The movie reviewers really got too demanding recently. What are people considering a good movie anymore? The same people would rate 10/10 every new blockbuster release because it's what everyone watches so why not give it a 10, right?
I don't understand why this movie's average is so low. Sure, it does have it's own flaws, like all the movies out there. If you hit play for this movie you knew what you were in for, so why bother watching it if you knew you don't like this kind of movies? The low ratings will make this movie go unnoticed, at least for people that judge a movie based on this site's rating (and I do many that do just that).
It's the first movie in a long chain of movies I watched that actually managed to scare me. Yes, it does use cheap jump scares here and there, but it's common practice today. The actual fear comes from the atmosphere it creates and I was tensioned throughout the movie.
Now, where the movie lost a bunch is the pacing. There's a lot of exposition, too much exposition and nothing really happens early in the movie. The characters were all presented with some small hints about them but nothing much in terms of quality character development. Having so many characters has it's downsides and it shows here.
The soundtrack was something that was hit and miss too, with great musical mixing and questionable choice for some scenes, to the point that some scenes were hard to watch because of the background music.
And finally, the thing that was a miss for me, but won't judge the movie for, was the choice for the fear bringer. I wish it was more like a natural disaster, not what it currently is (no spoiler here)
It's really hard to understand some of the directions this movie took, and I don't mean it in a philosophical way, it's just that you don't know why things happen the way they do. The acting was fine, there were some references to older horror classics and the mood was what it should be for this kind of movie.
Overall, a great watch personally and I would recommend this for anyone interested in the topic portrayed by the movie. 8/10.
I don't understand why this movie's average is so low. Sure, it does have it's own flaws, like all the movies out there. If you hit play for this movie you knew what you were in for, so why bother watching it if you knew you don't like this kind of movies? The low ratings will make this movie go unnoticed, at least for people that judge a movie based on this site's rating (and I do many that do just that).
It's the first movie in a long chain of movies I watched that actually managed to scare me. Yes, it does use cheap jump scares here and there, but it's common practice today. The actual fear comes from the atmosphere it creates and I was tensioned throughout the movie.
Now, where the movie lost a bunch is the pacing. There's a lot of exposition, too much exposition and nothing really happens early in the movie. The characters were all presented with some small hints about them but nothing much in terms of quality character development. Having so many characters has it's downsides and it shows here.
The soundtrack was something that was hit and miss too, with great musical mixing and questionable choice for some scenes, to the point that some scenes were hard to watch because of the background music.
And finally, the thing that was a miss for me, but won't judge the movie for, was the choice for the fear bringer. I wish it was more like a natural disaster, not what it currently is (no spoiler here)
It's really hard to understand some of the directions this movie took, and I don't mean it in a philosophical way, it's just that you don't know why things happen the way they do. The acting was fine, there were some references to older horror classics and the mood was what it should be for this kind of movie.
Overall, a great watch personally and I would recommend this for anyone interested in the topic portrayed by the movie. 8/10.