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Summary: Tedious and Dull!
Review: I think perhaps Richard Gere is not the right actor for this type of film. He's great in say dramas and films centered around romance, but horror/suspence, I think he's rather stoic considering the events of this film. This film plods along like a bad Stephen King made-for-television-movie. It's dull to the point of me yelling at the screen demanding Gere to losen up and be apart of this very bad movie. Rent first if you truly must see it.
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Summary: I recommend watching this....
Review: I really like this movie. When I first saw it, I told myself it was too weird to see again, but I told my cousin about it one day, and she rented it, and we both watched it. Now, every time it's on TV, I watch it! If you enjoy a story based on true events and a story that has some mystery and fright in it, you wanna watch this! Great movie for mystery and fright!
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Summary: Thank you Mr Pellington!!
Review: I love this special edition! I was disappointed when the first one came out and had nothing for extras.This 2 dvd set does not disappoint!
This one of my favorite movies.And that's saying alot considering I don't like many movies.
The soundtrack music is fantastic.The shots are amazing. Watch the extras. I love the day by day behind the scenes with Mark.
Thank you Mr Pellington for showing how hard it can be to make a movie.
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Summary: All Special Effects, No Movie
Review: What a waste of good acting!Line up a group of good actors, give them a pointless plot and dull dialogue, film them in scenes that are ALL RED or ALL BLUE or ALL BLACK--and what do you have? The Mothman Prophecies, a suspense movie without suspense, without interesting characters, without clarity, without a coherent plot, without coherent symbolism, but WITH oodles of odd camera-angles and murky colors to make you think something is going on. Alas. Nothing is. One small, typical example. Richard Gere tells Laura Linney (a cop) about the near-hallucinatory visions of another character. "I had a dream like that," she portentously replies; then proceeds to tell the dream, and they show it (All Blue and All Black), and it has no likeness whatever to the other guy's visions--they hit you over the head with the idea that it's a prediction.
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Summary: One Creepy Great Flick!
Review: I didn't see this movie on the big screen, because the previews looked to me, like a cheesy-try-to-be-spooky-but-very-predictable flick. I couldn't have been more wrong! I caught this movie on HBO, and was blown away. It truely creeped me out, big time! And, I don't get creeped out very often. Richard Gere is very good, and is always under-rated. Laura Linney, good, as is Debra Messing too. But Will Patton (No Way Out) is the one that really got me good! There is one scene, where he meets "Indrid Cold" aka The Mothman, and it gave me the chills! Mark Pellington is brilliant in his direction! He is my new favorite director. He can make watching paint dry interesting! Buy the DVD, turn off the lights and phones, wait till its real late at night, and enjoy. Because, The Mothman is going to get you!
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Summary: SCARY...CREEPY....fun!
Review: I recieved this dvd as a christmas present from my husband. I remember seeing the trailor for the film, but never went to the theater to see it. This is probably one of the creepiest films I've seen in a long time.
I put it in one night and I was so scared I had to sleep with the light on!
Everytime I see this movie (it's constantly on HBO), I'm still creeped out.
I just wish that John would have answered the phone when he went back home to wait for his dead wife to call.
Overall, this is a good movie. If you've never seen it, make sure you watch it at night with all the lights off.
A friend of mine just recently saw it for the first time and she too was equally as scared.
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Summary: Better than I expected
Review: I like a director who knows what to do with his images, and Mark Pellington surely fits in this category. Also, as previously stated in "Arlington Road", Pellington knows how to build tension from sparse and even simple facts. "The mothman prophecies" has an interesting premise, but the viewer has to be patient not to turn the dvd-player off after one hour of the movie. Two years after his wife's death, following a bizarre car accident and a rare brain tumor, John Klein (Richar Gere) is inexplicably drawn to little Point Pleasant, a small town where people are seeing strange things, things that resemble very much the death-angel-like drawings his wife made during her final stay at the hospital. As a reporter and as an interested part in the mistery, John Klein will do everything to try and discover what's really going on in Point Pleasant. The first hour of the movie is really good. It reads like something out of the X-files. Also, it's scarier because it's supposedly based on true facts. Mark Pellington was right on spot when he established, from the very beginning, that "The mothman prophecies" was really made on supernatural foundations. If the viewers were left looking for a rational explanation for the facts displayed on the movie, it would be extremely wrong and deceiving. The images, complemented by a dark and moving sound score, are effective in making the viewer in the edge of his seat. And the usual good performances by Will Patton and excellent Laura Linney give credibility to the story. After the first hour and the establishment of the "mothman" entity, the movie looses its pace. It kind of drags on until Richard Gere's character finally discovers the truth and the movie moves on to the final scene, which is in fact very well produced and thrilling. "The mothman prophecies" is a very effective thriller, based on good visuals and an interesting story, and should deserve five stars. But the boring 30 minutes after the first hour took one star away. Grade 8.1/10
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Summary: Could have been interesting
Review: This could have been interesting if I could see and hear it. Made in the dark with terrible sound distortion and many whisper scenes -- what is the point of a movie you can't see or hear? Loosely based on a true story. Makes the number "36" the pivotal plot point -- but the actual number was "46". What's that about?
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Summary: Extremely Dissapointing
Review: This movie was extrely dissapoiting. It started confusing the viewers and ends the same. Not even the good performance by Richard Gere could save this movie. I found it boring and without a strong plot.
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Summary: Weak movie
Review: I've been reviewing many films today and I've been very critical of each one and, sorry to say, I must slate this piece of work as well. The Mothman Prophecies, based on a true story, is a film mystery which deals with the conception of the rare African moth. If seen, it foretells a death. When Richard Gere's wife, Debra Messing, sees the moth, mysterious circumstances ensue which subsequently lead to her death. Pining for her, Gere eventually loses his mind and meets up with a new love interest, Laura Linney in an attempt to uncover the truth. While the plot may sound plausible it proves disappointing.
The female characters are seriously underdeveloped with only a brief cameo with Debra Messing. Gere seems to get all the action. The ending is also disappointing and is left open ended but we are meant to accept this considering it is based on a true story.
Still though, the film is worth watching if you're into mystery films. However, don't expect to be too impressed.
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