this actually feels like what a seven year old would say if you asked him to come up with the plot of a scary movie
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Saw tonight in the theatre - truly, madly, deeply love this movie. Honestly one of the best new films I've seen in years. It really felt like the director was a fan of classic horror by the way the shots were lined up, recreating the raw atmosphere of House of 1000 Corpses (the music/video playing on the TV, the body of the friend in the next room over, it just screamed Baby and Otis!) Traditional "someone in the corner" and…
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Holy shit.
This might be one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, no exaggeration. I cried first during the scene when the mom returns to the store and starts loading the basket with all the things Joe wanted, and again at the height of the film when Troy is shot. There’s a viscerally real scene where Joe is on the school bus, tracing the back of the seat in front of him with his finger. Watching it, I could…
Man, this was disappointing. I was ready and prepared for the worst, but as usual Christophe found new and unexciting ways to let me down. The whole "Say my name" part had me laughing out loud in the theatre!
It would take me a long, long time to dissect everything that's wrong with this film... So I won't. Not today anyway.