willie-93
Joined Apr 2006
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This film was on Film 4 last night (UK). I sat through an hour and a half before its soporific effect caused me to switch off and find something interesting to do. Very poor story line, though the special effects were very good - and expensive, but a turnip is still a turnip, no matter how many carrots they give you with it! The pressure effects of working at depth were completely ignored, and it was frequently quite hard to know where the actors were actually supposed to be.
A far cry from Alien or Titanic. I'm not surprised it did badly at the box office. It has cult status - a cult is not enough to make up a minority and most of the cult seem to have written comments on this website!
A far cry from Alien or Titanic. I'm not surprised it did badly at the box office. It has cult status - a cult is not enough to make up a minority and most of the cult seem to have written comments on this website!
This was supposed to be set in the "Bible Belt" of Northern Ireland. Well, as someone who grew up there,and was a child in the era depicted in the film it just didn't ring true! The accents were all over the place - anything but County Antrim/Derry. The church didn't resemble any I have ever seen. "The Church of God" is a pentecostal denomination but the one in the film was certainly not pentecostal! The elderly minister at the beginning was dressed in the robes of the Church of Ireland (Anglican)- and no C.of I. would call itself "The Church of God". The minister was often addressed as "Reverend" - they may do that in some parts of the world but I never heard it when I lived in that area. Ministers were addressed as "Mr ......"
This film was very badly researched and cast - fairly typical of Irish cinema - annoying! A film can have a great plot, but if it doesn't look authentic, it is rubbish.
This film was very badly researched and cast - fairly typical of Irish cinema - annoying! A film can have a great plot, but if it doesn't look authentic, it is rubbish.