I constantly feel like I am being lied to by her. So I understand the frustration. I don't mind the rest of the cast's acting, but there are some story choices that make no sense. The girl that is there gets slapped so hard and I believe her from that one scene than I do anything else
The tricks and CGI are fine. Other than the one spinning light I mentioned, I am not sure I felt like they did anything significant. Most of it was tricks of the light rather than anything particularly interesting and maybe that is because of just how slow this movie felt.
He came out swinging with this after The Sixth Sense. I really enjoy this movie, however, I do not believe that it fits into the "Horror" genre. It is for sure more thriller, and we also tap into the theme of "everything happens for a reason" or the providence of God
Am I missing something? Why is this so important to people now and had such a big impact on things in gaming in the last couple of years? I just don't get it. This movie doesn't do a lot for me into the idea of pulling me into the mystery of what is going on. Is this a fever dream? Psychosis?
This is one of the earliest horror movies I ever watched and for sure one of my favorites back in the day because it was based on a true story. However, watching it this time, I see where it is really a story of a story and it is "Inspired" by, not based on a true story.
Take that and add in the monumental performance from Lily-Rose Depp and you have an almost masterpiece. The way she moves her body and changes her voice you can see is real without much enhancement or any at all. The transition from her character to the possessed is incredible.
One of the issues that I really felt was off was a scene where Carrie lifts a bunch of furniture and her Mom when arguing about the dress. All the items come slamming down. There is a bunch of noise in the sound design, but a stack of coasters are perfectly nestled together after a 6-foot drop
I want to know more about the house. I am curious if it was more contingencies that allowed for the final event, or if that was really the plan. They say it is the plan, but it feels weird to force yourself to be a cat-in-the-corner rather than the aggressor on home ground. Granted he never dies
Part of that question really comes from the performance of Willem Defoe. He looks like Captain Ahab from Moby Dick and sounds like it too. Combine this to the writing and language choices, you have this poetry in the presentation. There are times of meta jokes as well
This version of the story spends so much extra time on everything. Slow walks through the hallways. Indecisions on what to do. How to search for something in the library. Her doodling in her notebook and the way people stare at her. Everything just feels like it took too long.
I think why this movie series has done a bit better than others consistently is there is some historical reference. Believe what you will, but Ed and Lorraine are real people. They claim to have been hunting and exorcising ghost/demons since the 60s
So the story is ok. There is a good mystery the holds on for about half the movie, and then the second half is more of action. However, the action is punctuated by this weird explosive body thing that just keeps happening, and I am not sure how I feel about it.