DRAG ME TO HELL - UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT (Blu-ray; Universal)

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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    danz1906 wrote: »
    The Movie was OK, but the Audio on Blu-Ray was impressive.

    Thanks for your thoughts, Dan -- I thought the DTS Master Audio mix was tight, too, but on my system, there was a dialogue issue in terms of how tactile the center channel information (during dialogue delivery) was in comparison to the remainder of the mix's other elements.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    It's budget... i'm picking up the Pioneer 51FD or whatever it is this month, though. :) I JUST got my first HDTV on Sunday, anyways. ;)

    The ghosting was on my Panny Plasma. From what i hear, it's normal. Went away pretty quickly.

    Gotcha -- I had a good deal of "ticker burn in" on my last Mitsubishi CRT rear pro set.

    I know what you mean about budget -- I have been holding off replacing my first generation Panasonic player for a new one because we always seem to need other things that require a big budget...but I have my sights set on that new Oppo.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    Face wrote: »
    I thought it was kinda goofy. Passed the time though.

    Thanks for your thoughts, Face -- what part of the Isle are you on? You near Sunrise Highway? Merrick Road? North Shore, South Shore?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    Right smack in the middle.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Right smack in the middle.

    Happague? Linderhurst? Rockville Centre? Massapequa?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,825
    edited October 2009
    You really don't want to know, nor will you.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited October 2009
    Movie was ok, little cheesy/over the top with the effects imo.
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  • quitwifla
    quitwifla Posts: 1
    edited October 2009
    that's good.thanksss
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited October 2009
    ^^reported
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited October 2009
    Saw it over the weekend, wasn't too impressed. As said above, it passed the time, lol.

    -Jeff
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    You really don't want to know, nor will you.

    Oh really? Why wouldn't I? Does he live behind Hofstra in the Hempstead ghettos?
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    TouchOfEvil wrote: »
    Movie was ok, little cheesy/over the top with the effects imo.

    Thanks for your thoughts, 'Evil.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    wutadumsn23 wrote: »
    Saw it over the weekend, wasn't too impressed. As said above, it passed the time, lol.

    -Jeff

    Thanks for getting back to us about it, Jeff; indeed, the concensus seems to be that it wasn't that great. I'll have a review up of another Halloween shocker, Trick 'R Treat, up in just a bit...;)
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited October 2009
    Np Mike, looking forward to the next review. Wasn't a total waste of time, but I could have been doing better things, lol.

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,825
    edited October 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    Oh really? Why wouldn't I?

    Simple really, Face is a good friend of mine and I know he doesn't want to tell you where he lives.
    I'll have a review up of another Halloween shocker

    How about you leave it at that and don't pollute this forum any longer.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    wutadumsn23 wrote: »
    Np Mike, looking forward to the next review. Wasn't a total waste of time, but I could have been doing better things, lol.

    -Jeff

    Gotcha, Buddy. I think we all believe this could have been a better film. :)

    Thanks again for commenting.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2009
    No... I don't think it could have been better. Like I said - it was probably my favorite movie to come out in the last several years. I still don't understand how you were blindsided by its "hokey" nature. Raimi was intentionally returning to his Evil Dead/Army of Darkenss roots and now had the studio clout provided by the success of his Spiderman movies to demonstrate the type of filmmaking he REALLY enjoys to a larger audience and also to appease the fans that got him in this position to begin with.

    Don't take this the wrong way Mike, but I thought you (as a rabid movie buff) would have been aware of this? Are his earlier films only good because they have achieved cult status? Or visa versa? I ask this because I strongly believe this film will achieve the same status.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2009
    Boy was this movie terrible.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    No... I don't think it could have been better. Like I said - it was probably my favorite movie to come out in the last several years. I still don't understand how you were blindsided by its "hokey" nature. Raimi was intentionally returning to his Evil Dead/Army of Darkenss roots and now had the studio clout provided by the success of his Spiderman movies to demonstrate the type of filmmaking he REALLY enjoys to a larger audience and also to appease the fans that got him in this position to begin with.

    Don't take this the wrong way Mike, but I thought you (as a rabid movie buff) would have been aware of this? Are his earlier films only good because they have achieved cult status? Or visa versa? I ask this because I strongly believe this film will achieve the same status.

    I stand by the fact that this could have been a better film -- as is the overall concensus of just about everyone who has read my review of this title in this and other forums. And I am aware of this element of Raimi's cinematic style -- there's no need to be a bit rough around the edges with regard to the comment you made about my "being aware"...it seems most everyone thought this was a "hokey" approach to horror, even rabid Raimi fans. I realize he returned to his Evil Dead roots for this approach, but it still wasn't thoroughly satisfying in the end.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Boy was this movie terrible.

    Did you think it a bit "hokey" as well?
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2009
    It's cool - different strokes. But if you can appeal to the comment sections of various other forums, surely I can appeal to a 92% rating over at Rotten Tomatoes?:p
    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    I don't put ANY stock -- nor do any self-respecting cinema enthusiasts I have spoken with -- in what Rotten Tomatoes has to say about a certain "concensus" or their "ratings;" you just heard from another member who felt the film wasn't good. :p
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited October 2009
    Rotten Tomatoes doesn't say it. Various "self-respecting cinema enthusiasts" are all given a voice in order to determine the general consensus on a film. Rotten Tomatoes facilitates that and then proceeds to sell advertising so that they continue to consume copious amounts of hookers and blow.

    As for Demi's opinion on film... he's yet to return my Steel Magnolia and Mystic Pizza laserdiscs. "Director's Cuts", both of 'em. French subtitles and all. How am I going to cry myself to sleep every night whilst devouring a truck load of bon bons?
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Rotten Tomatoes doesn't say it. Various "self-respecting cinema enthusiasts" are all given a voice in order to determine the general consensus on a film.

    There's a LOT more to Rotten Tomatoes than that -- believe me, I have been down this road before with that site. I don't put stock in 'em.
    As for Demi's opinion on film... he's yet to return my Steel Magnolia and Mystic Pizza laserdiscs. "Director's Cuts", both of 'em. French subtitles and all. How am I going to cry myself to sleep every night whilst devouring a truck load of bon bons?

    You actually LENT someone Steel Magnolia and Mystic Pizza on LASERDISC? That puts an end to this conversation -- about Demi that is -- right now. To the death! It's over! It's useless! :o :eek:

    There have been plenty 'o folk before Demi that have cemented their beliefs that this just "wasn't that good" of a film. ;)
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited October 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    There's a LOT more to Rotten Tomatoes than that -- believe me, I have been down this road before with that site. I don't put stock in 'em.


    What do you think of metacritic?

    http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/dragmetohell?q=drag%20me%20to%20hell
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    Did you think it a bit "hokey" as well?

    I'll ask the questions.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »

    As for Demi's opinion on film... he's yet to return my Steel Magnolia and Mystic Pizza laserdiscs. "Director's Cuts", both of 'em. French subtitles and all. How am I going to cry myself to sleep every night whilst devouring a truck load of bon bons?

    My **** are more tender than yours.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited October 2009
    ****, don't you know? No one puts any stock in anything they disagree with! God, get with the program! ;)
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited October 2009
    Mike LoManaco wrote: »
    Did you think it a bit "hokey" as well?

    Yes, it was like watching "Saturday the 14th", but sometimes hokey is fun. This one wasn't fun enough.
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  • Mike LoManaco
    Mike LoManaco Posts: 974
    edited October 2009
    fatchowmein wrote: »
    Yes, it was like watching "Saturday the 14th", but sometimes hokey is fun. This one wasn't fun enough.

    LOL -- wow, that's a blast from the past! I haven't seen Saturday the 14th in a long, long time...wow...nice to pull that one out of the arse! :D
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