I actually really loved it and was moved by Travolta's misguided commitment to the role. It also scared me at times and the cinematography is great. Watch for yourself and make up your own mind!
Great setup in the first act with believable characters you actually begin to care about. Once they enter the house it is a delicious gorefest that's a bit hard to keep up with. Some of these images are confusing and even kind of humorously ridiculous. But, if you forget that and let these scenes wash over you they are quite terrifying.
The lack of expositional explanation for the third act is refreshing. The viewer is forced to come to his/her own conclusions while doing their best to forget the horrific images they've just seen.
It's not perfect. But it sure is fun. One of my favorites in a long while.
The main character was well acted. Playing a mute is a very difficult role.
The villain was much scarier with the mask on. Ultimate lack of motive was disappointing. Just another reboot of The Strangers except with a final girl.
For a more interesting take on the home invasion genre see You're Next.
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Movie comment on The Fanatic
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I actually really loved it and was moved by Travolta's misguided commitment to the role. It also scared me at times and the cinematography is great. Watch for yourself and make up your own mind!Movie comment on Justice League
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Yikes.Movie comment on Now You See Me 2
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Awful movie.Movie comment on Hell or High Water
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Loved it. The acting all around was excellent.Movie comment on Baskin
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LOVED this film.Great setup in the first act with believable characters you actually begin to care about. Once they enter the house it is a delicious gorefest that's a bit hard to keep up with. Some of these images are confusing and even kind of humorously ridiculous. But, if you forget that and let these scenes wash over you they are quite terrifying.
The lack of expositional explanation for the third act is refreshing. The viewer is forced to come to his/her own conclusions while doing their best to forget the horrific images they've just seen.
It's not perfect. But it sure is fun. One of my favorites in a long while.
Movie comment on Hush
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The main character was well acted. Playing a mute is a very difficult role.The villain was much scarier with the mask on. Ultimate lack of motive was disappointing. Just another reboot of The Strangers except with a final girl.
For a more interesting take on the home invasion genre see You're Next.
Movie comment on Lights Out
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Not great.Movie comment on Captain America: Civil War
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I totally agree that the best part of this film was when we see Spiderman and Ant Man.Otherwise this is borderline unwatchable garbage.
Movie comment on Ghostbusters
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Definitely not as bad as it was hyped to be. But a bad film, regardless. I would not recommend this one.Movie comment on The House on Pine Street
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Not a lot of new ground covered here in the haunted house genre. But the film is effective and creepy and worth a watch, in my opinion.Movie comment on Eraserhead
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An utter masterpiece.Movie comment on Blow-Up
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Some very beautiful and thought provoking imagery. The Yardbirds scene is very fascinating.But ultimately, the many reviews claiming this film is long and boring are unfortunately accurate.
It's worth a single viewing if only for the snapshot of the 60's. 5/10
Movie comment on King Kong
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Surprisingly brutal for 30's cinema. Great film.Movie comment on Paths of Glory
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A nearly flawless film.Movie comment on The Last Picture Show
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Timothy Bottoms was outstanding in this.Movie comment on Days of Heaven
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Masterpiece. Probably the most beautiful film I have ever seen.Movie comment on Legend
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Tom Hardy is fucking incredible in this empty film.Movie comment on Best of Enemies
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Brilliant.Movie comment on Ant-Man
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Terrible.Movie comment on Spotlight
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Excellent film. Well written with great performances, particularly by Ruffalo.I quite enjoyed the soundtrack as well.
Movie comment on Synecdoche, New York
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Jaw-droppingly incredible. A standard most films, especially screenplays, will never achieve.Movie comment on Mad Max: Fury Road
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Surprisingly incredible. Tom Hardy shines.Movie comment on Network
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A motherfucking masterpiece.Movie comment on The End of the Tour
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I've not read any DFW books. Truthfully, I came here because of the Bret Easton Ellis podcast that poorly reviewed this film.I fucking loved it. I've yet to see a Jesse Eisenberg film that bummed me out. I've honestly never liked Jason Segel until now.
This film was fun and, I guess more importantly, an interesting comment on fame, ego, artistic integrity, etc,.
Whatever.
Movie comment on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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Truly awful.Showing items 1 – 25 of 28