Are you serious? They actually have a character named Dreck?
Andrea
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From: "Joe Bonelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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And, I understand, making cameo appearances in the new movie SHRECK III.
Joe B
From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2005/07/02 Sat AM 10:55:19 EDT
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] E.T. PHONE HOME
Check again. D R E C K, alternate spelling DREK, according to
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
The Spelling Police are retired however. They
are now workin' for Home-Land Sekurity.
K.
On Jul 2, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
> Caught ya, Kirby!!! Drek is not spelled with a c.
>
> Love,
> The spelling police.
>
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>> I saw WAR OF THE WORLDS tonight and it is neither the masterpiece that
>> some devoutly wish it to be nor the dreck that some have claimed.
>> It has its own kind of menace to be sure. In fact, I would say that
>> taking a child under the age of seven would be inappropriate at best.
>> There is a kind of primitive dread that gets on your nerve, and I
>> think
>> that many children would find this film unpleasant.
>> Ironically, the young girl who plays Tom Cruise's daughter in the film
>> gives one of the most impressive performances.
>> The effects are clever, the war-machines (tripods) are impressive in
>> that good-cgi kind of way. There is a fresh approach to set and
>> setting, art direction and set decoration in the film are very smart.
>> The score is featureless with lots of bombast and tension and no
>> themes
>> that I could discern. The photography and use of color is good and
>> brands the film with a particular style. I found myself pulled in at
>> times and just as quickly cast off.
>> Tom Cruise has carried many films, and he will carry this one. He has
>> earned the kind of respect at the box office from the industry that no
>> amount of Oscars could hope to replicate. He is bankable. People have
>> criticized the acting, but I don't think that the acting is so bad,
>> but
>> the script lacks direction at times and it sorely tries our suspension
>> of disbelief. But then what else can you expect from this kind of
>> thing? The ending is strictly DEUS EX MACHINA and Spielberg uses his
>> neat ending to fill in the film with his characteristic feel-good goo.
>> E.T. phone home!
>> I always hold up ALIEN and ALIENS as good examples of what polished
>> and
>> smart examples of this type of sci-fi fantasy films should be.
>> This ain't that.
>> But it is reasonably entertaining, and there is some considerable
>> spectacle.
>> Not wide screen either! That surprised me.
>> Steven Spielberg isn't the best director around, but when he is "on",
>> he makes very kinetic films, able to get at the visceral very quickly.
>> Kirby McDaniel
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