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Title: Phantoms. Post by: Svengoolie 3 on July 27, 2018, 01:33:15 AM Dean Koontz's phantoms is a rarity: An intelligent horror movie with sf overtones.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so i'll just say that if you like intelligent action, suspense, horror and good plots, you should like phantoms. Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: indianasmith on July 27, 2018, 09:30:26 AM I loved the book; it is my favorite of all his works.
I think I saw the film but I don't remember a whole lot about it. Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: 316zombie on July 27, 2018, 09:49:04 PM the movie is fine, IF you didn't read the book. i get VERY peeved with movies that don't do justice to the book the way i want them to, and it's rare for me to change my mind. the shining is one of the few that i finally accepted as "just" a movie, and detached my brain from my love for the book.
Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: Svengoolie 3 on July 28, 2018, 02:51:55 AM I loved the book; it is my favorite of all his works. I think I saw the film but I don't remember a whole lot about it. Lucky you, you must have found. A. Copy. I check out used book stores and never find one. I find his other works but not that one, dammit. Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: Svengoolie 3 on July 28, 2018, 02:52:39 AM the movie is fine, IF you didn't read the book. i get VERY peeved with movies that don't do justice to the book the way i want them to, and it's rare for me to change my mind. the shining is one of the few that i finally accepted as "just" a movie, and detached my brain from my love for the book. Soooo, did you like 'a clockwork orange'? Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: 316zombie on July 29, 2018, 02:53:30 PM absolutely HATE clockwork orange! but i've never read the book, and i DO know it's a very well done movie, but it's way too dark for me. one of hubby's top 10 though.
Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: FatFreddysCat on July 29, 2018, 03:31:13 PM I haven't seen "Phantoms" in a while but I vaguely remember that it didn't suck, for whatever that's worth.
I had a major "thang" for Rose McGowan at the time so the fact that she was in it probably raised my rating a bit. :D I've been meaning to revisit it but haven't gotten round to it yet. Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: Archivist on August 07, 2018, 04:42:55 AM absolutely HATE clockwork orange! but i've never read the book, and i DO know it's a very well done movie, but it's way too dark for me. one of hubby's top 10 though. Funny, I read the book as a teenager at school and loved it, to the point where I was constantly speaking in Nadsat (the Anglo-Euro slang patois in which the book is written) and some people started calling me Alex, after the main character. I was pretty ho-hum about the movie. Yes, the book is a bit dark but it's a very insightful commentary on changing social attitudes, juvenile delinquency and crime, Skinnerian psychology and the role of government in social reform. Title: Re: Phantoms. Post by: Trevor on August 07, 2018, 05:13:47 AM To quote Jason Mewes: "Affleck! You da bomb in Phantoms, yo!" :smile: :teddyr:
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