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Javier was excellent, as was

Lori Carlson — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:53:58 -0500

Javier was excellent, as was Tommy Lee Jones.

I did a double-take when I saw Kelly Macdonald playing a Southern wife in this movie, since she's actually a Scottish actress most famous for her role in "Trainspotting." She did a good job with the role.

The whole movie, including

Mark Nesvig — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:19:41 -0500

The whole movie, including the ending, closely followed the book that it was based on.

Lori, have no fear, I also

Broken_Poetry — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:14:51 -0500

Lori, have no fear, I also thought the ending was strange! However, given the overall vibe of the movie, I'm not surprised with how it ended...I don't think the Coen brothers or the screenwriters themselves wanted to hand the ending to us in a pretty box with clean corners and a pretty bow.
On a side note, I think Javier Bardem completely deserved his best supporting actor Oscar. His performance was oustandingly creepy!

When I was a kid, the

Tom Schardin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:19:42 -0500

When I was a kid, the flying monkeys on the "Wizard of Oz" scared me silly.

I'm probably not the person

Ruth Anne Maddox — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:40:35 -0500

I'm probably not the person to speak expertly on scary movies -- I had nightmares after I watched "Gremlins," which, apparently, isn't supposed to be scary. But, I swear I saw little movements everywhere outside for awhile after that.

Then there's "Children of the Corn" -- I watched it from behind a recliner with my hands over my eyes during part of the movie.

I'm not sure how scary I could watch. I tend to be easily frightened and my daughter never tires of popping out from behind a door to see me jump out of my skin.

The books for "The Shining"

Joanna Miller — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:48:45 -0500

The books for "The Shining" and "Silence of the Lambs" are so much scarier than the movies!

I recently watched "Zodiac" about the serial killer. I really enjoyed it because it had a plot, rather than just being violent for no reason. I thought Jake Gyllenhaal was great.

Yes, "The Exorcist" is

Lori Carlson — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:28:01 -0500

Yes, "The Exorcist" is another classic! That and "Poltergeist," which was on TV last night as well.

On Halloween, we ended up watching "Red Dragon," the third in the "Silence of the Lambs" series. I didn't even see the second one - "Hannibal" - but I thought this third one was actually quite good. Ralph Fiennes is an amazing actor. But as much of an incredible actor as Anthony Hopkins is, I could not stand the sound of his voice in this film. He sounded like the Wicked Witch of the West.

I think Hopkins should put Hannibal and Hannibal-like characters to rest. It's getting old, and he should invest his talents in other types of roles. Then again, he DOES make a great villain.

Linda Blair's head spinning

Tom Schardin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:17:29 -0500

Linda Blair's head spinning completely around. Now that's a freaky movie - "The Exorist."

It gives me the creeps.