Not the best film. I'm more upset @ the price I ...
924007
Not the best film.  I'm more upset @ the price I paid to watch it. Redbox: 1.99 amazon:4.99 for the SD rental, 5.99 for the HD rental
WTF? I should have gone to redbox
419477
It's hard to give an accurate star rating to this dvd considering one film is good and the other is not so good.  I figure three stars will be good enough.  The Oblong Box is a cool little number in the Price tradition.  While Price and his brother are in Africa, a voodoo priest puts the wammy on Price's brother and he ends up disfigured.  Back home, he lives chained up in Price's mansion coz he, like Mrs. Bates, goes a little mad sometimes.  A series of events leaves Price's brother literally buried alive, and when he gets out he's understandably pissed, and he's out for a little payback.  That's the general idea, I spared you the details.  It's a good movie.  Not Price's best by a long shot, but worth the time.

Scream And Scream Again on the other hand isn't so good.  It's got a great idea behind it, but it actually ends up being quite boring, especially in a sequence where police chase a killer. This scene goes on waaaayyyyyyyyy too long.  In this film, we have a creepy organization that plays Frankenstein by trying to create a race of synthetic, perfect human beings.  And the cast is an eye catcher-Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.  How can you turn that down?  Well, don't expect to see much of either three stars in this film.  Price pops up in two short scenes and in the last 5 minutes or so.  Cushing has only one scene!!!  I wonder why he even agreed to do it at all.  And Lee's in about three short scenes.  Pretty disappointing that these three horror giants would be in such throwaway roles.  It's worth watching to say you've seen it.  Hell, I might even give it a second chance and watch it again.....but not anytime soon.
1133833
I borrowed my sister in laws DVD of this movie cause everyone told me how romantic it was. What they neglectecd to inform me was that it was an emotional roller coaster through out the movie in which I wanted to kick my tv, plus I didn't know I'd need to watch it with a whole box of tissues. I was either mad or cried throughout the entire movie! But I figured it was ok as long as it had a happy ending. I'm not gonna say too much there for those of you who hasn't see it yet, but what the heck was that ending about? That was soooo sad I was blubbering like a baby. Needless to say, after the movie I was so upset I actually threw the remote  control. I have now boycotted the movie from my house. A little drastic you say? Not to somebody who used an entire box of kleenex throughout the movie. In closing, hated the movie! Watch at your own risk. (and with tissues)
526208
This wasn't a bad film, but I am still slack-jawed at the description of this movie stating it as "Heartwarming" (slightly?) and "HILARIOUS" - there was not ONE single instance of hilarity throughout the entire movie.  It is more of a despondent film.  You wonder about the characters, but don't really come to care or identify with any of them. (Once, for a moment, a child makes a face at his mom - was that the aforementioned hilarity?)
The movie is sweet, but very bleak and understated.  Think 'British Movie' multiplied 5-fold for (Scottish) austerity of acting and add to it a depressing background, and storyline.  I am actually curious to watch another Scottish movie now and see if this really IS hilarious and entertaining by their standards.  And if so...how morbidly depressing.  Maybe there was just a typo or error in the description.
4020232
The quality of the film leaves so much to be desired. Not happy with my purchase,i hope they can improve it. A very controversial film during that era.
2469516
To begin, I thoroughly felt like watching this film was a waste of my time.

There's a number of things I could say that I didn't like about the film but I'll focus on the main reasons I didn't like it.  SPOILER ALERT

I got the feeling toward the end of the movie that whoever wrote it got so far, and things were going ok, and they didn't know how to end it, so they somehow came up with a bad ending.

Even from the preview, we know that the film is about depression.  I think most people are interested in the subject and how it was portrayed in the preview.  The film moves fast enough to the relief of the beaver.  It's an interesting idea, but one that is not fully explored.  Finally, things get worse and for the most part are left there.  We're left with a solution that doesn't give the characters any substantial relief, and the film ends with a rather pitiful attempt at displaying this.

This film just seemed to be one person's nod at personal demons and how they taunt us all.  Unfortunately, the message and story got of the film get lost in the writer's bleak outlook and leave the viewer with a feeling of "ummmm....." at the film's end.

I guess I just don't go for the notion that "we're all messed up but at least we're all in this together" and no real solutions to our problems.
3373044
Not a film I can recommend.  It has it's moments.  It begins well with a dramatic scene but dissolves into a gore-fest shock film without justification other than pure gore for the sake of gore.  There was one portion of the film that added one star to this review and that was the scene where Pitt and company are trying to pass themselves as Italians. Needed comic relief.  I expected more from this film to be honest.  3 stars is a generous review.
415369
This is a depressing film thats basically about nothing. A bunch of oppressed proletarian stereotypes parade through a bleak urban wasteland full of death and violence. No escape. No redemption. No way out. The documentary accompanying the film is amusing in that it at one point features the all-too-german filmmakers trying to come with a rationalization for the film.

The original work is a collection of short stories. That format works against it being a film. The film ends up drifting around between thinly connected characters and stories in a rather aimless way. Rather than being a view of reality, the film comes across as the paranoid view of the world from a shut-in.

The source material had shock value in the early 1960s. But the days when this stuff shocked are long past. And shock IMO opinion never works when its isolated on its own anyway. Its the good bits intermixed with the bad bits that create real shock. Things like the strike lose their power because all of the people suffering are so horrible that its difficult to sympathize with them at all. For the film to work, it has to make you care about these people. And at least for my part, I didn't.
3494802
It was a okay movie for me. I will probably never watch it again. A nice surprise heartfelt moment towards the end but not enough to save the film. Probably would've been a better film if it was a kids movie. Definitely just rent this movie and not buy it like I did.
4927625
Ok, first. The crazy-people with no life that keep defending this movie need to have their heads examined. Comparing it to Bambi is not even close.

My 7-year-old is not overly sensitive. We got this movie from Red Box today and I am regretting that choice.

The point in the movie when the DOG IS THROWN IN THE INCINERATOR (I don't care if looks like a toy, it was a real dog about 20 seconds earlier), she screamed "NOOOOOO!!!" and was sobbing. Why anyone at Disney thought that would be ok in a Christmas movie is beyond me. Disappointed does not express how I feel about it. Red-hot angry is more like it.

Please don't let your kids watch this. I beg you.
4769936
I enjoyed the film, but I have to say that I paid for the HD version and ended up watching the standard quality...pretty disappointed with that.
2167431
rented the SD version last night for $2.99.... if I knew how horrible it was going to be, I would've saved my $... shoot, if I knew, I wouldn't have watched it if YOU paid ME $29.99
1428777
I think I rated this movie previously, but I haven't changed my mind...don't like it.  It lacks in quality and is not as good a quality movie as you'd expect an oscar nominated/winning film to be.  I don't plan to watch it again.
3096841
Ok..alittle lame.i have definitely seen better film with this type of edge to it
638143
I would not pay $5 to rent this movie. It was okay, but it could have been better. I was not impressed.
2984281
I'm a huge fight movie fan. This was not great, the acting was decent, but the story lacked. It's not no nearly worth the price.
3300268
I don't generally review movies or music because I know they are larger a thing of personal preference as to whether or not it's enjoyed or hated, but this one I was genuinely disappointed with. I was hoping for a "live action" version of this film. It's one live action person in the character of Mowgli and a bunch of CGI animals that follow him around. The animals are all voiced by great actors and, in that respect, it does save the film to a certain extent. My main complaint is with Neel Sethi (the actor who plays Mowgli). In my opinion, if you are going to put the entire film on the shoulders of a child to carry it, you had better bust your butt to make sure that kid is AMAZING. This kid, not so much. His performance just fell flat and came across as more whiny than courageous and independent. That being said, there are several upsides to this film. While I'm not a fan of using CGI animals in general, they are very well done and the scenery is beautiful. It's overall an ok film but not something I would recommend or buy again.