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The most incompetent storytelling I've seen in literallty YEARS

posted 9 years ago by edgein15
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Almost every story seems like the last ten minutes of a feature junk horror movie. Oh, they tied it together? Who gives a crap when there's no context? This movie is positively enraging.

The entire time I watched this utter debacle I was reminded of the 80s Twilight Zone episode "Kentucky Rye."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Rye

Same general theme. Done 10 times better. You know, made by people with actual talent.

Compare them both and tell me I'm wrong.

[–] jrcjohnny99 8 years ago

You're wrong.
And if this was LITERALLY the most incompetent storytelling you've seen in years then you clearly don't watch too many studio horror movies....

[–] brjess38 8 years ago

Wrong. There are worse.

[–] Stovepipe99 8 years ago

There are definitely movies (and particularly horror movies) with worse writing.

But I do think that the story lacked overall cohesion and there was something lackluster about how it held together as a whole. I think that this is very typical with multiple directors or writers. "The Accident", for example, had a blend of nightmarish intensity and giddy gore--but that vibe was totally missing from any of the other segments.

There are worse, but I feel like there were some strong concepts in Southbound and it could have been much stronger.

[–] StaunchWoman 8 years ago

"The Accident", for example, had a blend of nightmarish intensity and giddy gore--but that vibe was totally missing from any of the other segments.

 LET'S MAKE 'EM ALL THE SAME!! 

We've met before, haven't we?

[–] Stovepipe99 8 years ago

I'd probably rather watch "The Accident" five times in a row than rewatch the entire movie again.

I felt like most of the segments lacked punch and their endings were far too predictable. I know that short stories have a more limited time to establish character and context, but there was a distinct lack of energy to most of the entries here. Just my opinion.

[–] [deleted] a year ago

it's crap