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The Wicker Man (2006)
Just a slight spoiler. If you've seen the original film, don't bother with this one. A film ostensibly about a love gone wrong and a missing child.
This is certainly not a thinking person's film. I haven't been to a good, scary movie in a long time, and now I remember why. It is really difficult to make a good, scary film. This film is poorly directed and barely plausible - even for the genre it is in. I was offended by the choppy editing and the inability of the director to keep us in suspense. M Night Shamylan (not sure of spelling) could probably do this right! After a while, I wondered why Nicholas Cage took this role. What was he thinking?? I was offended by the way the women in the film were portrayed - even within the context of the story. Mostly I was bored.
Head Cases (2005)
Can we keep any good programming?
This show had everything going for it. Well written, very well acted, and well directed. As a psychologist, I appreciate the reasonably authentic depictions of both OCD and Panic Attacks. This tanked because the second episode was up against the season premiere of "Lost." Not exactly rocket science to figure out why most people were watching the #1 TV show.
Fox is a gutless wonder!!
Interesting, I've just been told that "my comment does not contain enough lines," so I have to expand the comments." My life challenge is to learn to say things succinctly. I make a stab at it, and Oops, not long enough.
Well, I have plenty to say - What I really liked about the show was that unlike most TV series, the characters acted like real people. I found it humorous that the Chris O'Donnell character thought that he would waltz right back into this fast track to the top position in a high profile law firm - after a short stay in a mental hospital. Maybe he needed to return to the hospital for a reality check.
Loved the show, hate Fox.