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| Topic | Board 8 Ranks 2010s Horror Movies - The Final Chapter - *THE RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 05/27/22 9:39:58 PM #240: | Inviso - I just wish this wasnt two and a half hours long, because you spend half the movie just setting the stage, but its done in a really boring manner that didnt exactly leave me wanting to keep watching. For starters, the movie does not do a good job of giving me a character to root for. Its one thing in a slasher, where you WANT to see multiple characters violently murdered, but this is trying to take its time and be atmospheric and creepy and cultlike, and it just did a poor job of drawing me in. Christian, Josh and Mark all come across as dickheads, but at the same time, Dani (how justified by her familys suicide) is overbearing as fuck and cannot take a hint. So you have this setting where Im supposed to root for Dani, because shes the victim of losing her familybut shes just unpleasant. That final shot of her smilingI GET it, thematically. I just wanted her dead alongside everyone else. Ill give the movie credit: its cinematically stunning. The constant use of mirrors to stage scenes was great, and the decision to set it in a location where its ALWAYS sunny was pretty solid in making it stand out as well. But Im more of a substance over style kinda guy, and this was very much the reverse for me. Also, Simon got the most brutal death of the entire movie, and yet he was the victim character we were given the LEAST reason to want dead. Everyone else was at least portrayed as unreasonable, or as an asshole. Simon going out the way he did was just awful. I guess that just adds to the overall unpleasant feeling I got from the movie, which leads to it ranking where it does on my list. Red13n - Want a bunch of subplots thrown into a movie that will be thrown out at the earliest convenience? You are in the right place. Mysterious murder suicide? Nope never spoken of again. Main girl going to get dumped? Nope. She isn't actually going on the trip with them? Nope. Random introduced side, characters, nope. Fake tension by randomly deciding to do the same research project or whatever? Nope. Everything thrown aside and we're supposed to be horrified by the obvious murder cult. This is just bad storytelling with bland characters that is also just really long while we wait for the the cult to finally reveal itself as wanting to murder everyone. With some sex rituals thrown in because the cult moaning is just a recurring annoyance. --- 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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