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Summary: "The Oliver Platt & Brendan Gleeson Movie"
Review: This movie is a hoot. Not all the special effects are winners, true. Although, the bit where the 'gator comes up and bites the guys head off is primo! Very well done.... It was the by-play between Platt and Gleeson that makes this movie. You find yourself ignoring everyone else and just waiting for those two to get together again. Beautiful! Enough suspense to keep you interested, special effects not awsome, but not terrible either, acting (except for White) is adequate, and some delightful humor. Some of the reviewer's compare it to DEEP BLUE SEA which was untentionally laughable. Nope, this is way better. I own it, I like it, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Get Deep Blue Sea instead
Review: Words to describe Lake Placid: Bad Acting, Very Bad Special Effects, Boreing Story, and Dump Actors. A total of 3 people die in this movie. And you only see the gator for a brief moment when he does appear. At the end, they don't even kill this monster, they decide to keep him for a museum/circus exhibit!!! There is no comic relief like in most other horror movies. The guy who trys to be the funny one is just plain stupid. The other actors are also untalented. Another recommendation instead of this garbage is the old Aligator movie from 1985. That was much better than Lake Placid.
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Summary: The writers are the real stars here
Review: The entire movie is just a tableau on which to place the various odd characters who exchange some of the most entertaining dialogue in years. As a horror movie, it's OK - enough tension is built up to prevent it from being silly. My only gripe was Bridget Fonda who's given the dialog of a terminally whiney and annoying paleontologist (a truly bizarre casting choice) and manages to do nothing to make her character more entertaining or tolerable. Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, and especially Betty White pretty much steal the show from the show's relatively wooden leads (Fonda and the much more tolerable Bill Pullman). Without the writers, this movie would be nothing. As it is, I consider it a must see. Their only misstep was in throwing in some gratuitous and totally extraneous "bad" language, mostly for Betty White. A PG-13 rating would have opened it up to a wider audience. Besides, having small children and old ladies spouting profanity has become nothing more than a tired cliche.
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Summary: Great Creature Feature
Review: This movie is a great addition to anyone's creature movie collection. Not really scary, but good graphics for those that appreciate that sort of thing. Also some funny scenes. Not like those cheesy alligator in the sewer movies.
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Summary: Unique
Review: Does David E. Kelley have a pile of scripts in his bottom drawer like this one (and "Mystery, Alaska") which he wrote when he was a teenager and now sells for seven figures just because he can? Or does he toss them off for light relief between episodes of whichever multi-Emmy winning series he happens to be penning these days? Whatever the case, I'm bemused by the existence of such strange little movies, and more than a little entertained. "Lake Placid" is pitched like a monster flick but plays more like a TV dramedy - it's sort of like "Picket Fences" meets "Buffy" on the set of "Jurassic Park". It's weird, but it works. The high-calibre cast is highly watchable, the genre shifts keep you guessing and, as always with Kelley, the characters and dialogue are superb. I'm sure fans of true monster movies will find this lame to the point of insult, but for me it was strangely, surprisingly, amusing.
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Summary: The giant crocodile should eat this movie
Review: This movie is total garbage. It is so bad that it is comical. A giant crocodile in Maine eating people? Betty White trying to say quirky lines in an Ally McBeal-like fashion? ("I'm pulling for the crocodiles") Cows getting eaten by the giant alligator? Lines that aren't funny? B Movies have deeper meaning. The plot could have been written by a 10 year old.
I think that the problem with some movies that are put out is that there is absolutely no thought put into them. Senseless movies like this are put out to make money. You throw a couple of names out there and hope to that it lures people into watching it. In this case, it is Brigette Fonda and Bill Pullman leading the movie. I realize that some of the dialogue is for comic effect, but really, this is not funny at all.
If movies had an IQ, then this movie's would be about 10. As for rating, I give this a 1 because zero is not available.
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Summary: Comic Horror at it's Best.
Review: I saw Lake Placid when I was about 10, my brother bought it on VHS. He had already seen it in theaters (I didn't go because at the time I was onlt 9 and still afarid of horror movies), and he loved it, so he bought the movie. I was still pretty scared to watch the movie at the time, but I was pretty much forced to, so I had no choice. I watched it from beginning to end, and was disappointed that the movie had ended so soon. I loved it. It wasn't just another trashy overgrown animal movie (I.E. "Octopus" and "Deep Blue Sea"), but it was a good...overgrown animal movie. Personally, I thought the special effects and compter animation on the alligator were great. It had action, humor, and a little romance (no more than needed.). And they didn't over do the violence. Only about 2 scenes were EXTREMELY (not even that much) violent, and the rest of the movie had blood stains here and there. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes horror, action and even comedy.
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Summary: This really could have been a lot of fun.
Review: A giant crocodile is inhabiting an idyllic lake in Maine and its up to Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, and Brendan Gleeson to stop it. Written by David E. Kelly, this mixture of horror and comedy has a few good laughs, but it's ultimately Ally Macbeal with a crocodile. Too bad 60% of the movie focuses more on trying to create "quirky" characters (Oliver Platt is immensely annoying) than actually dealing with the crocodile situation. This could have been a lot of fun, especially since the creature effects are terrific, but almost all thrill potential is wasted. Not awful, but certainly not good.
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Summary: This movie is a Crock!.......well it is
Review: Here's another waste of film on the ol' poor ol' alligator being the bad guy..er lizard? yep you guessed it, everythings predictable in the movie right down to the alligator snacking on the helicopter.
Oh and snatching the grizzly bear down in one gulp.
In my opinion the first Alligator movie was enuff. A suggestion to director Steve Miner, get real and think of something original next time if you please. I have an idea for a movie..how about "Attack of the Killer Artichokes". I don't think there's a movie like that in
production..is there?
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Summary: Sarcasm at it's best
Review: Okay, this movie is about a giant alligator, if you laugh your way through B movies, you'll find this one a must-see... The big reptile isn't what makes this movie cool, however. The heaping amount of sarcastic abuse the characters inflict on each other is what makes this movie priceless! Also for those of you familiar with Betty White, prepare for a slightly "different" role than those seen in the past. This movie is just fun, I'd recommend pickin' this one up!
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