paganborn
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If the residence of West Virginia thought they had bad press with talks of inbreeding and bad oral hygiene, this movie just gave all new reasons to avoid the 35th state of The Union.
Silint Hill manages to create an eerie atmosphere of nightmarish dread, despite its often notable plodding storyline. The movie did not contain any popcorn-tossing scares, but it wickedly created all those things that kept us awake and checking the shadows as children (seriously, tell me I was not the only one that saw dead, pale hands in the closet.. please).
Some of the acting was a bit spotty, and the character development could have used a brisk scrubbing:
Overprotective mom with a new Lexus (check)
Emotionally removed father with a platinum MasterCard (got it)
Eager beaver cop with a heart of gold (oh yeah)
Suspicious detective with a mysterious past (yep)
Religious zealot with a blind faith mob (you betcha)
Damaged adopted child with possible demonic ties (bring it... brought it)
Each character made his/her prerequisite appearances complete with clichéd dialog and hackneyed expressions. But who goes to a horror flick for deep philosophical chatter? Bring on the chills, thrills, and blood spills! And this movie does...
Although I did leave the theater with a bit of head scratching and squinty-eyed doubts, I have to admit that when I stepped outside, I was happy there was still daylight.
Silint Hill manages to create an eerie atmosphere of nightmarish dread, despite its often notable plodding storyline. The movie did not contain any popcorn-tossing scares, but it wickedly created all those things that kept us awake and checking the shadows as children (seriously, tell me I was not the only one that saw dead, pale hands in the closet.. please).
Some of the acting was a bit spotty, and the character development could have used a brisk scrubbing:
Overprotective mom with a new Lexus (check)
Emotionally removed father with a platinum MasterCard (got it)
Eager beaver cop with a heart of gold (oh yeah)
Suspicious detective with a mysterious past (yep)
Religious zealot with a blind faith mob (you betcha)
Damaged adopted child with possible demonic ties (bring it... brought it)
Each character made his/her prerequisite appearances complete with clichéd dialog and hackneyed expressions. But who goes to a horror flick for deep philosophical chatter? Bring on the chills, thrills, and blood spills! And this movie does...
Although I did leave the theater with a bit of head scratching and squinty-eyed doubts, I have to admit that when I stepped outside, I was happy there was still daylight.
In 1953, some wise folks got together and made a very good visual re-telling of an H.G. Wells novel. Fast-forward 52 years, and some too-smart-for-their-own-good folks got together to ravage the long-cold grave of H.G. Wells and make... uh ... money! The only excuses for Spielberg making a movie this crap-tacular are:
1) He had 100 million dollars burning a hole in his pocket... and
2) He had just purchased a new kitchen knife and wanted to test it by editing a new film... and
3) Tom Cruise was already drunk in the living room helping to brainstorm a new project
Will the film make money? Of course, it's by Spielberg. Will the ladies love it? Of course, it has Tom Cruise in it. Will anyone be able to explain the half-baked premise, the myriad unbelievable inconsistencies, the lack of likable characters, or why highly-intelligent aliens would wait thousands of years to overthrow our world when they could have had it centuries ago for a string of beads? Of course, that's what fans are for.
I was originally going to give the movie a 2 star rating, but I had to give kudos to Spielberg and Cruise for brainwashing me into watching another of their duets after witnessing The Mi-snore-ity Report.
1) He had 100 million dollars burning a hole in his pocket... and
2) He had just purchased a new kitchen knife and wanted to test it by editing a new film... and
3) Tom Cruise was already drunk in the living room helping to brainstorm a new project
Will the film make money? Of course, it's by Spielberg. Will the ladies love it? Of course, it has Tom Cruise in it. Will anyone be able to explain the half-baked premise, the myriad unbelievable inconsistencies, the lack of likable characters, or why highly-intelligent aliens would wait thousands of years to overthrow our world when they could have had it centuries ago for a string of beads? Of course, that's what fans are for.
I was originally going to give the movie a 2 star rating, but I had to give kudos to Spielberg and Cruise for brainwashing me into watching another of their duets after witnessing The Mi-snore-ity Report.