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Better than expected!

posted 12 years ago by julie_e1992
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Just watched it at TIFF. It was great! Really suspenseful.
But I must admit, I didn't expect much.

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[–] natureboydashow 12 years ago

i have to agree just watched it..and its a good filmm..much better than devil thats roughly the same concept...this works in a big big way..and its good to go in with no expectations and somewhat open mind..not tooo many cliches and this time all electronixs work unlike most abandonment movies

[–] trout303 12 years ago

"...not tooo many cliches..."

you must be joking natureboydashow, it's chock full of character cliches from beginning to end.

three ooo's in "tooo" many, you're being way tooo generous to a just oookay filmmaker.

[–] shamis-881-25789 8 years ago

better than devil?

ofcourse not. devil is much better and this could very well have copied the concept from devil as well. devils ending paid off, over here the ending was a disappointment.

[–] Helloween07 12 years ago

Disappointed by the ending; not clear what actually happened (or will happen).

[–] Xtremegt2 12 years ago

I get that, but sincerely...Devil was everyone's heat-check on M. Night Shyamalan related films. I think a lot more people than wanna admit watched it, in hopes that he'd have something left in the tank.

I'm really happy with the way this movie was put together and thought it and executed. It was clever and good...and I get what you mean about the ending. It's not that flashy or profound, but I still respected the whole movie.

It felt like Devil mixed with The Inside Man. Especially that music at the end. 8o

[–] SloaneLondon 12 years ago

I enjoyed it too!

[–] snowleopard 12 years ago

I enjoyed it as well. I thought it was quite well written, especially as 95% of the movie is one single location. Some of the acting is better than others, and the opening is a bit slow, but overall it was quite good.

[–] imrama2002 12 years ago

Considering the concept has been done to death, this was a lot better than I expected it to be. The script is not full of implausible cliches that you get in many of these abandonment movies, this is really what makes it a good film in my opinion

[–] PhoneActresss 12 years ago

I was pleasantly surprised by the movie. ITA, it was far better than "Devil". I really liked it. I have to admit in the beginning, I was so annoyed by the comic, I started to list the characters in the order I wanted them off'd. Of course the comic was first and the little spawn of satan was second.

All in all I liked it :)

[–] selfademus 10 years ago

The comic turned out to be a swell guy, didn't he?

[–] trademark_hbk 11 years ago

I dont know if you had any part in the movie or are associated with it in any way because honestly, this is one of the most stupidest movies i have seen so far. Total bs and that annoying brat Madeline, really deserves a punch on the face. I was hoping that everyone dies in the end because of their stupidness.

IN THE END THERE WILL BE ONLY CHAOS

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