Comments on: Review: Abominable

By: Matt W

Matt W — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:56:52 +0000

“true thespian? hmmm dunno if I’d do that. But I can’t deny the loss of a good character actor.

And same goes for John Vernon, and even though he’s the dean in Animal House, he will always be known by me as the very first thing I saw him in, and that was Rubert Thorne in Batman the Animated Series.

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:32:46 +0000

well, i think one of the problems was that my anticipation of it was pretty serious and i was expecting a whole helluva lot.

i felt pretty let down. i’ve been thinking - however - of giving it another chance. a friend of mine recently saw it and totally disagreed with my opinion, so maybe…

also, totally agree with you, Matt, about Paul Gleason. it’s a damn shame he’s gone. except i would go so far as to call him a “true thespian”. i’m a huge fan of character actors in general, and along with Brion James and J.T. Walsh, feel that the industry suffers a great loss with him gone.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:10:11 +0000

Andy: I’m bummed you didn’t like it. I ate the whole thing up.

As for Shrooms, it was the worst movie of the day. Not completely worthless, but no where near the potential of that poster/trailer. Plus it had a stupid, stupid ending. I’ll be rolling out reviews of all 8 films throughout the next few weeks - gotta stretch ‘em out since I won’t be around. And yes, Utz does make Sour Cream (and Onion) Chips.

Matt: I was wondering to myself that this may have been Paul Gleason’s last film, as I thought he had recently passed away. But then I started doubting and somehow convinced myself I was just thinking of John Vernon.

By: Matt W

Matt W — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:46:07 +0000

One other thing that made me like this movie was the awful-nostalgic inside of me. This was Paul Gleason’s last movie (principle in Breakfast Club). And although he was by no means a true thespian, he always gave ya what you’d expect him to give.

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:32:19 +0000

also… UTZ MAKES SOUR CREAM CHIPS?

the fat kid in me is dying to know where i can get them… stupid health-food obsessed LA.

gimme some good ol’ Anderson Erickson sour cream and chive dip and a bag of Dad’s Potato chips…

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:30:15 +0000

you know, i thought that the suit was amazing, and the score was great. and the brief scene of Henriksen and Combs was awesome. but overall, i felt that Schifrin has no idea how to effectively direct actors or a camera.

don’t get me wrong, it was fun once. and you’re right, it’s better than most of the bigfoot movies out there, and - really - most of the DTV horror to plague shelves recently, but it just had too many flaws (and all indicators point to Schifrin as the culprit) to be the truly GREAT bigfoot film it could’ve been.

if only that awesomely terrifying suit and Lalo’s score could’ve found a better movie to be in…

how was Shrooms?

By: Matt Wells

Matt Wells — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:04:33 +0000

I’m so glad that my friend and I aren’t the only ones who liked this movie. I saw this when it premiered on Sci-Fi over a year ago. Might be closer to 1 and a half years. I’ve been waiting for you to do a review on it.

We both laughed when the monster seemed to stiff-arm Jeffrey Combs and run away with him, and when he grabbed the rag-doll naked chick out of the window. I was just waiting for Matt McCoy to turn into Lloyd Braun and yell “SERENITY NOW!” and start kicking some ass.