Murder By Numbers
TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Sept 2002 - April 2003:
Murder By Numbers
Neko | Saturday, April 27, 2002 - 03:07 pm     Oh my god! I really like this movie. Even though I closed my eyes a few times were I thought there'd be blood but there wasn't. It even had some really funny lines in there that didn't come off as just being out of place. Sandra Bullock played her character well. I think you all should go see it! |
Mssilhouette | Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 12:32 am     You actually liked this?! You're kidding me?! Oh Neko...LOL Did we see the same movie?! I thought this thing was....well crap. I thought that it had the possibilites of being something good but fell so far short it wasn't even funny. I'm Sandra Bullock was trying to play a serious character, perhaps to get into more serious movies but I kept thinking that she was gonna talk about driving a bus. I mean even her stab at homicide investigation had a humorous edge to it, which really didn't belong. I won't bother to disucss the impossibility of how & why she got to be a detective. Oh sure like there wouldn't be any background checks or anything. Without giving any spoilers, I think that the boys friendship could have been explored better. They started to then backed off when it was getting interesting. BAH. Every chararcter seemed poised to have more depth and interest but never got to shine. So they started to become cardboard cutouts. I think I'll shaddup now cause I might give away something and I wouldn't wanna spoil anyone's viewing. |
Imbewitched | Friday, May 24, 2002 - 12:28 pm     Mssl - DITTO to everything you said. I can't remember the last time I was this displeased with a movie. It had a lot of potential but no follow through. Sorry Neko, can't go with you on this one. |
Neko | Saturday, June 01, 2002 - 02:13 pm     *Backs away and stays away from the thread* |
Soeur | Saturday, June 01, 2002 - 02:27 pm     Ok, I like Sandra Bullock and was planning to go see this one. I just checked out the review in the NYTimes (where I always go to get a sense of how good/dumbass a movie is) and this is the conclusion of the article: "Ms. Bullock enters the movie chewing gum and carrying a box of doughnuts, two tendrils of errant hair harassing her cheekbones. Here she is again, you think, the abrasive, lovable everywoman taking on the world: Miss Congeniality, a Force of Nature, etc. But as quickly as Ms. Bullock reminds us of her established screen persona, she subverts it, much as she did in "28 Days." Here, her wisecracks are humorless stabs of sarcasm, and her sexual forwardness has a predatory edge: Cassie's seduction of Sam (which takes place on her houseboat) lies somewhere between Dean Martin and date rape. Their passive-aggressive extracurricular romance is mirrored in their topsy-turvy professional interactions. Sam's tentativeness hides a manipulative, ambitious streak, just as Cassie's arrogance conceals a reservoir of vulnerability. The source of this reservoir is, like that collapsing porch, one of the movie's big, dumb concessions to convention. We know that Cassie is haunted by an earlier case, which provides opportunities for scary, whimpering sound effects. To make her complex, volatile personality the simple result of a trauma, the nature of which is revealed just when the screenwriting textbooks say it must be, cheapens the character and the movie. Then again, so does the scene in which she is attacked by an angry baboon. The baboon, at least, is unexpected, though also inexplicable." It sounds like a good one to get out on video |
Essence | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 01:17 pm     I just watched this one on video, and I must say I didn't care for it at all. It took 3 sittings to finish it...might have taken longer, but it was a new release so I had less than two days before it was due back at the video store. Big disappointment. |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 - 02:00 pm     I watched it over the weekend..I LOVED it!! Then again..I like most everything Sandra Bullock does.. |
Cablejockey | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 05:47 pm     I was disappointed in this movie too--saw it on video Sat night. It was way too long, and none of the characters were allowed to develope. I did feel that they backed away from where the boys relationship was really at. It had the ingredients to be interesting but something got lost in the process. |
Hummingbird | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 08:10 pm     I haven't seen this movie but the title is familiar. Wasn't there a foriegn movie made a few years back with this same title? The foriegn movie with that title belongs on the "just too dang weird" list. |
Crazydog | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 10:10 am     Hummingbird, I think there was a movie called "Drowning by Numbers" in which when people died there would be numbers in the scenes. Or something like that. But yes, very weird movie. As for "Murder by Numbers", we rented it and didn't care for it. The relationship between Cassie and Sam is inexplicable. I didn't get it. As far as the relationship between the two boys, was the snivelly one supposed to be gay? It seemed like he really looked up to the jerk one. I was disappointed with this movie and felt like I wasted two hours. |
Webkitty | Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 10:39 am     I saw this recently and liked it. I was surprised because I am not a big Sandra Bullock fan. (especially when she does comedy) The Net is my favorite SB movie so far. I think what I liked was the overall suspence of the movie. The two teen boys had the best story line, it was rather facinating. I agree about SB story line, but like I said, I'm not a huge fan, so I was watching for the movie itself and not so much for her. |
Zachsmom | Thursday, April 17, 2003 - 09:22 pm     I agree Webkitty on SB best being The Net. I also like her in..dang..forgot the name of the movie..lol..when she enters the beauty pageant..I think that one is a hoot.. I also like her in "While you were sleeping". Actually..I am a big SB fan! LOL |
Tashakinz | Friday, April 18, 2003 - 11:02 am     Zachsmom - "Miss Congeniality" = ) |
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