tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526394680707397482024-03-14T02:53:37.938-04:0010th Circle | Horror Movies ReviewsDante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.comBlogger507125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-5302800751341586822023-06-22T09:00:00.005-04:002023-06-22T09:00:00.130-04:00Review: Influencer<span id="docs-internal-guid-b8d8a554-7fff-42ef-6104-4443056a8093"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVdB_ulCHIEOUg4UQl_wsrjCpXXBWucEuZFv1K8WhIqZV0Op4y0lyJ_M0sZXT1ciGLU3OWxePlIbCR-bnqmoK4w7yfAojnDts3hQ0Cp4uztwxO9B800EszRQAvY2JBXOQCEm9k782LAY_2dSD2EaBTLWjsxAf0VjkhOhUG0WTueDydQ5pbEK-2gmS1ws/s1481/Influencer%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVdB_ulCHIEOUg4UQl_wsrjCpXXBWucEuZFv1K8WhIqZV0Op4y0lyJ_M0sZXT1ciGLU3OWxePlIbCR-bnqmoK4w7yfAojnDts3hQ0Cp4uztwxO9B800EszRQAvY2JBXOQCEm9k782LAY_2dSD2EaBTLWjsxAf0VjkhOhUG0WTueDydQ5pbEK-2gmS1ws/w270-h400/Influencer%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Director: Kurtis David Harder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Screenplay: Tesh Guttikonda and Kurtis David Harder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Social networks have revolutionized how we live and even created lines of work, with influencers being one of the best-known. Much can be argued for or against these people's value in society, but what cannot be denied is the great power they have to instigate the opinion of their followers on a particular issue. However, many's lives are not as perfect as portrayed on their social networks.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In "Influencer", we follow Madison, a young influencer who travels the world and experiences the best hotels and restaurants and publishes it for the enjoyment of her large number of followers. Madison plans a trip to Thailand which her boyfriend cancels at the last minute, and she is forced to go alone. On her trip, she meets CW, a kind woman who offers to show her around the country, but as Madison gets to know CW, she begins to suspect that something isn't right.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OkPm31kCpQwR_uvQIAf53-0diT3QFB773Y9LwCkAkwT9ZtvIKeaOBBoMwf2U7gFqFgcUyRsh-jaqJb91plVNykHMiLSCKAIMXAbxTmoVAgaCTJJziyRHKaoz_Q6Vrdr80_JXvWCpNWQL9PDXdR9ocD0U7VDByUBiafOYw_bFT8GwYqmsznFxZguivyw/s1000/Influencer%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OkPm31kCpQwR_uvQIAf53-0diT3QFB773Y9LwCkAkwT9ZtvIKeaOBBoMwf2U7gFqFgcUyRsh-jaqJb91plVNykHMiLSCKAIMXAbxTmoVAgaCTJJziyRHKaoz_Q6Vrdr80_JXvWCpNWQL9PDXdR9ocD0U7VDByUBiafOYw_bFT8GwYqmsznFxZguivyw/w640-h266/Influencer%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At the beginning of this film, I was worried about how the theme of having an influencer as the protagonist would be worked on, more thinking of the audience that does not follow this world. To my surprise this is not an issue, as the cast does a great job, and the characters are much more complex than expected. Emily Tennant makes the audience care and empathize with Madison, while Cassandra Naud (“Snowpiercer”) brings a mysterious air to The CW that keeps you suspicious of her.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The most interesting thing about "Influencer" is its plot and the different turns it takes. It also maintains a good rhythm that helps the mystery and entertainment. The twists keep the viewer attentive and trying to predict what is going to happen, but it still manages to make the final twist surprising and gives a good closure to the story.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdSZDOahifbgfcFXWVLkFP7DHFk0TkNr42aeBn68-BJTL337q0T2aFGGbTltA4EGmI1C6XsKMo_EFNvUn-b-lHm2QCae9_usIm4KTeXPcPTOWSPFt45RBAC3KiJoJ7BH-qQFvLhoONTuzDQ1pd358-rylr909h3XsmTcSmMSnN7HRUIbl8kq-RDrNiOk/s1000/Influencer%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdSZDOahifbgfcFXWVLkFP7DHFk0TkNr42aeBn68-BJTL337q0T2aFGGbTltA4EGmI1C6XsKMo_EFNvUn-b-lHm2QCae9_usIm4KTeXPcPTOWSPFt45RBAC3KiJoJ7BH-qQFvLhoONTuzDQ1pd358-rylr909h3XsmTcSmMSnN7HRUIbl8kq-RDrNiOk/w640-h266/Influencer%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After a disappointing run of releases on Shudder, “Influencer” arrives as a refreshing hit of fresh air. Its plot and performances are intriguing, and its twists and turns make it impossible not to keep an eye on its development. Those who are looking for a good mystery will surely enjoy this movie.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeC-4cqPNbOfyqaLeinDrugfMOK1W4uCrtkFhvAgaYneSuxnSdXrRyB8jrDlsQOtOnpFXYzLbM-13QxHaOtOJxp9tWVnj2E2SKWPBYZSbVNV1yWFkvsIl6Uq6wRt2W1kTqSetFIroYKnFXT-n2KereorxjNcdULnee34ACZElkKjeLvDPpNY9UGlpBMI/s435/Influencer%20Score%208.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFeC-4cqPNbOfyqaLeinDrugfMOK1W4uCrtkFhvAgaYneSuxnSdXrRyB8jrDlsQOtOnpFXYzLbM-13QxHaOtOJxp9tWVnj2E2SKWPBYZSbVNV1yWFkvsIl6Uq6wRt2W1kTqSetFIroYKnFXT-n2KereorxjNcdULnee34ACZElkKjeLvDPpNY9UGlpBMI/w400-h83/Influencer%20Score%208.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZIj-rJt0cms" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZIj-rJt0cms"></iframe></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-67164376522418976292023-06-20T09:00:00.003-04:002023-06-20T09:00:00.130-04:00Review: There's Something Wrong With The Children <span id="docs-internal-guid-542d2bbf-7fff-72dc-889f-e65f2e72baee"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_878oM0qhNt746BGVNaXkM8QHVwjBHVmMNMA5QtkuNieEmr82pxu2BKfmKIfWYiiGy_q3grNRHWnygNoAvUtwjhvolJurunVvvuvXurYuKo2Z_eNU_mB4fIZlXC-WtH712vu_4_yu74nX2FLbCdVeOR4Yw9P75ln9F7I5Cabw7d8gCH8RGEomZffZsAI/s1481/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_878oM0qhNt746BGVNaXkM8QHVwjBHVmMNMA5QtkuNieEmr82pxu2BKfmKIfWYiiGy_q3grNRHWnygNoAvUtwjhvolJurunVvvuvXurYuKo2Z_eNU_mB4fIZlXC-WtH712vu_4_yu74nX2FLbCdVeOR4Yw9P75ln9F7I5Cabw7d8gCH8RGEomZffZsAI/w270-h400/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Director: Roxanne Benjamin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Screenplay: T.J. Cimfel and David White</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Creepy children have long been in horror movies, often as a metaphor for the fear of motherhood/fatherhood. The juxtaposition of innocence and evil is a recipe that works like a charm because of the conflict they cause in our brain, exemplified in classic movies like "Rosemary's Baby" or "The Omen." For this juxtaposition to work, that aspect between adorable and terrifying must be worked well, which is more complicated than it seems and in which many films with this theme fail.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A family and a couple of friends are going to spend a few days in a cabin in the woods. On one of their walks through the forest, they discover a cave that leads them to a deep cliff to which the children begin to feel attracted. After this event, the children's personality changes completely, which leads one of the adults to think that something supernatural may have happened in the cave.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVhxFkF1p2PEZwPBCznqxbJ6I4_mn60T7L0GEiFZa3npMcM0P2GgsGcQqTDWRvSmJDdH1_XtlrEJDfRGlOw_Xk7N9ljorg8mW7WGIqG9riLuDAN-tblyTrOeOZM3Pqr1TAL2WkAEL3HXsBVU2URWtv_4jOWT4m-LsRpJCYaa7cLM6EbM1nWtER1byWRo/s1200/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVhxFkF1p2PEZwPBCznqxbJ6I4_mn60T7L0GEiFZa3npMcM0P2GgsGcQqTDWRvSmJDdH1_XtlrEJDfRGlOw_Xk7N9ljorg8mW7WGIqG9riLuDAN-tblyTrOeOZM3Pqr1TAL2WkAEL3HXsBVU2URWtv_4jOWT4m-LsRpJCYaa7cLM6EbM1nWtER1byWRo/w640-h360/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For the majority of the film, we see what happens through Ben (Zach Gilford), who is one of the couple's friends with children and who recently went through a stressful event from which he is still recovering. Both of these characteristics are important because they are reflected in two of the three main problems of the film directed by Roxanne Benjamin. The first is that we are never quite sure who the protagonist is since none of the characters develop well, and we jump in perspective between all of them.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The second problem lies in the way and the pace at which the plot develops. We often jump from one situation to another without much explanation, or items are brought without preparing them correctly. An example is Ben's mental health problem, which is briefly mentioned at the beginning of the film and not mentioned again until it can be part of the plot opportunely, except that by the time it is brought up, enough evidence has already been presented to us. to be sure that this is not the problem.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J7I-IFXqpAI1LDnacn3TTdg_FhMNJhWeECH8ETv-JhwuYQ8smSTNBnUzmS5qt39lSt7IZPXtlFaIjvyiScde_0lwTfLyKA4hi8gGjWWLT4NqLhNHxwtnOJy3OOG90d-TM5pAveY5ZXFctQ2JfrmT0kG_0xHzSXn1w_8tYRrDIaQEvT6ng4fxDt4j4K0/s1000/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J7I-IFXqpAI1LDnacn3TTdg_FhMNJhWeECH8ETv-JhwuYQ8smSTNBnUzmS5qt39lSt7IZPXtlFaIjvyiScde_0lwTfLyKA4hi8gGjWWLT4NqLhNHxwtnOJy3OOG90d-TM5pAveY5ZXFctQ2JfrmT0kG_0xHzSXn1w_8tYRrDIaQEvT6ng4fxDt4j4K0/w640-h336/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As mentioned at the beginning of the review, for the theme of scary children to work, the contrast between cute and scary must be worked well, and this film is an example that this is not easy to achieve. Even with a decent performance, the kids don't impart fear at any point in its 92-minute runtime. This is their biggest problem because the whole scare factor is kids being scary, and they're not.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">With an inconsistent plot and acting, sloppy pacing, and children who never quite get terrifying, “There's Something Wrong With The Children” fails at everything it sets out to do. It has some engaging visuals and pays homage to many classic horror movies without being able to use those elements to its advantage. The worst part is that the horror is almost non-existent when it has a lot on its hands to bring it to fruition.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKg3CB7oCHE8qCBRgLtx6EC0XuQDwBORLC8ZOYOqCFfC1ukp7Qdatd_-lnLppdnaNzb4OSkqR67qHesWYW2cO-tL_bFp2LodWVsGsUAN1bqgK8fzo0g9XBF-9e0SLWHyfVgdCKXYvfmJ43jfPAP548J6QltoOBIrvmDjCnV-DH0Wz2YY7hR4AIixpTqw/s435/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%20Score%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKg3CB7oCHE8qCBRgLtx6EC0XuQDwBORLC8ZOYOqCFfC1ukp7Qdatd_-lnLppdnaNzb4OSkqR67qHesWYW2cO-tL_bFp2LodWVsGsUAN1bqgK8fzo0g9XBF-9e0SLWHyfVgdCKXYvfmJ43jfPAP548J6QltoOBIrvmDjCnV-DH0Wz2YY7hR4AIixpTqw/w400-h83/There_s%20Something%20Wrong%20With%20The%20Children%20Score%203.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OtYQB4r8Jew" width="320" youtube-src-id="OtYQB4r8Jew"></iframe></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-28185373453907831312023-06-15T09:00:00.003-04:002023-06-15T09:00:00.132-04:00Review: Pollen<span id="docs-internal-guid-2e1e0562-7fff-0106-b3fb-3771b1917740"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhc-VcpwWz8hN2bRplP1R3rheC4dcfdmdM9omiGlpxUShbeRh7B8eI03FGbuN3MzcAgUirsLY1tqtlk1G7eg-w4zAYPca0a1RAbycMbeiCY69qjywpX08rmC1R6lG_QLntq-7acp2TuI7B4gbXianyXG-RaBcuiW-d_XMpxeAryBX4q9Wf9SXSTHHH/s1501/Pollen%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhc-VcpwWz8hN2bRplP1R3rheC4dcfdmdM9omiGlpxUShbeRh7B8eI03FGbuN3MzcAgUirsLY1tqtlk1G7eg-w4zAYPca0a1RAbycMbeiCY69qjywpX08rmC1R6lG_QLntq-7acp2TuI7B4gbXianyXG-RaBcuiW-d_XMpxeAryBX4q9Wf9SXSTHHH/w266-h400/Pollen%20Poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Director: D.W. Medoff</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Screenplay: D.W. Medoff</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The issues of psychological problems caused by traumatic events have gained much relevance in recent times. Although this is a recurring theme in horror and suspense films, there has also been an increase in films with this topic. “Pollen” is one of those that join this theme, which seeks to explore manifestations of trauma caused by sexual harassment and abuse.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In "Pollen" we follow Hera, a young woman who gets the job of her dreams and manages to capture the attention of her boss. However, her boss takes advantage of her vulnerability and sexually abuses her. While trying to cope with the trauma following the abuse, Hera begins to see a tree-shaped monster that appears to be a manifestation of her trauma.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2u4IMJdtmMMV14eWntS24b4MaAoWvw_lpiO9-yjZNwBrZUKf0_laP5GV8Ueo-I1lXxrXGziaQkq7Ws-9BmjwHlsD_8nz2eYpRs-5dRKZnyRpJ2JSwoTfX6bRp9sZ1r6AhPRACB507iwWRcvUR8oAfPo2nFKY-I5D55SJ_5F9eW5cR37SFR6gmxZ2/s1832/Pollen%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2u4IMJdtmMMV14eWntS24b4MaAoWvw_lpiO9-yjZNwBrZUKf0_laP5GV8Ueo-I1lXxrXGziaQkq7Ws-9BmjwHlsD_8nz2eYpRs-5dRKZnyRpJ2JSwoTfX6bRp9sZ1r6AhPRACB507iwWRcvUR8oAfPo2nFKY-I5D55SJ_5F9eW5cR37SFR6gmxZ2/w640-h320/Pollen%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ava Rose Kinard playing Hera is one of the best things about "Pollen", which is good news because we see the entire plot through her. Kinard manages to convey vulnerability and resilience that are fundamental to the plot. The rest of the cast doesn't do such a good job, although it should be noted that the characters are quite one-dimensional and underdeveloped.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The problems of the characters also follow the development of the plot. The characters and situations are unusual, over-the-top, and unrelatable, which ends up being an unbelievable effort to explore such important themes as abuse, toxic relationships, and the trauma they can cause. To make matters worse, the development is quite slow and prevents the viewer from getting into the plot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCx5_h1FcyCxomCuWhRn-CYOueN1cqu9pEgUTEjz6XwS_hjAupgST9_a98ukfHrp5CIEj5ts4QYIDwL_j3Ku-PeoDI2u6aHUCsyJmJDiJArVHcXMKTeYprGbPOXTvhzQS9j7AZWu5rmROlAHqzEf9rSX4glyiU4ztKD5nikU2ClO0WemCxbuSpUrfk/s1066/Pollen%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1066" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCx5_h1FcyCxomCuWhRn-CYOueN1cqu9pEgUTEjz6XwS_hjAupgST9_a98ukfHrp5CIEj5ts4QYIDwL_j3Ku-PeoDI2u6aHUCsyJmJDiJArVHcXMKTeYprGbPOXTvhzQS9j7AZWu5rmROlAHqzEf9rSX4glyiU4ztKD5nikU2ClO0WemCxbuSpUrfk/w640-h360/Pollen%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Although the director D.W. Medoff manages to create a dark and uncomfortable tone, the movie never feels like a horror movie. Instead, the focus is to explore the psychology of a woman who has gone through disturbing events with some horror elements, which are even less developed than her characters.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How little relatable its characters and situations are only makes it difficult to take an interest in the plot of “Pollen”. Its slow pace of development, underdeveloped characters, and many meaningless plot decisions worsen the experience. In the end, "Pollen" has good ideas and intentions but poor execution.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QeHzHsoLKUMNRuNtVFKV6bg2tw5bIsMana4ZCxvN9rGcsUrdxkzBxCfohytGXGukHivYYe7vYML0JVpHr_yEtAo0ZfCxRGgEX55UpPl0nvYSvDkkDsyBAjP6nYSuNnNM3RYyLRbDWdC9Bfnp8PnZ-1A8Dx6EleHee0CAjWGoIVNP84oXStwznwwo/s435/Pollen%20Score%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2QeHzHsoLKUMNRuNtVFKV6bg2tw5bIsMana4ZCxvN9rGcsUrdxkzBxCfohytGXGukHivYYe7vYML0JVpHr_yEtAo0ZfCxRGgEX55UpPl0nvYSvDkkDsyBAjP6nYSuNnNM3RYyLRbDWdC9Bfnp8PnZ-1A8Dx6EleHee0CAjWGoIVNP84oXStwznwwo/w400-h83/Pollen%20Score%203.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/06kjSj7sOtw" width="320" youtube-src-id="06kjSj7sOtw"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-18045598025075175672023-06-13T09:00:00.001-04:002023-06-13T09:00:00.127-04:00Review: Something in the Dirt<span id="docs-internal-guid-c6d68c2a-7fff-8455-47c3-237cbf5f20fe"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyCLQ8uJnDkzKE7Ud7XvgeEYkAtp413PmFhWp4_PVBZDhxhLsF_KkITd6b0AOo4JwLy9CVIjs_-VDFRbvMHHKO_ogz8iMFjgF6f45nEUbzQm7G8LJE63SQnX4V9W34xQUCFZNuPGVzbKmmPMPj-xWiyum0CZhkM3TFR1qafka_y6nOT96lOsvVTon/s1476/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyCLQ8uJnDkzKE7Ud7XvgeEYkAtp413PmFhWp4_PVBZDhxhLsF_KkITd6b0AOo4JwLy9CVIjs_-VDFRbvMHHKO_ogz8iMFjgF6f45nEUbzQm7G8LJE63SQnX4V9W34xQUCFZNuPGVzbKmmPMPj-xWiyum0CZhkM3TFR1qafka_y6nOT96lOsvVTon/w271-h400/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%20Poster.jpg" width="271" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Director: Justin Benson y Aaron Moorhead</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Guion: Justin Benson</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After moving into an apartment in Los Angeles, Levi meets John, and together they try to understand the paranormal things that happen there. Both decide to record the events with the idea of making a documentary. However, the closer they reach the truth, the more they endanger themselves.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Something in the Dirt” is marketed as a sci-fi mystery horror movie, but the latter classification doesn’t fit because there isn't any of it. The plot does have moments of tension and suspense, but it doesn't really have any element of horror. Instead, the entire film unfolds like a simmering sci-fi mystery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-ysdiNvpoBWtgCJOEN5NeBiuQLv7OJ_hYxVnw0y63FLlJxfjlgT2NMKFDtfK0DADJzBArxI3GvOGc-V9YKcegn32rdjxVSkZHPNXud6OSPlk5i88_RjTywdug_cNocvu6ew6K73ynEzOKF1Ow5oXBic7EXeK0cV0NqiAkpfWAICSJkUN4SjX9Elc/s1000/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="1000" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-ysdiNvpoBWtgCJOEN5NeBiuQLv7OJ_hYxVnw0y63FLlJxfjlgT2NMKFDtfK0DADJzBArxI3GvOGc-V9YKcegn32rdjxVSkZHPNXud6OSPlk5i88_RjTywdug_cNocvu6ew6K73ynEzOKF1Ow5oXBic7EXeK0cV0NqiAkpfWAICSJkUN4SjX9Elc/w640-h272/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The pacing of the film is its biggest problem. Each of its 116 long minutes feels like such, thanks to how slowly the plot is developed. The unnecessarily long scenes that do not add anything to the development of the film are the main culprit for the pace being so slow and boring.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For most of the film, we follow John and Levi, played by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, respectively, who also serves as director and the latter as a screenwriter. The acting is decent, but nothing special. While it is not a problem to see the protagonists, it is not that their work manages to break the monotony of the plot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNut1O4Y9wZGTsPvO_qXO2qeqscGf_lvww446bfpFvyvPLmweWxNhach7VBsfZafXXn22n6m7wm5jLKIz78TVtG9SjYehqkZaaAj3spIbsEQQpX4HW0HkBXpJA_A77ttqjiMmIGpz9dnxG_rLJ1i_YAQZI-v7NiNRIC3a_BdtlBcF_u8Ol1C-FsJxi/s1000/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="1000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNut1O4Y9wZGTsPvO_qXO2qeqscGf_lvww446bfpFvyvPLmweWxNhach7VBsfZafXXn22n6m7wm5jLKIz78TVtG9SjYehqkZaaAj3spIbsEQQpX4HW0HkBXpJA_A77ttqjiMmIGpz9dnxG_rLJ1i_YAQZI-v7NiNRIC3a_BdtlBcF_u8Ol1C-FsJxi/w640-h276/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Overall, “Something in the Dirt” brings some good ideas to the plate, but its slow pace makes it difficult to enjoy. On top of this, it is marketed as a horror film, but there is nothing that can even justify this classification. The mystery is gripping at first, but the extended scenes that do not lead to any link make it almost impossible to immerse yourself in the story.</span></p></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4toFnlX8wD77CblKl2yIVEL8mibK2Gjpl1uvFIah_evaYMr285f5XomcjYZeFhQyF2hVEze1CSGWUTWJnl6RnzoPEjL2j_H6kfkgKGDs8XLyY8R7Z0CDx1OaaSmlAXijEk8uJKDHP48-gqdIqOtRiGqAL4dJjWUb1H9t9gGFSzZx0GBu9wfJCIoa/s435/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%20Score%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4toFnlX8wD77CblKl2yIVEL8mibK2Gjpl1uvFIah_evaYMr285f5XomcjYZeFhQyF2hVEze1CSGWUTWJnl6RnzoPEjL2j_H6kfkgKGDs8XLyY8R7Z0CDx1OaaSmlAXijEk8uJKDHP48-gqdIqOtRiGqAL4dJjWUb1H9t9gGFSzZx0GBu9wfJCIoa/w400-h83/Something%20In%20The%20Dirt%20Score%204.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RAYhQx0CjVg" width="320" youtube-src-id="RAYhQx0CjVg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-35654112115726022392023-06-10T09:00:00.025-04:002023-06-10T09:00:00.129-04:00Review: Huesera: The Bone Woman<span id="docs-internal-guid-f01f8d4a-7fff-8349-5578-728fde431ffb"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXNpYmeYYfJh8auheMtD9AB-noaLZdyA-vaY-4b9IK8fzieOhzDWgn_RquqmiFzVoaRhye5_oiAbC4HV1k0_7-B2HKEsxrR2-eerF7tW7LAJ22CyNlbOZP5DWxxLnI0lPdpcLIQOYMKtrKlJlSHcYfz3zzpTxxlACAJPOut-24yCu7adJRyKL7tON/s1481/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%20Poster.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXNpYmeYYfJh8auheMtD9AB-noaLZdyA-vaY-4b9IK8fzieOhzDWgn_RquqmiFzVoaRhye5_oiAbC4HV1k0_7-B2HKEsxrR2-eerF7tW7LAJ22CyNlbOZP5DWxxLnI0lPdpcLIQOYMKtrKlJlSHcYfz3zzpTxxlACAJPOut-24yCu7adJRyKL7tON/w270-h400/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Director: Michelle Garza Cervera</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Screenplay: Michelle Heron Brewing and Abia Castle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The horror genre is known for taking sensitive subjects and breaking them down to their liking. Parenthood and the difficulties that surround it are a recurring theme, where classics such as "Rosemary's Baby" and "Eraserhead" or more recent ones such as "The Babadook" can be cited. A new exclusive release from Shudder joins the selection of films that follow this idea in its plot.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In "Huesera: The Bone Woman", we follow Valeria, who had always wanted to be a mother, but when she became pregnant, she began to feel that something was wrong. At the same time, she begins to have visions and to feel that a skeletal figure is stalking her to hurt her and attempt against her pregnancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfxiOxljFs016cmh0t2SDlqMGBxHT0nxLHrTAdoHyx4P_hKEdSl6IuMd4jx85DyOYwmVYt2BwFyBx-FKhOWRcTyRzUMJgOtYWRtX-LqnLpq-YI2MElpCdOe4pk-bTp9XoyaTlUyfzEItewu1n1lOYydkXTSMVCam8L6DE7Tf3RLoS1opIjT6L39qN/s1000/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%2001.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="1000" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfxiOxljFs016cmh0t2SDlqMGBxHT0nxLHrTAdoHyx4P_hKEdSl6IuMd4jx85DyOYwmVYt2BwFyBx-FKhOWRcTyRzUMJgOtYWRtX-LqnLpq-YI2MElpCdOe4pk-bTp9XoyaTlUyfzEItewu1n1lOYydkXTSMVCam8L6DE7Tf3RLoS1opIjT6L39qN/w640-h346/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Based in Mexico, in this film we see the story from Valeria's perspective and witness her difficulties, fears, and regrets. We quickly get into the skin of the protagonist thanks to the excellent performance of Natalia Solián as Valeria, supported by the visual effects and the ability of director Michelle Garza Cervera to create a disturbing atmosphere. The sound effects create a cohesive link between the acting and the visuals to create that sense of suspense that plays to its advantage.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The film also does a great job of exploring the psychological effects of motherhood through the protagonist, as we see her wrestle with the conflict of becoming a mother and the changes it begins to bring to her life. Apart from this, the script by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo explore themes of feminism and the social expectations that tend to fall on women.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kqwqvY-YF2O6-trySb110_J0v-byuXwkwZ8ocVHcKctTHxyYX_wyOry9f89zqU1u3XU0KhwfwEbSghhUERxNa12sFUEczi_36UqZbsWQyuBbPAW-XB4iTIcAa93dEeBQzDGqBOvGSma5pTuTXJmFzJv1IWNxy_ZkBTwjd5cb7sqbt8USXQS4uKQ4/s1200/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%2002.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kqwqvY-YF2O6-trySb110_J0v-byuXwkwZ8ocVHcKctTHxyYX_wyOry9f89zqU1u3XU0KhwfwEbSghhUERxNa12sFUEczi_36UqZbsWQyuBbPAW-XB4iTIcAa93dEeBQzDGqBOvGSma5pTuTXJmFzJv1IWNxy_ZkBTwjd5cb7sqbt8USXQS4uKQ4/w640-h360/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Where “Huesera: The Bone Woman” fails is in its lack of horror. Some will argue that the film has several disturbing images, but the reality is that they are few and far between and don't feel like they are the film's focus. It's handled more like a psychological thriller with some horror elements that are mostly disturbing but nothing more than that. It should also be noted that the pace is quite leisurely in most of its 97-minute duration, which may represent a challenge for some.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Huesera: The Bone Woman” is presented as a horror film, but it does not live up to that term and is rather handled as a psychological thriller with some horror elements and few scares. If you can handle the slow pace and get into the plot, Valeria's situation is intriguing and forces you to think about the effects of motherhood and social constructs on a woman's psychology. Fans of the strongest and purest horror will not find much appeal in it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGe72Ulo68Lutss1HPSa9dgaw8t6ZYWDDXryM1hztFLBHoTrikeRvxvxLeYTM1xKJtrJ47vXmISJHg3Pc6TaejfU48rupzxyYZiDeIwn3LfJl8x7g7OJN4IlA_Uri2w68DRRzCSZ4CfzeWlorwnjgpYjzV03EfffrmxreXgiFZzNYEBhvfEvdmmCj/s435/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%20Score%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGe72Ulo68Lutss1HPSa9dgaw8t6ZYWDDXryM1hztFLBHoTrikeRvxvxLeYTM1xKJtrJ47vXmISJHg3Pc6TaejfU48rupzxyYZiDeIwn3LfJl8x7g7OJN4IlA_Uri2w68DRRzCSZ4CfzeWlorwnjgpYjzV03EfffrmxreXgiFZzNYEBhvfEvdmmCj/w400-h83/Huesera%20The%20Bone%20Woman%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oJozpAOm_kA" width="320" youtube-src-id="oJozpAOm_kA"></iframe></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-87772074771120230652023-05-18T09:00:00.004-04:002023-05-18T19:50:39.638-04:00Review: Evil Dead Rise<span id="docs-internal-guid-f169eeb5-7fff-30cb-040f-e04766feea20"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UQ2QKxMcL0DoswA95-g5y0wW9VfabdmkM4ZtL5sQmlGfPKoR9Vt-U4uPFI5x7jOVk3WbxXedvkk_ZlO5nPEb5HAyyYo4dln2grpgi8rEb4wZN67qb1-LRossEyM6z9OU2hGc-2F--An9aZC21SsgvO8PCS2aYu5Os4hgUm7wYguFIwTIN63JZtdb/s1482/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UQ2QKxMcL0DoswA95-g5y0wW9VfabdmkM4ZtL5sQmlGfPKoR9Vt-U4uPFI5x7jOVk3WbxXedvkk_ZlO5nPEb5HAyyYo4dln2grpgi8rEb4wZN67qb1-LRossEyM6z9OU2hGc-2F--An9aZC21SsgvO8PCS2aYu5Os4hgUm7wYguFIwTIN63JZtdb/w270-h400/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Lee Cronin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Lee Cronin</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I still find it impressive that the last Evil Dead movie was released 10 years ago. It seems that it was only a few months ago when this remake took the world of horror by surprise, leaving behind the black humor that had characterized this series and opting for a much darker tone.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beth visits her sister Ellie to help her make a difficult decision, unaware that Ellie is also having a difficult time. While visiting her, an earthquake exposes the basement of the apartment complex where she lives, and one of her three sons finds an old book and vinyl records there. Listening to what was recorded on the drive, the young man accidentally lets out a demon which causes chaos in the compound.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5R0IVxaDpRzyPq9Wjo6cszaiIBv_jE4MtLypjGL3JnFeV1r6REfDlzHZmfRx-B0yuso-NL_qsJFs_x0DvK1azdhvW8RdY7OlISGQb1h2nT5ggX4Lty0aVPpxHa7cKKQa04e_4iFzwf_CR7HYh_PViT6paYCV_tMwYyTfWzvsMpxhm4ds3a1Zx79xz/s1000/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5R0IVxaDpRzyPq9Wjo6cszaiIBv_jE4MtLypjGL3JnFeV1r6REfDlzHZmfRx-B0yuso-NL_qsJFs_x0DvK1azdhvW8RdY7OlISGQb1h2nT5ggX4Lty0aVPpxHa7cKKQa04e_4iFzwf_CR7HYh_PViT6paYCV_tMwYyTfWzvsMpxhm4ds3a1Zx79xz/w640-h360/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Evil Dead Rise" is presented as a new formula within the franchise, looking for its own path without forgetting what its predecessors have done. He prefers to continue with the dark style that the 2013 version brought but brings elements of the black humor that characterized the 80s trilogy. It could be said that the tone is quite similar to that of the original 1983 version but with the gore and violence of the 2013 version.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plot of "Evil Dead Rise" follows Ellie, her sister Beth, and their three children as they fight a demon that only seeks to create chaos and death. It is not a secret that Ellie is possessed by the demon and becomes the antagonist for most of its duration. I can only express admiration for Alyssa Sutherland ("</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2020/07/Blood-Vessel-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blood Vessel</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"), the actress who plays Ellie, for her incredible performance and how she manages to create one of the best decades we've seen in the franchise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBajab4n8Y9qKpBUgecsQrh-d3Z2WuCS64CCtX_cxwIYA6AVJoCYMVlu-RlzTMvCCFY7JZSwbCdkRv4_b_MglRZf9W8VcZ6-cM77e1Yby-cZmQAtqeL1dX8awFfeaPFd7ANg51oOi18NgrDtFvNY-cynTRq43qdU0O4kRXHUhwD4b0Qa-XFtsFC2mg/s1000/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="1000" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBajab4n8Y9qKpBUgecsQrh-d3Z2WuCS64CCtX_cxwIYA6AVJoCYMVlu-RlzTMvCCFY7JZSwbCdkRv4_b_MglRZf9W8VcZ6-cM77e1Yby-cZmQAtqeL1dX8awFfeaPFd7ANg51oOi18NgrDtFvNY-cynTRq43qdU0O4kRXHUhwD4b0Qa-XFtsFC2mg/w640-h262/Evil%20Dead%20Rise%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This remake, directed by Lee Cronin ("</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2019/02/The-Hole-In-The-Ground-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Hole In The Ground</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"), seeks to pay homage to the other entries in the franchise both obliquely and literally. We see nods to the features that distinguish the franchise, such as the familiar camera from the demon's perspective, the saw and shotgun (boomstick), and the iconic deadites, as well as others a little more hidden, such as the voice of Bruce Campbell in one of the recordings or similarities between frame structures.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Evil Dead Rise" is positioned early in the year as the film to beat to take the title of best horror film of 2023 and will undoubtedly be one of the most intense experiences in cinema this year. Its plot moves quickly to unleash the madness in a family for which we are interested in its future, even with its rapid development. 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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-65889094121878587692023-05-16T09:00:00.004-04:002023-05-16T09:00:00.132-04:00Review: The Pope's Exorcist<span id="docs-internal-guid-c4124cc3-7fff-63b5-86f7-fffe25d4c847"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRRqimNF3CTDScXpRtzma8ZYbRteK7rr6KcKjjWNfogr3E3T8mLM_PrnHtmGIL23223bTc4yWU4BOq6ywtn_r7PfI8MfKkKwZTFPV8ZWUejqAVREjqRNQzo_PAjT_khYMpNOClSJT5hGji-iwJ92nmQNy2s4cPeWFkYzS1dOvHxJIBQ9Xpf94kVmF/s1482/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRRqimNF3CTDScXpRtzma8ZYbRteK7rr6KcKjjWNfogr3E3T8mLM_PrnHtmGIL23223bTc4yWU4BOq6ywtn_r7PfI8MfKkKwZTFPV8ZWUejqAVREjqRNQzo_PAjT_khYMpNOClSJT5hGji-iwJ92nmQNy2s4cPeWFkYzS1dOvHxJIBQ9Xpf94kVmF/w270-h400/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Julius Avery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Michael Petroni, Evan Spiliotopoulos, and R. Dean McCreary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between its title and what it presents in the trailer, I thought "The Pope's Exorcist" would be another absurd horror movie that doesn't take itself seriously. After hearing good references from people who saw it, I was curious and ended up watching it. Although my initial impression was not entirely wrong, it far exceeded my expectations.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the death of her husband, a mother, and her two children move into an old house they inherited in Spain. Shortly after being there, the youngest son starts behaving strangely and violently. The Vatican sent Father Gabrielle Amorth to investigate the case, suspecting possession by a powerful demon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj7sLGAwLtnxO61dAy_fhnLmukFtk1npY8jSmSmpApuvPQsCY_pQq9nKEZ_u8RBFHaIFbPZ1PFHetQQc7bthD9_Wup-etQEA_9f3P89yTaKNYG3jwXdqUUarSbsazYNHDeRlybrsmAGSkSe2T67_w0rk9TR1VN9N0nDzxGw-kATdKvxDyBSATubPz/s1000/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj7sLGAwLtnxO61dAy_fhnLmukFtk1npY8jSmSmpApuvPQsCY_pQq9nKEZ_u8RBFHaIFbPZ1PFHetQQc7bthD9_Wup-etQEA_9f3P89yTaKNYG3jwXdqUUarSbsazYNHDeRlybrsmAGSkSe2T67_w0rk9TR1VN9N0nDzxGw-kATdKvxDyBSATubPz/w640-h360/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Pope's Exorcist" is a film based on the life of Father Gabrielle Amorth, who was a Vatican exorcist credited with over 60,000 exorcisms. One of the hooks that the film uses in its favor is Russel Crowe playing the exorcist, and it can be said that, in general, Crowe manages to play a charismatic and interesting character. However, his skills at imitating the Italian accent aren't that great.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps the best way the plot of "The Pope's Exorcist" can be described is that it suffers from an identity crisis in a good way. Director Julius Avery (“Overlord”), in parts, seems to want to bring a horror movie referencing the great exorcism movies, in others it seems like an "Indiana Jones" style investigative film, and in others, it seems a parody of the previous ones. The interesting thing is that as long as you don't take yourself too seriously, it all works and makes for a fun product.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3XbzfpuyqYmEe2pGPTuBLvI7WGW79RBBk0GBwxGucIS1ojMpo8QssW1HlIoQFqxehxwHbMf0ZRHbtAml2sVM0az2TKDTqf7fMAkTb6NKdxU7LuSZk7ajYhY-4WdGEd_mz0j7CWqkrTJwVbDHxOBcl886Mn408SE1n5h3YEGdQYGD3n_VEltUdvfB/s1000/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3XbzfpuyqYmEe2pGPTuBLvI7WGW79RBBk0GBwxGucIS1ojMpo8QssW1HlIoQFqxehxwHbMf0ZRHbtAml2sVM0az2TKDTqf7fMAkTb6NKdxU7LuSZk7ajYhY-4WdGEd_mz0j7CWqkrTJwVbDHxOBcl886Mn408SE1n5h3YEGdQYGD3n_VEltUdvfB/w640-h268/The%20Pope_s%20Exorcist%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What can be criticized about this movie is that it doesn't take any risks and prefers to stay in the comfort zone using all the clichés we know about possession movies. This makes it predictable and does not generate tension in the viewer. While the horror feels a bit bland because of how predictable it is, the gore tries to fill that void, and that's where it justifies its R rating.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will "The Pope's Exorcist" be remembered among the great horror movies of possessions and exorcisms? This is hardly the case, however, it is a fun movie. It does not propose anything new to a genre and uses all the clichés of this type of film and still manages to be a good product, although it requires that the viewer does not pay too much attention to the coherence of its plot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD4FxoRErpWHnPDX7pa8p8fxe5Brf8LBxz1UPrV5az_UnV2OuGnaQVhGLhEIHzEPm4wCSFYB6KMM9GN-nIjgcfPJDMYENlip389I1Fej2Z77iG9wlcjEhqrhMPeixOn3j2u9LEZ2QkwUo_MpGkgDxiPLHSmgn14jcjxUFW4JP1qvKhwve4u2BSopd/s435/The%20Pope's%20Exorcist%20Score%207.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD4FxoRErpWHnPDX7pa8p8fxe5Brf8LBxz1UPrV5az_UnV2OuGnaQVhGLhEIHzEPm4wCSFYB6KMM9GN-nIjgcfPJDMYENlip389I1Fej2Z77iG9wlcjEhqrhMPeixOn3j2u9LEZ2QkwUo_MpGkgDxiPLHSmgn14jcjxUFW4JP1qvKhwve4u2BSopd/w400-h83/The%20Pope's%20Exorcist%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJXqvnT_rsk" width="320" youtube-src-id="YJXqvnT_rsk"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-22116340209739185372023-05-11T09:00:00.004-04:002023-05-11T09:00:00.135-04:00Review: Cube (2023)<span id="docs-internal-guid-5794612b-7fff-f215-d8df-db0ed3b8b107"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO8i9vyFr5WzVvHoBZOVW8fDJ-W4bASzbed8CxonQnzwBdXZvJy7Ld8L1UqhLXhhg5lHFtRNM9Roz7WUvV_ZogNF8olFiN7Z8Vjd3S6gyPuqcAwkSRkjBpmsw-_kvvcdph-ud9dIVCMimTbUHjElvlYZuNGcZo_YPKcUYUPEiRq2DEmUDjKW8GLEq/s1426/Cube%202023%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO8i9vyFr5WzVvHoBZOVW8fDJ-W4bASzbed8CxonQnzwBdXZvJy7Ld8L1UqhLXhhg5lHFtRNM9Roz7WUvV_ZogNF8olFiN7Z8Vjd3S6gyPuqcAwkSRkjBpmsw-_kvvcdph-ud9dIVCMimTbUHjElvlYZuNGcZo_YPKcUYUPEiRq2DEmUDjKW8GLEq/w280-h400/Cube%202023%20Poster.jpg" width="280" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Yasuhiko Shimizu</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Koji Tokuo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The original version of "</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2019/10/Cube-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cube</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" from 1997 is, for many fans, a horror movie classic, and some consider it a gem of the genre. Even with its problems, this movie brought a fresh and innovative idea that surprised many fans. When it was announced that a remake of this film would be made, many fans thought about how this film could be improved with a better budget and a 20-year difference in technology.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This remake follows the same plot as the original movie. A group of people wakes up inside a room without knowing how they got there. When they look to leave the room, they realize that it is part of an assembly of grid cells, some of them with death traps. The group must use their individual skills to unravel the mystery of the structure and escape it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5O-2080IGOOThjSsRK18vyGZY8GzZjtuw0dXVY8JsTgAzvVN1S9DNYVVXKlbeMBpdWkSN1_HSBRdQX9k9pQFEfu9sFqmvTGPKBl3AVAiW0fCTaZDPy1qyd9-4qlhTK2voqFiYKuuaneU3CgxjlMrKHJIrLZLP_ZUi18KnO_cznxBUH5_oK8x3VMpb/s1500/Cube%202023%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5O-2080IGOOThjSsRK18vyGZY8GzZjtuw0dXVY8JsTgAzvVN1S9DNYVVXKlbeMBpdWkSN1_HSBRdQX9k9pQFEfu9sFqmvTGPKBl3AVAiW0fCTaZDPy1qyd9-4qlhTK2voqFiYKuuaneU3CgxjlMrKHJIrLZLP_ZUi18KnO_cznxBUH5_oK8x3VMpb/w640-h426/Cube%202023%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first thing one thinks about a remake is that it improves things compared to the original, and the sad answer is that, in this case, it is almost nothing. The only thing I noticed a slight improvement in is that the visuals look more polished, which seems to me to be more of an effect of technological advances. For the rest, this film does not seek to improve but to replicate what its predecessor did.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The problem with replicating what's already been done is losing a lot of suspense. The plot, the dynamics between the group, and even the traps are too similar to the original. It does not do so well in the few things this remake seeks to add new elements. For example, one of the new traps being added doesn't make any sense physically.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKo0KO_i2ysUfBVO5ekRKlAPZMuj2Yj3w3hyYGL5jKPemI1FBQkz_BjGeeasTGJXlTMR44qjdSdRzDcwhf3eVE6IRBV0pe4TRbTkwxpBzTLwDRHiy4kQ9IsF1Oaw1KAWAmvFRbbjFktbW66vkV4QYxfiYO6QjEh8jWM7JUgNzt2_3eWOeHzjZn0ec/s1000/Cube%202023%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1000" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKo0KO_i2ysUfBVO5ekRKlAPZMuj2Yj3w3hyYGL5jKPemI1FBQkz_BjGeeasTGJXlTMR44qjdSdRzDcwhf3eVE6IRBV0pe4TRbTkwxpBzTLwDRHiy4kQ9IsF1Oaw1KAWAmvFRbbjFktbW66vkV4QYxfiYO6QjEh8jWM7JUgNzt2_3eWOeHzjZn0ec/w640-h416/Cube%202023%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The group of protagonists also worsens compared to the original. In this case, it is difficult to be interested in any of the protagonists, and I could not identify if it was a problem with the performances or the script. What is evident is that we are not too interested in who leaves the structure alive because no character manages to leave a mark on the viewer.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This new version of "Cube" is far below the original. With a less interesting script and characters and replicating much of what the previous one did without seeking to improve it, it would hardly be able to top it. If you already saw the original, you won't find much in this remake, and if you haven't seen it, you better see that version.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPHFmqwOp5Z9J-pj3byqqFvjvYXEfAu_XJiACCYJGzToUrkwsP4H26hcX2VzKbjjmlPrfgI_wf3b8sYbUNu7T6M3sl91AOqEbgo96JlwcUieOksquaTf7UFLi7zOpCkhvRVDCUz95oNtMuIoM6s8GtoB_U2KBfjmmYcGHFTV913UubKsSvMquACgs/s435/Cube%202023%20Score%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPHFmqwOp5Z9J-pj3byqqFvjvYXEfAu_XJiACCYJGzToUrkwsP4H26hcX2VzKbjjmlPrfgI_wf3b8sYbUNu7T6M3sl91AOqEbgo96JlwcUieOksquaTf7UFLi7zOpCkhvRVDCUz95oNtMuIoM6s8GtoB_U2KBfjmmYcGHFTV913UubKsSvMquACgs/w400-h83/Cube%202023%20Score%204.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cVwCBGhD9H8" width="320" youtube-src-id="cVwCBGhD9H8"></iframe></div></span><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-52355128743903883622023-05-09T09:00:00.005-04:002023-05-09T09:00:00.142-04:00Review: Renfield<span id="docs-internal-guid-6864afee-7fff-cadc-ed62-7a59e66c2076"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lEGz5g0Agd7RfiiPJFt7IKTVbMhcfIAqO9NWbkvogAD8WjfD_AF1cRJfjyDm5MBBmvRZFNDod6TokY9RduXFeI_YG5dljCDpWKb8Cervd2u5rtkM0cQePw6WAqBuHhySkzKryJwcMEVCcN2mXUj-2u6l97gIWouJfjlAK3UDHTfhFy1zMEDfE-31/s1584/Renfield%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lEGz5g0Agd7RfiiPJFt7IKTVbMhcfIAqO9NWbkvogAD8WjfD_AF1cRJfjyDm5MBBmvRZFNDod6TokY9RduXFeI_YG5dljCDpWKb8Cervd2u5rtkM0cQePw6WAqBuHhySkzKryJwcMEVCcN2mXUj-2u6l97gIWouJfjlAK3UDHTfhFy1zMEDfE-31/w253-h400/Renfield%20Poster.jpg" width="253" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Chris McKay</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guion: Ryan Ridley, Rober Kirkman, and Ava Tramer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nicholas Cage playing Dracula. What other reason do you need to watch this movie?</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Renfield is tired of his life as Dracula's servant and seeks a life away from his master. However, after decades of servitude, Renfield has developed a codependent relationship with Dracula that won't be easy to escape. To make matters worse, his master disagrees with his position and is willing to shed as much blood as necessary to preserve his servant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks4eQapFCpniE8q7ZNCLlQEwPePKL0vwx6gXvzhRv7jtKmFKQkHXwKsR-_pDRxAQPzf12m0TTaSeKu-yOHpG7IwVENrl2rdzVhpqFUIevI535tRS0836fVU4i3mLPcrcHQrH997jku3dKsyLYjizOSs3HQJCEXVdVp9CXe27tr7cxO28XhJZSNlGG/s1000/Renfield%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks4eQapFCpniE8q7ZNCLlQEwPePKL0vwx6gXvzhRv7jtKmFKQkHXwKsR-_pDRxAQPzf12m0TTaSeKu-yOHpG7IwVENrl2rdzVhpqFUIevI535tRS0836fVU4i3mLPcrcHQrH997jku3dKsyLYjizOSs3HQJCEXVdVp9CXe27tr7cxO28XhJZSNlGG/w640-h360/Renfield%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let's not try to cover the sky with a cape; the main point of interest of "Renfield" is the great performance of Nicholas Cage as Count Dracula, which was even the point of focus in the film's promotional campaign. Not only Nicholas Cage (“</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2020/01/Color-Out-Of-Space-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Color Out of Space</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”, “</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2020/10/Mandy-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mandy</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”) but Nicholas Hoult (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) and the rest of the cast do a great job of creating fun characters in keeping with the plot. Ironically, it is in the characters where it also has its weak point since some of them (one of them important) feel out of tune, unnecessary, and even difficult to tolerate.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After looking for a long time to revive the world of Universal's monsters in the modern world and showing a promising effort with films like "</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2020/03/The-Invisible-Man-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Invisible Man</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">", "Renfield" seems to be the company's new great success. However, this time they opt for the absurd comedy and horror route instead of a serious and less fanciful tone as in “The Invisible Man”. In both films, they were absolutely right with the style they chose, and in "Renfield", they abide by it to the point that the whole film revolves around it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJhnOmXaWfctSWgYqDU_HhEhyIxRceIwb1DE5fMH5m6V5N4y9CT2umbb9gt_NXX_7rntlmUV7elW0rhld47m9TWTLbU_NLMW621JV_coMVA2ioQ54URBVQmdVpLnDT93vwaNfQxG2bmB8_q4131tVQintkFAHynjzm-GDheXKGR_587FqbLRuJDy8/s1000/Renfield%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1000" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJhnOmXaWfctSWgYqDU_HhEhyIxRceIwb1DE5fMH5m6V5N4y9CT2umbb9gt_NXX_7rntlmUV7elW0rhld47m9TWTLbU_NLMW621JV_coMVA2ioQ54URBVQmdVpLnDT93vwaNfQxG2bmB8_q4131tVQintkFAHynjzm-GDheXKGR_587FqbLRuJDy8/w640-h482/Renfield%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the beginning, the director Chris McKay sets a funny, over-the-top tone that remains for the rest of its 93-minute runtime. The comedy is silly but well-worked, and the gore is </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">extreme and absurd</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the point of being funny. The excellent makeup plays a big part in how good the gore and some grotesque visuals look, and they serve to complement the way in which Cage owns this mythical character and makes it his own without losing its essence.</span></p></span><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Renfield” is amazing thanks to its absurd comedy and gore and incredible performances. The story seeks to pay homage to the classic Dracula stories but gives it a genuine and modern feel that suits its fun tone very well. Its only problems are some characters that seem to be in the wrong movie and some plot holes that don't affect your enjoyment much.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhup62KGsXv2WeIiK4U524aiLPveS2c4NHRFk3APpebFku9HzNLCSn6_Sn0DnFLDlJmwy_kCDpwUKpD1oPQGhK2oVDg7_epB4OWVFqiNvuvOCQF-gx-z9nxKKm6bdT4H4zf_B-BsZEt-Y8A-G06GyoMqK-WB1lzTWgZN-mC0OMKKbOTX1lNklSCnh-N/s435/Renfield%20Score%208.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhup62KGsXv2WeIiK4U524aiLPveS2c4NHRFk3APpebFku9HzNLCSn6_Sn0DnFLDlJmwy_kCDpwUKpD1oPQGhK2oVDg7_epB4OWVFqiNvuvOCQF-gx-z9nxKKm6bdT4H4zf_B-BsZEt-Y8A-G06GyoMqK-WB1lzTWgZN-mC0OMKKbOTX1lNklSCnh-N/w400-h83/Renfield%20Score%208.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6LmO6rmDW08" width="320" youtube-src-id="6LmO6rmDW08"></iframe></span></div><p></p>
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</script>Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-55572303699883781222023-05-04T09:00:00.003-04:002023-05-04T09:00:00.133-04:00Review: The Fearway<span id="docs-internal-guid-857dde1f-7fff-0ea2-7ebc-d9d2c87b3e50"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNefku42dB-XVJNSPCYVf7O6vgLYbup584Bzirra_gGtYl9SpIOPb6NPUDR8qfyH0EtNtNDhaNIR38w4w2VeVhaa0DZDLxzQN_E-4m_zEkIZ_EHI67Z5clrWMutqHkkZOGJpAQ6UtQFvtFLSuzKU0K0V0jqldOsiLpHrH_yqSNvefQuTzjKK4R0Lzx/s1422/The%20Fearway%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNefku42dB-XVJNSPCYVf7O6vgLYbup584Bzirra_gGtYl9SpIOPb6NPUDR8qfyH0EtNtNDhaNIR38w4w2VeVhaa0DZDLxzQN_E-4m_zEkIZ_EHI67Z5clrWMutqHkkZOGJpAQ6UtQFvtFLSuzKU0K0V0jqldOsiLpHrH_yqSNvefQuTzjKK4R0Lzx/w281-h400/The%20Fearway%20Poster.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Robert Gajic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guion: Noah Bessey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A soon-to-be-married young couple travels on an interstate highway. After a series of events, they realize they are trapped in a loop. With no idea what is happening to them, the couple tries to find some clue that will help them understand what is happening and be able to escape.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The premise "The Fearway" brings is not very innovative, and we have already seen it in several films. It's still interesting though, and the way director Robert Gajic in his feature debut and writer Noah Bessey bring the story along is quite entertaining. While it does many things well for a film of its budget and with the short experience of the staff, it also carries a number of problems that limit its enjoyment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm_jotv2rmwHYDX54uT0cl9ZZkE3isUvtpxBQRl6R4-OOqTF_R1XTArBxO_P1jEb3U28WihK6r1wftpF4fsu1LG04RgPgpBzs4qCHQ7qsr2RI-zuaiYiElJXnP9quf6G3MaR3B6j6oj6HLeqplqo_OFYudam6R65VVf_uIpl5-tu04FuhM10pN31v/s1500/The%20Fearway%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwm_jotv2rmwHYDX54uT0cl9ZZkE3isUvtpxBQRl6R4-OOqTF_R1XTArBxO_P1jEb3U28WihK6r1wftpF4fsu1LG04RgPgpBzs4qCHQ7qsr2RI-zuaiYiElJXnP9quf6G3MaR3B6j6oj6HLeqplqo_OFYudam6R65VVf_uIpl5-tu04FuhM10pN31v/w640-h266/The%20Fearway%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The two main problems with this movie are that it's pretty easy to figure out what's going on early, and its inability to create the sense of claustrophobia that its premise promises. It also cannot be ignored that many events in the script don't make much sense with the rest of the story and detract from its impact.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When your movie script calls for an unexpected twist ending, the lack of knowledge about what's happening creates is what creates suspense. With what's happening being so apparent early on, this twist loses a lot of impact, and the film's development loses most of its suspense. On top of that, the entire plot takes place in broad daylight and in an open space, which isn't bad, but it affects that sense of claustrophobia and adds to the loss of suspense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtSpwke_NfFzUYf4ZLiXxoQzO9ZLxvBcaHN0ze0LA_M1yPPWGDcDq7PeaiGr6NQIwWQoOukHSXqI7oPvWWW8AsyRkk86wMOAPiAkg75qzr1QP2bWc89HXSWeVVO1892ln3GDYUs6hghykgNc-_wUDBhZ3cmviqgTKdoYj6mWaXyXU636u99DKmXW/s1280/The%20Fearway%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNtSpwke_NfFzUYf4ZLiXxoQzO9ZLxvBcaHN0ze0LA_M1yPPWGDcDq7PeaiGr6NQIwWQoOukHSXqI7oPvWWW8AsyRkk86wMOAPiAkg75qzr1QP2bWc89HXSWeVVO1892ln3GDYUs6hghykgNc-_wUDBhZ3cmviqgTKdoYj6mWaXyXU636u99DKmXW/w640-h360/The%20Fearway%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Without being innovative and failing in several of the things it proposes, "The Fearway" is an entertaining film and a good debut for its director. The cast does a decent job, and the special effects, cinematography, and other audiovisual aspects are very good. Overall the story it tells is interesting, and what really affects your enjoyment are the inconsistencies in its script and how predictable it is.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMk9TFshyVvrMJunCHQahc7Hwj43NY3DsMCR-gTC9UgylTCxID00HBLfXbQDWKaJ0llxulgjdbnoSwh2bNGwm15M4r_Rf5YeQtnnyjj_29BA9eaOVKsAhIR3U9bFxpW6FDddzPL2dgcsaaJFd40lPC-94UQyaI2U5UMC5H7krxPR1zxZxzzO78iSR/s435/The%20Fearway%20Score%206.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMk9TFshyVvrMJunCHQahc7Hwj43NY3DsMCR-gTC9UgylTCxID00HBLfXbQDWKaJ0llxulgjdbnoSwh2bNGwm15M4r_Rf5YeQtnnyjj_29BA9eaOVKsAhIR3U9bFxpW6FDddzPL2dgcsaaJFd40lPC-94UQyaI2U5UMC5H7krxPR1zxZxzzO78iSR/w400-h83/The%20Fearway%20Score%206.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPNgpTcMmJY" width="320" youtube-src-id="WPNgpTcMmJY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-17461189193950818822023-04-27T09:00:00.003-04:002023-04-27T09:00:00.142-04:00Review: Kids vs Aliens<span id="docs-internal-guid-f73a487f-7fff-81c3-38c7-40d7eb8b5bec"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOXSaEkLoT1vkRdp6oUqKZcvU_OBPACaJ_N5humDxW_jjh2-8w4qz2Nd_Cx2OcKNMCqanxaluOzSzuXbSPRtkUMVUveYdYoB_vnOFFc8VLo7FkbOjqqFUttoYE5JuTZ1JypnRUiqxgVY18h_STeocm11bO4izFdxE6GJpkGYi0s64lypFKhTlHxFt/s1481/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOXSaEkLoT1vkRdp6oUqKZcvU_OBPACaJ_N5humDxW_jjh2-8w4qz2Nd_Cx2OcKNMCqanxaluOzSzuXbSPRtkUMVUveYdYoB_vnOFFc8VLo7FkbOjqqFUttoYE5JuTZ1JypnRUiqxgVY18h_STeocm11bO4izFdxE6GJpkGYi0s64lypFKhTlHxFt/w270-h400/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Jason Eisner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: John Davies and Jason Eisener</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Kids vs. Aliens" is one of those movies I knew absolutely nothing about, and my only criterion for seeing it is that it was a new release on Shudder. Although the title and poster give you a good idea of what the main part of its plot will be, I had no idea what I was going to be looking at. I can confirm that this was a very good idea.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plot of "Kids vs. Alien" is exactly what the title suggests. In the middle of a teenage party, an invasion of aliens takes place. A group of children unites efforts to defeat the aliens and save themselves from the invasion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeHSosqvpCAHqaeANGIFo9XyCdryBlekAGA5aAUhghe82pPsR4EW0PQgA-B-6ipJa9DEn5BBSAxFF2UeQyq_e8BJ2x9XlshdG-X0saihK7oaPFDp3s8sDZCvd4Xqfb5IxmHbyieGKF4X4FLjKJU2NR0bg6Gkm-NTHsKYOVsm6JI2-a0l9OPJmK2QZ/s1000/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeHSosqvpCAHqaeANGIFo9XyCdryBlekAGA5aAUhghe82pPsR4EW0PQgA-B-6ipJa9DEn5BBSAxFF2UeQyq_e8BJ2x9XlshdG-X0saihK7oaPFDp3s8sDZCvd4Xqfb5IxmHbyieGKF4X4FLjKJU2NR0bg6Gkm-NTHsKYOVsm6JI2-a0l9OPJmK2QZ/w640-h360/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The beginning of the film threw my expectations to the ground, which at the beginning were not very high. Its evident air of a low-budget movie and the absurdity of what it shows at the beginning made me think that it would go along this line and that the plot would be very superficial. Although if you go along the line of the absurd and highlight its low-budget style, the plot turns out to be more entertaining and interesting than expected.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The film's first half focuses on developing the characters and their relationships. We know the group of children we will follow for the rest of the film, the older sister of one of these and her suitor, both crucial in the plot. Once the invasion of the aliens occurs, all this development has its reward within the madness that is unleashed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQMGNtp3rYs-YXI53RLE_8hHjL7nfqrYvOzwMy3ofnhSDqMYalG-PXSz9AYGlmtP0A9TmeSKgobSdWmPUuZCmcLK8ED1H4y8Lbl-K9wwmRFYZtVts_qFsCl0PgqA2MJ5gUShXDEv24s3lrzgWkMkD56vC6APmVcNQrSM3N4VAMTnpp5vWpp4sOILZ/s1000/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQMGNtp3rYs-YXI53RLE_8hHjL7nfqrYvOzwMy3ofnhSDqMYalG-PXSz9AYGlmtP0A9TmeSKgobSdWmPUuZCmcLK8ED1H4y8Lbl-K9wwmRFYZtVts_qFsCl0PgqA2MJ5gUShXDEv24s3lrzgWkMkD56vC6APmVcNQrSM3N4VAMTnpp5vWpp4sOILZ/w640-h360/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Kids vs. Aliens” is perfectly comfortable with showing that it is a low-budget movie and even goes out of its way to highlight this fact. However, instead of playing against it, is used to its advantage to give it a fun and absurd air, like the one that its director Jason Eisener already showed us a few years ago in “Hobo With A Shotgun”. What helps make the visuals work and be so fun is that the vast majority are practical and seek to bring out that exaggerated and self-aware side.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For fans of low-budget horror movies of the 90s, they will undoubtedly enjoy “Kids vs. Aliens”. The plot does not seek to treat anything special but rather focuses on highlighting its fun side, which is based on the absurdity of the plot itself and its special effects.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfR2gwtMVlOAYE441IoIX5r6RneLdgnriH2MRVBUmXj8_ISbbYLJuRWkr6dq1PHyYh2vQS_O9vDVm19g1bxQrdE3byw_Yi8a_big5176Aj6zGgP5SDFAw6B45rS3pihm6vZtvVyC2q0gfoyIWQDFGn8Ug0xSwKAldqjeTD0I4PrpDA2X12aFTY7PIe/s435/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%20Score%207.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfR2gwtMVlOAYE441IoIX5r6RneLdgnriH2MRVBUmXj8_ISbbYLJuRWkr6dq1PHyYh2vQS_O9vDVm19g1bxQrdE3byw_Yi8a_big5176Aj6zGgP5SDFAw6B45rS3pihm6vZtvVyC2q0gfoyIWQDFGn8Ug0xSwKAldqjeTD0I4PrpDA2X12aFTY7PIe/w400-h83/Kids%20vs%20Aliens%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3F_feNb4oYQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="3F_feNb4oYQ"></iframe></div><p></p></span></span>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-40758678518916937692023-04-18T09:00:00.004-04:002023-04-18T09:00:00.176-04:00Review: Knock at the Cabin<span id="docs-internal-guid-90f44244-7fff-6fc6-0bc3-95e4ea952f4e"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w8iwMbqj2m-5uo4taFVFthWMnUUCjn7MPXVCMkioWCAFxA8nL0Qox9iGM6QBBAoZI-TEEdgEkcv10vkND4xEwXqtQ7LZMl0XQs4YmNms2fNULWYYe8kTtHad2MPWE2ZS1LHdHVNqgJ63jU98VXN3ZlNVe9z7wBBLJvVv8Z8vsxnAt3-ojNcu-rYo/s1500/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w8iwMbqj2m-5uo4taFVFthWMnUUCjn7MPXVCMkioWCAFxA8nL0Qox9iGM6QBBAoZI-TEEdgEkcv10vkND4xEwXqtQ7LZMl0XQs4YmNms2fNULWYYe8kTtHad2MPWE2ZS1LHdHVNqgJ63jU98VXN3ZlNVe9z7wBBLJvVv8Z8vsxnAt3-ojNcu-rYo/w266-h400/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%20Poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: M. Night Shyamalan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">M. Night Shyamalan is a name that always generates high expectations in horror movies. His inconsistent career behind the scenes has given us genre gems like "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs," as well as less-well-received ones like "The Happening." This time, it is not only the popularity and career of M. Night Shyamalan that raised expectations but knowing that the script is based on the book "The Cabin at the End of the World", written by Paul Tremblay, an author who has gained a large following in horror literature, served to make "Knock at the Cabin" one of the most anticipated horror movies of 2023.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In “Knock at the Cabin”, a couple and their daughter are going to spend a few days on vacation in a cabin in the woods. While the family is there, they are visited by four strangers, who break into their cabin, assuring them that they are there to stop what would mean the end of humanity. However, to stop the end of humanity, the family must sacrifice one of its members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhRuZWOpVoeXEw00Y80R9mXpKvzlCv2inZGMh1fgj0l4UMRns3ObvTV14thdKkXDj8mH4HamuOVyny-bSCL4HwZ9fwFGw1SKcX3JVQjoSCt10RxwSbH0MOqhQ4E-YHrwIuVCH5vweB3GV6RTAqMANRhRchKXIeK6A3IdNS9z8LwYeagHh4fiUAYrd/s1000/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhRuZWOpVoeXEw00Y80R9mXpKvzlCv2inZGMh1fgj0l4UMRns3ObvTV14thdKkXDj8mH4HamuOVyny-bSCL4HwZ9fwFGw1SKcX3JVQjoSCt10RxwSbH0MOqhQ4E-YHrwIuVCH5vweB3GV6RTAqMANRhRchKXIeK6A3IdNS9z8LwYeagHh4fiUAYrd/w640-h360/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have written many times about the importance of the opening scene in many movies, and “Knock at the Cabin” is one of the examples of how efficiently the viewer can be put into context if this scene is used well. In this scene, we mainly meet Wen, the couple's daughter, and Leonard, the group leader, and the contrast between them couldn't be more evident. Leonard, played by ex-professional wrestler Dave Bautista (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), who is a tall and muscular man, while Wen is nothing more than a little girl of around 10 years of age. However, Leonard comes off as a gentle and kind man, but he can't help but project himself as a threat.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aside from what is clearly meant to be shown on camera in this scene, Dave Bautista does an excellent job of bringing both perspectives into his performance. We are more used to seeing him in simpler roles, but this time I take the opportunity to showcase his acting chops. The rest of the cast also does a good job. However, it is Bautista who manages to stand out.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeSLmahuXkb73AA1fmj-snn5ktUi8UX8ZlAm_l4KCU0NzjUMEe0T51AfMLMPQ1HgHnVj6v0hh-lWHWz-mpenT7Mt_G-_tX3m0oo-eFFftuSgqRc1ra-zGJcahKzJ_RAYbqtA0l5OafPY9TLZqhhIpObSxsQttRcsIi3PRinJNAhSMEI7Ldw3GOS59/s1000/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeSLmahuXkb73AA1fmj-snn5ktUi8UX8ZlAm_l4KCU0NzjUMEe0T51AfMLMPQ1HgHnVj6v0hh-lWHWz-mpenT7Mt_G-_tX3m0oo-eFFftuSgqRc1ra-zGJcahKzJ_RAYbqtA0l5OafPY9TLZqhhIpObSxsQttRcsIi3PRinJNAhSMEI7Ldw3GOS59/w640-h268/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where “Knock at the Cabin” feels like it falls short of expectations is in its lack of forcefulness. And to be more specific, the movie feels limited in many parts by the lack of more explicit visuals, especially when loaded with an R rating. Also, at times, the pace feels a bit rushed, probably to create a sense of urgency in the viewer.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Knock at the Cabin" will not appear on the podium of the best films of M. Night Shyamalan, but this does not mean that it is not a great film. His greatest strength is knowing how to keep the viewer wondering if the group that breaks into the cabin is telling the truth and what the outcome will be. However, the film does not have the characteristics that distinguish a film from this acclaimed director. It is up to the viewer whether this is better or worse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-MmuExgO5qWezNilYgLfIEUwQdjxoZqgOVGryiAMuRZjlzieBSktPXY6XKzF6ulKZVrJM9oHN3xidxVq6D99YS7F3A8to4qXM3X1mMFXrGaFm0DPrbX4skmG5B2HMIOi0JWt1kFfKdR8OdFKkJrPBESI4FsSPsipRHvyS085O_U7YFgBKt8UoRlW/s435/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%20Score%208.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-MmuExgO5qWezNilYgLfIEUwQdjxoZqgOVGryiAMuRZjlzieBSktPXY6XKzF6ulKZVrJM9oHN3xidxVq6D99YS7F3A8to4qXM3X1mMFXrGaFm0DPrbX4skmG5B2HMIOi0JWt1kFfKdR8OdFKkJrPBESI4FsSPsipRHvyS085O_U7YFgBKt8UoRlW/w400-h83/Knock%20at%20the%20Cabin%20Score%208.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wiBHEACNHs" width="320" youtube-src-id="0wiBHEACNHs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-64030993632622194342023-04-06T09:00:00.004-04:002023-04-06T09:00:00.181-04:00Review: Children of the Corn 2023<span id="docs-internal-guid-1a4c981c-7fff-a63c-6e5c-b0414858c94f"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_rvm26Pz-qjFWSIzcZxRUm-x7FASOQcHxCgs1loT3aVGxfynelzXw4Cyu5UjPAB1-6sn9kZ_zh-hfU3liIUxkZtmxU7XkPeI2Uq9qzQNX0cz8lWWq63nSEmPnNRb1UZTJivfJN1shdwDFO5RWnn5BuX5Mmhb0-ncZsVpMHrN_FOnnCEn_Ua096e3/s1481/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_rvm26Pz-qjFWSIzcZxRUm-x7FASOQcHxCgs1loT3aVGxfynelzXw4Cyu5UjPAB1-6sn9kZ_zh-hfU3liIUxkZtmxU7XkPeI2Uq9qzQNX0cz8lWWq63nSEmPnNRb1UZTJivfJN1shdwDFO5RWnn5BuX5Mmhb0-ncZsVpMHrN_FOnnCEn_Ua096e3/w270-h400/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Kurt Wimmer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guion: Kurt Wimmer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When it comes to iconic horror franchises, I'm sure almost no one (or no one) will have the “Children of the Corn” franchise on their list. Except for the first installment, which without being a great movie, can be considered a horror classic, many fans of the genre are not even aware of the large number of films that are part of this franchise. The reason almost no one knows about these movies is pretty obvious: they are not good movies.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now in 2023, another film is added to the series, which seeks to be a remake based on the first film, which in turn is based on a story by the legendary horror writer Stephen King, but which takes so many liberties that it bears very little relation with both. This new story takes us to Nebraska, where we witness the events leading up to the massacre of the adults of a small town after their decisions result in the loss of their corn crops, causing the children to rebel against the adults. If the synopsis sounds absurd, brace yourself; we're just starting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pN9x3DiTK-7KOMzthUl6U-KUthBNEhFG4-HcFB54EJ1C_36voOov3_qiSMNEfU8EcEOHNSF7pMJIzfyTNq4Z2FZhJt-EpdjNHwvUYApZmQSlp-QDMVSMuWTzUI5fgojTybdJ52ildGUG_D1ADCbZnlzFFXy7lqJe70TB2mJLyKvKeoDyNjY6TV4c/s1000/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pN9x3DiTK-7KOMzthUl6U-KUthBNEhFG4-HcFB54EJ1C_36voOov3_qiSMNEfU8EcEOHNSF7pMJIzfyTNq4Z2FZhJt-EpdjNHwvUYApZmQSlp-QDMVSMuWTzUI5fgojTybdJ52ildGUG_D1ADCbZnlzFFXy7lqJe70TB2mJLyKvKeoDyNjY6TV4c/w640-h426/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the quality of previous films in the franchise, I had low expectations with this new installment, and even so, it managed to surprise me with how bad it could be. The first thing that caught my attention was the quality of the script, which is riddled with absurd and unbelievable dialogues and situations to the point that it is difficult to understand how a script like this could have been used for a feature film. More than a horror movie, the disastrous script makes you think it is a parody of the genre.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then come the directing and acting problems, which are just as bad as the script. Except for the antagonist, it's quite a challenge to watch the rest of the cast, where each and every one of them overacts every scene on their hands. If the dialogues themselves are bad, seeing them acted out is torture. Add to this the horrible special effects and editing problems, resulting in a disaster that few will end up seeing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UDBe0LpvTKo783Kz9PWB1cV2hFMpCXwTN2ASB9LcDRXHY7wZU9qIgMDphy0HatiUGj9qmCfh--WvNv3yA2IZ9rmhSiBVWlm-Y5r_9mh2ifvjb2cvhgNyaEtwS9A3vtviIywXU7UIn9R2Z_qSFHah4p2VIyCWjdcDdo-a-gA2pZ_gkyoJ9fg4RErf/s1000/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UDBe0LpvTKo783Kz9PWB1cV2hFMpCXwTN2ASB9LcDRXHY7wZU9qIgMDphy0HatiUGj9qmCfh--WvNv3yA2IZ9rmhSiBVWlm-Y5r_9mh2ifvjb2cvhgNyaEtwS9A3vtviIywXU7UIn9R2Z_qSFHah4p2VIyCWjdcDdo-a-gA2pZ_gkyoJ9fg4RErf/w640-h360/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This new version of "Children of the Corn", instead of seeking to turn a franchise around, makes us remember why it has not been successful. The film is nothing more than an amalgamation of failures, and it is incomprehensible how it could have ended in full production. If you ask me if I've seen worse, my answer would be yes, but not many.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqK6biL7XJU5uKL1pZhHMG1RcpvU-G_PkavqP8LsnXVh8A5qqUYrzh0tu0K0F6lGkaNOsSAXTKITM0y1N6GYi5X-3Dt4lwnTUeexVNSgfk7z2cHM9f7C7ctS4IBNpmo3YvbUGDsMRFwai3wrfziOi9bduZCKgJnlDRulXsV3KgiirCt-ECe-gYdGZ/s435/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%20Score%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqK6biL7XJU5uKL1pZhHMG1RcpvU-G_PkavqP8LsnXVh8A5qqUYrzh0tu0K0F6lGkaNOsSAXTKITM0y1N6GYi5X-3Dt4lwnTUeexVNSgfk7z2cHM9f7C7ctS4IBNpmo3YvbUGDsMRFwai3wrfziOi9bduZCKgJnlDRulXsV3KgiirCt-ECe-gYdGZ/w400-h83/Children%20of%20the%20Corn%20(2023)%20Score%202.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HK41isxFC34" width="320" youtube-src-id="HK41isxFC34"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-75809849088308554102023-02-09T09:00:00.003-04:002023-02-09T09:00:00.172-04:00Review: Sorry About The Demon<span id="docs-internal-guid-22e593ac-7fff-98ca-2202-78737d535b2e"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIgGV8ZzChuMD6z1suDZQqir6CZTOMqOMHLkL-b4ujF9xxnyQtuXvbQtK7TEFE7NWQQAZ_YJsOoU0y4fHGlqYu3wRk3GPDR8ACc6atCyD9avXA1zrv46NyxQpmodfXdisodWgiF4HyY7lUcs2P3U9UFZ3_1V0kzBLjOHIp3Y4fad3AlLGRNu_aL6q/s1500/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIgGV8ZzChuMD6z1suDZQqir6CZTOMqOMHLkL-b4ujF9xxnyQtuXvbQtK7TEFE7NWQQAZ_YJsOoU0y4fHGlqYu3wRk3GPDR8ACc6atCyD9avXA1zrv46NyxQpmodfXdisodWgiF4HyY7lUcs2P3U9UFZ3_1V0kzBLjOHIp3Y4fad3AlLGRNu_aL6q/w266-h400/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%20Poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Emily Hagins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Emily Hagins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Comedy and horror are the most distant genres in cinema, and curiously they work very well when mixed correctly. Iconic films like “Shaun of the Dead”, “Tucker and Dale vs Evil” or the “Evil Dead” trilogy are testament to how fun mixing these genres can be. However, for a horror comedy to be funny, it needs not only a good mix of genres but also a plot that serves as a platform.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCoxa7jS5PYS9dRYwliG03TEW2Yzu2Pg-KM7rurZZg1KkfLI97Ywe9aZFlK6vAERQQVBHNss_dHO_GebDyOq811LbLpWmwkG7IeKnj1RGF3oQlNazCyZleDnVgsU0-96vVXfugUxmzGM3yyI0GtBBubPcNdaEZGr_1tRzQseYxwAwUS7zGvAP1h2P/s700/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="700" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCoxa7jS5PYS9dRYwliG03TEW2Yzu2Pg-KM7rurZZg1KkfLI97Ywe9aZFlK6vAERQQVBHNss_dHO_GebDyOq811LbLpWmwkG7IeKnj1RGF3oQlNazCyZleDnVgsU0-96vVXfugUxmzGM3yyI0GtBBubPcNdaEZGr_1tRzQseYxwAwUS7zGvAP1h2P/w640-h338/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After his girlfriend breaks up with him, Will gets a new place to live and tries to turn his life around. It doesn't take long for Will to understand why he got such a good price for the place, which is that the house is inhabited by a demon looking for a sacrifice. Now, Will has to find a way to eradicate that demon while trying to reform his life and win his ex-partner back.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While many of the most successful horror comedies use horror as the foundation and comedy as the complement, "Sorry About The Demon" does the opposite. This is not inherently a problem if the comedy is strong, which is not the case with this movie. It wouldn't be fair to say that comedy is bad either; it just doesn't always work as it should or reach its potential.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRIS3rCXMhNPlaG2jT6pyJep4c0-suzIhbjwWeLq3xYkv8TG6nB_IwvDEr_emOlulr3S0lH6B1WFY7tfHlRs6tJLIiI2cximoOLsGbN8VYFCJiAsQfiKIfRWtoEQH2YY5MjJTFrFCLZ65qMhnL6gQEwMqogmShFz8R75gjU7seLMxBX9ZBP3_lIKs/s1000/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="1000" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRIS3rCXMhNPlaG2jT6pyJep4c0-suzIhbjwWeLq3xYkv8TG6nB_IwvDEr_emOlulr3S0lH6B1WFY7tfHlRs6tJLIiI2cximoOLsGbN8VYFCJiAsQfiKIfRWtoEQH2YY5MjJTFrFCLZ65qMhnL6gQEwMqogmShFz8R75gjU7seLMxBX9ZBP3_lIKs/w640-h334/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we dig a little into the reason why things don't work as they should, we see that the problem is that Emily Hagins' script never fully commits to exploiting her ideas. As a consequence, both comedy and horror remain in the gray zone that only ensures mediocrity, only at times showing glimpses of how great they could have been. And it is precisely getting to see all the wasted potential in both aspects that is most disappointing.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Sorry About The Demon” combines horror and comedy without committing to either and failing at both. The comedy never becomes hilarious or horror chilling and remains in a comfortable zone without wanting to take chances. This new Shudder-exclusive movie may be suitable for people who don't usually enjoy horror much or are looking for a softer dip into the genre. Horror fans are left wanting much more.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXG26s2XIK0mx7A0HaCPx17dHVd6_PAh4lTPOP0BmAv9CPmsRxUzjVLgVupbBtpH2hsejaw-neauIoRlaJ2zws-FelH6emimYV80E8Px7z0Q_GwGg9NArr8j-yum8D-Lj6DBYHhcWsDeNeiOINVBWdLtV3eqh4oHmgNKk_y80J-YMkgSewqfZwHwj/s435/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%20Score%205.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXG26s2XIK0mx7A0HaCPx17dHVd6_PAh4lTPOP0BmAv9CPmsRxUzjVLgVupbBtpH2hsejaw-neauIoRlaJ2zws-FelH6emimYV80E8Px7z0Q_GwGg9NArr8j-yum8D-Lj6DBYHhcWsDeNeiOINVBWdLtV3eqh4oHmgNKk_y80J-YMkgSewqfZwHwj/w400-h83/Sorry%20About%20The%20Demon%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0TwQ1QHAZ0" width="320" youtube-src-id="T0TwQ1QHAZ0"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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</script>Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-37610041464018702582023-02-07T09:00:00.003-04:002023-02-07T09:00:00.165-04:00Review: The Pale Blue Eye<span id="docs-internal-guid-03f86cb7-7fff-bb9b-6fc1-75c5601168c8"><span style="color: #010000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii27qzIZvoppN9zxJsMZx34eG80hZ4bHoy1OvZGshoX355BtAzhfQ3ir7bpFW3oOfGacpKk2wCc-BDaINT6Qchs1Kxu1rl0Vkc2FEChHZm0MJ0uI9s6ZqUPWzkGHdaZ0LOn-IBSZAv1fEGyDPWS7eATsxM57CLJNXVrF-Y-JlVQzS0vDYRKZ04HCbe/s1250/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii27qzIZvoppN9zxJsMZx34eG80hZ4bHoy1OvZGshoX355BtAzhfQ3ir7bpFW3oOfGacpKk2wCc-BDaINT6Qchs1Kxu1rl0Vkc2FEChHZm0MJ0uI9s6ZqUPWzkGHdaZ0LOn-IBSZAv1fEGyDPWS7eATsxM57CLJNXVrF-Y-JlVQzS0vDYRKZ04HCbe/s320/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%20Poster.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Scott Cooper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Scott Cooper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What would it be like if the writer Edgar Allan Poe investigated a Sherlock Holmes-style murder? This must have been the idea of Louis Bayard, author of the book “The Pale Blue Eye”, on which the film with which it shares its name is based and which gets its name from a Poe poem of the same name. It should be noted that nothing in the story of the book or the film is based on real events in Poe's life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After an apparent suicide at a cadet school, a detective is hired to investigate what happened when the corpse appears mutilated and with its heart removed. To advance his investigation, the detective enlists one of the cadets to help him, the young Edgar Allan Poe. They both immerse themselves in a complex investigation that, little by little, reveals the secrets behind the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_u03ntUTmOSQ9nrGzmDammSJ0u_2Lc9UBZjHANwog9dkX0xWZj5efvEtIggQuwew4hgH_eClAshonwA7GWa1b3vYuQjyp0y7Ou-JJeUFlIr3Lvt2j3nF-0ukMrK5iszmJSpfgntAtAIZU1VPsdNIyOKRpL5RhDxos5ylXYnAGJ7xAJYRkG6E2-ak/s1045/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1045" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_u03ntUTmOSQ9nrGzmDammSJ0u_2Lc9UBZjHANwog9dkX0xWZj5efvEtIggQuwew4hgH_eClAshonwA7GWa1b3vYuQjyp0y7Ou-JJeUFlIr3Lvt2j3nF-0ukMrK5iszmJSpfgntAtAIZU1VPsdNIyOKRpL5RhDxos5ylXYnAGJ7xAJYRkG6E2-ak/w640-h426/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Pale Blue Eye” doesn't take long to bring out its greatest virtues and use them for the rest of its 128-minute runtime. One of these virtues is how well worked the visual aspect is, with a gothic, cold, and melancholic atmosphere that highlights the suspense that surrounds the plot. It is also an environment that perfectly complements the style that characterizes Poe's works, to which reference is made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second of its virtues is its great cast, with Christian Bale starring as detective Augustus Landor and Harry Melling giving life to the acclaimed writer Edgar Allan Poe. Bale has already accustomed us to his excellent performances, and Melling takes his opportunity to give a great interpretation of the writer, although at times, he borders on the excess of eccentricity that characterized his character. Each one does a formidable job, but it's the scenes that they share together the best part of the film.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho11ICDlwQx3f0tFgs3rYTZ9G5eYB2tJVjxkNU0yHaRup3qXu8D3fI8y-u3J7NVLi5BqeNS4wEMt87RoYYtQUOxQ2GlPNcZg6iiq1PaskCXYCmpSWRjC7M5R-zXxU8F8-IzT-cxB4ToA1HyeUZK8wedlxSv8EcZTZUTDggvIwYXVfKqaLPInxZofIQ/s1000/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho11ICDlwQx3f0tFgs3rYTZ9G5eYB2tJVjxkNU0yHaRup3qXu8D3fI8y-u3J7NVLi5BqeNS4wEMt87RoYYtQUOxQ2GlPNcZg6iiq1PaskCXYCmpSWRjC7M5R-zXxU8F8-IzT-cxB4ToA1HyeUZK8wedlxSv8EcZTZUTDggvIwYXVfKqaLPInxZofIQ/w640-h426/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What prevents "The Pale Blue Eye" from being a better film is its slow pace, which at times becomes maddening. You would expect a slower pace to build atmosphere and suspense, but on the other hand, the lack of pacing detracts from a sense of urgency, which is key to a plot based on a murder investigation. Luckily this problem loses presence in the third act, where the twists and revelations change that dynamic.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Pale Blue Eye” is one of Netflix's newest offerings in the thriller genre, featuring an all-star cast and spectacular photography. The plot is intriguing, and the twists are unexpected and surprising. Its main problem is its leisurely pace, and the presence of Edgar Allan Poe's character is only a curious fact and can be exchanged for a generic character without altering the plot.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02cMf7fy7RS-Symy_OZ8CCCVtJJG-JkbCdHN3vO9emTgB9QqTyd1LxPO4WYn2V2_ktFbSJTY-dy4nyHBnFaF9ouNJNaRe4gkj-mmFl2E6kB-hebA8Oo8ebW_dfs8_FU8xCqLDXr2BzHJuuMqGGtiVXOaKDv69x-2XjB56NQ_xplhZRl8rWOiFzY-2/s435/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%20Score%207.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02cMf7fy7RS-Symy_OZ8CCCVtJJG-JkbCdHN3vO9emTgB9QqTyd1LxPO4WYn2V2_ktFbSJTY-dy4nyHBnFaF9ouNJNaRe4gkj-mmFl2E6kB-hebA8Oo8ebW_dfs8_FU8xCqLDXr2BzHJuuMqGGtiVXOaKDv69x-2XjB56NQ_xplhZRl8rWOiFzY-2/w400-h83/The%20Pale%20Blue%20Eye%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddbL9jvg77w" width="320" youtube-src-id="ddbL9jvg77w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></span></span>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-17425561076797138752022-08-09T09:00:00.003-04:002022-08-09T09:00:00.166-04:00Review: Men<span id="docs-internal-guid-a8b787b4-7fff-d6e5-b22b-aee37912c500"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mK1AIp_Bo6KpoJsyifJCUZM9ZNuHEEu8QvCFeykW1XvWrjHSQKS8Mpiw7WvuvVGEUsiUigS7aCYrRxFPOlU-z-2q7ft0CIkZNnxUWFnjEyrnse67rbIKVExcexr4u8yMRa6ICWALmMl6vnW6z7BQOjUbMVihmcDY9otP-RcFbJLN6zYcVGNq90o9/s1482/Men%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mK1AIp_Bo6KpoJsyifJCUZM9ZNuHEEu8QvCFeykW1XvWrjHSQKS8Mpiw7WvuvVGEUsiUigS7aCYrRxFPOlU-z-2q7ft0CIkZNnxUWFnjEyrnse67rbIKVExcexr4u8yMRa6ICWALmMl6vnW6z7BQOjUbMVihmcDY9otP-RcFbJLN6zYcVGNq90o9/s320/Men%20Poster.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Alex Garland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Alex Garland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In one of the most challenging moments of their relationship, Harper's husband loses his life in a tragedy that now torments the young woman. In an attempt to heal his wounds, Harper gets a house in rural England, where he plans to spend some time. Through different men she meets around her, Harper seeks to overcome her fears, traumas, and sense of guilt about what happened to her husband.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a title like the one it carries, I expected "Men" to be a feminist film that attacked the macho behavior that plagues the vast majority of societies worldwide. However, “Men” only does this sparingly and concentrates its efforts on bringing us a story about the trauma of losing a loved one. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxifnKzJ8ADW2QGcbac6M3PGGIec4lBzZtUL1NVJqVV8kTeIT1Ltz9P0FumFWwq4Skakn54IewR3qsLZA9yDaXqkeDcukgSK4xAvN5-GfB9OeOZKOfur_T1kcx37uvSrKYmpGA2qS4qaaaCK2WFo7NmRHlJR5e3hRIryJMwyw5RCb3zKbB_K3JlLe3/s1000/Men%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="1000" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxifnKzJ8ADW2QGcbac6M3PGGIec4lBzZtUL1NVJqVV8kTeIT1Ltz9P0FumFWwq4Skakn54IewR3qsLZA9yDaXqkeDcukgSK4xAvN5-GfB9OeOZKOfur_T1kcx37uvSrKYmpGA2qS4qaaaCK2WFo7NmRHlJR5e3hRIryJMwyw5RCb3zKbB_K3JlLe3/w640-h346/Men%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the art style that distinguishes the A24 films, we follow the protagonist Harper through her mission to heal her trauma. The story unfolds over exquisite cinematography, dominated by long shots that seek to create a disturbing atmosphere. While many of these shots get the job done, they also affect the pace at which events unfold, and at times the time between major actions is insufferably long. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To carry us through these bumps in development, we have the performances, which along with the cinematography, are the best that “Men” has to offer. Jessie Buckley's work as Harper is excellent, but Rory Kinnear (“Penny Dreadful”) is the one who stands out in this section, playing several characters with whom he does a great job and shows great versatility as an actor. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82xsgoVN7wKVQUqllYdNjLw0_OAVxykLwEsSMxr8wfvu7rxkUFySOhDgoqLczAwGnyh8IQjLBsk705wsDL9Jc-7ndmyF_DiBf825YmH1PsVcB8Ezo-ZH0o1Fy-fDyA1f0bB1iSkg20GhM8MwjWboE0rUZQI0qNioUqq-xUXCuNIv3VoguZXNatmGQ/s1000/Men%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="1000" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82xsgoVN7wKVQUqllYdNjLw0_OAVxykLwEsSMxr8wfvu7rxkUFySOhDgoqLczAwGnyh8IQjLBsk705wsDL9Jc-7ndmyF_DiBf825YmH1PsVcB8Ezo-ZH0o1Fy-fDyA1f0bB1iSkg20GhM8MwjWboE0rUZQI0qNioUqq-xUXCuNIv3VoguZXNatmGQ/w640-h346/Men%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where “Men” can win or lose the viewer is in its symbology. Throughout the development, we see different symbolic representations of the trauma that Harper tries to overcome and the event that led her to this state, but in some cases, the symbology is difficult to interpret and seems more an attempt to be pretentious than to seek to explore the traumas. This symbology also serves to bring interesting and well-executed body horror scenes, but they become repetitive as they go by.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Men” is an interesting exploration of the trauma caused by a tragedy and an abusive relationship and the protagonist's struggle to overcome her sense of guilt. This exploration occurs through many metaphors and abstract symbology, which gives it an air that is as artistic as it is pretentious, and in some cases, it seems to only focus on the latter and completely forget its meaning. If you have patience with its slow-moving stretches and repetitive cutscenes, “Men” delivers a compelling story with great performances, good special effects, and awkward moments of body horror in an aesthetically polished setting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYucGBG4tA5RJJK2DTcaTDyCwy2avkS8t_R-jnKv4n2l_0LFxvxp1Vy1mCpmbb2L0Lp9_h0JFX_QFyx766qpQAH2yTDINfzlwuVaX-klCfZk5HyP2U4Rmhvr9pjcOBdPqWJYP2a_-Sd4KTC4fw_jV_65AxbZDgzXM2b9GU6g9h7sww1cV3nxYMsYRu/s435/Men%20Score%207.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYucGBG4tA5RJJK2DTcaTDyCwy2avkS8t_R-jnKv4n2l_0LFxvxp1Vy1mCpmbb2L0Lp9_h0JFX_QFyx766qpQAH2yTDINfzlwuVaX-klCfZk5HyP2U4Rmhvr9pjcOBdPqWJYP2a_-Sd4KTC4fw_jV_65AxbZDgzXM2b9GU6g9h7sww1cV3nxYMsYRu/w400-h83/Men%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pt81CJcWZy8" width="320" youtube-src-id="pt81CJcWZy8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-40959489551519663992022-08-06T09:00:00.004-04:002022-08-06T09:00:00.158-04:00Review: The Black Phone<span id="docs-internal-guid-ae57627f-7fff-c9ce-1160-1c60258d6245"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__CVU_w3f5SDLjMgFluPa2EKedy8TZuiaqNEqQb9xcU_3q_P6e5iRM1Eh3iyCameJ1yO9wLMuOnVpEQockaQJxeWub2aCeHt0_X8RUVz0XYKo4ncJ1BD1V8I5wSANlnXFH9VWPziihSisFvcyJumGYlsdtbpkWnW7myqF1XofglH4bwnalTt5ciek/s1778/The%20Black%20Phone%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__CVU_w3f5SDLjMgFluPa2EKedy8TZuiaqNEqQb9xcU_3q_P6e5iRM1Eh3iyCameJ1yO9wLMuOnVpEQockaQJxeWub2aCeHt0_X8RUVz0XYKo4ncJ1BD1V8I5wSANlnXFH9VWPziihSisFvcyJumGYlsdtbpkWnW7myqF1XofglH4bwnalTt5ciek/w225-h400/The%20Black%20Phone%20Poster.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Scott Derrickson</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Scott Derrickson and Robert Cargill</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As is often the case with movies that cause a lot of anticipation in the horror genre, when I saw the announcement and the expectations behind "The Black Phone", I avoided seeing any trailer or promotional material. I usually prefer to watch a movie knowing as little as possible and being surprised. Sure, it's impossible to avoid them entirely when you're running a platform dedicated to horror movies, and what little I saw led me to have a wrong expectation of what the plot of this movie would be.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seeing the name of Ethan Hawke as the lead, Scott Derrickson as the director, that it had a supernatural theme, and that the plot had to do with the disappearance of children, I couldn't help but think of “</span><a href="https://www.10th-circle.com/2020/10/Sinister-Review.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sinister</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”. If you don't know what movie I'm talking about, do yourself a favor and consider watching it after reading the review we published a while ago about it. However, despite their apparent similarities, these are quite different movies, although they work very well for viewing in a double feature. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0Fzypur9YnihZYC8b3D31LHAkIKaGMWFbUSYkfuMaDxqykfvTkOoy_bLKI4teI9knX2HdEsjIMdWpWlc09_fD3qV1V_u3hM0xZhNlTiy5JUbp5Rn-PB2smxqt18cHndkke044w4v1NxgDznfe3n7EUejYsbUvfgO3GyStsJt-LV_n6RfpI1iQehf/s1000/The%20Black%20Phone%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0Fzypur9YnihZYC8b3D31LHAkIKaGMWFbUSYkfuMaDxqykfvTkOoy_bLKI4teI9knX2HdEsjIMdWpWlc09_fD3qV1V_u3hM0xZhNlTiy5JUbp5Rn-PB2smxqt18cHndkke044w4v1NxgDznfe3n7EUejYsbUvfgO3GyStsJt-LV_n6RfpI1iQehf/w640-h268/The%20Black%20Phone%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While "Sinister" bases its plot on a purely supernatural aspect and is much more sinister (intentional joke), "The Black Phone" bases its plot on a much more realistic aspect and uses the supernatural aspect as a compliment. The core of the story of "The Black Phone" is based on the kidnapping of several children from a community by an individual known as The Grabber. Finney is his most recent victim, and through whom we learn of the atrocities this criminal commits. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once Finney is kidnapped and locked in a basement, we understand the reason for the name of the movie. In the basement, there is a mysterious black telephone that, according to The Grabber, does not work, but which rings several times during Finney's forced stay in this place, and that allows him to communicate with past victims of the criminal. Through this interaction, we get to see most of the supernatural aspect of the film, which is well crafted, but for the expectations I had from my association with "Sinister," feels somewhat limited in the horror aspect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQRHxnvjZEwWCys4z53V7CGbzG94DkQvTMwQvYBoVDpkYsbjzrw5V17eIJdGreo5tx5wG1vwXPNQCHEG-EZ1L-WiA4u0N5OFV_0KqFcPNugsANGkhrDxPQOX7Yfncq2tWXFZwsBEjpJ4xQoC_U1yEHHIArAscoN1J3B0Z8RyDyyQMIca7CYJxrMxr/s1000/The%20Black%20Phone%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQRHxnvjZEwWCys4z53V7CGbzG94DkQvTMwQvYBoVDpkYsbjzrw5V17eIJdGreo5tx5wG1vwXPNQCHEG-EZ1L-WiA4u0N5OFV_0KqFcPNugsANGkhrDxPQOX7Yfncq2tWXFZwsBEjpJ4xQoC_U1yEHHIArAscoN1J3B0Z8RyDyyQMIca7CYJxrMxr/w640-h268/The%20Black%20Phone%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although somewhat shy in terms of horror, “The Black Phone” is full of suspense. Audiovisual effects, such as scenery and sound design, play an important role, but the performances are crucial to achieving this. The entire cast does a great job in this section, but it is Ethan Hawke who shines with his interpretation of the villain and gives him a terrifying presence from the first minute we see him on screen.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although far from offering the horror we expected, "The Black Phone” feeds on his incredible performances, technical section, and supernatural elements to bring to life a dark story. While we expected a theme with a lot of weight in the supernatural aspect, the plot is based on a more realistic aspect but still leans on the supernatural element to develop it. 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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-74027103361068951002022-08-04T09:00:00.001-04:002022-08-04T09:00:00.170-04:00Review: Malnazidos (Valley of the Damned)<span id="docs-internal-guid-c2efe398-7fff-3ab0-d4f6-17583aa2191d"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFBH-1fUu-DGl881nDzuGmPJNUaxbAVGdVBvbnMYz9zBhfbE5primP5U94Ws0KllfprNCBOYnRm69XCWsRFROdzmk5pCa3htk_S161reoWxwiwfDrIw1bAVbcnT1z19sctnHL0f0qMdcfRvk4tK0RWAu9x417eyw8j6fj6R-5LEPduTOg8_emdXir/s1422/Malnazidos%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFBH-1fUu-DGl881nDzuGmPJNUaxbAVGdVBvbnMYz9zBhfbE5primP5U94Ws0KllfprNCBOYnRm69XCWsRFROdzmk5pCa3htk_S161reoWxwiwfDrIw1bAVbcnT1z19sctnHL0f0qMdcfRvk4tK0RWAu9x417eyw8j6fj6R-5LEPduTOg8_emdXir/w281-h400/Malnazidos%20Poster.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Script: Jaime Marques and Cristian Conti</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In “Malnazidos (Valley of the Danmed),” we follow Captain Lozano, who, along with the young soldier Decruz, has been assigned to a mission in which they must carry a message to another squad. While trying to reach the designated location, they are forced to join forces against an enemy group in order to survive a common rival. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If the plot of this story sounded familiar to you, you are not alone. As I write every time I review a zombie movie, this subgenre is worn out, and it's getting harder and harder to be original. So instead of originality, directors Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera decide to entertain us with a bit of Spanish culture.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN40P2-S6gPJQ9LqkKEjKGcm9tJENcqmcQT4NO7Hoes1icR74nPSxRNyPn_nhWNgxMIUdcQI9o9Jg82fuxF-zO2aCO3N1Ekyg_a7hRwe-pLutZJkiEqN2ZtylRLuW0_byNLT7eM3u0paYAEz6VH2_IwX0mPK7DbEw2L5CA6iJgK4YD0d7dqFCWoYd/s1200/Malnazidos%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN40P2-S6gPJQ9LqkKEjKGcm9tJENcqmcQT4NO7Hoes1icR74nPSxRNyPn_nhWNgxMIUdcQI9o9Jg82fuxF-zO2aCO3N1Ekyg_a7hRwe-pLutZJkiEqN2ZtylRLuW0_byNLT7eM3u0paYAEz6VH2_IwX0mPK7DbEw2L5CA6iJgK4YD0d7dqFCWoYd/w640-h320/Malnazidos%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Malnazidos" takes place in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, where the Nazi army has a significant presence. Adding the Nazi army to a zombie movie automatically leads one to think that these creatures were created as military weapons, and that is precisely the line that this movie takes. From here, it follows how generic its plot is, in which our protagonists encounter more and more obstacles in the form of the undead.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although generic, the plot is entertaining, mainly because of that touch of Spanish comedy, although I suspect that this only works if you are a Spanish speaker. Apart from that touch, everything else follows the same line of recycled ideas, from shots that seem to be inspired by some of the most famous and successful zombie movies, unoriginal deaths, and even a recipe ending. As you might suspect by this point in the review, the characters also follow the line of zombie movie stereotypes, and it's hard to take an interest in them even when they're well-acted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0XjAlRDlEyAzq2cwZY8Sfjtbp7pRSIxkWf0TUpcaUhS2-XXfqtkH3WJbJxGxaW__DlCdkctVnDQ_Z17bUjw--EYVvA-ZfKnQPC-aH7KBitnotUdzPpxmYm26_m7ESGx8uiPKBFaPQc2YaXRSYn8i5OH_ii1LfLRePp7WYAaInrTLrfSUhs0dWyDO/s1600/Malnazidos%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0XjAlRDlEyAzq2cwZY8Sfjtbp7pRSIxkWf0TUpcaUhS2-XXfqtkH3WJbJxGxaW__DlCdkctVnDQ_Z17bUjw--EYVvA-ZfKnQPC-aH7KBitnotUdzPpxmYm26_m7ESGx8uiPKBFaPQc2YaXRSYn8i5OH_ii1LfLRePp7WYAaInrTLrfSUhs0dWyDO/w640-h426/Malnazidos%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Malnazidos (Valley of the Damned)” is just another zombie movie that follows the same recipe as hundreds of others and ends up being another mediocre movie in this genre. The only thing different that it offers is a touch of Spanish comedy and culture, which is not enough to overcome its weak development that seems to follow a recipe to the letter. It's not a bad movie, but it doesn't offer anything innovative that separates it from other movies with the same theme.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KbsQv9PrbpDRr3GhDfooxl9cmBqKLGuJp40Z24uIZBhZUJyFaNwZ9Jm81gCO9BUZO8xzYeM27dT9z-EItmQuLy9pOu3u256mXdJiCJSI8ygxYV3ax3xkKp95laWPKj6p2z9jzvmGxtokIfZncJzfymSHMVJVvMEK0WaWfkYp9qdw7GH-eL5KKp-P/s435/Malnazidos%20Score%205.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KbsQv9PrbpDRr3GhDfooxl9cmBqKLGuJp40Z24uIZBhZUJyFaNwZ9Jm81gCO9BUZO8xzYeM27dT9z-EItmQuLy9pOu3u256mXdJiCJSI8ygxYV3ax3xkKp95laWPKj6p2z9jzvmGxtokIfZncJzfymSHMVJVvMEK0WaWfkYp9qdw7GH-eL5KKp-P/w400-h83/Malnazidos%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tZ-_4FCmOHc" width="320" youtube-src-id="tZ-_4FCmOHc"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-2159946289077780182022-08-02T09:00:00.004-04:002022-08-02T09:00:00.170-04:00Review: The Reef: Stalked<span id="docs-internal-guid-6ee6f53f-7fff-5a3a-761b-8d9a97feb65e"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZJdnPy3OS-twmrDvmqJUcbeYPb1332halAWjXyFZeWNHLz9XnYOFuyYiYzqErsw3hr_Ji3DNfn77jYfOUp0yaJ9AxJ9u99z9bsdL8rQtxH3ncUb81nhlWCBatFlH8fK6VsXn3UJQUP861549GQhtnR2zMcqL4u99Jgr8EVXsXZ_x9e6L-K5suv86/s1481/The%20Reef%20Stalked%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZJdnPy3OS-twmrDvmqJUcbeYPb1332halAWjXyFZeWNHLz9XnYOFuyYiYzqErsw3hr_Ji3DNfn77jYfOUp0yaJ9AxJ9u99z9bsdL8rQtxH3ncUb81nhlWCBatFlH8fK6VsXn3UJQUP861549GQhtnR2zMcqL4u99Jgr8EVXsXZ_x9e6L-K5suv86/w270-h400/The%20Reef%20Stalked%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Andrew Traucki</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Andrew Traucki</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The large number of movies about sharks with absurd plots have generated a bad reputation for this subgenre that makes it difficult to take seriously any movie presented with this theme. “The Reef: Stalked” is one of those that stray from the topic of absurd comedies and presents a serious story. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a traumatic event, four friends go on vacation to a tropical paradise to enjoy the sea and heal their trauma. While out on a sea kayaking adventure, the friends begin to be stalked by a shark. To survive the attack, the friends must stick together and work as a team to overcome their fears.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YTUnHww7L1ZjTX9FHfzOCqw3W7F3NjObyhOZ6DIfemgzAJ7Jpuz2X4d6oCobbt9FujMtjgypiimuMbxDjiTVYq4erH6nLicuhcaBrp6StSPND8SFIQTDVxPBf2Cz2ApOyG4dWVURjofXTcCkt9vNt8R1m-4CKLj5yt0R3iNkYwsQ2-UH8BFCt5Mw/s1000/The%20Reef%20Stalked%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YTUnHww7L1ZjTX9FHfzOCqw3W7F3NjObyhOZ6DIfemgzAJ7Jpuz2X4d6oCobbt9FujMtjgypiimuMbxDjiTVYq4erH6nLicuhcaBrp6StSPND8SFIQTDVxPBf2Cz2ApOyG4dWVURjofXTcCkt9vNt8R1m-4CKLj5yt0R3iNkYwsQ2-UH8BFCt5Mw/w640-h426/The%20Reef%20Stalked%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director Andrew Traucki (“The Reef,” “Black Water”) steals a page from director Johannes Roberts (“47 Meters Down”) by offering a sequel to a popular shark movie that is nothing like its predecessor. Although "The Reef: Stalked" seems to be a sequel to "The Reef", the reality is that it is an independent film that uses the name to capitalize on the success of its predecessor. It also seems to steal a page from director Neil Marshall, using a plot very similar to that of “The Descent”, only changing the caves for the ocean and the misshapen creatures for sharks.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although the plot is quite similar to that of “The Descent”, with a protagonist who recently had a traumatic experience and who, together with her friends, goes to try to heal her wounds with an extreme adventure, their similarities end there. The characters we follow in the development of “The Reef: Stalked” are interesting, genuine, and well-acted, but they don't have the depth (pun intended) that the characters in “The Descent”. The big difference lies in the script.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAUVbrFqaVGD1uYEE8H-oFQ70-3O82Bh98v5exeCFtvUkg8ftQcmpF5YRk1MamNUb3NduuYqwEVQizJCDGMOypDnUTV5DxPUcBOR_GcmO5WI2CGQ5IRoHjbZP4aGuaoWjH4d2wXW7MxunB0CQt6HEaP_vO6AnlWpcIbueeLDaUX-9oqSy_DRP0uP-/s1000/The%20Reef%20Stalked%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAUVbrFqaVGD1uYEE8H-oFQ70-3O82Bh98v5exeCFtvUkg8ftQcmpF5YRk1MamNUb3NduuYqwEVQizJCDGMOypDnUTV5DxPUcBOR_GcmO5WI2CGQ5IRoHjbZP4aGuaoWjH4d2wXW7MxunB0CQt6HEaP_vO6AnlWpcIbueeLDaUX-9oqSy_DRP0uP-/w640-h360/The%20Reef%20Stalked%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The most significant barrier between the characters and the viewer is how often the situations they expose seem overly dramatic, and the characters make a series of mistakes in their decision-making that makes it difficult to believe that they are experts in this type of aquatic activity. Another problem is the quality of the special effects and the shark visuals, some of which are very good, but they are interspersed with visuals that seem to be taken from a documentary that could be presented as part of “Shark Week” and some CGI effects from laughter. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The Reef: Stalked” is one of the few serious shark movies we've gotten in recent times, and for the most part, it's an entertaining adventure. Its biggest problem is its lack of originality in both its plot and its visuals. The characters are interesting but not enough to load the film and overcome its flaws.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktQmNHPgsuEXCY02z_5VH8Fs5C8Sa2pSv3TQGxlB3bAaXnLAYqPGrbV_5fH9sqEQsKZpw_v4zpjew1HV62jAryKOdGqntnHo3YWDAoXoFukR21KLD-OVo1FuXDit_7Z6A_b8kEFDnOVKynR8Xccj0qKZPFgfJn8VeorppQGdKg2RK9WlpYtin2SfI/s435/The%20Reef%20Stalked%20Score%205.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktQmNHPgsuEXCY02z_5VH8Fs5C8Sa2pSv3TQGxlB3bAaXnLAYqPGrbV_5fH9sqEQsKZpw_v4zpjew1HV62jAryKOdGqntnHo3YWDAoXoFukR21KLD-OVo1FuXDit_7Z6A_b8kEFDnOVKynR8Xccj0qKZPFgfJn8VeorppQGdKg2RK9WlpYtin2SfI/w400-h83/The%20Reef%20Stalked%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o0nCxBQiQLM" width="320" youtube-src-id="o0nCxBQiQLM"></iframe></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-13533308106121807532022-07-21T09:00:00.004-04:002022-07-21T09:00:00.170-04:00Review: Neon Lights<span id="docs-internal-guid-88bd41bc-7fff-daf8-67b0-7d7eada96ccf"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpouW5GzT3IjbTvESC9UjtMyEDOjB2g6Rz3hoFj9ZoXvQmxlMIcU_MK9rsnkLK1ipGEGnEIXJPxQFoyLrH2dUoD7UjEv0RAovdIY-h17MOduuw9zuQH2AaNxEzsUID9IORjoZWa_xDp3unAgQcopKDptLRncbAfo4x1PoLNW4oqkl2WWKQqwhh7JW/s1387/Neon%20Lights%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpouW5GzT3IjbTvESC9UjtMyEDOjB2g6Rz3hoFj9ZoXvQmxlMIcU_MK9rsnkLK1ipGEGnEIXJPxQFoyLrH2dUoD7UjEv0RAovdIY-h17MOduuw9zuQH2AaNxEzsUID9IORjoZWa_xDp3unAgQcopKDptLRncbAfo4x1PoLNW4oqkl2WWKQqwhh7JW/w289-h400/Neon%20Lights%20Poster.jpg" width="289" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Rouzbeh Heydari</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Dana Abraham, Nikolas Benn, and Rouzbeh Heydari</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Clay is a successful developer of computer programs. In an attempt to reconnect with his family and work through his past traumas, Clay invites his brothers to his country mansion for a few days together. What should have been a visit to reconnect and smooth things over ends </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The opening scene of “Neon Lights” begins by making it clear that Clay's idea of spending a few days with his family will not end in the best way. After this revealing start, we only have to see how the days they spend together unfold and how such a dramatic outcome is reached. However, starting out this way doesn't do “Neon Lights” any favors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgouq387EU-9EQKFQmk6CHZmUB9lWSqQHImDF2YWJoGbLl60PO4JyniKnlDk_wz52hUU0aFPbD3ZMJ45VpsnpPvTTfmxudnj9Ny0Q80m6AZsq7HLd68e6GuEAVNQnJwkTJMD5QmvwxAd49VNS92nTM2gpfSeuSM9JqaY4rbeqZJ0FYJq-IeSqNQSy/s2048/Neon%20Lights%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgouq387EU-9EQKFQmk6CHZmUB9lWSqQHImDF2YWJoGbLl60PO4JyniKnlDk_wz52hUU0aFPbD3ZMJ45VpsnpPvTTfmxudnj9Ny0Q80m6AZsq7HLd68e6GuEAVNQnJwkTJMD5QmvwxAd49VNS92nTM2gpfSeuSM9JqaY4rbeqZJ0FYJq-IeSqNQSy/w640-h360/Neon%20Lights%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main problem of "Neon Lights" lies in the slow development, which can be attributed to the tight budget. This kind of slow-cooked development benefits from building as much suspense as possible, but knowing how the siblings' sharing will end takes away from that potential suspense. But revealing part of his ending doesn't stop him from delivering a surprise twist ending.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The tight budget is presented in how simple the visuals are and the limitation of being unable to show everything on stage, but it does not represent an impediment for the rest of the film. The plot’s development, although slow, flows in a good way thanks to the great performances of its cast; undoubtedly, the best thing about the film. It is clear there was a clear plan for what each character represents in the story, and each actor manages to interest the viewer in the characters and their interactions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVLDTIGpig4Mw4fVBmpcU4ppchwmI2EWI_L7KSXdTR7YkPpHbHAKdVLgyQIjXduzlQFenSMgwO1ku8wrOp-pnqZTklknjm4QiOzHaN06vMYGPBLVQzp3hmilxSr9hjIi7-Xr0ubYwoxP82KD9MULa7qNANrMPznfgqlnT3gAoCZEaf2IygBjlshZ7/s1000/Neon%20Lights%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVLDTIGpig4Mw4fVBmpcU4ppchwmI2EWI_L7KSXdTR7YkPpHbHAKdVLgyQIjXduzlQFenSMgwO1ku8wrOp-pnqZTklknjm4QiOzHaN06vMYGPBLVQzp3hmilxSr9hjIi7-Xr0ubYwoxP82KD9MULa7qNANrMPznfgqlnT3gAoCZEaf2IygBjlshZ7/w640-h360/Neon%20Lights%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The classification of “Neon Lights” as a psychological horror cannot do it more justice. The vast majority of the plot focuses on exploring trauma and mental health issues and how these can affect a person for the rest of their lives. As expected, the psychological element plays an important role in creating an environment of uncertainty and tension that defines the tone of the development. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although somewhat slow in development and off to a very unfavorable start, “Neon Lights” turns out to be an interesting film, delving into mental health issues to fuel a captivating plot. The cast and director’s talent overcomes the budget limitations to offer a film that manages to shine for its story and performances. For those who enjoy slow-cooking movies with psychological themes, "Neon Lights" is an interesting proposition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EYPZwWFa0pQpKnTx5UebEtn8LGD4W-Ckjkz_IoK8O1qPrWgtfBnNtywWZlTtfvKQzLeojHINuC4ZcTr5rLv-SK9o9G8SOA-IF_YLBf5m909hmhNjzof7Phqt-l3qa-zYpknTn8ZOZ14Wm9HOLhbztP9aFKkQ28nQk7M2Qgrf-YsY49jI721GdQSo/s435/Neon%20Lights%20Score%207.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EYPZwWFa0pQpKnTx5UebEtn8LGD4W-Ckjkz_IoK8O1qPrWgtfBnNtywWZlTtfvKQzLeojHINuC4ZcTr5rLv-SK9o9G8SOA-IF_YLBf5m909hmhNjzof7Phqt-l3qa-zYpknTn8ZOZ14Wm9HOLhbztP9aFKkQ28nQk7M2Qgrf-YsY49jI721GdQSo/w400-h83/Neon%20Lights%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lhjtNuKQi_k" width="320" youtube-src-id="lhjtNuKQi_k"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-19280660012165074652022-07-19T09:00:00.003-04:002022-07-19T09:00:00.177-04:00Review: Incantation<span id="docs-internal-guid-da3d9197-7fff-7993-1ee2-ca8c98207aba"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh7YY5-KFh7t41t5w_jzeI4CHt-6jgFabijKYjb4w734kydt-8XRg0vBO-B0hzMnKcAXEy-soINAACjIR6W4wOedNn8MQxT0wVkMlbKhJBPnDeHoHG_Lbhc4rofcUhCFkkGrtpAv5X_SuQv48sK0kpQ9Mmdfl0ULK6nfCp4A4ovOuXkjWGB3HdeoM/s1450/Incantation%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh7YY5-KFh7t41t5w_jzeI4CHt-6jgFabijKYjb4w734kydt-8XRg0vBO-B0hzMnKcAXEy-soINAACjIR6W4wOedNn8MQxT0wVkMlbKhJBPnDeHoHG_Lbhc4rofcUhCFkkGrtpAv5X_SuQv48sK0kpQ9Mmdfl0ULK6nfCp4A4ovOuXkjWGB3HdeoM/w276-h400/Incantation%20Poster.jpg" width="276" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Kevin Ko</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Che-Wei Chang and Kevin Ko</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A woman thinks she is cursed for not respecting a cult ritual. Six years later, the woman feels the curse is now following her daughter as she begins to witness paranormal events around her. Now the woman is looking for a way to rid her daughter of the curse.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Incantation”, which has been a phenomenon in Taiwanese horror movies, begins with a monologue by the protagonist that manages to draw the viewer fully into the plot. The plot in the script by Che-Wei Chang and director Kevin Ko is slightly interactive, where it feels like the protagonist addresses the viewer directly to tell her story and forces this beginning to be effective. From here, the plot unfolds in a found-film style and mainly follows the events that occurred at two separate times.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO8ekOwXopl2skCSV36cP7tzBeSxV1cYrXvAi3LFcPNBT4ve2LxVsim-9niZxQiLGGM7G8wnd8yAMRRaOvCb_Au5sB_-EELW_pdU5sxxg59Wjk5Zrwjzu0iYiC0N-6hFdZVwXVReyBK2_I1UqtIBMpzE6FIlkUpw2CiHp-_HsLFqeFr2xDKFjsQ_U/s1000/Incantation%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiO8ekOwXopl2skCSV36cP7tzBeSxV1cYrXvAi3LFcPNBT4ve2LxVsim-9niZxQiLGGM7G8wnd8yAMRRaOvCb_Au5sB_-EELW_pdU5sxxg59Wjk5Zrwjzu0iYiC0N-6hFdZVwXVReyBK2_I1UqtIBMpzE6FIlkUpw2CiHp-_HsLFqeFr2xDKFjsQ_U/w640-h360/Incantation%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the first of these times, we have the events that occurred six years ago, where the protagonist Ruo-nan (Hsuan-yen Tsai), her boyfriend, and a friend visit a rural community and witness a ritual to a deity. The trio of friends decides to enter a place they should not, and from there, they seem to have awakened a curse. The other part of the plot takes place six years after that event when the curse appears to have reached her daughter, and Ruo-nan looks for a way to help her. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the opening scene and the initial development of the plot manage to get the viewer fully into its dynamic, it takes too long for things to start happening, and this gradually takes the viewer out of the plot. For those who follow horror movies closely, the situation is even worse since the tricks it uses to create tension are tricks that we constantly see in other films and offer no innovation in that aspect. With this, I do not mean that the cheats are ineffective, only that we have already seen them too much and do not load the effect they should.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXAFGuCIn7NGKuPGapUQlaGfe1SvStfwjPffOC0j4gHzMCxQcz65PDFB-yTmZdNRx2bE1YVvTp5krSdM2kr9l9c2gSiVQipgopZMAIxJFi3Kly3QSc1mdvwcy6CgoO3LjsC0JQ5LEdXoZkN1HyeSmp1-MpjsmN8Fw-cq9UwUbRHcMTxB3KF4dM7cJ/s1000/Incantation%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXAFGuCIn7NGKuPGapUQlaGfe1SvStfwjPffOC0j4gHzMCxQcz65PDFB-yTmZdNRx2bE1YVvTp5krSdM2kr9l9c2gSiVQipgopZMAIxJFi3Kly3QSc1mdvwcy6CgoO3LjsC0JQ5LEdXoZkN1HyeSmp1-MpjsmN8Fw-cq9UwUbRHcMTxB3KF4dM7cJ/w640-h426/Incantation%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you jump between the two timelines, more and more is revealed about the origin of the curse, with some of its more important details intended to be revealed near the end. However, the unexpected twist is quite evident before reaching the middle of its duration, and the ending only serves as a confirmation. Luckily the good performances, special effects, and some jump scares manage to compensate for those problems. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Incantation" is not a bad movie, but everything it presents we have seen before and better. The initial slow development can be exhausting, and its non-linear structure raises some confusion. For horror fans, the twist is obvious from early in the film and abuses tricks and features we continually see in other productions.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uepUti5Jg9W23wO0LM0Rb7xgOoUH0i7fn6lFFFNH7ombk2pHIeh31rhmZCWTgyfB5GoT2_WCx1E8DMTki2NRoH3IPFi1Wml0FuTFFYmnSbIhyTzdCofwDoDpegooGTmJy3eYTxP1P4qJsJUwagH0swNnqtbjCpI3nDudlSCBUR0xY2jBb3ERYp0U/s435/Incantation%20Score%205.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uepUti5Jg9W23wO0LM0Rb7xgOoUH0i7fn6lFFFNH7ombk2pHIeh31rhmZCWTgyfB5GoT2_WCx1E8DMTki2NRoH3IPFi1Wml0FuTFFYmnSbIhyTzdCofwDoDpegooGTmJy3eYTxP1P4qJsJUwagH0swNnqtbjCpI3nDudlSCBUR0xY2jBb3ERYp0U/w400-h83/Incantation%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HnyNZdcL_GY" width="320" youtube-src-id="HnyNZdcL_GY"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-54466523120081693352022-07-12T09:00:00.004-04:002022-07-12T09:00:00.171-04:00Review: The Long Night<span id="docs-internal-guid-a9e2bb29-7fff-583d-ee31-4c9f1821f5b9"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA55Rzl9u5IVfXDwG_q7BRU_AcJ4UdaGhbk9DPNO_oEKQuczNa-2xT-iujwRnyt214wBME_u-p2FPKYFSsgE4ialvL2qg2VfyP82C2rFn5T0GE87Gpbqt10yNZ80WZFxhOmg0q4YeiqgHq0wwYWE3VSfxcpCrUaUn7KF5E7nd4izP3Kd7vV5-OgsWV/s1482/The%20Long%20Night%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA55Rzl9u5IVfXDwG_q7BRU_AcJ4UdaGhbk9DPNO_oEKQuczNa-2xT-iujwRnyt214wBME_u-p2FPKYFSsgE4ialvL2qg2VfyP82C2rFn5T0GE87Gpbqt10yNZ80WZFxhOmg0q4YeiqgHq0wwYWE3VSfxcpCrUaUn7KF5E7nd4izP3Kd7vV5-OgsWV/w270-h400/The%20Long%20Night%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Rich Ragsdale</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Mark Young and Robert Sheppe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a long time of searching for information about her biological parents, Grace finally finds someone who can give her information about them. Along with her boyfriend Jack, the young couple heads out of town to meet the person with the information in rural Texas. What was supposed to be an exciting weekend turns into a nightmare when the couple finds themselves stalked by a cult determined to fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scout Taylor-Compton has recently appeared in many horror films, but in my opinion, she has failed to establish herself as a contemporary scream queen. The fact that she has not achieved this is not related to her performance as an actress but rather to not starring in a horror film of impact and recognition. "The Long Night" won't be the movie that does this either.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fJ9R3t31OTMrLrCawAkhoKcTbc-Ant19jTauN9gzfQ3fFzbM3-p-SrArboSpYgjztD59lJf_d60e1bsuJYHKnPyMUYJ0LqrZVV2OVhCfpAC33PhWH0lxhKmaFijz6HYNlMuuq1mIPXOLEvSifR7-8cddx_V4v_5vqrw5dhr6VqPyPVFYOcPu4ecf/s1000/The%20Long%20Night%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fJ9R3t31OTMrLrCawAkhoKcTbc-Ant19jTauN9gzfQ3fFzbM3-p-SrArboSpYgjztD59lJf_d60e1bsuJYHKnPyMUYJ0LqrZVV2OVhCfpAC33PhWH0lxhKmaFijz6HYNlMuuq1mIPXOLEvSifR7-8cddx_V4v_5vqrw5dhr6VqPyPVFYOcPu4ecf/w640-h360/The%20Long%20Night%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Precisely, the performances of Scout Taylor-Compton and Nolan Gerard Funk are one of the best things in this movie. From the beginning, they manage to clearly establish their characters and what each one represents for the development of the plot. We quickly become interested in Grace and her story, which sets the plot's beginning in a good way. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Long Night" starts off strong. Not only does it successfully present its main characters, but it also manages to establish through its images and sounds a tenebrous and tenebrous atmosphere that lasts for the rest of its 91-minute runtime. However, once the couple begins to be stalked by members of the cult, all the good they had achieved gradually deflates until it crashes to a resounding end.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_oQ1v0gg_CvePaz9UsRmq6It80JCi9pYWtcSQSJGppPdbfX67mqR0KPaqvvBfV7MXfvWY3fxe0qrjg-RGrIeqpOj9pUL1HUNwTcNPKll2e9nWV_GeaNe1XTeR9qgeXzyRkZGoYze9hUACiQl96ptevQCszcIr2me1pqvovDZFHWILUWpVxxWFLsZ/s1000/The%20Long%20Night%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_oQ1v0gg_CvePaz9UsRmq6It80JCi9pYWtcSQSJGppPdbfX67mqR0KPaqvvBfV7MXfvWY3fxe0qrjg-RGrIeqpOj9pUL1HUNwTcNPKll2e9nWV_GeaNe1XTeR9qgeXzyRkZGoYze9hUACiQl96ptevQCszcIr2me1pqvovDZFHWILUWpVxxWFLsZ/w640-h268/The%20Long%20Night%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The entire story falls flat because of its script's weakness, which is a recurring problem in the last films that Shudder has offered. The cult, which should be a crucial element in building tension, does very little to pose any real danger. Added to this is a monotonous and predictable story that tries to take an unexpected turn but only manages to make things worse.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Long Night" offers nothing exciting for horror fans. It manages to establish interesting characters and a tense atmosphere, but its lack of tension and predictable plot make it fizzle out too soon. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBufOkD7dPxdCVfCGJWtnsau6SazMHn60kUFH_v8Mdw6cIF4uD_z5cxv5r0W9JDyPVN7J-LrZG2MegvHGLyLl7amzoB97SmwwAFPZ2atWZXkjUIh-Sqw_sNtSYyTNuGTAi4qmdJW1u-yMieq3-p9wTILASFZHL9tbPuVAnKpURYc0U5MbY3D_8BHR9/s435/The%20Long%20Night%20Score%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBufOkD7dPxdCVfCGJWtnsau6SazMHn60kUFH_v8Mdw6cIF4uD_z5cxv5r0W9JDyPVN7J-LrZG2MegvHGLyLl7amzoB97SmwwAFPZ2atWZXkjUIh-Sqw_sNtSYyTNuGTAi4qmdJW1u-yMieq3-p9wTILASFZHL9tbPuVAnKpURYc0U5MbY3D_8BHR9/s320/The%20Long%20Night%20Score%204.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-6904422080852920442022-07-07T09:00:00.004-04:002022-07-07T09:00:00.163-04:00Review: Erzulie<span id="docs-internal-guid-cc82c8fa-7fff-8806-36b3-7af2f9774edc"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPbxkVP_A5h-Af8Fr__1IbNuZxs_egC3URBPWsOEP1EdcgDWc0VSahXXGymVZShTptidxmjsFz54DVsLWdz3y2uMQVDRrFoB_oF76Lb7Pm5048tkGyL2_3l4mZp9TevyMxc_GvuMDWFItq6ZYNGtYWDAwVSGuVFUo9CdU-ib7wwuPuzXBJnMRq1Nn/s1477/Erzulie%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPbxkVP_A5h-Af8Fr__1IbNuZxs_egC3URBPWsOEP1EdcgDWc0VSahXXGymVZShTptidxmjsFz54DVsLWdz3y2uMQVDRrFoB_oF76Lb7Pm5048tkGyL2_3l4mZp9TevyMxc_GvuMDWFItq6ZYNGtYWDAwVSGuVFUo9CdU-ib7wwuPuzXBJnMRq1Nn/w271-h400/Erzulie%20Poster.jpg" width="271" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Christine W. Chen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Christine W. Chen and Camille Gladney</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Four friends will spend a few days on vacation in a cabin near a river. Not only have toxic deposits been dumped into the river and degraded the water quality, but a man's death was also reported due to what appears to be a creature’s attack. The friends' vacations take an unexpected turn when they meet Erzulie, the goddess of the waters.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's been a while since I came across a mermaid horror movie, so “Erzulie” caught my attention. Being a low-budget movie, I didn't expect anything great from it, but I did expect to see something different and have a good time. “Erzulie” only met the first of these expectations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDmlfTTB6eJvI_kDM9JlvoTst0RxazojQJrz61CzuHENPm1HwNrS75IMmkuZCImj0jFpMltWbTh25ofElwWE8YiXFtk5Z0agKrxLNXmbFI3hZt3XK4R9aHRiPLVkVxkAJejvZKw_gmctF2kLw4S1nLHiuIP0EGTV6K0gYRi2iw23DJmdVUxZ5BAqj/s1280/Erzulie%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDmlfTTB6eJvI_kDM9JlvoTst0RxazojQJrz61CzuHENPm1HwNrS75IMmkuZCImj0jFpMltWbTh25ofElwWE8YiXFtk5Z0agKrxLNXmbFI3hZt3XK4R9aHRiPLVkVxkAJejvZKw_gmctF2kLw4S1nLHiuIP0EGTV6K0gYRi2iw23DJmdVUxZ5BAqj/w640-h360/Erzulie%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plot of "Erzulie" is quite simple and predictable, which is used to bring up issues of a social and environmental nature. On the one hand, it brings up the theme of female empowerment and the social injustices that still exist against women, which plays a crucial role in the development of the plot. It also deals less centrally with the environmental issue of illegal discharges of toxic compounds or those that can affect the quality of the water and the balance of the ecosystem. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As interesting as these themes may seem to integrate into a mermaid horror movie, the idea is much better than the execution. The script is highly inconsistent and does not adequately integrate social and environmental issues into the plot. On the contrary, the development of the plot feels like a constant jump between ideas that do not have a clear relationship with each other and their development does not have much logical continuity either.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0iJyh2NNcu5mKKzZnd_NODUftziLSXZ9kB_s8Q3MJ9lr4DriNM22s5Ul4mhCXDSeBZ8244s-lPfj07D0LMXGXRontjj0mJchZ4QHWBTzDnNiyC-SId-BRxuXDx7LmxZ6jkp0M5FH-CUO7f2BIHfBDxtVi3QVMmi526nPwzpflGbKn9AjnYES3x3w/s1600/Erzulie%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0iJyh2NNcu5mKKzZnd_NODUftziLSXZ9kB_s8Q3MJ9lr4DriNM22s5Ul4mhCXDSeBZ8244s-lPfj07D0LMXGXRontjj0mJchZ4QHWBTzDnNiyC-SId-BRxuXDx7LmxZ6jkp0M5FH-CUO7f2BIHfBDxtVi3QVMmi526nPwzpflGbKn9AjnYES3x3w/w640-h360/Erzulie%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the type of movie it is and the budget it manages, the cast does a good job and is the main attraction to keep the viewer interested, especially with a script as full of dialogue as this one. On the visual side, there is nothing especially attractive, but they fulfill their objective without further ado. The special effects are pretty weak, which is expected for a movie of this budget, but there are always expectations about how creative they can get when deciding to have a mermaid as an essential part of their plot.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Erzulie” brings a simple plot in which it seeks to make a social critique of social and environmental problems and bets that the characters will overcome the problems of the script. However, the inconsistencies and lack of logic in his story prove to be much stronger than his characters. The lack of creativity with the special effects takes away any possibility of being the least enjoyable.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_44p-9GygkyWVYP7n_0VTClUkM02ai4fmDjBHNxdHHGu0nqy42NE1jPVTqKYKBynK8ZV9bbSGQ_RYtLFBm_0gxik2Cu5zAbOsm5o20KAeaJgm6n_grmWu3IreA1Z6Q4yi6wFeQpBoSfNOHwVEvrXm1wn9mDjLLtgTMleO3sFc4goyoNoUu3JAdP-f/s435/Erzulie%20Score%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_44p-9GygkyWVYP7n_0VTClUkM02ai4fmDjBHNxdHHGu0nqy42NE1jPVTqKYKBynK8ZV9bbSGQ_RYtLFBm_0gxik2Cu5zAbOsm5o20KAeaJgm6n_grmWu3IreA1Z6Q4yi6wFeQpBoSfNOHwVEvrXm1wn9mDjLLtgTMleO3sFc4goyoNoUu3JAdP-f/s320/Erzulie%20Score%203.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bqwd_0SGRU8" width="320" youtube-src-id="bqwd_0SGRU8"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-29696553250369992382022-07-05T09:00:00.004-04:002022-07-05T09:00:00.181-04:00Review: Watcher<span id="docs-internal-guid-c6d8a523-7fff-75db-1570-aff5cb884be4"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5QSEbY51RzcaLBtsrkz7xRhfAzZjlKZpgJ00lxo5C8ULTEP0dY2WJ1zaSJNTPjghLISpW0yCoyTNq-hgI6nV9PLhglPGr5kDl15UK0L5RJ_PmcFUDEbF1wr_upAsPuQMH0rM_aolPhafj9aXZJo2drrw1kmbtXMj8SsbPmtEi219d7smM2OmoAra/s1481/Watcher%20Poster.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5QSEbY51RzcaLBtsrkz7xRhfAzZjlKZpgJ00lxo5C8ULTEP0dY2WJ1zaSJNTPjghLISpW0yCoyTNq-hgI6nV9PLhglPGr5kDl15UK0L5RJ_PmcFUDEbF1wr_upAsPuQMH0rM_aolPhafj9aXZJo2drrw1kmbtXMj8SsbPmtEi219d7smM2OmoAra/w270-h400/Watcher%20Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Chloe Okuno</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Zack Ford and Chloe Okuno</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A young woman moves with her husband to Romania after he gets a job promotion. Once there, the woman begins to suspect that a man is watching her from a window in the building opposite hers and that he is following her in the streets. At the same time, macabre murders of women are beginning to be reported in the area around her new home.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The theme of a stalking neighbor has been worked on many times in horror movies where perhaps the most notable is “Rear Window”, so the theme of “Watcher” didn't really catch my attention at first. However, the polished style that it presents was enough to make me think that this movie did have something different to offer. The script by Zack Ford and Chloe Okuno was in charge of proving me right and presenting one of the best contemporary films that I remember on this subject.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgHPQX6H-d0k9hqG8GNndwZfMOq-3_6DhGZ5chK99uVRVIc1dpQMwg499_s1kKGjoSMB3M48WUek1OXy015lUSzOt8MrvNARFDHsICWaLuq5EiF_qAsrzEhBgyxVUUD7QhWByOtzSdXfColE89Ys-Rf6QLqRW13aaMM6UEtThE1pH2Xftb4rLdNV6/s1000/Watcher%2001.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1000" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgHPQX6H-d0k9hqG8GNndwZfMOq-3_6DhGZ5chK99uVRVIc1dpQMwg499_s1kKGjoSMB3M48WUek1OXy015lUSzOt8MrvNARFDHsICWaLuq5EiF_qAsrzEhBgyxVUUD7QhWByOtzSdXfColE89Ys-Rf6QLqRW13aaMM6UEtThE1pH2Xftb4rLdNV6/w640-h336/Watcher%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In “Watcher”, we follow Julia (Maika Monroe, “It Follows”), who, after moving to Romania, begins to feel the effects of loneliness caused by living in a country where she doesn't even know the language. At the same time, she begins to notice a neighbor who is constantly looking at her through the window of a nearby building. While Julia is convinced that the behavior of the man who looks at her and follows her is unusual, the people around her think that she is paranoid because of the stress of living in such a different place and the amount of time she spends alone.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is in this game between paranoia and reality that the only weakness that I found in “Watcher” lies. It is evident that they try to keep the viewer doubting whether what is happening is real or not, but for me, it was quite clear from the beginning, so it seems to me that this aspect is not effective. Still, this aspect did not prevent me from enjoying the rest of the film.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw66CQbqYCjuWWSKQooUXhtao-mmQ9rnti2Sgp4c-GZsUubh-JujXwISw1fGtzg6ypamnER1B9MTUOwfeomiH0uz_8vmy76MkklNLgHwoAhMpBpnvXiOcIqEHo2rthaDmD4NoT_8dfGALiw_Li3GT5C4EkeidfnYlKawHxxNijz2KgQFFVEXsSKCQ/s1000/Watcher%2002.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="1000" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw66CQbqYCjuWWSKQooUXhtao-mmQ9rnti2Sgp4c-GZsUubh-JujXwISw1fGtzg6ypamnER1B9MTUOwfeomiH0uz_8vmy76MkklNLgHwoAhMpBpnvXiOcIqEHo2rthaDmD4NoT_8dfGALiw_Li3GT5C4EkeidfnYlKawHxxNijz2KgQFFVEXsSKCQ/w640-h318/Watcher%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where “Watcher” stands out is in the audiovisual aspect and the performances, with the permission of the well-crafted script. “Watcher” has a polished and elegant style, characteristic of IFC films, which gives it a pleasant yet tense look. Both the audiovisual aspect and the excellent performances help the viewer to navigate smoothly through a slow-cooking plot.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although its main weakness ruins what should have been a confusing and surprising plot, “Watcher” does so many things right that it doesn't detract too much from your enjoyment. Its sleek looks and terrific performances make the slow-cooking plot taut enough to hold the viewer's attention until the outcome, where it makes the most of its horror elements and practical effects. </span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW2-mDGEmCafwM8TPaDeasW_lm_OrJC-m_QhQi7ifksUVgXf2pB9jFVrG1Z5-zl9a07j7JKBmDhr3hXBO2BlX9JNY0GtsW2i7sfJVFp_mnT4KFTz-WTN3kgkfqYhh9taZN0R7DB6iQA8QI2IOk-DW7fP8VHSl5OVvVRyfn0yFweMdNFG8dtPeaxC-/s435/Watcher%20Score%207.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW2-mDGEmCafwM8TPaDeasW_lm_OrJC-m_QhQi7ifksUVgXf2pB9jFVrG1Z5-zl9a07j7JKBmDhr3hXBO2BlX9JNY0GtsW2i7sfJVFp_mnT4KFTz-WTN3kgkfqYhh9taZN0R7DB6iQA8QI2IOk-DW7fP8VHSl5OVvVRyfn0yFweMdNFG8dtPeaxC-/w400-h83/Watcher%20Score%207.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KDc6ZLo8sjc" width="320" youtube-src-id="KDc6ZLo8sjc"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p>
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Dante Yureihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03257151517127365105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452639468070739748.post-18080933669227891092022-06-28T09:00:00.003-04:002022-06-28T09:00:00.173-04:00Review: Cyst<span id="docs-internal-guid-7702afe3-7fff-a86b-a668-f4de5ecbc249"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvlb8n0Y1qziy821zc5hJvONUsbqhcbFlNFvARIWj36VUTlWI_HmSsuwdPv8x-JornuwasIP_BWJstM_jrE4x8bNFl7vFcfuQD1JhU8054y2UtbC91jwVkz6j8D7OS5uIekuFCxk1XLIPPypntPs_TpD3ztUu8MgI3AZH7zx9wwtnNRZWuTrtGVKm/s1452/Cyst%20Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvlb8n0Y1qziy821zc5hJvONUsbqhcbFlNFvARIWj36VUTlWI_HmSsuwdPv8x-JornuwasIP_BWJstM_jrE4x8bNFl7vFcfuQD1JhU8054y2UtbC91jwVkz6j8D7OS5uIekuFCxk1XLIPPypntPs_TpD3ztUu8MgI3AZH7zx9wwtnNRZWuTrtGVKm/w275-h400/Cyst%20Poster.jpg" width="275" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director: Tyler Russell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screenplay: Tyler Russell and Andy Silverman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year: 2022</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Cyst” takes place in the office of a crazy skin cyst removal specialist in the 1960s. The doctor has been working on a new technology for cyst removal, for which he is seeking a patent. To demonstrate the capabilities of his machine, the doctor injects an intern with a serum to grow sebaceous cysts, resulting in the cyst turning into a colossal monster that seeks to kill the doctor, his assistant Patricia, and all the rest of the people in the office.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From its name, cover and synopsis, it is already clear that “Cyst” is an absurd humor movie in which you must disconnect your brain and enjoy it for what it is. Apart from what has already been mentioned, the presence of George Hardy in the cast is another warning of the type of movie it is. If you don't recognize the name, George Hardy is one of the actors in "Troll 2," recognized as one of the worst horror movies ever made. In case you're interested, "Cyst" has some fun references to this classic.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiw5kH-1mcDo4wekMrq5sAVle1UjCBGNXQzjr4LxhXypCk6EvD6nnseUoUIvZkUJ1Brd8ptPcFSIFtzPHM-fxSKdf1tTXMAMogQpVZRpiQhSKLIwZ1k1E_JsU7htL2xujFeszsVHZA2_dubZEoPSEECqNnfqIEdW3Ai91rzSL7RmHQA76d8428wNUx/s1000/Cyst%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiw5kH-1mcDo4wekMrq5sAVle1UjCBGNXQzjr4LxhXypCk6EvD6nnseUoUIvZkUJ1Brd8ptPcFSIFtzPHM-fxSKdf1tTXMAMogQpVZRpiQhSKLIwZ1k1E_JsU7htL2xujFeszsVHZA2_dubZEoPSEECqNnfqIEdW3Ai91rzSL7RmHQA76d8428wNUx/w640-h268/Cyst%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike "Troll 2," which was really meant to be a serious movie, director Tyler Russell acknowledges that this kind of tight-budget projects can't hope to be a movie with a serious plot and leans toward a style that suits best for your conditions. However, it cannot be said that it is an excellent film in this genre.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The plot of "Cyst" is quite simple, and its primary purpose is to create the right conditions for the monstrous cyst. Therefore, the story does not do much to attract the viewer, besides it has many holes and problems with continuity and coherence. It is not fair to judge this movie by its plot since its goal does not lie in its quality but in what is its main problem, which is how little entertaining it ends up being.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dTmOeuDyKJZl5MEtSA-swu1CNYvHl4qBDd9Ym--lt6DS7JMoJvuBLZVtdF_1TmpKxtaiQzngpiJwHTAHncau7Y1pZK-ghPqPZNPw-mEhjfYrIxo5FEHKScUWGDlg-ZxLpo9_20NNQ-AWZji0ey_LefItCet819W60DzzF0EQUvMOF4qiTZY7bKLb/s800/Cyst%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dTmOeuDyKJZl5MEtSA-swu1CNYvHl4qBDd9Ym--lt6DS7JMoJvuBLZVtdF_1TmpKxtaiQzngpiJwHTAHncau7Y1pZK-ghPqPZNPw-mEhjfYrIxo5FEHKScUWGDlg-ZxLpo9_20NNQ-AWZji0ey_LefItCet819W60DzzF0EQUvMOF4qiTZY7bKLb/w640-h360/Cyst%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In general, everything that "Cyst" presents fulfills its objective, but it does so in a mediocre way, and as a whole, it is softer than it should be. The monster and the special effects look pretty good considering the resources available, but they never create a sense of danger or disgust that elevates them to the point of importance in the movie that they purport to be. The performances are exaggerated, which is expected, but they also fail to be memorable or at least funny. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Cyst” seeks to homage to the monster movie genre of yesteryear with an absurd creature, plot, special effects, and performances that follow that line very well. All its elements complement each other well, but the result is a mediocre and bland one. Considering its resources and goals, "Cyst" isn't a bad movie, but it isn't memorable either. If you're looking to switch off your brain for a while and enjoy an absurd story without expecting anything surprising, "Cyst" could be an attractive proposition.</span></p></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VBd3SrSQoL4AXOEzRteoKcZF77XLxJnI_20cR-8UZkJKaTtcVzTAbeEW8Ir7A93Z_BEEGq9kDKNTqPS0NEua-sm2KcOkfBbFtXeoVkD4o3ThLPTj0dwlCyFYjRfBoi6hIDwJwpJ4VC67az2PP3rSfQc3GbVlJkse2C5HCUD32DQKiD2dsEm4hz_T/s435/Cyst%20Score%205.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="435" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VBd3SrSQoL4AXOEzRteoKcZF77XLxJnI_20cR-8UZkJKaTtcVzTAbeEW8Ir7A93Z_BEEGq9kDKNTqPS0NEua-sm2KcOkfBbFtXeoVkD4o3ThLPTj0dwlCyFYjRfBoi6hIDwJwpJ4VC67az2PP3rSfQc3GbVlJkse2C5HCUD32DQKiD2dsEm4hz_T/w400-h83/Cyst%20Score%205.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LWmDLHyOkSE" width="320" youtube-src-id="LWmDLHyOkSE"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #020000; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
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