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| The Forgotten | 
| Category: Movie
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Avg. Customer Rating:  278 reviews
Sales Rank: 7288
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 95 minutes
ASIN: B000T4349G
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2004
Release Date: November 25, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 It's really, really good! January 23, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When "The Forgotten" came out in theaters, I wanted to go see it, but my mom and her friends went instead. I've been waiting and waiting for it to come out, and now it finally has. The story line is a perfect mixture of complicated and simple. Her son is dead in a plane crash, at least that's what she thinks. It's really a revalation. Now, don't think I'm a religious freak, but I there are really aliens, and they're really demons, but I won't go into all that. It's interesting when they capture a fed and find out about their cooperation with the aliens, for survival. He says, "The truth wouldn't fit into your G*****n brain." That's so true. If we only knew what was going on, we'd all lose our minds, litterally. But, back to the movie. It's a thriller, and, on most peoples' scale it's a horror movie. We bought the DVD just yesterday, and watched the theatrical cut (which I prefer) and the extended cut with the alternate ending (which confuses me and doesn't end even near as good as the theatrical version). Both cuts are excellent, but there are problems with the extended cut I don't like. The only deleted scene that, I think, should have remained was "The Abduction" scene. I don't know why they called it that, because there's no abductions in it. The other ending stinks. The alien doesn't get what's coming to him, and the part where she's chasing him and finds him in his room (but can't get in because there's already a Telly in his alternate world that goes on in his mind) and keeps trying to get to him, but when she jumps, everything just disappears. That makes no sense. Both cuts have a problem. What happened to Jim (her husband) and Dr. Munce (her psychiatrist). What about the feds, and her friends? Does everyone remember the children again? If anyone's ever seen the movie "Signs", the know what "Bad ending" means. I'm still puzzling over these missing elements. There's also not many special features, which could be fixed if they didn't add the extended cut. I think there shouldn't be an extended cut available to watch. The only thing that's exetended is the deleted scenes and the alternate endeding (which, one again, isn't worth much). They should only make the theatrical version available to watch, in my opinion anyway. "The making-of: 'The Forgotten'" is a neat documentary, and I still haven't watched "Remembering 'The Forgotten'", but I plan to do so today. But, to sum it up, I'm saying "Get this!" It's worth the money!
It was okay January 22, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The movie isn't bad and it does tell somewhat of a good story but I can agree with some viewers that there should have been more work in this movie to better explain why these some of the events were happening the way they were. Julianne Moore plays Telly, a mother who is struggling to move on in life without her 9 year old son who supposedly died in a plane crash. To make things very strange, she doesn't have any proof that the child exists and everyone from neighbors, doctors, and husband keep telling her that he never existed and that it was all in her head. Telly never gives up and is determined to prove that he did exist and noone was buying into it until Ash (the father of a daughter who was good friends with her son) was able to recall memories of his daughter that he had forgotten about. Maybe the booze was part of the reason Ash forgot about his daughter and her son but it seemed strange that noone remembered their children except for them. They team up to try and find clues and discover why things are happening the way they were. To make matters even crazier, Telly's husband would soon forget all about her and a mysterious NSA agent keeps showing up at times when they are about to unravel some hints that could led them to finding the truth and wither or not the kids are really died and like the creeper in jeepers creepers, he quickly snatches people who are on their side. Despite all the odds, Telly never gave up. Of course, Telly was fully aware that this agent was involved in all strange events that were occurring as he was there when her son was on the plane. The agent reveals that this was all an experiment but it never goes into detail as to why this is going on. We just know it is an expriment and it was designed to make everyone forget that they ever existed but Telly never did forget about her child and was not about to now. She supposedly breaks the experiment and sees her kid again. With more detail on the experiment the movie would have been better. I would recommend that you at least rent it before you decide to buy it.
thanks!!! January 22, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Martin Brock wrote a review and basically spoiled the movie for me!! from now on don't tell us what the movie is about idiot!!!
 Forgetting a son in the name of national security January 22, 2005
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
In The Forgotten, national security agents and mysteriously powerful forces conducting sociological experiments somehow engineer people to forget their children. The children disappear on a plane taking them to a camp, and this plane, we discover, is an instrument of the national security agents and mysteriously powerful forces.
We never learn who the mysterious forces are, precisely, but we can believe them to be extraterrestrial. The film permits this otherwordly interpretation and encourages the interpretation literally, but art is metaphorical, and I don't much believe in extraterrestrials conducting experiments myself. I suspect the filmmakers don't either, really.
The word "abduct" descends from Latin meaning "to lead away". It's funny that Telly uses the word "abduct". Most people would say "kidnap", but Sam's mother perceives leaders engineering her to forget a son they've led away.
 I am going to focus like a laserbeam on this product January 21, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I lost interest in this movie in the first half second of screen time. Right about when the stock spooky piano music started playing on the soundtrack, followed by the panning-in-over-water opening shot. If the Hollywood thriller formula becomes any more rigid, we will soon be seeing the same exact movie over and over again. But anyway, basically this is a very long episode of the X files, with Julianne Moore in the role of Scully. Not bad casting actually. I mean, Julianne Moore and Scully kind of resemble eachother and are both redheads. And I can tell you in confidence that Julianne Moore for one is a real redhead, if you get my meaning.
addition 1-26-05: Okay, so a lotta you ingrates have been spamming my review with unhelpful votes. So lemme see if I can make myself more clear. This is basically a grade B X Files episode, complete with some lushed-up ex hockey player in the role of Mulder. Yeah that's right folks, for tonight's performance the role of Mulder's cell phone will be played by Johnnie Walker Red Label. But not to worry though. After much pressure from Julianne "Scully" Moore, Lushed-up Mulder takes the bottle to the sink and pours it all down the drain. I stopped watching at this point, so I did not find out whether these cheap dramatics were followed by a scene of Scully Moore fast asleep while Lush Mulder frequents the local licka sto, as my homies in South Central like to say. If this was not the ensuing development then either the movie is totally lacking in realism or the audience is treated to a plot line that involves Scully Moore contending with Lush Mulder coming down with the French Fits whilst they are on the lam from the saucer people and the NSA and posssibly also the Lizard Men from Denver Airport and the Rand Corporation and some members of the British Royal Family. Yes, I imagine that the rest of the movie went something like this: "Scully, I think I figgered it out. The saucer people are sending pink elephants to steal our memory. That explains my blackouts, don't it?" "Jesus Mulder, can't you keep it together here?"
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