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From: carolyn@uottawa.UUCP (Carolyn Pullman)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: RE: Night of the Comet
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 14:22:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 14:22:27 1984
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   I really liked this movie.  Since you all seem to be cutting it up I
decided someone has to stand up for it.
   
   - It has a plot.  Remember when you used to read novels? Some of them
     also had plots. This one is also fairly original.

   - It has well-developed characterization.  You get to know the main
     characters.

   - It has no special effects other than makeup.  It's obviously been
     made on a small budget. As for the makeup being a takeoff from
     "American Werewolf in London" well it isn't really. The makeup is
     used to illustrate part of the plot.

   - As far as it being a bad movie like "Yor":  this is better than
     "Yor" but really there are worse movies than "Yor".  Anything with
     Chevy Chase or Loni Anderson in it for instance.  I mean "Ghostbusters"
     had a good tune but as a movie it sucked.

   Anyway I recommend seeing "Night of the Comets". I think it is an
excellent movie that is very well done. Give it a chance.  If you're the
type that gags on anything that remotely resembles a horror show then
you're probably prejudiced.

   Other good movies that are hard to find except at repertory cinemas
but which are excellent are:

"Picnic at Hanging Rock" : this is an Australian movie.  Its cinematography
is incredible. It used to play all the time in Montreal but I haven't
seen it at all in Ottawa. It's set around the turn of the century and is
about a true event that has never been explained.

"Purple Haze":  this is American about a couple of friends who were
draft age when that was an unfortunate age to be.

    Anyway each to his or her own.

                                                  Carolyn