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This movie grabbed me with the incredible opening sequence which tricked me into a complete reversal of perspective, so I was hooked by the time the title came on.
Though it was obviously a cheesy TV movie from the 70s, the direction and score were well done enough that it grabbed my attention, and indeed I was hooked and had to watch it through to the end.
OK, I didn't know what to expect when I saw the cover to Fido, honestly when I came across it in the video store I was tempted to rent this movie, but nothing about it really grabbed my attention.
I rushed into the video shop, grabbed a movie without reading the entire blurb on the back and hoped for the best.
For several weeks this DVD leaped off the shelf at me every time I went in the store - having seen Steve Carrell in a couple of films previously, I didn't want to smear my thought process of him - so I resisted and resisted, until finally I grabbed it up with a 'What the hell!' attitude!
And I wanted to take advantage of the bargain, so I grabbed that one too.
The Theory of Flight grabbed me and held my interest.
No movies have grabbed my attention like this one has.
Billy Curtis played an unforgettable part with Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter, was one of the friends met by the star in Incredible Shrinking Man, he had a part in a movie I just luckily grabbed at a flea market titled My Gal Sal with Rita Hayworth, Wizard of Oz and plenty of other parts - great actor.
While roaming around the local WonderBook...I spotted the box for this one and grabbed it up.
But it grabbed me from the start.
There was no blinding moment of realization and no suddenly dramatic scene that grabbed me.
When the British Film Institute asked Martin Scorcese to create the American part of its Century of the Cinema series, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
This is a movie I had never even thought of seeing until my 3 year old spotted it at the video store and grabbed it after liking the cover picture of the animals on Nabooboo Island.
This film grabbed me right from the start with it's opening theme and stark but crisp black and white cinematography.
I actually caught this one on the big screen out of curiosity, without seeing a trailer, the poster alone grabbed my eye.
Its exploration of the almost entirely different worlds occupied by those fighting a war and those watching from a distance grabbed me from the first moment and kept me totally absorbed until the end of the final credits.
When I saw this western on the shelf at the movie store I grabbed it and ran to the counter.
The little bit of being "not-human" grabbed my attention furthermore, due to the idea that there really could be missing links in the evolutionary scale.
Even though the film suffers from poor dubbing, synching (it feels like you're watching an old Hong Kong Kung Fu flick), the film has a sense of dread from beginning to end that grabbed me.
She grabbed a knife and left a cut on Kathy's face.
The beginning of the film really grabbed me - the film was grainy, black and white, and the imagery was poetic and disturbing.
This one grabbed me.
I grabbed this movie out of one of those value bins.
All I can say is that it grabbed me in a way very few movies do.
Realistic, deep characters, fast-paced storyline that grabbed me right from the very beginning, great special effects, and amazing acting!
It was an impulse decision, I wanted a scary movie and I just grabbed this from the shelf and I am glad I did.
When I saw it in the store I grabbed it and payed $14 (even though i usually buy used films much cheaper) for it seeing that I was already interested in the film and it was attractively packaged.
I cought this movie on late nigth television, and it really grabbed me.
But the real reason I'm writing is because I would really appreciate some help to find the name of another vampire film I can't stop thinking about: all I remember about it is that is was in B&W (or maybe it was just my TV, I can't remember) I recall only two scenes: one, there was like a parade and there was this woman who looked very much like a nun, and the vampire grabbed her and sucked her blood inside of a car, and everyone who saw them laughed 'cause they thought they were making out.
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