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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2003-08-29 22:31 [#00842314]
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Of all the films with a huge reputation, this is undoubtedly the worst.
I first saw it in 1977, shortly after seeing Close Encounters (a masterpiece next to this clunker). Even then I felt cheated of my ticket money. It's silly, it's weak. The plot is the sort of thing a group of adolescents would dream up - two teenagers save the universe. Technically the special effects were very good, but used almost completely unimaginately, and with endless incongruities.
Loved Harrison Ford, though. And Darth Vader - a great villain, splendidly played.
All in all, teenage space cowboys for people who know nothing about either film or science fiction.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/usercomments-199
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-29 22:33 [#00842316]
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how long have you been needing to get that off your chest?
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2003-08-29 22:42 [#00842317]
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Haha, I didn't write that, it's an user comment on imdb.com !
I absolutely love this film, by the way.
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-29 22:48 [#00842319]
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haha, that thread of messages is fucked up.
why take so much time to say fuckall????
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princo
from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2003-08-29 22:48 [#00842320]
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Heheh yeah, I gathered that... seing that you probably wern't even alive in 1977.
I have this movie on video and STILL yet to watch it...... might tonight now that you've mentioned it.
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phiz
from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-29 22:58 [#00842325]
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alive n kickin in 1971 me. just not much of a movie buff.
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2003-08-29 23:06 [#00842326]
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(jasonmayer@hotmail.com) Seattle
Date: 28 February 2003 Summary: A heart-warming tale of the challenges and rewards of parenting.
Above all, this movie is a comedy. I suggest taking the family out for a refreshing Sunday movie after church and seeing this film. Children of all ages can appreciate the comedic antics of the little baby, and adults can understand a mothers desire for what is best for her baby. You may have to do a little digging, but I'm sure you can find this great out of print movie available online.
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2003-08-30 00:14 [#00842336]
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here is a good quote from that same place
"Eraserhead seems to be one of those divisive films that one either thinks brilliant or ridiculous. Those who see it as ridiculous are those who expect films to follow clear plot lines and can't handle a series of provocative images that aren't necessarily cogently connected.
Those who find it brilliant are more open-minded about the possibilities of film: they realize that a major part of the significance of film as art is the emotional impact that sequenced images can deliver (this being why tear-jerkers are so popular). Eraserhead functions on a emotional rather than cognitive level--it is a nightmare, as Lynch calls it, and as such it doesn't present any thematic element above the emotions it brings out in the audience (assuming the audience experiences emotions other than outrage). In this sense it is much more akin to poetry than to prose, and it shares poetry's value as an investigation of human experience through emotion rather than reason."
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tibbar
from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-08-30 00:17 [#00842339]
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well said.
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disasemble
from United States on 2003-08-30 00:29 [#00842341]
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well said indeed
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Anus_Presley
on 2003-10-13 13:16 [#00900842]
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hahahahaha WTF
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-10-13 13:19 [#00900845]
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what? isn't that guy talking about star wars rather than eraserhead?
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corticalstim
from Canada on 2003-10-13 13:28 [#00900859]
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yes he is. thats the joke apparently.
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flea
from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-10-13 13:34 [#00900870]
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I especially like the scene where Darth Vader battles the radiator lady who whops his tin butt and uses his lightsabre as a toothpick.
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ymenard
on 2003-10-13 20:40 [#00901267]
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- Just cut them like regular jar-jars?
Sure! Just cut them like regular Jar-Jars!
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