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Summary: A loving homage....
Review: People have labeled this 'un-original'...well, for the most part, Of Course!...This movie is nothing but an homage to older classics such as 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (Some charecters in the story even admit to their situation being from that particular movie) and the 'Testing' scene is a obvious homage to John Carpenters The Thing.This movie takes an old but well loved theme and formula and brings it into modern day High school hallways. It successfully brings back the theme of 'who can you trust?'...something that will *always* be with us. Of course this movie also leans on that age old joke "I think my teacher is an alien". Yes, this is a ridiculous thought but it's all meant to be taken lightly. It's just a movie people, let's all lighten up. I bet none of us ever expected a movie to incorporate this old joke in a smart way, huh? Enjoyable story + enjoyable themes + enjoyable charecters = enjoyable film........I just hope a special edition dvd with all the many missing scenes will make an appearence soon.
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Summary: Not As Good As I Suspected...
Review: I was excited about seeing this movie judging from the box but it's certainly not as good as I would have suspected. I have to admit that the cast is awesome and they are capable of being great actors. But it doesn't seem like there is really a good story that builds up or something. It's just like: Whoa! Guess what? Our teachers are aliens. And then after that there's plenty of action...it's just no good. So overall this movie is OK but is just one of those movies you should get only if you have nothing better to do.
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Summary: Unoriginal as TGIF
Review: This is another one of those campy teenage 3/4 horror, 1/4 comedy failures that makes less money than my little cousins allowance. How many times have you heard this "my teacher is an alien thing" with a kid who accidentally sees his math instructor mutating? I have seen it far too many times and this is just one from the bunch. You'll see nothing that wasn't carbon copied from other movies of this type. For example, the high school kids who begin to suspect that their teachers really are from distant places team up to try and stop them. But, when they tell their parents this, they get referred to insane asylums and all kinds of nonstop jibberish that adds up to be a huge waste of time.
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Summary: Director's Cut PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
Review: My first gripe with this movie is the number of scenes that were cut out of the movie. Quincy Jones's daughter had all her footage removed and Usher got screwed as well. They just used him to get his fans to watch the movie and we were disappointed. He didn't do much of anything. All I want is a director's cut with all the deleted footage that was featured in the ads for the movie. Usher didn't get taken over until much later in the movie.
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Summary: Suprisingly Excellent!! I LOVE IT!
Review: "The Faculty" was an unexpectedly great flick! This film has it all, and holds your interest completely. The cast is truly excellent especially Elijah Wood (The Ice Storm), the enigmatic Clea DuVall (The Astronaut's Wife, But I'm a Cheerleader), aand the always attractive Josh Hartnett (H20, Hollow Man). This film pays homage to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and the lesser known but excellent Puppet Masters (the movie is great, rent it asap). The effects are great, but never come in danger of taking over the charecterizations. There is a bit of romance, and themes of alienation, popularity, and conformity. It is really an excellent film, not to be missed by horror fans.
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Summary: Kinda reminds me of the teachers at MY school...
Review: If you thought 'Scream' was fun, you'll love 'The Faculty.' It's 'Scream,' but with aliens instead of psychos. The characterization is terrific, the six main student characters are sure to please. I wish, however, that Marco Beltrami could come up with some new music. 'The Faculty' uses music from 'Scream' and even 'Halloween!' But, anyway. This movie was great and I recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: This is as good as any snatcher movie.
Review: This movie works. The formula is the classic; someone is being "alienated." Naturally someone wants to put a bug in your ear as to which the person(s) is. Time is running out to find out what the problem is and how to correct it. As always the first to go is the authorities. All right you have seen it a million times and even the characters in the movie refer to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) ASIN: 6301115848 [see my review October 27, 2000] and "The Puppet Masters" (1994) ASIN: 630340720X. However it is not the plot but the carrying out of the plot or action that makes the movie. I was amazed to find this movie so professionally portrayed in the era of ersatz teenybopper knockoffs like "Sleepy Hollow" The characters were well chosen to portray the different Faculty and student types. And where have we seen Coach Willis (Robert Patrick) before? Can you say "Terminator Two"? Laura Harris is from Canada and this is Ohio so what doses that make her? You can not beat the descriptive names given to the characters. The movie is just down right fun and has a lot of "Don't do that" scenes.
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Summary: A Very Shocking Movie
Review: The Faculty was a great movie! It isn't like your slasher movie where kids are getting chopped up every where, however, it is a suspense kind of movie. Imagine being a kid who discovers aliens are takeing over the school, and no one believes you. Well, if you're like me and want to see a movie that keeps you guessing, this is the one for you!
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Summary: Good popcorn flick
Review: The Faculty didn't exactly turn heads at the box office for it's not so intriguing storyline (high school teachers turned aliens). I'm surprised that the movie was actually pretty good. The DVD blows but the movie's decent. The film follows a group of stereotype teens: the jock, the nerd, the cheerleader, the outsider, the rebel, and the new student. They uncover a conspiracy by the aliens to invade the Earth after witnessing the brutal invasion of the school nurse via her ear. This movie doesn't require an ounce of thought really because it is a popcorn movie. Kevin Williamson as usual, lays it on pretty thick with references to other movies. Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth, Piper Laurie, and Jon Stewart play the teachers with Stewart in an unlikely turn for a comedian.
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Summary: Empty
Review: An ironic wink too far, 'The Faculty' is neither one thing or the other. As a scary suspense thriller it's an insulting joke, one that will make you wish you had bought 'The Thing' instead. As an ironic parody of 50's 'body snatcher' films it doesn't work either - there isn't actually any irony, and the end result is that of a dull, low-budget film that would have gone directly to video without passing go if it were not for the involvement of Kevin Williamson. A year from now we will all wonder how Williamson could have had such a hold over the filmgoing public, given that his one good idea ('Scream') has been stretched to breaking-point, and that he is unable to do anything else effectively. Half-way through watching this at the cinema some drunk people walked in, shouted 'this is a stupid film' and walked out again. The DVD doesn't even have any extra bits, not that it would make the film worth any more. Interesting cast, though - Salma Hayek appears for a split-second, Robert Patrick draws a parallel between the average P.E. teacher and the T-1000, and Elijah Wood plays a geeky hero, something you don't get in most films.
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