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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 133081" data-attributes="member: 8">No, this was the first time. I had read the novels decades ago so I didn&#039;t recognize many of the storylines.And since I love the tv series so much I wasn&#039;t very eager to watch the movie, but now it was on YouTube so there was no excuse not to watch it.Some random thoughts:-The class had a president and vice-president, and I thought &quot;how typically American!&quot;-Michael Rossi has a funny voice, kinda like a puppeteer&#039;s puppet.-Allison was my least favourite character and I found her narration insufferable.-I had completely forgotten that the novel was a pre-WWII story, and I still had no idea until they mentioned Pearl Harbor.-the acting is a mixed bag, sometimes good and sometimes wooden and overtly melodramatic, but at least it gets the point across.-the score is outrageously over the top sometimes, for example: when Lucas chases Selena in the forest (I actually had a jump scare).-the murder scene was perfectly staged.Selena manages to push Lucas away, runs towards the door to grab the log that she would use as a weapon, but just before that she sort of smashes against the wall.[ATTACH=full]12511[/ATTACH]Which is perfectly normal, considering the panic and chaos - and yet there was something blooper-ish about it. Funnily enough that made it look even more realistic.It was an ejoyable movie but it doesn&#039;t go very deep, partially due to its limited duration, I suppose.rating: [ATTACH=full]12512[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 133081, member: 8"] No, this was the first time. I had read the novels decades ago so I didn't recognize many of the storylines. And since I love the tv series so much I wasn't very eager to watch the movie, but now it was on YouTube so there was no excuse [I]not[/I] to watch it. Some random thoughts: -The class had a president and vice-president, and I thought "how typically American!" -Michael Rossi has a funny voice, kinda like a puppeteer's puppet. -Allison was my least favourite character and I found her narration insufferable. -I had completely forgotten that the novel was a pre-WWII story, and I still had no idea until they mentioned Pearl Harbor. -the acting is a mixed bag, sometimes good and sometimes wooden and overtly melodramatic, but at least it gets the point across. -the score is outrageously over the top sometimes, for example: when Lucas chases Selena in the forest (I actually had a jump scare). -the murder scene was perfectly staged. Selena manages to push Lucas away, runs towards the door to grab the log that she would use as a weapon, but [I]just[/I] before that she sort of smashes against the wall. [ATTACH=full]12511[/ATTACH] Which is perfectly normal, considering the panic and chaos - and yet there was something blooper-ish about it. Funnily enough that made it look even more realistic. It was an ejoyable movie but it doesn't go very deep, partially due to its limited duration, I suppose. rating: [ATTACH=full]12512[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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