danmasucci-424-796715
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The good:
Keeping it set in the 70's was the smart move. It's great to see a "period" piece, especially since the book came out in the 70's.
The cast. Really good casting, particularly Ben Mears.
The production design, special FX, direction etc are top notch. The vampires are outstanding. The way they move, react, and look are terrific.
I'm usually a stickler for movies adapting novels and get upset when they stray. The flaw here seems to be that given the short nature of the film, the changes made were to film were to keep in mind the time constraints.
That's too bad. This film and the team that made it deserved a ten episode mini series. This way they could have developed the characters, built the tension over time (tension is largely lost in this adaptation) and kept its viewers on the edge of their seats.
In the book, and the original film adaptation, the Marsten house was an important character in its own right. This short form version had to exclude that and Ben's connection to his youthful memories of the place.
I give this film 7 stars because I love the novel and I do feel like everyone involved took it seriously and gave it their best.
However, it feels rushed and like there is either a lot of deleted scenes to keep it around 2 hours or else they edited the script to keep it to a theatrical run time.
Oh, what could have been.
The cast. Really good casting, particularly Ben Mears.
The production design, special FX, direction etc are top notch. The vampires are outstanding. The way they move, react, and look are terrific.
I'm usually a stickler for movies adapting novels and get upset when they stray. The flaw here seems to be that given the short nature of the film, the changes made were to film were to keep in mind the time constraints.
That's too bad. This film and the team that made it deserved a ten episode mini series. This way they could have developed the characters, built the tension over time (tension is largely lost in this adaptation) and kept its viewers on the edge of their seats.
In the book, and the original film adaptation, the Marsten house was an important character in its own right. This short form version had to exclude that and Ben's connection to his youthful memories of the place.
I give this film 7 stars because I love the novel and I do feel like everyone involved took it seriously and gave it their best.
However, it feels rushed and like there is either a lot of deleted scenes to keep it around 2 hours or else they edited the script to keep it to a theatrical run time.
Oh, what could have been.
The out of sequence scenes takes away tension. Furthermore, it doesn't allow you to see character growth and plot development.
The minis series accomplishes much more in six hours than none episodes presented here.
I don't understand why the writers thought they could do better than King did with his novel (or his screen adaptation in the 90's).
The cast suffers from the screenplay. The scenes are truncated and don't allow for the actors to sink their teeth in.
If you are familiar with The Stand, you'll follow along with some difficulty.
If you're not familiar with The Stand, it will watch like a hot mess.
The minis series accomplishes much more in six hours than none episodes presented here.
I don't understand why the writers thought they could do better than King did with his novel (or his screen adaptation in the 90's).
The cast suffers from the screenplay. The scenes are truncated and don't allow for the actors to sink their teeth in.
If you are familiar with The Stand, you'll follow along with some difficulty.
If you're not familiar with The Stand, it will watch like a hot mess.
The writer really missed the mark. They should have made Remy super charming so the girls were falling over him and have best friend be suspicious. It's LMN-101 after all!
The main gal, Isabella is discontent at home but her husband is sweet, caring and in love with her. The movie descriptor says she's in a bad marriage. Lol
Me and wife wife enjoy cheese. You can choke on the excessive cheese with this one! If you like badly scripted, shabbily acted, dismally directed films, then Deadly Yoga Retreat is for you.
Oh, on a side note, the score may be the lowest rent part of this flick.
At this point, I'm just typing to meet character quota. Seriously, as bad as this is, I couldn't stop watching it.
The main gal, Isabella is discontent at home but her husband is sweet, caring and in love with her. The movie descriptor says she's in a bad marriage. Lol
Me and wife wife enjoy cheese. You can choke on the excessive cheese with this one! If you like badly scripted, shabbily acted, dismally directed films, then Deadly Yoga Retreat is for you.
Oh, on a side note, the score may be the lowest rent part of this flick.
At this point, I'm just typing to meet character quota. Seriously, as bad as this is, I couldn't stop watching it.