does anyone else think the crow is one of the best movies ever?

Answer 1

i love that movie too! one year for halloween, i went as brandon lee's character.

Answer 2

It was good, but not that good. By the way lyndsey he was killed during filming. They had to cobble the ending out of bits so it wasnt as good as it could have been.
He was wounded and died when he was shot by a bullet in a gun which was supposed to have been firing blanks...

the story goes

On March 31, 1993, the 52nd day of a 60-day shooting schedule for The Crow, the scene being filmed was when Lee's character was to walk into his apartment and see his girlfriend being raped by thugs. This would subsequently lead to Eric being brutally killed, along with his girlfriend, by the thugs. Actor Michael Massee, who played one of the villains in the movie, was supposed to fire a gun at Lee, as he walked into his apartment with groceries.

Because the movie's second unit team were running behind schedule, it was decided that dummy cartridges — bullets that outwardly appear to be functional, but contain no gunpowder — would be made from real cartridges, which had been brought to the set, earlier in production. Bruce Merlin, an effects technician, dismantled the live cartridges by removing the bullets, emptying out the gunpowder, detonating the primer, and reinserting the bullets. This rendered the cartridges inoperative, but realistic in appearance. Merlin and his propmaster, Daniel Kuttner, took initiative to create some blanks by removing live cartridges, and replacing the gunpowder with firework powder; the bullets were not reinserted.

Later, a cartridge with only a primer and a bullet, was fired in a pistol; this caused the bullet to lodge in the forcing cone of the revolver. When the first unit used this gun to shoot the death scene, the chamber was loaded with blanks which had no bullets. However, there was still the bullet in the barrel, which was propelled out by the blank cartridge's explosion. Consequently, Lee was shot and severely wounded, as cameras were rolling at the Carolco Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina. Seconds later, director Alex Proyas stopped the scene, but Lee remained on the floor. Stuntman (and Lee's friend) Jeff Imada ran over to him with a paramedic, and discovered a thin slit, an inch below to the right of his navel; by this time, Lee had slipped into unconciousness, and was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered that a bullet was the cause of the damage. They fought for five hours in an attempt to save him, but at 1:04 PM he was pronounced dead.

To complete the film, a stunt double (Chad Stahelski), who was a friend of Lee's at the famed Inosanto Academy, and special effects were used to add Lee's face onto the stunt double. These scenes were filmed after Lee's death:

His funeral was held several days later; he was buried next to his father in Lake View Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington. The following day, a memorial service was held in Los Angeles, California, at the home of actress Polly Bergen; over 200 people attended, including David Carradine, David Hasselhoff and Kiefer Sutherland. Jeff Imada, Lee's closest friend, and Eliza ('Lisa') Hutton, Lee's intended bride, were so shocked they couldn't speak, while his mother, Linda Emery, reminded everyone, "Brandon would want this to be a happy occasion; we are here to celebrate his life."

What a tragic loss.........

Answer 3

Only the original one with Brandon Lee. All of the sequels sucked.

Answer 4

I loved it, was a big part of my teen years and I love the soundtrack too. And yes, Brandon Lee did die just before they finished filming, but they used a stunt double to complete filming.

Answer 5

I have seen it a few times, mainly when I was in jr high and high school..people always seemes to be really into the movie and I never was. It was good, but thats it.

Answer 6

oh god yes but the guy who played the crow suppose to of died just after the film was made

Answer 7

The sequels were totally crap, but the original film with Brandon Lee (so hot!) was kick a**

Answer 8

Top film, top soundtrack. The Crow sequel, ever seen it? DON'T! I implore you, it is insulting to the first one.

Answer 9

Very much so. I wished they had ended there and left it to be Brandon Lee's last thing instead of putting in replacements that could not do it justice.

Answer 10

good movie, but best ever? PLEASE!!! Just because you get wet for the "Lee corpse Jr." Doesn't make it the best movie ever. I get a chubby over Cameron Diaz, but I wouldn't vote Charlies angels as best picture. Though I wouldn't mind doing all three at once.......again!

Answer 11

Yes definately