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Phillip Dampier:

--- Quote from: Aussie Chris on April 24, 2006, 02:53:50 am ---"maybe it was and maybe it wasn't, but there were 26 films that people went to see in preference to Crash, like the thought provoking Sahara and the uplifting Herbie Fully Loaded.  And we mustn't forget that more people had a life changing experience watching Bewitched and Sky High than they did with Crash".
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 :laugh: :laugh:

I have carefully avoided seeing Bewitched.  The only thing that movie wanted to get in touch with was your wallet.

Elizabeth Montgomery ruled (and the show was far, far better than I Dream of My Next Paycheck.)

Crash is showing on pay cable these days (Showtime I believe).  It's everything you expected and less on the small screen.  Sandra Bullock is still on my list after making the abomination that was Speed 2.  That commotion on the ocean was ridiculous.

The only thing I did like about Crash was the score.  The rest of it plays like some feel good morality story for the Planet of Southern Californians and their various issues.  It doesn't carry well beyond the Sierra Nevadas.

SFEnnisSF:
I liked Bewitched.

(runs and hides)

Aussie Chris:

--- Quote from: Phillip on April 24, 2006, 12:34:59 pm ---I have carefully avoided seeing Bewitched.  The only thing that movie wanted to get in touch with was your wallet.

Elizabeth Montgomery ruled (and the show was far, far better than I Dream of My Next Paycheck.)

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Wise move Phillip, and you're right about EM.  Nevertheless, I did stretch to hope for good things about the remake and even Nicole in the role - it could have been a fun Brady Bunch or Charlie’s Angels tribute to everything Bewitched.  But even if you were to remove any tributary opportunity, show almost none of the original characters, completely misrepresent the spirit of the show, and focus entirely on Will Ferrell and Nicole (but not as Darren and Samantha), then you will still be disappointed to the point of resenting the fact that just lost 100 minutes of your life.

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