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re: I saw Sinister last night...
Posted on 10/23/12 at 8:37 am to Pilot Tiger
Posted on 10/23/12 at 8:37 am to Pilot Tiger
Saw Sinister Sunday night. I actually liked it. Thought it was a pretty good horror/thriller film, and it did a good job of generating the creepiness. I do agree that it relied a bit too much on "quiet...building up....LOUD NOISE SCARE!!!" though. Stuff like that that's just there solely to make you jump feels so cheap sometimes, especially when they keep using it over and over. Like ya'll have said, it's not scary..it's startling, but it's still fun though.
Spoilers..
As for the plot, I liked it enough. I did not like how the kids were the killers...it's just not terribly believable. I was able to try and make myself buy into the whole "well, they're possessed by this evil spirit, so I guess" thing but it didn't work at times. I mean, how the frick could these weak, little kids tie their families up and get them into the situations they were in. Even at the end with Ethan Hawke's daughter, I sat there thinking "Is this kid really strong enough to wield that axe around? Cuz those things are pretty heavy." Also, "Did she really take the time to lay down visqueen before brutally murdering her family?"
I agree it would've been better had Bughuul done the shite and the kids filmed it. Also, after the movie I was thinking about it...so these small, weak kids (except maybe for that one boy) were doing some of this shite one-handed. Most obvious thing was the lawnmower, where the kid was actually holding the camera while pushing the mower. At least for some of the others, the camera was stationary. But some of those kids would've never been able to pick up/drag/move around their parents, tie them up, etc. I dunno, that kinda bugged me. Also, side note: if you're gonna murder your family with a lawnmower, might wanna do that shite during the day...may alert the neighbors if you do it in the middle of the fricking night.
All in all, I liked it though. Solid horror movie IMO.
Seriously, it's almost worth watching because the first 95% of the movie is so good. But the last few minutes are just terrible. I'd still recommend it though, because it really is a pretty creepy movie.
The Descent is a very legit horror movie IMO. I loved it. It's not only well done in terms of "scaryness," but the whole trapped thing, as well as being enclosed in tiny spaces at times, gets at me a good bit, so it added to it.
Spoilers..
As for the plot, I liked it enough. I did not like how the kids were the killers...it's just not terribly believable. I was able to try and make myself buy into the whole "well, they're possessed by this evil spirit, so I guess" thing but it didn't work at times. I mean, how the frick could these weak, little kids tie their families up and get them into the situations they were in. Even at the end with Ethan Hawke's daughter, I sat there thinking "Is this kid really strong enough to wield that axe around? Cuz those things are pretty heavy." Also, "Did she really take the time to lay down visqueen before brutally murdering her family?"
I agree it would've been better had Bughuul done the shite and the kids filmed it. Also, after the movie I was thinking about it...so these small, weak kids (except maybe for that one boy) were doing some of this shite one-handed. Most obvious thing was the lawnmower, where the kid was actually holding the camera while pushing the mower. At least for some of the others, the camera was stationary. But some of those kids would've never been able to pick up/drag/move around their parents, tie them up, etc. I dunno, that kinda bugged me. Also, side note: if you're gonna murder your family with a lawnmower, might wanna do that shite during the day...may alert the neighbors if you do it in the middle of the fricking night. All in all, I liked it though. Solid horror movie IMO.
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I really wanted to see TDI before I saw people bashing it
Seriously, it's almost worth watching because the first 95% of the movie is so good. But the last few minutes are just terrible. I'd still recommend it though, because it really is a pretty creepy movie.
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The Descent was actually pretty fricking good and scary at times
The Descent is a very legit horror movie IMO. I loved it. It's not only well done in terms of "scaryness," but the whole trapped thing, as well as being enclosed in tiny spaces at times, gets at me a good bit, so it added to it.
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Posted on 10/23/12 at 9:47 am to CocomoLSU
yep, pretty much my exact feelings on it.
Kids as killers is just not scary to me, at all.
They could have just kept the whole movie as is and then showed the kids turning the camera around on themselves and doing the shush motion with their finger.
I thought about the kid mowing and filming as well, it's hard to imagine.
They did a good job of not giving the antagonist too much screen time. The best kind of scary, imo, is when there is mystery. Showing him a lot, or heaven forbid, having him actually speak would have COMPLETELY ruined it for me. So at least they avoided that.
I REALLY loved the music. They did an excellent job with that. Just listening to it on youtube creeps me out
Kids as killers is just not scary to me, at all.
They could have just kept the whole movie as is and then showed the kids turning the camera around on themselves and doing the shush motion with their finger.
I thought about the kid mowing and filming as well, it's hard to imagine.
They did a good job of not giving the antagonist too much screen time. The best kind of scary, imo, is when there is mystery. Showing him a lot, or heaven forbid, having him actually speak would have COMPLETELY ruined it for me. So at least they avoided that.
I REALLY loved the music. They did an excellent job with that. Just listening to it on youtube creeps me out
Posted on 10/23/12 at 9:58 am to Pilot Tiger
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They could have just kept the whole movie as is and then showed the kids turning the camera around on themselves and doing the shush motion with their finger.
Agreed.
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I REALLY loved the music. They did an excellent job with that. Just listening to it on youtube creeps me out
See, I did like the music, but to me it's far creepier without music. Or any sound really. Kinda like that first video of the hangings...it's just silent. The music is a cool "movie trick," but there were no sound on these 8mm films, so I kinda wish it would've been silent. Would've made you take in the visuals that much more I think.
Also, now that I've seen it, I have a gripe with the trailer...I feel like it showed too much. Several of the "scares" weren't scary or even startling because I knew they were coming because of the trailer. I hate that shite (I'm looking at you, Paranormal Activity). Perfect example is when the picture of Bughuul looks at Ethan Hawke. That was cool, but I knew it was gonna happen, and not in a "That would be freaky" way, but in a literal "I saw it in the trailer" way. Same with the video when the kids are watching and his head jumps in front of Hawke.
That little girl's face when she appeared right next to Ethan Hawke got me though. That was awesome. Everybody in the theater was laughing cuz it got all of us.
And goddammit, don't put visqueen down if you're just gonna rub blood all over the place anyway. Idiot girl.
And wow, it seems like I'm just bitching about it, but I really did like it a lot.
Posted on 10/23/12 at 10:15 am to CocomoLSU
ahh yea, I remember thinking that as well
I knew about both those scares you're refering to from the trailer, I tensed up because I knew it was coming. Those would have been good ones for those not expecting it.
Same with the yellow pic/screen cap from the movie on the laptop when he's on the phone. I kept waiting for him to look at us.
The red band trailer is one of the if not THE best horror trailers out there and perhaps because of this took away a little too much from the movie for those who were anticipating it
I knew about both those scares you're refering to from the trailer, I tensed up because I knew it was coming. Those would have been good ones for those not expecting it.
Same with the yellow pic/screen cap from the movie on the laptop when he's on the phone. I kept waiting for him to look at us.
The red band trailer is one of the if not THE best horror trailers out there and perhaps because of this took away a little too much from the movie for those who were anticipating it
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