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    Image of Davio Davio
    04:40 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Preadator 2: It's not as bad as you remember.

    Oh, but it is!
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    03:10 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Chalk me up as one of those weirdoes who actually liked the Clooney Solaris.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    03:08 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Um, "Shatner Underwater"? Are you referring to the scene where *Nimoy* swims with the whales?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    01:13 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    What's wrong with Supergirl on Thanksgiving? Just look at those drumsticks!

    Rawr!
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12:52 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Interesting choice of putting Guy Peirce's character in the trailer.

    Guess its not bad for people that haven't read the book.
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12:30 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Saw ST4 the day after T-giving, and it was delightful. BTTF2 was okay.

    Nowadays I like to just stay home Fri.-Sun. and not deal with the public.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12:09 PM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    mock if you must but solarbabies is one of my favorite films. I saw it at a young age and it has always stuck with me like a ratty stuffed toy from your childhood.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11:54 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Don't forget that Boondock Saints 2 releases wider today too!

    The family that kills together stays together. If that isn't a Thanksgiving message I don't know what is.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12:06 PM

    @tande04: I didn't even know they were making it until I saw it listed at a theater 2 days ago. I am not ashamed to say I did a little happy dance.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11:25 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    "That woman" in Solarbabies? That's no woman, that's Ursa of Krypton. Damn, but she was a hell of a woman to see in your formative years...
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of CParis CParis
    02:44 PM

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: And didn't she make an appearance on the 1980s "V"?
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    03:05 PM

    @CParis: (mumble) I've still never seen the original. (/mumble)
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11:00 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Well, if anything, this shows that T-giving is the holiday of sci-fi. What I find odd is the tradition of releasing horror films on Christmas day....

    Seriously, nothing says "season's greetings" like a pick-axe through the eye...
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    Edited by Allen_Richards at 11/26/09 11:01 AM Allen_Richards was starred Allen_Richards was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    10:56 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Ah, the Fountain... like so many of Aronofsky's films; so good it literally hurts, and is thus watchable only once.
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    Image of B B
    10:40 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    Why is the Mist subtitled in Swedish?
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    10:31 AM

    In reply to Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend
    I had forgotten how hot Helen Slater looked as Supergirl.

    Also, as a resident of New York City, I'd like to know where and for how much the ninja got that awesome studio.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    10:37 AM

    @Lassus: Helen Slater is so hot...Supergirl not so much...

    as for Predator 2 - one of the best closing sequences EVER
     Reply
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    Image of CParis CParis
    02:42 PM

    @goldfarb: Agree on "Predator 2" ending.
     Reply
    CParis was starred CParis was unstarred
    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/25/09

    In reply to "The Road" Leads to a Sentimental Post-Apocalypse
    It really wouldn't be Thanksgiving, without a hoodie with a pistol and a shopping cart.
    Happy shopping everybody!
     Reply
    Edited by SJ_Edwards at 11/25/09 11:11 PM SJ_Edwards was starred SJ_Edwards was unstarred
    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/25/09

    In reply to "The Road" Leads to a Sentimental Post-Apocalypse
    I don't see a problem with the father idealizing his child. When things turn really bad, people do tend to get mystical about the world. Seeing his son as God is kind of the ultimate mystification, and it's a natural culmination of the modern tendency to idealize and overprotect children.

    I also don't see much problem from a realism standpoint of the kid being overly reliant on his father; it seems to me that especially in a crisis of this magnitude most kids would do the same. Challenging your parent's moral decisions when your life is constantly in danger seems like something most kids would have sense enough not to do. It might not make for good storytelling, but that's how it would be.

    But the notion of kid who is by turns whiny and cutesy is just an extension of Hollywood's overly simplistic understanding of kids, as I said earlier. Like I said, if they'd put this in the hands of a European director like, say, Lasse Hallstrom, who did an excellent job with The Cider-House Rules, it likely would've been a much better film.
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