Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

CountVladDracula This is a classic story in true Oscar Wilde wit and flair. It's both hautning and funny. It's a fairy tale for all ages. In this story a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle. It's very well written and a beautiful tale for all ages.Let me start by saying I LOVE Oscar Wilde. I LOVE his work. Love it. I've even pre-ordered the British DVD of Dorian Gray with Ben Barnes since it never had a US release and I trained my computer to be able to play region 2 DVDs. I know it's not very faithful to the books but it has to be better than the 2006 version that was badly acted and made Basil a woman and set it in the 1960s.My two favourite works by Oscar Wilde are The Picture of Dorian Gray and the novella, The Canterville Ghost.The plot of The Canterville Ghost is pretty straight forward. A very theatrical old ghost haunts a castle in rural England. Turns out he murdered his wife so he was starved to death and cursed. An American family moves into the castle and the story becomes a funny spoof of British propriety and American commercialism as the American family annoys the Hell out of the ghost trying to scare them away. The ghost ends up befriending the teenage daughter of the family, fifteen-year-old, Virginia Otis. A prophecy is discovered:'When a gentle girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When a child gives up tears And the barren almond bears, When the silent chapel bell Sounds the ghostly sinner's knell Then shall the house be still And peace shall come to Canterville.'And needless to say Virginia helps the ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville, to move on. There's also a sweet little subplot where she ends up with the young duke whom lives near by. This subplot is expanded in the 1996 film adaptation. Many films leave it out all together. It's a simple story and very sweet though I do actually feel Patrick Stewart's version is a lot more sympathetic than his own book counter part whom at points didn't seem to regret killing his wife at all really and was a bit petty too. Though I do still love the book I ust feel Patrick Stewart added something to the character of Sir Simon de Cantervllle that originally wasn't there.This is probably the best adaptation of the story you are liable to see. My least favourite version of The Canterville Ghost is the 1940s movie version which made it about an American soldier having to prove his bravery by killing a Nazi. That had nothing, and I mean NOTHING, to do with the original story. Even the ghost's cause of death was drastically changed for this so-called comedy (it was the bleakest version I had ever seen). They had the poor ghost (when he was alive) walled up for refusing to fight in a duel that was originally intended for his brother but the brother was hurt and couldn't fight. Since the ghost 'died a coward' his American descendant had to 'prove his bravery' by killing a Nazi. The ghost even begs the father that killed him for this 'cowardice' for forgiveness. This is awful! I HATE that version of The Canterville Ghost. How is it the forties version of The Picture of Dorian Gray was so true to the novel but The Canterville Ghost had nothing to do with it's book? They even added a Shirley Temple style little girl. The Otis family and fifteen-year-old Virginia were not existent in this version. A seven or eight year old girl owns a castle ...for some reason and American soldiers are staying it. One soldier happens to be related to the 'cowardly' ghost and he has to prove himself against Nazi for the ghost to move on. I can't wrap my mind around why this ghost would need to be forgiven for being starved to death for refusing to fight in a duel that was not his own. What the Hell!? It was pretty much all World War 2 propaganda. Oscar Wilde would have been rolling over in his grave, especially considering his original novella was written decades before the first World War and had nothing to do with soldiers or Nazis. If this film had just been retitled with a new name for the ghost I would not have even guessed it was an adaptation of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde.Now for my favourite film version of The Canterville Ghost:My favourite adaptation of The Canterville Ghost is the 1996 movie with Neve Campbell as Virginia Otis and Patrick Stewart as the ghost. I actually like this incarnation of the ghost more than the version in the actual book though I LOATHE Virginia's obnoxious father in this film adaptation. His character was over the top annoying. This, in my opinion, is the best film version of The Canterville Ghost. If you haven't seen it, it sells for about six dollars on amazon or you can find it on youtube broken into six parts as Patrick Stewart as a ghost (with a subsequent number after each piece). This version is modernized but The Canterville Ghost lends itself well to modernization.

Jennhli Patrick Stewart gives another wonderful performance as the Ghost, Sir Simon De Canterville. He goes head to head with a 20th century American family. Not the biggest believers in ghosts. I an not a big fan of Neve Canpbell, but her scenes with Stewart show off her best. This roll is a natural for Stewart as the Shakespeare quoting ghost sentenced to haunt the castle. I have seen several versions of this movie and this is one of the best. The special effects, while good, do not overwhelm the story. The scenery and location of the scene, especially the ruined garden and the library set of the acting perfectly. A must see is you are a fan of both Patrick Sytewart or Neve Campbell.

Ms_oRlAnDo_bLoOm When I was about 7 years old my dad recorded this film on T.V and i religiously watched it at least 3 times a week till the sound track was so fuzzy and the picture so blurred that you couldn't destinguish any sounds or shapes.You have probably guessed a few things about me already, a) I loved this film as a kid , b)I watched a LOT of T.V and c)I was very very sad. All of these I can confirm are probably quite true but I would just like to say to all you people who put this film down and said it shouldn't have been made, just imagine a very very very sad little seven year old with nothing to watch while stuffing her face with crisps and juice. I guess the film only appealed to talent deprived seven year old with a tendency to eat to much. Enough said, think what you like about this film,see if it bothers me.God ,I've unleashed many bad memories of being a fat kid.Thank god that tape wore done or I'd probably still be glued to the T.V today.

SirinJulia I was really excited when I read "The Canterville Ghost" would be shown on TV. However, I was deeply disappointed. I loved the original story written by Oscar Wilde and sadly nothing of that was transferred by the movie.