Pulse (2006)

So what do people think about his upcoming movie?

I really wanna see it, but probably won't for a while after it opens do to being insanely busy.

It looks good, scarey, and not the normal Lowest Common Denominator buckets of gore scarey movie, but instead, a well thought out, interesting plot scarey movie.

Plus it's got Kristen Bell (fierce, and a broadway connection) and Ian Somerhalder (just plain fierce)

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Movies like this don't really scare me, but the problem is the images stick clearly in my head. Even seeing the commercials at night make me want to stay away from the dryer. Psychologically it seems rather creepy

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i would support this movie even if it didn't have a Broadway connection, but i'll tell ya what it never hurts :)

thats one of the only reasons i wanted to see Family Stone.

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Sarah's actually been in 4 shows on Broadway

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lol what you have now is very different from the "one" you had

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Hah, that would most definitely be an entertaining evening. Why don't you throw Broderick into the fun just for the hell of it?

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and this is where i show my ignorance.

This is a remake?

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This looks incredibly stupid to me, but then, I hate most horror movies. I do adore Kristen Bell, but even the inducement of an early screening pass couldn't get me to see this.

FictionWriter -I agree, SJP would fail on the prairie just like Tyne Daly did when she played a prairie woman on that series "Christy" with Kellie Martin. Tyne Daly just screams "New York!"

But to get back to the subject - Kristen Bell is smokin' hot - but I don't go to horror flicks.

The Pajiba reviews (which normally spare no negativity) was pretty good:

It's basically a good old-fashioned ghost story, with spooky atmosphere and sudden jump-scares and a hot blonde heroine who survives everything while her friends are picked off one by one. It helps that the hot blonde is Kristen Bell ('Veronica Mars') who can basically do anything (she even sings — see 'Reefer Madness') and remain effortlessly adorable and charming.
Pulse Review

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Updated On: 8/14/06 at 11:33 AM

I didn't really like this movie. It was all "jumps" and so unrealistic. They didn't explain enough about the "will to live" which I think if they described that more and shown why "them" want it would have made the story much clearer.

Bump because I got to see Pulse yesterday and I really enjoyed it. It has a wierd film style (not really sure what) that made everything look darker, It was annoying at first but I got used to it. There are definitly some confusing parts of the plot that are never answered.

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What was/were the thing(s) and why did it/they want life (and what exactly were they sucking out of the people in the first place)? Why did the guy in the beggining die without watching the "Do you want to meet a ghost?" video? What exactly was up with the web cam feed?

and my own personal question... why did they leave the blue protection pads on the speakers of their RAZR cell phones?

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I didn't realize it was going to be an appocalypse type movie. I thought it was interesting how people gradually began dissapearing from class.

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All in all I enjoyed myself at this movie, even though it was confusing at times it was still generally scary. It actually had me watching my back the entire day and most movies don't manage to do that to me.

EDIT: I also noticed that Kristen Bell had what looked like a Chicago movie poster in her room, don't know if that was done on purpose or not.

Updated On: 8/17/06 at 05:53 PM

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Sorry should have been more clear. I meant his friend who went to turn off his computer (only to find it wasn't there).

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Updated On: 8/17/06 at 06:03 PM