Secret Window thoughts
 

I searched and didn't find a thread about how the movie was, so I'll give my $0.02.

In short, not worth spending money on it to see it at the theater. The story felt like I have seen it multiple times before because it is a lot like

The movie just needed to be more creepier. There was almost a sense of comedy going throughout with the way Johnny Depp was acting. I guess I was alot more disappointed than I thought I would be. Oh well, Eternal Sunshine is tonight, and I'm hoping that'll be much better. :)

Anyone else see this?

Haven't seen it yet, will probably rent it out of curiosity...

In the preview I couldn't help but laugh at John Turturro with his amish hat saying "You stole ma story " ...

Would have been scarier if it would have been Jesus Quintana!!!

"Hey!! You stole my mother/$%*ing story!!! Nobody f**ks with The Jesus!!!"

Depp does do a good job on screen and for that I would recommand to pay to see the flick.

Looks like Misery crossed with Kingpin. I'll see Spartan instead and catch this on DVD.

A paper-thin short story stretched to a long 95 minutes. Outside of Koepp's obsessive Hitchcock tributes, I found it to be a very dull movie.

Everybody should choose to see SPARTAN this weekend.

Yeah I thought the same as well.

Why is it that Johnny depp movies where he wears glasses considered bad? :(

Why aren't they playing up the Stephen King connection in the advertising? It's not mentioned at all.

Hey, I liked The 9th Gate. ;)

This movie, however, looks like a B-movie gone bad. The only redeeming quality is Depp for me. I may or may not check it out.

because this wasn't stolen from a Lars von Trier story. ;)

Probably because the last few King-based movies have been terrible.

And this is one of King's more terrible stories (IMHO), so I'm not really expecting this one to be that good either. Depp can make most things interesting (see: Once Upon A Time in Mexico), but I can't see this movie being all that.

I love the ending.

Ebert's 3-star review here.

I am planning to see Secret Window tonight. Depp normally gives a pretty quality performance, in my opinion.

And he does in this movie. You won't disappointed.

yeah, his performance is great, but the issue at hand is the story. The story here is a little lacking. Hell, depp did a great job in the Ninth Gate but, my god, the movie sucked.

I liked it. I dunno if I'll buy the DVD though. Depp was awesome though.

I guess im in the minority as i really liked this movie. I was surprised when i saw Stephen King's name on it, had no idea that it was one of his stories. Anyhow, i would recommend those who havent seen it to go see it, because Depp gave another terrific performance, and i enjoyed the story as well.

You know, the whole "who's the bad guy" question comes up. We really didn't see much of how the ex wife was the bad guy/girl? till the final few moments. yes, she cheated on him in the beginning, but it seemed like her calls were of concern or mixed feelings instead of just trying to get him to sign the devorce papers already. Not till the final few moments do we have much idea that it was all a shame. Perhaps they should have painted her more as the bad guy.

as for the fight club reference. I'm sure any group will in the future see the whole "they are the same person" type of film as a knock off of fight club. oh well. both are good films.

I certainly wouldn't go as far as to say both are good films, but I pretty much had the ending to this movie figured out from the start of it. Well, the first "twist" anyway. The second one came while watching it. There are very few Johnny Depp movies I think outright suck. This might be one of them. It seemed like an interesting concept, with minimal payoff. I liked Stir Of Echoes, so maybe the problem lies with Stephen King's story, though I like a lot of his stuff as well. Hard to say. Depp was good in it though. As always.

Also, as soon as the first "twist" came, I also thought of Fight Club. The difference? Fight Club worked for me, cuz 1) I didn't see it coming (it never presented itself as a mystery) and 2) the whole damn movie is brilliant. This one, not so much.

K

This coming from a man named Cornelius is like me saying Nightmare before christmas was a good flick. ;)

Well, Nightmare was a good flick, but it's kinda weird, cuz I've used the alias Cornelius since before I even saw the movie. Then when it came out, it just kinda fell into place, so to speak...

K

Stating Depp always gives a great performance is like saying the sky is blue. Duh? The man can act.
I like D. Keopp. But this film is decent, but something feels a bit lacking/unsatisfying. Maybe it with King's story. He has a problem with deja vu. But it was an entertaing little film and I think it is one of the better King films in a while.

Grade: C+

I really enjoyed this until I saw that and it went quickly downhill from there. Good to see Tim Hutton again, even though it was a pretty thankless role.

Depp was great and I also liked seeing Turturro beautifully playing against type. It's worth seeing just for that but otherwise, it was so predictable (especially the big twist) and we've seen this about 100 times.

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anyway, i give it 5/10. Depp was good, as was Turturro, but they couldnt save this.

Near the end, when i saw the

It is wierd on the radio they say from the story from Stephen King but no on TV.

I thought it was a fairly solid flick, sans the finale. I too was let-down that it was going to wind up a split-personality movie (though I picked up on it fairly quickly). That said, the suspense elements used to build up the climax were quite effective, IMO. Furthermore, Depp's performance was fantastic. It's amazing how he can take a simple, routine role and make it into a unique portrayal every time. If only the slightest naunces (ie. facial twitches, quirky sayings, "It makes me feel icky." "Oops...I'm in trouble.", etc...)

In that regard, I enjoyed it.

I saw the film the other day and I enjoyed it. I didn't see Fight Club so I wasn't able to draw the comparisons.

Don't know if I should spoiler this, but...

I'm not a fan of movies with "twist endings"
But secret windows is an exception.
In fact, I loved how it played out in the end.
Depp was awesome. The movie was well directed and scripted.
And the finale wasn't typically hollywood stupid. It was fun.

And dare I say.... Corny! ;)


big :up:

K

Enjoyed this film, Depp was great as usual and without him it would have been something I would have skipped. The story was decent, not great, nor groundbreaking but entertaining.

One of the better King based movies methinks, certainly no Stand by Me/Shawshank/Green Mile, not by a longshot. But way better than movies like Dream<s>crapper</s>catcher!

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Hah, anyway, yeah, I thought it was okay. Not great, but come on, you have to love Depp.

Fangoria's stills from the movie, suggest that the

This movie was good but i wish it could have been gorier and more bloody. The movie to me was a cross of Misery and Identity. From the pictures in Fangoria i hope they release an R rated version for dvd because id totally pick up this dvd.

The movie was OK. Worth a rental, nothing more.

Of course Turturro is understated once again. Depp was great too but Turturro was wonderful.

C+.