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Old 03-18-2011, 04:09 AM
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My response was very tongue-in-cheek. But you know it's true.
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Old 03-18-2011, 04:20 AM
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Oh also ferretchucker you should try and get hold of Ken Russell's The Devils. There are characters in that who make that character in The Mist look like a saint. Sadly its banned in the UK and I doubt it will ever be released in DVD. The only likable characters are Oliver Reed and the woman he likes. Its full of scenes of masterful cinematography and adequately portrays the extremes of human greed and prejudices. Yes it takes things to the extreme (obviously censors think too far) but it saddens me that a film that so wholeheartedly captures the essences of insanity and miscarriages of justice will be seen by so few people.
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Old 03-18-2011, 08:06 AM
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Sadly its banned in the UK and I doubt it will ever be released in DVD.
Great film, but not banned.

On topic: Nurse Ratched.... If I had to just list irritating and annoying characters I'd be here a long time.
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Old 03-18-2011, 10:21 AM
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Also, IS available on DVD.

http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Special...0476052&sr=1-1
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Old 03-18-2011, 11:26 AM
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Great film, but not banned.

On topic: Nurse Ratched.... If I had to just list irritating and annoying characters I'd be here a long time.
Hell yeah. Nurse Ratched was so sadistic and cold.

@neverending - thank you for pointing out The Devils DVD. I checked Amazon about a month ago and it wasn't there. It's one of those films I've come around to really liking after initially dismissing it.

Also, I watched a film recently called Mother Joan Of The Angels which seems to take place shortly after the events in The Devils. It's not graphic, but still very haunting and disturbing.
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Old 03-18-2011, 06:20 PM
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On topic: Nurse Ratched.....
One of the best villains ever IMO, she made you want to reach out and strangle her.
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Old 03-19-2011, 01:29 AM
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Wow like Wickerfan I hadnt seen the devils on dvd that is great news :) I'll also have to check out Mother Joan Of The Angels I haven't heard of that one cheers :)
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Old 03-19-2011, 03:48 AM
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Smile any character who escape the slaughter! (joke)

Characters I despise?
Well... any character who escape the slaughter, e.g: children in the latest Piranhas (II 3D). Too bad for them to slip to safety... Besides, horror characters are usually so cartoonish and artificial I do not feel the identification whatever the hero... And I do not like the hero nor dislike the villain.
Many horror films rely on the body count and boobies shots, which is a good move, because most of them are boring if we take off these two elements. Or we slip out of the " B movie" specification to enter the land of fantastic films much more horror: "Cat people" (by Tourneur) or a fantastic film based on "the turn of the screw".
However it seems difficult to get identified with the hero, and difficult to despise the villain.
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Old 03-19-2011, 05:03 AM
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After this, it was really hard to picture him as Professor Dumbledore.:eek:
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Old 03-19-2011, 07:38 AM
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Ah yes The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a brill film. I have it on VHS and DVD I didnt realise he was in the Harry Potter films (avoided them like the plague) that is pretty funny :)
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