The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Excellent but underrated film

Awesome Movie

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

1962 Paranormal researchers-writers; Ivan T. Sanderson, Gray Barker, James W. Mosley, John Keel claim: St Albans Charleston West Virginia 1960 played host to resident child (Richard) the Indian-Nation would term Shadow Eyes. He went onto become one of the most prominent child em-path's ever studied by Doctors within Parapsychology Science. 1967 the boy was one of the first to under under go conversion Electric Current Therapy. The child turned paranormal science upon its ear, sending many Doctors back to the drawing board." Alex Tanous, one of many who tested the child soon became entranced, and continued his studies on the child. To read more on this story, or too receive a copy of the 1950's Original Mothman death-list and the entire story concerning the Mothman Shadow Eyes Connection. Feel free to email. [email protected] Thank you.

I know I'm biased because The Mothman Prophecies is one of my all-time favorite books, but don't bother with this movie; read the book instead.The book is about John Keel's attempt to make sense of the strange happenings in Point Pleasant in late 1966 through 1967. The story is a fascinating mix of phenomena, crypto-zoological creatures, UFOs, Men in Black, paranormal activity, etc. Unfortunately you wouldn't know that if you just watch the movie. Seriously, it's like they literally took everything that was interesting and cut it out.Then they had to make it a love story, which was the book was not. It's like everything that I hate about Hollywood.It was also not set in the time period that it actually happened in, and with this material, it definitely makes a big difference.I'm still hoping that someday, someone will have the courage to make the real Mothman Prophecies film that deserves to be made. Until then, I'll just keep rereading my copy of the book.

Most people have probably never heard of the Mothman, which will make "The Mothman Prophecies" eerier. The Mothman was a figure that appeared to some people in West Virginia in the 1960s and predicted disasters. John Keel wrote a book about the sightings.The movie is a fictionalized account, with Richard Gere as a newspaper columnist investigating the sightings. Some of the scenes came across as silly, but I liked the phone calls, and especially the climax. Laura Linney once again proves herself a fine actress, playing a cop helping Gere's character investigate. A downside is that Alan Bates doesn't get enough screen time. As for the Mothman himself, we might never know what exactly he was or where he came from.No, it's not the best thriller. Mark Pellington had a better entry in this genre with "Arlington Road". But it's worth seeing. I now hope to read Keel's book. Most importantly, the climax should be a call to repair our infrastructure.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002): Dir: Mark Pellington / Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, Lucinda Jenney: Dull thriller that is supposedly based on fact. Richard Gere and Debra Messing move to Point Pleasant and purchase a new house but a car accident renders Messing with a severe head injury that eventually takes her life. Apparently she was consumed by a red flash before going off the road. Two years pass and Gere ends up in Point Pleasant again without knowledge as to how he got there. He knocks on a door and is confronted by a shotgun brandishing Will Patton who claims to have been irritated by knocking the past few nights. Intriguing plot fodders to a villain or force that just isn't threatening. Great production and fine directing by Mark Pellington who previously made Going All the Way. Gere holds his own as he struggles to figure out the past and current dilemma. The rest of the cast looks about as confused as the muddled foolishness going on around them. Patton is reduced to a bumbling buffoon. Laura Linney plays a police woman whose dreams have a connection to the conclusion but it makes no sense. The ending doesn't exactly give viewers their money's worth in terms of an explanation but this film is more or less a special effects feature with a plot every bit as real as the Easter Bunny. It is a pointless flash of stupidity. Score: 3 ½ / 10