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Re: The Box

#21 Post by Beate » Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:23 pm

Oh dear:

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Re: The Box

#22 Post by kevinknapman » Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:51 pm

Well that article also says that the previous holder of lowest score was 'Wolf Creek', which is hardly the worst film ever made. It's reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic have it at about 46%, which is pretty bad but not exactly 'worst film ever' material. Some people seem to like it so I'll reserve judgement for now.
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Re: The Box

#23 Post by superhero » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:12 pm

Maybe it's going to be a case of good concept, bad execution? I had high hopes for the idea.
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#24 Post by ciro22 » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:14 pm

It's starting to sound like they've taken a well-established story and decent concept and yet somehow managed to polish it into a gleaming turd - and that takes quite some skill!
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Re: The Box

#25 Post by TheBoySeggy » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:19 pm

Hopefully we'll get some screenings. I'd go and see it for free, wouldn't p*y to watch it!
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#26 Post by ciro22 » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:25 pm

If the studio thinks that the film is a real stinker like the yahoo article is suggesting then you can be pretty much guaranteed that they won't let it anywhere near the public before its release date!
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Re: The Box

#27 Post by a_person » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:27 pm

0.5 out of 5??????? Seriously????????

Don't tell me that all the good scenes are in the trailer and this film is a no hoper.
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Re: The Box

#28 Post by ciro22 » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:20 pm

I've only seen one decent review so far (from "The AV Club" - who are usually fairly reliable) but even in their 'good' review they still felt the need to point out that there were a lot of things that weren't right or didn't work about the film...
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#29 Post by tracy3108 » Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:08 pm

Hopefully we'll get some screenings for this as i don't really know if this is worth p*ying to see now....
although couples retreat got terrible reviews yet i loved it.. so who knows? :confused:
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Re: The Box

#30 Post by EthanRunt » Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:22 pm

I'll stay in my lovely state of denial, Richard Kelly's only misstep has been the script for Domino, besides that he's 2-2 with features he wrote/directed.
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