First and perhaps foremost, I would like to remark that this goody-goody sequel really took away from the original ADGTH movie, with all its dark bittersweet sentimentality, its beautiful insights of the Afterlife,and its heavy undertone of the criminal underworld.Also, why must they characterize the cat as a demon? For certain children that come to mind that believe cats are evil, no-good animals out to serve witches and devils, this does not help. To cast the cat as an average villain is one thing. But to cast it as the Devil himself?! I mean, if the plot were turned around, would they cast the dog as the Devil? That point aside, I didn't care for Charlie Sheen as Charlie B. Barkin and Itchie's one liner role really didn't cut up. Annabelle lacks any spunk, as she had in the original. There are certain scenes and songs that touched me. Such as "I Will Always Be With You". And the end scene was sweet. I did approve of the Guardian Angel theme, while I didn't agree that Earth would be better than Heaven. 3 out 10!
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Snowbeast
(1977 TV Movie)
"Harry meets Jaws type of B-rated Thriller!!!"
24 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
I remember seeing this movie as a little girl of about 9 or 10, only to find it pretty scary for an old B-rated 70's movie! Now, just recently, at the age of 21, having just seen it again when it was shown on the B-rated Movie Digital Cable Channel, I was every bit as pleased to find that non of that effect wasn lost on me a bit. It was, if anything that much better because my perception was better.Sure, I couldn't agree more with the other viewers' comments noting about the Jaws-subplot-allegory,having often wondered if other people had noticed the same thing as I had about the movie. But the storyline effect works well. Its a cheap-budget scare that works well without constant reliance on appearances of the monster which given some slapstick costume special effects, isn't anything too hot or magnificent any damn way, nor putting profuse amounts of graphic violence and gore in it's audience's face. We find the girl's mother's head toppling out of the van more disturbing on a psychological level.
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