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Author Topic: Cold Creek Manor Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-19-2003 02:49 AM                     A very well done thriller. Good supporting cast. The "manor" is a little too much of a "fixer upper" than I would want to take on. Stephen Doriff (sp) was great as "Dale". I think this film should fare well and bring in good boxoffice results. Stone and Quaid have a winner here. Yes, it did run a little long. But, at no time was I checking my watch. Now, that's a good sign!  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 09-19-2003 10:47 AM                     I would have to disagree on this one. I was very disappointed with Cold Creek Manor. The trailer lead me to believe that it had some sort of supernatural thriller aspect to it - which it definitely did not. I however looked at my watch often - especially the hour long section of introductory material. You could tell right off who did what and how it would end. If it wasn't for the "snakes" it would not have had any suspense at all. But this is just my opinion of course...  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-21-2003 12:18 AM                        I agree with Don. It was a very good movie. I do not think it will be up for any awards but it was none the less very entertaining. I went to this movie without knowing what it was all about except for the basic plot of a family moving into a small mansion that was badly in need of a major renovation and encounters all kinds of problems -Claude  |  IP: Logged Daniel Fuentz Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Fresno, CA, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 09-22-2003 11:15 PM                     I have to agree with John on this one. The TV adverts led me to think it would be different than it was, I was expecting more of a supernatural thriller. I thought the ending was way too predictable, but I won't elaborate for those reading that haven't seen the film yet.  |  IP: Logged Shane Hoffmann Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Fond du Lac, WI, USA Registered: Feb 2003 posted 10-02-2003 03:34 PM                     I, like John, was disappointed to find out that it wasn't a supernatural thriller. The acting was well-done, but the story was just too unoriginal. It was an alright way to kill some time. [ 04-02-2004, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: Shane Hoffmann ]  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 10-02-2003 04:45 PM                     ...or make sure the projectionist frames the movie properly.  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-03-2003 12:22 AM                     Hey Shane...Do you work for the Franks???? If so, they used to own the theatre that I work at here in WB.  |  IP: Logged Shane Hoffmann Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Fond du Lac, WI, USA Registered: Feb 2003 posted 10-03-2003 03:27 PM                     Don, Yes, I do work for the Franks.  |  IP: Logged

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