javi-y-se-acabo
Stephen King might one of the most well known writers nowadays, and he usually has some kind of obsession with paranormal events, in this case affecting a young little girl and his father, who are trying to run away from some evil government forces that want to capture them to do experiments.The story is great, the two main characters are well written and are easy to connect with. And during the first half of the movie it flowed well and all. But around the half of the movie, it stops and gets slower and somehow, more boring. It still keeps the interest during some tense moments but it goes down a lot from the great start. Drew Barrymore as the little girl, Charlie was fantastic and her performance really makes you care about what could happen to her or her dad, Andy, played by David Keith.The visual effects, although they weren't perfect, were great for the not-so-high budget this movie had. The scenes with the young Drew Barrymore using her telekinetic powers were great and interesting to watch. And the atmosphere is created in part thanks to the great electronic score by Tangerine Dream.I would recommend this movie to any Stephen King, as I'm sure they would enjoy it a lot.
Filipe Neto
This film is an adaptation of a novel by Stephen King, where a young girl with pirokinesis and his father, with powers of mental manipulation, are seeking to escape government agents that want to kill them. Directed by Mark L. Lester, has David Keith and Drew Barrymore in the lead roles.This film is neither good nor bad. It is exactly in the middle. Drue Barrymore still manages to enchant us, as it was still far from the bad roads that ran through adolescence, years later. The story is also very interesting and covers a topic that always knew intrigue people. However, it's not, by far, the best film adaptation of a King book: the actors are sometimes too theatrical, especially Keith, every time it uses its powers; the script also has some obvious flaws and lack of logic. If the father imagined, as the film suggests, the danger in which he lived with his family, why he didn't use his powers to flee abroad earlier? And what is the purpose of that rampant police harassment against a man able to control minds and a girl able to set fire to everything?Not being very good, this film is still able to perform well with its role: entertain the public. Therefore, it is still interesting to see, although it is not surprising.
Jharnden1
Too many reviews on IMDb complain about this title not being scary. One talks about the first half being scary, but the second not. It's not supposed to be scary, horror scary at all, but is more in line with 1984 and the idea of government agencies overreaching. It is way more SciFi than horror with. Conspiracy theory thrown in for good nature. My biggest problem is George C. Scott as the antagonist who is supposed to be Native American. This is not a great film, nor is it a bad film. Watch and decide. It is A Stephen King film involving the Shop. It is therefore, connected to Golden Years and other stories. Keep in mind that it is not IT and it is not one of his multiple ghost stories. This is a psychological SciFi flick that borders on dystopian.
view_and_review
Yesterday I was talking to someone about movie remakes: which movies would do well remade and which movies should never be touched. I think Firestarter would do well as a remake. Firestarter relied heavily on little Charlie Mcgee and her abilities, so with today's CGI and special effects another Firestarter would be really nice.Firestarter was about a clandestine government program in which they were giving psychotropic drugs to some participants to see their effects upon the patients. Two participants hooked up, got married and gave birth to Charlene Mcgee (Drew Barrymore). The government operation, known as "The Shop", caught wind of this and pursued the family.I remember the movie being a lot better in 1980-whatever when I first saw it. Today, the movie was OK. The acting wasn't that good and the action was very unnatural; meaning that fire and heat can do certain things and some of the things Charlie Mcgee was doing was out of the realm of possibility. Furthermore, the victims of Charlie's wrath were doing things that a person wouldn't ordinarily do in the given situation. I know Drew Barrymore was just a child but yikes! She was almost unbearable to watch her acting was so forced.I think a remake would be cool. In fact, they could have Drew Barrymore play the role of Vicky Mcgee (Heather Locklear), the mother of Charlene Mcgee. I was also thinking they could do a Firestarter 2 with Charlie being a grown-up, played by Drew Barrymore, and having a little supernatural kid of her own. Then I saw here on IMDb that a Firestarter 2 was done in 2002. That went under the radar. So that leads me back to my original idea of a Firestarter remake. It could work.
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