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Mar. 4th, 2016
Classy.
Today kind of sucked for no particular reason, except that it was just one of those days when things just kind of suck, but it got better after I got home. Cleared a couple of things off the to-do, which was nice. And then... well. Horror films with the gang + wine + trashy snacks = a very good time.
The movie we watched, The Innkeepers (2011), was... uh. Well. Needless to say, I don't think I would have enjoyed it much if I hadn't been watching it with my delightfully snarky group of mates. First half was an absolute tease and very slow-burn on the supernatural side of things, if you know what I mean, and the second half was disappointing. Plus, it was very much a... deus ex machina of stupid, basically. Dumb horror movie protagonists? You want 'em, we got 'em.
Though, the central protagonist, Claire, was a bit more... obnoxious and jokingly immature than I'm used to seeing female horror movie protagonists act, so that was kind of fun.
The thing about this movie is, the lore wasn't dealt with very well. If you've got yourself a haunting, there needs to be a reason for it, and there needs to be some kind of logic behind the ghost's actions. We don't need to necessarily know the reason for this and what the logic is, but there needs to be some kind of consistency and framework behind what's going on. And with this film, the framework was very flimsy.
A few spoilery things follow - note, contains discussion of suicide in the movie's context -
( Continued )
...Anyway. It's not the worst horror film that I've ever seen, but it wasn't a good one, either. And I will mention - if you can't handle horrible things happening to old people, I recommend against watching this movie. (I probably shouldn't have watched this movie. :c But I didn't know that one sub-plot would be in it, so....)
Today kind of sucked for no particular reason, except that it was just one of those days when things just kind of suck, but it got better after I got home. Cleared a couple of things off the to-do, which was nice. And then... well. Horror films with the gang + wine + trashy snacks = a very good time.
The movie we watched, The Innkeepers (2011), was... uh. Well. Needless to say, I don't think I would have enjoyed it much if I hadn't been watching it with my delightfully snarky group of mates. First half was an absolute tease and very slow-burn on the supernatural side of things, if you know what I mean, and the second half was disappointing. Plus, it was very much a... deus ex machina of stupid, basically. Dumb horror movie protagonists? You want 'em, we got 'em.
Though, the central protagonist, Claire, was a bit more... obnoxious and jokingly immature than I'm used to seeing female horror movie protagonists act, so that was kind of fun.
The thing about this movie is, the lore wasn't dealt with very well. If you've got yourself a haunting, there needs to be a reason for it, and there needs to be some kind of logic behind the ghost's actions. We don't need to necessarily know the reason for this and what the logic is, but there needs to be some kind of consistency and framework behind what's going on. And with this film, the framework was very flimsy.
A few spoilery things follow - note, contains discussion of suicide in the movie's context -
( Continued )
...Anyway. It's not the worst horror film that I've ever seen, but it wasn't a good one, either. And I will mention - if you can't handle horrible things happening to old people, I recommend against watching this movie. (I probably shouldn't have watched this movie. :c But I didn't know that one sub-plot would be in it, so....)
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