Point Pleasant - What Do You Think Of It?

POSTED BY: dietcoke
UPDATED: Sunday, January 23, 2005 03:23
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DIETCOKE

Friday, January 21, 2005 3:21 AM

So, I just saw Point Pleasant (whole thing) for the first time tonight. I guess I was hoping for more something....better acting....better story....better dialog.... I just felt let down. I guess I had high expectations because it was Marti's show.

I'll give it another look see next week, but I'm not sure how much longer I will watch it. How did you guys feel about it?

JUSTASHEPHERD

Friday, January 21, 2005 3:48 AM

I'm pretty much of the same mind on it. I hoped for better. I'll probably give it another week or so.

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DIETCOKE

Friday, January 21, 2005 3:52 AM

Just a comment on the acting (or was it direction?)...why did the mother and daughter just look at their boat burning in the harbor and not panic, yell, "911" or at least cry? It just did seem real...or honest to me.

JUSTASHEPHERD

Friday, January 21, 2005 3:54 AM

I didn't even think of that, but then I'd just walked back into the room at that point. As you can tell, it didn't exactly have me riveted.

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MILT

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:08 AM

i was also hoping for something a little bit better then that its trying to be a romantic show and just forgetting about making it a action type show like i was expecting

JEBBYPAL

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:20 AM

three words: horror soap opera. I guess at least she created a new genre.

And I don't know where the failings of the show lie or if maybe they lay in all areas: script, directing, and editing. Some of the actors are okay, the devil's lackey is incredible. Reminds me of the devil from Profit at least performance wise.

But yeah, the pilot was the case study for why scenes that don't further the plot should be cut!! And why editing is a good thing so that you say something in 5 words instead of 8 sentences.

And would it be horrible to have one single character with some kind of depth?? Big disappointment.

Anyone catch Jonny Zero? Just curious if they actually stuck the good new show in the friday night death slot as usual.

EMBERS

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:20 AM

I didn't hate the first 15 minutes of the premier,
but the remaining 45 minutes were almost unwatchable.

I was expecting humor, and there was none
(what is Ben Edlund doing? Is he really writing for that?)
writing was dumb, acting was wooden, and the background music really sucked....

I guess Joss deserves ALL the credit for BtVS, Ats & Firefly
because I don't feel that the other Mutant Enemy writers are cutting it...
JMPO of course

DIETCOKE

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:26 AM

Yes, I did like the devil's lackey. He was the best one in the show. But the girl has got to carry this show and I'm not sure she has the emotional depth to do it.

MILT

Friday, January 21, 2005 4:27 AM

i caught Johnny Zero and i was more entertained with that then i was with Point Pleasant but the friday night thing probably won't work out very well. i'll have to record it this friday

JUSTASHEPHERD

Friday, January 21, 2005 5:03 AM

I think the biggest problem was that they tried to do too much in too short a time. It looks like they have a large cast, and instead of trying to introduce us to them all in two hours, they would have done better to spread it out over several episodes.

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