Comments on: Weekend Box Office: Kevin Bacon, You’re No Charles Bronson – “Death Wish” Redo Fails

By: discount realtor

discount realtor — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:17:26 +0000

Watching the movie tonight on FX, Kevin Bacon is a great actor…

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:50:30 +0000

I read an interview with Bacon about the movie where he says basically, “In the end there is no difference between the two characters except 30 years. They are two sides of the same coin”

What a load of crap. Liberals ruin everything in the end…even the movies I love.

By: Jaynie59

Jaynie59 — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:58:44 +0000

Just a slight correction about the original Death Wish:
When the Bronson character comes home after his first foray into vigilantism he runs to the bathroom and vomits into the toilet.
The original Death Wish (not the sequels) is a much more thoughtful and moral movie than many seem to think it is. I think it gets a bad rap. I also think it’s one of Bronson’s best performances. Bronson was not known as the greatest of actors, but I think he captured the characters motives and justification for what he did very well. He didn’t just turn into a killing machine. He did what he thought was right, and he really was right.

By: Ripper

Ripper — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:17:35 +0000

Two of my favorite cult movies from the 1970′s – Death Wish and The Warriors. I saw the first Death Wish in Manhattan in late 1974 with a friend of mine and we loved it so much we sat through it twice! The sequels though were appallingly bad.

By: Thee_Bruno

Thee_Bruno — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:48:55 +0000

I read somewhere that Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween was filmed on the streets of Baghdad.
There’s absolutely no difference between the gratuitous gore in that film and the barbaric behavior of the members of the Religion of Peace – the beheadings, dismembering, bombings, torture, blood, gore, etc.

By: steve ventry

steve ventry — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:36:34 +0000

that’s funny, Gweilo also means ‘goodbye’ to the Chinese delivery guy that comes to our shop all the time.

By: Freudianslippers

Freudianslippers — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:33:58 +0000

PS: I did see “Death Sentence” and it was sorely lacking in character development. The best thing about the movie was the two muscle cars.

By: Freudianslippers

Freudianslippers — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:32:10 +0000

I was planning on seeing Halloween today, however, since school is still out I figured it would be packed with noisy teenagers, thus I’ll hold off until they are back in school. I know the reviews are bad but I can’t resist seeing it.

By: Hector

Hector — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:39:20 +0000

“I learned that “Gwai Lo” (sp?) means “round-eye” in Chinese and is a racist slur used against Caucasians by some Chinese.”
Gweilo doesn’t mean ’round-eye’, it means “ghost”. It’s not a reference to caucasian’s eyes, but their skin.
THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I GUESS THAT MEANS THE MOVIE GOT IT WRONG (NO SURPRISE, BASED ON HOLLYWOOD CONSTANTLY GETTING IT WRONG). AND IT IS A CONSTANT THEME THROUGHOUT. THEY MAKE A BIG POINT OF INFORMING THE VIEWER THAT IT MEANS “ROUND-EYE.” WILL HAVE TO RESEARCH THIS.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL

By: airy anne

airy anne — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:41:04 +0000

When i saw that you reviewed a Death Wish remake, i thought you were referring to the new Jodie Foster movie. Guess there are 2.
YES, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO (I THINK THERE’S A THIRD). FOSTER’S IS “THE BRAVE ONE,” WHICH I MENTION IN PASSING IN THIS REVIEW. IT’S BETTER.
DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL