With a great premise, but I fucking hate Devon Sawa's character.
Final Destination is a great horror movie
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 9, 2023 5:22 PM |
I like the unhinged lady teacher with survivor guilt.
If you have the original DVD of this movie, look for the actors' commentary. It's one of the best I've ever heard on a movie.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 13, 2021 2:45 AM |
Devon Sawa ended up being a pretty hot daddy.
Did not see that coming
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 13, 2021 2:48 AM |
They are all well done. The third film, the one that begins with a roller coaster accident, is fantastic.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 13, 2021 2:49 AM |
[quote]I like the unhinged lady teacher with survivor guilt.
Oh God, she was a mess. I love the way death got her.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 13, 2021 2:49 AM |
I went to the theater and saw the first film a few days after returning from a college trip to Paris & London. So that was fun. I think the first one is the best of the group.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 14, 2021 3:00 AM |
They're all on HBO Max. I've just started Final 5. It truly is a great concept.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 14, 2021 3:33 AM |
Just started watching 3 again. The little sister kind of looks like a man.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 14, 2021 3:50 AM |
Jeeze that roller coaster opening is scary.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 14, 2021 4:02 AM |
I saw the first one in the theater too (can’t believe that was over twenty years ago!)
I remember this death scene in particular, which made everyone in the theater collectively jump out of their seats 😱. Twenty years later it’s been copied so much that it makes me roll my eyes whenever I see a character on tv or in a movie meet their demise in this same way…but back in 2000 it was a new and original visual effect, maybe the equivalent of the hand grabbing Amy Irving from the grave at the end of Carrie.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 14, 2021 4:39 AM |
You beat me to it r9. That was a shocking and very original death.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 14, 2021 4:42 AM |
The main male lead in 3 was really cute.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 14, 2021 5:05 AM |
Thanks r9. Whet to Kerr Smith?
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 14, 2021 5:08 AM |
Each of the FD films had at least one hot guy…another reason I miss the franchise.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 14, 2021 5:09 AM |
Exactly, R13. Each has a hot piece of ass. 4’s Bobby Campo is my favorite.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 14, 2021 5:15 AM |
5 seems a bit too cinematic/high-quality compared to the teen horror fun of the others. It looks like some kind of high-end thriller series.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 14, 2021 5:25 AM |
R11, Ryan Merriman was his name! Yeah he was pretty cute in the movie.
R16, oh man, thank you for that. Haven't seen 5 since theatres ten (!) years ago, but dayum...
by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 14, 2021 6:50 AM |
It sort of bugs me how all the students are so good looking. They board the plane and it looks like a fashion runway show. No fat kids, gawky kids etc at that school.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 14, 2021 6:52 AM |
Jeff, the creator, is a good friend of mine and one of the nicest guys in the world.
For whatever that's worth.
(I hate horror and have never seen the film or any sequel.)
by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 14, 2021 8:09 AM |
[quote]Twenty years later it’s been copied so much that it makes me roll my eyes whenever I see a character on tv or in a movie meet their demise in this same way
You ain't kidding:
by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 14, 2021 8:24 AM |
I just finished the 5th one. The ending twist is pretty good and I totally didn't see it coming. I wonder if they're going to make anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 14, 2021 1:44 PM |
Loved the first one, especially the classic horror film names of some of the characters. Was very original and coming not so long after the TWA flight 800 incident, more than a little disturbing.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | September 14, 2021 3:28 PM |
The death of the two girls in the tanning bed still haunts me. The most horrifying to watch in my opinion. But I have only seen the 3 first movies, not into terror movies at all.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 14, 2021 3:38 PM |
Glad to see there are other fans. These movies have long been a guilty pleasure.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 14, 2021 4:11 PM |
The fifth one kind of gave me the sense of : "we're a big-deal franchise now, let's now take ourselves very seriously, and plug-in some of that high-end Twilight aesthetic" and cut down on the laughs by about 80%.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 14, 2021 4:18 PM |
Number 6 is in pre-production but who knows if it will actually get made.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 14, 2021 4:20 PM |
This appears to be a Lithuanian remake but IMDB has it listed as a documentary 😆.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 14, 2021 4:51 PM |
Horror is not my genre at all, but I saw the first one for some reason and that scene with the bus made me jump out of my seat.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 14, 2021 4:56 PM |
Sean William Scott's character's death was laugh out loud funny. Somehow the obnoxious doofus was the best character of the movie
by Anonymous | reply 29 | September 14, 2021 5:08 PM |
Sean William Scott's character's death was laugh out loud funny. Somehow the obnoxious doofus was the best character of the movie
by Anonymous | reply 30 | September 14, 2021 5:09 PM |
Now whenever I see a TV or movie character standing or walking casually on a street, I find myself yelling at the screen “Get off the street! Get off the street!!!”
😁
by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 14, 2021 5:13 PM |
Love the series, but part 4 is fucking terrible. The rest are all pretty good.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 14, 2021 5:14 PM |
R19, I used to see him almost every day I went to the Starbucks near Trader Joe's. He was always very nice and cute.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | September 14, 2021 5:17 PM |
I don’t remember 4 being any worse (or better) than the others. What didn’t you like about it r32?
I do recall it had a very hot Nick Zano, in addition to the hot lead Bobby Campos!
by Anonymous | reply 34 | September 14, 2021 5:19 PM |
Way too Canadian.
Yuck.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 14, 2021 5:25 PM |
Michael Landes was a very handsome and likable lead in the second film. I always thought he deserved a bigger career.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | September 14, 2021 5:26 PM |
[quote] It sort of bugs me how all the students are so good looking. They board the plane and it looks like a fashion runway show. No fat kids, gawky kids etc at that school.
I have absolutely no problem with this, especially for this particular genre. I watch horror movies for the cheap thrills and the hot guys!
by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 14, 2021 5:30 PM |
Man, I had a huuuuge crush on Bobby Campo in part 4 (that scene where he's in just his boxers!!). You can catch him in multiple Hallmark Christmas movies.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 14, 2021 5:40 PM |
3 is funny and trashy. I like it. 5 is morose and feels like a slog.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 14, 2021 5:47 PM |
She just has Ewan's baby. She talked about it last night on The Late Late Show.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 14, 2021 5:48 PM |
4 was just hard to root for anyone. Maybe it was the script or a less talented group of actors, but it felt a little boring to me.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 14, 2021 6:01 PM |
I especially liked the mass casualty scene that opened each movie.
1 - airplane explosion
2 - highway crash pile up
3 - roller coaster accident
4 - race car stadium total fuckery
5 - bridge collapse
Of these scenes I personally found #2 to be the most effective, as it’s the one I could see myself in much more than the others. #4 was stupid fun but I can guarantee I’ll never attend a NASCAR event in this lifetime!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 14, 2021 6:29 PM |
The 2nd seems to be the one that most people remember and relate to. You always seem people posting memes about how scared they are whenever they're driving behind a log truck because of that movie.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 14, 2021 7:08 PM |
[quote]Glad to see there are other fans. These movies have long been a guilty pleasure.
It's a guilty pleasure for me as well, especially seeing that it doesn't take itself seriously.
This is probably my favorite death; I laughed my ass off (and rewound several times -- don't judge me).
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 15, 2021 12:20 AM |
Can anyone recommend any other 'horror' series like this? Where it doesn't take itself too seriously, the gore is cheesy and fun?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 15, 2021 12:27 AM |
[quote]4’s Bobby Campo is my favourite.
For R14.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | September 15, 2021 1:22 AM |
[quote]Love the series, but part 4 is fucking terrible. The rest are all pretty good.
The Final Destination (also known as Final Destination 4) is the highest grossing instalment in the franchise so far, but it received the worst reviews(28% on RT).
Coincidently, it's also the only one not to feature an appearance by Tony Todd as mortician William Bludworth.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 15, 2021 1:33 AM |
At a party, a gay guy was telling me he sold his script to Hollywood and it’s making a movie of it. I rolled my eyes and assumed he was making it up.
Lo and behold, it was true and it was Final Destination!
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 15, 2021 1:42 AM |
John Waters is a fan of the franchise and has said several times he'd like to be in one. He's even introduced the first film at festivals as one of his favorites. Actually, you can see a poster for his movie PECKER on the wall of Devon Sawa's bedroom in the first film.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | September 15, 2021 2:10 AM |
4 probably made the most money due to it being released in 3D. The ticket prices are more expensive.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 15, 2021 5:03 PM |
The Tom Cruise-looking guy in 5 is really cute.
Watching now. They sucked out all the humor. The deaths are creative, however.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 16, 2021 5:32 AM |
I saw it in the movie theaters. I remember the bus scene freaking everyone out!
The rest sucked they ran out of ideas.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 16, 2021 5:37 AM |
Now that I finished the FD series, do any of you have any recommendation for other good horror movies that are streaming?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 25, 2021 3:54 PM |
It really is an underrated film. I just watched it again last night and it holds up still.
One thing I don’t like is how cruel Ms. Lewton was to Alex.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 18, 2022 11:06 PM |
This was one of few that got better each time. (R56) Saw, in reverse order.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 18, 2022 11:22 PM |
My ratings of best film to worst: 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 18, 2022 11:32 PM |
Damn, R2
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 18, 2022 11:38 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 19, 2022 12:27 AM |
r56, similar ones are The Faculty, 2005 The House of Wax (almost typed "Hose of Wax"), and I Know What You Did Last Summer. A more modern one would be Cabin in the Woods.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | December 19, 2022 1:14 AM |
All produced by Super-Gay Craig Perry, who looks like the son of Merv Griffin.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | April 9, 2023 6:49 AM |
The deaths are sometimes scary, like the bus death in the first one, but they felt they had to top them constantly and they get really stupid by the time of the one at r51 with the gymnast. It looks like Beavis or Butthead dreamed up that sequence.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | April 9, 2023 7:08 AM |
Ryan Murphy’s 911 steals from the Final Destination series…people in deadly situations that are outlandish and over the top.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | April 9, 2023 7:15 AM |
I just re-watched Final Destination 5.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | April 9, 2023 7:32 AM |
When it came out it was kind of good.
I don't think it's aged well though. It comes off as a bit campy nowadays. The actors show so little emotion at the massacre of their friends and acquaintances that its actually kind of hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | April 9, 2023 7:32 AM |
The biggest problem is the premise that Death not only has a master plan but is for some reason inept at carrying it out.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | April 9, 2023 7:37 AM |
I like all of them. They are the only CGI action films I will watch.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | April 9, 2023 7:40 AM |
I've only seen the first three, but I agree--they're great horror movies with an original premise. All three male leads in the original--Devon Sawa, Kerr Smith, and Seann William Scott--were total eye candy. I also liked Ali Larter quite a bit, though they killed her off in the second one. She kind of disappeared after doing "Heroes", aside from that ridiculous thriller she did with Beyonce and Idris Elba (and appearing in the subsequent "Resident Evil" films). I think she had kids and kind of took the pedal off the gas as far as her career went.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | April 9, 2023 7:47 AM |
We're all the death scenes were all very Rube Goldberg.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | April 9, 2023 12:37 PM |
The lasik eye surgery scene in 3 is solely responsible for me still wearing glasses.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | April 9, 2023 12:59 PM |
The deaths in this franchise are like the flaming deaths from "The Towering Inferno," where Pauline Kael says "the film basically stops so the audience can say, 'Yummy, that's a good one!'"
The Friday the 13th deaths also became increasingly ridiculous in the same way:
by Anonymous | reply 73 | April 9, 2023 5:05 PM |
I know r9's post was over a year and a half ago, but that scene really wasn't that original even then. Brad Pitt got killed off in the beginning of Meet Joe Black in the same way (actually a more hilariously choreographed version since he got hit by two cars). There must have been more before that.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | April 9, 2023 5:15 PM |
From Monty Pyton's Flying Circus: "Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days."
Clearly an inspiration.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | April 9, 2023 5:22 PM |