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I guess this just wasn't made for me, but for the gorehounds out there who just love gore for its own sake.
After the first two characters get killed, I had the sense to get hold of my remote control and navigate through the chapters until the blood-letting had come to an at-least temporary conclusion. I love the original and always have, and don't even mind the 2003 version at all. But all this murder and mayhem was a bit too much for me.
The opening was interesting enough, with a storyline that brought the Vietnam war to the table, but it didn't amount to anything, just more gore.
One particular male character gets a very hard time from a cannibalistic cracker who thinks he can he toughen him up a little, but for all the beating and torture he receives, he still manages to walk around for a while until obviously, it becomes impossible.
This is hardly an advert for Texas as a tourist destination, and it makes you wonder if any place could be this bad.
The 5 is for the excellent cinematography reminiscent of the original and a few very creepy looking houses. Otherwise take a sick bag with you into the living room, you may need it.
After the first two characters get killed, I had the sense to get hold of my remote control and navigate through the chapters until the blood-letting had come to an at-least temporary conclusion. I love the original and always have, and don't even mind the 2003 version at all. But all this murder and mayhem was a bit too much for me.
The opening was interesting enough, with a storyline that brought the Vietnam war to the table, but it didn't amount to anything, just more gore.
One particular male character gets a very hard time from a cannibalistic cracker who thinks he can he toughen him up a little, but for all the beating and torture he receives, he still manages to walk around for a while until obviously, it becomes impossible.
This is hardly an advert for Texas as a tourist destination, and it makes you wonder if any place could be this bad.
The 5 is for the excellent cinematography reminiscent of the original and a few very creepy looking houses. Otherwise take a sick bag with you into the living room, you may need it.
Then she gets scared again. Then she gets more scared.
It lost me from the start, and at 1 hour and 4o minutes is way too long.
I thought the original was over-rated but this is even worse.
I would like to point out that I did own Communion on ex-rental videotape, but could not keep it for reasons of space. When I purchased the DVD later, I noticed there was part of one sequence that was cut. I was a little taken aback because it was one of my favourite parts of the film. Where Whitley (Christopher Walken) parks his car by the side of the road for one more visitation with the aliens, he dances with them as if showing relief that he knows he's not crazy. He returns to his wife and the film ends. There's a bit of hand-slapping that's been kept in this new version, but the protracted dance sequenceI'm referring to is not on the DVD. On the cover of the DVD I own the length of the film says approx 101 minutes. On IMDB the length is quoted as 1 hour 47 mins. So you figure it out.
Whatever, it's an enjoyable and thought provoking film and I just wish this sequence hadn't been removed.
