The Messengers
And no, I don't mean Yahoo, AIM or MSN.
Went to see The Messengers today with my mom and we had a great time clamping onto each other for dear life. It was fuckin' *scary*, and I have a high standard for scary movies. It wasn't just "startle-horror" (the cat that suddenly jumps yowling out of the dark corner, etc) and it wasn't just creepy atmospheric horror (though I am getting a little tired of every horror movie looking like it was shot by the DP of NIN's "Closer"). It was a nice blend of suspense and shock and disturbing images.
The acting was a little cookie-cutter, almost as if everyone were playing horror movie archetypes on purpose rather than simply *being* horror movie archetypes, with the exception of the protagonist, a troubled teen girl. There were still plenty of "what are they thinking?! Don't go in there! Time to pack up and move!" moments but the pacing was good - not too fast not too slow and the audio was phenomenal. I had the urge to check the rear corners of the cinema for ooky stuff.
It even had a little "hit home" stuff for mom and I, though I don't know how much of that would apply to most folks. It isn't so much that you see the end coming, as that it makes perfect sense that you do.
All in all, a good combo of disturbing/creepy concept and visuals with suspense/thriller/startle stuff (and no cats!).![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sunflower1969 should go see it just for the fields of sunflowers. ;)
B+
Went to see The Messengers today with my mom and we had a great time clamping onto each other for dear life. It was fuckin' *scary*, and I have a high standard for scary movies. It wasn't just "startle-horror" (the cat that suddenly jumps yowling out of the dark corner, etc) and it wasn't just creepy atmospheric horror (though I am getting a little tired of every horror movie looking like it was shot by the DP of NIN's "Closer"). It was a nice blend of suspense and shock and disturbing images.
The acting was a little cookie-cutter, almost as if everyone were playing horror movie archetypes on purpose rather than simply *being* horror movie archetypes, with the exception of the protagonist, a troubled teen girl. There were still plenty of "what are they thinking?! Don't go in there! Time to pack up and move!" moments but the pacing was good - not too fast not too slow and the audio was phenomenal. I had the urge to check the rear corners of the cinema for ooky stuff.
It even had a little "hit home" stuff for mom and I, though I don't know how much of that would apply to most folks. It isn't so much that you see the end coming, as that it makes perfect sense that you do.
All in all, a good combo of disturbing/creepy concept and visuals with suspense/thriller/startle stuff (and no cats!).
sunflower1969 should go see it just for the fields of sunflowers. ;) B+
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