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Zero creativity or originality, 100% boring school playground dialogue

posted 8 years ago by jase-prasad
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clearly this dummy generation of writers and directors have never even turned a page in a book let alone read an entire novel.

Sure, this is not gorilla film making like it was back in 99, however, if a studio is going to emulate a genre defining film like TBWP, at least employ a talented crew that consists of a creative artists who have read classical literature and exhibit a high level of artistic integrity. This was just embarrassing. Just one crappy moment followed by another. This film is entirely reliant on the cinema auditorium being dimly lit and quiet. Pathetic!

I am so glad i wasn't born into this vacuous generation who are mostly void of any and all artistry present pre-millennium

[–] kobrakai-1 8 years ago

Well there wasn't really a whole lot of dialogue to begin with. I mean the entire second half can be summed up with: "JAAAAAMES?!" "LISA!" "JAAAAMES!"

That's definitely one weak point about this movie. Not that I ever truly believed the original film was real, but the characters FELT real because of how well they played off each other. The characters in this movie, not so much. It's hard to get invested in what's going on when the characters you're following just fall flat.

[–] Rob_Brown78 8 years ago

Do you also find it odd that for something that's supposed to be a chronicle of events that was put together to try to figure out what happened that there were so many edits in parts where you would not need one? Like, two characters are having a conversation that isn't too terribly important, but whoever is editing the footage in the world that this takes place in feels the need to show it from all 9 cameras that were around. Meanwhile, weird sh!t is happening to the one girl that got injured, and we get no look at what's going on when the others aren't around, even though we see her POV before and later on. It's a found footage movie that betrays its gimmick and tries to look more like a real movie than it should.

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[–] Buzz_McCallister 8 years ago

It probably showed her tap-dancing, forgetting that her foot is magically infected with some sort of centipede-like twig.

11... 92... 12...

[–] haunt_freak 8 years ago

This statement, along with the fact that you're Buzz McCallister, made this the best post on IMDB. Period.

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[–] Buzz_McCallister 8 years ago

Yes.

[–] mgreen9715 8 years ago

There was hardly any dialogue IN the movie and there didn't need to be. What, are you going to stop and have random artsy, clever conversations when you're freaking out and constantly being chased or attacked?

[–] funkiste 8 years ago

There did need to be dialogue. 45 minutes of people calling out other people's names in the dark was really grating.

[–] skyflyerjen-53-760737 8 years ago

"Lane? Lane? Lane! Lane!"
"JAMES! JAMES!"

[–] mgreen9715 8 years ago

They're being chased and trying to escape from something they cannot see and have no control over. Do you really expect them to stop and have a life changing monologue in between gasping for air and panicking?

[–] jase-prasad 8 years ago

garbage movies suitable for the dummy generation, who will lap up this crap due to their low IQ and lack of traditional uneducation

[–] Slaterson14 8 years ago

Why are you defending this POS on the basis that people who GASP want dialogue in a movie only want arty superficial dialogue when the first film was the same concept and the dialogue was completely realistic and pulled you further into the movie with its authentic feel? You really have a hard on for this stupid movie don't you, must be one of those people who think "You're Next" and "The Guest" "are like totally the best films in the last 20 years man" I dont get why anyone likes Adam Wingard at all.

[–] dalbrech 8 years ago

Some films are just not meant to be franchises and should not be remade."Blair Witch" was one of them.

[–] Slaterson14 8 years ago

I agree that the original couldn't be topped but if the studios werent such greedy pieces of crap and let the original directors have the time to do their prequel instead of cranking out a sequel in under a year like they wanted back then its possible it might of been a solid series of films. I just can't believe 2 guys who give you the most profitable budget to profit ratio film of all time (at the time it came out) would not get any type of respect from the studio and just cast aside in favor of some guy who made a couple boring documentaries who ruined it, its actually very pathetic and makes you kind of hate the movie industry.

[–] mgreen9715 8 years ago

Why are you defending this POS on the basis that people who GASP want dialogue in a movie only want arty superficial dialogue when the first film was the same concept and the dialogue was completely realistic and pulled you further into the movie with its authentic feel? You really have a hard on for this stupid movie don't you, must be one of those people who think "You're Next" and "The Guest" "are like totally the best films in the last 20 years man" I dont get why anyone likes Adam Wingard at all.

I like it, yes. Don't like it? Move on and do something else with your time. I've never even seen either of those so nice try and better luck next time.