Final Destination...

[Phalanx]

Just watching the first one now (the girl bought the "thrillogy" box set), IMO the best of the lot...the second was almost as good, the third I found somewhat lacking...and the absence of Tony Todd in all but voice...annoying. None of them "sucked", but I think the series has been on a slight decline.
The victims/events in the first two films were related in a roundabout kinda way, and I liked that a lot...the third seemed to ditch this concept as well...either way, enough about all that.

So, IMO the first one is pretty cool, it was scary, the concept was relatively original, and the cast and storyline was my favourite. So, just now sitting through this one again...first time in ages.
Got to thinking about the whole "deaths design" thing. The main character guy (?Alex?), the one who has the initial premonition...at any point, was he safe? At what point did the actual "design" begin? when he got onto the plane in the first place?
In this case it would seem the premonition was a little late...so, if he'd just decided for no apparent reason to not get on the plane, or cancelled the trip prior to going to the airport, would he have still been on the "list"?
I mean, if it was only people that were "meant" to be on the plane, what decides who was "meant" to be on the plane? I mean...the ones that got off, feath still went after them, even though fate initially took them off the plane?
So...again, at what point was the "safe zone" passed?
I thought it may have been when the ticket was checked, they seemed to put emphasis on that...any thoughts?
Probably just thinking too much...

[The_Return]

Yep...you're thinking too much:p

I really enjoyed the first one, but havent bothered with the sequels yet. Soon...

[The Mothman]

I own the 2nd one, have seen the 1st, havnt seen the 3rd...ive heard its trash...still sounds fun though supposedly they amped up the gore.

[Jameslofton]

First two were great. Third one was boring. The idea has become stale. Just like Saw, it has run out of ideas to keep it fresh.

Final Destination(or Saw) do not need anymore sequels.

[The Mothman]

i think final destination is done with sequels....saw however, is not.:mad:

[urgeok]

i didnt like the 1st one .. found it lacking in imagination ...aimed more at young teens.

part 2 was insane - loved it - easily the best of the 3

part 3 had some good scenes ... the rollercoaster, the train ...
i liked it better than 1 but not as much as 2

[Vodstok]

i didnt like the 1st one .. found it lacking in imagination ...aimed more at young teens.

part 2 was insane - loved it - easily the best of the 3

part 3 had some good scenes ... the rollercoaster, the train ...
i liked it better than 1 but not as much as 2

I liked 2 a lot as well.

i liked 1 also, though the teacher's death was both richly deserved and probably the best rube goldberg death ever.

The actress who played the teacher played a very anooyng character with multple personality disorder on the xfiles. I think she was fucking duchovny at the time, so she got the job....

[the_real_linda]

i thought the second one lacked but its an awsome film just has a diffrent feel to it.....but the original team james wong and the like came back for the 3rd and was a great film. its cool that 3 films came out of a rejected x-files idea

[PR3SSUR3]

All Alex's life led up to the moment he had his dream/premonition, and from that point he wrestled his fate from death as it was designed for him.

[Spallalala]

Yeah 1 has to be my fav. The 2nd was also cool. The 3rd tripped me out at the begginning cos I was so stoned when we went to the movies ahah..Was making me dizzy at one point too.
All good either way. And pretty cheap to buy.

[Disease]

I think the concept kind of crosses over into their being a set out plan in life, it's like someone from the future going back in time and changeing something in the past. It all has a set path. So if he had of never gone on the flight yet had the oppurtunity he still would have been on the list, do you see what I mean, it's in the tense that everything we do is planned and if we work it out and try and fuck with it, then it will still find you in the end.

[the_real_linda]

so no matter wat we do were all dead in the end? i like that :D

[offtheset]

Final Destination is the fuck buddy of the horror genre for me. See 'em once, have some fun and then I'm out - KEEP 'EM COMING! It's too bad they can't crank em out once a year like the Saw franchise (which in my opinion isn't particularly scary, thrilling or even mildly interesting). At least I'm having FUN while watching the characters getting offed. The jump cut from tanning booths to coffins in FD3 was absolutely hysterical. Less Saw, more FD.

[LadyFrost]

Final Destination is the fuck buddy of the horror genre for me. See 'em once, have some fun and then I'm out - KEEP 'EM COMING! It's too bad they can't crank em out once a year like the Saw franchise (which in my opinion isn't particularly scary, thrilling or even mildly interesting). At least I'm having FUN while watching the characters getting offed. The jump cut from tanning booths to coffins in FD3 was absolutely hysterical. Less Saw, more FD.

I completely agree, on all counts. The tanning booth was actually quite funny, maybe not so original, or was it? i dont really care i still liked it. The third movie did kind of veer off the path of the first two as it didnt really connect to them in any real way like the second one did with the first one.

i loved the first movie, it was really really good, and kind of put another twist on the horror genre with its "death has a design" angle. the second one was good also, i liked the death scenes in this one, but the ending was a bit crappy..i dont know whether it was because the main heroine went all marter (i have no idea how to spell that word) on us, because she had to kill herself, or if it was because to me, the end deaths were kind of tame...they built everything up at the beginning of the movie and then kind of went flat at the end with the gore. The beginning scene of FD2 was really really good, i thought it was even better then the plane explosion from FD1. They went all gore for the second movie.

The third movie was pretty good. I saw all three movies at the big screen so i got the big effect for all of them and the third one was really good at the theatre. I didnt like the fact that they didnt really connect the characters to the first two movies though, i loved that about the second movie as it keys in with the death design thing. But the fact that the main heroine knows how everyone is going to die (but doesnt figure anyone of the deaths out until AFTER they happen) was pretty cool.

They lacked a bit of imaginiation in the FD3 but i still thought it was cool.

All in all i loved FD, it is a great trilogy. I dont think that they should make anymore (according to the way they did the ending for FD3 the closed the option for another movie) as three is enough, i think anymore movies will ruin the affect they have now. IMO FD rocks!

xXLadyFrostXx

[the_real_linda]

I completely agree, on all counts. The tanning booth was actually quite funny, maybe not so original, or was it? i dont really care i still liked it. The third movie did kind of veer off the path of the first two as it didnt really connect to them in any real way like the second one did with the first one.

i loved the first movie, it was really really good, and kind of put another twist on the horror genre with its "death has a design" angle. the second one was good also, i liked the death scenes in this one, but the ending was a bit crappy..i dont know whether it was because the main heroine went all marter (i have no idea how to spell that word) on us, because she had to kill herself, or if it was because to me, the end deaths were kind of tame...they built everything up at the beginning of the movie and then kind of went flat at the end with the gore. The beginning scene of FD2 was really really good, i thought it was even better then the plane explosion from FD1. They went all gore for the second movie.

The third movie was pretty good. I saw all three movies at the big screen so i got the big effect for all of them and the third one was really good at the theatre. I didnt like the fact that they didnt really connect the characters to the first two movies though, i loved that about the second movie as it keys in with the death design thing. But the fact that the main heroine knows how everyone is going to die (but doesnt figure anyone of the deaths out until AFTER they happen) was pretty cool.

They lacked a bit of imaginiation in the FD3 but i still thought it was cool.

All in all i loved FD, it is a great trilogy. I dont think that they should make anymore (according to the way they did the ending for FD3 the closed the option for another movie) as three is enough, i think anymore movies will ruin the affect they have now. IMO FD rocks!

xXLadyFrostXx


well said.......and they do indeed rock ass

[BASSI]

i love all 3 Final Destination movies, they are all great
i think they keep getting better

[tcardenas]

they do keep getting better. im afraid of roller coasters so the 3rd one scared the piss out of me at the beginning.

[the_real_linda]

me too!!!!! i can only go on the rollercoaster at metroland and well thats meant to be getting shut.....i cant see how people get pleasure from them.....i was shouting "GET OFF!!!!!"

[tcardenas]

well, when i was on a band trip once, i went on a roller coaster and lost my glasses. now im afriad of roller coasters because i seem to think ill lose my glasses again and i cant see anything without them. i was seriously sitting on that roller coaster fearing for my life because i couldnt see anything and my friend kept telling me we were crashing. it was scary.

[Nocturnal]

I loved the first two. The third was terrible.

[tcardenas]

aw, come on. it wasnt terrible.. why do you say that?