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what's the deal with "eXistenZ"?

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I stumbled accross this film on net reviews. Talk about your diametric opinions! I was intrigued by the plot permutations explorered by the Videodrome director, & the cast has an edge to it. Jude Law would make a perfectly convincing two-faced villain. The concept has me intrigued. I usually hate slasher movies but something as intelligent as Videodrome was physological horror classic. However, I can skip a re-worked version. My list of horror faves is short. I liked "the Omen" & "The Legend of Hell House" & "the Exorcist". I hated "Event Horizon" & "Sphere". "Alien" is adequate. Do you think I'd like "eXistenZ"?

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loved it - tunenut 12:59:52 10/05/05 (0)
although I seem to be somewhat alone in this- almost everyone to whom I recommended it thought it was just fair. It's not really horror at all, more an exploration of levels of reality, based upon the concept of virtual reality videogames. Once you get into the game, what is real, what is not real- plus there is the very Cronenberg touch that the technology is biological and slimy, not the gleaming machines that are seen in most sci-fi. I thought the concept was ingenious and the execution near-flawless, all the way to the very last line. This has little of the slasher movie, it's more sci-fi/fantasy, definitely influenced by William Burroughs and Philip K. Dick.
Re: If you like Cronenberg... - Jeff Starrs 02:31:19 10/04/05 (2)
...and know his themes and stuff, it's worth seeing but maybe dated already?
- like Cronenberg's early work - Mart 05:16:15 10/04/05 (1)
  haven't liked anything he had done since "The Fly" remake. That only worked because of Geena Davis & Jeff Goldblum. I thought this 'might' be a comeback.
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  - Re: Spider's good... - Jeff Starrs 09:51:28 10/04/05 (0)
    ...one of his best, I think, did you see it?
    Since The Fly and before Spider, I think that eXistenZ right up there with his best, (IMHO & which may not count for a lot!)

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