other than one occassion, ellison decides walking around his unlit house is the way to go. and in the attic, he just makes himself an easier target for anyone/thing to see him and not the other way around. i understand that dark rooms/houses make things scarier, but to rely on it the whole flippin film just doesnt make sense to me. or am i just being anal?
shareEvery time he did that (many times!) it took me out of the movie. If you think there's something in your house, you turn on all the lights! Even more aggravating when he kept walking past light switches.
The only time he had an excuse was when the power went out.
I didn't even realize that the power had gone out until they mentioned it. I don't know how he was aware of it either considering he didn't attempt to turn on any other light.
shareAt the beginning when it was so dark I got really annoyed. The next morning, in the movie, they mentioned the power went out so I thought OK, fair enough. Then the rest of the movie I kept thinking 'the electric company has still not fixed the power?' Really took me out of the movie which had a decent enough back story but no friggin' lights!
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THIS! This is what drove me crazy about this movie....so much so that it was distracting and took me out of it. There were more than a few scenes where you couldn't see anything other than his flashlight. I couldn't be scared while not being able to see anything. Even when lights were on, it was too dark. I realize what they were attempting to do with mood, but, it just didn't work for me. It annoyed me rather than scared me, walking through your house with a baseball bat while not being able to see anything is absurd. Don't even get me started on the scene where he takes his kid having the night terror out front, half naked, into the cold. My husband was like "Why in the hell are they outside?" to which I said "Apparently the porch light is the only light that works..."
shareI just decided that he couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill on top of his two mortgages and one takeaway dinner.
But seriously, it was a little bit distracting at times.
That is my #1 criticism of this awful film. It is so dark, you can't tell what's going on.