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| Snake5555555555 05/25/22 8:23:45 PM #45: | Suprak - C- I have no idea where this will wind up ranking on the overall list, but Im going to take a wild guess and say that Im the person that ranked it the lowest. This one was a rewatch for me, but my second viewing did not improve my initial impression which is that this was one of the most wildly overrated horror movies of all time. It isnt scary, it isnt interesting, it is wildly derivative, I hated one of the lead actors, and it sacrifices the story for some incredibly heavy handed messaging that they beat you over the head with until youre left crying for mercy. Other than that it was great! GRIEF IS BAD. In case you didnt know that already, this movie wants to make sure you do. Im not saying that every movie on this list was exactly subtle, but this is just so over-the-top on the nose that I wanted to roll my eyes. Yes, Babadook, grief is bad and hard to control and never leaves you, sure great cool. INTERESTING. What stuck with me from the film and what I remembered it for was this really heavy-handed and uninteresting messaging combined with these low budget cheap scares and sloppy film making. I have friends that love this so I know Im in the minority here, but this is a movie that gets way too sloppy and literal with its message to the point that I feel like it takes over the film in a way that is impossible to recover from. Also, if anything positive came out of the Babadook it was that I learned I could be annoyed to the point where I will no longer be scared. The main actress here was actually fairly good, but everything beyond that seems to have been scientifically designed in such a way as to annoy me. The lead child actor here is horrendous. Truly, almost impossibly annoying. I get that hes kinda supposed to be for part of the movie to drive Amelia crazy, but man did I want to punt this kid through the window. Hes also horrendous at acting, which isnt his fault because he looks like hes about six. Having such a young kid being a core part of your movie is always a risk, and it isnt one this one can pull off. The movie is sort of divided between these sort of daytime character building scenes and then spooky scary scenes at night, and I was dreading the daytime scenes more because it meant Id have to deal with that kid talking again. Night would come and Id be like phew just a monster to deal with now. I also think this film is too low budget, and the scares sort of suffer from it. There are some things here I liked, I guess. I liked the little window scene from the news report. The book in particular was great. Really well done, creepy imagery, and a nice introduction to the character. It sets the stage for everything that follows, where youre just sort of waiting for the dog to die because of what the book teases up front. But beyond that, this movie feels like it needed roughly twice the budget to pull of the scares they want. Youve got the Babadook coming towards you at time and it looks like someone is just pushing a mannequin with a coat on a skateboard or something. Or that scene where the BED IS SHAKING SPOOKY SCARY and theres a part where its just showing the characters torsos and you know some poor guy is just pushing it back and forth slightly out of shot. And then the climax of the movie where the little kid straight up Home Alones his way into what is the least interesting looking exorcism ever put on film. It botches the horror pretty badly and there were multiple points in the movie that were supposed to be scary that I just kind of sighed and shook my head at. I mean, I liked Amelia enough. I thought the actress did a good job and I was hoping shed find some sort of happiness by the end because shed been through enough and I relate to the so sleepy you just might go crazy stage of parenthood. I felt for her in a way I didnt necessarily feel for other parent figures in similar movies on this list, and I thought the actress here did a good job with what she was given. But that (plus a couple of minor scares I liked) just isnt enough. I dont even like admitting that I hate this one as much as I do, because I feel like I have to be the one missing something when everything else Ive seen has been so wildly positive. Some things just dont click though, and for whatever reason this one just did not work for me. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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