Recent Reviews for The Omen
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MCT:September 25, 2008creepy dont you think. it was bone chillin
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MCT:September 23, 2008Pretty shit didnt seem to go anywhere in the end. The Damien kid wasnt even scary he was just a douche you wanted to kick in the face. If your gonna remake an old horror movie heres an idea make it fucken scary, dogs and Julia stiles bad acting isnt that scary, I dont mind liev Schriber he is pretty cool.
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MCT:September 17, 2008Well, yeah... I had a headache - and a really bad one, when I tried to watch this. Little surprise I didn't love it.
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MCT:September 12, 2008not as good as original Omen mmoives which came out in the 1970s starring Gregory Peck and directed by Richard Donner. this has to be the worst horror movie of the year 2006 and one of the worst remakes ever made and one of the worst i have seen.
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MCT:September 2, 2008Don't worry if you'r like me and have a phobia of demons, this is by no means a satanicly evil film. As a matter of fact it doesn't have very many scares apart from pop goes the weasel pocorn dropping moments. Eye'm going to list one major complaint eye have over the movie the father of the evil child is played by that guy who starred along with Denzle Washington in The Manchurian Candidate is a very unlikeable protagonist he basicly ruined the film for me. Apart from that the film is fairly enjoyable and it deosn't try to be more than it really is. Just a good ole entertainer.
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MCT:August 29, 2008
OMG damian is soooo freaky!!! he scared me lol
this was alright
and OMG it had david thewlis in it =D
the nanny in this is a nutcase lol
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MCT:August 27, 2008I like this better, for one reason only,I thaught the special effects were much improved, I only wish they kept his wife falling out of the window on to a ambulance,but instead they wimped out
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MCT:August 20, 2008
As I general rule, I am not really a fan of remakes. Especially those of the horror genre. I consider myself an avid horror movie fan. I would rate this movie, right up there with the remakes of The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They all seemed to pale in comparison to their 1970s counterparts.
This film tried very hard to be a doppelganger, to Richard Donnor's 1976 classic. They changed almost nothing, from the original script and the acting was appalling. Even Mia Farrow's role as Mrs. Baylock didn't give this film any saving grace. For me, if I am going to watch her in a horror film, it will be Rosemary's Baby.
This film proved one constant to hold true - You should not mess with a classic. -
MCT:August 14, 2008
Excellent film. It had me jumping in my seat and gettin scared so much it I ended up laughing at myself hard. I thought, even though in the reviews it didn't seem like a very good film, that The Omen was a wkd film and was way better than the first since it was more realistic and exciting. The little boy in it was so scary and especially at the end when he just turns to looks at the camera at his parents funeral and just smiles. Gives me the chills. A must see film so you must see it now. xx
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MCT:August 9, 2008One of the scariest movies ever made.
Best: the little kid is an amazing actor. Most times we don't know if he is the devil or just an inoccent kid. We are not sure of it till the very end.
Worst: Mia Farrow as Damien's baby-sitter. I think Sissy Spacek could do a better work. -
MCT:July 20, 2008
wow i have just seen this like ages ago but cannot remember some of this movie but this was ok...my mate said that the original is still the best but this was ok....i have never seen the original but thought that this re-make was pretty good 2 watch...this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout the movie...i think that the director of this Horror, Mystery & Suspense movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie n its really quite jumpy in places throughout the movie..this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout the movie..the special effects were pretty good throughout the movie...
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MCT:July 20, 2008This is a pretty good adaption of a classic horror movie. A lot of the scenes are the same as the old one but done arguably better. Above decent.
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MCT:July 19, 2008
The omen (2006), as all know it's a remake from the horror classic by the same title in 1976.
The story revolves Satan's child who was adopted by human parents, and turns into a massacre parody as he grows older and become a danger threat to both of them, and to mankind!
I never watch the original (very hard to find), but as my research goes, most of the scene and plot was the exact from the original, so I'm safe.
I loved this movie concept, just brilliant! cinematography and music score was outstanding, direction was good, just ridiculous!
SPOILERS:
- The opening scene, when Liev heard that his baby died in the birth process, he 'immediately' was convince to ignore his 'dead' baby and take over the 'evil' baby!
C'mon, i don't know if the 1976 one was like this or not, but its stupid!
i know that he is shed with pain and sadness, but does he loss his intelligence too?!
- Second major outrages foolish scene should be, 'Julia's fall down scene.'
i was laughing very hard when i saw this, she was watering a little pot flower which was hang in the ceiling near the hallway balcony??
of course, it's so easy to arouse accident,
with or without evil Damien push you over! *sigh*
Liev schreiber, was miscast, total miscast!
Julia stiles in other hand was average, nothing special, i love her really, but playing a diplomat's wife, isn't she too young for that?
Mia farrow, she played the evil nurse was alright. she looks creepy in some scene.
Overall, a nice eerie movie with the essence of devil !
(Was hoping for an excellent devil movie, well.. could be better!)
6/10. (The same rating with 'The eye', very strange!) -
MCT:July 18, 2008
Excellent horror/thriller flick. Would of liked to seen the original to compare, but this one kept you on your toes. The kid that plays 'Damien' is freaky! Also being able to release it on the 6/6/06 was very clever.
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MCT:July 18, 2008
I haven't seen this one, but the old one with Gregory Peck....that was kewl and i just ordered all 5 in the series.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
it's a really scary movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COOL MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
MCT:July 8, 2008
A shot by shot remake makes no sense to me. The original is a classic and one of my favorite movies.
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MCT:July 3, 2008
"The son of the devil will rise from the world of politics."
Considering the paranoid religious gibberish pertaining to the release of Richard Donner's 1976 horror flick The Omen, it's scarcely surprising that a remake was commissioned to tie in with the rare date of 6-6-06. In the current cinematic age, remakes of horror movies are a fickle beast endlessly being rolled out for money. Only rarely have I witnessed a horror remake that produced decent results (I have yet to see a brilliant remake) such as Zack Snyder's reinvention of Dawn of the Dead. Other remakes such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have become some of the worst segments of modern cinema. Put very simply, Hollywood has become too lazy to create original ideas, so they're recycling and reusing ideas for an easy profit. The creative team for The Omen were so lazy that the person who penned the screenplay for the original (David Seltzer) was hired to polish his own script for the remake.
This remake is absolutely futile. In essence, this remake adds nothing but occasionally impressive gory CGI effects, tasteless references to modern disasters (as a way of displaying the fulfilment of some religious mumbo jumbo that supposedly describes the signs of an impending Armageddon) and a more refined visual style. Aside from that it's essentially a word-for-word, almost shot-for-shot remake of Richard Donner's 1976 original with no additional scares. The filmmakers could have expanded the original film...they could have executed an entirely different treatment of the Book of Revelations...instead this is a purely futile duplicate of the original. Sure, some may think that if this is identical to the original than the scares must be the same...right? Wrong! The death scenes are more predictable, Marco Beltrami's score cannot set the creepy atmosphere of Jerry Goldsmith's music, and the cast are mainly woeful.
The plot is of course identical to that of Richard Donner's 1976 original, except the opening is a little different. The opening of this film depicts activity at the Vatican as the sighting of a comet confirms the world is on the eve of Armageddon. Cut to political figure Robert Thorn (Schreiber) who's racing to the hospital to be with his wife Katherine (Stiles) who has gone into labour. Complications during childbirth leave the child stillborn and Katherine unconscious with permanent damage to her womb resulting in an inability to bear another child. Father Spiletto (Radice), a priest working at the hospital, offers Robert a replacement for his loss: a young child born on the same night whose mother passed away during labour. Believing it is best for his wife's sake, Robert agrees to take the child; raising it as his own with Katherine's oblivious to the situation. Roughly 5 years later, young Damien (Davey-Fitzpatrick) is developing smoothly. But a series of peculiar deaths result in suspicions that the child is in fact the Antichrist - the son of the devil. Robert Thorn then works with photographer Keith Jennings (Thewlis) to discover more about the heritage of Damien.
The characters are portrayed poorly by a disappointing cast. Liev Schreiber cannot replace someone of Gregory Peck's stature. It's impossible to comprehend the praise that Schreiber received. He's a dreadful actor: emotionless expressions, monotone voice, no intensity in line deliveries. Julia Stiles should never have become an actress. Every time Stiles hauls her oversized cranium into shot, the movie grinds to a screeching halt as the theme of the film flips from proficient thriller to daytime soap-opera territory. Mia Farrow supplies the film with the only terrifying moments (a faint praise) as Damien's demonic nanny. Farrow flexed her only decent acting muscle in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby...roughly 40 years ago! Her time arrived and passed long ago. Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is not sinister or frightening...he's an innocent little boy who cannot act! In the original, the young boy's facial expressions sent chills down your spine. Davey-Fitzpatrick sends tickles down your spine. David Thewlis was nominated for a Razzie award for 'Worst Actor'. I'm shocked at this because Thewlis is one of the only good actors in an otherwise dreadful cast. Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber should have received the nominations! Pete Postlethwaite is frequently sincere in the role as a priest trying to warn Schreiber's Robert Thorn of the danger. Unfortunately, even he cannot cover up the flaws in the rest of the cast.
Overall, The Omen is yet another addition to the disparagingly extensive list of horror remakes that should never have been authorised. Perhaps as a standalone film it'd be a decent horror outing for the genre buffs. For those who've never seen Richard Donner's 1976 original, maybe some satisfaction will be uncovered. John Moore is a competent director who brings an intriguing visual style to the production; however this remake is pointless and there was never an apposite warrant for a remake (apart from the obvious marketing purposes). At the end of the day you end up wondering what the point was. Cinematic déjà vu is the most probable reaction. -
MCT:July 2, 2008
Gostar do filme é pouco, para mim foi o melhor filme de terror religioso que já assisti. Vamos dizer que MEDO ele não dá, a não ser pela história em si, mas sustos de pular da cadeira realmente ele tem. É um filme impordível, um clássico de horror que você se sente na trama, que como diz a própria bíblia realmente vai ocorrer.
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MCT:June 25, 2008
How do you remake a classic, especially one of my all-time favourites? Not all that well it seems. Too much like the original but nowhere near as groundbreaking.
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MCT:June 24, 2008
Typical, predictable and not so scary horror film (except for the nightmare scenes). Kill some of your valuable time. Not a fair remake.
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MCT:June 20, 2008
The Omen was a very average remake, the only member of the cast who i actually thought did any good was David Thewlis the rest of them just didn;t seem to suit the roles or fit them. Good to see Mia Farrow retuirning to the franchsie but lets hoep they don't follow this up with sequal remakes.
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MCT:June 19, 2008
a pretty good remake of the original... they updated a few things while trying to stay true to the original plot...over all a very good job of making a remake
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MCT:June 18, 2008
Despite every death in the film being excellent (I suppose I was just glad to see them all go), this remake was heinous. My main beef with it was the acting. Julia Styles and Liev Schreiber, along with having no chemistry whatsoever, managed to give hideous performances. Watching the boy/anti-Christ was also excruciating. It was as if the only casting criteria they had for the role was: annoying with black hair. The one saving grace (apart from the said death scenes) was the almost doll-like Mia Farrow - she was perfect as the nanny.
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it is a awsome movie i want tot say i would like other ppl to see it and i loved it better then any other movie i seen this year so far
