# Phone Booth: perhaps on video. No spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616 "2003-04-05T02:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/1 "2003-04-05T02:30:30Z")
Well that was 90+ minutes of my life I’ll never get back. When it ended I walked out thinking, "Wah??? I t was like they had finished shooting 9/10’s of the movie and when they looked at the shooting script for the ending they said, “_Christ, this makes no sense. What do we do?_” And because they only had one day left to shoot, they just threw some crap together. New York City looks even scummier then usual.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/2 "2003-04-05T04:14:30Z")
I thought this movie was really good, and I went in expecting just that. However, it’s not the kind of film I anticipate everyone will like, or even most people. It’s pretty much what you expect from the previews, so I would suggest using that as an indicator of whether you’ll like it. Also, if money is an object to you, wait for it on video; this movie will lose nothing on the small screen. It lacked action, and the suspense was okay but not edge-of-your-seat. But I thought it was very creative and meaningful. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/3 "2003-04-05T04:18:21Z")
I remember that they shelved this movie when the Maryland sniper was active. Maybe they should’ve shelved it period. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/4 "2003-04-05T05:25:15Z")
I quite liked it. At the end, I thought it had proceeded kind of predictably, but while I was watching it, I was wondering how it’d end. But then, whenever I state on the boards that I like a movie, it turns out that it’s just me and like two other people in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Stearns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Thomas\_Stearns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thomas_Stearns)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/5 "2003-04-05T08:58:11Z")
I personally hope this movie becomes the albatross around the neck of the careers of everyone involved, especially the markeing department. i must have seen my first Phone Booth commercial about a year ago, and everytime I watch a movie this damn preview plays. The whole idea never really turned me on and I just loathed it more and more everytime I saw it. I can recite the whole preview now and everytime I see Colin Ferrel I want to shove my fist down his mouth. From watching the previews about 100 times I think there’s more substance in Chicken broth than there is in any aspect of the movie. If there was some way i could slowly torture and then kill a non-living entity, then this movie would be it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/6 "2003-04-05T13:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*I remember that they shelved this movie when the Maryland sniper was active. > > Maybe they should’ve shelved it period. \*\* They should have shelved it period when another company released a near-identical movie that went DTV. (_Liberty Stands Still_, starring Wesley Snipes and Linda Fiorentino.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/7 "2003-04-05T14:51:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Payton’s Servant \* > \*\*New York City looks even scummier then usual.😛 \*\* Especially since the movie was filmed in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/8 "2003-04-05T15:46:49Z")
Can somebody spoil me on this one? Just put the twists and turns in a spoiler box. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-booth-perhaps-on-video-no-spoilers/166616/9 "2003-04-05T15:54:52Z")
Can somebody spoil me on this one? Just put the twists and turns in a spoiler box. Thanks.