The Box , written and directed by the same guy who did both for Donnie Darko
Quote:
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity
Cast
Cameron Diaz ... Norma Lewis
James Marsden ... Arthur Lewis
Frank Langella ... Arlington Steward
This movie was filmed like 2-3 years ago , should have been released last year but they postponed it until this year , i read some parts of the script and it's pretty good .
Last edited by Hierofan on Mon, 7th Dec 2009 23:04; edited 1 time in total
Hmm..usually postponing a movie that long means it sucks huge cock and not in a good way
neah , some studios rearrange their release dates so that they wont have any holes in upcoming months , years , or even need more post production work .. others are just plain finished and are shelved cause they sucked , this , like The Road (you will be talking alot about this movie when it will come out , if you read the book then you know what i'm talking about ) was filmed more than one year ago but needid more post production work than initally thought.
Hrrmm.. well whats another carcass of flesh when over the planet up to 100 people die within a minute from millions of possible causes? We're all just "leasing out" our existence in a speck of sand in a universe of beach front property.
So the whole movie is about starring at a box on the kitchen table waiting to see who get the mil or who somewhere on terra ferma bites the farm massively? Bah.. as fascinating as watching baseball or paint drying.
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well , to the original story there was an alternate ending where the wife pressed the button and killed her husband because they were distant to another and she really 'didnt know him' , so that's a nice twist.
The button is actually the red Staples' "THAT WAS EASY" button. Bah! Movie sounds as interesting as that 2hrs wasted "I see dead people" movie. Gawd that whole movie could have been an episode of any paranormal TV series. Sigh. Thank gawd I download movies not paying for anything anymore.
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like The Road (you will be talking alot about this movie when it will come out , if you read the book then you know what i'm talking about ) was filmed more than one year ago but needid more post production work than initally thought.
Format „ AVI
File Size „ 701 MB
Duration „ 01:50:08
Language „ English
Source „ DVD PAL -R5 DVD9-
Subtitles „ None
Genre „ Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
IMDB Link „ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/
Rating „ 6.4/10
Thanks to my friend BlackOps for audio . First couple of minutes has slight hissing which i could not remove entirely without washing out that part of audio. Rest of the audio is great.
Well the camelot release is decent. good quality picture and sound. Nice for a one cd release.
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ok , Donnie Darko is my top list , original , creative , unique , Southland Tales had good prodution value , but the fuck was that about , i understood something , but it was pretentious bullshit , sadly.
The Box , great production value aswell , camera , cgi 70s city and great sets , Langella's face looks cgi-ish tho , and the cgi water looks pretty bad .
all that aside , it's a pretty cool flick , it surely aint superb since it's not explained that well , n'or does it have the Darko ambiguity .
i love how Kelly focuses on quotes and pictures (like in Darko) , he does the same thing here , but with more effect than Southland , Sartre's idea of hell , Arthur C Clarke's quote about magic and tehnology , etc , intersting stuff.
The movie is pretty much tense , alot of tension is felt throughout the movie , and that's pretty good since it's asking for such thing . some might think that the subject matter is bullshit and the task of pushing such button is too simple , but here he really fouses on 'what if' thing happend to you.
i don't want to spoil anything but the twists and turns (if you can call them so) are pretty interesting , not really formulaic , but nicely laid down even if not so well executed.the explanation of who's pulling the strings is pretty 'out there' , its too much and too simple , and even if kelly kept it like that , i still think he could have expanded it into something better.
the acting from Langella and Marsden is good , convincing and engaging , Diaz on the other hand is alright , i don't think she should have used the southern accent cause nobody else is using it , its annoying , and sometimes she does a good job , but most time she fals pretty flat.
oh and the score is pretty good and well adapted , Hermannesque , but still really good.
The Box will proably suffer the Knowing effect , some might love it , some might hate it , but i'd give it a 7.5/10 or maybe an 8 with better quality.
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