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Hello All,
Well it feels like for the most part, I have managed to kill an insane amount of time before Suicide Squad comes out. I have to say, for the most part, I cannot wait for this summer to be over. I think I’m in the majority here when I say (probably again) this summer has been dreadful. Bourne last week was a disappointment, and while I am still looking forward to Suicide Squad, early reviews for it are pretty bad. I know I’m beating a dead horse topic wise but honestly what else is there to talk about? Hell my last review didn’t even have one of these opening text bits. I’m just rambling at this point, let’s just get to the review shall we?
Plot Summary - When Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) sees that her brother is suffering from lack of sleep after her stepfather has been murdered, she finds herself going back home to visit their mother, and gets wrapped up in a mystery from her past that threatens to tear apart their family.
Pros - It’s a really cool idea and concept that the film, mostly, pulls off in an interesting manner. It’s a film that truly makes you afraid of the dark again, and the ending is a pretty interesting variation from the norm of these kind of modern horror films.
Cons - I’m going to do this in list form, because I want to emphasize a couple of things.
- Every single character is extremely uninteresting and I hate them all. All of the actors seem bored out of their mind.
- The story is predictable, bland, and the pacing is shit. It’s such a waste of a cool idea because they do almost nothing with it except for a few cool scenes.
- Most of the scares are jump scares. Jump scares are the lazy way to scare people, and if you think they’re the pinnacle of horror films YOU ARE THE FUCKING PROBLEM!
- Truth be told, I had to step out once or twice, but that was more from the film reminding me of my childhood fear of the dark than the film itself. I really didn’t want to see this film and I almost bailed entirely just because of that.
Final Score - 2/10. It’s a great idea fucking squandered. I can’t remember ever leaving a film twice, or even wanting to leave a film that badly. I honestly can’t recommend it to anyone and truthfully, fuck the whole experience.
Next - Suicide Squad. We’re going to try for Thursday night, or ASAP.
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