The Statement of Randolph Carter

[MyLovelyHomicide]

and thats literal

[MyLovelyHomicide]

i like the "warren is dead" voice. it sounds like the kind of voice for which lovecraft would need a paragraph for its description XDDD

[TheDetroitAndy]

@MyLovelyHomicide oh yes. and MANY adjectives...xd

um, generally this film is not very bad, but it's not very good too. there's a problem with the actors-they aren't very...suitable. I mean Carter should bee a bit too thin (as I remember from Lovecraft's description), and Warren ought to be WHITE. I am not a racist, but Lovecraft was-we can't deny it. that's all.

[MyLovelyHomicide]

@TheDetroitAndy as a lovecraft fan i generally get more dissapointed when the acting or atmosphere dont suit lovecraft than little changes like the way a character looks. its impossible for a director to create exactly what one imagines from one of his stories cause each person will imagine it in a different way

[TheDetroitAndy]

@MyLovelyHomicide yes, you're right. I just notice things like that, but of course it's not the most important. and I meant: it was one of the disadvantages. some scenes were the second. but instead of it, this is one of the best adaptations of this story.

[darkness442003]

This story left me with what the hell was down there istead of being scared.

[TheCaptainLulz]

I know it sounds racist, unfortunately HPL was (his xenophobia is legendary), but hed be turning in his grave that black men where doing his work. You do a good job though.

[ttkoolkid50]

why is warren being so forcefull in the beging he doesent even want randolph to come with him at first

[lordsakkura]

I don't understand, Randolph Carter served in the French Foreign Legion in WW1, not sure how he turns out to be such a wuss

[darkness442003]

@lordsakkura PTSD, or the begining stages

[MyLovelyHomicide]

@lordsakkura hahahhahahahXDDD true true......

[Qrawzseg]

I love the picture of Lovecraft in the background of the office! :D

[ksol1460tv]

This scared the crap out of me and I *know* the story.

[Douglas7124]

This is the best version of the short story that I have seen. I know some would like a hollywood version but let's be realistic. If the executives started on this kind of project they would cast Carter as a female, Warren as a talking dog, and the story would be about thier journey to find a father figure. Private film companies are the only ones who have been the msot faithful to Lovecraft's vision.

[sistersdaddy]

This really needs to be read by a 1st gen text to speech program. set to slow.

[McNoat]

I don't know, I don't really like it.

The actors don't seem very good to me, there is no real tension except of the final scene and Randolph Carter isn't a THAT nervous character.

Although I have to say that I like the very end. Maybe I would have liked it even more if Carter would have become crazy over this sentence (although he doesn't do that in the original story).

However, I prefer the written story.

[zomglolretahoy]

@McNoat I think everyone prefers the origonal story.

[McNoat]

@zomglolretahoy True, a movie is never better than the book!

[genericmeatunit]

Odd choices for both protagonists - Carter and Warren. Not the way I imagined them for the time and place the story was set in. Guess this is a modern version.

[McNoat]

@ genericmeatunit:

Lovecraft was a racist, so he definetely didn't have a black guy in mind when he invented the character Harley Warren. Especially because this story is based on a dream Lovecraft had, where he saw him and his friend Loveman in a very simular situation as described in the story. Lovecraft became Carter and Loveman Warren. And Loveman was a white man, so I assume that Warren is that, too.

[ksol1460tv]

@McNoat - I think they just cast whoever was good and didn't pay attention to race. I mean, Loveman was Jewish, but you don't have to cast a Jewish actor to play him. I found these guys believable. Jay

[ksol1460tv]

@genericmeatunit - If it were up to me I'd cast Paul Muni as Warren and Ronald Colman as Carter. (Can you hear Colman reading the original Carter statement, in That Voice?) Jay

[MrWajax]

Absolutely wonderful! Much like the original story, this is genuinely creepy and atmospheric.

[etwansc]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[Thor82]

I liked it very much!

[albireocygni1]

This was amazing!

[Drewh313]

Hey... Randolph Carter wasnt some weasely dweeb. He fought with moonbeasts for Petes sake. Those things are so fing scary I dont even want to think about it.

[OrinDac]

ALL of Lovecraft's protagonists were weasly dweebs. Thats why they all loose.

[Drewh313]

What?! Randolph Carter is Yog-Sothoth incarnate! Hell kill you... stone cold! =O

[churaserter]

O well Randolph carter wasn't just another lovecraft protagonist, he was ''the lovecraft protagonist'' its the only one to appear in more than 3 stories and he had a whole short novel to himself... not to mention it was lovecraft alter ego...

Besides carter kick's ass from ancient gods to zoogs.....

[ksol1460tv]

@Drewh313 - Read "The Silver Key". He was a gutsy adventurer just like you said but going through a very bad time in his life when he spent these years with Warren. He was close to fifty and hadn't been able to get to the dreamlands for almost twenty years. "The Silver Key" is how he tries to get back. Warren wasn't bad, but was often overbearing - the portrayal here is accurate. In "The Statement" Carter said "Warren always dominated me, and sometimes I feared him... now I fear for him."

[SpotxSpot]

Fool, ur Warren iz DED!

[dosei]

The guy playing Carter sounds like this is his first time acting. The delivery just seemed off big time. That and like oconnorcd said, there's a CSI feeling to it, partially due to the camera work on top of the whole "WOAH LOOK AT THIS" effect every couple of minutes.

[oconnorcd]

Everything is great and I give this production two thumbs up. The only low of this film, in my opinion, is the 21st century CSI feeling to it. That fact alone drains out all the horror for me but other than that very good.

[Sambiglione]

Great act, but the final punchline is sadly missing it's needed potency.

But I doubt anyone can bring that voice to life.

[moonseolnyeo]

Awesome!! Very good job; very professional; good screenplay treatment, too. Bravo!