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The Great Silence, a review by Antares

The Great Silence (1968) 62/100 - After I finished watching this film, I went online to see what others thought of it. I was perplexed as to why praise is heaped upon this film. Sure, the setting is unique, but all I kept thinking was how much different and better it would have been if Sergio Leone had been at the helm. I did like the bleakness that purveys the screenplay, but some of the camera work is pretty shoddy. And I can't believe I'm about to write this, but Morricone's score is pretty banal. I really think I'm done with Spaghetti westerns, it's all downhill after Leone.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on July 11th, 2020)

The 'Burbs, a review by Dragonfire

The 'Burbs



THE 'BURBS
Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) is just a normal guy living a normal life, or so he thinks, until he spends a week at home next to his new, very strange next-door neighbors.

My Thoughts

Yes I think this one fits because of the bizarre nature of the neighbors.  This is more comedy and not that scary, but there are still horror elements in it and I think the story is rather dark and twisted.  I enjoy the movie and think it is very entertaining.  The humor and more scary elements work together well with what is happening and that just makes the movie more entertaining for me.  The movie has a interesting mix of character and I think the cast did well.  I also find it interesting that the movie was filmed on the street of the backlot at Universal Studios that now serves as Wisteria Lane.  The run down mess of a house the new weird neighbors live in is now Bree's perfect house.  



I did get a review posted on Epinions a few years ago if anyone would like to go take a look.

The "Burbs


(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 6th, 2009)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

What's the show about?
Joey Tribbiani is an actor living in L.A. who can't get a decent acting job. He's living with his nephew who is a college student and slightly smarter than Joey - and his sister drops in all the time.

What happened before?
Joey has been living on New York for the last ten years and he had a couple of friends there but life moves on and so did he.

"Pilot"
Joey has just arrived in L.A. but after a few days of shooting his new show it gets cancelled. Now Joey has no job and he's sitting in an empty apartment. And his nephew asks him whether he can move in, too, since he doesn't want to live in his mother's home anymore. Joey's sister Gina is not amused.

My Opinion
I watched a couple of episodes but never the whole season. It simply wasn't the same. Seeing Matt LeBlanc as Joey again was just a sad reminder that Friends is actually over and that there won't be new episodes with the six of them. So I don't think I am going to see this two-season series entirely.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on September 24th, 2009)