'Final Destination 3' is coming out, and except for a petition for it on page... 13, I haven't seen a thread for the movies, so I hope that's fine.


So we started in 2000. Final Destination. "No Accidents. No Coincidences. No Escapes. You Can't Cheat Death." Because "Death Doesn't Take No For An Answer."

Starring: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Tony Todd, Seann William Scott (for full cast and crew check imdb.com).

Final Destination Trailer.


In 2003 we got Final Destination 2. "You can't cheat death twice." A movie that had "More Speed. More Horror. More Death."

Starring: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, Tony Todd, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Jonathan Cherry, Keegan Connor Tracy, Lynda Boyd, James Kirk, David Paetkau, Sarah Carter (for full cast and crew check imdb.com).

Final Destination 2 Official Site.


And now, 2006, we have Final Destination 3. "This Ride Will Be The Death Of You."

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman (for full cast and crew check imdb.com).

Final Destination 3 Official Site.

I thought the first film was genius - spent the whole time trying to figure out how people would die (which is really sick but helped allay the fear).

The second film COULD have been equally as interesting except I was so deeply traumatized by the graphicness of the opening death scenes and the fact that a specific person dies (which makes no sense and comes towards the end of the movie) that it put me off.

As such I doubt I'll see the third one, but it's a clever premise.

And the thread's totally cool.

The first movie was great! The concept was so interesting, and along with the 'Who's going to go next' there was also the 'HOW is he/she going to go?'. There were so many 'close call' scenes, and then characters died from something that you didn't even see coming.

So when the second movie came you pretty much knew what to expect (great opening scene, by the way!), but then came the twist: You can cheat death! I can't remember the exact idea, but it has to do with new life. And then we have the pregnant woman, and, of course, it doesn't turn out the way you think! (though I think I thought about what they should/going to do seconds before they actually did it, but it was still good!).

Bludworth was an inetersting character ('Angel of Death'?), but I didn't see Tony Todd on the credits for 'Final Destination 3'. Shame. Ali Larter (Clear Rivers) being in both movies was also a great touch.

So we actually have no one from the previous movies. I wonder how they're going to play that one out.

Oh, but Kris Lemche is on the credits! I like him

Media Blvd has a review on the movie on MediaBlvd Online Magazine.

Yeah, I saw that.

And it was the handling of Ali Larter (Clear Rivers) in the second film that bugged me - it made no sense and didn't follow the story line, even though the rest of the entire film did (even the ending). It could have been genius, and so very disturbing, otherwise.

And yeah - I think the third movie will be a bust because it doesn't carry the previous story line through the characters, but who knows...

I saw this tonight, my forensics professor mentioned it in the weekly 'viewing assignments' folder that we sometimes all peek at for kicks.

I actually thought it was better than the second one, but not better than the first one though they do mention the connections to the first one and the second one and there are numerously scattered references throught it all which I caught onto pretty quick.

Good movie, though the ending did surprise me a bit as I wasn't looking for it either, was expecting something like the first or second one and got something completely different.

I have to admit though, only two of the actors were even familar to me so that made it a little more enjoyable not having something to 'base' off of on previous work.

And yeah, one of the actors was the roller coaster attendant who was only in it for 3 seconds

My parents however, looked equally disgusted at some parts (they've seen the first two as well) but they always ask me how I can laugh at these movies when it's serious I just think I've seen too many horror movies.

Over all, not bad, given that the director from the first film is back as opposed to the one from the second film that I didn't like.

For anybody looking for Tony Todd (if it is the same guy.. I'm assuming it is) .. he's actually listed in the bottom of the credits because he only did voice work in the 3rd instead of screen work

Thank you Pixie Queen

So who was the other one?

Okay, now that sounds interesting...

You're welcome

The other actor that I knew of besides (Harris Allan) the roller coaster attendant was Chlean Simmons ( either Ashlynn or Ashley) because I had seen "The Long Weekend" with her in it months ago.

Yeah, it was.. weird to hear his voice where it was placed though, kind of ironic in a sense. I started reading the novel series they're putting out based on the movies, I'll see if he's mentioned anywhere though in the books, they're pretty long books too.

Now it's not only interesting but also not fair

Can you post a little more information about the books?

It's not listed on IMDB but he's credited as "Voice of the Devil" (ie that talking statue before they go onto the ride) in the credits.

Why's it not fair?

Mmm sure, they're doing a series (#1-6) 6 is the number they have right now (not sure if the series does more than 6 but who knows) not including the more indepth novels based on the movies. They're pretty rare and hard to find (so when they run out of publication they'll be worth something), I have a few pre ordered and I've got two sitting near me, they're pretty thick in detail and expand characterization alot more (they're normally between 400-418 pages each ) If you go to Amazon.com (too lazy to link) and search "Final Destination" they'll come up pretty interesting though.

Thanks for that

And it's not fair because I really don't see someone wanting to go with me to see it (I think that we don't have it yet anyway), and who knows when it will be out on DVD.


Okay, I did a search on Amazon.com. Is it possible that there are two books' series? Because, for example, there are two #2 books. One of them titled 'Destination Zero' and the other 'The Movie'. The prices look fair, though. Lower than I expected, actually. But 400 pages in english each?! Is there any chance that they'll be translated to, I don't, Hebrew?

DVD's here usually come out 4-6 months after a film is widely released so I dunno.

Okay, what they did is they have a book series (1-6 + ) and then they made the films (movies) into book versions too , err does that make sense? I'm a little sleepy. Yeah I know, they're not priced bad which is surprising, and yes around 400 pages each sigh it'll take me like a week and a half to finish the one I have sitting on my desk But if you're looking for 1-6 aviod anything with the words 'based on the film/movie' in the description.

If you do get to see it, I think you'll enjoy it, I know I got a kick out of it but I'm pretty dark and morbid film wise sometimes

4-6 months on the States/Canada. The question is how long it will take it cross the ocean

Yeah, I get what you're saying regarding the books. The six books' series is not related to the movies (though it shares the same concept) while the three others are the movies themselves. I checked amazon again and the three books' series is the one titles 'The Movie', so there shouldn't be any problem to tell them apart.

Thanks

You two are VERY into it! So cute. Hee!

I have to say that after reading all your back-and-forth dialogue I'm definitely seeing it, now - although I'll wait until it comes out on DVD. Thanks for all the information, Pixie Queen!


I can imagine your parents are horrified - they're probably only a few years older than myself (if you were born when they were in their mid-20s), and back in "our" day these sorts of films were not as common, and extremely horrifying (hence the name of the genre). Now they're almost a spoof, and frequently a spoof of themselves. When you see a lot of them you can sit back and enjoy, just have fun, but even though they saw the first two it's still not as much a part of their daily lexicon, if you get what I mean.

I'm just surmising, but I find that to be frequently true.

Also - I'm glad the original director is back. The original film had true suspense, while the second one just had shock-scenes, which is difference. I'm all about suspense, myself.

Sorry, seriously I didn't think I would get into it this much.

You're welcome, I liked it I'm not sure if others will but I found alot of the orginal elements going back to the first one just because of the fact it was the same director I actually sat down and rewatched the first one earlier today and I much more prefere that 'suspense' route to the 'shock value' I think I didn't like the second film as much because you knew what the deal was.. but I think it was done or handled in a sort of odd ball way in that it turned me off viewing wise and I didn't like it.

I live with my grandparents actually (parents are who knows where) and they've seen everything under the sun from Saw 2 to Sugar all the way back to Snow White, I just find that 'Mum; is a bit more sensitive about blood and gore than 'Dad' is but you're right I don't think it's their norm versus mine (I see this kinda stuff all the time with school work).



I'll check IMDB.com for you and see if I find anything on international dates.


Yeah, in the book series there's more than 6 (or I think they're will be) but I'm not sure, I just knew they were releasing books as a 'promo' thing because of the third one coming out to the viewing public. No problem.

Come on shrrshrr! It had a great concept. You've got to get into it


That's what I think as well. In the first movie it took some time to get the hang of it, but in the second one you already knew what to expect. Not that it was bad. I do think that it was less scary, though. Maybe because it was, or maybe because, well, the reasons above.

I really need to see them again...

If you're talking about the movie, then we're getting it on Feb. 16th. As for the DVD... nothing on imdb.com or amazon. Guess we'll just wait

I think in each movie, the way they get handed clues or whatever is different, I'm not sayng 3 is bad, I liked it, but I think it's a bit funnier than the first two in general content versus the suspense in the first, the shock in the second the third.. well I'm not sure what I would classify that as seeing as all she does to see who dies how is looking at pictures she took on a camera the night it happened but if anything I would say 'common sense' aside from they didn't know who was next (ie the original) and had to figure it out.

I thought you meant the movie, but DVD mentions won't surface for another couplea months if that's what you mean.

Okay, this time I didn't read the spoiler

I'm a bit confused. In the third one they don't know who's going to be next?

I meant the DVD I already checked the international dates when I posted information about the movie on La Femme Nikita thread.

Well, let's hope we won't have to wait too long

They do, but.. it's done through what I would consider 'common sense' (see if you read the spoiler you'd understand better but.. I don't want to corrupt you.



I don't think we will Don't worry though, we should know something in a couplea months here I figure June-July before anything in DVD format comes up (for the states).

I started reading one of the books last night, before I knew it it was 5 AM and I had read to page 100 without realizing it So the books are pretty good. I almost 'squee'd when I read the name 'George' on the page in one of the books, but then it was a doorman and not George from FD 1 (I always want him to have gotten off that plane sigh); no connections are these in that I've seen so far.

I think it's the first time I want to stay spoiler-free

'George' as in Brendan?

So they're worth it?

Okay, what ever works best I suppose



Yes

They do tie things together in the books sorta the same way as they did in the third movie but sigh and I think they're worth 8 bucks. They keep me entertained, but then again I'm a book junkie sometimes

And I'm one of those people who read the end of a book just so they can read the book peacefully.

But with this movie... You know, I think it's like watching 'The Usual Suspects' for the first time when you already know what's going to happen in the end. It's the twist that makes it (not that you can't watch it again and again and again).

In 'Final Destination' there's the... how shrrshrr had put it? "trying to figure out how people would die". So you just keep looking for clues, only to find that the answer was something else completely. It's great!


Yeah. I think I'll give them a shot (though six books, 400 pages each, in english... ).

I do that sometimes.

That's the thing though, with these movies you know what's up and I think that's part of the reason it didn't do so great at the box office here so far. I enjoyed it, but I think people are getting err ... tired and used to it-- the premise of the "Final Destination" Series[eg. in some form of travel, someone sees something, prevents it, and death still gets 'em] (though I admit the ending threw me for a loop on the third one, first one I was kind of expecting it) and besides, I think they do okay on these films but in all 3 they had to redo each ending because people hated the original ones at test screenings.

They did okay with the whole 'looking for clues' bit, it was a bit lame, wasn't as clever as the first one, but y'know how they have that saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it" they shouldn'ta fixed it.



Yeah, I know, it's a bit of a kick in the teeth to how many hours writers must gruel over long books I think the longest books Ive read so far are Anne Rice, but with this.. 400 pages seems the normal thing especially since they all seem to be tied together with someone bringing up the previous incidents in the films. (it's a bit of a lame excuse for books but whatever fits I suppose). I think you'll like 'em.

Though I still haven't got the chance to read it all (so I'm not quite sure what it says), I thought I'll just go ahead and post a link to an interview with FD3 cast and crew from Sci-Fi.com

Final Destination 2 will air tomorrow night (Tuesday, Feb 21 8/7c) on the WB. And here's the trailer (from the WB).

What does everyone think about FD3?

I absolutely love it! I went to see it twice - would like to see it again but cant get my friends to go again It was just too good

From SCI FI Wire:

Fourth Destination Is Coming

A fourth Final Destination movie—in 3-D—is developing at New Line, to be helmed by David R. Ellis, who directed the second installment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Plot details for Final Destination 4 are being kept under wraps, but the movie will stand alone and will feature new teens facing new forms of death. The script was written by Eric Bress, who co-wrote Final Destination 2.

Veteran horror filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan created the franchise, and Wong helmed the most recent installment.

Ellis directed Snakes on a Plane and has worked as a second-unit helmer on such movies as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

From Variety.com:

'Final Destination 4' sets cast
VanSanten, Campo, Webb join Ellis' 3-D thriller

By TATIANA SIEGEL

New Line has tapped Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo and Hayley Webb as the stars of "Final Destination 4."

Nick Zano, Krista Allen and Andy Fiscella round out the cast.

David Richard Ellis, who helmed the second installment, will direct the horror-thriller. Story kicks off when a teenager's premonition of a deadly racecar crash spares his life and those of a few lucky others. But death continues to stalk those who escaped it.

Eric Bress penned the screenplay.

New Line is shooting the latest chapter, budgeted at $43 million, in 3-D. The previous three "Final Destinations" have grossed more than $150 million at the domestic box office.

Principal photography begins this month in New Orleans.

VanSanten recently finished production on Roland Joffe's "Finding TATU" alongside Timothy Hutton, Mischa Barton and Anton Yelchin.

Campo's credits include the UPN series "South Beach."

Webb appeared in the TV series "Shark" and "Close to Home."

Liron... we meet again.. didn't know you love it too... we're starting to repeat each other...

Saw FD1 and 2... LOVED the first one... the 2 not that much... waiting to see the third!...

I can get the liking the first one better. I do think that the question on the second, how will death be cheated, was interesting. I watched it a long time ago, but I don't think I picked on how they were going to do it.


From SCI FI Wire:

FD4 Has Two Bangs In 3-D

David R. Ellis, director of the upcoming 3-D sequel film Final Destination 4, told SCI FI Wire that the fourth installment in the popular franchise will kick off with a disaster at a racetrack and, unlike the previous films, will include a second major disaster: an explosion at a movie theater.

SCI FI Wire was among a group of journalists in New Orleans on May 15 to observe filming (possible spoilers ahead!), which included blowing up the theater, part of a chain reaction of disasters that will take place inside a shopping mall. Production took place in a warehouse converted into a soundstage, in which a movie theater had been built. Actors were made up to appear as if they had suffered grievous injuries from the explosion, which was being shot in several segments.

Ellis added that FD4 will also stand out because it's the first 3-D live-action movie shot on regular sets and not against green screens.

"The shoot is awesome," said Ellis, who also directed the second installment in the supernatural disaster series. "We're living the dream. We're making movies and getting paid for it and blowing people up and killing them, and it's all good."

FD4 begins with a crash during a stock-car race, which launches debris into the crowded stands. As in the previous films, the disaster takes place in the mind of the central character, whose premonition then saves the lives of his companions. But death doesn't leave them alone for long.

The 3-D element is new. "There are great directors, like [James] Cameron and all these guys out there, who are on the forefront of this technology," Ellis said. "And to be a part of that is awesome for me. This is a perfect genre for a 3-D movie."

Producer Craig Perry added: "Obviously there's a number of 3-D movies coming out next year. Many of them are the CG Disney animated films and concert films. This is a blissfully R-rated film."

Perry said the horror movie will make good use of the technology. "I think that we'll be able to deliver a product that best exemplifies what 3-D is capable of giving the audience," he said. Final Destination 4 is currently in production with an eye to a 2009 release. --Resa Nelson

Final Destination 4 release date: August 14, 2009.

Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com.

Next year?! Oh, I don't know if I can wait that long.