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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm
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 Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder Quote: Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 psychological thriller/ Horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin. It stars Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander and Macaulay Culkin as Gabe.
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm
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Location: Arlington, VA
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Very, very creepy. B+
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After all these years, still a very unsettling film.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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Quite intriguing and dark, but I can't help think that it wasted some of its potential. Some of the scenes are so freaky, so innovative, and so damn cool, that it's a shame the entire movie (or at least more of it) couldn't be like that. I was also able to guess the ending (probably given that I had just watched Stay) but they ruined the execution, I think. Very corny ending for such a cool film. I also would have liked to see more subtle hints during the course of the movie, and maybe more angels & demons stuff. Still, quite involving and disturbing.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm
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Very disturbing movie and I like the pyschodelic use of images, The Cell and Requim for the a Dream were able to pull it off. Even if you dont like the movie,its a good exploration to watch for the art student. Other than that its very unsettling and it should have done better in the BO
Very underated
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makeshift
Teenage Dream
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:20 am
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A classic, essential film.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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I just watched it again and my opinion of it shot up. It's very, very haunting, not just in the scary scenes but everywhere else. The hospital sequence is probably in my top five scary scenes ever.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Jiffylush
Aspiring Director
Joined: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:55 pm
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Anonymous wrote: After all these years, still a very unsettling film.
A Ditto, I wouldn't be suprised if I had nightmares about it tonight.
Great twist as well.
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zingy
College Boy Z
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Re: Jacob's Ladder Disturbing and interesting, yet slightly underwhelming. I felt that there could have been more to it and the ending could have been less predictable (granted, in 1990, I'm sure this ending would have been quite shocking, but in 2007, it's become predictable thanks to many films that probably copied it). Tim Robbins gives one of the best performances of his career in this film, while the rest of the cast is just solid. Still, I'm pretty glad I watched it. It's one of the more creepier films I've witnessed. B+
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Levy
Golfaholic
Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:06 pm
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Re: Jacob's Ladder Great movie, have to see it again though for a final grade. In my memory it was A/B
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Chris
life begins now
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:09 pm
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Re: Jacob's Ladder Just watched it...very creepy.
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