A freakin' monster movie?! A tight and satisfying psychological thriller until the last third (or so.) Then, WTF...it's The Hulk! I can't say it spoiled my enjoyment overall, but I was a little disappointed.
shareGo watch the film Unbreakable then you will understand it more
shareYeah, I have since delved more deeply and read about the connection and the possible final third of the trilogy, yadda, yadda, yadda. But that doesn't change my disappointment. Because of the trailer, and because I enjoy psychological thrillers, I was ready for a good, taut, edge-of-seat thriller. No fantasy, no matter how subtle. No super-hero, no matter how "grounded in reality." I know that advertising it as a follow-up, or part of a trilogy, would destroy the art of the reveal, which I will admit was well-done here, but I, personally, have had my fill of franchise films. I just wanna watch a movie. A stand-alone movie, which this came close to being! Again, I enjoyed the acting, the story, etc.
I had an even stronger WTF reaction to "Frailty." I really, really hated being twisted around by that one!
I really liked the twist in Frailty! Why didn't you like that one?
shareI agree... It would have been a far stronger movie had it been a stand alone one...
Even if they decided to go supernatural at the end, although much weaker than realism it would still work better than "superhero/comicbook"... Comic books are just not scary or thrilling...
Couldn't agree more. But at least The Beast didn't take over the movie, à la comic book movie, but rather played a role really only at the end.
Overall, I did enjoy enjoy it, mostly because it WAS a psychological thriller for most of the movie.