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Return to Oz (1985)
The film was OK
i thought that this film wasn't bad but not one of my favourites. I thought that Wizard of Oz was the best. I knew some of the characters. I knew Piper Laurie who played Aunty Em. She seemed like she was bored in the film. She didn't seem happy or full of life. In other films she had great sense of humour. Some of the characters were OK. In the film Aunty Em never believe Fariuza Balk who played Dorothy that they was a place called Oz and when Dorothy said about a key that had landed in the farm. She had picked it up and ran straight to Aunty Em. But Aunty Em said that it was just an old key what was from their house. So Aunty Em had sent her to see a doctor because she thought that she was going mad.Everybody in the film except her friends thought that Dorothy was mad and i thought that it was daft. I thought that the film wasn't as good as Wizard of oz and the characters were different. I didn't expect the characters to be different. What i didn't get was there was a bad witch who kept taking womens heads off and also Jack Punkinhead and he wasn't in Wizard of oz but i thought that the people who played them were OK but the characters themselves wasn't what i had expected. The film is suitable for little children. They would enjoy it but i didn't really enjoy it. Gail
The Faculty (1998)
The Faculty
I watched the film on DVD today and i thought that it was brilliant. My friend liked Josh Hartnett he took a brilliant part as Zeke Tyler. I didn't know this person but he was great. I also reconised simmular faces. Piper Laurie she played Mrs Karen Olson. I have seen her in other films as well.The films that I've seen her in is Tim,Carrie,Return to Oz, Trauma and this one. But i didn't see her in many parts really but she did well. I also reconised a singer Usher Raymonds. He was great too. The beginning was strange because Robert Pactric who played the coach. One minute he was doing something, he turned around and he was talking to somebody. He said "what do u want"? Then the alien had got him. And i noticed something about it. I didn't see Mrs Olson get turned into an alien then i saw the rest of them get turned. I thought that it was strange but i thought that when the pupils were saying about shot the ringleader and i thought that Mrs Olson was the ringleader but she wasn't it was a blonde bimbo. And i was puzzled after that. But i thought that it was a fantastic film. I like all of the scenes. When two pupils ran into the Faculty office. They hid in the cupboard and they saw the coach and Mrs Olson and another teacher having a glass of water and second minuter i knew they were turning her into an alien and that was a twist. Then Mrs Olson saw somebody in the cupboard and the coach had opened the door and one pupil had something in his hand and smacked the coach. Then the lass shoved Mrs Olson on the floor and that what made me think that she was the ringleader but my friend and i were wrong. The film had so much action and i will definitely watch that film again. I was surprised that Piper wasn't in many scenes but she was great and she will always be a great actress.I didn't know many actors from the film. The film had many special effects what was great. I cant see any criticisms in that film and also i thought that the film was scary because they was a woman who had died. There was a man who just in the shower and then he heard footsteps. He thought that it was his friend messing about but when he had opened his eyes a woman had ran to him. Her face was awful. She had warned him that they are after everybody in the school. Mrs Olson said that she had cancer and thats what she had died of. At the beginning of the film they were gang of teachers sat near table talking. Mrs Olson acted really friendly and that. She had to go and second minute she saw the coach and he was chasing her and Mrs Olson knocked on the door. She said that she had forgotten something and the teacher was begging for her to open the door quick and second minute i knew. Mrs Olson had killed her. I liked Mrs Olsons glasses that she had on. She looked funny in them. i thought that the film was interesting and it was easy to get into. All of the actors were brilliant and i hope that i see Piper Laurie in more films. I thought that it was a change to see something about Aliens because I've seen Piper in films like Carrie. She had to act like a religious freak who hated Carrie. And i thought that it was a change to see a film whats different. Gail
Trauma (1993)
Trauma
I was browsing on the sky channel and i saw the name Trauma. I pressed it and i though this is one of the films that Piper Laurie who played Adriana Petrescu had starred in it and i was right. I thought great. When i saw her on screen i thought i have seen her in another film called Carrie. She played as Margaret White and she took a brilliant part. She also took a great part as Mary Hotton in TIM. I watched all of the film and she was great. I thought that she was evil in the film and also i didn't think that she was the killer.i didn't expect a little bratty kid to kill her though.I knew some of the other characters as well. Brad Dourif who played Dr Lloyd. He also starred in Bride of Chucky as a doll. I thought that the film Trauma was blood thirsty and also it was easy to get into the story. I knew that it would be a great film. I have seen lots of great films with Piper Laurie in them. I wanted to see this film and i got to see it and i was really pleased that i saw it even though i didn't expect a brat to kill her.I am hoping to see this other film with Piper Laurie in it. Its called Ruby and i have seen trailers of the film and it sounds good. i hope that i get to see it. But i did notice that Piper was took almost the same part as she had took in Carrie. In Carrie 1976 she played Margaret White who was a religious freak who always was nasty to Carrie and now she had another part what was almost the same as the part she had before. This time she had to be a killer. I thought that it was simmular to the one she had before. But i thought that she was great and she will always be a great actress. I thought that Christopher Rydell who played David Parson. He was great too. He saved Asia Argento who played Aura Petrescu who escapes from a mental homes. Nurses thought that she was mental but she wasn't. She saw her mother Adrianna get beheaded. Frederic Forrest who played Dr Judd asked her who had killed her? Aura couldn't remember who it was. It was too dark to see who it was. Apparenlty Dr Judd had an affair with Adrianna. Auras mother. Nobody knew the past but Adrianna. So she couldn't let the past rest. Then after her fake death then they were murders.But i thought that the film was brilliant. I couldn't move off my chair because they was action in the film every scene.
But i have to say again that it was a great film and i hope that i see Piper Laurie in some other films as well. I also enjoyed Christopher Rydell and i hope that i see him more as well. Great film thanks Gail
Tim (1979)
Piper Laurie
TIM was a brilliant,very emotional and heartbreaking film. When i first watched the film. I thought that it was a brilliant romance story and the characters were amazing. Exspecially Piper Laurie who played Mary Hotton. She had to act emotional and she fell in love with Mel Gibson who played Tim. He was a young man he did gardening work for Mary. She had a gardener who had a bad back so he wouldn't be able to come anymore so she employed Tim.They were both amazing characters. My mum used to watch it every day with a lager and lime. When Tim was with his dad in the pub, Tim gobbled his pint down. I also liked his father Alwyn Kurts who played Ron. He took a great part. When Tim's mother had died Pat Evison who played Em. I thought that the scene was depressing, she had died of an heart attack.No one was for her at the time and I thought that it was heartbreaking. When Ron was talking to Mary. Tim starred at Mary in a jealous look. Ron was talking about planning his own death and Tim didn't understand. He was angry and jealous. He ran off in a temper. He said that she isn't paying much attention to him anymore and she hates him. But she replied that it wasn't true. He knew that this would happen. Then Tim started to kiss Mary. I thought how romantic. In one of the scene Tim had asked Mary what is death? And he didn't know what death was until Mary had told him. Because he thought that he would never see his sister Deborah Kennedy who played Dawnie again. I thought that it would be heartbreaking for Mary because she lost her parents. This was the first film that i ever saw her in and she was brilliant. I have seen her in other films. Carrie as Margaret White and Trauma as Adriana Petrescu and she was the killer. But she was great. I thought that MeL Gibson took a great part as Tim but i didn't fancy him. I thought that the film was brilliant but heartbreaking. Luv Gail
Carrie (1976)
Carrie
I have always wanted to watch this film. I searched the film up on the internet and Piper Laurie starred in it as Margaret White. I thought well i have seen her in another film. She acted with Mel Gibson TIM. She was brilliant in that film. She took a great part as Mary Hotton. That was the first film that i ever saw her in and i liked her. Well when i watched Carrie(my second film that I've seen her in) she was even more fantastic. When i watched Carrie she acted as a religious freak who wore purple cloaks and red fizzy hair.Who always would carry a bible with her and a black bag. She took a brilliant part and her cloak had suited her. I thought that the film was brilliant and i knew some of the actors from previous films. I knew John Travolta from Greese and P.j Soles who starred in Halloween. I had seen this film 10 times now. My dad always complained that i was watching the film too much. But i didn't care. But i have to say that Piper Laurie was the best. But she took a great role. The third film that i have seen her in is Trauma she was the killer and i couldn't believe it. A little brat had killed her. There again she took a great part. At the end of Carrie i realised that she cuddled Carrie.Before she stabbed Carrie and she also cuddled Mel Gibson who played Tim. Carrie fell downstairs and Margaret was walking about with a knife in her hand to try and kill Carrie but it didn't work because Margaret forgot that she had powers and Carries powers. Flying knifes then the knifes had hit M and then second minute you see she was just stood there still with knifes stuck to her hand. What was disappointing at the end was i saw Pipers legs walking when Carrie moved her. But it didn't matter about that because she did well, well she has acted really well in films and she deserves a celebration. But i have read reviews that she has acted with Sissy Spacek who played Carrie in the past. I thought that they acted together really well.
Thank you for the good film