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Summary: Read the book
Review: Like several other reviewers, I read the book and was eagerly awaiting the movie. The problem is that the two works share very little. There are some superficial resemblances (the book takes place in a museum in New York, the movie in a museum in Chicago, some of the characters in the movie have the same names as characters in the book, but in several cases the resemblance ends there) but this movie is not a translation of the book into film. Among other things, it leaves out Pendergast, one of the three major characters, and possibly the most fascinating character in the book. It also handily manages to kill off the character who helped make the sequel to the book possible.I'd love to see the book _The Relic_ made into a movie. This movie, however, isn't it.
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Summary: Great movie - lousy DVD adaption
Review: First of all I want to state that this is a horrormovie, and like all other horror movies, it should be reviewed as such. Second, and this is important, I read the book prior to watching the movie - this is usually a big mistake. This is a great monster movie, there's no doubt about that - it's exciting and captivating and in combination with a good plot and nice sound this is a must for any fan of the genre. The fact that it keept me interested during the entire 2 hours speaks for it self. Now for the facts that speak against this movie. The first thing I noticed about this version (DVD) is that the picturequality is very bad - it's grainy, the colors are dull and the color black just isn't there. The second thing is that the plot of the movie doesn't follow the plot of the book close enough. This problem can easily be avoided by watching the movie first and then reading the book (I did the opposite). Conclusion: I really hope that they readapt this movie to DVD so they get the picture as crisp and clear as it should be on DVD, because this movie deserves it.
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Summary: A great monster flick!
Review: This movie is about a monster that terrorises a museum. This movie is rated R because of some blood and gore and some rude language but so what, ignore all that and enjoy the movie. Just sit down and watch the movie and ignore the bad, like I do. Besides this is a great horror flick. Buy it!
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Summary: Good genre effort.
Review: While obviously not up par with Alien, Aliens, or other sci-fi masterpieces, this is pretty enjoyable stuff! If you don't like seeing a gorgeously rendered mutant monster ripping a guard's head off in slo-mo you don't deserve to call yourself a horror fan. Reminds me of tremors, another good tongue in cheek movie.
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Summary: Sweet Monster Movie
Review: First off, please try to understand the concept of the monster movie. They don't go into Oscar worthy dialogue, for that matter they don't even come close to Oscar worthy ACTING! But that's not the point. Monster movies are meant for one thing only, and that's to ENTERTAIN! And Boy, did this movie do just that! A pretty interesting premise, (yet, definitely laughable at times) with some amazing special effects (brought to you by Stan Winston-you know, the same guy who made those dinosaurs so real in that little movie we all like to call: JURASSIC PARK! ). The creature is absolutely one of the top 10 movie monsters of all time, a little bit of everything in this baby! Straight up, this is a no brainer but a fun ride nonetheless. So if you haven't seen it yet pick it up when you need some way to blow 2 hours of your time! The book must be awesome, so you might want to check that out too!
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Summary: FANTASTIC
Review: One of the best horror movie I've ever seen! I like Peter Hyams, and Stan Winston's monster is great!
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Summary: Okay B-flick :)
Review: Contrary to what a number of critics and viewers may think, I actually loved this movie! Certain aspects of the film which appears to have turned-off a lot of people (e.g. the poorly-lighted scenes) actually added to the movie's overall "scariness", emphasizing feelings of entrapment/helplessness/etc. Loved to have seen Tom Sizemore in a starring role, too. The best selling novel was definitely scarier, though.
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Summary: Stupid and clichet suspense/monster movie. TO AVOID !
Review: You don't see anything of the decor, every scene is too dark to catch details. The suspense is joke, once you see the preview, on know exactly what is going to happen. Special effects are way below standard quality. I am a fan of Alien, but this movie really is a joke. DON'T BUY THIS.
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Summary: a banana slug with a typewriter could make a better movie
Review: dude,what a stupid movie.everybody's like,oooooh, what a scary monster.it looked like an iguana with an overbite.and i can just imagine the studio pitch-"well,sir,the big monster survives by eating their hypothalamuses".what the @#%$ is a hypothalamus?would jaws had been scary if he ate people's cochleas?it helps if you know what the monster's doing.the monster,"Omaha" or some junk like that,is supposed to be some tropical death demon,i guess.the movie was really hard to follow.don't bother with it.see "killer klowns" instead-now that's entertainment.
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Summary: all right as a stand alone thriller
Review: Do yourself a favor and don't read the book before seeing this. The book is at least twice as good, and the movie leaves out the most likeable character from the book. Still, Tom Sizemore makes the perfect cop hero, which actually is similar to the novel.
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