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User Comments for: Poltergeist

umanbean says...
9 years ago
unlikeable characters in a movie that is a poor remake of a great film that even after 30 plus years still is far more scary and satisfying than this retread
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milkhoneytea says...
9 years ago
It would be hard to judge the movie without comparing it with the old one by the title alone, but with all borrowed scenes and lines, I fear this is impossible - and that's bad, because they're putting themselves against something quite brilliant. What I kept thinking while watching is that this is too "literal", meaning they've set up these scary scenes without setting the proper psychological mood for them, making them less than effective in scarying the audience. I missed that. Some of the scenes were really well done visually, but utterly unemotional and therefore, just not not scary.
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WitWolfy says...
9 years ago
Not a bad movie, but it didnt scare like I hoped it would, or at all... At least its better than other remakes I've seen in past.
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neko0nna says...
9 years ago
I've always felt that overuse of special CGI effects doesn't help make shows better and could instead make the story a lil too exaggerated. This movie proves my point, well sorta. But i definitely prefer the old/original version.
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Maverynthia says...
2 years ago
Where the original centered the parents, this one centers on Griff the boy for no real reason as well as the dad. They changed Tangina from a psychic woman to some dude. While Zelda Rubinstein is hard to replace, changing her to some dude is just wrong. I guess showing older "unattractive" short women is just out completely in this day an age and older unattractive men can just take the stage with their bravado of showing off his scars and blaming the woman for his broken marriage. The big mystery of _why_ the house is haunted is revealed too early and it isn't explained why the former owner left.
Basically it once again that a little boy doing what an adult woman can't and that's just gross.
Also they got rid of all the meaty chunks. That was the best part.
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Kitthren says...
4 years ago
....I'm supposed to believe that house is DOWNSIZING??

FIrst off, I wasn’t a huge fan of the original film either but I've found every single character annoying except for the mother and feel like they cut out so much of the charm in the original to make plot shortcuts with this one. I think one change I did like is how they made the oldest daughter more involved.
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Theli93 says...
9 years ago
Having been to one of the first showings of the original,at 20 years old, this is like a reader's digest (trimmed down & sanitized) version in comparison. Particularly considering the amount of time since and the advancements in cinematic tech... kinda disappointing.

Even if this had been the original, shown over 30 years ago, it still would have been a B flick; and no one would have bothered attempting a remake.
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Juliosoft says...
9 years ago
Poltergeist, as I feared unnecessary remake that adds nothing, impersonal. strongly agree @blogdecine http://www.blogdecine.com/criticas/poltergeist-insulso-terror-de-diseno
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pav_blu says...
2 years ago
Either I saw too many horror movies and not that easily scared or this is a thriller/drama (I'll take the second choice). The cast tried to work with the script but it is what it is ... a reminder to watch the first one ;).
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ddixon-42991 says...
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3 years ago
Remakes of classic horror movies never fail to disappoint. This one sucked harder than a Dyson vacuum
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r96sk says...
4 years ago
Lame horror.

'Poltergeist' offers nothing. It may not be an absolutely awful watch, but there's nothing about this that's good unfortunately. The story is largely predictable and plain, none of the cast give anything close to a performance that's worth remembering. There aren't many, if any, scares either - not great for a film in this genre.

As for the onscreen talent, it's slim pickings... not even Jared Harris' late appearance could save things. If I had to pick a standout, away from Harris, it would be Sam Rockwell. The two youngest kids, Kyle Catlett and Kennedi Clements, aren't terrible in fairness.

Not one I'll be revisiting. Yawnful.
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Jim222001 says...
3 years ago
An extra star just because Sam Rockwell is even in it. This movie was unnecessary though even more so since The Conjuring and Insidious borrowed a lot from the original Poltergeist.
As did probably 30 other movies borrow from the original Poltergeist, I am sure. So this movie won’t even come off fresh to people that didn’t see the original.
Kennedi Clements Is cute and looks like a brunette version of the late Heather O’Rourke. Her reactions just aren’t as good though. It’s especially less creepy when she says “their herrrrrre!” She just simply says “their here.”
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