Shout by Steve Carter

The Changeling 1980

I think I must have watched a different film to most of the reviewers. It was nonsense from start to finish. Terrible acting, ridiculous decisions that make the teens in slasher movies seem like Einstein, and it's so dated it looks much older than it is - especially when you consider that Alien and Star Wars came out a year earlier.

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@stevemanics what does Alien and Star Wars have to do with this? Silly comparisons.

@the_argentinian They both came out the year before this trash, making them completely logical comparisons when talking about how old the film looks. Silly reply.

@stevemanics Top Gun Maverick and Black Adam came out before Sound of Freedom (?)

@the_argentinian And? Are you trying to suggest that The Changeling was deliberately made to look old and dated, rather than just ageing really badly?

@stevemanics what does that even mean, "look old"?

@the_argentinian Come off it. With the amount of stuff you've watched, you must know what that means. They can make brand new films look older than they are - usually because it's actually set in the past. Some older films still look quite good, others not so much

@stevemanics your criticism doesn't make any sense. You didn't like it because it's slow and not scary? That's fine. I don't feel like watching it again, either. But 'look old' doesn't hold up

@the_argentinian My criticism made perfect sense. Whether you agree with it or not is another matter entirely.

I didn't even mention slow (lots of good films are slow) or not scary (I've never seen a film that is scary)

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