The Woman in Black

[Celini]

I have seen both, and I am quite sure the first scary (?) scene was indeed shortened as was the one with the girl who ingested lime; the audience was still "arhhhhhhh, noooooo, eeeeek" though

to me it doesn't make any difference, both versions could have been classified 12A but I am not a BBFC members and I usually fail to understand their reasoning

[Beate]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/revi ... -review.do

[EthanRunt]

I'm told that it seems the hanging moment is what was disaffected for the rating, makes sense. The BBFC are stringent on harmful acts that are easy to try at home.

Now the embargo has lifted, I can say that I was surprised by Radcliffe's talents, having avoided as much Potter as possible, I basically know him from appearances around town and his 11 year-old self, but between this and his recent work on SNL, he's got some good chops. Although he can't seem to do dialogue that well with other actors. It comes across a little forced, and the dramatic beats in the film are sagging and off.
However, the film is scary as hell, I crawled into a ball by the final elongated house segment. A friend laughed at me. Laughed. Sod him, it got to me.
Strong film.

[prettyxcool]

Just wrote my review and clicked the wrong button to save it and lost it!! Wooaaaaah!

[anakin]

Does Daniel Radcliffe have a monobrow in sf's pictures???

[Celini]

I don't get that everybody seems to agree Radcliffe can't act, period. And still the overall reviews from the same people are the raving kind. Come on, when none other than the lead is shit, how can one appreciate the movie?

[canadian_turtle]

However, the film is scary as hell, I crawled into a ball by the final elongated house segment. A friend laughed at me. Laughed. Sod him, it got to me.

[Celini]

who would have thought that EthanRunt was one of those teenage girls?

[prettyxcool]

Here goes again! Not as good as my first draft, I am afraid.

Even though I saw this nearly 2 months ago I can finally post my thoughts now the embargo has been lifted.

It's not nearly as scary as it thinks it is. It is quite obvious when the film is about to make you 'jump'. It's not bad, but not great either, just pretty underwhelming. I think Radcliffe is miscast as he looks too young and he doesn't display the emotional range the character requires. He seems to only have one expression. The film did feel quite gothic and the costumes, sets, cinematography etc were good. An OK film but not one I would watch again. 6/10.

I agree with you funthing29!

I like the story of the Woman in Black, but this was disappointing, it had all the cliched ingredients to be a spine chilling horror film, spooky house, unwelcoming villagers, etc, but I did not find it scary. Lots of noisy shrieks from the audience though, and the girl in front and the young guy next to me was jumping all the time, what wimps! I jolted once only because the guy next to me almost jumped out of his seat in one scene! [spoiler]The scene where he put his hand next to the hand on the other side of the window - reminds me of Wuthering Heights and Kate Bush's song "It's me at the window....wooah, wooah"[/spoiler] Daniel's acting is still weak, still wooden and I felt he was too young for the role. 6/10

The MD of Momentum came on to introduce the film and the Producer and CEO of Hammer introduced the cast, then they all came and sat in the row in front of me, including Daniel. Then 15 minutes into the film, they all left and then came back when the credits started rolling to immediately get up to leave again with the rest of the audience!

Thanks to celini I got to go to the World Premiere held, not at the usual place of a cinema, but a concert hall at the Royal Festival Hall, so it did not have a cinema feel to it. However, I nearly could not get in as there were some mix up with how many sets of winning tickets celini won, although we checked and checked prior to the premiere, but after we complained, she produced two stacks(!) of tickets and said she could give me two, but they are not together. Well, I did not mind as long as it gets me in! Nice to see shmile, briefly, in the queue for tickets too.

So I got to walk the red carpet with Jonathan Ross and his wife, Jane Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay (did not know she also co-wrote the screenplay for the X-Men - First Class and The Debt, although I knew about Kick-Ass), and stood next to Daniel, while he signed autographs, then I got ushered away by security. Boo!

After the film, I chatted to Jimmy Carr who sat behind me, and Jane Goldman, she was really nice. She even let me get my photos right, before we were moved by security, again!

http://twitpic.com/photos/pigalle88

[moggers]

How cool!!! I'm glad she is nice, loved her shoes.I've read the book so interested to see the film, shame there doesn't seem to be a UK wide preview at the moment.... I might have to p*y to see it *gulp*