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Rating:  - Is the movie closed captioned??
Hi, I saw the movie at my church about 6 years ago and enjoyed it. Granted, it could be better but see if you can get the point of the story. We know movies are expected to be well done so it's worth the cost of admission to see, but never mind this due to what the movie is about. I cannot say enough how really, extremely important this movie is.
I was about to watch it again with my girlfriend at her home on DVD, but it didn't seem to be closed captioned at all. I didn't even think to check for subtitles as that was before I got familiar with how DVDs work, etc. Anyway, I'd like to know if this movie is indeed closed captioned, so is it??
To find out, assuming your TV isn't more than 14 years old, see if you can enable closed captioning somewhere on the menu, then play your copy and see if the captions appear, usually white text on black background. If you see it, then the answer to my question is yes. I'd like to order a copy if it is, so thank you in advance for your help with this matter.
Sincerely,
Darren
Rating:  - I almost missed it
I have had this movie for about 6 years, and just
watched it the other day. I almost missed it and it was
such a good movie. I didn't see anything contrary to
the Bible and it held my interest throughout the whole
movie. I don't see how anyone could give this less than
4 stars unless they are just expecting something really
"mainstream media". I found it to be pretty accurate and
entertaining.
Rating: - "Sleeping Beauty" misses the rapture ...
Moving performances by Busey & Mandel (& especially Busey -- he made it seem real). Continues the sci-fi/virtual reality angle that was set up in the previous installment ("Revelation") with a much heavier emphasis on horror/supernatural warfare (which the inexperienced will probably find offensive).
I actually enjoyed this one -- although some of the situations didn't ring true for me (eg. the Antichrist's reaction to the last Hater "uplink") & the post-rapture world seemed a little too out-dated & hokey (who uses payphones any more?!) ...
But it's always interesting to me to see how Helen Hannah (played by Leigh Lewis) gets "woven" in & out of the storyline time & time again, even though she's not the star ... Her character is a little on the one-dimensional side (SOOOOPER-SAINT!), but likeable nonetheless.
Rating:  - Sony panders to fundie crowd, releases ponderous schlock
I can't believe Sony would have anything to do with this dreck. Yes I watched the entire movie, and it felt like it was four hours long. I don't know where to start, in describing this film's lameness. I kept hoping for some unintentional laughs, but they were only to be found in the occasional action scene in which Gary Busey had to move his enormous gut from one side of the set to the other. Howie Mandel manages to remember all his lines and avoid touching any of the other characters, so his germ-phobia was probably not too much of a factor, but he has little or no screen presence in his role. Margot Kidder manages to say all her lines without her dentures falling out, but the lines she is given to say are pretty stale. Nick Mancuso is a standout here, simply because he looks cool and has a strong screen presence, but it is not enough to save the movie. One gets the feeling that the Biblical message (or rather Bible-believer agenda) came first, and the screenplay was cobbled together to try to convey it. This is always a recipe for a ponderous film experience, unless the film is The Ten Commandments, or the story of Jesus' life or something directly from the Bible. Oh, and by the way, this movie was funded by fundies.. televangelists in fact. So even if you are not the type who would give donations directly to some shady TV preacher, by buying this DVD, you are putting some of the money into their pockets. So since the movie is dull and amateurishly put together, just skip it altogether.
Rating: - I like this movie, because.....
I like this movie, because, even tho it's a little cheesey, and not scary at all, I just felt kinda endeared to Gary and Margot & Howie- I think they did a great job of stirring my emotions. I think Margot Kidder is quite a trooper; she's been thru a lot since her Superman the Movie days, and every bit of it shows on her face. I really think she's a good person, and I would like to meet her someday if I ever get the opportunity.(yea, right, like that'll happen!) The one thing that cracks me up about this flick, tho, is even after waking up after at least a year long coma, Gary's character has got very long shaggy hair, and matching beard, but he didn't lose one ounce of that excessive belly fat! Hilarious! I still love this movie, tho.
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