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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 260497" data-attributes="member: 23">Secret Window (2004)

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I confess to shallowly being drawn in by the image of Johnny Depp&#039;s gorgeous Lemtosh frames, which he wears obscenely well. And because it was free on Prime.

Other than the gorgeous specs and a few words glimpsed on the Prime description I knew nothing about the film going in, which is a plus. Until the opening titles, I didn&#039;t even know that it was based on a Steven King novella. And there are definite shades of Misery with the protagonist being a writer being put under pressure by a stranger with an obsession.

By all accounts (well, Wikipedia) it seems it received mixed reviews. Not that reviews necessarily count for much when it comes to personal enjoyment. But for what it&#039;s worth, count me in as someone who gives it a thumbs up. It made me edgy and tense. I could feel Mort&#039;s sense of isolation as he&#039;s not taken seriously. I shared his sense of unease when night falls and he&#039;s alone in his cabin in the middle of nowhere, being threatened. I actually noted my sense of relief when daylight arrived, and a discomfort during nighttime scenes. It perfectly captured that feeling of what happens when being away from it all goes wrong.

I even loved the revelation at the end, which has made the film resonate in a far different way to anything I&#039;d have expected up to that point. And it was all perfectly in-keeping with the film&#039;s strengths of capturing a psychology.


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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 260497, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][I][SIZE=6]Secret Window[/SIZE][/I][/B] (2004) [IMG]https://occ-0-999-1009.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/0DW6CdE4gYtYx8iy3aj8gs9WtXE/AAAABfY82ZGaQ_IR1ukrl6lmxa_TKl5g36v4k5BedGjMy2q16D6SfLwaoESVhnnHUvihgWlrFlEVhQhuAohAqcrLbtZbSmMlHHcKIQ.jpg?r=be5[/IMG] I confess to shallowly being drawn in by the image of Johnny Depp's gorgeous Lemtosh frames, which he wears obscenely well. And because it was free on Prime. Other than the gorgeous specs and a few words glimpsed on the Prime description I knew nothing about the film going in, which is a plus. Until the opening titles, I didn't even know that it was based on a Steven King novella. And there are definite shades of [I]Misery[/I] with the protagonist being a writer being put under pressure by a stranger with an obsession. By all accounts (well, Wikipedia) it seems it received mixed reviews. Not that reviews necessarily count for much when it comes to personal enjoyment. But for what it's worth, count me in as someone who gives it a thumbs up. It made me edgy and tense. I could feel Mort's sense of isolation as he's not taken seriously. I shared his sense of unease when night falls and he's alone in his cabin in the middle of nowhere, being threatened. I actually noted my sense of relief when daylight arrived, and a discomfort during nighttime scenes. It perfectly captured that feeling of what happens when being away from it all goes wrong. I even loved the revelation at the end, which has made the film resonate in a far different way to anything I'd have expected up to that point. And it was all perfectly in-keeping with the film's strengths of capturing a psychology. [MEDIA=youtube]IfZiVFZEJes[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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