   The Omen...
  Just saw it and I have to say this movie was HORRIBLY mediocre.  Nothing great or even average about it at all.  I would recommend waiting to see it when it comes out on DVD.   
  Without spoiling it for others, what about it exactly leads you to say that it was mediocre? average and so on? Because I saw it last night and disagree. The soundtrack was excellent, the camera work excellent. The acting was swell - not at good as the first but the first starred Gregory Peck. There were even a couple of jolts too. One of the best remakes I've ever seen. ;  Little kids are not scary, freaky, or terrifying in any way. I really wish Hollywood would understand this - when creating new films, and when deciding to rehash terrible old ones.   ;Quote:Original post by SalsaLittle kids are not scary, freaky, or terrifying in any way.Oh yeah? Then why's birth control so popular? [grin];Quote:Original post by haroQuote:Original post by SalsaLittle kids are not scary, freaky, or terrifying in any way.Oh yeah? Then why's birth control so popular? [grin]you've got a point. no one wants to be blamed when their kid turns out to be the antichrist.[Edited by - skyfire on June 7, 2006 11:12:16 PM];Quote:Original post by SalsaLittle kids are not scary, freaky, or terrifying in any way. I really wish Hollywood would understand this - when creating new films, and when deciding to rehash terrible old ones.It's not whether kids are scary, but whether the movie was scary. This movie was scary, but could have been much scarier. And don't forget, the kid in the Exorcist was scary, freaky and terrifying.;Quote:Original post by SalsaLittle kids are not scary, freaky, or terrifying in any way. I really wish Hollywood would understand this - when creating new films, and when deciding to rehash terrible old ones.The only thing that comes close to scaring me is children. You can apply all the CG you want on anything but nothing will phase me. It's all about the context really. The girl from "The Ring" scared the crap out of me (until she came out of the TV of course, then it became a joke).What would you recommend as scary?edit: I seem to be contradicting myself. I mean nothing, other than CG on kids, will scare me.   ;  I get frustrated when characters in horror movies become so pitifully incapacitated whenever handling who-or-whatever the central antagonist may be. Fine: people run and scream from a sloppy guy wielding a knife in slasher movies; I suppose I can handle that, even if one guy with a blade isn't that invulnerable in real life. But seriously, a little kid? I can safely assure you if a 3rd grader was possessed by a demon, I could knock him out with a swift left-hook just as quickly as I could say "Shouldnuv skipped class today, junior".But seriously, you know what really terrified me? The Shining. And not in any sort of boo-moment manner that made me jump out of my seat. Seriously, the thought of being just a little boy and seeing your very own father losing his mind and trying to kill you and your mother would have to be unbearably scary. The plot is very disturbing.That said, the only movie that ever made me really jump from my seat was in Signs, when Gibson is coaxing his children in their bedroom, and glances up and sees the figure on the roof outside. Don't ask me why.. everyone else I know thinks a movie like The Grudge was scary and laughed at this movie.   ;  I went and saw it last night.  The movie was a highly predictable mockery of itself.  The only reason the movie could make any money was because of the fact that it released in theaters yesterday(6-6-06).  I will say though, it is a good movie to take a date to, being that almost every woman in the theater was jumping at the scenes that would have the obligatory, short, high pitched screetch type sound before cutting to the end of a dream sequence.  I'm sure some of the guy in the theater had to fight to keep their arm from being ripped off.  I'm glad my friend had an extra ticket.  I would've felt worse if I had paid to go see it.   ;  IMHO, Horror movies is the genre that has the most difference between what people like.  Personally, I yawned when I saw The Ring, the numerous zombie movies, etc.  While I love horror movies, the last one I really liked was the original A Nightmare on Elm Street.I personally preferred the old Omen.  I felt it was up to more interpretation than this version.   