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Topic: 1408
Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Fri 02/29/08 06:56 PM
I watched 1408 with a friend tonight and was pleasantly suprised! I thought the film captured the essence of the short story, and the added elements were suitably King-esque SPOILERS: I thought the "it was all a life-changing-dream sequence" could've been shorter, but that was my only gripe. Anyone else like this movie/story?

ladyblack67 Joined Mon 06/11/07 Posts: 2404	Fri 02/29/08 06:57 PM
I watched 'no reservations'

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Fri 02/29/08 06:57 PM
awesome

Redsoxfan1 Joined Sat 12/29/07 Posts: 8388	Fri 02/29/08 06:58 PM
I loved it so much, I own it now!

danielle08 Joined Wed 02/13/08 Posts: 219	Fri 02/29/08 06:59 PM
very trippy movie I liked it as a matter of fact I own it

Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Fri 02/29/08 07:02 PM
very trippy movie I liked it as a matter of fact I own it YES! Exactly! It's just like a really bad trip... and that's TRUE horror!

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Fri 02/29/08 07:05 PM
Uhhhh...hmmmm. Well, the plot really seemed like it was going somewhere--it got really intense and suspenseful--but then it got super-anti-climactic when they started going overboard with the special effects: The water flooding into the room, and such. Just a bit over the top. And then that OBNOXIOUSLY cheesy line at the end, brought to you by Samuel L. Jackson: "Well done, Mr. Enslin, well done," as if he knew everything that was going to happen--What? Ugh! Pretty good, though. heh heh heh...

Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Fri 02/29/08 07:08 PM
Uhhhh...hmmmm. Well, the plot really seemed like it was going somewhere--it got really intense and suspenseful--but then it got super-anti-climactic when they started going overboard with the special effects: The water flooding into the room, and such. Just a bit over the top. And then that OBNOXIOUSLY cheesy line at the end, brought to you by Samuel L. Jackson: "Well done, Mr. Enslin, well done," as if he knew everything that was going to happen--What? Ugh! Pretty good, though. heh heh heh... Woah!?? I think we've seen different versions of the film... SPOILERS Enslin died at the end (in the fire), Sam. L. Jackson went to his funeral... Were the cinema and DVD versions different?

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Fri 02/29/08 07:14 PM
Uhhhh...hmmmm. Well, the plot really seemed like it was going somewhere--it got really intense and suspenseful--but then it got super-anti-climactic when they started going overboard with the special effects: The water flooding into the room, and such. Just a bit over the top. And then that OBNOXIOUSLY cheesy line at the end, brought to you by Samuel L. Jackson: "Well done, Mr. Enslin, well done," as if he knew everything that was going to happen--What? Ugh! Pretty good, though. heh heh heh... Woah!?? I think we've seen different versions of the film... SPOILERS Enslin died at the end (in the fire), Sam. L. Jackson went to his funeral... Were the cinema and DVD versions different? Hah. Oh, bugger. I saw it a while ago... Tries to recall I THINK they had alternate endings on the DVD. They might have had a different ending entirely from the cinematic version. I mainly remember how angry the cheesiness of that line made me and how much it made me want to...criticize the film. Shifty-eyed

Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Fri 02/29/08 07:18 PM
Ahh, (so I went and checked!) the DVD I have is "The Director's Cut", so I'm guessing the studio bigwigs demanded the "happy" ending for the cinema cut (which is ironic because Enslin survives in the original story). I was totally expecting him to survive and was pleasantly suprised when he died (yeah, I'm morbid lol) Cheers!

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Fri 02/29/08 07:25 PM
Ahh, (so I went and checked!) the DVD I have is "The Director's Cut", so I'm guessing the studio bigwigs demanded the "happy" ending for the cinema cut (which is ironic because Enslin survives in the original story). I was totally expecting him to survive and was pleasantly suprised when he died (yeah, I'm morbid lol) Cheers! Well, 'tis a nice shock when a protagonist dies -- not something filmmakers do VERY often (except, SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER "The Matrix" comes to mind). This movie just made me laugh, mainly. Cheesy horror films are always worth a hearty laugh.

Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Fri 02/29/08 07:27 PM
Oh god, there were some funny moments! Screaming into a fridge "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME??!!" "Do you drink?" "I just told you, I'm a writer"

ZPicante Joined Sun 02/03/08 Posts: 1806	Fri 02/29/08 07:52 PM
Yeah, random screaming at inanimate objects...that's where some funny can be had.

jessicapickle Joined Sat 09/15/07 Posts: 2839	Sat 03/01/08 11:43 PM
One word: GAY!!

DevilDog1987 Joined Mon 02/25/08 Posts: 613	Sat 03/01/08 11:49 PM
One word: GAY!! says the no brainers

DevilDog1987 Joined Mon 02/25/08 Posts: 613	Sat 03/01/08 11:50 PM
it was a damn good movie

EveningKiss Joined Mon 06/11/07 Posts: 3244	Sat 03/01/08 11:56 PM
Loved the movie =) Saw it in theaters.

jessicapickle Joined Sat 09/15/07 Posts: 2839	Sun 03/02/08 01:01 AM
It was like a mixture of "Pulse" and "Saw 2" Pulse was gay as well. Saw 2 was awesome though. I scare EXTREMELY easily, and this movie just made me giggle. I have brains, and that's why I can honestly say that this movie was made for money, and gullable people.

hellkitten54 Joined Sun 01/06/08 Posts: 11707	Sun 03/02/08 09:07 AM
One word: GAY!! Says the girl that let's her "cousin" use her account to post questions in the sex thread.

Pete026 Joined Sun 10/14/07 Posts: 14799	Sun 03/02/08 09:08 AM
One word: GAY!! Says the girl that let's her "cousin" use her account to post questions in the sex thread.