3 years ago

@jordyep "where is my mind"!

3 years ago

@jordyep when I heard that hint at [spoiler]"where`s my mind"[/spoiler] I was so happy I'd figured out (for the most part) what was going on!

3 years ago

@jordyep lol what exactly was "creative and fresh"? It was like an Italian "giallo" horror film with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.

3 years ago

@erebos Not entirely, that's 1 of the 3/4 genres that you can find in this film. Do those horror movies end with Matrix-esque fight sequences? That's where the creativity comes from. It takes tropes from different genres, puts them in a blender, and makes something fresh out of it.

3 years ago

I'd hardly call it Matrix-esque by any stretch, and 3 mins of fighting at the end isn't nearly enough to suddenly elevate it into the realm of creative :laughing:

3 years ago

@majormercyflush I definitely would call it that, though I think you can also argue that it feels like the camerawork of Leigh Whannell. And it was just one example, there are also traces of Fincher thrillers/murder mysteries, Sam Raimi’s campy work in the horror genre, haunted house movies, slasher movies, Italian horror movies (as mentioned earlier), psychological dramas, etc. If you can name any project that combines even half of that, I’d be more than willing to call it uncreative.

3 years ago

@jordyep well obviously, you did. I just don't see how anything in there compares to a frame of the fight scenes in the Matrix films. She ran around a room and killed a few people quickly, snapped some bones and jumped a bit. I found it completely uninspired because I feel I've seen them done in worse films better. <br /> <br /> What you described is a complete mish mash spread across 151 minutes. Combining it all doesn't make it good if it never finds its own voice. It feels like its directed by multiple people and every so often we get a Wan directed scene. Because those scenes stand out by comparison to ones that feel like, one take and move on. <br /> <br /> Jacqueline McKenzie is absolutely shocking, high school drama class bad. I honestly couldn't believe the performance she put in. But across the board the acting is bad and the script is dreadful. Another pass of the script by someone else may have helped. There were whole scenes i was shaking my head in disbelief at of how bad they are, trying to remember that this was a James Wan film.<br /> <br /> I will put it out there that I think Insidious is also absolute garbage. But I really like the majority of his other films. <br /> He's a good director.<br /> <br /> Its great that you seemed to get a lot out of it, he was obviously doing something right. For me, this is just not a good film and if I watched it not know Wan directed it, I would never have guessed it.

3 years ago

@jordyep aside from that _horrendous_ "hypnosis" scene (seriously?!), bad acting at some points and very bad dialogue choices at others (highly missed Leigh Whannel touching the script here), I found this movie one of the most entertaining horror movies I've seen this year.<br /> In times of bad horror movies going out like a bad hobby, this was a great experience. I'm looking forward the sequel!<br /> <br /> Btw, like you said: it worked so well despite those script flaws exactly because it was James Wan directing it with his always cool &amp; disturbing dynamic camera work and cold colors to keep the mood.<br /> I just wish Leigh Whannel was the co-writter along James Wan! They're my favorite horror movie pair ever. I hope that someday they make some Sci-Fi Horror movie on the likes of The Thing as well. \o/