TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Cortechba Overrated

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

MonsterVision99 This one's a mixed bag, it has an interesting premise, a decent killer, a really good score by Philip Glass, some decent performances, many scenes are actually really effective, they are memorable and genuinely unnerving but none of that can save this movie from the fact that everything else is just flat, dull, uninteresting and unoriginal.Most of the characters are unlikeable and for most of the film they stay that way, I get that some characters are written to be unlikeable but I doubt that they had that in mind for the main characters. I really wanted to like this movie, its not badly directed or acted its just badly written, it could be better if they would have done some rewriting, they could have changed some dialog and make more sense out of some scenes, have a better lead, or maybe they could have established some of the rules for this Candyman character, why does he kill people specifically? why does he die at the end if hes a ghost? can he be hurt in real life? the whole thing is rather inconsistent, that and the bad dialog keeps me from liking this, it needs to be somewhat grounded, otherwise it feels like you are making stuff up as you go along.It has some aspects that I found interesting, but the bad overcomes the good.

Davis P I like Virginia Madsen, even though I wasn't the biggest fan of this movie. Madsen was good in her role, all the actors were really, but the writing, action sequences, and plot suffers from just being boring and uninteresting. The gore factor is there, which is something I don't care for, but everything from being gutted to seeing a dog's severed head. Where Candyman came from is talked about and explored, so there is some background, which I did like, good to know why he's the villain and what he's after. But other than that, this movie offers nothing more that interested me. Good acting and good thorough background into the evil villain is the extent of the good qualities. Everything else just isn't that interesting. 5/10 for Candyman.

MisterWhiplash Candyman, featuring a career-defining role for Tony Todd (it's the voice AND the clothes and his poise all put together), the repugnant but beautifully chosen Cabrini housing projects before they were torn down (think of this as the version of what you saw in Hoop Dreams but the dark-evil side), is a good movie, and it has certain flourishes (the bee attack, those shots of the Chicago sky-line, Virginia Maden's performance in general) that are wonderful.And yet somehow due to Bernard Rose's tenacity in getting Phillip Glass one of the major scores of all horror films in cinema. The mix of solo piano, accordion, organs, choral chants, high-orchestras, it all comes together and makes something that gets into your bones, far more than even his scores for Koyaanisqatsi and Morris films. How did Glass get involved with this? Maybe the power of Tony Todd and that opening shot (after the credits) of the sea of bees did it for him. Seeing this again I was so floored by his work that I'd put it just behind Psycho and Halloween as far as the champion horror movie music

sorinapha First, let me just say I'm going to try very hard not to make a bunch of unnecessary hook puns. No promises, though.Anyway, I had two reasons for wanting to watch this film. Those were: a) the fact that it's reputed to be a superior horror film, and b) I'm a sucker for anything scored by Philip Glass. This film didn't disappoint on either front-- in fact, I would say it excelled. The score composed by Glass heightened every already suspenseful moment and Tony Todd shone as the Candyman, charismatic enough to enjoy, but still terrifying enough to satisfy the duties of an urban legend ghost-killer.Off to watch Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh now!