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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Moderator:VAXCPU::michaudo.dec.com::tamara::eppes
Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
Total number of notes:16012

772.0. "Hideaway" by NEMAIL::TARDUGNOM () Sun Feb 26 1995 00:39

    Anyone know more about a new thriller named "Hideaway", starring
    Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone (The Crush) and other people
    I can't recollect right now.
    
    From the attractions, Goldblum dies, is brought back from the dead
    but.....brings unwelcome company back with him..
    
    I thought his character in Jurassic Park was funny but he hasn't
    done too many really good movies in quite a while.
    
    This thriller looks pretty chilling......the coming attractions 
    look awesome.....hope the movie is....
    
    Due to be released MARCH 4TH
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772.1BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYTrouble with a capital 'T'Mon Feb 27 1995 12:556
    
    	Huh ... this is a Dean Koontz story.
    
    	Read it about a year ago or so ... pretty good, but we'll see
    	how it translates to the screen.
    
772.2SWAM2::SMITH_MATue Feb 28 1995 14:368
    I liked the book a lot (except for the ending) and I'll deifinitly go
    see this to see how it does on the big screen.
    
    As far as Jeff Goldblum goes, my favorite performance from him was in
    The Big Chill.  He was also pretty good in The Fly, but other then that
    he doesn't do that much for me.
    
    MJ
772.3The Tall GuyWMOIS::ALCORN_RSEMPER FITue Feb 28 1995 18:562
    How about Goldblum in the Tall Guy? That was a good flick.
    
772.4SWAM2::SMITH_MATue Feb 28 1995 19:483
    Never saw that one.
    
    MJ
772.5HIDEAWAYNEMAIL::TARDUGNOMWed Mar 01 1995 13:193
    Best performance was the one in Jurassic Park...He had a good part
    written for him....witty and downplayed  (as opposed to his usual
    manic self)
772.6still felt like same character to meAPLVEW::DEBRIAEWed Mar 01 1995 14:548
    
    	I guess he was OK in Jurassic Park. Though where you saw "witty and
    	downplayed", I saw a manic a la his usual self, except in a lower
    	energy depression phase this time. He was still his usual
    	character, except this time maybe he skipped his morning's
    	Captain Crunch and coffee breakfast.... :-)

    	-Erik
772.7OOTOOL::CHELSEAMostly harmless.Wed Mar 01 1995 17:062
    Check out "Earth Girls Are Easy," a cotton candy fluff of a movie he
    did with his then-wife Geena Davis.  No mania at all.
772.8one subject, pleaseHUMOR::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowThu Mar 02 1995 21:054
Please keep the discussion in this topic to the movie "Hideaway".  If someone
wants to start a Jeff Goldblum topic, feel free.

-- Nina, with moderator hat on
772.9the "Jeff Goldblum" topic is #777HUMOR::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowFri Mar 03 1995 21:260
772.10^HIDEAWAY^NEMAIL::TARDUGNOMSun Mar 05 1995 18:0712
    Saw it...I haven' read the book (but this is a MOVIE conference so can
    we just stick with what we SEE not read)SO  I can't make a comparison...
    BUT  the action in the movie starts pretty quickly, and it Was tense 
    through most of this movie......I enjoyed it and thought the performances 
    were pretty good, NOT to mention the special effects which I really
    loved..... will watch it again at rental time....
    I'll let someone else in this conference pick it apart
    
    PS.  Goldblum was solid! 
    
    
    
772.11WAYLAY::CHERIELoveIsAnActOfBloodAndI'mBleeding...Mon Mar 06 1995 03:336
    I read the book recently and saw the movie even more recently.  There
    are a LOT of differences between the two, but the movie is quite
    tolerable even after having just read the book a couple weeks ago.
    
    The special effects were GREAT!
    
772.12GLDOA::PENFROYJust Do It or Just Say No?Wed Mar 08 1995 11:403
    
    Make sure to stay till the credits are over!!!!

772.13Do tell usNEMAIL::TARDUGNOMWed Mar 08 1995 17:154
    WHY?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED  
    I stayed til ALMOST all the credits were done and left
    
    WHAT???????  DO A SPOILER!!!
772.14Not bad, hmmm, not bad at all!MKOTS3::LEE_SThu Mar 09 1995 01:189
    Hey All,
    I saw it last night, and until I got the hang of it, I was thoroughly
    confused - but in a good way.  
    The effects were very well done. And the story wasn't as weak as it 
    could have been.  Hat's off!
    
    And ditto on staying till the end of the credits  8-)
    
    steve
772.15Don't be in such a hurry next time.GLDOA::PENFROYJust Do It or Just Say No?Thu Mar 09 1995 10:4413
    
>    WHY?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED  
>    I stayed til ALMOST all the credits were done and left
>    
>    WHAT???????  DO A SPOILER!!!

    Nah... too soon for a spoiler. Maybe in a week or two. 

    :-)

    Paul


772.16HideawayNEMAIL::TARDUGNOMThu Mar 09 1995 15:406
    Why wait a week for a spoiler.....??   Is that the rule
    
    Lets get the Moderator to rule on this....I am dying to know
    what I missed  ONLY SECONDS after I finally left the theatre
    I stayed til "almost" the last credit (!*@&#)  "almost" doesn't count
    I know 
772.17BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYTrouble with a capital 'T'Thu Mar 09 1995 16:0415
    
    	I'm not a moderator in this conference, but I can answer [or
    	not answer, actually] your question.
    
    	This isn't a moderator issue.  The issue is whether anyone is
    	willing to reveal the "surprise" [whatever it is] to you.
    
    	There's no rule as to how long to wait before posting spoilers,
    	but there's also no rule that can force someone to post some-
    	thing they don't want to post.
    
    	So it looks like it'll cost you $6.50 to find out for yourself.
    
    	8^)
    
772.18HUMOR::EPPESI'm not making this up, you knowThu Mar 09 1995 22:056
RE .17 - I concur, and I am a moderator. :-)

RE .16 - That's the way it goes.  Maybe someone will take pity on you
and send you mail. :-)

-- Nina
772.19How do you spell relief?NEMAIL::TARDUGNOMSat Mar 11 1995 21:1425
    Nina, 
    
    I received private mail from one of the people who responded and
    he told me what happened.....kind soul that he is.....then I ended up
    going to a matinee ($4.25) to see it again  ha 
    
    Just read the 4th review on this and Sieskel and company is
    slamming it.   I've got to say, I haven't had a taste for this kind
    of movie for a while, and I enjoyed it  even More the second time!
    (and yes I waited till the very end)(knowing an ending does not
    spoil it for me) 
    
    Sieskel said there was alot of bloodletting which was FALSE!
    The director did NOT dwell on any one thing and I appreciated that.
    
    There were a few scenes I'd like to get opions on but I guess
    I'll have to wait a while to do a spoiler.... Why I liked this
    film is  beyond  me    but I still thought ~Jeremy Sisto~ was
    excellent as the "evil one".    In order for the good guy to
    look good,  the bad guy has to be even better   and I thought
    he was great. Is he a new actor?  know about any previous work?
    
    
    
    
772.20Ick.QUARRY::reevesJon Reeves, UNIX compiler groupMon Mar 13 1995 22:5914
First, the objective stuff: Sisto's been around a bit, as the databases could
have told you:

  Grand Canyon (1991)  [Roberto]
  Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) (TV)  [Josh] (aka Solomon's Choice (1992) (TV))
  Crew, The (1994)  [Tim]
  Hideaway (1994)
  Shaggy Dog, The (1994) (TV)

And I'll agree that he's someone to watch.

That aside, though, this really fell apart for me in the last reel (once they
got to the place of the final showdown).  I found much of that sequence
laughable.  The post-credit epilogue did slightly redeem it...
772.21ZENDIA::MCPARTLANTue Mar 14 1995 14:1211
>>Note 772.20 

>>>That aside, though, this really fell apart for me in the last reel (once they
>>>got to the place of the final showdown).  I found much of that sequence
>>>laughable.  The post-credit epilogue did slightly redeem it...

I agree. I saw this this weekend and thought it was good until the first 
ending. I liked the second ending though and felt better about leaving 
on that note. I feel bad for the people that missed the better ending.

Donna
772.22New JerseyNEWVAX::BUCHMANUNIX refugee in a VMS worldMon May 15 1995 21:393
    > Best performance was the one in Jurassic Park.
    Also quite liked him as "New Jersey" in Buckaroo Bonzai.
    			Jim
772.23UHUH::MARISONScott MarisonMon Sep 18 1995 19:205
I thought the movie sucked... I just rented it.

BTW - I didn't check after the credits, what happened?

/scott