Promising new take on my own favorite King novel. But the constant shifts in chronology is indeed confusing - and I have read it so many times, that I can still keep track of it!
Reviews
5 Reviews
Rendez-vous en noir
(1977– )
Great story, incredible score!
25 June 2004
I remember seeing this french mini-series in my youth.
The story is based - and relatively true to - Cornell Woolrichs amazing thriller "Rendezvouz In Black". That's a story so scary, so vengeful, so bone-chilling, it'll make you sit on the edge of the chair!
If you don't know it, it's about a young man, who's fiancée is killed, while waiting for him, by a bottle, thrown out of a passing airplane, full of drunken huntsmen.
He carefully tracks each one of them down, and makes his revenge on someone close to the original member of the hunting party. Not one of them knows what's happening to them, and the only clue left them is a note, saying something like "How do You feel now?!
But what I remember the most, was the magnificent score for the series. I have never been able to track it down, but it was amazing. Once it got stuck in your ear, it was virtually impossible to get rid of.
I would greatly like to see this one again, but I've never seen a rerun. A remake would be an option, but I sure do hope, they'd keep the score!
The story is based - and relatively true to - Cornell Woolrichs amazing thriller "Rendezvouz In Black". That's a story so scary, so vengeful, so bone-chilling, it'll make you sit on the edge of the chair!
If you don't know it, it's about a young man, who's fiancée is killed, while waiting for him, by a bottle, thrown out of a passing airplane, full of drunken huntsmen.
He carefully tracks each one of them down, and makes his revenge on someone close to the original member of the hunting party. Not one of them knows what's happening to them, and the only clue left them is a note, saying something like "How do You feel now?!
But what I remember the most, was the magnificent score for the series. I have never been able to track it down, but it was amazing. Once it got stuck in your ear, it was virtually impossible to get rid of.
I would greatly like to see this one again, but I've never seen a rerun. A remake would be an option, but I sure do hope, they'd keep the score!
A Fish Called Wanda
(1988)
To die for.......
15 June 2003
This is not an urban legend, it is actually on record...
In Denmark, a doctor made a career out of telling people, that a good laugh could cure a lot of ailments. Not only patients, anybody.
He was in the front row of the cinema, the first night, this movie was shown. He keeled over, dead from a heart attack.
This just goes to show the impact, this movie had on everybody, when it opened.
I've recently watched it over again, and it stands the distance, even 15 years after. Great acting, great script, great everything! Cleese, Palin, Curtis, and don't forget Kline - at their very best!
In Denmark, a doctor made a career out of telling people, that a good laugh could cure a lot of ailments. Not only patients, anybody.
He was in the front row of the cinema, the first night, this movie was shown. He keeled over, dead from a heart attack.
This just goes to show the impact, this movie had on everybody, when it opened.
I've recently watched it over again, and it stands the distance, even 15 years after. Great acting, great script, great everything! Cleese, Palin, Curtis, and don't forget Kline - at their very best!
The Ring Virus
(1999)
Riveting suspense!
22 October 2001
This movie gives the concept Interactive TV a whole new meaning. Watch it and have a good, old fashioned scare! The last suspense/horror movie, I saw before this one, was What Lies Beneath, and - although good - it was no match. Add to that the rareness of japanese movies in Europe, and that makes it all the more worth the while.
My Sister's Kids
(2001)
Apt remake of an older concept - in places really funny!
17 October 2001
Watched this one with my 11-year old daughter, who really enjoyed it.
Erik Lund is a professor in child psychology - without the benefit of ever having actually raised a child! His new book is out and inspires his sister to leave their five children, ranging from 3 to 17 of age, to their well-educated uncle, while mum and dad flies of to Paris. The house is put up for sale, but in fact it more likely deserves the wrecking ball! Erik Lund (very aptly played by Peter Gantzler) shows up, only to discover, that actually living children are some kind of vertically challenged terrorists! And the are very determined, that their beloved ruin of a family mansion, is not to be sold! And, while we're at it; Uncle, who is also a determined bachelor, needs some lady companionship!
All in all, a successfully updated and well executed remake of a more than 30 years old idea, that I enjoyed, when I was a kid - good fun for the whole family.
Erik Lund is a professor in child psychology - without the benefit of ever having actually raised a child! His new book is out and inspires his sister to leave their five children, ranging from 3 to 17 of age, to their well-educated uncle, while mum and dad flies of to Paris. The house is put up for sale, but in fact it more likely deserves the wrecking ball! Erik Lund (very aptly played by Peter Gantzler) shows up, only to discover, that actually living children are some kind of vertically challenged terrorists! And the are very determined, that their beloved ruin of a family mansion, is not to be sold! And, while we're at it; Uncle, who is also a determined bachelor, needs some lady companionship!
All in all, a successfully updated and well executed remake of a more than 30 years old idea, that I enjoyed, when I was a kid - good fun for the whole family.
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