films to Keep You Awake with
Masters of Horror and I'm just ridiculously impressed with the quality of the directing and acting... And even though it was a little flat (I do agree) I appreciate that it took a different direction than I was expecting (something that doesn't seem to happen very often - I'm always a more sympathetic reviewer when the film surprises me, even if it's just a little).
Also - Thanks for saying that you like the director; I just put two and two together and realized that he's the
Last Circus guy!!! Have you seen his other work? Anything you want to recommend (other than
Last Circus, which hopefully we'll watch today)? I've been in the mood for more Spanish horror after watching these shorts.
Haven't seen
Xmas Tale yet - I have the discs kicking around somewhere and I need to dig them up because I want to see that along with
Spectre (I just watched these last two on Netflix Instant).
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Originally Posted by Angra
About The Thing...
Am I the only one who was thinking, put on a full beard on Joel Edgerton and he could pass as R.J. MacReadys (Kurt Russell) twin brother. :D I was quite surprised he didn't have the lead role, but only a smaller one.
AND am i the only one who didn't understand half of what all the Scandinavians were saying when they spoke english?
And seriously, did ANYONE notice the earring??
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YES! I thought that Edgerton was a DEAD RINGER for Russell - It was actually a bit distracting at times as I had to keep reminding myself that he
wasn't the main character in this one.
And, no, I did not notice the earring, though I assumed it was because I watched it on a crappy TV.
Regardless, I did think the beasties were ridiculously cool and ultimately I had fun watching it.