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Summary: Excellent, supreme. A+
Review: One of the best movies I have seen. The sounds, the silence, are breathtaking. Well developed, if you like movies like "sixth sense", that has a nice twist at the end, you will love this one. Also, the gorgeous Nicole Kidman gives a superb interpretation. Kudos. A+
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Summary: Predictable
Review: Sorry, I have to disagree with most of the reviews, I thought this movie was boring and predictable. I was very disapointed. The sixth sense is a much better way to spend your time watching a good Flick.
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Summary: Theres a nice twist at the end
Review: This is a mystery movie more then a horror movie theres really nothing scary about it but if u like mystery movies then u should definity either buy or rent this movie and there is a nice twist at the end of the movie so if u like mystery movies wit a twist at the end of it then u should buy or rent this movie!
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Summary: a great ghost story
Review: One of the most famous lines in the New Testament is the first half of Matthew 7:12 which reads, "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them." This movie-The Others-throws that quote into a wholly different light. Wrestling mentally with what this quote means to the movie as well as what the movie says to the quote is truly worthwhile.The Others as a film is hard to review without spoiling the whole darn thing. So-some personal observations: This movie has a tiny but excellent cast with Ms. Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, and Alikina Mann in particular being downright outstanding in their roles. The movie would not have worked without the awesome performances each of them gave. The production looks like what I have always imagined Henry James' Turn of the Screw to have looked like (creepiness personified). Great ghost stories are one of the rarest finds in any kind of literature. Even fewer workable ghost stories find their way to film. The Others is one of them-I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Who are "the others" ? Is it us ????
Review: This movie has all the ingredients of a "great movie" - it has mystery, suspense, great cast, amazing story and terrific performance. And the concept that is the basis of this story will make u really think .....
I have see just a handful of movies that weaves through the thin line between normal and para-normal. Among this handful, this one is the finest. When I watched it for the first time, the suspense was baffling till the very end. Then over the months I have watched it many times and each time it has been a different experience. This is not a movie with "scary" animations, chilling screams,or one of those cheap ones that comes out by dozens every halloween. This is in a different plane all together. After watching it so many time it makes you think ..... Who are real and who are not ... Who are the living and who are the dead... Are we "the others" or "the others" are watching me as I type ?
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Summary: A VERY CREEPY LITTLE GHOST STORY
Review: "The Others" does what no suspense/thriller/horror/drama hybrid of the recent decades has been able to do, instill fear and a genuine sense of the unsettling without resorting to gore, guts and gruesomeness to get its shock value across. The story concerns itself with a young mother of two children who is hold up in a grand English manor waiting for WWII to be over. However, when she employs three peasants who used to work the same land some time before, the scares really start to add up. There's noises in the attic, shadows on the wall and "the others" - a set of disturbing (?) that wreak terror on the entire family. The ending will truly shock.
Miramax 2-disc edition has been handsomely attempted. Colors are intentionally faded but well balanced. There is some minor edge enhancement, some scenes that have extremely low contrast and a hint of fine detail shimmering, but nothing that will terribly distract. Also, there are a few scenes in which the picture appears slightly out of focus. This is a very dark visual presentation and watching it in a completely darkened room is recommended to get the most out of the experience. The sound is 5.1 and quite effective. Dialogue is presented at perhaps a listening level a few notches below what is considered normal so turn up your volume before you start to watch. Extras on disc 2 include documentaries, featurettes, theatrical trailers, interviews and stills. Overall a very nice job.
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Summary: Children of the Moon
Review: The irony is I was "more scared" of viewing this movie than I was while watching it. The previews gave me more chills, but honestly there is nothing really scary in this movie. It just made me feel "tense." You wait in anticipation for something absolutely scary to happen and the most scary thing is the curtains being left open. Reading the reviews here at Amazon makes this movie worth watching. I mean, watching and then reading. GLBT's review had me almost rolling on the floor. It was worth watching the movie to understand why he said what he did. Sweetmolly's review is probably more in line with how I felt about the movie. Lleu Christopher (Author of The Stone of Alexandria) mentioned it reminded him of "Rebecca" and I have to agree. Although I found "Rebecca" more creepy. There is this one scene where Nicole gets walloped with a door that is quite hilarious in a slapstick type way. Finally there was some comic relief. Otherwise there is a "certain tension" throughout the movie. Nicole is perfect for the role of the obsessive compulsive mother. You don't understand the implication until the creepy twist at the end. I want to start asking questions about the "logic of the story," however that would completely give away the interesting aspects. You will also feel yourself becoming very skeptical about the characters as the movie progresses. What you basically have is an obsessive mother living in a mansion in a misty woods where she keeps all the curtains closed. She believes her children to be photosensitive (acutely sensitive to all forms of Ultra Violet light) and keeps the light out of the rooms by locking one door and then opening the next. To get to her children, she has to lock and unlock doors. This adds a bit of fun when she has to get to them when she thinks they are screaming. Except her children are not the ones making the noise. It is a boy named Victor who she can't see, but her children can see. The entire story occurs at one house with most of the activity occurring inside one room or the other. They really don't develop the characters. We know they are religious, but we have no ideas what they actually enjoy doing. The children only study, the mother only locks doors and embroiders. There are a few religious discussions. The script writers make a point of having the children question religion in a way that is beyond their understanding. Not riveting, but interesting from an artistic perspective. If you are waiting for blood to drip through cracks in an old wood floor, you will be slightly disappointed. What is impressive is a movie with a lack of sex, swearing (can't remember any) and slaughter. It proves a movie can be entertaining without being excessive. Honestly, this is a nice movie you can watch on a quiet evening and not feel afraid to walk down the hallway to bed. I'm pretty sure that was not the case if you saw it in the theatre. Intellectual Horror with Old-Fashioned Appeal.
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Summary: Fantastic Movie!!
Review: This is a super movie. I strongly suggest watching this movie. I first bought the DVD without seeing the movies, I knew that it would be good. I have seen this movie around three times, and it is just great. It is so great that I suggested it to my parents. They loved it. It is a super ending. I strongly suggest watching this movie. You WILL LOVE it. Once you watch it, you will want to buy it. It is that good.
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Summary: Excellent, Subtle, Gothic Offering
Review: Nicole Kidman is usually a hit or miss with me, but she did a great job in this tidy little gothic offering. As an English wife and mother holding down the fort while her husband is away during WWII she is wonderfully neurotic and twitchy making her daily rounds and often wakes up screaming. Into the fog bound large mansion and adjoining grounds comes a mysterious threesome, ostensibly answering her ad for gardener and housekeeper. These three are introduced to her children who are suffering from acute sensitivity to light [shades of Roderick Usher in Poe's work?] Thus the servants are admonished to always close the doors and lock them behind them and to take care that the drapes are always drawn prior to the children's movements, oh, and to keep it quiet so as not to activate Nicole's migraines. The children start seeing and hearing things, and eventually Nicole must acknowledge that something is amiss in the house and that there are 'others' lurking about. How the three servants and her absent husband factor into the story makes for a nice turning point and twist in the tale as it progresses. It was a nice diversion on a gray, rainy day here in western Washington. I'd recommend it for its creepiness, reminds me of some other gothic works like The Haunting and Asylum.
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Summary: Slow and Boring but with a few unique twists
Review: The Others is a PG-13 Ghost Story set in 1940's England. Nicole Kidman stars as the a British mother who is raising 2 children who have a strange sensetivity to Sunlight. She hires a group of people to work around the house and on the land because she does live in a big house and needs some help. Being head strong she at first doesn't believe some of the claims the children make. However as the progresses incident happen which lead to a strange finale which makes every thing in the movie work (or a cheap way out). However I do have complaints about this. For one thing it's boring as hell. Not a whole lot happens until towards the end. In fact most of it consists of the mother and daughter arguing. Then when the supernatural stuff does start to happen it's more like an attempt to restart the Poltergeist Franchise. However I was pleased with the ending for 2 reasons.
A: the Movie was finally over
B: It actually made sense for a movie of this type. So in my personal opinion this is a renter. It's not typical horror (in that there is a lot of splatter) or any other GHost story. However in the attempt to make it different they also made it very boring. I was not chilled, I was not frightened, I was just plain bored.
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