The Omen (remake)

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Having seen the first 3 omen movies from the 70's I was expecting big things from this modernized remake.. I was however sadly disapointed to find almost the same identical movie as the one in the 70's, albiet somewhat less interesting.

I dont know what it was about the Omen remake that just made it not so great. Maybe it was the horribly cliche' musical score, for example, the part where we get *DUM DUM DUM!! SUSPENSE BUILDING MUSIC* and people just step out of a car door.

The whole movie was just Ok. Not good, not really bad.. but just Ok. I often found myself laughing and making fun of it, or just checking my watch to see what time it was. A lot of it really just seemed silly and over dramatized. Its like the director tried too hard to make it serious and ended up making it stupid.

The VERDICT!!

The Good: Some nice creepy moments. I thought the cast Damien well, even though he had the easiest leading role in the history of Cinema. *I look sad and say nothing through the WHOLE movie!* I want an evil black suicide inducing doggie.. oh wait..

The Bad: Way too over dramatized, funny where it shouldn't be.. just kinda silly..boring.

What The?!: found myself saying this quite a lot through this movie. mainly during the dream sequences where nothing made much sense. Probably all the times where the suspenseful music led to nothing.

All in all, this movie was alright.. just dont wate your time or money seeing it. Wait til it comes on TV, or if you must, go rent it after its been out a while, that way you can get it cheaper than the new realeases.

[Iyouboushi]

lol yes. The music was hilarious. *dramatic music starts...builds up..builds up..* Audience members are gripping their seats..thinking something DRAMATIC and BAD is going to happen... *music gets louder.. louder...* then.. *chars step out and slam the car doors, music stops as the doors shut*

Audience: THAT'S IT?!



I never saw the original though. I should. Though I guess in a way I have, since you guys said it was the same as the original except for that one part/death. Hm. Oh well.

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Just found out yesterday that there's a Fourth Omen movie... I need to watch that now... (wonders how it could exist since Damien was killed in Movie 3...ah well.. )

[Iyouboushi]

LOL there's more than one?! That's news to me!

I want to see them now!

[Dead]

I told you there were 3 originals! lol.

Yeah there's the Omen, The Omen 2 (where he's older) and The Omen 3 (where he's an adult and trying to become the president.) Then The Omen 4, where its someone else entirely... then the crappy remake.. (if there's a 5th Omen I forgot I just havent seen it.)

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Funny that since this reveiw I've seen this movie 2 more times.. People I know wanna watch it.. I tried to warn them, but alas.. Okay, one was just a comparison to see which was better.. we watched the original then the remake. Original won.

Whee.

[Smz]

I'm not sure if I have seen the original or not. (I think I did, but a long time ago.) I might watch it anyway just to see how it is.