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Old 10-20-2006, 04:10 PM
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The Descent (SPOILERS)

I was on a business trip to Denver this week -- and rented this one in my hotel before crashing for the night.

Whoa.

Way better than I expected. The scariest parts were the scenes where the women were trapped in the cave. Pitch black and surrounded by rock. I was getting creeped just watching them crawl through those tights cave tubes. I've always been slightly claustrophobic, but this movie brought it out in force.

No way I'm I going into a farkin' cave.

The creepers were not as tough as I expected -- too dumb and too weak for my taste.

My only real complaint was that it was difficult at times to tell the different women apart.

All in all -- good fear.
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Old 10-20-2006, 04:27 PM
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Agree 100% Neil Marshall is establishing himself as one hell of a monster movie director. Unlike many current horror directors, he really gets the nature of horror, the reason why we're scared. That's why his films work so well.

I eagerly await his next effort.
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Old 10-20-2006, 04:41 PM
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Agree 100% Neil Marshall is establishing himself as one hell of a monster movie director. Unlike many current horror directors, he really gets the nature of horror, the reason why we're scared. That's why his films work so well.

I eagerly await his next effort.

He should have given a bit of an explanation about the creepers. What are they? I was thinking they might be related to the miners whose equipment they found -- but he didn't even really try.

But, indeed, Marshall is a damn good filmmaker.
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Old 10-20-2006, 07:37 PM
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Amazing film indeed. One of the best of the last few years. As for the crawlers, I liked the way Marshall hinted at things (like the drawings and the suggestion that they were a different evolution of mankind) without explaining too much.
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Old 10-20-2006, 09:42 PM
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I loved this movie. Supurb scares, good acting, brilliant directing...this is the best horror movie in years.

God, if I spelled wrong it's becuaese I'm really drunk right now.
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Old 10-21-2006, 04:31 AM
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I loved this movie. Supurb scares, good acting, brilliant directing...this is the best horror movie in years.

God, if I spelled wrong it's becuaese I'm really drunk right now.
I told you once long ago, you WILL love this movie. ;)
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Old 10-21-2006, 05:27 AM
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Agree 100% Neil Marshall is establishing himself as one hell of a monster movie director. Unlike many current horror directors, he really gets the nature of horror, the reason why we're scared. That's why his films work so well.

I eagerly await his next effort.
i think his strongest point is that he fills out his characters ..
something rare in genre films ... you actually give a shit about the people.

(thats the element that has to be married to 'understanding our fears'
give us characters we can fear for .. )
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Old 10-21-2006, 07:36 AM
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I told you once long ago, you WILL love this movie. ;)
That you did, my friend, that you did. And I thank you. (:
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Old 10-21-2006, 12:59 PM
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Loved it. Very scary, and a unique premise.
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Old 10-21-2006, 01:58 PM
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okay, im gonna clear this up. The creapers were meant to be, like stated earlier, another form of humans. Picture this. Millions of years ago, these apes started living underground. The creapers are what has evolved from them.

As for the miners equipment, its meant to show that people have been their before, yet it isnt charted. This shows that people go down, but nobody has ever come up.

I loved the ending which made you feel good then shocked and slightly sorry for this girl. I laughed when the girl got a pickaxe through the knee because throughout the film she was the one who made mistakes and got them into it.
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