PSA: both Romancing the Stone AMD Jewel of the Nile are on Hulupic.twitter.com/4EHO8rAE9c
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The original NYT review of Romancing the Stone called it “elaborately produced, mostly charmless.”https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/30/movies/screen-romancing-the-stone-action-comedy.html …
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The reviewer criticized Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglass for lacking screen appealpic.twitter.com/IonZlxVBJ1
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The real takeaway here is my GOD look at that ad stackpic.twitter.com/p8CgQoVcWC
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It’s got an 84% at Rotten Tomatoes out of 50 reviews, so the NYT was an outlier. Ebert liked it!pic.twitter.com/cTP7hft9Xp
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This same NYT reviewer HATED the Exorcist when it came outpic.twitter.com/rad8RDIPkp
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Replying to @mccanner
I have to agree about The Exorcist, which would have been a stronger and more coherent story without the heavy makeup FX. As it was you’re wondering why no one is taking her seriously, given how obvious it is that her child has physically transformed into a monster.
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Replying to @mattblaze @mccanner
(I only saw the film for the first time recently, after I moved to Georgetown).
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I also first saw it years ago just after moving to about a mile up Wisconsin Ave from those steps!
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Replying to @mccanner
I slipped on those steps and almost broke my neck. Back when I used to go outside and stuff.
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