From one of the minds that brought you "The Blair Witch Project" this movie has "surprise twist ending" written all over it. It's not bad acted, or directed or written, it just *isn't* what it wanted to be. [SPOILER]For the ending to have the punch Daniel Myrick wanted it to, let's just say he should have made it before Frailty.[/SPOILER] Trust me, in the first ten minutes you will know exactly how the movie will end.
My other complaint is what exactly is this movie trying to be? It's not horror as there's nothing horrific in it. The "bad guys" are generally nice, peace-loving people, a little inattentive, but accomodating and the head baddie has severe allergies and doesn't like contact with people. If they don't know they are bad, how am I supposed to know?
My other complaint is what exactly is this movie trying to be? It's not horror as there's nothing horrific in it. The "bad guys" are generally nice, peace-loving people, a little inattentive, but accomodating and the head baddie has severe allergies and doesn't like contact with people. If they don't know they are bad, how am I supposed to know?
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
www.feelmyghost.webs.com
GeraldRice Wrote:From one of the minds that brought you "The Blair Witch Project" this movie has "surprise twist ending" written all over it. It's not bad acted, or directed or written, it just *isn't* what it wanted to be. [SPOILER]For the ending to have the punch Daniel Myrick wanted it to, let's just say he should have made it before Frailty.[/SPOILER] Trust me, in the first ten minutes you will know exactly how the movie will end.
My other complaint is what exactly is this movie trying to be? It's not horror as there's nothing horrific in it. The "bad guys" are generally nice, peace-loving people, a little inattentive, but accomodating and the head baddie has severe allergies and doesn't like contact with people. If they don't know they are bad, how am I supposed to know?
Well, Gerald, maybe the writer(s) and director were making a subtle post-phenomenonological existentialist point: the viewer pays the coin and enters the theater with the expectation of seeing some cool bad guys. When the characters onscreen turn out to be not-so-bad at all, he's disappointed.
So who's the real bad guy here?
(And Gerald, if =you= can sling some plausible happy-horseshit like the above, =please= share it with the gang!:xd:
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Lessee, perhaps they were going for the horror that would go on in one's mind after not seeing it being displayed onscreen. Yes, my mind did terrible things to itself anticipating something to happen. :Yawn:
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
www.feelmyghost.webs.com
GeraldRice Wrote:Lessee, perhaps they were going for the horror that would go on in one's mind after not seeing it being displayed onscreen. Yes, my mind did terrible things to itself anticipating something to happen. :Yawn:
Maybe "Why did I spend $10 on this nonsense when I could have been home pondering my grim fate? Where the popcorn's cheaper too?"
Seen many a movie like that. Happily not this particular one. Ghostship comes to mind though.......
phoenix rising Wrote:Seen many a movie like that. Happily not this particular one. Ghostship comes to mind though.......
GHOSTSHIP was a fine, spooky flick! Except for one unsolvable logic problem at the beginning...:nono:
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:GHOSTSHIP was a fine, spooky flick! Except for one unsolvable logic problem at the beginning...:nono:
Eh, logic shmogic....I had the plot twist figured out before the first ten minutes was up.
phoenix rising Wrote:Eh, logic shmogic....I had the plot twist figured out before the first ten minutes was up.
Well, that's natural, ain't it? Weren't you the First Mate aboard that hellbound ship?
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Well, that's natural, ain't it? Weren't you the First Mate aboard that hellbound ship?
That was supposed to be my little secret:crossedlips:
phoenix rising Wrote:That was supposed to be my little secret:crossedlips:
Oops!
