tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post5779549373913493318..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: If This Movie Doesn't Make Your Skin Crawl...It's On Too Tight!Jeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-27805055773110595532011-05-24T16:49:27.150-07:002011-05-24T16:49:27.150-07:00I enjoyed this movie alot! I watched it with my ma...I enjoyed this movie alot! I watched it with my man, and after we had a huge astral projection discussion. He tried it in prison and came very close to the astral plane! Gah I'm excited to try!<br />The ending was amazing I really thought it had a Pet Sematary feel..<br />The demon crawling along the wall was cool! I thought the movie needed more demon and less old lady ghost.<br />At first I made fun of the two Ghostbusters, but they were actually more useful than I was expecting them to be. The medium was a character I thought didn't deserve to die, but at the same time she did since she DID take Josh's picture...Was a great movie though, absolutely loved it.Destinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241634912854281114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-54047769694290805282011-04-08T14:52:37.689-07:002011-04-08T14:52:37.689-07:00Great Hobo w/a Shotgun review, FF! As for Insidiou...Great Hobo w/a Shotgun review, FF! As for Insidious, I had to peel my wife off the ceiling just from her seeing the commercial so that was a solo trip to the theaters for me but well worth it. I hope you end up digging the movie whenever you do catch up with it.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-40072063412133781422011-04-08T09:46:42.169-07:002011-04-08T09:46:42.169-07:00I'm dying to see this movie, but my wife is no...I'm dying to see this movie, but my wife is not a fan of horror, so I may have to wait for On Demand or something. Luckily, the theater-to-home-viewing timetables are supershort these days.<br /><br />And I agree with Mike: It's good to see you back and blogging in regular rotation.<br /><br />New review at FilmFather: <a href="http://filmfather.blogspot.com/2011/04/hobo-with-shotgun-2011.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Hobo with a Shotgun</i></a>FilmFatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572370403623288465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-20540440074689508312011-04-03T18:21:53.981-07:002011-04-03T18:21:53.981-07:00Thanks for the support, Mike! I came to the conclu...Thanks for the support, Mike! I came to the conclusion that spending every minute of every day worrying about my situation doesn't help. And taking some time to focus on things I enjoy is a lot healthier than constantly stressing!Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-34268889123128386822011-04-03T16:32:43.347-07:002011-04-03T16:32:43.347-07:00There's a better poster for the film which mak...There's a better poster for the film which makes use of the ghostly old woman holding a candle-I'll be honest, that's what sucked me in to going to see the film.<br /><br />Terrific review. You hit on some key points (ones which, frankly, I missed out on espousing on in my own review. There's mention of it "being different" in the new home when compared to their old home with regards to the couple's relationship improving. Josh is definitely an absentee dad, and Rose Byrne was phenomenal at conveying her exasperation at his absences and lack of support even before the events with her son kick the film in high gear.<br /><br />With regards to how the family could live in such a nice home on a teacher's salary, I believe James Wan responded to that criticism via a review on FanGirltastic. Apparently there's a deleted scene where it's explained they had help from Barbara Hershey with regards to buying the home.<br /><br />On a side note, I just wanted to say how great it is to find you blogging regularly as of late, as DWMJ is high on my must-read list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998494372417859151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-11674553731866226312011-04-03T11:21:31.747-07:002011-04-03T11:21:31.747-07:00It's definitely a divisive ending but I was go...It's definitely a divisive ending but I was good with it. The only part I didn't like was the brief use of CGI to show Lipstick-Face Demon crawling along the wall. After avoiding CG for the whole film, why use it then? But hey, whatever.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-41603230490126236142011-04-03T07:13:01.532-07:002011-04-03T07:13:01.532-07:00Excellent review. I really did love that first hou...Excellent review. I really did love that first hour, and I'm so glad I saw it in a crowded theater. Sure, there were occasional cell phone rings but hearing a whole bunch of teenagers get completely silent and scream really made some of those moments. You make a fantastic point about how some over the top '60s style marketing would have done this film justice.<br /><br />The humor worked for me. Where I fell off was those last 20 minutes. I just wish we either didn't see so much or that Wan had a stronger design for the astral world. It just felt too vague.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.com