Professor_Elemental

I found this boring and ugly. It's not that I didn't understand it - I just don't want to. I am compelled to write 10 lines - so here is something more interesting than this movie.

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I don't want to waste any more seconds of my life regarding this steaming pile. In my opinion - movies like this are the punishment 'art types' bring upon themselves for their sneering elitism.

I caught this the other night - and sat spell-bound by the compelling performance given by Ms Lumley. Taken from the (one presumes) never-moving perspective of her dresser mirror - this one shot monologue (I've only seen one of the six - 'the funeral') runs the gamut of pride, snobbery, realisation, self-doubt, self loathing and remorse. Joanna is utterly convincing as Madison, a faded society beauty whose friends, fortune and family seem to be leaving her behind. I look forward to seeing the other five installments. It goes to prove that big budget, clever camera work and a multitude of locations are for nothing - all you need is a great concept, a good script and an A1 performance from a truly professional artiste. Miss this gem at your peril. You have been warned.

Like a lot of other IMDBers - this was the first Nick Cage (an A++++ class actor) film I saw - and really put me off him for a long time - until I saw FACE/OFF.... on checking out the rest of his films I became a Cage groupie and came to the conclusion this was just a lame steer in a whole batch of great films (check out 'Kiss of Death' for an underestimated film!) Well, like dental surgery it was painful but thankfully over quickly - small mercies. IMDB does not provide a score low enough for this film - so it gets a 1. To get over it I watched MANOS - The Hands of fate.....

Watch the movie. There's this one bit I like best....no - there's this other bit....no, no....my favourite bit.... JUST WATCH THE MOVIE!!!! Just to see the look on 'Siggy Schmoltz' (a professional thief bought in to help and who's not in on the 'caper) face as they line up a (broken down)police van to ram the bank delivery van - miss, and the driver of the bank van helps them back it up for a second go. I had to stop the movie so I could stop laughing long enough to breathe! 10/10!

Many people are wise to the attraction of BAD movies - however poor they are you can sit and gasp 'WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING' or pull holes in the plot/acting/effects/continuity/script. Especially Sci-Fi. And, like myself, you probably rip the mickey out of said films whilst they are watching them. This show takes it one step further - and makes a GOOD job of doing just that for you! And the humour is ALWAYS spot on - so much so that during a recent showing of 'Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1985)' I laughed so much I almost did SERIOUS damage to myself (and my underwear)!! I just wish this was shown more in the UK. Sci-Fi channel - come on!!! Put it on earlier so us non-vampires can see it! Top class comedy.

What a great movie! A great, great movie! A marvellous, well thought out, carefully crafted, well characterised....first third of a movie. I admit - if the movie had everything in it I'd expected it'd be 15 hours long. I was just getting settled with the flow of events and the style of presentation when....the credits rolled. Come on guys! Make the sequel(s) quickly. Damn quickly! More of this - I can see a movie saga outlasting even the great Star Wars...