koshergrit
Blueblood
Posts: 1,159
Apr 11, 2007 21:19:52 GMT -4
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Post by koshergrit on Jan 18, 2014 23:02:14 GMT -4
Not bad. Though I think it would have been better with January Jones as Corrine.
Petals in the Wind is in the works, also from Lifetime.
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Post by Baby Fish Mouth on Jan 18, 2014 23:03:02 GMT -4
Meh. I was underwhelmed by the whole thing. The ending felt anti-climactic even with the promise of a sequel. I think I actually prefer the first movie, despite the fact that it left out the incest. It was so much more campy and that seemed to fit the book better.
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koshergrit
Blueblood
Posts: 1,159
Apr 11, 2007 21:19:52 GMT -4
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Post by koshergrit on Jan 18, 2014 23:06:34 GMT -4
True. VC Andrews does require a certain amount of campiness to really make it work.
I give Lifetime 6/10.
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Queena
Lady in Waiting
Obama!
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Oct 29, 2008 20:20:34 GMT -4
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Post by Queena on Jan 18, 2014 23:09:39 GMT -4
I loved it. Just like the book.
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Post by chonies on Jan 18, 2014 23:10:12 GMT -4
The anticipation was more delicious than the film, but I give a 10/10 on set design.
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Post by forever1267 on Jan 18, 2014 23:12:05 GMT -4
Coming up next: The West Coast viewing along with the After SAG Awards Viewing. Stay tuned...
(and so glad they're making the sequel. PITA was even MORE filthy/naughty/horrific/titillating/campy/insane, I thought.
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Post by Peggy Lane on Jan 18, 2014 23:38:08 GMT -4
I'm so excited about the sequel. I mean, FITA is crazy but it's really just set-up for the batshit wonderfulness of PITW.
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Post by forever1267 on Jan 19, 2014 0:23:57 GMT -4
Heather Graham really is a bad actress, which could work with this material, but she's not even doing this justice.
Ellen Burstyn, on the other hand...
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Post by Ginger on Jan 19, 2014 1:20:38 GMT -4
I wish the movie were at least an hour longer and way more tawdry and sinister. I feel like it just scratched the surface. It didn't seem like they were up there in that room for very long - unlike in the book, where they asked their mother a zillion times when they were getting out.
Ellen Burstyn threw it down though.
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Post by kostgard on Jan 19, 2014 2:18:12 GMT -4
Yeah - it felt like they could have delved much deeper into the crazy/horror. I'm hoping that PITW just goes balls to the wall with the crazy. It was far crazier and soapier than FITA, so they really need to deliver.
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