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Gemini Cricket · 10-20-2009, 01:51 PM

I especially liked the way The Mist was shot. Almost documentary like. I also liked the way they used a lot of actors from other King movies.

flippyshark · 10-20-2009, 08:47 PM

I found the lack of a wild ride in the film disappointing, to be sure.

The ride seems to be sort of an extrapolation of the characters and settings of the film, but the designers certainly took it in their own fanciful (or even bizarre) directions.

I can't remember if the live actin Mr. Toad's Wild Ride had any wild riding in it or not. (That's the one that was released to video, starring Eric Idle and a few other Pythons - it was called The Wind In The Willows overseas.)

I was in a production of Milne's Toad of Toad Hall when I was in grade school. I think I was Ratty, but boy that was a long time ago.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-23-2009, 03:27 PM

innerSpaceman · 10-23-2009, 03:29 PM

Um, another vote for YES.

Snowflake · 10-23-2009, 03:37 PM

Okay! I know you won't steer me wrong!

Gemini Cricket · 10-23-2009, 03:47 PM

TNBC is worth seeing for the art direction and the amount of hard work that went into making it. But the story is dull as are the characters and a majority of the songs. Just sayin'. I like the ride we went on better.

innerSpaceman · 10-23-2009, 04:17 PM

The songs are an acquired taste ... just like the songs to most British musicals.

I went in expecting songs .... but frankly, it's an operetta -- and until I groked that, I was pretty disappointed. There's barely any dialogue and so the songs are not all toe-tapping ditties. Also, the main character is the Rex Harrison of puppets -- in that he talk-sings just about all his numbers. He breaks out into tuneful song only during his last number (which I think is done to great effect).

Gemini Cricket · 10-23-2009, 06:23 PM

I just scored getting the 30th Anniversary DVD box set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind for $8.99 at Barnes. It has 3 versions of the movie on it. I think iSm said they were all the wrong versions but I thought the price was pretty good...

Snowflake · 10-23-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I just scored getting the 30th Anniversary DVD box set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind for $8.99 at Barnes. It has 3 versions of the movie on it. I think iSm said they were all the wrong versions but I thought the price was pretty good...

According to iSm aren't all the versions the wrong versions, except the one screening in 1977 at the Cinerama Dome, 8:45 screening? After that, kaput?

Sorry

I could not resist

Gemini Cricket · 10-23-2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowflake

According to iSm aren't all the versions the wrong versions, except the one screening in 1977 at the Cinerama Dome, 8:45 screening? After that, kaput?

Yes.

10-20-2009, 01:51 PM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I especially liked the way The Mist was shot. Almost documentary like. I also liked the way they used a lot of actors from other King movies.
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10-20-2009, 08:47 PM	#2
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I found the lack of a wild ride in the film disappointing, to be sure. The ride seems to be sort of an extrapolation of the characters and settings of the film, but the designers certainly took it in their own fanciful (or even bizarre) directions. I can't remember if the live actin Mr. Toad's Wild Ride had any wild riding in it or not. (That's the one that was released to video, starring Eric Idle and a few other Pythons - it was called The Wind In The Willows overseas.) I was in a production of Milne's Toad of Toad Hall when I was in grade school. I think I was Ratty, but boy that was a long time ago.
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10-23-2009, 03:27 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	YES! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-23-2009, 03:29 PM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, another vote for YES.
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10-23-2009, 03:37 PM	#5
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Okay! I know you won't steer me wrong!
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10-23-2009, 03:47 PM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	TNBC is worth seeing for the art direction and the amount of hard work that went into making it. But the story is dull as are the characters and a majority of the songs. Just sayin'. I like the ride we went on better.
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10-23-2009, 04:17 PM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The songs are an acquired taste ... just like the songs to most British musicals. I went in expecting songs .... but frankly, it's an operetta -- and until I groked that, I was pretty disappointed. There's barely any dialogue and so the songs are not all toe-tapping ditties. Also, the main character is the Rex Harrison of puppets -- in that he talk-sings just about all his numbers. He breaks out into tuneful song only during his last number (which I think is done to great effect).
	Submit to Quotes

10-23-2009, 06:23 PM	#8
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I just scored getting the 30th Anniversary DVD box set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind for $8.99 at Barnes. It has 3 versions of the movie on it. I think iSm said they were all the wrong versions but I thought the price was pretty good...
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