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shaky
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Posted: Feb 21, 2012 3:33am
Not sure if any of you are aware but in the original 1989 version of The Woman In Black a very young Andy Nyman plays the part of a legal clerk near the beginning.
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Roslyn
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Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:41am
Nyman also reappears near the end too. I didn't notice him at first.
Have to admit though, I did prefer the movie version over the TV attempt. Not read the book yet, I try to leave the book until after the movie if I can. I did the same with The Prestige and I think enjoyed the movie more for doing so.
The ending was nice. A glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark movie. I liked it a lot.
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Paradise
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Posted: Mar 28, 2012 10:26am
Went to see this at the weekend it was very atmospheric, but I was a bit disappointed with it really, I thought it dragged a bit when he was in the house on the Island. And as said previous the ending was a bit soft.
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Tony Iacoviello
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Posted: Jun 2, 2012 6:42pm
After reading the comments made here, I was really looking forward to this movie.
When the DVD arrived I was excited. As I watched itmy excitement vanished, perhaps there is a difference I the small screen vs the big screen, for me, it did not work.
Thinking I missed something, I re-watched it, no change. Then I watched it with the commentary track and listened to the description of effects that werenotreallyvisible on the TV screen, the screen was mostly dark in these scenes. They described ore devices used in the film, nothing seemed to work for me. I found the acting as flat as the scenery, and the story was, ehhh.
I, admit my sight is not great, and even with my hearing aide on, use the subtitles, so it is possible that I missed visual and auditory elements. But I watched it a total of 4 times... Perhaps if I had seen it in a theater my experience may have been different.
Tony
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Leslie Melville
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Posted: Jun 2, 2012 7:21pm
The movie is different from the play which is different from the book. Personally I prefer the stage play and then the book.
The basic premise is the same of course in all three but there are subtle differences necessarily required for the different art forms. The book has more substance in terms of plot construction but for me, the stage play was far more atmospheric and scary.
Leslie
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Jon W.
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Posted: Jun 2, 2012 7:22pm
Wow, you stuck with it though watching it four times. I watched it in the theater and recently purchased it on blu-ray, but have not watched that yet. I will let you know afterward if the film lost its effect on the small screen, but most likely it just wasn't your cup of tea.
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Tony Iacoviello
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Posted: Jun 2, 2012 7:42pm
It wasn't until a week after watching the DVD that I found out what was on the wall, and that was because of a commercial advertising the DVD.
When I watched the DVD, all I could see was black.
I am a horror movie fan and enjoy most films. I even help out on some of the no budget indi films. I am a fan of Hammer Films of old, but this and the previous release left me cold.
As a student and fan of film, I always watch multiple times, with and without commentaries.
Tony
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KOTAH
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Posted: Jun 2, 2012 11:02pm
I watched it once having rented it from Red Box. I emjoyed bits of it, but over all felt let down by D.R. lack of emotion / fear whist he was 'acting' THe retrival of the car and body from the swamp was strong. THree girls leaping to their deaths was powerful as well. That said, I would not watch it a second time.
Glad I did not pay full price at the theater.
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William Draven
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Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Jun 3, 2012 12:58am
I paid full price at the theater, and got the **** scared out of me! LOVED the movie. very well done! I'd gladly pay full price again for a midnight showing somewhere.
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Mind illusionist
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Australia
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Posted: Jun 3, 2012 5:23am
This is showing in Western Australia soon, and by the good reviews you guys have given, I think il try and see it when it comes out! 
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PROF BC
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Posted: Jun 3, 2012 6:06am
Saw it in first run, liked it very much, and just bought the blu-ray. I'm a sucker for ghosts & haunted house movies, and this one genuinely works for me. Dan Radcliffe is, in life, an irrepressible ball of energy, so this stately, subdued performance IS acting. Indeed, his Arthur Kipps is very much in line with those I've seen at the Fortune in London and read in Susan Hill's 1983 novel: a haunted, tortured soul on the fringe of spiritual collapse before he ever goes out to Eel Marsh House. The ghost just gives him more (and even greater) fardels to bear. It is the journey of an already despondent soul dropping into ever lower levels of a personal hell. Radcliffe's reading of that is on the mark for me.
The effects are good: classic images of haunting with new and unexpected twists every now and again to keep it fresh along with the always fun 'Hammer bump' accompanied by musical stinger for the 'boo' effect.
The ending is a wild departure from the source material, but I don't dislike it. Given the last frames of film, we are left confident in the knowledge that the world surrounding Eel Marsh House will never be at rest.
Thumbs up to all ghost movies that acknowledge ghosts as everlasting entities rather than rather unusual pest extermination problems: Turn of the Screw, The Legend of Hell House, The Innocents, The Haunting, The Haunted, The Uninvited, The Others, The Changeling, The Ghost of Mae Nak, The Shining, Ghost Story, and (dare I say it?) A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim version--especially Michael Hordern's Marley), inter alia.
I'd rank Woman in Black with these.
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Voodini
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Posted: Jun 8, 2012 11:03am
I raved about Woman in Black after seeing it twice in the cinema. Tonight I'll be watching it for the first time on DVD on a regular sized TV. Be interesting to see how it comes across on the small screen...
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BillyH
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Posted: Jun 8, 2012 1:15pm
Voodini
Just re-create the cinema experience by inviting a neighbour around to rustle sweet wrappers and fiddle with their mobile phone all through the film!
Enjoy your movie.
Bill
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Voodini
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Posted: Jun 8, 2012 1:40pm
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On 2012-06-08 13:15, BillyH wrote:
Voodini
Just re-create the cinema experience by inviting a neighbour around to rustle sweet wrappers and fiddle with their mobile phone all through the film!
Enjoy your movie.
Bill
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First time I saw the film, the cinema was packed with teenagers. The film is given a rather liberal 12 certificate in the UK. Giggling and chatting at the start of the film soon turned to screams and then tears. Then they left.
I do think the film deserved at least a 15 certificate. Remember the old days when Hammer films would get the old X certificate? Seems laughable now.
And before anyone says it, no, the teenage girls' screams and tears had nothing to do with me. I was safely tucked away on the front row with my popcorn.
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PROF BC
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Posted: Jun 8, 2012 5:24pm
FRONT row for Woman in Black? You are a better man than I am, Paul. It's an effective film, and I was uncomfortable enough sitting through it near the back wall.
I watched the special features on my new blu-ray the other night, but I am saving the home screening until October. Looking forward to that.
BC
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Voodini
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Posted: Jun 8, 2012 6:22pm
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On 2012-06-08 17:24, PROF BC wrote:
FRONT row for Woman in Black? You are a better man than I am, Paul.
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I've held seances in real haunted houses. 
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Fire Starter
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Posted: Jun 9, 2012 10:25am
Watched it aleast 3 times now on DVD and it still make's me jump ,lol, still can 't beat the theatre adaption tho.
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PROF BC
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Posted: Jun 9, 2012 10:43am
Agreed.
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Magical Dimensions
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Posted: Jun 10, 2012 8:41pm
I Have never heard of this movie until now. It isn't playing at any theaters where I live, so I went to the book store and bought the little book!
Sounds like it will be a good read!!!!! LOL
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MagicWGH
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Birmingham, AL
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 12:09pm
Watched this with my wife and sister-in-law over the weekend. We all LOVED it. Dying kids is a little dark for my taste but it pushed the boundaries just enough for us. The ending is a bit "soft" but I think it was appropriate. The "Woman" did her best to make DR's character miserable (to share in her misery) but in turn he ended up happier than he was before the "end". Trying not to give too much away but if you've seen the movie, you should know what I am getting at...The Woman ended up even more jealous and sad.
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The Amazing Pog
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 12:35pm
I remember taking a load of teens to the stage show when it toured. Great fun! Does the film have a different ending to the stage show?
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PROF BC
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 5:47pm
Yes. The stage show ends as does the novel. The movie ending is quite different. Weaker, I think most everyone agrees, but still good and quite effective if you really 'get it' (as MagicWGH obviously does).
The movie is undoubtedly worthwhile. The book & play are even better.
BC
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Voodini
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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 6:37pm
A SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT!
So I watched the DVD with my estranged wife (it's a long story). This was the 3rd time I'd seen the film and the first time she'd seen it. She came up with a very insightful take on the ending. The Woman in Black hadn't tried to make the Daniel Radcliffe character suffer at the end. She had actually orchestrated the family reunion as a way of thanking him for getting her son out of the quicksand. She'd given him and his son their mother and wife back.
Interesting...
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MagicWGH
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Birmingham, AL
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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 9:35am
MORE SPOILERS: I hadn't thought of that angle Voodini. I've only seen it once and don't know the play and/or book endings but I do have a question to your estranged wife's take: If I remember correctly right before the "reunion" you can hear the Woman saying repeatedly how she will never forgive. I guess that makes me lean in the direction that she was still just one evil mutha....
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Godzilla
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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 9:53am
That's a woman for you...can't figure them out!
Thought,I better add two to that one! lol
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Fire Starter
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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 12:47pm
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On 2012-06-11 18:37, Voodini wrote:
A SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT!
So I watched the DVD with my estranged wife (it's a long story). This was the 3rd time I'd seen the film and the first time she'd seen it. She came up with a very insightful take on the ending. The Woman in Black hadn't tried to make the Daniel Radcliffe character suffer at the end. She had actually orchestrated the family reunion as a way of thanking him for getting her son out of the quicksand. She'd given him and his son their mother and wife back.
Interesting...
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Like the thought of that ending Paul,very nice.
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Wizard of Oz
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Posted: Jul 5, 2012 3:53pm
I just now finished watching, after taking a day off to do nothing except watch movies (try it...you'll like it).
I enjoyed this, but mostly from a visual point of view. It was atmospherically wonderful, but Radcliffe's acting was stilted. I don't care who you are...if you saw what he saw...alone...in a desolate location...you would have been sh**tting yourself. He just went on like it was business as usual. Sorry. I didn't buy it.
That said, I would love to see the play. I could see this being completely devastating in an intimate theater. And the props in the movie were beautiful...they were like something out of an Outlaw-Effects video on steroids.
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docsteve
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Posted: Jul 5, 2012 4:50pm
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On 2012-06-11 18:37, Voodini wrote:
A SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT!
So I watched the DVD with my estranged wife (it's a long story). This was the 3rd time I'd seen the film and the first time she'd seen it. She came up with a very insightful take on the ending. The Woman in Black hadn't tried to make the Daniel Radcliffe character suffer at the end. She had actually orchestrated the family reunion as a way of thanking him for getting her son out of the quicksand. She'd given him and his son their mother and wife back.
Interesting...
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Yes, I agree she was completely malign.
But I think the protagonist got good karma for what he did...a superior force rewarding him!
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