The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
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It's to bad this movie is a complete rip off of a short film made two years ago.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
It's to bad this movie is a complete rip off of a short film made two years ago.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
Last edited by tylergfoster; 11-14-09 at 02:00 PM.
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Overall, I liked it!
Again, very interesting movie. Didn't completely make sense and I still have a lot of unanswered questions.
Definitley buying this on DVD to rewatch again. Marsden and Langella were very good in it.
Oh yeah, good review droidguy1119.
Spoiler:
Again, very interesting movie. Didn't completely make sense and I still have a lot of unanswered questions.
Spoiler:
Definitley buying this on DVD to rewatch again. Marsden and Langella were very good in it.
Oh yeah, good review droidguy1119.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
It's to bad this movie is a complete rip off of a short film made two years ago.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
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The people who made this film say The Box did not rip them off, but it's clear that it is a rip off.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
I liked the film very much. Love Darko and Southland. Here's my theory
Spoilers
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Last edited by Mabuse; 11-20-09 at 03:41 PM.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
Saw this tonight at a cheapie theater and did not care for it. It had a lot of potential, but the only truly interesting parts were the beginning and the end (which was, frankly, silly. And no I don't mean
) There was a lot of needless "Weird for the sake of being weird", the music felt ill suited to many scenes, and the overall story, though not without merit, was lackluster. I simply didn't care what was happening scene-to-scene... boring really. I actually liked some of the
aspects, but many, many other aspects simply did not work for me.
The few highlights in the movie made it all worse for me as they showed true potential.
Oh, and Kelly needs to stop with the CG portals in his movies.
So far from true it's funny.
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The few highlights in the movie made it all worse for me as they showed true potential.
Oh, and Kelly needs to stop with the CG portals in his movies.
So far from true it's funny.
Last edited by RichC2; 12-06-09 at 11:23 PM.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
Watched this last night and thought it was interesting, but ultimately not all that great. In fact, I thought the best parts were the external shots of a snowy Richmond (including my alma mater!). Doesn't happen that often.
I was disappointed in Kelly, though. Being a hometown boy, he should have known better than to give in to Hollywood's tired "everyone below the Mason-Dixon Line has a ridiculous Southern accent" stereotype. Especially in suburban Richmond, where it took place.
I was disappointed in Kelly, though. Being a hometown boy, he should have known better than to give in to Hollywood's tired "everyone below the Mason-Dixon Line has a ridiculous Southern accent" stereotype. Especially in suburban Richmond, where it took place.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
Watched this last night and thought it was interesting, but ultimately not all that great. In fact, I thought the best parts were the external shots of a snowy Richmond (including my alma mater!). Doesn't happen that often.
I was disappointed in Kelly, though. Being a hometown boy, he should have known better than to give in to Hollywood's tired "everyone below the Mason-Dixon Line has a ridiculous Southern accent" stereotype. Especially in suburban Richmond, where it took place.
I was disappointed in Kelly, though. Being a hometown boy, he should have known better than to give in to Hollywood's tired "everyone below the Mason-Dixon Line has a ridiculous Southern accent" stereotype. Especially in suburban Richmond, where it took place.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
In the DVD Kelly explains that the Diaz and Marsden characters were based on his real parents and his mom had a defect on her foot.
Off subject but is Richard Matheson a Buddhist now or a follow of Eastern Religion?
On the DVD he was wearing a white robe and there were candles in the background and some statues.
Off subject but is Richard Matheson a Buddhist now or a follow of Eastern Religion?
On the DVD he was wearing a white robe and there were candles in the background and some statues.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
I actually quite enjoyed the movie. It wasn't perfect -- the subplot with Marsden at the library with the "choosing of the portals" was absolutely pointless -- but I thought Kelly did a good job with the story and I was pretty much into it for the most part.
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Re: The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
Triple Richard Kelly bump
After watching both Donnie Darko and Southland Tales this weekend (with Richard Kelly in attendance to answer questions), I decided to go all-in and re-watch The Box on VUDU one more time.
Much like Southland Tales, this film was better after giving it time to breathe for a few years. I didn't like it when it first came out, and I mostly blamed that on Cameron Diaz as well as being hesitant about Kelly's films after ST.
This time around, I still felt that some of the accents were atrocious, but the story itself was excellent. There's more to think about, and a lot of my thoughts were expressed better by other people in this thread.
I have one crazy thought, though...
(Donnie Darko & The Box & Southland Tales spoilers)
(but probably not...)
After watching both Donnie Darko and Southland Tales this weekend (with Richard Kelly in attendance to answer questions), I decided to go all-in and re-watch The Box on VUDU one more time.
Much like Southland Tales, this film was better after giving it time to breathe for a few years. I didn't like it when it first came out, and I mostly blamed that on Cameron Diaz as well as being hesitant about Kelly's films after ST.
This time around, I still felt that some of the accents were atrocious, but the story itself was excellent. There's more to think about, and a lot of my thoughts were expressed better by other people in this thread.
I have one crazy thought, though...
(Donnie Darko & The Box & Southland Tales spoilers)
Spoiler:
(but probably not...)